Sinner's Creed Quotes

“I confess that I'm a sinner. Just like my old man. In word and in deed I enjoy my sin. In word and in deed my sin enjoys me. There is no one to blame. No one but me. Sin is my nature. I sin instinctually. Sin mimics the gates of paradise. Sin beats me to the floor. Sin is the dark shadow that no one can ignore. Sin screams "What's yours I want". Sin screams. "What's mine I'll keep." Sin is forever knocking, beating at the iron door. Don't even open it for an instant. Sin always wants more. Sin forever stole the key. But you're not locked out forever. In this sinner's Garden of Eden where sin pretends to be a treasure. Sin wants to make you bleed. Sin cuts down every giver. Sin cuts every hand. Sin wants total control. Sin wants to command. Sin just wants to kill you. And yes, for you the bell tolls. So death came before life entered. In death sin was conceived. Sin will linger forever Blameless, it's part of you and me. But there's a silver lining to sin's story. And the silver lining is this-When I was out chasing sin. The truth was out chasing me and when it finally caught me. That truth set me free. Now I've shared it all. Perhaps I've shared too much. But in this you must believe. The only truth I have left is this, my Sinner's Creed.”
― Scott Stapp, Sinner's Creed

“There were also threats to my life - accusations that I was the Antichrist and should be crucified upside down. At one point we had to contact the FBI.”
― Scott Stapp, Sinner's Creed

“The key to spiritual equanimity is to give God the glory, but I retained a lot of that glory for myself. I didn’t want to be the person I was becoming—and yet part of me did. Who doesn’t like being a rock star? Long before Creed got big, I’d made a vague pact with God that were I to attain fame, I would spread His Word. I would use rock and roll to espouse my beliefs.”
― Scott Stapp, Sinner's Creed

“I do not have to justify the way I live my life. I do not have to justify the way I live.”
― Scott Stapp, Sinner's Creed

“If we are the creations of a loving God, shouldn’t that love be the law that guides us? And if we are to love—love God, love others, love ourselves—doesn’t that require compassion, patience, and understanding, qualities that defy an ethical order based strictly on ironclad law?”
― Scott Stapp, Sinner's Creed

“This, then, is my simple testimony:      That God is real.      That I am His child.      That I’m grateful for His boundless mercy and loving grace.      That by confessing my frailties and my sin, I can embrace new freedom and deeper forgiveness.”
― Scott Stapp, Sinner's Creed