Tag: Dallas Willard

  • Growing in spiritual knowledge

    The organ of spiritual knowledge is obedience.

  • The learning curve

    We’re willing to keep striving in almost any area of life… except our walk with Christ.

  • If you were to die tonight

    The real question is: What will you do when you wake up tomorrow?

  • Being responsible for the future

    Move beyond the grasping for political power and find the power of the Kingdom of God.

  • Bar Code Christianity

    Bar code Christianity simply wants to “hear the right words” and fruit doesn’t matter. We have to DO BETTER. We must follow Christ.

  • Right thinking

    This is a time where right thinking is more important than ever.

  • Treasuring Jesus

    Let Jesus fill our vision.

  • The so-called wall of separation between church and state

    Dallas Willard crushes the “wall of separation” argument when it comes to the First Amendment. The First Amendment is about something Congress (and, as interpreted by the the Supreme Court and state governments) cannot do. It is not about what Christian should not do. We now live under the influence of a gigantic myth about a “wall of separation” between “church and state,” a…

  • What is Freedom?

    I am working my way through The Diving Conspiracy Continued by Dallas Willard and Gary Black, Jr. It is a continuation of Willard’s work, but moving into the realm of society. He has a chapter called “Economics and Politics” and describes the difficulty of even defining the word “freedom.” 1. I am “free” only if no one is telling me what to…

  • 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…