World Challenge Sermons

Evan Wilkerson opens his Ephesians series by tracing the stories of John Newton, the apostle Paul, and the dark city of Ephesus to show that the word "saint" has nothing to do with moral achievement and everything to do with the grace that finds wretches, turns them around, and sets them on an entirely new trajectory. Main Points: John Newton called himself capable of anything, with not the least...

David Wilkerson stands before his congregation, physically trembling over Ezekiel 3, warning every pastor, teacher, and believer that they will one day stand before God and answer for every soul they failed to warn, then reveals that the only way to fulfill that terrifying responsibility is not human zeal but the secret place alone with God. Preached: September 29, 1996 Main Points: • David Wilker...

Gary Wilkerson takes us through Romans 8, showing that the exhausting in-and-out, up-and-down Christian life is not what God intended, revealing that the moment Christ came in, he changed not just our behavior but our entire operating system, and the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead is the same power now living in us. Preached: May 21, 2026 Main Points: • The word condemnation is "con" plus "...

Gary Wilkerson opens with Samuel Rutherford's breathtaking attempt to describe Jesus as fairer than sun, moon, stars, and roses, then pulls back and says even that comparison wrongs him, before turning to Romans 5 to show that what Adam unleashed on the whole world, one perfect man has irreversibly reversed in them. Preached: May 20, 2026 Main Points: • Samuel Rutherford tried to honor Christ by s...

David Wilkerson preaches just weeks after 9/11 to a city still trembling with fear, revealing that God's hedge of thorns around every believer was never just for their own survival but to produce a Joseph company of tested, proven people who carry exactly what a terrified world now desperately needs. Preached: October 21, 2001 Main Points: • The Hebrew word for preserve means to put a hedge of tho...

David Wilkerson asks why believers are satisfied hearing what God does elsewhere, warning that unbelief turns any heart into Nazareth — the one place Jesus stood ready to work miracles but walked away marveling that he could do almost none because of their lack of faith. Preached: June 17, 2007 Main Points: •Jesus stood in Nazareth among sincere, Scripture-loving people who knew his reputation, ha...

David Wilkerson reveals that the one consuming passion of his ministry was never building a megachurch or a personal following, but seeing every believer become so rooted, so unshakable, so wholly given to Jesus that the devil could throw his worst and find nothing to grab hold of. Preached: September 17, 1995 Main Points: • Paul's single burning desire was not to impress, not to build a following...

David Wilkerson steps off the battlefield of global spiritual warfare and into the one nobody talks about—the private war—where affliction piles on affliction, lust attacks the holiest saints, and the only voices left are lying spirits sent on assignment by the devil himself. Preached: July 29, 2007 Main Points: • Every believer has a private war that nobody else can reach, not a pastor, not a spo...

Gary Wilkerson walks straight into the hardest question first — why is the world like it is, and why am I like I am — then reveals that the same one-man problem that unleashed sin, death, and condemnation on the human race has been more than answered by one man whose grace, righteousness, and abundant life far outweigh everything Adam lost. Preached: May 1, 2026 Main Points: One man's sin in a gar...

Gary Wilkerson walks a stressed and anxious generation through Philippians 4, revealing that contentment isn't a spiritual zap at an altar but a hard-won journey of learning to move everything out of the red bucket of anxiety and into the everything bucket of prayer, gratitude, and trust. Preached: April 12, 2026 Main Points: • America is the most prosperous nation on earth and also the most anxio...

Gary Wilkerson shares a string of breathtaking testimonies — a sister healed of cancer, a boy pulled from a garbage dump now heading to medical school, thirty orphans sleeping on concrete floors about to get their first beds — revealing that pure and undefiled religion isn't powerful preaching but showing up for the forgotten. Preached: March 6, 2026 Main Points: • Gary's sister had her stomach re...

Gary Wilkerson delivers a sobering prophetic warning that the apparent cultural cleanup happening in America is not revival but a swept and empty house, and that seven spirits more evil than before are circling, waiting to return with a flood of filth that will dwarf everything the church has already seen. Preached: March 5, 2026 Main Points: • What looks like cultural progress in America right no...

Gary Wilkerson delivers a jarring prophetic assignment, walking leaders and believers through the story of Samson to show how subtle seduction works one small compromise at a time until the anointing is gone, the eyes are out, and the only thing left to offer the crowd is entertainment. Preached: March 4, 2026 Main Points: • Gary didn't want to preach this message. He would have preferred pleasant...

