Discipleship quotes

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◆ Jesus calls us to his rest, and meekness is His method. The meek man cares not at all who is greater than he, for he has long ago decided that the esteem of the world is not worth the effort.

- A.W. Tozer100

◆ Unless a person can give reasons, there is, literally, no reason why anyone else should take that person seriously. But without reasons, all we are left with is emotional blackmail. We sometimes call it 'moral blackmail,' but it has nothing to do with morals, only with the implied juvenile threat of having a tantrum unless everyone else gives in.

- N.T. Wright99

◆ We need to shed our unearthly and nonsocial and idealistic and romantic and uber-spiritual visions of kingdom and get back to what Jesus meant. By kingdom, Jesus means: God's Dream Society on earth, spreading out from the land of Israel to encompass the whole world.

- Scot McKnight99

◆ A Christian understanding of the world sees a child's character not as genetically determined but as shaped to a significant degree by parental discipleship and discipline.

- Russell Moore99

◆ Never go into venture capital if you want a peaceful life.

- Georges F. Doriot99

◆ The Christian life does not just evolve. It also requires specific decisions and public commitments to deepen our faith and obedience.

- Mark Galli99

◆ God in His sovereign goodness often uses the painful and at times debilitating injury of a spear thrower to make us readier for His service. ... One thing you discover about spear throwers is that though it's not necessary for them to be good, it's essential for them to appear good.

- Erwin W. Lutzer99

◆ Do they desire to join me in thanksgiving when they hear how, by your gift, I have come close to you, and do they pray for me when they hear how I am held back by my own weight? ...A brotherly mind will love in me what you teach to be lovable, and will regret in me what you teach to be regrettable. This is a mark of a Christian brother's mind, not an outsider's--not that of 'the sons of aliens whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of iniquity' (Ps. 143:7 f.). A brotherly person rejoices on my account when he approves me, but when he disapproves, he is loving me. To such people I will reveal myself. They will take heart from my good traits, and sigh with sadness at my bad ones. My good points are instilled by you and are your gifts. My bad points are my faults and your judgements on them. Let them take heart from the one and regret the other. Let both praise and tears ascend in your sight from brotherly hearts, your censers. ...But you Lord...Make perfect my imperfections

- Augustine of Hippo99

◆ It is important not only to read God's Word but to interpret God's world in the light of the Word.

- Cindy Jacobs99

◆ We advise disciples not to follow anyone. Let them follow themselves. Each one should follow his resplendent and luminous inner Being.

- Samael Aun Weor99

◆ There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.

- Albert Schweitzer99

◆ To be a man, a boy must see a man.

- J R Moehringer99

◆ I hated the flashcards and I hated the multiplication tables, but I did enjoy the fact that my dad took time out of his schedule to help me in the areas in which I needed it.

- Sara Dormon99

◆ The moral crisis she'd just gone through made her feel indulgent toward the faults, the delinquencies of others. How thoroughly a human being can be buffeted and over-mastered by fate had been borne in upon her with appalling force.

- Baroness Emma Orczy99

◆ If I turn mine eyes upon myself, I find myself a traitor with the rest;

- William Shakespeare99