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Dallas Willard

(1935–2013) Translator United States

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Dallas Willard was a translator from the United States, best known for The Divine Conspiracy.

Quick Facts About Dallas Willard

Born: September 4, 1935
Died: May 8, 2013
Nationality: United States
Profession: Translator
Notable works: The Divine Conspiracy

About Dallas Willard

Dallas Albert Willard was an American philosopher also known for his writings on Christian spiritual formation. Much of his work in philosophy was related to phenomenology, particularly the work of Edmund Husserl, many of whose writings he translated into English for the first time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Dallas Willard · Page 12

Theology is a part of our lives. It's unavoidable. A thoughtless theology guides our lives with just as much force as a…

Force

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There is no problem in human life that apprenticeship to Jesus cannot solve.

Apprenticeship

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One of the hardest things in the world is to be right and not hurt other people with it.

Hardest

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“First, we must learn from him the reason why we live and why we do the things we do.”

Education

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Our relations with others are not external. They enter into our very identity. And that's why people struggle with them so.

Identity

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There is knowledge of God and the spiritual nature of man, as well as other types of reality..., that are not reducible…

Courses

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“anxiety is just groundless and pointless. It occurs only as a hangover of bad habits established when we were trusting things—like human…

Anxiety

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The needed transformation is very largely a matter of replacing in ourselves those idea systems of evil (and their corresponding cultures) with…

Change

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That's the illusion - the idea that you can be all right on the inside and not act it out - and…

Affected

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Actions are not impostions on who we are, but are expressions of who we are. They come out of our heart and…

Action

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The command is "Do no work." Just make space. Attend to what is around you. Learn that you don't have to DO…

Accepting

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You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

Believe

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“We were built to count, as water is made to run downhill. We are placed in a specific context to count in…

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Jesus came among us to show and teach the life for which we were made. He came very gently, opened access to…

Access

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Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship…

Certain

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“we can become like Christ by doing one thing—by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself.”

Life

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“People who love one another can be silent together.”12”

Love

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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.

Christ

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Many Christians were suddenly prepared to look at traditional methods of spiritual formation. They could not help but see that spiritual growth…

Character

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Find a person who has embraced anger, and you will find a person with a wounded ego.

Anger

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In thus sending out his trainees, [Jesus] set afoot a perpetual world revolution: one that is still in process and will continue…

Accomplish

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You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic…

Advice

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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.

Desire

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Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle…

Deny

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Grace is not opposed to effort; it's opposed to earning.

Earning

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Dallas Willard by topic

Life (73) Religion (50) Jesus (42) People (33) Christ (30) Christianity (29) Humans (27) Thinking (26) Spiritual (26) Way (24) Ifs (24) Christian (24) God (23) Kingdoms (22) Church (20)