As we all work to find our footing in what feels like a much different world after the events of the last week, a big question faces churches and their ministers:

Should we address the news from the pulpit?jackwilkie.coSeptember 15, 2025

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The cost of unity

jackwilkie.coSeptember 12, 2025

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Charlie Kirk is dead. The influential conservative advocate was shot on a college campus in Utah, doing what he does—speaking to college students and inviting them to debate him.

For me, and for many others, this news hit hard—far harder than the attempt on President Trump in Butler, PA and any other recent act of political violence. It’s not just that Kirk was young, only 31, or a husband and father with two little ones. It’s the kind of figure he was, and what he represented.

Charlie Kirk was not some kind of polarizing firebrand. He was a 6’5” olive branch, inviting anyone and everyone who disagreed with him to engage in measured, friendly debate. He represented every reasonable conservative who stands firm on their beliefs but is willing to have good faith conversations. What is the right supposed to do now? Send another friendly debater out into the crosshairs?

Thats why this is so different...

jackwilkie.coSeptember 11, 2025

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There are many times when discouragement sets in and what I do feels pointless—especially when it’s “the little things.”

But then, the Scriptures intervene with our cosmic pity party:

jackwilkie.coSeptember 9, 2025

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On this week’s Scriptural Focus, I field a few questions about heaven, including:

* Will we recognize each other?

* Do we turn into angels?

* Will our pets go to heaven with us?

* What will we do? Worship all the time?

You can watch the video below, or listen on the Church Reset Podcast (Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app).

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A shocking video clip made the rounds this week featuring bestselling author and podcaster Malcolm Gladwell. In the video, Gladwell referenced a panel discussion he participated in about "trans women” (a.k.a. delusional men) participating in women’s sports.

jackwilkie.coSeptember 4, 2025

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As a new football season kicks off, it’s hard not to notice just how enormous sports betting’s footprint has become.

jackwilkie.coSeptember 2, 2025

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"False doctrine" and "false teaching/false teacher" are labels that get used a lot, but with the weight they carry we need to be careful to use them accurately.

So, this week we look at the history of "False doctrine" and what it teaches us about what we should consider false doctrine and what would be better classified as "misguided."

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One of the more interesting vestiges of the COVID era has been the fate of the Sunday evening worship hour.

For many churches, the radical shakeup of life’s familiar ways provided a rare opportunity to circumvent the “we’ve always done it that way” hurdle.

jackwilkie.coAugust 26, 2025

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The Bible gives room for us to disagree on matters of opinion... but what is a matter of opinion? Threading the needle on this issue and determining essentials and non-essentials is a difficult challenge with huge implications for fellowship and salvation.

So, how do we navigate these issues? I take a look on this week's Scriptural Focus.

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