The Dallas Willard Podcast

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian teacher known for writing on spiritual formation, offers a long-form teaching on fellowship and submission. He explains fellowship as identifying with others and submission as esteeming others above oneself. He gives practical guidance like accept, listen, understand, and urges regular, love-driven communal practices for mutual support and growth.

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian spiritual teacher, offers a long-form lecture on prayer as a disciplined service of love. He explores prayer as priestly intercession, prayer as service to God, and praying without obsession over outcomes. He highlights prayer as a continual condition of the soul and gives conversational and practical practices to build a daily life of prayer.

Talks about memorizing and meditating on Scripture as a discipline that shapes thought and action. Explores humble, everyday service from foot washing to offering a cup of cold water. Reinterprets greatness as servanthood and explains how service frees you from self-centered living. Highlights sacrificial giving and the difference between duty and genuine service.

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian author known for spiritual formation, delivers a lecture on study and meditation. He contrasts disciplines of abstinence and engagement. He defines study as enlarging ideas and meditation as deepening understanding. He critiques passive Bible study and points to practices like concentrated time, repetition, and studying Scripture and lives of Christians.

Dallas Willard, philosophy professor and Christian author focused on spiritual formation, presents a lecture on sexuality and spiritual life. He defines celibacy, chastity, and purity. He discusses the power of sexual desire, Jesus and Paul on celibacy, stewarding energy for prayer, and guarding the mind from sexualized culture.

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian teacher known for spiritual formation, speaks on silence, the power of the tongue, and living simply. He defines simplicity, frugality, and poverty. Short, practical lessons cover controlling speech, cultivating meekness, consuming only what is necessary, resisting wealth’s pull, and practices like planned silence and saying no.

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian writer known for spiritual formation, delivers a long-form lecture. He explores solitude and silence as spiritual practices. He links fasting, prayer, and bodily experience to growth. He discusses watching, waiting, restraint of speech, and learning disciplines gradually.

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian spiritual teacher known for writings on spiritual formation, leads a recorded 1981 lecture on fasting. He frames fasting as a core discipline, explains what fasting is, its history, and practical cautions. He connects fasting to training desire, trusting God's word, Jesus' 40-day fast, and how disciplines shape spiritual formation.

Dallas Willard, philosopher and Christian spiritual teacher who led the 1981 lecture series on discipleship, offers a tight, thoughtful look at how the body and habits shape spiritual life. He defines discipleship and spiritual disciplines. He explains why the body matters, how feelings drive action, and how bodily habits steer us toward sin or righteousness.

Dallas Willard, a respected Christian philosopher, shares profound insights on discipleship and spiritual disciplines. He defines a disciple as someone striving to mirror Christ's character and emphasizes the importance of active spiritual growth. Willard discusses the necessity of disciplined practices like fasting and exercising towards godliness. He challenges listeners to evaluate their commitment to discipleship while detailing how true transformation requires resolve and intentionality. Ultimately, he paints a picture of the triumphant life rooted in holiness and spiritual power.