“Today we must begin again. Step by small step, without any more protection than comes from our own bodies.” — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Your love for Jesus Christ and your discipleship in His cause must be the consuming preoccupation and passion of your mortality. — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“Everything in Scripture is either preparation for the Gospel, presentation of the Gospel, or participation in the Gospel.” — Dave Harvey Copy Share Image
In the spiritual life only one thing produces genuine joy and that is obedience. — Richard J. Foster Copy Share Image
“There was (and is) nothing palatable about Jesus Christ of Nazareth to those who love the world and have made their home… — David D. Flowers Copy Share Image
“God is not preparing you for anything; obedience is its own end in the purpose of God; be faithful to Him.” — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“God answered prayers first by teaching the need to ask, second by using friends as holy messengers.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
“Discipleship, we might say, is a way to curate your heart, to be attentive to and intentional about what you love.” — James K.A. Smith Copy Share Image
Let this be thy whole endeavor, this thy prayer, this thy desire,-that thou mayest be stripped of all selfishness, and with entire… — Thomas a Kempis Copy Share Image
There is no success without sacrifice. If you succeed without sacrifice it is because someone has suffered before you. If you sacrifice… — Adoniram Judson Copy Share Image
“(Pastor Chuck) Smith told his elders in no uncertain terms that if the church had to turn away young people because of… — Larry Eskridge Copy Share Image
“The Bible Belt is collapsing. The world of nominal, cultural Christianity that took the American dream and added Jesus to it in… — Russell D. Moore Copy Share Image
What is discipleship? It is primarily obedience to the Savior. Discipleship includes many things. It is chastity. It is tithing. It is… — James E. Faust Copy Share Image
“From ancient times discipleship training has involved learning the biblical narrative and theological language of the Christian community:” — Sarah Arthur Copy Share Image
We have suffered from the preaching of cheap grace. Grace is free, but it is not cheap. People will take anything that… — Vance Havner Copy Share Image
“Discipling our children is not about teaching them to behave in a way that won’t embarrass us. We’re working toward something much… — Voddie T. Baucham Jr Copy Share Image
“We have to grow into Scripture, like a young boy inheriting his older brother's clothes and flopping around in them, but he… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Being that 'reason is not antithetical to faith' (Woods) and that Pentecost established the Reality of super-nature (Lewis) and that 'theology matters'… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“If we know our original blessing, we can easily handle our original sin. If we rest in a previous dignity, we can… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“We have neighbors to bless, children to protect, the poor to lift up, and the truth to defend. We have wrongs to… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
“You cannot force people to walk with God. You cannot force them to repent. All you can do is live with integrity… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“you don’t have to live in community long to realize that lives which are blessed and instructive are still flawed. The grace… — Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove Copy Share Image
“(re: Matthew 4) " 'Give in for now': what a strange thing for Jesus to say to a steadfast and protesting prophet;… — Eugene Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Part of the genius of (Nick) Sabin's system was that he understood that no matter the skill set, he was inheriting vulnerable… — Jeff Benedict Copy Share Image
Our Lord never lays down the conditions of discipleship as the conditions of salvation. — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
In Bright Shadow: C.S. Lewis on the Imagination for Theology and Discipleship — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
The born-again Christian sees life not as a blurred , confused, meaningless mass, but as something planned and purposeful. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
“There are no shortcuts to maturity in discipleship; it was, is, and always will be learned over time and under pressure walking… — R. Alan Woods Copy Share Image
“What kind of ministry is that, just talking to people?" Criticism directed at Francis Schaeffer's plan to open an obscure spot in… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“I always have the feeling we are merely fearfully trying to save room for God; I would rather speak of God at… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Christian discipleship does not involve the abandonment of any innocent enjoyment. Any diversion or amusement which we can use so as to… — Washington Gladden Copy Share Image
“The nobility of England would have snored through the Sermon on the Mount. But you'll labor like scholars over a bulldog's pedigree.” — Robert Bolt Copy Share Image
“It is hard to hear God, but it is even harder not to hear God. The pain one brings upon oneself by… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
“Successful resistance to temptation may result in an increase of moral muscle, but that is because one is going to need it.… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“The Scriptures picture the church as an essential, chosen organism in whom Christ dwells; the reality is that people view the church… — Greg Ogden Copy Share Image
“Another component to living in the weeds and trees is earthly success, which will quickly place a crown on our heads without… — W. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The rationale of family-based discipleship is multi-generational faithfulness to God. We must learn the lessons of history lest we repeat the mistakes… — Joseph Stephen Copy Share Image
“The Jesus People experience proved to be a staging area for tens of thousands of young Americans who were making up their… — Larry Eskridge Copy Share Image
“What Paul understands by holiness or sanctification (is) the learning in the present of the habits which anticipate the ultimate future.” — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
![“Being that 'reason is not antithetical to faith' (Woods) and that Pentecost established the Reality of super-nature (Lewis) and that 'theology matters' (Wimber), then 'empowered evangelicalism' (Nathan) is the natural expression of discipleship." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]” quote by R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/r-alan-woods-1455_discipleship_being-that-reason-is-not-antithetical-to_562084.jpg)
![“There are no shortcuts to maturity in discipleship; it was, is, and always will be learned over time and under pressure walking in union with Christ." ~R. Alan Woods [2013]” quote by R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/r-alan-woods-1455_aging_there-are-no-shortcuts-to-maturity-in-di_2355709.jpg)
