It's very difficult to be right about something without hurting someone with it. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“...Jesus did not send his students out to start governments or even churches as we know them today... They were, instead, to… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“So my fifth point is this: spiritual formation is the process whereby the inmost being of the individual takes on the quality… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Spiritual formation in Christ is the process whereby the inmost being of the individual (the heart, will, or spirit) takes on the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“the governing assumption today, among professing Christians, is that we can be “Christians” forever and never become disciples.” — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“The disciple is one who, intent upon becoming Christ-like and so dwelling in his “faith and practice,” systematically and progressively rearranges his… — 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
Many Christians were suddenly prepared to look at traditional methods of spiritual formation. They could not help but see that spiritual growth… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Contemporary American churches in particular do not require following Christ in his example, spirit, and teachings as a condition of membership-either of… — 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
“But spirituality in many Christian circles has simply become another dimension of Christian consumerism. We have generated a body of people who… — 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
“The Disciplines of Christ-likeness The third side of our triangle is made up of spiritual disciplines. These are special activities, many engaged… — 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 Bible defines almost nothing because it isn't a book for scholars and philosophers or free thinkers. It's a book for people… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“In the Gospels, by contrast, “the gospel” is the good news of the presence and availability of life in the kingdom, now… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“Multitudes are now turning to Christ in all parts of the world. How unbearably tragic it would be, though, if the millions… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
It's important to distinguish the soul from the spirit, or will, because the will or the heart or the spirit is the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Theology is a part of our lives. It's unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
“The missing note in evangelical life today is not in the first instance spirituality but rather obedience. We have generated a variety… — 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
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
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
“Union in action with the triune God is Christian spirituality. That is where the life is drawing its substance from God.” — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact "right" on people. It has to come from… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
The Bible, of course, is not a theology book. It is certainly not a philosophy book. So we have to derive the… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
In Spiritual formation we are aiming at a character and life that is so shaped that the deeds of Christ routinely and… — 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
“How unbearably tragic it would be, though, if the millions of Asia, South America and Africa were led to believe that the… — Dallas Willard 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 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
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
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
It's just stunning to watch churches struggle to get mission statements when there it is, the Great Commission, and they should simply… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation cannot, in the nature of the case, be a 'private' thing, because it is a matter of whole-life transformation. You… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Spiritual formation for the Christian basically refers to the Spirit-driven process of forming the inner world of the human self in such… — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
Discipleship' as a term has lost its content, and this is one reason why it has been moved aside. I've tried to… — 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
“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
"Spirituality" wrongly understood or pursued is a major source of human misery and rebellion against God. — Dallas Willard Copy Share
“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
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
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
“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
We are unceasing spiritual beings with an eternal destiny in God's great universe. — Dallas Willard Copy Share
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
We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will. — Dallas Willard Copy Share
To allow lust (or strong desires) to govern our life is to exalt our will over God's. — Dallas Willard Copy Share
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
“The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons, with Himself included in that community as its… — Dallas Willard Copy Share
The greatest issue facing the world today, with all its heartbreaking needs, is whether those who, by profession or culture, are identified as ‘Christians’… — Dallas Willard Copy Share
What we can do with these means (our own unassisted strength) is still very small compared to what we could do in acting in… — Dallas Willard Copy Share
