When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
DALLAS WILLARDIt’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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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Spiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
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I’m practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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Theology is a part of our lives. It’s unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a thoughtful and informed one.
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Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It’s like education. Everyone gets an education; it’s just a matter of which one you get.
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Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.
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To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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It is the responsibility of every Christ-centred follower to carve out a satisfying life under the loving rule of God or else sin will start to look good.
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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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The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon it, then we are slaves of our body and its feelings. Only misery lies ahead.
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My 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.
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