Michael Turley

“What does it mean to live in an intentionally Christ-centered way in your daily life—in your marriage, parenting, friendship, work, community, finances, etc.? Remember that only when you live for Christ can you recapture the transcendence for which you were created. Only in transcendent living can you recover your true humanity. And only in recovering your true humanity can your life really have meaning and purpose. All of this is true because your humanity is not tied to self-discovery and self-fulfillment (as the surrounding world proposes) but in investing your life for Christ’s glory and the success of his kingdom on earth.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You

“His death call is really an offer to a life beyond your wildest dreams—a life of joy, satisfaction, purpose, and pleasure that this sadly broken world could never deliver in its finest moment. Shrinking your life to the size of your life is not life. It is death wearing the mask of life.”
― Paul David Tripp, A Quest for More: Living for Something Bigger than You

“And here are we, splitting hairs about all sorts of mysterious problems which do not concern us—we shall not be blamed, at our judgement, for having failed to solve them. Strange creatures that we are, we forget the questions which really matter to us, matter vitally, and concentrate, of set purpose, on what is mere curiosity and waste of time. So clear-sighted we are, and so blind!”
― Thomas à Kempis, The Ultimate Early Church Collection: including The Imitation of Christ, On the Incarnation, Augustine's Confessions, Apologies, Dialogues, Letters & any ... Spurgeon, Tozer & Puritan Classics)

“Let them shun the immodest music and dancing that are currently so fashionable. I am aware that many people think me ridiculous for giving such advice; but if you listen to me, you will understand the advantages of a sober life-style more and more as time goes on. You will no longer laugh at me, but will laugh instead at the way people live now like silly children or drunken men. What is our duty, then? Remove from your lives shameful, immodest, and Satanic music, and don't associate with people who enjoy such profligate entertainment.”
― Thomas à Kempis, The Ultimate Early Church Collection: including The Imitation of Christ, On the Incarnation, Augustine's Confessions, Apologies, Dialogues, Letters & any ... Spurgeon, Tozer & Puritan Classics)