Jen Wilkin
@jenniferwilkin
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Author and Bible teacher. Advocate for Bible literacy. Co-host of @KnowingFaithPod
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The era of Roe is ended. Now we redouble and expand our efforts to address the underlying factors that make abortion appear the only alternative for so many women. Let’s give our money, time, and prayers to that end: to render abortion unthinkable because support is so abundant.
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The antidote to anxiety about the future. is not to discern the future, . but to remember the past. Instead of straining your gaze forward, . look over your shoulder. and rehearse God’s faithfulness to you, . and to all generations.
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Whether we speak our piece or hold our peace, let it be done in the fear of the Lord, not the fear of man.
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Friends, if you are feeling like you’re not the best version of yourself right now, remember that everyone you interact with is likely feeling the same. Kindness and gentleness and generosity of spirit will see us through. ✨.
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Thank you, @BethMooreLPM for the light you carry, for the compassion that drives you, for the steadfastness that marks you. I wouldn’t be teaching today if I hadn’t seen you do it first. I might have given up if I hadn’t seen you persevere. What a debt we owe you.
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Sanctification rarely looks like an immediate ceasing of a particular sin. It more often looks like an increase in the distance between repeated sins, and a decrease in the distance between committing them and confessing them. God is so patient with his children.
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First step to building a sustainable women’s ministry: Change your starting question from, “What do our women want to do?” to, “How are healthy disciples formed?” Then align WM philosophy and practice with the overall discipleship strategy of the church.
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“I love you too much to argue with you” is the priceless gift those slow-to-speak-and-slow-to-anger can give to those who are not.
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“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.”.― Plato, still schooling us after all these years.
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I love everything about working remotely except working.
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This is a major reason many well-intentioned believers spend their lives attending “Bible Study” and never learn the Bible.
If you can complete a full chapter of your Bible study without actually opening your Bible, you’re in a book club, not a Bible study.
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Church leaders, notice how many of your people are posting their commitments to wellness? Discipline is not dead; it just chases the most compelling and actionable message. If they can do Whole 30, they can commit to serious Christian discipleship. Compel them and train them.
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My mom carefully hand-writes all of my speaking engagements in her calendar book. She texts me a prayer they will be fruitful when she knows I’ve arrived at them. It’s precious to me!.
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Man, @adamramsey_ wiped me out with this one. I’ll just shuffle back to my empty nest and sob for a bit.
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PSA Church Leaders: Your women won't stop going to women's Bible study if you decide not to offer it. They'll just go where it's being offered, leaving you zero idea of what they're learning, and all the accountability for it. By prioritizing and resourcing it, you serve them.
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Parents, before we can tell our child to love others as their neighbor we must view and treat *them* as *our neighbor*. Fully human, albeit still growing and maturing. Deserving of respect. Never to be treated contemptuously in thought, word, or deed. Bearing the image of God.
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Devotional reading is like chamomile tea - a soothing drink before slumber. But no one drinks chamomile tea before going to war. We need stronger drink to combat the world, the flesh, and the devil. We need battle cries as well as lullabies. We need the full counsel of Scripture.
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Gal 6:10 So then, as we have opportunity, let us do _________ to everyone, and especially to those who are of the household of faith. a. harm.b. good. Hey, Christian Twitter: we fill in this blank every time we tweet.
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As go our seminaries, so go our churches. It’s past time for a full re-evaluation of existing power structures, and for the strategic implementation of formal channels of influence/input/leadership for women in the SBC.
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Don't reduce "gospel-centered" to "justification-centered". The Good News is more than our freedom from sin's penalty. It's also our progressive freedom from sin's power and ultimate freedom from sin's presence. Justification, sanctification, and glorification are all the gospel.
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Praying (and believing) for the day this statement doesn’t need a comma.
Brothers and sisters in Christ, assume the best from each other.
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It is impossible to be increasing in our love for God and simultaneously increasing in our contempt for others. When our speech is saturated with contempt, our hearts are revealed.
