what's in a word?

suggested replacement definitions for some common words and phrases, now rather battered around the edges, from dallas willard:

disciple: one learning to live their life as Jesus would if he were they - an apprentice of Jesus; instead of someone who is serious about church involvement

salvation: being caught up into the life that Jesus is living right now on earth; instead of going to heaven, not hell, after death

grace: God acting in our life to accomplish what we cannot do on our own; instead of God's forgiveness for our sins that takes away our guilt

love: to will the good of another; instead of a feeling of desire for, or to act nicely toward, another

kingdom of God: the present range of God's effective will, where what he wants done is done; instead of heaven, or the perfect realm that will exist at the end of history