God inducts us into the eternal kind of life that flows through himself. He does this first by bringing that life to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Almost everything worth doing in human life is very difficult in its early stages and the good we are aiming at is… — 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 Copy Share Image
The disciple of Jesus is not the deluxe or heavy-duty model of the Christian-especially padded, textured, streamlined, and empowered for the fast… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The revolution of Jesus is in the first place and continuously a revolution of the human heart or spirit...it is a revolution… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Unless you have already put God first, for example, what you will have to do to be financially secure, impress other people,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
When we pass through what we call death, we do not loose the world. Indeed, we see it for the first time… — Dallas Willard 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
Understanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Thoughts are the place where we can and must begin to change. There the light of God first begins to move upon… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Today it is the skeptics who are the social conformists, though because of powerful intellectual propaganda they continue to enjoy thinking of themselves as… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“While it is in one sense a result of God’s presence within us, the New Testament also describes a process involved in our “putting… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God. — Dallas Willard 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 actual fact… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
In many cases, our need to wonder about or be told what God wants in a certain situation is nothing short of a clear… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Discipline, strictly speaking, is activity carried on to prepare us indirectly for some activity other than itself. We do not practice the piano to… — 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 the Lord”… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God's great universe. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We must understand that God does not "love" us without liking us - through gritted teeth - as "Christian" love is sometimes thought to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God's. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
My central claim is that we become like Christ by doing one thing-by following Him in the overall style of life He chose for… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
