The Dallas Willard Podcast

Prayer as Service of Love   March 11, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #9 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    Prayer is communication with God for the purpose of accomplishing His goals in our lives and in the world.   Helpful Resources Becoming a Person of Prayer “Hearing the Voice of God” conference, episodes 21-28 of this p...

Service and Sacrifice March 4, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #8 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    FOR FURTHER STUDY Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard  Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a mea...

Study and Meditation February 25, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #7 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    Terms :  Study is the direction of our thoughts in ways that enlarge the range and number of our ideas. Meditation is the direction of our thoughts in ways that help us come to understand the things we already know.   Book...

Celibacy, Chastity and Purity February 18, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #6 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    Clarification of Terms: Celibacy, chastity, and purity are three dimensions of the same topic. Celibacy is the choice of a single life; the choice of a state without sexual relationships. Chastity refers to restra...

Simplicity, Frugality and Poverty February 11, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #5 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    Tim, I’m working on recreating the handout. I think it’s just the list of session topics with the scriptures for study.   DEFINITIONS Simplicity: A lack of disjointed complexity in intention and will. Frugalit...

Solitude and Silence and the Tongue February 4, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #4 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    Tim, I’m working on recreating the handout. I think it’s just the list of session topics with the scriptures for study.   FOR FURTHER STUDY: Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster John Wesley&apos...

Fasting: The Paradigm of the Disciplines January 28, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #3 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    FOR FURTHER STUDY: Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster The Didache (There are many editions) The Spirit of the Disciplines (1988) by Dallas Willard  Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide v...

Presentation of the Body through the Consecration of its “Members” January 21, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #2 of “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    DEFINITIONS: The Disciple is a person for whom the most important thing in the world is to be a disciple of Christ.  A discipline is a chosen activity wherein we learn to live by the power of God and in...

“Adding to Your Faith” by Sowing to the Spirit and Exercising unto Godliness January 14, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #1 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”   DEFINITIONS The Disciple: A person for whom the most important thing in the world is to be a disciple of Christ.  The Disciplines: Chosen or purposeful activities where...

Planning for Spiritual Formation in the Local Church January 24, 2012 Rolling Hills Covenant Church With this teaching, Dallas offers very practical instruction for creating a vision to bring a culture of spiritual formation into our churches. Slides: https://dwillard.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/2012+Rolling+Hills+Covenant.pdf Video: https://youtu.be/5mhL3vY0YuY Visit https://DWillard.org for a wid...

Pornography and Spiritual Formation September 23, 2008 Christian Spirituality and Soul Care Lecture Series Biola University   Dallas’s Handout: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Beyond-Pornography-Handout.pdf   Q&A (with the last part of this talk): https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Talks/2008-Pornography-and-Spiritual-Formation/2-of-2-Pornography-and-Spiritual-Formation-Part-2/02-Pornography-...

Episode 63 Incarnation and Celebration   December 30, 2007 Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship Reseda, CA   This is the only recording we have of Dallas preaching a Christmas sermon.    Sermon Notes: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Incarnation-and-Celebration-Notes.pdf   Incarnation and Celebration is also available in video format on the DWM YouTube channel.  Visit https://DWillard.org for a w...

Episode 62 How Eternal Livers Bring Knowledge of Eternal Living to Those Without It   February 20, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia   This is the final session of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. Dallas explains the importance of understanding that the Christian faith is a kind of knowledge that can be tested and proven. This teaching includes the four great questions of life...

Episode 61 Being a Disciple of Jesus, not Just a Christian   February 20, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia   This is session #8 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. Dallas goes over the specifics of many of the more commonly practiced disciplines, and explains how to be a disciple and how to make a disciple.   Conference Handout Session Eight Slides Session Eight Video     To...

Episode 60 Disciplines for Eternal (Spiritual) Living   February 20, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia   This is session #7 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series.    Conference Handout Session Seven Slides Session Seven Video   To study the topics in this session more deeply, see Dallas's book, The Spirit of the Disciplines .  For more on character formation, listen to episo...

Episode 59 The Role of the Body in Spiritual and Unspiritual Life February 19, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia   This is session #6 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. After a study of Paul's teaching about the body, Dallas discusses what our body is to our personality, how we live from our body, and how to follow Paul’s instructions to “mortify” the body.    Conference...

Episode 58 More Barriers to Eternal Living Now: Strongholds of Thought and Feeling February 19, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia This is session #5 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. Dallas discusses strongholds of thought and feeling that can be barriers to living the eternal life now. Conference Handout Session Five Slides Session Five Video To study the topics in sessions...

Episode 57 Some Barriers to Eternal Living Now: The Unsurrendered Will February 19, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia   This is session #4 of the “Living the Eternal Live Now” series. Dallas teaches about the functionality of all the fundamental parts of the human person based on his diagram of Mark 12:30-31, and explains barriers that inhabit us and inhibit us through the various dime...

Grace as Day-to-Day Reality: How to Grow in Grace February 19, 2010 Church of the Apostles Fairfax, Virginia   This is session #3 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.   Conference Handout Session Three Slides Session Three Video   Visit https://DWilla...

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. Confere...

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 (“See...

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.” Dal...

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. List...

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 Ser...