Teaching Series
Transformed by the Renewing of the Mind
In this 7-part Scripture and Ministry series, Dr. Willard discusses the role of scripture in the renewing of the mind, and the role of the pastor and the congregation in this process. The larger picture of Christian "spiritual formation" is discussed and how it relates to "growth in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ"? Does being saved have anything to do with transformation of character? Recorded at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, October 2010.
The Kingdom Of God Teaching Series
This eight-part series presented at Hollywood Presbyterian Church previews and elaborates on themes found in The Divine Conspiracy, The Spirit of the Disciplines, and other of Dallas Willard's writings. Especially helpful are the connections made between Jesus' teaching and our contemporary cultural setting.
There are seven presentations:
"The Meaning of the Rule of Heaven"
"Rule of Heaven in the Old Testament"
"The Beatitudes as Gospel"
"Beyond the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees"
"The Power of The Word of the Kingdom"
"How to Become a Disciple"
"Disciplines for the Spiritual Life"
The Human Contribution to Holiness: What is Our Part in Putting Off the Old Person and Putting on the New
This Masters-level course was presented in January 2010 at Denver Seminary as a Christian Formation and Soul Care week-long residential intensive. Be ready to take notes!
1. The Human Side of Holiness, part 1
2. The Human Side of Holiness, part 2
3. The Human Side of Holiness, part 3
4. Love as Life, part 1
5. Love as Life, part 2
6. The Reality of Spirit Visible and Invisible
7. The Gospel, the Great Commission and the Beatitudes
8. Soul Rest, Transformation, and the Mind and Body
9. Foundations for Holy Character: The Fruit of the Spirit, Discipleship and Spiritual Disciplines
10. Relationship of Mind and Spirit
11. The Will and Discipleship
12. Disciplines
13. The Disciplines and What We Can Learn From Them
14. Life and Transformation of the Heart
Download session 14 transparency: “The Heart That Jesus Gives”
15. Chance, Discipline and Indirection
16. Knowledge, Grace and Disciplines
17. Discipleship and the Local Congregation
Life Without Lack
This 8-part series on how to live in the reality of the 23rd Psalm was presented as a mid-week evening Bible study at Valley Vista Christian Community, Dallas and Jane’s home church, in 1991. Later material from Dallas' teaching on these topics has been blended into the transcripts of these recordings and published in a book, Life Without Lack, in 2018. We invite you to follow along with a copy of his original handout. WARNING: While the teaching quality is wonderful, the audio quality is not!
Kingdom Living - It’s A Wonderful Life!
This series is considered a follow-up to The Divine Conspiracy. Dallas shares a way to experience God as an essential part of the here and now, rather than only as a part of the hereafter.
Session Titles:
1) Living in the Kingdom of God is Walking in the Character and Power of God.
2) The Kingdom of God as the Basis for Death to Self
3) How to be In the World but Not Of It.
4) The New Kind of Human Life and It's Community
5) Learning Love
6) The Word of The Kingdom as Life Force - How to Respond
Available from the Valley Vineyard on DVD for $119 and on CD for $39.99 (plus shipping & tax)
Healing the Heart and Life by Walking With Jesus Christ Daily
In this series of six studies in the reality of spiritual life here and now, Dr. Willard discusses how to do the things Jesus did and said, and explains how patient apprenticeship to Jesus leads us into the fullness of life for which God made us.
Session Titles:
1) How our hearts and lives are broken and the promise of healing.
2) Understanding the will and the mind, the center of brokenness and of healing.
3) Out of the furnace of feeling. Escaping the tyranny of feeling, passion, emotion.
4) The broken body and its social world. Healing the family and its wounds.
5) The restoration of the soul. “He restoreth my soul.”
6) Living wholeness of life in the Kingdom and Power of God. Questions and Answers
Available from the Valley Vineyard on DVD for $119 and on CD for $39.99 (plus shipping & tax)
From Forgiveness to Blessing
On May 11, 1996, Dallas spent a Saturday morning at the Presbyterian Church of the Master in Mission Viejo, CA, teaching on the topic of forgiveness. (Note: The sessions were recorded on cassette tapes, which creating short gaps in the audio when the tapes ran out in the middle of each session.)
Apologetics in the Manner of Jesus
This 4-part series on Biblical Christian Apologetics was recorded at Grace Church in Los Alamitos, CA in April 1990.
Warning: Poor audio quality
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