Our 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.
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Our 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 WILLARD
That’s the illusion – the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out – and it has affected us in many ways. That’s a part of the idea that professing is enough.
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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.
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Theology 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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Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you.
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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.
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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.
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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 are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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There 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.
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My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing — by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.
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We 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.
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Feelings are good servants, but they are disastrous masters.
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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.
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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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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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