Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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Anand Thakur
Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
DALLAS WILLARDWhat is thinking? It is the activity of searching out what must be true, or cannot be true, in the light of the given facts or assumptions.
DALLAS WILLARDThe 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 WILLARDSuppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
DALLAS WILLARDThe will is transformed by experience, not information.
DALLAS WILLARDThe Great Commission is still the mission statement of the Church.
DALLAS WILLARDYou can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.
DALLAS WILLARDTo allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God’s.
DALLAS WILLARDIt would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
DALLAS WILLARDJesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.
DALLAS WILLARDWe cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact “right” on people. It has to come from the inside. And that’s where the church should be working.
DALLAS WILLARDKingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
DALLAS WILLARDSpiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDThe more we pray, the more we think to pray, and as we see the results of prayer-the responses of our Father to our requests-our confidence in God’s power spills over into other areas of our life.
DALLAS WILLARDOur relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
DALLAS WILLARDTheology 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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