Philip Bechler

“Christians certainly aren’t perfect. There will always be need for improvement. But there is a lot of room between being perfect and being “just forgiven” as that is nowadays understood. You could be much more than forgiven and still not be perfect.”
― Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God

“We do not just hear what Jesus said to do and try to do that. Rather, we also notice what he did, and we do that too. We”
― Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God

“There are no formulas—no definitive how-tos—for growth in the inner character of Jesus. Such growth is a way of relentless seeking. But there are many things we can do to place ourselves at the disposal of God, and “if with all our hearts we truly seek him, we shall surely find him”
― Dallas Willard, Renovation of the Heart: Putting On the Character of Christ

“We will decide, as best we know how, on the basis of love for all involved and with a readiness to sacrifice what we simply want. And in every situation we have the larger view. We are not passive, but we act always with clear-eyed and resolute love. We know what is really happening, seeing it from the point of view of eternity. And we know that we will be taken care of, no matter what. We can be vulnerable because we are, in the end, simply invulnerable. And once we have broken the power of anger and desire over our lives, we know that the way of Christ in response to personal injury and imposition is always the easier way. It is the only way that allows us to move serenely in the midst of harm and beyond it.”
― Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life In God