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Kids in high school and even younger are now facing issues that were once matters for college students and young adults. Evan Wilkerson joins Gary Wilkerson to discuss the questions and doubts confronting today’s youth.
Key Points from the Podcast
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Questions — about God, sex, gender, creation. etc. — that were once asked by college students are now being asked by middle and elementary school age children.
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Christian teens are reading their Bibles but when they encounter difficult passages don’t feel comfortable bringing their doubts and questions in church and at home.
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Many teens’ doubts center around the question of how a good God could allow so much evil and suffering in the world.
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If we have doubts and questions, we should not stuff them down and pass them over but confront them and bring them to God.
Bible Verses Referenced in the Podcast
Jude 1:22; Deuteronomy 32:35; Luke 13:1-5; Genesis 2:17; 2 Corinthians 4:17
Resources Mentioned in the Podcast
Gary Wilkerson Podcast Episodes Featuring Evan Wilkerson
About Evan Wilkerson
Evan Wilkerson is the son of Gary Wilkerson, President of World Challenge. In 2013, Evan felt the Lord’s call to be a minister and evangelist, preaching and teaching the Word of God. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biblical studies from Colorado Christian University and currently works at World Challenge as Manager of Faith Answers where he lives out his passion to bring sound doctrine and apologetics to the next generation.
About Gary Wilkerson
Gary Wilkerson is the President of World Challenge, an international mission organization that was founded by his father, David Wilkerson. He is also the Founding Pastor of The Springs Church, which he launched in 2009 with a handful of people. He has traveled nationally and internationally at conferences and conducted mission ventures such as church planting, starting orphanages, clinics, feeding programs among the poorest of the poor and the most unreached people of the earth. Gary and his wife Kelly have four children and live in Colorado Springs, CO.