“When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of Assisi who, through their lifestyle, were challenging the patterns of materialism and militarism and it affected the Christianity of their age.” ThinkingAgeChallengesChurchChristianityFolksPatternsLifestyleMaterialismAffectedRenewalMilitarism Author:Shane Claiborne
“Anyone attempting to live a Christian lifestyle will always be pressed towards settling for "nominal Christianity." For the believer who lives in the Bible Belt, it can become less about whether one is living his or her life in complete and total sold-out devotion to God, and more about where I'm going to lunch after church. If I live in an area where Christians are in the minority, there is the pressure to take a more a la carte approach to one's belief system. It's safer to take some of God's teachings and apply the parts we like but push aside that which seems too extreme or exclusive.” ChristianBeliefChurchChristianityTeachingBelieverLifestyleDevotionChristian LifeSettling Author:Matthew West
“Historically the customs and traditions of day-to-day life in Africa have been dismissed by Western cultural anthropologists as primitive, chaotic, pagan activities that should be replaced by Christianity, the only civilized religion. The West has also long assumed that it should convert tribal cultures to literacy, which is to say an entirely different way of looking at the world, of living in the world. Most Africans who have achieved a comfortable Western lifestyle are Christian. Why? Because it comes with the package: Christian-ity, literacy, and a material lifestyle all come together.” WorldLongDifferentChristianTogetherCultureChristianityTraditionWesternLifestyleCivilizedPrimitiveReplacedLiteracyPaganChaotic Author:Malidoma Patrice Some
“In Africa, you cannot come into a comfortable material lifestyle without going through Christ. So many Africans say, "I'll take the whole package. That way I'm sure I'll get what I want." This is the compromise the rising urban class of Africa makes. Christianity is not seen as a soul-transforming device capable of producing redemption, but as a source of substantial material gratification.” ChristChristianityCapableLifestyleCompromiseRedemptionUrbanGratification Author:Malidoma Patrice Some
“Christianity is a lifestyle. And being a Christian is more than a label.” ChristianChristianityLifestyleLabels Author:Joyce Meyer
“There's no greater lifestyle and no greater happiness than that of having a continual conversation with God.” ChristianityGreaterConversationLifestyleConversations With God Author:Brother Lawrence
“Christianity is a lifestyle - a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an established "religion" (and all that goes with that) and avoided the lifestyle change itself. One could be warlike, greedy, racist, selfish, and vain in most of Christian history, and still believe that Jesus is one's "personal Lord and Savior" . . . The world has no time for such silliness anymore. The suffering on Earth is too great.” WorldWayMindBelieveHeartMadeStillsSoulEarthChristianSufferingJesusSimpleChristianityLordSelfishLifestyleViolentMade ItVainRacistSaviorGreedyAvoidedNon ViolentSillinessLifestyle Change Author:Richard Rohr