Dallas Willard - People Quotes

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Grace is not opposed to effort. It is opposed to earning. Effort is action. Earning is attitude. You have never seen people more active than those who have been set on fire by the grace of God.

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A disciple is a learner, a student, an apprentice – a practitioner… Disciples of Jesus are people who do not just profess certain views as their own but apply their growing understanding of life in the Kingdom of the Heavens to every aspect of their life on earth.

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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 with God.

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Few people arise in the morning as hungry for God as they are for cornflakes or toast and eggs.

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The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength?... If it fails to set a lovable God—a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being—before ordinary people, we have gone wrong

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The prospering of God's cause on earth depends upon his people thinking well.

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Jesus is actually looking for people he can trust with his power.

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