Tullian Tchividjian

When everyone in the world spoke the same language, God came down in judgment, breaking the world apart. But at just the right time, he came down again, this time to reconcile that sinful world to himself.

American Clergyman

Lewis B. Smedes

In a sinful world, no community can exist for long where nobody is ever held accountable: no teacher would grade a student's performance; no citizen would sit on a jury or call a failed leader to account.

American Author

Luke Ford

I have decided to follow in my sinful ways, and have largely abandoned the increasingly religious life I was leading over the previous months, including several hours of Talmudic study a day.

Australian Writer

Charles Hodge

Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world.

American Theologian

Frank Miller

You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.

American Artist

Anne Graham Lotz

I do not believe evil men are led by God. I believe there are plots of evil. We live in a sinful world, and there are a lot of things that happen as a result of sin.

George Gillespie

There is no sinfulness in the will and affections without some error in the understanding. All lusts which a natural man lives in, are lusts of ignorance.

Scottish Theologian

Shannon Purser

When I was a little kid, I used to get in trouble a lot for lying. Being raised religious, I believed that lying was sinful, so I felt guilty.

American Actress

Matt Groening

When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities.

American Cartoonist

Reinhold Niebuhr

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

In many religions, 'sinful' refers to actions violating divine laws.

Religious Origin

'Sinful' can imply different actions are wrong in various cultures.

Cultural Variance

Using 'sinful' can suggest a serious moral wrongdoing.

Moral Severity

The idiomatic 'sinful' highlights pleasure so strong it brings guilt.

Guilt versus Enjoyment

'Sinful' can be used to emphasize how temptingly enjoyable something is.

Exaggeration Emphasis

Using 'sinful' humorously exaggerates the negative impact of a harmless indulgence.

Hyperbolic Flavor

 Because Christianity had so fervently rejected physical beauty, these medieval artists purposefully avoided aesthetically pleasing forms. At first, decorations for churches or palaces were limited to interesting geometric patterns, which could be pleasing without inspiring sinful thoughts of physical pleasure.

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 was really a profound difference because I always thought the two words sinful and dessert went together but there i've never heard anyone at the table say oh i shouldn't or that looks fattening you know none of that it's not

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 or "hit" can help us see how our unacknowledged assumptions can make us believe we are bad, either because sex is sinful or because we tolerate so much sexism. We let guys tell women what to do.