In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
DALLAS WILLARDMy central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace. The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.
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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
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We are becoming who we will be-forever.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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Business is a primary arrangement on God’s part for people to love one another and serve one another.
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As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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Sometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
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Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.
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Knowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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Relations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
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Disciples are those who have been so ravished with Christ that others want to be like them.
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It’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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Make disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
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