--- title: "4 Discipleship Quotes By R. Alan Woods" description: "4 Discipleship quotes by R. Alan Woods. Plus more from R. Alan Woods and more Discipleship sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/r-alan-woods-1455_discipleship_being-that-reason-is-not-antithetical-to_562084.jpg" --- > [“Being that 'reason is not antithetical to faith' (Woods) and that Pentecost established the Reality of super-nature (Lewis) and that 'theology matters'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/being-that-reason-is-not-antithetical-to-faith-woods-and-that/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/r-alan-woods-1455_discipleship_being-that-reason-is-not-antithetical-to_562084.jpg) > [ “Don't get me wrong, I like NASCAR and shopping at Nordstrom's, but discipleship is intrinsic as a lifestyle." ~R. Alan Woods \[2013\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/don-t-get-me-wrong-i-like-nascar-and-shopping-at-nordstrom-s-but/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b7b/r-alan-woods-1455_discipleship_don-t-get-me-wrong-i-like-nascar-and-sho_1743547.jpg) > [“There are no shortcuts to maturity in discipleship; it was, is, and always will be learned over time and under pressure walking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/there-are-no-shortcuts-to-maturity-in-discipleship-it-was-is-and/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/064/r-alan-woods-1455_aging_there-are-no-shortcuts-to-maturity-in-di_2355709.jpg) > [“I do not politicize Christianity nor my discipleship as Jesus did not politicize either His divinity nor his humanity.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/i-do-not-politicize-christianity-nor-my-discipleship-as-jesus-did-not/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1f/r-alan-woods-1455_christianity_i-do-not-politicize-christianity-nor-my_2398334.jpg) ## Other authors on Discipleship - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-bonhoeffer-29418.jpg) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 41 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-megan-mckenna-3094.jpg) Megan McKenna 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/megan-mckenna/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-rohr-78871.jpg) Richard Rohr 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/richard-rohr/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oswald-chambers-72884.jpg) Oswald Chambers 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/oswald-chambers/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-howard-g-hendricks-42414.jpg) Howard G. Hendricks 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/howard-g-hendricks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dieter-f-uchtdorf-29412.jpg) Dieter F. Uchtdorf 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/dieter-f-uchtdorf/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dallas-willard-26056.jpg) Dallas Willard 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/dallas-willard/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-n-t-wright-1173.jpg) N.T. Wright 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/n-t-wright/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-donald-miller-30027.jpg) Donald Miller 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/donald-miller/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-brennan-manning-19369.jpg) Brennan Manning 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/brennan-manning/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-watchman-nee-94607.jpg) Watchman Nee 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/watchman-nee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-neal-a-maxwell-70598.jpg) Neal A. Maxwell 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/neal-a-maxwell/) ## More by R. Alan Woods > [“The more important point is that Reality is much more 'nuanced' that we may imagine. Operationally co-existent economies make for a much better fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/the-more-important-point-is-that-reality-is-much-more-nuanced-that-we/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [“No one can claim to possess another, only God has the legitimate right to posses us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/no-one-can-claim-to-possess-another-only-god-has-the-legitimate-right/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “The Love of Christ in us never fails". ~R. Alan Woods \[2013\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/the-love-of-christ-in-us-never-fails-r-alan-woods-2013/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “‎"If we are truly the Lord's, we all walk with a limp" ~R. Alan Woods \[2012\] \*Note: 'Jacobs Ladder'.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/if-we-are-truly-the-lord-s-we-all-walk-with-a-limp-r-alan-woods-2012/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [“The idea that we are to be absorbed into the Deity is Gnostic in its origins and is quite antithetical to Christianity." ~R. Alan…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/the-idea-that-we-are-to-be-absorbed-into-the-deity-is-gnostic-in-its/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “I have struck out more times than I can count, but I have hit many home runs as well". ~R. Alan Woods {2013\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/i-have-struck-out-more-times-than-i-can-count-but-i-have-hit-many/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “Be annoyed and sin not" ~R. Alan Woods \[2012\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/be-annoyed-and-sin-not-r-alan-woods-2012/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “There are enough hours in a day to know that you are truly loved." ~R. Alan Woods \[2013\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/there-are-enough-hours-in-a-day-to-know-that-you-are-truly-loved-r/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [“It's not about worthiness, it's about willingness.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/it-s-not-about-worthiness-it-s-about-willingness/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “In my opinion, we will always be sinners in need of our Savior, Jesus Christ." ~R. Alan Woods \[2007\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/in-my-opinion-we-will-always-be-sinners-in-need-of-our-savior-jesus/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [“Faith without reason produces a mindless Christianity which is less than useless; the focus on justice in this world produces a theology that chases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/faith-without-reason-produces-a-mindless-christianity-which-is-less/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “‎"The only abject failure my mind can think of is ones failure to spend Eternity in God's Heaven" ~R. Alan Woods \[2012\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/the-only-abject-failure-my-mind-can-think-of-is-ones-failure-to-spend/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “Knowledge & understanding mixed with ones convictions of 'experience' is hardly impositional". ~R. Alan Woods \[2012\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/knowledge-understanding-mixed-with-ones-convictions-of-experience-is/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “God accomplishes much through us His servants". ~R. Alan Woods \[2012\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/god-accomplishes-much-through-us-his-servants-r-alan-woods-2012/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) > [ “Greed applied is prosperity realized". ~R. Alan Woods \[2006\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-alan-woods/greed-applied-is-prosperity-realized-r-alan-woods-2006/) [R. Alan Woods](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-alan-woods/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discipleship/r-alan-woods/#itemlist", "name": "4 Discipleship Quotes By R. 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