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Sin comes from not realizing God's love. Sin comes from thinking ourselves only as sinners, while overcoming sin comes from thinking ourselves as overcomers. We act our our perceived identities.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Thinking
Perceived
Sinner
Overcoming
Identity
Sin
Realizing
Comes
Identities
Love
Sinners

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Indifference is more truly the opposite of love than hate is, for we can both love and hate the same person at the same time, but we cannot both love and be indifferent to the same person at the same time.
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Sacraments are like hoses. They are the channels of the living water of God's grace. Our faith is like opening the faucet. We can open it a lot, a little, or not at all.
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We do not do good works to get into heaven we do good works because heaven has gotten to us.
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Abortion is the insurance against that fate worse than death which is called a family.
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The Inquisition confused sin with sinners and judged both. Modern Americans make the same mistake but judge neither.
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