If 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.
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If 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 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 WILLARDMost problems in contemporary churches can be explained by the fact that members have never decided to follow Christ.
DALLAS WILLARDKeep eternity before the children.
DALLAS WILLARDPlay is the creation of value that is not necessary.
DALLAS WILLARDThere is no avoiding the fact that we live at the mercy of our ideas This is never more true than with our ideas about God.
DALLAS WILLARDThe transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That’s the key to transforming society in the larger arena.
DALLAS WILLARDGrace is not opposed to effort; it’s opposed to earning.
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 WILLARDGod’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.
DALLAS WILLARDAs we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
DALLAS WILLARDSpiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.
DALLAS WILLARDThe kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.
DALLAS WILLARDThis life is not something that is imposed upon us; we receive it and work with it.
DALLAS WILLARDFew people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
DALLAS WILLARDSpiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act. What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ.
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