Dallas Willard

I have recently finished reading Dallas Willard's Renovation of the Heart. It is a work of genius. Anyone who is serious about their own spiritual life should take a look at this book. It is a bit heavy going, but I cannot recommend it strongly enough. Willard is brilliant, and God can use this book to help transform your life.

Reaching people

Reaching people is the name of the mission module we study at College. Last night I was reminded again of something we learned about a while ago. The onion model of the person, or something like that, it's called. It says that the deepest part of the person is their "worldview" - this is what informs their behaviour, attitudes, how they dress, basically the person that they present to the world.
The thing is, people seem to have all kinds of hang-ups about reaching different people groups - or any, for that matter. We got all hot and bothered about how we dress, about what we do and how we do it, and so on. Like, youthwork means wearing baggy jeans and trying to relate to teenagers by using language we think they use.
The way I see it, I want to connect with people somewhere a little deeper than that, and I think so do people. People really need to connect at this worldview level. I wnat to know what you're really about. That's how it works. What makes you think like you do, act like you do, dress like you do, do what you do...?

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