We don't believe something by merely saying we believe it, or even when we believe that we believe it. We believe something… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
As Augustine say clearly, God being God offends human pride. If God is running the universe and has first claim on our… — Dallas Willard Augustine Copy Share Image
“No good tree produces bad fruit, nor any bad tree good fruit…. The good person, from the good treasured up in his… — Dallas Willard Good person Copy Share Image
The aim of spiritual formation is not behavior modification but the transformation of all those aspects of you and me where behavior… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
What is truly profound is thought to be stupid and trivial, or worse, boring, while what is actually stupid and trivial is… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Indeed, by taking the title Son of man, he staked his claim to be all that the human being was originally supposed… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of… — Dallas Willard Burden Copy Share Image
The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That's the key to transforming society in… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
God inducts us into the eternal kind of life that flows through himself. He does this first by bringing that life to… — Dallas Willard Action Copy Share Image
Everyone receives spiritual formation, just as everyone gets an education. The only question is whether it is a good one or a… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“How unbearably tragic it would be, though, if the millions of Asia, South America and Africa were led to believe that the… — Dallas Willard Christianity Copy Share Image
“There is no question of doing is purely on our own. But we must act. Grace is opposed to earning, not to… — Dallas Willard Effort Copy Share Image
The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified… — Dallas Willard Christ Copy Share Image
Many people get what they need from church attendance because the Word is preached, and the rituals are carried on, and God… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“The Spirit makes Christ present to us and draws us toward his likeness. It is as we thus behold the “glory of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
A great part of the disaster of contemporary life lies in the fact that it is organized around feelings. People nearly always… — Dallas Willard Christian Copy Share Image
Bodily pleasure is not in itself a bad thing. But when it is exalted to a necessity and we become dependent upon… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to Heaven, no one will be able to say,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“You will consume much more grace by leading a holy life than you will by sinning, because every holy act you do… — Dallas Willard Grace Copy Share Image
“How to combine faith with obedience is surely the essential task of the church as it enters the twenty-first century.” — Dallas Willard Faith Copy Share Image
“Grace is opposed to earning, not to effort. And it is well-directed, decisive, and sustained effort that is the key to the… — Dallas Willard Effort Copy Share Image
What we can do with these means (our own unassisted strength) is still very small compared to what we could do in… — Dallas Willard Acting Copy Share Image
Even professing Christians, by and large, devote to their spiritual growth and well-being a tiny fraction of the time they devote to… — Dallas Willard Body Copy Share Image
Every church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
See, once you have begun to experience solitude and silence, you discover that you actually have a soul and that there is… — Dallas Willard Community Copy Share Image
“May you experience grace—God acting in your life, in your thoughts, in your feelings, in your rest. May his face shine upon… — Dallas Willard Blessings Copy Share Image
“We live in a culture that has, for centuries now, cultivated the idea that the skeptical person is always smarter than the… — Dallas Willard Belief Copy Share Image
“Nothing less than life in the steps of Christ is adequate to the human soul or the needs of our world. Any… — Dallas Willard Human soul Copy Share Image
“Much of our problem is not, as is often said, that we have failed to get what is in our head down… — Dallas Willard Head and heart Copy Share Image
We should, to begin with, think that God leads a very interesting life, and that he is full of joy. Undoubtedly he… — Dallas Willard Abundance Copy Share Image
Many churches are measuring the wrong things. We measure things like attendance and giving, but we should be looking at more fundamental… — Dallas Willard Anger Copy Share Image
My hope is to gain a fresh hearing for Jesus, especially among those who believe they already understand him. In his case,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
No one need worry about our getting the best of God in some bargain with him, or that we might somehow succeed… — Dallas Willard Agility Copy Share Image
“Sabbath is a way of life (Heb 4:3; 9-11). It is simply "casting all your anxiety on Him," to find that in… — Dallas Willard Keys to the kingdom Copy Share Image
“But Jesus’ own gospel of the kingdom was not that the kingdom was about to come, or had recently come, into existence.… — Dallas Willard Christianity Copy Share Image
Consumer Christianity is now normative. The consumer Christian is one who utilizes the grace of God for forgiveness and the services of… — Dallas Willard Christian Copy Share Image
