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Gary Wilkerson Podcast

This weekly podcast follow’s Gary’s personal journey to understand God’s favor and the ways his life has changed as a result. It also explores the issues God has laid on Gary’s heart for those who are struggling to match their understanding

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of grace and divine love with the daily realities of life. Above all, God wants our lives to demonstrate His unearned grace to a hurting, unbelieving world.

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  1. 193Developing Your Spiritual Gifts - 090The 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/gwp90c14 min
  2. 194Understanding Spiritual Gifts - 089Spiritual 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/gwp89c15 min
  3. 195If You Are Alive There Is Hope - 088When 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/gwp88c17 min
  4. 196The Struggle With Doubt in the Christian Faith - 087John 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/gwp87c18 min
  5. 197Set Your Mind on the Goodness of God - 086ABOUT 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/gwp86c18 min
  6. 198The Powerful Goodness of God - 085When 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/gwp85c21 min
  7. 199Betrayal Did Not Stop Jesus From Loving Others - 084According 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/gwp84c18 min
  8. 200Trusting God's Goodness in the Midst of Suffering - 083When 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/gwp83c51 min
  9. 201The Battle for a Healthier Life Starts in the Mind - 082The 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/gwp82c31 min
  10. 202God Is Holy in All of His Attributes - 081ABOUT 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/gwp81cKey Points From The PodcastThe 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.24 min
  11. 203The Holiness of God Will Transform Your Life - 080ABOUT 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/gwp80c25 min
  12. 204Undone by the Holiness of God - 079ABOUT 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/gwp79c44 min
  13. 205Understanding God's Wrath and End Times Judgment - 078The 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/gwp78c56 min
  14. 206The Difficult Doctrine of God’s Wrath - 077ABOUT 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/gwp77c37 min
  15. 207Is God Still Judging Today? - 076ABOUT 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 notes34 min
  16. 208Praise and Thank God for His Judgments Are Just - 075ABOUT GOD - PART 12 | The Bible declares that God is a righteous judge, but there is a movement in the church today to do away with this truth. Gary Wilkerson and guest Keith Holloway challenge us not to diminish any of God’s attributes—even the ones we may not like. If we truly understand who God is, then we can actually praise and thank God for his judgments.View show notes43 min
  17. 209A Wonderful Portrait of the Greatness of God - 074ABOUT GOD - PART 11 | Sadly, much of the teaching in Christian churches today is about coping mechanisms, sin management, and how to feel better about yourself with a little bit of Jesus sprinkled in. Sam Storms joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss the lasting transformative impact that studying and knowing God’s attributes and greatness will have on your life.View show notes45 min
  18. 210The Preeminent Passion in the Heart of God - 073ABOUT GOD - PART 10 | What is the deepest desire of God’s heart? Guest Sam Storms joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss this question and more.• The greatest gift that God could ever give us is himself.• God glory is most clearly seen when we are deeply and fully satisfied in Him.• The greatest glory of the gospel is not that our sins are forgiven, but that we get see, enjoy and delight in God himself.• God is massively superior and greater than any problem that you may be facing in your life today.• God is infinite with no limit to the features and facets of his personality and character.• There is nothing more appealing, adorable, glorious, majestic, or splendid than God in all of His gloryView full show notes24 min
  19. 211Do You Have a Correct Understanding of God's Justice? - 072ABOUT GOD - PART 9 | Many today have an incorrect view of God’s justice or want to dismiss it completely in favor of his mercy. Gary Wilkerson and Keith Holloway encourage Christians to study and understand God’s justice in order to have a greater understanding of the love and mercy that he shows us through Jesus Christ.View full show notes44 min
  20. 212God and All His Ways Are Just - 071ABOUT GOD - PART 8 | Gary Wilkerson and Keith Holloway continue their conversation about the attributes of God and focus this week on the justice of God.• God’s acts of justice are an outflow of who he is—his justness. The foundation of God’s throne is justice and righteousness.• Whatever God wills to do is just, perfect and right.• Our perception and understanding of God’s justice will have a profound effect on our worship of and relationship with him.• Why is our tendency to accuse God of injustice when bad things happen in this world?• If we have an incorrect view of God’s justice, then we will have an incorrect view of sin and God’s mercy.• In the Greek and Hebrew, the word often translated as righteous can also mean justice.• We cannot diminish God’s wrath, anger and judgment in favor of his love, mercy and forgiveness. They are all equally important to our full understanding of God. View show notes34 min
  21. 213BONUS EPISODE: It's Not Racist to Talk About Racism - B01Ron Brown, Executive Director of Teen Challenge Southern California joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss racism in America. - View show notes44 min
  22. 214Know God Fully, Not Just Your Favorite Facets - 070ABOUT GOD - PART 7 | For many believers, the wrath of God may sound cruel or unfair. But the Bible offers a very different understanding of God’s wrath and justice. God brings sin and evil to justice with his wrath. He does not ignore crimes or pain. This means that one day he will correct all the wrongs in our world. Yes, even God’s wrath gives us a reason to praise him. Today Keith Holloway joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss what the wrath of God is and isn’t.View show notes26 min
  23. 215The Many Attributes of God Are One - 069ABOUT GOD - PART 6 | How do we most often view God? Everyone struggles with having a slightly one-sided view of God. We tend to assume that God most often shows a certain trait. That trait tends to be based on how we were taught to view God overall. But can an infinite God reflect all of his traits fully at all times? This week, Keith Holloway rejoins Gary Wilkerson to continue their discussion about the attributes of God and how they are completely expressed in him.View show notes22 min
  24. 216The All-Knowing, All-Powerful, Ever-Present God - 068ABOUT GOD - PART 5 | Many people have heard someone in church say that God is omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient. But what do these three attributes actually mean? And how do they impact us? This week, Keith Holloway, Senior Director of Missions Development at World Challenge, rejoins Gary Wilkerson to define and explore these three characteristics of God.View show notes20 min
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