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kate shellnutt @kateshellnutt.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The last print piece I edited for @christianitytoday.com mag in print is now up! @jenwilkin.bsky.social writes about how churches lost the rigor of Bible literacy and what we can do to restore a culture of learning: www.christianitytoday.com/2026/01/bibl...

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The Great Omission - Christianity Today

With busy schedules, chatty small groups, and personalized quiet times, we’ve neglected the rigor of learning the Bible.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Many ask for a fresh, personal word from God while the ancient, shared ones lie neglected. It is not new truths we need, but old truths recently forgotten. It is not personal revelation that fuels the church’s mission, but shared revelation. All 66 books of it. All profitable.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Coming in January! “Lord, You are my portion and my cup of blessing; You hold my future. The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.” — Psalm 16:5-6

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

“Emphasis matters…The NT Epistles mention attacks of “Satan,” “the devil,” “the evil one,” and “the enemy” several times, but worldliness, fleshly desires, and sins of the flesh show up everywhere -- expounded in lists, warned against constantly.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/03/sata...

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Get Behind Me, Self - Christianity Today

Satan isn’t our only enemy.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 17/03/2025

“Nearly any inconvenient circumstance—a flat tire, canceled flight, strained muscle, fraud alert from the bank—can send us into speculation that Satan is trying to derail our day,” writes @jenwilkin.bsky.social. But Satan isn’t our only enemy.

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Get Behind Me, Self - Christianity Today

Satan isn’t our only enemy.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

The Bible is our great Ebenezer, a memorial stone to the faithfulness of God, carefully recorded and preserved for His children. And every copy, from the dog-eared to the disregarded, is whispering, “Remember.” Remember the God who remembers you.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Because God does not change, we can rely on His promises. All that he has promised to do must come to pass. The gospel itself is bound up in the idea of God’s immutability. We fervently need God to stay the same – our great hope of salvation lies in his remaining exactly as who he is.

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Christianity Today @christianitytoday.com · 15/01/2025

“In a culture that fetishizes youth and views aging as a journey into irrelevance and uselessness, God’s family takes the view that people possess an ever-developing value, one that renders their contributions essential and indispensable,” writes @jenwilkin.bsky.social.

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At My Mother’s Deathbed, I Discovered the Symmetry of a Long Life - Christianity Today

The chiastic pattern I’d come to love in Scripture also shows up in God’s design for aging.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

If you are at TGC25, I hope you will join Gavin Ortlund, Mike Kruger, Alistair Begg and me for a discussion of how to have healthy disagreements in the church. Register for this auxiliary event here: www.tgc25.org/event/5c7c78...

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Alive Together: Faithful Living in a Faithless Age.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Don’t let a youth-obsessed culture rob you of your sense of the value of all parts of life. We need our aging faces and slowing bodies to tell us the truth: that time is passing, and that it is exceedingly precious. My latest at @CTmagazine: t.co/oLtqw1Zwvy

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

To be clear, I’m saying students don’t need teen-targeted content. They’re more than capable of interacting with Scripture as adults (and with adults). Devotionals can slow or sabotage their developing Bible literacy because devos spoon-feed. Give them tools to learn the Bible & form a study habit.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Parents of teens, before you buy them a teen devotional or teen Bible study, read this: www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/teac...

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How to Teach Your Teen to Study the Bible

Here’s a simple approach you can adapt to fit the age of your teen.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

To all my ministry friends for whom Christmas means long days of serving when others are on vacation time, thank you. Thank you for giving your time so that many others can gather to worship during the season of Advent!

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Advent is the season of light. In June I taught on the theme of light from Genesis to Revelation and its implications for the children of God. I hope it ministers to you! youtu.be/HW8mqcj05pg

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I Am the Light of the World (John 8:12-30) | Jen Wilkin

YouTube video by The Gospel Coalition

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kate shellnutt @kateshellnutt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

"We have never been good at waiting ... Advent has always taken longer than we expect." A beautiful @jenwilkin.bsky.social piece I re-read every Advent: www.christianitytoday.com/2022/11/wilk...

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Our Advent Waiting Goes Back to Eden - Christianity Today

At just the right time, God fulfills his promise.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Interested in learning how to disciple others or see discipleship permeate your church culture? I’m teaching part of a 6-week virtual cohort from Women’s Initiatives at TGC called Demystifying Discipleship. Use code ‘JEN10’ for a discount on the cohort cost. ⁠ Learn more by visiting tgc.org/women

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

We readily assent that no part of sanctification will be easy, but we often expect this particular part should be. If God wants me to know the Bible, why wouldn’t He make it easy for me to understand? The spirit of the age is instant gratification. The Spirit of the Lord takes the long view.

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The final score wasn’t what we hoped, but the company couldn’t be beat. Always proud to be a Fightin’ Texas Aggie! 👍🏻

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

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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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Emily Dickinson. I hold firmly to the belief that much of our trouble reading the Bible stems from forgetting that God is a poet. And if His image-bearers are this devastatingly artistic with words, how much more so is He?

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I’m studying/writing on aging and rightly numbering our days. I’ve read: Being Mortal (Gawande) When Breath Becomes Air (Kalanithi) On my bedside: We Shall All Be Changed (Pipkin) On Getting Out of Bed (Noble) What book has helped you think about aging/embodiment?

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Jen Wilkin @jenwilkin.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I’ve been thinking about the significance of the Kingdom of Heaven for 25 years, and I feel like I’m just now beginning to really “get it”. Can’t imagine what further I might see in another 25. Scripture does yield immediate benefit, but it’s the oft-undervalued long view I’m learning to cherish.

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