Great Omission: Reclaiming Jesus's Essential Teachings on Discipleship

Written by Dallas Willard

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.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ChristianAudio.com
• Release date: Sep 1, 2007
• ISBN: 9781596444959

Dallas Willard

Dallas Willard (1935-2013) was a professor in the School of Philosophy at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles for over forty years. A highly influential author and teacher, Willard was as celebrated for his enduring writings on spiritual formation as he was for his scholarship. His books include The Divine Conspiracy (Christianity Today?s Book of the Year in 1998), The Spirit of the Disciplines, Hearing God, Renovation of the Heart and others. His books have received numerous Christianity Today Annual Book Awards and other recognitions.Willard served on the boards of the C. S. Lewis Foundation and Biola University, and was a member of numerous evaluation committees for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. He received bachelor?s degrees from both Tennessee Temple College and Baylor University and a graduate degree at Baylor University, as well as a PhD from the University of Wisconsin in Philosophy and the History of Science.

Reviews for Great Omission

[Joshua Evans · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Really good point and truths. Would be better in book form. It is organized like a series of lectures and less like a coherent book with a thematic thought.

[Jackie Law · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The repetition of most important disciples and what is missing

[Mark Silvers · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Practical teaching on following Christ as a disciple by being his apprentice.

[gwhittick · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This is a great book. It goes to the heart of the discipleship deficit in the Church of our day, with some good practical steps that we can take to address this in our own lives. Where many books complain about the state of the cChurch, Dallas Willard points to the issues, and gives us a robust way of addressing them. Reading this book as a Pastor is challenging and exciting - things can not be the same again.

The book is slightly disjointed in places as it is a collection of lectures and articles but nonetheless is a very worthwhile, positive and helpful read.

[lbudd_7 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I loved this book. I found it very insightful. I especially appreciated hearing about the books and authors that Willard has found helpful.