Great Omission, Dallas Willard
Great Omission, Dallas Willard
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Great Omission
Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship

Author: Dallas Willard

Narrator: Dallas Willard

Unabridged: 7 hr 25 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2007


Synopsis

The last command Jesus gave the church before he ascended to heaven was the Great Commission, the call for Christians to "make disciples of all the nations. "But Christians have responded by making "Christians," not "disciples." This, according to brilliant scholar and renowned Christian thinker Dallas Willard, has been the church's Great Omission.

About Dallas Willard

Dallas Willard (1935–2013) was a professor at the University of Southern California’s School of Philosophy from 1965 until his retirement in 2012. His groundbreaking books The Divine Conspiracy, The Great Omission, Knowing Christ Today, The Spirit of the Disciplines, Renovation of the Heart, and Hearing God forever changed the way thousands of Christians experience their faith.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David on February 16, 2017

This book is the compilation of a series of essays and other works from Willard. The overall theme that holds all works together is that there has been a great omission from the great commission. The Great Commission comes at the end of Matthew’s gospel where Jesus commands his followers to go and m......more

Goodreads review by Jim on October 26, 2021

Now that I've read just about everything Eugene Peterson has written I've been looking for a replacement as my go-to author on the Bible. This was probably not the best book to try out Dallas Willard as it's not really a book so much as it's a collection of Willard's writings on discipleship. This ma......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on January 12, 2021

Willard’s insight has changed my life and I find myself absolutely captivated by every single one of his books. This one was everything I expected and more, and further developed how I see my life of discipleship to Jesus and what it actually means to lead others into the eternal, Kingdom kind of li......more

Goodreads review by Nathan on May 22, 2022

Discipleship is the new buzzword. There are countless books being written, each one with a new strategy on how to become more like Christ. This book stands out among them because Willard doesn’t give a strategy, but gives the reason why a strategy is necessary. I know that may seem like a few steps......more