Hardwired Podcast
Jeff Wickwire is an author, radio teacher, and a beloved life long pastor. Following a troubled childhood, he was dramatically saved as a teenager while incarcerated in a juvenile detention center. He has since actively ministered God’s
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Word beginning at the young age of nineteen. Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree and went on to finish both his masters and doctoral degrees in biblical studies. He currently pastors Turning Point Church in Fort Worth, Texas, which he founded in 2005. Turning Point has grown into a thriving local assembly of multiple outreaches and ministries.
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- 33710.26.2025 - 05 - Extreme Makeover: The Madman of Gadara Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireSo many stories that are in the Bible are there to be instructive to the Christian life. The reason that the Bible spends time looking at Jesus casting out demons is because you and I have the task of fighting Satan’s forces in our time as well! Pastor Jeff will show us today how to recognize demonic influences in our world, and how we can call on the name of Jesus to cast out those evil spirits. It is not by our strength that we can do this, but it is through the power of Christ that is already in us.
- 33810.25.2025 - 05 - Extreme Makeover: The Madman of Gadara Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireWhen we go to see a stage play, we are usually only seeing part of the cast and crew on stage at any given time. Behind the scenes, there are all sorts of people making the show happen. Although these people work together to create an enjoyable experience for the audience, Pastor Jeff teaches us today that there are dark forces behind the curtains of our reality. Satan is real, and his objective is to push humanity further away from the love of God. But with Jesus’ help, we can fight back against the enemy.
- 33910.24.2025 - 04 - Satan Is Real! Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireThere may be some of you listening to this program today, and thinking that you’re too small of a target for Satan. Maybe you’re not involved in ministry, and you’re not really doing anything to grow God’s Kingdom. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that since you have a unique and special calling on your life, that does make you a target in the enemy’s eyes! But God isn’t going to leave you exposed to danger. Satan and his forces cannot harm you, but they will do everything they can to lead you astray.
- 34010.23.2025 - 04 - Satan Is Real! Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireThe book of Proverbs warns against pride, reminding us that it leads to destruction. Well, we also learn in today’s message that pride is the sin that turned Lucifer against God. Pastor Jeff doesn’t want us to indulge in pride, because when we think we’re the smartest people in the world, we put our own opinions over God’s. The wisest thing we can do as followers of Jesus is to be willing to die to ourselves every day so that we can follow the Lord better. That’s how we set ourselves apart from Satan.
- 34110.22.2025 - 03 - God Made Everything, Including You! Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireThe Bible teaches that all of life is precious. From the people you pass on the street every day, to unborn children around the world, every person on this planet is uniquely designed by God. But Pastor Jeff teaches you in today’s message that not everyone holds that same view of human life. One of the easiest ways to forget about the sanctity of human life is to ignore the One who created humanity in the first place. God made the entire universe, but humanity is His most prized creation.
- 34210.21.2025 - 03 - God Made Everything, Including You! Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireEverything in this world has a beginning, especially the world itself! Pastor Jeff reminds you today that there are people who deny that there is an intelligent design to this world, and instead believe that it is the result of random chance. But if you’re going to have a Biblical worldview, you need to believe that God was involved in the Creation of the world! The Bible teaches that God created the entire world and called it good, and you are called to glorify God’s name by glorifying His handiwork in the world.
- 34310.20.2025 - 02 - Who Are You Listening To? Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireAren’t you glad that there is a source of absolute truth in this world? It seems like that for every thing you hold to be true, there is a complication or an argument to be made against it, however minor it may be. However, Pastor Jeff teaches you today that the Word of God is a source of absolute truth, and it is still relevant today! While modern times are vastly different from Biblical times, Scripture gives you a solid worldview through which you can understand the world in the way that God sees it.
- 34410.19.2025 - 04 - The Apprentice: Elisha Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireIf you were to go ziplining, wouldn’t you trust a braided steel cable versus a ragged nylon rope? The stronger the material making up the rope, the more tension it will be able to withstand. And just like that zipline, you need the strongest materials, in order to get through the challenges of life. Pastor Jeff encourages you today to recognize God as the ultimate source of strength for your life. If you build your life on His principles, you won’t need to worry about what the world puts in your way.
