The Dallas Willard Podcast

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 Compass...

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:/...

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 resou...

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 resour...

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 Dalla...

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://D...

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...

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...

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 tran...

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/book...

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: “I...

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: “...

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 alongsid...

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...

Realism about Character Transformation – ‘Spiritual Formation’ and the ‘VIM’ Structure: Vision/Intention/Means. Session 3 of this 4-part series is a high-level overview of how Christian character formation works. Much of this material can be found in Dallas’s book, Renovation of the Heart. This includes a study of how the human person is put together and a review of the VIM strategy for growth. Do...

Kern Family Foundation Pastors Conference Theme: Character Formation July 6-7, 2010  In session two of this 4-part 2010 series, Dallas emphasizes the centrality of knowledge to the Christian life. The historical drive against this view of Christianity is part of a battle for authority over public life. We have allowed our beliefs to be treated as “just faith” and need to reclaim the importance of...

The Calling and Resources of the Pastor - The Gospel and Character Kern Family Foundation Pastors Conference Theme: Character Formation July 6-7, 2010 Dallas defines character as acquired essence. “It is your identity as shaped by your experiences, and especially your choices, and interaction with other people.” The first session in this 4-part series will give us a good understanding of what char...

What if We Never Die? Sunday Morning Sermon  Valley Vineyard Christian Fellowship, Reseda, CA October 5, 1997   Dallas firmly believed that followers of Jesus will never taste death. In this week’s podcast, he shows us where this is found in scripture: ·         John 8:51 ·         John 11:1-44 ·         2 Timothy 1:10 ·         Hebrews 2:14-15   For Further Study: Preparing for Heaven: What Dalla...

What’s Good About Good Friday? A Sunday sermon given at The Church of the Apostles in Fairfax, Virginia. February 21, 2010 For Futher Study: 1.      Visit DWillard.org and read the “ The Craftiness of Christ ” to learn more about what was really happening on the way to the cross. There are two versions on our site, and we’re linking to “the Director’s Cut” because it includes more detail about wha...

Doing What Jesus Did, Part 2  – (Intention and Means) Conference Theme: “Doing What Jesus Did.” This is the second of two teaching sessions presented at the Vineyard Church of Columbus, Ohio.  November 16, 2002 In todays episode, we learn about… The Three Kingdoms: God’s kingdom My kingdom Satan’s kingdom The VIM Pattern Applied to Learning to do What Jesus Said: V – Vision of the Kingdom of God I...

Doing What Jesus Did, Part 1 (The Vision) Conference Theme: “Doing What Jesus Did.” This is the first of two teaching sessions presented at the Vineyard Church of Columbus, Ohio. November 16, 2002 In this episode, Dallas presents a compelling vision of who Jesus is, opening with a study of Philippians 2:5-11: Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus, who, being in the form of God, di...

Christ’s Community Power in Holiness Is for Now This is the closing session of a 3-day conference hosted by African Enterprise with the theme “Hearing the Voice of God.” Pietermaritzburg, South Africa August 18, 1993 Now that we’ve learned to hear God’s voice, Dallas brings us a vision of hope, abundance, and purpose that emphasizes how a hearing God life and a hearing God church can be a light to...

Life Beyond Guidance: God Is Still There When There Is No Word This is the seventh of eight sessions from a 3-day conference hosted by African Enterprise with the theme “Hearing the Voice of God.” Pietermaritzburg, South Africa August 18, 1993 As Dallas prepares his students to put what they’ve learned into practice, he provides a practical framework for seeking, discerning, and acting on God’s gu...

The Kind of Person That God Speaks to in Fullness  This is the sixth session from a 3-day conference hosted by African Enterprise with the theme “Hearing the Voice of God.” Pietermaritzburg, South Africa August 17, 1993   The kind of person that God speaks to in fullness is the kind of person that the word of God flows into, overruns, overwhelms, moves through and becomes a social and historical r...

Does God Speak Today? : Facing the Issues This is the fifth session from a 3-day conference hosted by African Enterprise with the theme “Hearing the Voice of God.” Pietermaritzburg, South Africa August 17, 1993 This episode focuses on four general assumptions that keep people from entering into a life of conversation with God: God would not communicate with run-of-the-mill human beings by surround...