Summary of Dallas Willard's The Spirit of the Disciplines

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#1 The cost of discipleship is often emphasized by Christians. But it must not be left out that it is also difficult to be a non-discipled person. Life is difficult for those who don’t follow Christ.

#2 We all know that we won’t succeed in being like our favorite baseball star if we only try to be like him during the game. We must understand that the secret of entering into the easy yoke is a daily regimen of preparation of mind and body.

#3 Following Jesus is not about loving our enemies, going the second mile, and turning the other cheek. It is about living as he lived all his life, adopting his lifestyle. If we try to live as he did when he was on the spot, we’ll experience frustration instead of ease.

#4 The human condition is to want what is right and important, but not to commit to the life that will make those things happen. We intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it reality.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822542594

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The cost of discipleship is often emphasized by Christians. But it must not be left out that it is also difficult to be a non-discipled person. Life is difficult for those who don’t follow Christ.

#2

We all know that we won’t succeed in being like our favorite baseball star if we only try to be like him during the game. We must understand that the secret of entering into the easy yoke is a daily regimen of preparation of mind and body.

#3

Following Jesus is not about loving our enemies, going the second mile, and turning the other cheek. It is about living as he lived all his life, adopting his lifestyle. If we try to live as he did when he was on the spot, we’ll experience frustration instead of ease.

#4

The human condition is to want what is right and important, but not to commit to the life that will make those things happen. We intend what is right, but we avoid the life that would make it reality.

#5

The hard thing to do is to hate your enemies, turn away supplicants, and curse the curser, because that is what it means to be a new kind of person who lives by the rule of God.

#6

The secret of the easy yoke is to learn from Christ how to live our total lives, how to invest all our time and energies of mind and body as he did. We must learn how to follow his preparations, the disciplines for life in God’s rule, which enabled him to receive his Father’s constant and effective support while doing his will.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The Christian community is filled with people who struggle with the tension between what they know they should be and what they think they can be. They believe in their hearts that they should be Christlike, but few can see this as a real possibility for themselves or others they know.

#2

The dilemma of following Christ is that it is either hard, but clear-cut and simple, or it is extremely difficult and requires a lot of effort. It is our vocation as well as our greatest good, but how can we follow him easily and with ease.

#3

Practical theology is the study of how our actions affect God to accomplish his goals in human life. It is the study of how we go about growing spiritually. It is vitally important to develop methods that enable women and men