The idea of having faith in Jesus has come to be totally isolated from being his apprentice and learning how to do what he said.
DALLAS WILLARDUnderstanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
More Dallas Willard Quotes
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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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Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
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You really can’t justify anything else but giving your whole attention to spiritual formation in Christ.
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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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You cannot trust Jesus in areas in which you don’t think him competent.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
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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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If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
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We’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
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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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Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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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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We know we can’t be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
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