Quotes by R. Alan Woods

Everything I have learned has not come from books, it has come experientially over time under pressure walking with Christ.~ R. Alan Woods [2012]

Free markets and capitalism are predicated upon the definition of greed as altruistic in economics.~R. Alan Woods [2012]

I do not politicize Christianity nor my discipleship as Jesus did not politicize either His divinity nor his humanity.

Dont get me wrong, I like NASCAR and shopping at Nordstroms, but discipleship is intrinsic as a lifestyle.~R. Alan Woods [2013]

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]

The synoptic Gospels of the New Testament manuscripts make us aware of Christs character and gives us a view of the son-ship He modeled which flowed out of that Divine character. ~R. Alan Woods [2013]

It is widely unknown, but nonetheless true that Catholicism fervently promotes the spiritual disciplines whereas Protestantism has largely neglected them altogether. Does volunteerism facilitate the formation of Christs character in us or rather does it reveal our level of Christ-like maturity through the work of the Holy Spirit in us? Jesus modeled son-ship and gave all of His time, shared his talents,and invested all of His treasure while affirming others as He proclaimed through demonstrations the Kingdom of God.Christ-likeness cannot be self-efforted (Woods, 2007). ~R. Alan Woods [2013]

There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul.

The free-will of men and the sovereignty of God are operationally co-existent, neither Reality impunes the co-dependent authority of the other.R. Alan Woods [2012]

Instead of hopping around like a wild injun on fire, try counting from 10 backwards while hopping on one foot.

Sharks to not eat Chinese people because they get hungry thirty minutes later.

To us post-moderns, empathy is a stranger in a strange land. ~R. Alan Woods [2012]

None of us are getting out of here alive.

In my opinion, anyone who says they have no anxiety at all over experiencing their own physical death is not in touch with their humanity.~R. Alan Woods [2012]

There are things far worse than death, for when it comes to us it is final. What lies beyond it is a matter of faith in what we had hope for.

We die well when we die with purpose fulfilled.~R. Alan Woods [2012]

No one is perfect and perfectly holy but God alone.~R. Alan Woods [2012]

Unlike other religious belief systems in competition with Christianity, we have not been called to become absorbed into the deity but rather brought into communion with God through union with Christ thereby maintaining our unique individuality and personal identity

The free-will of man cannot impune the sovereignty of God, and conversely the sovereignty of God would not impune the free-will of men.

Love is faith in action. ~R. Alan Woods [2006]