Apprentice 2 Jesus

Dallas Willard

  • It is goal setting time

    Goals. Resolutions. It is that time of year. Then will come the week of about January 15 when we realize it’s useless… There aren’t yearly goals I can think of in this context, though I still set them. The goal I think of right now is Christlikeness. Leading the way in that process is a… Read more

  • The motivation of the kingdoms of this world

    “The kingdoms of our world, including many religious kingdoms, run on doctrinal fear the way the kingdom of God runs on grace.” (Gary Black and Dallas Willard) We need a new radical call. It is a call to a revolution of loving-kindness.    Read more

  • More divided than ever

    Several years ago I had the privilege of hearing Dallas Willard speak for a week at a local seminary. One thing he said even quite a few years ago still stands out to me today, showing how prophetic his ministry truly was in an age of bumper sticker theology. “I don’t want to be known… Read more

  • The when and where of the Kingdom of God

    An extension of the interview with Gary Black, Jr., over at BibleGateway included this blurb from his just released book: What is important to understand here is that there is no “then” or “when” to the kingdom of God. This reign is a current, progressing, maturing reality, which means Jesus rules today. Jesus is the… Read more

  • The Divine Conspiracy Continued

    Gary Black, Jr. has co-authored a continuation of The Divine Conspiracy with Dallas Willard, finishing it off after the passing of Dallas. Biblegateway has this interview with Gary Black, Jr. The new book is now out. I hope to have it in the near future. Explaining the title and what “conspiracy” means, Black had this to say:… Read more

  • The true POWER of our discipleship in the Kingdom of God

    Dallas Willard and NT Wright both ignite my soul for so much more in this life. They do it in a quiet way that doesn’t sound nearly intrusive as others I’ve heard… yet it rings true somehow. Ortberg in his book Soul Keeping quotes Dallas as saying this: Your eternal destiny is not cosmic retirement; it… Read more

  • Book Review — Living in Christ’s Presence

    Living in Christ’s Presence has Dallas Willard as the author, which is appropriate. It is more a collaboration. The book came to me with a DVD of the sessions given by Dallas Willard and John Ortberg not long before Dallas passed away. The book is a transcript of those lectures by Ortberg and Willard, along with… Read more

  • Oh, Jesus MEANT that “love” thing?

    We don’t attack people in the love of God. We don’t withdraw from them. We accept them. We love them. Loving our neighbor is part of what goes into loving God. As John teaches us in his letter, you cannot love God and not love your neighbor. They don’t fit together, because God actually does… Read more

  • We want to “feel” when we need to “think”

    Listening to Dallas Willard again, I am constantly reminded as to how hard it is to take in what he is saying. The DVD I am reviewing as part of a package sent to me by IVP Press also features John Ortberg and he made a comment that perfectly summarizes WHY it is “work” to… Read more

  • Why We are Failing in American Evangelicalism

    Gary Black Jr.’s book, The Theology of Dallas Willard: Discovering Protoevangelical Faith is a fresh reminder of the writings and theology of Dallas Willard. It is refreshing to be reminded of the influence of Willard over the past several years in my own life. One of the great critiques Willard makes is how we, as the… Read more