Wildwood College Life

This week, we continued our series on The Prayers of Paul, as we walked through Philippians 1:3-11 . Paul’s prayer teaches us that the gospel unites us, encouraging us to pray for Christ’s work to be completed in us. By looking at Paul’s prayer, we see: Christ’s beginning work is what encourages prayer (vv.3–5, 7–8) Christ’s continued work is what shapes the content of our prayers (vv.6, 9–11) Joi...

This week in our series on The Prayers of Paul , we looked at Colossians 1:9–14 and were reminded of the Power of Redemption ! Paul’s prayer teaches us that the God who redeems is the One who enables us to walk worthy of our calling. In this passage, we’re encouraged to: Pray for spiritual wisdom and understanding (v.9) Pursue walking in a worthy manner (vv.10–11) Praise God for His redeeming work...

This week in our series The Prayers of Paul , we looked at 1 Thessalonians 3:9–13 ! Paul’s prayer teaches us that God sanctifies the saints through prayer, so we must improve our praying by improving our loving. In this passage, we’re called to: Grow with God (v.9) Look for Love (v.10–11) Seek Sanctification (v.12) Prepare through Prayer (v.13) Follow along as we continue to learn from the Prayers...

This week, we kicked off our new series, the Prayers of Paul, by diving into 2 Thessalonians 1:1–12 ! Paul's prayer teaches us to pray for perseverance in persecution, because God will both judge the wicked and glorify His people. In this passage, we saw three key truths: God uses trials to transform us God is a perfect judge of the righteous and the wicked God will transform us in trials by our p...

This week, we wrapped up our God Logic series with our guest speaker, Dr. Mike Strauss, who walked us through the fine-tuning argument! The fine-tuning argument is that the universe is so precisely set up for life that it points to an intelligent Designer behind it all- God! Join us as we see how science and faith come together to point to a God who not only exists, but intentionally designed the...

This week, we explored the Argument from Design - also known as the Teleological Argument - which points to God’s existence through the evidence of intentional design in creation. Everything made with purpose points back to a designer. If things function best according to their design, then we should ask: what were we made for? We must recognize and live out our intended design!

This week, we celebrated Easter Sunday and continued our series on The Arguments For God! We looked at the cornerstone of our faith- the Resurrection of Jesus Christ . Because the Resurrection of Christ is the foundation of Christianity, we must believe in it as a historical event and the basis of our faith! Follow along as we examine the evidence for the resurrection and take a closer look at the...

This week, we stepped into another week of God Logic- where we looked at The Moral Argument for God’s Existence . In today’s message, we unpacked this argument: Objective morality and duties exist. If objective morality and duties exist, then God exists. Therefore, God exists. Because an Objective Moral Law proves a Moral Law-Giver, we must find forgiveness for our transgressions of this Law in Ch...

This week, we kicked off a new series called God Logic , where we explore different arguments for God ! In this episode, we started by exploring the cosmological argument, which says that everything in the universe, including the universe itself, must have a cause or a reason for its existence. We looked at two sides of the cosmological argument... causality and contingency. Follow along in our ne...

This week we continued looking at Jesus' parables in Luke 16:19-31! We looked at The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, where we saw that we are to pursue God instead of wealth, because true riches await those who are poor in spirit. We must recognize that we have a spiritual poverty that only Jesus can rescue us from!

What truly lasts? This week, we explore The Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12:13-21) and the danger of centering our lives on worldly things. True legacy isn’t built on possessions but on desiring what is true and good. This is what God is calling us to: a life of obedience—not out of sheer duty, but out of love for what He has done and who He is. Join us as we unpack how to shift our focus from t...

What do we pray? How do we pray? Why do we pray? This week, Kevin answered all these questions as we looked into Jesus' parable of the friend at midnight(Luke 11:1-13). Jesus reminds us that we’re not just making requests—we’re approaching our loving Heavenly Father. He calls us to persist in prayer, trusting that He will always provide.

This week, we continued our series on Jesus' parables! Kevin walked us through Luke 7 where we looked at The Parable of the Children in the Marketplace. We explored the commendation and identity of John the Baptist, the rejection of his ministry, and the parable of the rejecters. This passage reminds us that God has fully revealed Himself in Jesus, allowing us to know, confess, and obey Him. The c...

This week on the podcast, we’re diving into another one of Jesus' powerful parables! Kevin unpacks the Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25), where we see our need to be prepared for the return of Christ! Follow along to learn about the characters, the invitation, and how we can be prepared for Christ's return!

Mike Beckham joined us this week to discuss Wildwood's building expansion campaign, Deep and Wide! We looked at Romans 12 where Mike challenged us to sacrificially give like Christ in every area of our lives and encouraged us that we are placed in the local church for a reason.

This week we continued our series on Jesus' parables! Kevin walked us through the Parable of the Wedding Feast in Matthew 22 where we saw... 1. The Invitation Rejected 2. The Invitation Expanded 3. The Invitation’s Terms We all have a responsibility to respond to this invitation. Will you accept the invitation to come to Christ through faith and feast at the banquet?

This week we started a new series on Jesus' parables. One of our Wildwood Elders, Joel Greene, walked us through Matthew 7 where we saw the parable of the wise builder and foolish builder. What type of house are you building? Come search the scriptures with us to see how Jesus connects this parable to scripture throughout the Old Testament!

This week we continued our series In the World, Not Of! Mike Beckham walked us through how our faith should intersect with our culture of alcohol and substance abuse. God has given us the Holy Spirit so that it would be our comfort and our guide. As Christians, we have to ask ourselves if we want to be controlled by the substances of this world or be led by the Holy Spirit.

This week we started a new series called In The World, Not Of. Mike Beckham walked us through James 3:5-10 where we looked at five areas to see how our faith can be represented in the words we use!

This week we finished our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Kevin walked us through 2 Samuel 24 where we saw that we can... Count on God's Sovereignty (vv. 1-9) Count on God's Righteousness (vv. 10-17) Count on God's Mercy (vv. 18-25) Because our Father is sovereign, we can repent with confidence in his powerful plan of salvation.

This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Kevin walked us through 2 Samuel 22-23 where we learned why we can and should... Behold Salvation's Dramatic Intervention Behold Salvation's Point of View Behold Salvation's Covenant Faithfulness We learned that we can BEHOLD the beauty of God's dramatic intervention in saving our lives! Come back next week for our final week of The...

This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Kevin walked us through 2 Samuel 15-18 where we saw... Absalom's Conspiracy (Prideful Ambition) Absalom's Rebellion (Against God-Ordained Authority) Absalom's Death (Opposed God's Kingdom) We don't have the pressure of building our own kingdom, because Christ's kingdom is the only one that will last!

This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Kevin walked us through 2 Samuel 12 where we saw... A Son who is Lost A Son who Lusts A Son who Murders We learned that despite the earthly consequences of sin, God shows His mercy through eternal forgiveness in Christ.

This week, we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Mark Robinson, Wildwood's Senior Pastor, walked us through 2 Samuel 12 where we saw 4 sets of truths about us and about God! We sin and hide, but God sees and calls. We minimize and maximize, but God provides perspective. We confess our sin, and God forgives. We live with death, but God creates new life. God is gracious and merciful...

This week we continued our series on The Rise and Fall of David! Kevin taught us through 2 Samuel 11 where we learned... There is a paradigm for sin There is a temptation to conceal sin Sin cannot be hidden from God Through this, we saw that instead of concealing our sin, we should turn in repentance and ask God to forgive us according to the Son's sacrifice on the cross!