The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Dallas Willard warns us too of the "cost of non-discipleship." We may be able to live with some pain, but when our… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
There is absolutely nothing in what Jesus himself or his early followers taught that suggests you can decide just to enjoy forgiveness… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do… — 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
Jesus is the human face on the kingdom of God. He makes it concretely accessible. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Jesus, Willard says, “does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then… — 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
Spiritual transformation into Christ-likeness in not going to happen unless we act... What transforms us is the will to obey Jesus Christ. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of presence of the kingdom among… — 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
Does the Gospel I preach and teach have a natural tendency to cause people who hear it to become full-time students of… — 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
Individually the disciple and friend of Jesus who has learned to work shoulder to shoulder with his or her Lord stands in… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The key, then, to loving God is to see Jesus, to hold him before the mind with as much fullness and clarity… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Those who have been touched by forgiveness and new life and have thus entered into God's rule become, like Jesus, bearers of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Imagine that you had discovered gold or oil on a certain property, and no one else knew about it. Can you see… — Dallas Willard 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
A disciple is a learner, a student, an apprentice – a practitioner… Disciples of Jesus are people who do not just profess… — 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
Paul followed Jesus by living as He lived. And how did he do that? Through activities and ways of living that would… — 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
The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers. — 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
