428 Quotes by Dallas Willard

The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? ... If it fails to set a lovable God--a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being--before ordinary people, we have gone wrong

Everyone receives spiritual formation, just as everyone gets an education. The only question is whether it is a good one or a bad one. We need to take a conscious, intentional hand in the developmental process. We need to understand what the formation of the human spirit is, and how it can best be done as Christ would have it done. This is an indispensable aspect of developing a psychology that is adequate to human life.

God's address is at the end of your rope.

Your mind will really talk to you when you begin to deny fulfillment to your desires, and you will find how subtle and shameless it is.

The assumption of Jesus' program for his people on earth was that they would live their lives as his students and co-laborers.

We cannot handle injustice by finding more ways to impose what is in fact "right" on people. It has to come from the inside. And that's where the church should be working.

Jesus is the human face on the kingdom of God. He makes it concretely accessible.

The prospering of God's cause on earth depends upon his people thinking well.

The sinner is not the one who uses a lot of grace... The saint burns grace like a 747 burns fuel on take off.