Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
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Anand Thakur
Most problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDOur relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that’s why people struggle with them so.
DALLAS WILLARDWe’re not here to prove we’re right; we’re here to help people.
DALLAS WILLARDKnowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
DALLAS WILLARDIn 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.
DALLAS WILLARD“Spirituality” wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God.
DALLAS WILLARDOur 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.
DALLAS WILLARDFind a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.
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.
DALLAS WILLARDWe don’t have to be brilliant.
DALLAS WILLARDIn 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.
DALLAS WILLARDIf 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.
DALLAS WILLARDRuthlessly eliminate hurry from your life.
DALLAS WILLARDGrace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
DALLAS WILLARDSpiritual formation in Christ moves us toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.
DALLAS WILLARDAs we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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