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…..the Spirit of God now calls his people to live from an adequate basis for character transformation, resulting in obedience to and abundance in Christ. This really is something different. The present moment is not an occasion to keep on doing the same things Christians have been doing in the recent past – except now “really meaning it.” It is time to change our focus, individually and in our Christian groupings.
If we as Christ’s people genuinely enter Christ’s way of the Heart, individuals will find a sure path toward becoming the persons they were meant to be: thoroughly good and godly persons, yet purged of arrogance, insensitivity, and self-sufficiency. Christian assemblies will become what they have been in many periods of the past and what the world desperately calls for today: incomparable schools of life…
(from Renovation of the Heart)
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Dallas Willard is the wisest person I know. I always enjoy posts and mind-sets like his!
I agree with your take on Dallas Willard. I have always found his writings to be thought-provoking, inspirational, and especially well-organized. Along with N.T. Wright, Willard is a major influence on my worldview. Thanks for stopping by LifeBrook!
Mick