“We should, to begin with, think that God leads a very interesting life, and that he is full of joy. Undoubtedly he is the most joyous being in the universe. The abundance of his love and generosity is inseparable from his infinite joy. All of the good and beautiful things from which we occasionally drink tiny droplets of soul-exhilarating joy, God continuously experiences in all their breadth and depth and richness.” ThinkingShouldSoulBeautifulJoyUniverseInterestingDrinkInfiniteDepthTinyGenerosityAbundanceBeautiful ThingsHis LoveVery InterestingRichnessJoyousInseparableExhilaratingBreadthInteresting LifeDropletsJoy God Author:Dallas Willard
“See, once you have begun to experience solitude and silence, you discover that you actually have a soul and that there is a God.Then you can begin to practice Sabbath and that will enable you to re-enter community.You can't have community without Sabbath.” SoulCommunitySilencePracticeSolitudeSabbath Author:Dallas Willard
“The revolution of Jesus is in the first place and continuously a revolution of the human heart or spirit...it is a revolution of character which proceeds by changing people from the inside through ongoing personal relationship to God in Christ and to one another. It is one that changes their ideas, beliefs, feelings, and habits of choice, as well as their bodily tendencies and social relations. It penetrates to the deepest layer of their soul. External, social arrangements may be used to this end, but they are not the end, nor are they a fundamental part of the means” PeopleFirstsHumansWellsHeartMayMeanIdeasSoulEndsCharacterFeelingsUsedSpiritChoicesJesusBeliefSocialChristRevolutionHabitRelationFundamentalsTendenciesLayersArrangementsHuman HeartOngoingPenetratePersonal RelationshipsSocial Relations Author:Dallas Willard
“We see that the soul is the deepest and the most vital part of the person as a whole. It is often treated as the person, and we actually do this when we talk about "saving our soul."” PersonsSoulWholeTreatedSaving Author:Dallas Willard
“We don't save our soul and leave our emotions and our feelings and our body and all the rest of it out. That's just a way of talking that emphasizes the soul is so fundamental that we can, in some cases, treat it as the whole person because it actually is the thing that integrates all of these aspects of the self and makes them work together. Now, I don't think we can find a passage in the Bible that says that. We have to read and study how it addresses the soul, and we then see that it is the deepest, most vital part of the human self.” ThinkingWayHumansPersonsSoulSelfWholeFeelingsBodyTogetherEmotionTalkingCasesStudyAspectTreatsFundamentalsAddressesWorking TogetherPassagesIntegratingWhole PersonWay Of Talking Author:Dallas Willard
“It's important to distinguish the soul from the spirit, or will, because the will or the heart or the spirit is the executive center of the self.” HeartImportantSoulSelfSpiritExecutives Author:Dallas Willard
“The spirit is the part that is supposed to consciously direct everything in the person, including the soul.” PersonsSoulSpiritDirectIncluding Author:Dallas Willard
“Generally speaking we don't want to hear from the soul. We want it to just do its job. Unfortunately, in a broken world, it also is broken, and we're going to hear from it because many of the ordinary miseries and extraordinary glories of human life are expressions of the state of the soul.” WorldWantHumansSoulStatesJobsExpressionBrokenGloryOrdinaryMiseryExtraordinaryHuman LifeJust Do ItBroken World Author:Dallas Willard
“The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul.” SoulLawPerfectLordRestoring Author:Dallas Willard
“I do emphasize that we cannot just get out of the Bible a definition of the soul.” SoulDefinitions Author:Dallas Willard
“I would say the soul would be more than the engine. The soul would be like the computer system that coordinates everything, from the smog device to the fuel injection system to the brakes.” SoulWould BeComputerFuelDevicesEnginesBrakeCoordinatesInjectionSmogComputer Systems Author:Dallas Willard
“Now, of course, you have guidance devices and all sorts of things. The soul would be more like the way this is all hooked together, a system of coordination.” WaySoulWould BeTogetherCoursesGuidanceDevicesHookedCoordination Author:Dallas Willard
“Think of the soul as the computer system that runs the whole thing. And then the spirit is the executive center. It's the faculty of choice. And then you want that faculty governed by the truth of God and the Spirit of God.” ThinkingWantSoulWholeRunningSpiritChoicesComputerExecutivesFacultySpirit Of GodTruth Of GodComputer Systems Author:Dallas Willard
“The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? ... If it fails to set a lovable God--a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being--before ordinary people, we have gone wrong” PeopleIfsMindHeartSoulGoneFailingOrdinaryTestsTheologyFriendlyOrdinary PeopleAcidCompetentRadiantLovable Author:Dallas Willard
“The kingdom of God is the true ecology of the human soul.” HumansSoulKingdomsEcologyKingdom Of GodHuman Soul Author:Dallas Willard
