World Challenge Sermons

Why should the idea of God’s judgment give you peace? In this episode, Gary Wilkerson talks about how holy justness looks very different from the secular world’s social justice. As believers, that difference should be a great comfort us, but first we must have a solid understanding of the Lord’s righteousness and justice.

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How can believer say, “God is our refuge” when hundreds of thousands are persecuted for the faith every day? In this episode, Gary Wilkerson looks at how God tends his people’s hearts throughout hardship and wants to use us to bless and build the church.

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Psalm 15 could sound like a series of impossible legalistic demands, but Gary Wilkerson shows how it emphasizes the importance of God’s holiness and invites his children into a true posture of worship. Those who are in awe of our holy Lord will not be tempted or shaken by the world.

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Why is it so important for believers to go against the common culture? Gary Wilkerson explores the answers to this question as he walks through this psalm. He invites listeners to consider how unrighteousness manifests in each generation and how the people of God combat it.

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In this episode, Gary Wilkerson talks about how even the most mature Christian may sometimes struggle with feeling abandoned by God. It can be very tempting to turn to other things for refuge during those lonely times. However, God is our only reliable refuge.

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In this episode, Gary Wilkerson shows how psalm 12 is a reminder of how all believers are part of a spiritual battle. We are meant to take an active part in this conflict, and that means confronting anything that tries to plunder our relationships and spiritual calling of life, health and power.

The darkness of the world can feel utterly poisonous when we’re confronted with the full depravity of sin. Through psalm 11, Gary Wilkerson addresses how the horrors of sin should turn us toward God. There we will learn to trust the Lord who defeats all evil and who gives us the strength to endure and overcome.

In this episode, Gary Wilkerson tackles the question of “Why does God seemingly allow evil people to go through life unscathed by so many of the problems that earnest believers grapple with regularly?” He unpacks how God and psalm 10 directly address the pain and confusion of this issue.

What should we do when we’ve had our hopes dashed so many times that we stop praying for God to deliver us? Gary Wilkerson explains how God desires for us to be honest about our disappointments and pain but that he also wants us to remember his past deliverances so that we wait with great expectation for him to move.

Gary Wilkerson talks in this episode about how worship is vital for our spiritual health because it draws our attention to God’s work through the most insignificant seeming parts of our lives. As we pay closer attention to God’s goodness, we will see the truth of scripture’s profound statement “the battle belongs to the Lord.”