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The transformation of the social world is at its heart the transformation of personal relations. That's the key to transforming society in the larger arena.

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Dallas Willard
Age: 77 †
Born: 1935
Born: September 4
Died: 2013
Died: May 8
Non-Fiction Writer
Philosopher
Translator
Buffalo
Missouri
Dallas Albert Willard
Social
Arena
Heart
Relations
World
Larger
Transformation
Relation
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Society
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The disciple of Jesus is not the deluxe or heavy-duty model of the Christian-especially padded, textured, streamlined, and empowered for the fast lane on the straight and narrow way. He stands on the pages of the New Testament as the first level of basic transportation in the kingdom of God.
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To depart from righteousness is to choose a life of crushing burdens, failures, and disappointments, a life caught in the toils of endless problems that are never resolved.
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I believe that every human being is sufficiently depraved that when we get to heaven, no one will be able to say, I merited this.
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