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I observe that those who lead longest and steadiest in the church have calculated the cost to their reputation and popularity and are willing to pay it for the sake of what they believe in. I'm looking to that example, as it looks an awful lot like Christ.
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Songs of faith are teaching tools, and effective ones. In an age of widespread biblical/theological illiteracy, leaders must choose those songs with care. Many who will sing them under our leadership are spiritual infants. Imagine if the lyrics of the ABC song were 85% accurate.
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I don't know a woman in ministry who hasn't had these experiences. Beth has had many more and for much longer. I pray to leave the church a kinder place for my daughters and a healthier place for my sons. I see great reason for hope and much work to be done. Please read.
A letter to my brothers.
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How many times has there been no video? #AhmadArbery.
What if there had been no video? #AhmaudArbery.
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I come from a family of educators. My daughter starts her first year of teaching next week, and I'm enormously proud of her. Filled with gratitude for our teachers who combine their love of teaching and of students into everyday acts of courage & kindness. This year, especially.
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Great British Bake Off:.Nobody swears, nobody dies, nobody sportses. Perfect.
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Keeping Christ at the center of our teaching means more than just pointing his followers to look back to what he has done. It also means exhorting them to walk as he walked. He is both our Savior and our Example. We need both indicatives and imperatives.
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Church leaders, of the first 14 books of the Bible, only 1 is short enough for a 4-6 week study (and I promise most women have studied that one multiple times). Short study timelines limit us to learning less than half the books of the Bible. Go long - it’s all profitable.
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I cannot overstate the influence RC Sproul had on my life and ministry. He taught me to value deep truth in simple speech. Seminary was never an option for me, but his ministry brought its treasures to my nightstand and my cassette player. My hero in the faith, now Coram Deo.
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“A gentle tongue is a tree of life.” Proverbs 15:4. Church, let’s plant forests in the wasteland.
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[Thread] It seems my recent remarks on public school are being misrepresented, so I’d like to clarify. I get it, it was an hour-long debate, and in an age of short attention spans, clips and tweets can too easily obscure the flow of a longer argument. So, here we go:.
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The stuff of Earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the Giver of all good things. -RM.
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Spiritual disciplines nurture steadfastness. What we repeat in times of ease we will recall in times of hardship.
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Christian women, if you’re frustrated with the writing/resources directed at us, don’t wait for publishers/authors to “do better”. Be the solution. Teach/mentor/write/model for the women in your own circles. Big changes start in small rooms. You can do it.
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Why practice spiritual disciplines? For muscle memory. What we repeat in times of ease we will recall in times of hardship.
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Henry Charles Hlavinka is here! We can tell already that he is a genius. He has the calmest, steadiest new parents ever. Our hearts are full 💕
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Mother’s Day gift was a slam dunk. I feel seen, understood, and valued.
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Just submitted the manuscript for this. Feeling lighter than air. Look for it in March, Lord willing.
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"The wrath of God is not the irritability of God; it is the love of God in friction with injustice." - F. Dale Bruner.
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Personal sin yields collateral suffering. Personal holiness yields collateral blessing. One way to “love your neighbor as you love yourself” is to “make every effort to be holy” (Heb 12:14).
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Voting? Yes, it matters. And we do it every day. With heads, hands, hearts, and words we vote each moment for one kingdom or another to come on Earth. Choose a candidate, but choose this day whom you will serve. Those daily votes for love, joy, peace,patience - they always count.
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My latest at @CTmagazine : It is rare to hear the story of Tamar preached or taught. Here's why doing so matters.
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Children are a lifelong emotional commitment. This is the repeating lesson of the “empty nest” years. Our homes may empty but our hearts stay filled and fastened.
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Last night we finished the first half of Acts in Women’s Bible Study. People ask me all the time what studies I recommend for teenage girls. Why not include them in the women’s study? We love how fruitful this inclusion has been at @villagechurchtx! #TheBibleisforEveryone 💕
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It’s here! Nothing like the feeling of seeing your new book for the first time. I never expected to write even one book, so to see a fourth feels like an abundance of grace. I’m so thankful for this unexpected vocation.
