How does this “apprenticeship to Jesus” fit in with the common understandings of the Christian life?
In several of his books and articles, Dr. Willard describes how the original Good News that Jesus taught, and embodied, and passed on to his disciples was compromised to become something far different than Jesus intended. Of course, this involves [...]
Here is a quote from Dallas Willard:
“We are going to go through the mill of life like everyone else. We are different because we also have a higher or “additional” life, a different quality of life, a spiritual life, an eternal life, not because we are spared the ordinary troubles which befall human beings.”
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Before I start talking about how Jesus fixes the heart of humans, I want say something about ‘eternal life.’ We usually think about heaven, and what happens to us after we die, when we hear the words “eternal life.” We get baptized, go to church, try to lead a moral life, and hope (or have faith) that [...]
So, the goal of apprenticehip to Jesus is that we live our lives, right where we are, as if Jesus was living inside of us. In other words, we would do what he wants done, we would respond to people and situations as he would respond, we would have the kind of goals that he [...]
Happy New Year to one and all on this 9th day of Christmas.
I have decided to start posting regularly on a particular theme. I think this is called following a thread, but whatever, I have a subject that I want to address and focus on for awhile. I almost want to use the ‘D’ word, [...]
