The Dallas Willard Podcast
Join us each week as we go back to the archives and share all of Dallas Willard's original, long-form teaching. Hosted by his daughter, Rebecca Willard Heatley.
Episodes
What is Spiritual Life? Who is a Spiritual Person?
February 19, 2010
Church of the Apostles
Fairfax, Virginia
This is session #2 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. Dallas explains various types of life, including our life as a spiritual being, and outlines the two landscapes of the flesh and the spirit.
The poem Dallas quotes is “The Chambered Nautilus,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Con...
Episode 54
Your Kingdom and God’s Kingdom
February 18, 2010
Church of the Apostles
Fairfax, Virginia
This is session #1 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. Dallas explains what a human kingdom is, what God's kingdom is, and how we are “training for reigning” as we begin living our eternal life with God now.
Four Guiding Texts for the Series
1. Matthew 6:33 and 4:17 (“Seek first the kingdom …”) and (“… the kingdom ...
The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge: How It Happens and What It Means
May 2, 2010
Psychiatry and Spirituality Forum at UC Irvine
(Co-sponsored by Fieldstead and Company)
Lecture Handout: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/DMK_2010_UCIrvine.pdf
Visit our website to learn more about The Disappearance of Moral Knowledge.
Books Dallas recommended:
1. After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre
Exercising the Power of God's Kingdom
June 30, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #7 of the “Abundant Life in Jesus” series.
For Further Study:
The book of Judges, chapter 6
Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
The Mark of the Disciple
June 29, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #6 of the “Abundant Life in Jesus” series.
For Further Study:
“The Need, Vision and Strategy of Growing in Christlikeness,” by Dallas Willard.
The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard.
Listen to Episode 8 to learn more about the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares and the Parable of the Net.
Listen to Episode 5 to learn more about the Parable of...
The Substance, Necessity and Evidence of Discipleship
June 28, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #5 of the “Abundant Life in Jesus” series.
For Further Study:
Listen to Episode 7 for a 40-minute teaching on the Parable of The Great Supper and the question of what is most important to us.
Listen to Episode 14 for further teaching on the Parable of the Unprofitable Servant.
The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willar...
Episode 49
The Righteousness Which is Beyond the Righteousness of the Scribes and the Pharisees, Part 2
June 27, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #4 of the “Abundant Life in Jesus” series.
For Further Study:
The Gospel of Matthew, chapters 5-7.
The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard.
A full chapter is devoted to the Parable of the Hours in “The Outrageous Compassion of God,” chapter 12 of The Scandal of the K...
Episode 48
The Righteousness Which is Beyond the Righteousness of the Scribes and the Pharisees, Part 1
June 26, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #3 of the “Abundant Life in Christ Jesus” series.
For Further Study:
The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 5.
“Marriage and Divorce,” by Richard Foster and Dallas Willard
The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard.
Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and ...
Jesus’s Gospel of the Kingdom of God
June 25, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #2 of the “Abundant Life in Jesus” series.
The gospel of Jesus was the availability and nature of the kingdom and rule of God in our lives. See Matthew chapters 3 and 4.
For Further Study:
The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard.
Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a mean...
Episode 46
Steps in the Victorious Life of a Disciple
June 25, 1978
Calvary Baptist Church
Nevada, Missouri
This is session #1 of the “Abundant Life in Jesus” series.
Four Great Dimensions of Abundant Life:
1. Forgiveness of sins (propitiation)
2. Provision (foresight)
3. Transformation of character
Power over evil
Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means ...
Ordering the Spiritual Disciplines
4/13/1991
Renovaré Regional Conference
Conference Theme: Where New Life Begins
First United Methodist Church
Wichita, Kansas
The scripture Dallas opens with is 1 John 1:1-5.
This is part two of “The Spiritual Disciplines: Making Growth Possible.” These two talks were prepared as a follow up to Richard Foster’s book, Celebration of Discipline, and Dallas’s book, The Spirit of the Disciplines.
Entering the Spiritual Disciplines
4/13/1991
Renovaré Regional Conference
Conference Theme: Where New Life Begins
First United Methodist Church
Wichita, Kansas
This is part one of “The Spiritual Disciplines: Making Growth Possible.” These two talks were prepared as a follow up to Richard Foster’s book, Celebration of Discipline, and Dallas’s book, The Spirit of the Disciplines.
Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources ...
What Matters to Me and Why: Realism
January 15, 2003
University of Southern California
This was Dallas’s contribution to a series of lunchtime talks hosted by USC’s Office of Religious Life. The theme for the series was “What Matters to Me and Why.”
Explanations of Terms:
Philosophy: “I like to describe philosophy as the attempt to understand by rational means the necessary structure of the world in which we live.”
Realism: “Re...
42. Living Wholeness of Life in the Kingdom and Power of God (Oct 28, 2003)
Session #6 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily
Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA
October 28, 2003
Presentation Slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Healing-the-Heart-and-Life-6.pdf
Recommended Daily Practice: Continue to have daily times of prayer and meditation on scripture to keep your mind filled...
Session #5 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily
Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA
Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Dallas Willard Ministries exists to proclaim, teach and manifest the love, truth and transforming power of Christ and the...
Session #4 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily
Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA
October 14, 2003
Presentation Slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Healing-the-Heart-and-Life-4.pdf
Recommended Daily Practice: Meditate on 1 Corinthians 13 twice daily for 2 weeks.
For further study: Renovation of the Heart: https://dwillard.org/resources/books/renovation-of-the-heart
Visit htt...
Session #3 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily
Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA
October 7, 2003
Presentation Slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Healing-the-Heart-and-Life-3.pdf
Recommended Daily Practice:
Three times daily, spend 10-15 minutes in prayer and meditation with the 23rd Psalm, and as you do, focus on this statement from Paul: “In everything give tha...
Session #2 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily
Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA
September 30, 2003
Presentation Slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Healing-the-Heart-and-Life-2.pdf
Recommended Daily Practice:
Three times daily, spend 10-15 minutes in prayer and meditation with the 23rd Psalm, and as you do, focus on this statement from Paul: “In everything give thanks, for this as the...
How Our Hearts and Lives are Broken and the Promise of Healing
Session #1 of Healing the Heart and Life by Walking with Jesus Christ Daily
Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA
September 23, 2003
This is the first of six studies in how patient apprenticeship to Jesus leads us into the fullness of life for which God made us. Dallas presents how our hearts and lives are broken alongside the promise of healing. There are thin...
Church Activities Organized around Character Development – Really!
Kern Family Foundation Pastors Conference
Theme: Character Formation
July 6-7, 2010
This is the final session of a 4-part series on character formation. Reflecting back on the Great Commission and implementing the VIM model, Dallas coaches us in the ways we can realign our church activities around the vision, intention, and means of character formation in Christian com...
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