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Church leader:. Decry not the abuser in the national news . if thou hast not eyes for the abusers in thy pews. Specks and logs, specks and logs.
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Great news:. The next eleven months. will give us a wealth of opportunities. to practice the Christian virtues . of being . ✨quick to listen .✨slow to speak, and.✨slow to become angry.
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What's the most under-utilized tool for building Bible literacy?. It's also one of the simplest:. Read repetitively - entire books of the Bible, from start to finish.
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Key Bible study skill: learning to ask the questions the text intends to answer vs. imposing on it the questions for which we want answers.
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As a Charles Wesley fan, I’m here to help with one of the best (and most often incorrectly edited) Christmas hymn lyrics of all. Do you know which lyric it is?. Hint: it’s in “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” /1.
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If you're reading #churchtoo , one way to help reduce these stories is to elevate the voices/roles of women in your church. Not good for the man to be alone. I just spoke on this very thing:
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This weekend our church starts a sermon series on Revelation. Our very own @tyohmy created this image for the series, and I cant get over it. Here’s to creating Christian art with excellence - art that instructs us in truth and moves us in worship.
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Meanness and smallness are not hard to spot. Thankfully, neither are kindness and gentleness. Choose this day what to be spotted for, and what to spotlight.
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Today I submitted the manuscript for this project, and I can’t believe it’s done! This glorious last book of the Bible - why did it take me so long to explore it? I can’t wait to share this one. Study releases summer 2024!
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Worldly wisdom: Waiting is an evil to eliminate. Godly wisdom: Waiting is a virtue to cultivate. Christianity is, by definition, a religion of delayed gratification. How we wait will mark us as sojourners and strangers in an instant gratification world.
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Dear food bloggers: if you bury the actual recipe in pictures and witty observations, I will still love you and be grateful, but I will have a few follow-up thoughts to share with you should we ever meet in person.
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Ever heard the statement, “Christianity isn’t about rules, it’s about relationship”? What if rules and relationship actually relate positively to one another? Ten Words To Live By releases one week from today!
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I think about this a lot. Much of our prayers are requests to walk by sight (tell me what to do) versus by faith (help me be like Christ no matter the circumstance). Faith gives certainty of relationship with God, not of next steps or outcomes. “Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!”.
We crave certainty and a risk free life. But that’s not how life works. In the face of fear and danger, Jesus says “follow me.” Walk by faith.
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Seven years later, I am still praying this for myself and all who claim Christ in the public sphere.
If I write snark, sarcasm or biting satire, I reveal I love ideas more than people. Lord, help me embrace the rare ministry of civil speech.
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(10) The entire debate is there for the watching. You don’t have to rely on or amplify someone else’s (potentially) bad-faith interpretation of a good-faith debate. And disagreement doesn’t have to mean denigration. Let’s do better! (end)
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I wrote this a couple years back, but since many seem to have a habit of confusing a simple plea for women in leadership as a secret ploy for women's ordination, here are some of my thoughts on that:
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Maybe spend less time casting Christians you know only from a distance as either “hero” or “villain”. Maybe leave room for “seems great most days” or “probably wouldn’t be friends with”? Or how about “often agree with” or “differ on some points”? Peaceable speech is a good habit.
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This happened yesterday, and it was the sweetest. Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkin! || “Be thankful to Him, and bless His name. For the Lord is good”
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Friends, will you pray for Texas? I’m thinking of the homeless and others who don’t have adequate protection from unprecedented weather like this. We don’t have road crews and equipment like northern states. Rolling blackouts are expected. The next few days will be challenging.
In my 45 years of covering Texas weather, I don't remember ever seeing all 254 counties in the state under a Winter Storm Warning. And in the Guadalupe Mountains there is actually a Blizzard Warning. #dfwwx #NBCDFWWeather .Forecast at:
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I'm praying for the SBC today. May it be a place for diversity of race, age, class, and opinion. God bless @drmoore.
