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It is goal setting time
Goals. Resolutions. It is that time of year. Then will come the week of about January 15 when we realize it’s useless… There aren’t yearly goals I can think of in this context, though I still set them. The goal I think of right now is Christlikeness. Leading the way in that process is a gift I received from IVP: Eternal…
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Can we “break” prayer?
I am in and out of a book by James C. Wihoit called, Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered: Growing in Christ through Community. He gives some challenging thoughts on prayer that are good reminders for me. Prayer is an experiment in partnership with God. Prayer is such a powerful tool that I need to remember I can’t “break” it. Even…
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The motivation of the kingdoms of this world
“The kingdoms of our world, including many religious kingdoms, run on doctrinal fear the way the kingdom of God runs on grace.” (Gary Black and Dallas Willard) We need a new radical call. It is a call to a revolution of loving-kindness.
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More divided than ever
Several years ago I had the privilege of hearing Dallas Willard speak for a week at a local seminary. One thing he said even quite a few years ago still stands out to me today, showing how prophetic his ministry truly was in an age of bumper sticker theology. “I don’t want to be known as the white male heterosexual…
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The Divine Conspiracy Continued
Gary Black, Jr. has co-authored a continuation of The Divine Conspiracy with Dallas Willard, finishing it off after the passing of Dallas. Biblegateway has this interview with Gary Black, Jr. The new book is now out. I hope to have it in the near future. Explaining the title and what “conspiracy” means, Black had this to say: The word “conspiracy” comes from…
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The true POWER of our discipleship in the Kingdom of God
Dallas Willard and NT Wright both ignite my soul for so much more in this life. They do it in a quiet way that doesn’t sound nearly intrusive as others I’ve heard… yet it rings true somehow. Ortberg in his book Soul Keeping quotes Dallas as saying this: Your eternal destiny is not cosmic retirement; it is to be part of…
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Soul Satisfaction
In a very self-driven world, looking out for the true betterment of others seems… odd. I actually got into taking a few selfies this past weekend while we were out, so I’ll be showing those later… So… “YAY ME!” We really are into celebrating ourselves. Oddly enough, living for that self satisfaction is actually soul destroying. Jesus said if you devote…
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Eye has not seen
“Your eternal destiny is not cosmic retirement; it is to e part of a tremendously creative project, under unimaginable splendid leadership. on an inconceivably vast scale, with ever increasing cycle of fruitfulness and enjoyment — that is the prophetic vision which ‘eye has not seen and ear has not heard.’” — Dallas Willard It is one of those Dallas statements…
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Book Review — Living in Christ’s Presence
Living in Christ’s Presence has Dallas Willard as the author, which is appropriate. It is more a collaboration. The book came to me with a DVD of the sessions given by Dallas Willard and John Ortberg not long before Dallas passed away. The book is a transcript of those lectures by Ortberg and Willard, along with the transcripts of their conversations.…
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What’s your hurry?
There are times when reading through the Bible in huge chunks is needed. There are a few times when the “One Year Bible” is helpful. Most of the time, it’s not necessary. The question is this: “What’s your hurry?” Why do you think you can read that one chapter of Luke once, maybe twice, and know it? It will be there…
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