Walter Hopp

Becoming Dallas Willard

History & Biography

“Gary Moon has provided a detailed and intimate depiction of the life of Dallas Willard from his inauspicious beginnings in rural Missouri to his full stature as a philosophical and spiritual thinker of extraordinary intelligence, wisdom, and clarity. In addition to sharing numerous and often heart-rending stories of Dallas's accomplishments, setbacks, and defining experiences, Moon describes the development of Willard's philosophical and religious thought and how it informed, and was informed by, his experiences and actions. What emerges is a well-rounded description of a man whose humility, immense knowledge, commitment to truth, and dedication to the well-being of others left those whose lives he touched forever improved. This is the story of a good man, and we are indebted to Gary Moon for telling it.”

Kingdom Apprenticeship

Prayer & Spiritual Formation

“A large part of the enduring appeal of Dallas Willard's work is its combination of systematicity and its recurring appeal to experientially discoverable features, both essential and contingent, of human persons and our condition. In this powerfully written work, informed by exhaustive research of Willard's vast body of written and recorded material, Keas Keasler skillfully and critically guides us through the core commitments and the fine details of Willard's theology of discipleship and its connections with his distinctive brand of realist phenomenological personalism. It is a monumental contribution to the growing body of literature on Willard's theological and philosophical work.”