The Dallas Willard Podcast 34. The Complexity, Components and Order of Character and Personality (2010)
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May 5, 2025 
Dallas Willard, a noted Christian philosopher and author, delves into the intricate relationship between character formation and knowledge. He stresses the importance of aligning faith with intellectual rigor to tackle societal challenges. Key discussions include the transformative power of Jesus’ teachings, the contrast between desire and love, and the necessity of humility in spiritual growth. Willard also addresses the destructive nature of anger and contempt, urging listeners to embrace genuine discipleship and grow in agape love for true moral fulfillment.
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Knowledge vs. Faith Battle
- Knowledge is the ability to represent things as they are based on thought and experience.
- The battle today is wrongly framing faith as separate from knowledge, undermining the Christian role as bearers of truth.
Limits of Empirical Knowledge
- The four great questions of reality, blessedness, goodness, and becoming good have no sense-perceptible answers.
- Without accepting spiritual reality and God as the foundation, these questions remain unanswered.
Knowledge Enables Action and Authority
- Knowledge brings the right and responsibility to act, to supervise, and to teach with authority.
- Faith alone does not empower without knowledge of reality.
