The Resurrected Man

A great passage on the importance of spiritual formation is found towards the end of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s masterful novel, The Brothers Karamazov.

One of the Karamazov brothers, Dmitry, is in prison, about to be sentenced for years of hard labour in Siberia for a murder he didn’t commit. At some point between his arrest and trial he found God, and gave his life to Jesus. And in prison awaiting trial he says to his brother Alyosha:

Brother, during these last two months I have a felt a new man...