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.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen 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.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.
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Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such a way that it becomes like the inner being of Christ himself.
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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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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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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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God does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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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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Our failure to hear His voice when we want to is due to the fact that we do not in general want to hear it, that we want it only when we think we need it.
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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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