Dallas Willard Quotes

Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard
American Philosopher
Born: Sep 4, 1935
Character Christ People Spiritual Will You
Related authors: Allan Bloom Deepak Chopra George Herbert Mead John Dewey Judith Butler Lysander Spooner Robert M. Pirsig William James
Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love. Dallas Willard
Love Believe Think Worship Defined Claim Rather Primarily Bound Know Up Than Human Human Beings Central Beings Core
The aim of God in history is the creation of an all-inclusive community of loving persons with God himself at the very heart of this community as its prime Sustainer and most glorious Inhabitant. Dallas Willard
God History Heart Glorious Creation Community Aim Prime Most Himself Very Loving Persons Inhabitant
If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple. Dallas Willard
Teacher You Disciple
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
Human Being Will Believe Every Say Able No-One Get Heaven Human Being Depraved Sufficiently
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
Love Secular Other Analysis Our Worship Out Spill Insight Some Kingdom Rituals He He Or She Bound Beyond She Well Practices Cultural Up Person Get Trying Gods Form Loves To Love Sanctuary Us Radar Many Core
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
Character Spiritual Christ Christian Kind Am Answers Tradition Question Person Going Human Establishing Formation Process Specific Christian Tradition
Reality is what you can count on. Dallas Willard
You Reality Count
What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, 'If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven,' there is no basis for discipleship. Dallas Willard
You Will Say Determine Atonement Accept Gospel Sins Die Forgiven Heaven Essentially Your Theory Present Received Basis
So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions. Dallas Willard
Life God Best You Guidance People Word Responsibility Relate Way Out Possible Possible Thing Would Like Obviously Because Making Making Decisions Often So Many People Want Decisions Many Whole Thing
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
Success Spiritual Culture Experience Training Christ Church Become Rich Other Our Pastors Models Just Victimized Them Conveyed Lives
Spiritual formation is character formation. Everyone gets a spiritual formation. It's like education. Everyone gets an education; it's just a matter of which one you get. Dallas Willard
Education Character Spiritual You Matter Everyone Like Get Gets Just Formation Which

No more Dallas Willard quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Dallas Willard.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025