The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
DALLAS WILLARDWe don’t believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something when we act as if it were true.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and easily come from what is inside.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or bondage. For nothing enters the mind without having an effect for good or evil.
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Grace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
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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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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to practice the piano well, but to play it well.
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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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Grace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
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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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In solitude we find psychic distance, the perspective from which we can see, in the light of eternity, the created things that trap, worry, and oppress us.
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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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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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When we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
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