Something to Say

A Comprehensive Bibliography of Dallas Willard

BY Michael Stewart Robb

about the book.

When Dallas Willard was a young pastor and training for further ministry he longed for opportunities to speak, preferably in one of the many churches around him. But he was not alone. A whole host of young pastors were looking for the same thing. In his despair, Dallas heard God say to him one day, “Don’t look for a place to speak. Look for something to say.” Thus, Dallas changed his mind about how he approached ministry. He began diversifying his learning, reading books and taking classes (often in philosophy) which, in the first instance, helped him make sense of God and the soul. Years later, opportunities to speak came but Dallas had gained a robust habit of studying for himself. And when he spoke, he had something many ministers didn’t. He had something to say.

Something to Say: A Comprehensive Bibliography of Dallas Willard is built on Michael Stewart Robb’s decade of historical work collecting and curating Dallas Willard’s literary output. In 100-pages, it points to all Dallas’s books, articles and reviews in philosophy and theology and many of his occasional and unpublished writings. Unlike standard bibliographies, over half of Something to Say catalogues of hundreds of audio recordings from Dallas’s USC classes and speaking engagements.

Since many only know Dallas Willard from the pentalogy (the five books he wrote in theology), this bibliography will help anyone explore the diversity of what Dallas had to say, for he wrote and spoke on a wide range of topics from metaphysics to demons, from being a leader to raising children. One of the book’s unique features is the inclusion of check boxes, allowing readers to keep track of which writings and audio they have already consulted. And every section is introduced by Michael Stewart Robb, who highlights what is important about the genre.

For all who have read or listened to something from Dallas Willard, Something to Say is the ultimate resource for knowing where to go next.

about the author.

Michael Stewart Robb (PhD Aberdeen) is the author of The Kingdom among Us: The Gospel according to Dallas Willard (Fortress, 2022) and the founder and director of Sanctus. He is also the director of research for the Dallas Willard Research Center and Conversatio Divina.