David Wilkerson paints an unforgettable picture of every human soul as a ship on a stormy sea, revealing that while society loses hope and sailors vomit over the side in eight-foot swells, God reaches his arm beneath your vessel and anchors you to something that doesn't sink but rises. Preached: July 21, 1996 Main Points: • Society is a raging ocean, and every person is a ship on it. If you could...

David Wilkerson reveals why God chose only 512 witnesses to the resurrection rather than displaying the risen Christ to all Jerusalem, showing that the proof of the resurrection was never meant to be a historical fact argued from a distance but a living reality experienced from the inside out. Preached: April 23, 2000 Main Points: • God could have sent the risen Jesus marching down the temple aisl...

Gary Wilkerson calls believers to stop playing just one note and start living in harmony, revealing that a life fully alive to God requires both the driven mission of an Elon Musk and the quiet intimacy of a monk, because without both, you'll either burn out or be counted out. Preached: February 1, 2026 Main Points: • Jesus modeled the rhythm perfectly: after hearing his cousin John had been behea...

Gary Wilkerson exposes the false prosperity gospel that promises only comfort without suffering, revealing how God gives "strange comfort" in the middle of pain while calling believers to choose Christ over worldly comfort. Preached: March 1, 2026 Main Points: • Jesus doesn't compare your pain to others' suffering but shows the same compassion for your depression as he does for children in war zon...

David Wilkerson exposes the Laodicean deception where Christians become blind to their true spiritual condition, boasting, "We are rich and have need of nothing," while God sees them as wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked. Preached: October 6, 1996 Main Points: • One of the hardest things is to see ourselves as we really are and as God sees us. • The Laodiceans sat under Paul's anointed te...

David Wilkerson exposes how Abraham, the father of faith, twice put his wife in pagan harems to save his own skin. Yet, God remained faithful to his eternal purpose, proving that while we are faithless, God cannot deny himself or his nature. Preached: December 24, 1995 Main Points: • Abraham, the man of faith who received God's promises of protection, twice told half-lies about Sarah being his sis...

David Wilkerson unveils the marvelous benefits of repentance, warning that church splits happen because nobody will say, "I'm the one who needs prayer," while revealing how broken hearts unlock God's favor, clear visions of Jesus, and supernatural protection. Preached: March 5, 1995 Main Points: The number one characteristic of a repentant heart is readiness to acknowledge guilt. If you can't admi...

David Wilkerson exposes the deadly doctrine of antinomianism—the false grace that says you can live like the devil and still claim Christ's righteousness—warning that saying "I believe" without surrendering your whole life is not saving faith but damning presumption. Preached: February 18, 1996 Main Points: Justification by faith is Christianity's foundational truth, but if you stop there and neve...

David Wilkerson exposes the deadliest sin ravaging the church—one that nearly destroyed the psalmist Asaph and is causing multitudes to shipwreck—the sin of making no sense of your suffering, which leads to the fatal unbelief that God doesn't keep his promises or care about your pain. Main Points: David Wilkerson shares a testimony of a 24-year-old Nigerian woman, faithful to God for four years, s...

David Wilkerson reveals the horrifying scene of Solomon kneeling before pagan idols—the wisest man who ever lived lost his fear of God, proving that when you keep shaking off Holy Spirit conviction, you'll quickly turn aside to destruction. Main Points: • Solomon—the wisest man who ever lived, who built God's temple and experienced divine visitations—ended up kneeling before detestable idols while...

David Wilkerson exposes the terrifying truth about satanic seduction in the last days. Hell has opened its mouth to release hordes of seducing spirits that hunt believers by offering doctrines to justify sin. Those wholly satisfied with Jesus won't take the bait. Main Points: • In these last days, wickedness has multiplied, yet God's grace has multiplied thousands of times more, but seducing spiri...

David Wilkerson reveals that the true power of a godly life isn't in performing miracles or calling down storms—it's in having the supernatural ability to turn rejection into an opportunity for compassion, just as Samuel kissed and blessed the very man who replaced him. Main Points: • The first mark of a godly person is a sensitive ear to God's voice—if he has all of your heart with nothing held b...