Belief is when your whole being is set to act as if something is so. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Projects of personal transformation rarely succeed by accident, drift, or imposition. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
It would be strange if we came to shun the genuine simply because it resembled the counterfeit. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we are to use our minds rightly, we must live in an attitude of constant openness and learning. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life-if indeed we can conceive… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we are right on the inside, we will address these issues straight-forwardly and take a stand on them, and, if necessary,… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Theology is just what you really think about God, and if you're going to do that, you'd better use your mind and… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength?… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We have to have the Vision. And we have to form the Intention. And we have to adopt the Means. Vision. Intention.… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If our gospel does not free the individual up for a unique life of spiritual adventure in living with God daily, we… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we reject the Christian answer, we still have the problem. We're going to adopt some alternative, because the questions will not… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The relation of redemption and sanctification would be the ongoing relationship between the driver and God who is directing her. Now, if… — Dallas Willard 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 Copy Share Image
All of the spiritualities that are now clamoring for attention, from explicit Satanism to what we hear on Oprah, are concerned with… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
To glorify God means to think and act in such a way that the goodness, greatness, and beauty of God are constantly… — 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… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
In a world apart from God, the power of denial is absolutely essential if life is to proceed. The will or spirit… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
What Paul is clearly saying is that if anyone is worthy of being saved, they will be saved. At that point many… — 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
Discipleship is the process of becoming who Jesus would be if he were you. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we do not make formation in Christ the priority, then we're just going to keep on producing Christians that are indistinguishable… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If we allow everything access to our mind, we are simply asking to be kept in a state of mental turmoil or… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
That's the secret of Jesus. You watch Jesus and you see he never did "withdraw" and then "attack." All of the time… — 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
