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I think that when I die, it might be some time until I know it.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Die Know Might Some Think Time Until I Think

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I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to Heaven, no one will be able to say, 'I merited this.'

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Able Being Believe Every Get Heaven Human Human Being Say Sufficiently Will I Believe I Believe That

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The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Actually Any Basic Bless Christ Church Clear Command Commands Contemporary Curse Example For Example How Issue Jesus Know Life Obey People Question Rarely Relevant Serious Take Taken Teaches Teaching Them Who Will

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The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Analysis Beyond Bound Core Cultural Form Get Gods He He Or She Insight Kingdom Love Loves Many Other Our Out Person Practices Radar Rituals Sanctuary Secular She Some Spill To Love Trying Up Us Well Worship

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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato in my duffel bag. It sounds kind of crazy, but I loved it. I loved the stuff. Before I knew there was a subject called philosophy, I loved it.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: After Agricultural Bag Before Crazy Edition Graduating High High School Home Kind Knew Left Library Loved Migrant Modern Philosophy Plato School Sounds Stuff Subject Worker

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When pastors don't have rich spiritual lives with Christ, they become victimized by other models of success - models conveyed to them by their training, by their experience in the church, or just by our culture.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Become Christ Church Conveyed Culture Experience Just Lives Models Other Our Pastors Rich Spiritual Success Them Training Victimized

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Spiritual formation in a Christian tradition answers a specific human question: 'What kind of person am I going to be?' It is the process of establishing the character of Christ in the person. That's all it is.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Am Answers Character Christ Christian Establishing Formation Going Human Kind Person Process Question Specific Spiritual Tradition

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'Discipleship' as a term has lost its content, and this is one reason why it has been moved aside. I've tried to redeem the idea of discipleship, and I think it can be done; you have to get it out of the contemporary mode.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Aside Been Contemporary Content Done Get Idea Lost Mode Moved Out Reason Redeem Term Think Tried Why You I Think

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What sometimes goes on in all sorts of Christian institutions is not formation of people in the character of Christ; it's teaching of outward conformity. You don't get in trouble for not having the character of Christ, but you do if you don't obey the laws.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: Character Christ Christian Conformity Formation Get Goes Having Institutions Laws Obey Outward People Sometimes Sort Teaching Trouble You

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We Christians should be aware that there's something at stake in cultural participation that we wouldn't have been concerned about if all we did was worry about the messages in culture.

~Dallas Willard

Topics: About Aware Been Christians Concerned Cultural Culture Did Messages Participation Should Something Stake Worry

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Philosopher

Born: September 4th, 1935

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