Gary Wilkerson Podcast

A pornography addiction can feel like a hopeless trap. When we pray and pray for it to go away, we can get stuck in a cycle of despair when the addiction remains. This week, visiting speaker Nate Larkin talks about his own sexual addictions and how he eventually found freedom. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp95c Support this podcast

Your physical health is critical to the calling God has for your life. Sadly, many in the church have neglected their wellness to the detriment of God’s purposes for them. David Bush joins Gary Wilkerson on the podcast today to discuss the importance of stewarding our bodies well so that we can love God and others with all of our strength. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp94c Support this podcast

There is no question that there is pain and suffering in this life. The question then becomes: why would a good God allow such things? Gary Wilkerson encourages us to trust God’s goodness and sovereignty through all life’s difficulties. God is able to make all things work together for the good of those who love him. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp93c Support this podcast

Losing a loved one unexpectedly to addiction or health issues can be a difficult trial to walk through. Matthew and Deanne Ward join Gary Wilkerson to share about losing their daughter to alcoholism and mental illness. They encourage us to hold onto the peace and hope that we have in Christ. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp92c Support this podcast

Many in the church today believe that the spiritual gifts have ceased to operate. Others refuse to pursue the gifts of the Spirit because of the extreme excess and abuse they have observed. Sam Storms joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss whether or not spiritual gifts have ceased to operate in the church today. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp91c Support this podcast

The Bible tells us that the Spirit apportions to each believer gifts according to God’s will, but can we influence which gifts and how much of each gift we receive? Sam Storms joins Gary Wilkerson today to discuss how we can develop, mature and increase the spiritual gifts that we have been given. They conclude their discussion defining and giving examples of the gift of prophecy. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp90c Support this podcast

Spiritual gifts can be a controversial topic in some Christian circles. Sam Storms joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss spiritual gifts. What are they? How do we get them? How are they to be used? View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp89c Support this podcast

When a spouse or child is struggling with addiction, those around them often find themselves struggling with guilt, shame, and hopelessness. Jerry Nance, Director of Global Teen Challenge, joins Gary Wilkerson to encourage families of addicts not to lose hope. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp88c Support this podcast

John Calvin wrote, “A perfect faith is nowhere to be found, so it follows that all of us are partly unbelievers.” Many of us wrestle with doubt or uncertainty in our walk with God. Doubt can take many different forms in our lives. No matter what shape our doubt takes, we are not alone in our struggle. God knows what doubts haunt us. He isn’t shocked or surprised. Instead, he invites us to trust his goodness and direction in our lives. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp87c Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 20 | In a world that seems to be growing darker and more difficult by the day, Gary Wilkerson exhorts Christians to take time to focus on God’s goodness. As we do, we will see his goodness start flowing through our lives to those around us. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp86c Support this podcast

When we speak of God’s goodness, some may perceive it as a softer attribute of God, especially when compared to his justice, wrath or judgment. Today, Gary Wilkerson explains that through a correct understanding of God’s goodness we will see its transformative power. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp85c Support this podcast

According to Pew Research, only 60 percent of Christians are involved in a community. Our culture of self-sufficiency as well as people’s poor past experiences has badly impacted the church. Today, Rusty George, pastor of Real Life Church, joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss how people desperately need one another to have healthy lives and how we can overcome past pains and truly join into Christian community. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp84c Support this podcast

When suffering, sickness and hardships come our way, we may start to question God and his goodness. How could a good God let something like this happen? Russell Berger joins Gary Wilkerson to share how he has learned to trust God and his goodness in the face of immense personal suffering. View full show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp83c Support this podcast

The shocking reality of fitness industry is that it has a 92 percent failure rate. Today, Gary Wilkerson and guest speaker David Bush discuss why so many fitness and weight-loss goals fall through. Could this problem be related to a much deeper issue in our lives? God desires for our spiritual lives to have an impact on our physical wellbeing. If we are willing to let him address our hearts, we will often find answers to our problems with fitness and health. View full show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp82c Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 18 | The beginning, middle and end of the Bible record a song of Moses praising God for his holiness. Why his holiness over all his other attributes? Gary Wilkerson suggests it is because God’s holiness marries itself to all of his other attributes. View full show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp81c Key Points From The Podcast The first and last song recorded in the Bible is the song of Moses which praises God for his holiness. The Christian life is to be theocentric, God-centered, not focused on ourselves. Your theology, or understanding of God, will greatly affect your doxology, or worship of God. We were built for wonder and there is no greater wonder than discovering the splendor, majesty, awesomeness, and holiness of God. God is holy in all of his attributes. What we may see as good and what God sees as good are not always the same thing. Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 17 | Why talk about the holiness of God? How will that help us with finances, marriage struggles, or other issues we may face in life? Gary Wilkerson exhorts Christians to study and understand the holiness of God because it will transform your heart and greatly impact every area of your life.  Our theology, or our understanding of God and his holiness, will greatly impact all areas of our life. Holiness is not something God tries to do or him behaving in a certain way. Holiness is who God is. It goes far beyond moral purity. God’s holiness reveals all of his other attributes in their greatest glory. At the cross, the justification of Christ on the cross imparted God’s holiness to those who believe. God doesn’t grow or shrink back in his holiness. He is fully, infinitely and perfectly holy at all times. Understanding and receiving the imparted holiness of God goes beyond behavior modification to transforming your heart’s motivations. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp80c Support this

ABOUT GOD - PART 16 | What is the holiness of God? Some might say it is his sinlessness. Others might say it is the standard by which we live our lives. Sam Storms joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss how the holiness of God is much more than we typically attribute to it. Key Points from the Podcast• God is altogether unique, greater than, different and other than us. • Many view holiness as sinlessness or right living, but it goes far beyond that. • A revelation of God’s holiness will show us our own sinfulness, frailty, ignorance, and dependency upon God. • People fall down on their faces in awe just being in the presence of angels who have been in the presence of God. • Understanding the holiness of God will give us a greater revelation of just how great God’s mercy is toward us, his unholy and undeserving creations. • Just like all of God’s other attributes, his holiness is infinite and immeasurable. View full show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp79c Support this podcast

The doctrine of God’s wrath is not a popular topic in the church today. It is often seen in opposition to his love, but Gary Wilkerson and Keith Holloway explain how the wrath of God is actually married to his love and can be redemptive in its purpose. Key Points from the PodcastGod’s wrath is righteous, to be feared, consistent through both the Old and New Testaments, his love in action against sin, and satisfied in Christ. The wrath of God is very different than the human emotion of anger. God instructs us to be slow to be anger because he himself is longsuffering in executing his wrath. All have sinned and deserve the wrath of God, but God poured out his wrath on his Son so that we would be saved from eternal judgment through faith in Christ Jesus. There is a final day of judgment when God’s wrath will be poured out on all who are not followers of Christ. View full show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp78c Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 14 | The wrath of God is not a popular topic in the church today. Gary Wilkerson and Keith Holloway discuss the difficult doctrine of God’s wrath and its importance in living out our Christian faith. View show notes: https://wcm.link/gwp77c Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 13 | We know that God judged in the Old Testament and according to the book of Revelation he will judge again in the future, but is God still judging today? Are events like natural disasters and viral pandemics acts of God’s judgment? Keith Holloway joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss the judgment of God. - View show notes (https://wcm.link/gwp76c) Support this podcast