One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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Anand Thakur
One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.
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 WILLARDMake disciples. Surround them in the reality of the Trinity in a fellowship of disciples. Teach them to do everything Jesus says.
DALLAS WILLARDRelations between parents and children and siblings and mates. This is not external. We can’t separate them.
DALLAS WILLARDFasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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.
DALLAS WILLARDAt the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
DALLAS WILLARDGod does not ‘love’ us without liking us.
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 WILLARDGrace is opposed to earning, but not to effort.
DALLAS WILLARDIt would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit.
DALLAS WILLARDThere is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.
DALLAS WILLARDOne of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
DALLAS WILLARDGrace is not just about forgiveness but about life.
DALLAS WILLARDKnowing the ‘right answers’ does not mean we believe them. To believe them means to act as though they’re true.
DALLAS WILLARDBelief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so.
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