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DeYoung writes, “A moral checklist doesn’t take into consideration the idols of the heart.” And inevitably, checklist spirituality…
Formation · Idolatry · Grace
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Dallas Willard on Grace
Dallas Willard
Dallas Willard defined grace as: “God doing in us and for us what we could not do ourselves.” This definition keeps grace from becoming either a license for passivity or a fuel for self-effort. Grace is God’s active power working in the places where we are powerless. Spiritual formation is not about trying harder; it is about learning to receive and cooperate with what only God can do.
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Helpful for teaching on sanctification that avoids both legalism and antinomianism.
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- Formation
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