The Dallas Willard Podcast

Apprentice Institute Conference Workshop September 23, 2011 Friends University Wichita, Kansas Conference Theme: Formation in Christlikeness 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...

Apprentice Institute Pre-Conference Dinner September 22, 2011   Friends University Wichita, Kansas   Conference Theme: Formation in Christlikeness   Download Dallas’s notes: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Apprentice-Gathering-2011-Willard-Handout.pdf   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 knowle...

Apprentice Institute Pre-Conference Dinner September 22, 2011   Friends University Wichita, Kansas   Conference Theme: Formation in Christlikeness Download Jim Smith’s outline of the talk: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Willard-Dinner-Apprentice-2011.pdf 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 know...

Moral Education in the Academy: Optional or Necessary? November 5, 2004 MacLaurin Institute Lecture University of Minnesota, St Paul, MN READING: “The University’s Responsibility for Moral Guidance,” by Dallas Willard. The Real Issue, #1, March 2004. “The Aims of Education” by John J. Mearsheimer, Philosophy and Literature, 1998, vol 22. “The Disparity Between Intellect and Character,” by Robert C...

Taking the Kingdom of God to the World of Business and Government Today National Pastors Convention - San Diego, California Conference Theme: Beyond Simple Answers: Real Ministry in a Complex World February 26, 2003 Coventry Cathedral Prayer The chapters Dallas recommended reading are chapters 10 and 11 of The Spirit of the Disciplines . The stories of Corrie Ten Boom are in In My Father’s House ....

Discipleship and the Disciplines for the Spiritual Life   A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 8 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood March 18, 1990   Handouts: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com /Series_on_What_Jesus_Believed-Taught-Lived.pdf   Learn more about The Divine Conspiracy at www.dwillard.org/resources/books/divine-conspiracy Visit https://DWillard.org for a wide...

How to Become a Disciple  A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 7 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood March 11, 1990   DIG DEEPER: Handouts: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com /Series_on_What_Jesus_Believed-Taught-Lived.pdf Article: Why Bother with Discipleship?  https://dwillard.org/resources/articles/why-bother-with-discipleship The Divine Conspiracy : www.dwillard.org/res...

The Power of “the Word of the Kingdom”  A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 6 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood March 4, 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 “grow in the grace and knowledge of o...

Beyond “the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees” – Part 2 A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 5 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood February 25, 1990 Handouts: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/Series_on_What_Jesus_Believed-Taught-Lived.pdf The book excerpt Dallas mentioned called “Peculiar People” is by Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon. Christianity Today,...

Beyond “the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees” – Part 1  A Series on What Jesus Believed and Taught—and Lived, Part 4 First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood February 18, 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 “grow in...

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...