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Am I Immersed in the Mission?
“Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus, immersing them in the trinitarian LIFE in the Kingdom of God, teaching them to do what Jesus said.” — Dallas Willard
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Jesus is Honest About the Cost of the Kingdom… Why Aren’t We?
35 “Be dressed ready for service and keep your lamps burning, 36 like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. 37 It will be good for those servants whose master finds them watching when he comes. Truly I tell you, he…
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And that other holiday… an interview with the “vampire”
Nice spoof on an interview with a “Christian vampire” found HERE. I’m thankful to remember Reformation Day more than Halloween. But here’s to good trick or treating tonight!
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Dallas Willard on Change
James Robison talks too much, but Dallas Willard is still great in this interview.
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Being DONE With Living Like a Christian?
This post intrigued me. What intrigued me more was he quoted Dallas Willard. I think it strikes at the heart of what Willard is saying in The Divine Conspiracy. We need our spiritual DNA changed. Too often we are trying to DO things and the core of who we are remains the same. We’re taping oranges onto apple trees. It’s…
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The Ravishing Beauty of Jesus
In Dallas Willard’s book The Divine Conspiracy the point of the Sermon on the Mount, the point of Jesus’ life, is to call us to apprenticeship. The call is to intentional discipleship. It needs to be a high priority in the life of the Church. You lead people to become disciples of Jesus by ravishing them with a vision of life in…
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Just Living Out Faith
There have been many reflections in all kinds of places on the life of John Stott since his passing this week. One of the kindest pieces I have read is from Nicholas Krisotff. This piece demonstrates the mental contortions we enter into in our world. As a conservative, evangelical Pentecostal, I see and experience these moral gymnastics we go through…
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The Intentionality of Discipleship
Dallas Willard in The Divine Conspiracy puts it this way: Our focus as the Church needs to be on intentionally making disciples. Instead, we focus intentionally on making converts. Our goal, as the Church, should be to intentionally make disciples and let converts “happen.” Right now our focus is on making converts and hoping disciples “happen.” That’s quite a difference.
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We Do Not Drift Into Discipleship
Following Christ is to be intentional. It is not something we accidentally find. Dallas Willard breaks it down in The Divine Conspiracy. 1. We ASK. The nature of the Kingdom is to ASK. We ASK to be his disciple. We consider the costs. That includes the costs of following Jesus, and the costs for NOT following Jesus. But when we…
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Being a Disciple
Dallas Willard walks us through the meaning of “disciple” in The Divine Conspiracy. The call is to BE with Jesus. It’s not about perfection. It’s about learning as a beginner from the Master. The disciple is one who lives in the kingdom of God, applying that kingdom for the good of others, and even makes it possible for them to…
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