Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
DALLAS WILLARDThe different parts of the automobile like the ignition switch, the various buttons, the steering wheel – the interfaces between the driver and the machine – is our spirit or heart.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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We don’t have to be brilliant.
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We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God’s great universe.
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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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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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The main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
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What is thinking? It is the activity of searching out what must be true, or cannot be true, in the light of the given facts or assumptions.
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The ultimate freedom we have as human beings is the power to select what we will allow or require our minds to dwell upon.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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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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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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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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The hardest thing about leadership is the intimacy it requires.
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This life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
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