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Jen Wilkin on Recovering Bible Literacy

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1h·February 18, 2026

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What if the church’s biggest discipleship problem isn’t disbelief—but disinterest in learning?

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In a recent subscriber-only livestream, Russell Moore welcomes Bible teacher and author Jen Wilkin to examine what her recent Christianity Today essay calls “the great omission”: the quiet disappearance of learning from the center of Christian discipleship. Wilkin contends that the church has often replaced structured, outcome-oriented learning with looser models built around community or immediate application. The result, she argues, is not deeper connection but a generation of well-meaning Christians who strugg...

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