The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
DALLAS WILLARDWe cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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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 kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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Two ways of thinking: Human kingdom and human cleverness or God’s kingdom and God’s cleverness.
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The effect of standing before God by welcoming him before us will be the transformation of our entire life.
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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
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Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
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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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We have churches full of people who profess all kinds of stuff that they don’t believe. They think that by professing it they’re doing something good. Really, they’re just deluding themselves.
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The 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.
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There is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
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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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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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