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Pastor, if you had to ask, "Who's Jen Hatmaker?" it's time to be more directly invested in the spiritual nurture of half your church.
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FAQ: "Is there a book like Women of the Word aimed at men?" Not that I'm aware, but the concepts aren't "pink". Just rip off the cover, bro.
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We’re so often consumed with the wrong identity questions, enthralled by the wrong “I am” statements, clinging to an anti-Christian hope that self-doubt and self-loathing are cured by self-discovery. We need songs (and sermons and books) that revere a Better Object.
Is anyone else tired of worship songs all about us and very little about God?.
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in an unsettling reversal of my teenage years, I am now yelling at my parents for going out.
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Important to remember that those who most influence our kids for good or for ill sit not at their lunch room table but at their dinner table. Our kids watch us more than anyone else.
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It’s not yet noon, and I’ve already talked myself out of three hot-take tweets. Who says sanctification isn’t a thing?.
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Listen well. Think hard. Vote your conscience. And strive to be a good citizen every day. Your own character impacts much. You may not control the halls of power, but you’re never helpless to change the world for the better. “Let your reasonableness be known to everyone.”
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Number 4!!!! When I first began talking to publishers about my studies, I was told that women would not do studies like this. They were too long and required too much work. Deeply thankful that @LifeWay said “yes” to this content and method, and that many of you did, too. ❤️.
If you're looking for a study for 2019, these top women's Bible studies from 2018 may be a great place to start!
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“. as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. ” - the words of Samuel to wayward Israel. I need this example and reminder. Intercession is an act of obedience and a testimony of hope.
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“If the Bible is God’s Word, and it is, we must raise up people who don’t merely believe it but also know what it says.” - @drmoore
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Good Friday: The day the Living Water thirsted, that we might never thirst again.
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Boom. We need dedicated learning environments in the church. Small groups and classes don't compete with one another - they hold hands.
We should reject the false dichotomy between Sunday school classes and small groups.
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I must not justify myself that I live in a uniquely distracting age. Scripture debunks our pet idea that we're tempted in uncommon ways.
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I think this may be my favorite thing @jaredcwilson has written. People I love very much face the battle he describes. There is tenderness and kindness here, and well-weighted prose to etch it on our hearts.
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It's to our loss that "quiet and gentle spirit" is often regarded as a uniquely feminine aspiration. A meek and peaceable disposition is commendable in (and commended to) both men and women (cf Matt 5:5, Matt 21:5, 1 Tim 2:1-2). We look to Christ Himself as its example.
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Women teachers, let's shift the emphasis from "Girl, you are a precious daughter of the King" to "Behold your King". Lift up their eyes.
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The Crown. It’s like The West Wing for Brits, and I love it so much. So well done.
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When disagreeing, we always face a choice of charitability or ridicule. Always choose the mode the Bible doesn’t condemn. Christian, don’t choose to sit in the seat of the scoffer. Pay attention to the difference between straight talk and scorn. One gives life and one takes it.
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“The model for Christian manhood isn’t a warrior. It’s a farmer. Once you see it in Scripture, you’ll never unsee it.” Such a well-articulated truth by one of my favorite thinkers @WendyAlsup.
At Mars Hill, "I helped organize our yearly Women’s Retreats. The men, however, never had Men’s Retreats. They had Men’s Advances." @WendyAlsup
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God’s church does not shrink. It endures because his promises do. If some go out from us, they were not of us. Take heart, little flock.
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Do you delight in God’s law? In Eden it was obeyed perfectly. In the New Jerusalem it will be once again. When we joyfully obey it now, we decry Eden’s corruption and anticipate the full restoration of God’s good rule. We live “on earth as it is in Heaven.”.
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We must not confuse moralism with morality. One is a dead end, but one is the narrow path of life. The difference? Motive. Moralism is a form of self-worship, but morality is the sincere pursuit of those who seek to honor God. 1 Peter 2:12.
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Writing to women is my way of making “eye contact” with them: "I see you. You can do this. Theology is not just for men." I don't apologize for that.
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