Hardwired with Jeff Wickwire

Some hobbies are hard to pick back up when you move on from them for a long time. You may get frustrated when you go to pick up that guitar again, only to realize that you don’t have the same amount of skill that you used to. But Pastor Jeff wants to remind you today that the most important thing you can do is to go back to the basics. If you’ve drifted away from Christ, the easiest way to get bac...

The difference between the Levite priests and our great High Priest is like the difference between a single match and a lighthouse. A match will provide a little light and burn out quickly. But a lighthouse can cut through the darkness and guide ships safely to shore. In today’s message, Pastor Jeff wants you to recognize that the divide between man and God is too great for us to cross on our own,...

Every wicked and evil thing in this world has an expiration date! While injustice has reigned in this world for a long time, the Bible also tells us that there is a day coming when Jesus will make everything right. The Kingdom of God is one of justice and peace, and it will never come to an end! Pastor Jeff reminds us today that the image of a King of justice and peace has existed since the book o...

This world is full of surprises! Every single day, someone finds out that they’re expecting a child after years of infertility, a long-lost relative comes home, or an unexpected promotion happens in the workplace. But Pastor Jeff wants you to understand today that none of this comes as a surprise to God. As Jesus directs the apostle John to write letters to seven churches in Asia Minor, you’ll lea...

When you start taking antibiotics to fight an infection, you don’t get to see results right away. In fact, you may even get sicker before things start to turn around! In today’s message, Pastor Jeff wants to remind you that even though the world around us is lost in darkness and getting darker by the minute, that doesn’t mean that things are on that trajectory forever. The divide between good and...

The Lord has a habit of using the enemy’s own plans against him. In today’s message, we learn about the heavenly witnesses who will testify in Jerusalem during the Antichrist’s reign. Pastor Jeff teaches us that these witnesses will be under the Lord’s supernatural protection, and so even though they face violent attacks from those who hate the Lord, His name will still be glorified! Pastor Jeff w...

Nothing happens in this world without God knowing about it! While you and I think of time in terms of past, present, and future, it’s all the same to God! Pastor Jeff wants us to understand that He exists outside of time and space, and His plans for the world were made long before you and I were ever born! The Bible tells us exactly what is going to happen as our world hurtles into the last days....

Have you ever come across someone who seems to be perfectly placed in this world to oppose you? Well, Pastor Jeff wants to remind you today that the enemy wants to attack you, along with every other person who follows Jesus! Now, not every person who does you wrong is being influenced by a demon, but Satan does influence people to become stumbling blocks to keep believers from drawing closer to Je...

When you are buying a house, one of the most important things to do is to have the foundation inspected. A home with a poor foundation is going to have lots of problems over the years, if they aren’t there already! And if you don’t build your life on a good foundation, you will also see problems develop over time. Pastor Jeff reminds you today that God is the best foundation you could ever build y...

Have you ever walked out of church and realized you already forgot what the sermon was about? The fact is that when we’ve been going to church for a long time, it can be easy to just sit in our seat and go through the motions, without taking the effort to grow in our relationship with Jesus. Well, Pastor Jeff encourages us to break out of that cycle! Instead of letting today’s message wash over yo...

The Bible reminds us that people have been living and dying for thousands of years. What one person may consider to be a lifetime is only a blip in the history of the universe. That’s why we shouldn’t be surprised when Pastor Jeff tells us that we’re living in the last days! There are signs around us that tell us that the world as we know it won’t stay the same for long. But we’re also reminded th...

If you’ve been paying attention to this series on the book of Daniel, you know that God has been protecting Daniel since the very start! And God doesn’t just protect His children from fiery furnaces and hungry lions. Pastor Jeff teaches you today that there is a war going on in the spiritual realm, where God’s angels battle with the forces of hell to protect you from harm. For every story of God’s...

God didn’t tell you the story of the whole world just so you could have some sort of special knowledge of the last days! Pastor Jeff reminds you today that you’ve been given this prophecy of the End Times so that you can warn others of the coming destruction. At the end of it all, the Lord is going to judge everyone who has ever lived, and those who lived in sin will face eternal separation from G...

