The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.
Dallas WillardSpiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.
Dallas WillardWhat we can accomplish as good as it may be does not compare to what God can accomplish
Dallas WillardIn accord with his original intent, the heavenly Father has in fact prepared an individualized kingdom for every person, from the outset of creation.
Dallas WillardI was in a fascinating meeting where one man had been in China recently. A Chinese professor has found evidence that Christians reached Western China before 90 AD. Before 90 AD! The idea isn't all that astonishing when we think about it. That's what the disciples thought they were supposed to do! And, I'm sure, the disciples just said, "That's it. Let's go!" And they all wound up dead. But everyone else did too!
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