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**The Dallas Willard Podcast**

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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51. The Mark of the Disciple (1978) Sep 29, 2025

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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.

Listen to Episode 5 to learn more about the Parable of the Sower.

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 team, our efforts and our students, or by contributing financial gifts at dwillard.org/donate.

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50. The Substance, Necessity and Evidence of Discipleship (1978) Sep 22, 2025

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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 Servant.

The Divine Conspiracy, by Dallas Willard.

Visit 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

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49. The Righteousness Which is Beyond the Righteousness of the Scribes and the Pharisees, Part 2 (1978) Sep 15, 2025

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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 Compassion of God,” chapter 12 of The Scandal of the Kingdom by Dallas Willard.

Visit 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.”

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Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

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Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

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48. The Righteousness Which is Beyond the Righteousness of the Scribes and the Pharisees, Part 1 (1978) Sep 08, 2025

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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 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

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47. Jesus's Gospel of the Kingdom of God (1978) Sep 01, 2025

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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 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

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46. Steps in the Victorious Life of a Disciple (1978) Aug 25, 2025

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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 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

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45. Ordering the Spiritual Disciplines (1991) Aug 18, 2025

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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 Dallas’s book, The Spirit of the Disciplines.

Download Dallas’s list of spiritual disciplines: https://dwillard.s3.amazonaws.com/DisciplinesList.pdf.

Visit 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

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44. Entering the Spiritual Disciplines (1991) Aug 11, 2025

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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 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

Dallas Willard and Friends Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2626471

Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries

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43. What Matters to Me and Why: Realism (2003) Aug 04, 2025

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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 of the world in which we live.”

Realism: “Realism means that all of those things that you apprehend and perceive really do exist, are right where you experienced them, and they would be there if you didn't see them.”

For Further Study:

The Making of the Modern University: Intellectual Transformation and the Marginalization of Morality, is the book by Julie Reuben that Dallas recommended.

“Naturalism’s Incapacity to Capture the Good Will” is the paper Dallas wrote about the idea that a purely physical entity would not be capable of goodwill.

The poem Dallas read is “The Truly Great,” by Stephen Spender.

Visit 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

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42. Living Wholeness of Life in the Kingdom and Power of God (2003) Jun 30, 2025

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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 to keep your mind filled with God.

Everything we have related to this series is available at https://dwillard.org/resources/video/healing-the-heart-and-life.

For Further Study:

The scholarly journal Dallas mentioned because it deals entirely with the soul is The Journal of Psychology and Theology, Vol. 26, Issue 1, March 1998. (https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ptja/26/1)

Dallas’s article in the journal is “Spiritual Disciplines, Spiritual Formation, and the Restoration of the Soul.” (https://dwillard.org/resources/articles/spiritual-disciplines-spiritual-formation-and-the-restoration-of-the-soul)

Learn about Dallas’s VIM formula (Vision-Intention-Means) in episodes 29 and 30.

Renovation of the Heart: https://dwillard.org/resources/books/renovation-of-the-heart

Visit 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.”

WAYS TO CONNECT WITH US:

Email: DWMinistries@DWillard.org

Newsletter: Signup at DWillard.org/mailing-list

Facebook Discussion Group: Dallas Willard is My Homeboy

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dallaswillard

Dallas Willard and Friends Podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2626471

Instagram: dallas_willard_ministries

Facebook: dallas.willard.0717

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