Respectable Sins by Jerry Bridges
Chapter One: Ordinary Saints p. 12 Every true believer has been separated or set apart by God for God. p. 14 We don't become saints by our actions. We are made saints by the immediate supernatural action of the Holy Spirit alone who works this change deep within our inner being so that we do, in fact, become new creations in Christ. p. 16 The Bible has a word for conduct unbecoming a saint. It is sin. Chapter Two: The Disappearance of Sin p. 19 In fact, we often indulge in what I call the "respectable" or even "acceptable" sins without any sense of sin. p. 21 We gossip or lust because of the sinful pleasure we get out of it. Sin is sin. But the fact still remains that the seemingly minor sins we tolerate in our lives do indeed deserve the curse of God. Chapter Three: The Malignancy of Sin p. 23 Sin is a spiritual and moral malignancy. Left unchecked, it can spread throughout our entire inner being and contaminate every area of our lives. p. 24 Even though our he...