“Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because were from North England.” EnglandOur Family Author:Tony Scott
“So when Jesus directs us to pray, “Thy kingdom come,” he does not mean we should pray for it to come into existence. Rather, we pray for it to take over at all points in the personal, social, and political order where it is now excluded: “On earth as it is in heaven.” With this prayer we are invoking it, as in faith we are acting it, into the real world of our daily existence” WorldShouldMeanDoeRealEarthPoliticalOrderJesusHeavenSocialPrayerActingExistencePrayingKingdomsReal WorldExcludedKingdom Come Author:Dallas Willard
“In the story of the good Samaritan, Jesus not only teaches us to help people in need; more deeply, he teaches us that we cannot identify who “has it”, who is “in” with God, who is “blessed”, by looking at exteriors of any sort. That is a matter of the heart. There alone the kingdom of the heavens and human kingdoms great and small are knit together. Draw any cultural or social line you wish, and God will find his way beyond it.” PeopleWayNeedsHumansHeartMatterHelpingStoriesTogetherJesusHeavenWishSocialLinesTeachDrawsBlessedGods WillKingdomsExteriorMatters Of The HeartSamaritans Author:Dallas Willard
“What you present as the gospel will determine what you present as discipleship. If you present as the gospel what is essentially a theory of the atonement, and you say, If you accept this theory of the atonement, your sins are forgiven, and when you die you will be received into heaven, there is no basis for discipleship.” IfsDiesHeavenSinAcceptingTheoryBasesDetermineForgivenDiscipleshipAtonement Author:Dallas Willard
“If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed to change, committed to learn, then a spiritual assessment tool can work.” PeopleIfsRealTogetherSpiritualGrowsVisionGroupsToolsCommittedDiscipleshipAssessment Author:Dallas Willard
“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.” PeopleFirstsDesireWishExampleTenPrioritiesSecureCommandmentsImpressYou AgainTen CommandmentsGod FirstPut God First Author:Dallas Willard
“The core of the person is what he or she loves, and that is bound up with what they worship - that insight recalibrates the radar for cultural analysis. The rituals and practices that form our loves spill out well beyond the sanctuary. Many secular liturgies are trying to get us to love some other kingdom and some other gods.” TryingWellsPersonsFormPracticeWorshipBoundsInsightCoreKingdomsAnalysisRitualSecularOur LoveSanctuarySpillsRadarLiturgy Author:Dallas Willard
“Gun control responsibilities are taking police officers off the street and adding to crime.” ResponsibilityStreetsCrimeGunPoliceOfficersGun ControlPolice Officer Author:Stockwell Day
“People like myself say, 'Fix the problem. Put him in the general [prison] population. The moral prisoners will deal with him in a way we don't have the nerve to do.'” PeopleWayProblemDealsMoralPrisonPopulationNervesPrisonerPrison Population Author:Stockwell Day