- 34510.18.2025 - 04 - The Apprentice: Elisha Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireWhen you’re in the Kingdom of God, there is no going back to the way things used to be! You can’t just turn back the clock and go back into a life of sin. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that just like the Israelites were taken out of slavery and left Egypt behind, Elisha left his former life behind when he chose to follow Elijah. His old line of work was left in the dust because Elisha had chosen to pursue the things of God. What is the Lord asking you to leave behind, to pursue His will for your life?
- 34610.17.2025 - 02 - Who Are You Listening To? Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireWith today’s technology, you have no shortage of pastors and teachers to listen to! And with that variety of voices comes a wide spectrum of ideas. Pastor Jeff teaches you today that, unfortunately, there are many pastors out there who teach more like motivational speakers than like messengers of God. Those weak pastors will produce weak fruit, people who aren’t truly living in the way of Jesus. If you want to grow in your faith, find a pastor that will teach straight from God’s Word.
- 34710.16.2025 - 01 - What in the World is a Worldview? Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireWhen you are feeding an infant, you have to give them soft food that they don’t have to chew. But as they get older, they need to be able to eat solid food, so that they can grow strong and healthy. Well, Pastor Jeff teaches you today that there are many Christians today who are stuck in that infant stage. They worship Jesus but don’t believe that God’s Word is absolute truth. A follower of Jesus needs to believe in the absolute truth of God’s Word, because otherwise their witness will be empty and meaningless.
- 34810.15.2025 - 01 - What in the World is a Worldview? Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireIf your phone or your computer starts to run slowly after a few years, one step you can try to fix the issue is to do a factory reset! By restoring your device to the way it was when it was brand new, you can clean out some of the junk files that have built up over time. In today’s message, Pastor Jeff teaches you that God wants to reset your mind because renewing your mind will make it easier for you to follow God’s will for your life instead of constantly giving in to your own desires.
- 34910.14.2025 - 02 - Don’t be Babyl-ized Part 2 By Pastor Jeff WickwireDaniel and his friends didn’t just have to say “no” to Babylonian influence once. Instead, they had to say “no” every day, even multiple times a day! Every meal with indulgent food, every lesson taught from a Babylonian perspective, every conversation with a fellow student or a teacher was an opportunity for the young Israelite men to give in. But Pastor Jeff teaches you today that as you grow stronger in your faith in Jesus, it starts to become easier to say “no” to the things of this world.
- 35010.13.2025 - 02 - Don’t be Babyl-ized Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireThere are some trees that, as they get older, will grow massive root systems that anchor them into the ground. They can get to the point where not even a tornado can rip them out! Well, in today’s message, Pastor Jeff is going to teach you that in order to withstand the pressures to conform to this world, you’re going to need to place deep roots in God’s Word! When you know what God wants for your life, inside and out, you will be able to resist the temptations of earthly pleasures that surround you every day.
- 35110.12.2025 - 03 - Lost: The Prodigal Son Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireIt’s pretty easy to find out who your real friends are when you begin to go through difficult times. If someone in your family is suffering from an illness, who in your circle is checking in on you? If you’re going through financial hardship, who’s the friend calling you and inviting you to fellowship together? Pastor Jeff teaches you today that the godly friends that you gain are worth their weight in gold. God can use them to help guide you back towards the path of righteousness when you fall astray.
- 35210.11.2025 - 03 - Lost: The Prodigal Son Part 1 Pastor Jeff WickwireHave you ever met someone who was a fan of two rival sports teams? Maybe they pick a side when they play each other, but they’ll cheer for each team individually when they’re playing other opponents. But you can’t do that when it comes to the Kingdom of God. You can’t sit on the fence. Pastor Jeff teaches that if you don’t serve God, you are His enemy. The world will eventually be destroyed and remade in God’s perfect vision. What side will you be on when that happens?
