The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive of it.
DALLAS WILLARDAs 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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Solitude well practiced will break the power of busyness, haste, isolation, & loneliness.
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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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When the light comes into a room, we do not have to say, “Now what are we going to do about the darkness?” It’s gone!
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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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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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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When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time as it really is.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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The first act of love is always the giving of attention.
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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The most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
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