"We have counted on preaching, teaching, and knowledge or information to form faith in the hearer and have counted on faith to form the inner life and outward behavior of the Christian. But, for whatever reason, this strategy has not turned out well. The result is that we have multitudes of professing Christians who well may be ready to die but obviously are not ready to live, and can hardly get along with themselves, much less with others."
-Dallas Willard
from the chapter "Spiritual Formation in Christ"
taken from the book "The Great Omission"
P.S. !
sorry for not expounding more on this quote.
what's missing isPROPER teaching of the WHOLE Word.
read the commets, they're insightful.
BE DISCERNING, LIKE THE BEREANS!
about me.
- rach stand
- I'm learning to be more like Jesus everday; learning to submit the ideals of my heart to the logic of my mind and the will of God, learning to forsake my life and desires and embrace the plan Jesus has for me, learning to hate myself in comparison to how much i love others, learning to preach the Gospel with my mouth and my actions, and learning to love God with all my heart, soul & mind.
2 comments:
"We have counted on nothing, it is the prescribed diet of Discipleship according to 2 Timothy 3:16-17 which reads;
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." And this so called strategy that is not turning out well has not been overlooked by the Author, its merely the natural procession of The Kingdom of Heaven/God. It will be as a little bit of leaven, or as 10 virgins but only 5 with oil, or a pearl of great price. And in no way are these straight forward teachings of Christ negating the necessity of our transformation by His Communion with us. Thats what knowledge and teaching and preaching is right? Equipping the saints to better KNOW their God? My question is what could be a healthy substitute in discipleship? (regarding the Great omission) Or maybe I just need to read the book to find out."
- A.W. Soliven
From the chapter: I think I know everything.
From the book: "The beavers are a feeble folk, yetb they make their homes in the crag"
PROPER Teaching. but we talkedabout this :)
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