I’m taking a course on Spiritual Formation, and reading some great books. One is called The Kingdom Life. It’s edited by Alan Andrews, but each chapter is written by a leader from a group called TACT (Theological And Cultural Thinkers). I want to pass on to you some great quotes from this book as I go through it. Check them out below…
“God isn’t opposed to effort, just earning.” Dallas Williard (14)
“Israel is not for the sake of Israel, but for the world, as today the church is not for the church, but for the world.” (Williard, 36)
“The Kingdom of God is just God in action.” (Willard, 37)
“People seem to think that the physical universe dwarfs God. But no. We don’t have a big physical universe with a little God flitting around here and there. We have a physical universe that fits on the little finger of a great big God who has been here always and will be here forever.” (Willard, 38)
“Here is the idea behind all temptation: God is presented to our minds as depriving us of what is good (or at least what we want) by His commands, so we think we must take matters into our own hands. This image of God leads to our pushing Him out of our thoughts and putting ourselves on the throne of the universe. We can see that the single most important thing in our minds is our idea of God. The process of spiritual formation in Christ is one of progressively replacing our destructive images and ideas with the images and ideas that filled the mind of Jesus Himself. We thereby come increasingly to see ‘the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.'” (2 Cor. 4:4, NRSV) (Willard, 50)
I’d love to interact with you on any of these quotes if you feel so inclined! Stay tuned for more…