The Dallas Willard Podcast

The Beatitudes as Gospel. The MANNER of Jesus' Teaching A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 3 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood February 11, 1990 Handouts: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Series_on_What_Jesus_Believed-Taught-Lived.pdf The Divine Conspiracy for Young Adults Online Course: https://dwillard.org/resources/events/divine-conspiracy-course Sundays, July...

The Rule of Heaven in the Old Testament –– in Israel A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 2 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood February 4, 1990 The Divine Conspiracy for Young Adults Online Course https://dwillard.org/resources/events/divine-conspiracy-course Sundays, July 5-26, 2026 5:00 pm Pacific Time Handouts: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Series_on_What_Jesus_Bel...

Jesus’ Gospel and Ours (The Meaning of the "Rule of Heaven") A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 1 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood January 28, 1990   Handouts: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Series_on_What_Jesus_Believed-Taught-Lived.pdf Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportunities that can serve as a means to help you “gro...

Beyond Personality  C.S. Lewis Summer Conference Theme: A celebration of Mere Christianity University of San Diego June 21, 2003   Learn more about the CS Lewis Foundation . Learn more about Mere Christianity . The book about naturalism Dallas recommended in this talk is Naturalism and the Human Spirit  by Yervant Krikorian .   Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide variety of resources and opportu...

Exactly Why the Local Church is the Hope of the World Christ Community Evangelical Free Church Kansas City, MO October 1, 2006   Key Sermon Texts: Ephesians 3:8-12 Ephesians 4:14-16 Philippians 2:3-11 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 Willar...

Everything in Common All Souls, Langham Place May 26, 2002 (Trinity Sunday)   Sermon Texts Acts 2:42-47 Genesis 11:1-9   https://www.allsouls.org 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...

Preparation for Pentecost  Calvary Baptist Church in Nevada, MO Summer, 1972 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 Kingdom of God....

Living in a Vision of the Greatness of Jesus Christ The Navigators International Council May 6, 2003   Learn more about The Navigators at https://www.navigators.org/who-we-are 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 pr...

The Passion to Know, Love, and Become Like Jesus Christ The Navigators International Council May 6, 2003   FOR FURTHER STUDY: Diagram About the Self: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Infinite-Environment.jpg Learn more about spiritual transformation in Dallas’s book, Renovation of the Heart . Learn more about The Navigators at https://www.navigators.org/who-we-are   Visit https://DWillard.org for...

The Passion to Know, Love, and Become Like Jesus Christ The Navigators International Council May 5, 2003   Learn more about The Navigators at https://www.navigators.org   Clarification of Terms: A Value: Something you aspire to have; a goal, an objective that is chosen. A Goal: Something that you want to bring about. A Passion: Something that can’t be chosen directly; it lays hold of you and prima...

What Your U Won’t Teach U, But U Are Apt to Catch Anyway Veritas Forum Louisiana State University  February 18, 2008   What is it that “your U won’t teach U but U are apt to catch anyway”? Dallas argues that it is shallow and dangerous morality.   PowerPoint Slides: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/2008-LSU-Veritas-What-Your-U-Wont-Teach-U.pdf   Recommended Reading:  The Making of the Modern Univ...

The Value of Truth and What Happens When U Don't Have It Veritas Forum at  Louisiana State University  February 17, 2008   Why is truth so valuable? It enables you to deal with reality successfully. Reality is what you run into when you’re wrong. Simply believing something doesn’t make it true or false. Truth is accuracy of representation. You know something if you’re able to represent it as...

Eating the Flesh and Drinking the Blood of Jesus: The Substance of Jesus Through His Word  August 7, 2011 St. Peter’s Anglican Church Birmingham, AL   For Further Study Compare Matthew 26:26-28 and John 6 verses 32-35 and 47-63.  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...

Celebration and Worship March 25, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #11 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    A celebration is a joyous occasion engaged in “in honor” of something.   FOR FURTHER STUDY Listen to episode 16 of this podcast: “Celebration: The Recollection of God” Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster Th...

Fellowship and Submission   March 23, 1981 Rolling Hills Covenant Church   This is session #10 of an 11-part series called “The Disciple, the Disciplines and the Triumphant Life.”    Fellowship – Putting ourselves on the same plane with another person. We identify with them. Submission - Putting our own interest under the interest of another person.   Dallas gives three words to help us relate to...

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...