Even professing Christians, by and large, devote to their spiritual growth and well-being a tiny fraction of the time they devote to their body, and it is even tinier fraction if we include what they worry about.
Dallas WillardUnderstanding is the basis of care. What you would take care of you must first understand, whether it be a petunia or a nation.
Dallas WillardThe organized churches must become schools of spiritual discipline where Christians are taught how to own without treasuring (Matt. 6:21); how to possess without, like the "rich young ruler," being possessed (Mark 10:22); how to live simply, even frugally, though controlling great wealth and power.
Dallas WillardEvery church needs to be able to answer two questions. First, what is our plan for making disciples? And second, does our plan work?
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