- 35310.10.2025 - 01 - The Importance of Who is Defining You Part 2 Pastor Jeff WickwirePeople in this world are just looking for a place to belong. They find kinship in culture, in relationships, and even in church. But humans are bound to let other humans down, because we’re inherently broken and imperfect. Pastor Jeff reminds us today that only God can give us an identity that will withstand the world’s attacks, because it’s built not in what we do, but it’s based on who we serve! Our identity in God is unchanging because He is unchanging, and He has adopted us as His own.
- 35410.09.2025 - 01 - The Importance of Who is Defining You Part 1 Pastor Jeff WickwireEveryone has good and bad experiences in this life. That’s just part of being human. You can probably name two or three instances in your childhood that shaped you into the person you are today, whether they had a positive or a negative effect on you in the long run. But Pastor Jeff teaches you today that in order to live the life that God has for you, you need to let go of other people’s opinions of you. The only person whose opinion truly matters is the one who formed you in your mother’s womb.
- 35510.08.2025 - 04 - Finish the Race Part 2 Pastor Jeff WickwireThere are many people out there today who think that because they call themselves Christians, and attend a church service once every few months, that they are saved from their sin. But Pastor Jeff warns you today that following Jesus isn’t a one-and-done deal. It requires you to surrender control of your life, and to submit yourself to a different way of living. Someone who claims Jesus but doesn’t submit to the transforming work of the Holy Spirit isn’t following Jesus, they are following their own interests.
- 35610.07.2025 - 04 - Finish the Race Part 1 Pastor Jeff WickwireMany people in today’s world are short-sighted, focused only on what’s happening right in their immediate future. And while there can be value in paying attention to the moment we’re living in, Pastor Jeff reminds us that life is a marathon! Instead of focusing only on the things happening right now, we are to pay attention to the things that have eternal ramifications. Following Jesus is one of those things that we must spend our whole lives doing, but we know that the reward is worth persevering for.
- 35710.06.2025 - 03 - The Final Words of the Great Apostle Part 2 Pastor Jeff WickwireOne way that civil engineers make roads safer for people to drive on is to put rumble strips in the roads, to alert drivers that they need to slow down before they cause an accident. Now, if the drivers get mad at the engineers for making their ride bumpy, they’re missing the point completely! Pastor Jeff teaches us today that if we are seeking to warn people about the dangerous road they’re on in this life, we’re not being irritating for the sake of being irritating. We’re trying to steer them away from death!
- 35810.05.2025 - 02 - Survivor: Joseph The Rejected One Part 2 Pastor Jeff WickwireBelieve it or not, everything happens for a reason. While the enemy may try and influence the world for evil purposes, God can use those actions for His Glory. Pastor Jeff shows you today how important it was for Joseph to be where he ended up, because his actions saved the nation of Egypt, as well as the family of Israel, from a disastrous famine. If you can’t understand why God is leading you into a difficult season, have faith that He has something better for you up ahead.
- 35910.04.2025 - 02 - Survivor: Joseph The Rejected One Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireLet’s face it, we are going to face troubles in life! The consequences of living in a fallen and broken world are that we are surrounded by broken people, everyone trying to deal with their own messes. But by coming to know Christ, we have gotten a peek at a better way to live life! We still live in the broken world, but we know that there is a better life to come. Pastor Jeff reminds us today that in order to get there, we need to persevere in following God’s commandments, even when life gets difficult.
- 36010.03.2025 - 03 - The Final Words of the Great Apostle Part 1 By Pastor Jeff WickwireThere was an old game show called Pros versus Joes, where everyday contestants would face off in physical challenges against professional athletes. And in most cases, these average “Joes” couldn’t hold a candle to the performance of an athlete who had trained for years to reach their peak performance! Pastor Jeff wants you to understand today that if you want God to use you for great things, you have to spend the time getting into His Word. You’re not going to go from Joe to Pro overnight.
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