The Dallas Willard Podcast

Dallas Willard
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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.

  1. 2D AGO

    68. Fasting: The Paradigm of the Disciplines (1981)

    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 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

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  2. JAN 26

    67. Presentation of the Body through the Consecration of its “Members” (1981)

    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 the character of God and by the grace of God. The Triumphant Life is a life of holiness and spiritual power that manifests itself in likeness to Christ.   BOOKS: Celebration of Discipline (1978) by Richard Foster The Training of the Twelve (1928) by A.B. Bruce 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 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

    57 min

  3. JAN 19

    66. “Adding to Your Faith” by Sowing to the Spirit and Exercising unto Godliness (1981)

    “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 wherein we learn to live by the power of God and in the character of God by the grace of God.   The Triumphant Life: A life of holiness and spiritual power that manifests itself in likeness to Christ.   Assignments for Next Time: Study Romans 6:11-16, 7:5-25, 12:1-2.  Look in your concordance and study the role of the body in the life before God. 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

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  4. JAN 12

    65. Planning for Spiritual Formation in the Local Church (2012)

    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 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

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  5. JAN 5

    64. Pornography and Spiritual Formation (2008)

    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-and-Spiritual-Formation-2.mp3    Dallas’s Additional Presentation: Sexual Desire and Spiritual Formation with a Special Reference to Pornography: https://dwillard.org/resources/audio/sexual-desire-and-spiritual-formation   Somebody’s Daughter video: https://www.musicforthesoul.org/resources/somebodys-daughter/ Letters to Phillip and Letters to Karen, by Charlie W. Shedd. Renovation of the Heart, by Dallas Willard The Principles of Psychology, by William James Civilization and It’s Discontents, by Sigmund Freud 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

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  6. 12/22/2025

    63. Incarnation and Celebration (2007)

    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 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

    57 min

  7. 12/15/2025

    62. How Eternal Livers Bring Knowledge of Eternal Living to Those Without It (2010)

    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: 1) What is the nature of reality? 2) Who is well-off? 3) Who is a “really good” person? 4) How do I become a really good person?   Conference Handout Session Nine Slides Session Nine Video   To study the topics in this session further, see:  Knowing Christ Today, by Dallas Willard (https://dwillard.org/resources/books/knowing-christ-today)  “Knowledge of Christ in Today’s World” video series (https://youtu.be/N0Pn5Q6XFhA?si=8nwEdh31Gm4RGMO4) The Making of the Modern University, by Julie Reuben ( https://amzn.to/4qWyDHH)  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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

    56 min

  8. 12/08/2025

    61. Being a Disciple of Jesus, not Just a Christian (2010)

    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 study the topics in this session more deeply, see Dallas's book, The Spirit of the Disciplines.  For more on character formation, listen to episodes 33-36 of The Dallas Willard Podcast. 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. We invite you to partner with us by praying for our ministry team, praying for the students in the School of Kingdom Living, sharing your talents as a volunteer, or contributing financial gifts. Visit https://dwillard.org/donate if you’d like to help us increase the availability of Dallas’s teaching to help people become more like Jesus. WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard Facebook Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy Signup for the Dallas Willard Legacy Update at DWillard.org/mailing-list Contact the team at Dallas Willard Ministries by writing us at DWMinistries@DWillard.org. Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries Facebook: dallas.willard.0717 and SchoolOfKingdomLiving Threads: dallas_willard_ministries X (Twitter): @DallasAWillard LinkedIn: Dallas Willard Ministries, and School of Kingdom Living The contents of this recording are © Willard Family Trust. Used by permission. For permission to reproduce any of this content, please contact Dallas Willard Publicatio...

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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.

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    Dallas Willard
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    2024 - 2026
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