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What is thinking? It is the activity of searching out what must be true, or cannot be true, in the light of the given facts or assumptions.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
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Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
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A disciple is a learner, a student, an apprentice – a practitioner… Disciples of Jesus are people who do not just profess certain views as their own but apply their growing understanding of life in the Kingdom of the Heavens to every aspect of their life on earth.
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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.
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We're not here to prove we're right we're here to help people.
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The soul's order is re-established in God through the law.
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Grace is not opposed to effort, it is opposed to earning. Earning is an attitude. Effort is an action. Grace, you know, does not just have to do with forgiveness of sins alone.
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As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
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God may not guide us in an obvious way because he wants us to make decisions based on faith and character.
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The 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.
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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.
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Unless you have already put God first, for example, what you will have to do to be financially secure, impress other people, or fulfill your desires will invariably lead you against God's wishes. That is why the first of the Ten Commandments, “You shall have no gods who take priority over me,” is the first of the Ten Commandments.
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Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of presence of the kingdom among us. They are 'societies' of Jesus.
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I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.
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The spirit is the part that is supposed to consciously direct everything in the person, including the soul.
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Fasting confirms our utter dependence upon God by finding in Him a source of sustenance beyond food.
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You can no more trust Jesus and not intend to obey him than you could trust your doctor and your auto mechanic and not intend to follow their advice. If you don't intend to follow their advice, you simply don't trust them. Period.
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We are built to live in the kingdom of God. It is our natural habitat.
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At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.
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The prospering of God's cause on earth depends upon his people thinking well.
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We know we can't be spiritually transformed by just focusing on the will.
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A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.
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