11-29-07
I would recommend any book by Dallas Willard. He is a great thinker and writer. He does a good job of re-defining some common used words in Christianity.
Disciple
Popular definition: One who is serious about church involvement
Willard's definition: One learning to live their life as Jesus would if he were they. An apprentice of Jesus.
Salvation
Popular definition: Going to heaven, not hell, after death.
Willard's definition: Being caught up into the life that Jesus is living right now on earth.
Love
Popular definition: A feeling or desire for, or to act nicely towards another
Willard's definition: To will the good of another
Kingdom of God
Popular definition: Heaven, or the perfect realm that will exist at the end of history
Willard's definition: The present range of God's effective will, where what He wants done is done.
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