“Recently a pilot was practicing high-speed maneuvers in a jet fighter. She turned the controls for what she thought was a steep ascent – and flew straight into the ground. She was unaware that she had been flying upside down. This is a parable of human existence in our times – not exactly that everyone is crashing, though there is enough of that – but most of us as individuals, and world society as a whole, live life at high-speed, and often with no clue to whether we are flying upside down or right-side up. Indeed, we are haunted by a stirring suspicion that there may be no difference – or at least that it is unknown or irrelevant.” Dallas Willard: The Divine Conspiracy
“Yet, in the gloom a light glimmers and glows. We have received an invitation. We are invited to make a pilgrimage – into the heart and life of God. The invitation has long been in public record. A door of welcome seems open to everyone without exception. No person or circumstance other than our own decision can keep us away. ‘Whosoever will may come.’” Dallas Willard: The Divine Conspiracy