It actually hurts to read a Dallas Willard book. It hurts to have this much light by way of wisdom and insight shining on your mind and on your soul and on your heart so brilliantly. This book is a rich, sumptuous, life-expanding experience. Every page, sometimes every sentence, gives something more to relish.
Dallas Willard, more than any other Christian author I have read, speaks powerful and insightful and sobering truths. Dallas Willard can convey more truth in one sentence than many writers do across pages of text, even entire books. Any Christian who wants to seriously deepen their walk with the Lord should read this book. And I do not say that lightly. It's a frightening proposition, because every page, nearly every sentence, gives you something to pause and wonder over how you're living your life. How you're *really* ... living.
Worthwhile passages fill every page. Here are just a few that impressed me enough to share them here:
"In seeking and receiving God's word to us, therefore, we must at the same time seek and receive the *grace of humility.* God will gladly give it to us if, trusting and waiting on him to act, we refrain from *pretending* we are what we know we are not, from *presuming* a favorable position for ourselves in any respect and from *pushing* or trying to override the will of others in our context." (p. 38)
"Those who wish to hear the word and know the truth are often not prompted by their desire to *do* it. The light that such people find frequently proves to be their own snare and condemnation." (p. 161)
"People left the presence of Jesus with heads and hearts full of thoughts and convictions that he had authored in them through the power of God's voice and word with which he spoke." (p. 176)
"Infallability, and especially infallability in discerning the mind of God, simply does not fit the human condition. It should not be desired, much less expected, from our relationship with God." (p. 183)
"You cannot believe a blur or a blank, and the blanks in our understanding can only be filled in by careful instruction and hard thinking. It will not be done on our behalf." (p. 193)
One more thing to like about Willard is how he weaves into his original work the best of previous Christian leaders, preachers, and teachers. The notes at the end of the book are filled with past masters of the Christian faith and will provide much additional reading material.No one can know everything, but looking at the bibliography of a Dallas Willard book, you think he comes pretty close.
If you want to be a disciple of Christ and learn how to deepen your relationship with God, read this book.
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Customers find this book excellent for developing a conversational relationship with God, praising its practical advice and clear explanations. The writing style is well-received, with one customer noting it's written in a conversational tone. While customers find the book easy to read and understand, they note it can be challenging at times.
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175 customers mention content, 169 positive, 6 negative
Great book. Thought provoking and really helped make some things clearer for me....Read more
This is an excellent book by a great author. With the depth of the topic, I will need to read it several times....Read more
Awesome book. Affirms my beliefs and my appreciation for other's beliefs after reading core religious books over the last 4 yearsRead more
Insightful, deep and practical at the same time. Very different, but consistent in content, from a lot of books on this subject.Read more
32 customers mention practical, 31 positive, 1 negative
Insightful, deep and practical at the same time. Very different, but consistent in content, from a lot of books on this subject.Read more
...really good pointers on how to listen to God's voice that I find very helpful. The more I think about this book the higher the rating goes....Read more
In his book, "Hearing God," Dallas Willard has written a helpful, lucid, personal, illustrative, treatise on how the Holy Spirit...Read more
...There was a lot of practical advice I have rarely seen in other books. He was very authentic in sharing his own walk with God...even his stumbles....Read more
32 customers mention readability, 23 positive, 9 negative
Really worth the read. Complex theology made simple.Read more
This is a deep read. Gives insights into how to seek and hear the voice of God. Deserves a second reading!Read more
Very philosophical for the average person. Thought it was not an easy read.Read more
...Willard presents an easy-read on the subject of improving a conversational life with God, who is always speaking....Read more
16 customers mention clarity, 14 positive, 2 negative
...He takes a very honest approach and does a great job of explaining how we can walk confidently in relationship with God while not having "all the...Read more
...about by the wind playing games to hear his voice, this book brings clarity and Christ centered wisdom to the matter and encourages all believers to...Read more
This book lays out very clearly that God will and does speak to us today. I need to read it again and truly digest the truth of it.Read more
...body of thought on this topic and has given us a very practical, easily understood, and refreshingly useful guide to hearing God.Read more
13 customers mention hearing god, 13 positive, 0 negative
...It is about hearing God as revealed in the Bible and through the Bible....Read more
...This book is very sound Biblically. It is enlightening, encouraging, informative, convicting, and comforting!...Read more
...These questions are can we hear from God and how do we hear from God. This book does an excellent job answering both of these questions....Read more
I am enjoying Hearing God. My church is doing this as a Churchwide Bible Study for the next 13 weeks.Read more
11 customers mention conversation, 11 positive, 0 negative
...I have been enjoying a conversational relationship with God that comes and goes in bursts. This had puzzled me until now....Read more
...one who wants to grow and learn more about listening to God, conversation with God and what discernment could look like.Read more
Balanced, biblical and experiential understanding and approach to a conversational walk with God. Dallas lived out what he wrote in this book....Read more
This treatise outlines the expectation, dynamics, and blessing of a conversational life with God. Just great teaching on prayer, scripture....Read more
11 customers mention writing style, 11 positive, 0 negative
Very well written and clearly explains the need for relationship with God, why and how to go about growing your relationship by listening to God.Read more
This is an amazing book,so well written,easy to understand . Dallas does a great job describing the move of the Holy Spirit available to is all.Read more
This book is a beautiful, thoughtful, well written book about both experiential and biblical experiences in hearing God....Read more
...This book IS instructional, but it is written in a conversational tone....Read more
13 customers mention difficulty, 8 positive, 5 negative
...It was both challenging and practical and I highly recommend it.Read more
...That said, I found this book difficult to work through....Read more
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