Suppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
DALLAS WILLARDSuppose we have a motor and our transmission doesn’t work or our clutch or whatever. Then our body, our motor, just takes us down the road. Or our brakes don’t work! We must have a coordination system.
DALLAS WILLARDIt’s just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply do what it says.
DALLAS WILLARDSometimes we get caught up in trying to glorify God by praising what He can do and we lose sight of the practical point of what He actually does do.
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 WILLARDGod’s address is at the end of your rope.
DALLAS WILLARDIf we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning.
DALLAS WILLARDKeep eternity before the children.
DALLAS WILLARDKingdom obedience is kingdom abundance.
DALLAS WILLARDAt the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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 WILLARDHuman beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
DALLAS WILLARDThe main thing God gets out of your life is not the achievements you accomplish. It’s the person you become.
DALLAS WILLARDWhen we are formed inwardly, outer issues do become much more manageable.
DALLAS WILLARDThe most important thing in your life is not what you do; it’s who you become. That’s what you will take into eternity.
DALLAS WILLARDAs Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our lives, guess who isn’t running the universe and does not get to have things as they please.
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.
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