{"id":4726,"date":"2013-05-08T15:19:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-08T23:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/blog\/?p=4726"},"modified":"2013-05-08T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T23:19:43","slug":"announcing-the-passing-of-dallas-willard-a-good-friend-and-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/blog\/announcing-the-passing-of-dallas-willard-a-good-friend-and-advisor\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the Passing of Dallas Willard, A Good Friend and Advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4729\" style=\"margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"D.Willard\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cslewis.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/D.Willard.jpg\" width=\"101\" height=\"150\" \/>It is with great sorrow that we report the passing of our dear friend and former member of our Board of Trustees, Dr. Dallas Willard. \u00a0An announcement was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2013\/may-web-only\/man-from-another-time-zone.html?start=1\">published on Christianity Today<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2013\/may-web-only\/man-from-another-time-zone.html?start=1\">&#8216;s<\/a>\u00a0website earlier today that beautifully describes his significant contribution to scholarship, his humble personality, and his deep devotion to Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas was a long-time friend of the C.S. Lewis Foundation, serving on both the Foundation&#8217;s board and the C.S. Lewis College&#8217;s Council of Distinguished Fellows. \u00a0But far beyond that, Dallas was a personal friend to the Foundation&#8217;s President, Dr. Stan Mattson. \u00a0Their friendship began while both were graduate students at the University of Wisconsin, and lasted up to the present. \u00a0Dallas was always a firm supporter of the vision of the Foundation and C.S. Lewis College. In addition to being a generous and faithful donor, he once shared that he prayed for us daily.<\/p>\n<p>We ask that you keep his family in prayer in this season of grieving so great a loss.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas firmly believed that death was &#8220;nothing&#8221; to the godly, and that what lay beyond it was infinitely great. \u00a0We can note with joy&#8211;but not without sorrow&#8211;that Dallas is now a citizen of the Kingdom that he wrote about with such passion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is with great sorrow that we report the passing of our dear friend and former member of our Board of Trustees, Dr. Dallas Willard. \u00a0An announcement was published on Christianity Today&#8216;s\u00a0website earlier today that beautifully describes his significant contribution to scholarship, his humble personality, and his deep devotion to Christ. 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