Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
DALLAS WILLARDIf we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we’re just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable in their character from many non-Christians.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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God’s address is at the end of your rope.
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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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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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Kingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
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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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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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The Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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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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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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Of course, we do the righteous deed because of our redemption, not for our redemption.
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In one way or another, it is a common mistake to think transformation is all in the will. And it isn’t! It’s in the mind – how we think, what occupies our minds, and so forth. It’s in our feelings. It’s in our body.
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The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
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