Daniel knew something about the corrupting power of sin that you and I would do well to learn today. See, sin corrupts everything and everyone it touches. Pastor Jeff reminds us today that even though Daniel does not have a single recorded instance of sin in the Bible, he was most certainly not perfect! His sin counted in God’s ledger just as much as the sins of those who had broken all Ten Comman...

Pastor Jeff is right! The church isn’t holy because of the building it meets in. You’re not getting closer to God just because the lights were dimmed just right for the worship team and the coffee from the foyer was brewed at the perfect temperature. We’re reminded today that the church is holy because of the believers who gather within it to worship Jesus! You can make any space in this world int...

It’s a somber thought to think that you could lose out on your salvation. After all, the Bible reminds you time and time again that nothing can separate you from the love of God! Well, Pastor Jeff teaches you today that those who have decided to reject Jesus outright have indeed shut themselves off from His saving power. Jesus isn’t a tyrant, and He won’t force someone who doesn’t want anything to...

Have you ever been betrayed by your closest friend? It can feel like a dagger to the chest, seeing the person who you trusted more than anyone turn away from you, and treat you like their enemy. Well, Pastor Jeff reminds you today that Peter did exactly that when he denied Jesus three times! But yet, the Lord was still ready to forgive His disciple and friend. After Jesus’ resurrection, He restore...

By studying history, we can see how the kingdoms of this world rise and fall. And even though the nations of our day have more power than the world powers that came before, we can have certainty that every nation we know of today will come to an end! Pastor Jeff reminds us today that the kings and kingdoms of this world are mortal and impermanent, but the Kingdom of God is the only kingdom that wi...

When one king conquered another in ancient times, it would be customary to parade the defeated king through the streets as a form of humiliation. It was important for everyone to know that the power dynamic had changed, and there was a new ruler in charge! Well, Satan is going to be on the losing end of that exchange one day soon! Pastor Jeff reminds us today that even Lucifer will be defeated one...

Every cartoon hero needs their cartoon villain; someone so obviously evil that you can’t help but cheer for the hero to beat them every single time! Well, even though the Antichrist is as close to pure evil as a man will ever get, he is no cartoon villain! Pastor Jeff wants to remind you today that the Antichrist will be a real person, not some government entity or fantasy monster. If you understa...

Many of us have felt a moment where we’re singing a song of worship to God, and the words of the song start to seem repetitive and stale. Well, we won’t have to worry about that in Heaven! Pastor Jeff wants us to know today that while we will be worshipping the Lord forever in Heaven, our song won’t get boring or worn out. Instead, that song will be constantly refreshed, because only in the Father...

One of the reasons we can trust in God’s Word to be true is that it predicted events before they happened! In today’s message, we’ll learn about the four beasts rising out of the sea in Daniel’s vision. These beasts correspond to the four kingdoms we learned about earlier in the book of Daniel, and Pastor Jeff wants to point out to us how some of the details about the beasts were prophecies of how...

When I started seeing a new counselor, one of the first things that stood out to me was the different certificates he had on his wall. Not only did he have his college degrees displayed, but he also had other certifications that demonstrated his experience with various issues. Pastor Jeff wants to teach us today that Jesus has the ultimate certification to be our high priest. He mended the gap bet...

What would you think if you paid to go on a tour of Paris, only to find out your tour guide had never been to Paris before and thought that the official language of France was Spanish? Your guide should have a deep understanding of the place they are giving you a tour of. Pastor Jeff wants to remind you today that the tough experiences he has faced in his own life allow him to empathize with your...

It sure would be convenient if I didn’t have to go through difficult times in this life. After all, I’m a child of God! Shouldn’t I have some sort of a badge I can flash whenever things get tough, so that the Lord’s enemies know to back off? Well, Pastor Jeff teaches us today that things don’t exactly work like that. Sometimes, God allows us to go through trials so that we can learn and grow from...