Christian living Quote by Michael S. Horton

“Monasticism resonated with me, with my imperfect, impulsive self, because it encompasses all human activity and asks that the disparate parts and moments of…

— Paul Wilkes

Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in…

— Quentin Crisp

“With all respect to the Buddha and to the early Christian celibates, I sometimes wonder if all this teaching about nonattachment and the spiritual…

— Elizabeth Gilbert

“Monasticism had transformed the humble work of discipleship into the meritorious activity of the saints, and the self-renunciation of discipleship into the flagrant spiritual…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Every good thing in the Christian life grows in the soil of humility. Without humility, every virtue and every grace withers. Thats why Calvin…

— John Piper

Cultivate humility it is the way of connectedness. Beware of false humility it leads to self-righteousness.

— Arthur Dobrin

It’s all too easy to turn the fight of faith into sanctification-by-checklist. Take care of a few bad habits, develop a couple good ones,…

— Kevin DeYoung

“At a deeper psychological level, the reformers' ideas of salvation introduced a major change in the way people saw their world. They could no…

— Fiona MacDonald

Monastic life cuts off the distractions and emotional entanglements one becomes involved in, in the lay life.

— Tenzin Palmo

“When I look back upon my own Christian experience, or at the church of Christ as a whole, I am amazed at how little…

— Andrew Murray

“The cultivation of consumer spirituality is the antithesis of a sacrificial, "deny yourself" congregation.”

— Eugene H. Peterson

“The emphasis and the reason for a pure humility is to result in love for others; not always necessarily the belittlement of self. When…

— Criss Jami