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Apologetics
Apologetics is not a call to beat unwilling people into intellectual submission, but to be the servant of those in need. — Dallas Willard
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The ultimate apologetic — just try SOMETHING!
“The ultimate apologetic — that is to say, the ultimate lifter of doubt — is the believer acting in faith in an interactive life with God. That’s it. People need to see individuals living in daily interaction with the kingdom of the heavens: praying and saying. If we want to really attack doubt, what we have to attack is our own hesitancy…
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Dallas Willard on God’s GOOD purposes in human history
“What God is going to bring out of human history in his people is going to be the greatest reflection of God’s own glory, wisdom, and love. That is what human history is about. It is to make a society of the redeemed that will be the crown jewel of creation. And when we look at the terrible things that…
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Why NOT take Jesus with you?
For the day, for your job, for the conversations you have, for the problem you need to solve at home… why not take Jesus with you? Paul says this about Jesus: in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Col. 2:3) The One who made everything “probably” actually knows everything. He really does know how to make things work. Dallas Willard…
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Attitudes in apologetics
In The Allure of Gentleness, Dallas Willard leads the reader in a path I wish I had offered to me when I was a teenager. I grew up with the concept that apologetics was winning the argument. My “rightness” would overwhelm their “wrongness” and then they would somehow just bow to Jesus. Over the years I have adopted more of what Dallas…
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Apologetics isn’t about being “right”
I am back to Dallas Willard’s book, The Allure of Gentleness, and find myself challenged yet again by his careful words. Apologetics for Christians isn’t about proving we’re right. We’re not saved because we’re “right.” We’re “right” because we’re SAVED. It’s about grace stepping in to show what is right. That’s why so many churches have “Grace” in their name. Not many…
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The gentle apologetic
There is no way to contain my joy in getting to read more words from Dallas Willard. I am so thankful his daughter is putting together his notes and lectures. This latest book is called The Allure of Gentleness, and takes up the cause of living out the apologetic of Christianity rather than simply trying to engage in and win an argument.…
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The Allure of Gentleness
I received Dallas Willard’s latest book today. It is so refreshing to know his work can continue. This one is on apologetics and approaching it with gentleness instead of a combative attitude. It is classic Dallas. Big quote so far: We need to be able to deal with doubt lovingly, helpfully, and especially without ever scolding or shaming anyone for…
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Contending for the Faith
Instead, I must write to urge you to fight for the faith delivered once and for all to God’s holy people. (Jude 1:3b, CEB) Jude interrupts his intended letter to change direction. He is warning the readers of something so dangerous he is fairly vehement in his warnings. The question is this: Is there anything worth fighting for in the faith…
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Paul and the Athenian Experience
As I have prepared for the college class I teach on the Book of Acts, I am re-examining Paul’s ministry in Athens. I have never been comfortable with Paul in Athens. I personally think it didn’t go well. However, when I was in college the huge thing in that day was “apologetics.” The insistence was on learning how to debate…
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