Gary Wilkerson 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

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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp75c) Support this podcast

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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp74c) Support this podcast

ABOUT 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 glory View full show notes (https://wcm.link/gwp73c) Support this podcast

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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp72c) Support this podcast

ABOUT 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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp71c) Support this podcast

Ron Brown, Executive Director of Teen Challenge Southern California joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss racism in America. - View show notes (https://wcm.link/gwpb01c) Support this podcast

ABOUT 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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp70c) Support this podcast

ABOUT 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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp69c) Support this podcast

ABOUT 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 notes (https://wcm.link/gwp68c) Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 4 | What do we mean when we say, “God is holy”? Do we understand the significance of God’s holiness? This is what occasionally descended upon the tabernacle and kept everyone out. This is what was so powerful that it killed anyone who touched the ark in the Old Testament. Today, Keith Holloway rejoins Gary Wilkerson to talk about what happens when we truly consider how high and great God is. Living in true knowledge of God’s holiness will change everything. Many of our questions about how and why things happen are answered in the presence of such a powerful and great God. When we acknowledge his holiness, God often reveals himself to us in unique ways. View show notes (https://wcm.link/gwp67c) Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 3 | Who is God? What is he like? When we look at the Bible, God’s personality seems like it has some serious contradictions. How can the Old Testament God thundering on Mount Sinai be the same as the one healing beggars and children in the New Testament? Today Keith Holloway joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss the complexity of God’s character and how we can get to know our maker better. View show notes (https://wcm.link/gwp66c) Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 2 | The question of our heavenly Father’s sovereignty is actually the question of whether he’s God or not. When we wonder whether God is in control or knows about our situation, we are wondering about his nature and power. How do we answer these questions? How do we set our minds and hearts at peace? This week, Keith Holloway, Senior Director of Missions Development at World Challenge, joins Gary Wilkerson again to discuss this very matter and explore what the Bible says about God’s sovereignty. View show notes (https://wcm.link/gwp65c) Support this podcast

ABOUT GOD - PART 1 | Many people are wrestling with the impact this coronavirus pandemic has had on their lives. Others are speculating about how our lives will change for better or worse afterward. Everyone has questions, and believers may be wondering, “Why did God let this happen?” This week, Gary talks with Keith Holloway, Senior Director of Missions Development at World Challenge, about why God allows suffering in our lives. View show notes (https://wcm.link/gwp64c) Support this podcast