This is Wildwood: Recent Episodes
Mark Robinson
This is Wildwood is a weekly celebration of what it looks like to follow Jesus together to the glory of God at Wildwood Community Church in Norman, OK.
We have made it to the end! If you have been following This is Wildwood for the past year, since August we have been walking through our doctrinal statement and talking through it in depth! 17 episodes later, we have come to the end of the series and the statement where we talk about eschatology.… Read More
This is Wildwood is back!! And this week, we are talking about eternity. Hebrews 9:27 says that it is appointed for men to die once, and after that the judgment. This is the only life that we have, our souls are eternal, and all humans will either spend an eternity in heaven, or an eternity… Read More
What does Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount teach us about the Christian life? In this episode, Abe & Myles sit down and unpack Christ’s kingdom ethic, showing how true discipleship is marked by humility, righteousness, and dependence on God’s grace. We’ll explore this amazing sermon as we look at the call to be salt and… Read More
As we continue walking through Wildwood’s doctrinal statement, we sit down with Pastor Mark to explore the biblical foundation and significance of ordinances in the life of the church. Why do we practice baptism and the Lord’s Supper? What do they point to, and how should they shape our faith? Join us as we unpack… Read More
At Wildwood we believe that God, not man, created marriage. We believe the Bible teaches that the covenant of marriage is sacred and lifelong. The Bible makes it clear that marriage is a legally binding public declaration of commitment and a private consummation between one man and one woman. Join us this week as we… Read More
Welcome back to another episode of This is Wildwood as we continue our series walking through our doctrinal statement. This week we bring on Kevin Choate, our college pastor, to talk about Ecclesiology or, the doctrine of the church. What is the church? Who makes up the church? Who governs the church? All of these… Read More
1 Peter 5:8 says, “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.” As Christians, we have a real enemy who wants to devour us. John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have… Read More
In this episode, we discuss the Person and work of the Holy Spirit! We believe and confess that God is one, God is three, and the three are one. The Holy Spirit is the same in essence, majesty and glory as the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit permanently indwells every believer at the… Read More
This week on This is Wildwood, Bruce joins us again to wrap up this mini-series walking through our statement of faith about our great salvation (Hebrews 2:3). Within the larger series of going through our full doctrinal statement, we have spent the last few weeks talking through the doctrines of justification, adoption and sanctification. Hebrews… Read More
This week we continue in our series walking through the doctrinal statement! Over the past couple of weeks we have walked through different aspects of salvation: justification and adoption. This week, we look at sanctification with Pastor John Abernethy. May the doctrine of sanctification both encourage and strengthen you in you faith and walk with… Read More
This week, we welcome on Jon Dunton, one of our pastors at Wildwood to discuss the Doctrine of Adoption! The doctrine of adoption teaches that God in His grace and mercy condescends and bestows upon unworthy sinners the glories of His wondrous adoption by receiving them into the number of His children, putting His name… Read More
On this week’s episode we begin unpacking the glories of the great salvation that we have on account of the work of Jesus Christ. The Bible uses the word ‘salvation’ and ‘saved’ many times, but did you know that not every time the Bible uses this word it doesn’t always refer to the same aspect… Read More
There are a lot of misconceptions in the world, and even in the church about who the person of Jesus is! Some say Jesus is just a good moral teacher, some say Jesus was just a prophet, some say Jesus was just a human and much more. But, we declare that Jesus is the eternal… Read More
On this week’s episode, Abe Mahner joins us as we talk about the doctrine of sin. At Wildwood, we believe and teach that according to Genesis 1, all mankind was created in the image and likeness of God, and designed to reflect the character of their Creator. But, through Adam humanity sinned and thereby incurred… Read More
This week, we continue our series walking through our doctrinal statement as we talk through the wondrous truth that God created the world! We believe and confess that “The work of creation is God’s making all things of nothing, by the word of His power, in the space of six days, and all very good.”… Read More
Proverbs 9:10 says, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.” In order for us to fear the LORD, we must know who the LORD is and how He has revealed Himself to us! This episode we discuss who God is and how He has revealed… Read More
Have you ever wondered why we have 66 books in the Bible and not more? What the words inspiration, inerrancy, and infallibility mean? Or how we can have confidence and trust in the Bible? On this week’s episode, we kick off our ‘Biblical Doctrine’ series with Kevin Choate our college pastor! Tune in as we… Read More
This semester on This is Wildwood, we are starting a new series walking through our statement of faith. At Wildwood, we care deeply about doctrine and the truth is that God has revealed Himself through His Word. Psalm 19:1-6 shows how God has revealed Himself through His creation (general revelation), and Psalm 19:7-11 show how… Read More
This week we welcomed onto the podcast our newest member of the pastoral team, Jon Dunton! Jon and his family have been attending Wildwood for the past 3 years and Jon recently joined the staff team to follow the Lord into ministry. Jon’s heart and love for the LORD is evident, especially in his desire… Read More
At Wildwood, we are For the Nations! From July 17th-24th, we had the opportunity to send 15 high school students to the Dominican Republic to minister to the Haitian community in Santiago. Throughout the week, the students went around the community sharing the gospel, praying for those in the community and ministering to the children… Read More
At Wildwood we are for following Jesus together to the glory of God. As we follow Him, our desire is that people’s faith in God and love for others would be increasing. One of the ways God tends to grow our faith is when we follow Jesus into His Word and into community. One of… Read More
Welcome back to another episode of This is Wildwood! Here at Wildwood we are For Following Jesus Into Mission To the Glory of God. We are blessed to be able to support many Wildwood members as they follow Jesus into mission. Ali, Spike and Justin work for Student Mobilization (StuMo) and are moving to Alabama to launch a StuMo team there in Tuscaloosa. Join us to listen to what the Lord is doing in their lives as they share what this transition is looking like for them!
Here at Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God! For this week's episode we welcomed on a dear friend to all of us, Joel Greene! Joel has been a member at Wildwood for quite a long time, and has served the church in numerous different ways. This week we talked about Joel's time serving as an elder at Wildwood and what specifically that looked like here at Wildwood. For those of you who have wondered what it means to serve as an elder at Wildwood, this episode is for you! Enjoy the episode!
Welcome back to another episode of This is Wildwood! Here at Wildwood we are For Following Jesus into Community to the Glory of God. For this week’s episode we had on Jase Tummy, Matthew Troutman, and Drew Goodman who go to Wildwood and are also student athletes who play golf for the University of Oklahoma.… Read More
Welcome back to another episode of This is Wildwood and we are For the Church Following Jesus Together To the Glory of God! For this week’s episode we welcomed a college student from our college ministry, Raumeen Seifi. Raumeen is a senior at the University of Oklahoma graduating in May with hopes to pursue… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together To The Glory of God! Palm Sunday is happening in a couple of days which means that next weekend is Easter weekend! We are so excited to be able to celebrate Easter with you all as a church family and we know that just… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Nations Following Jesus Together To the Glory of God! Over spring break we had the opportunity to send out a group of college students to the Middle East for a mission trip! Chanae, who is the College Women & Outreach Director, as well as Destiny a college student… Read More
Hey Wildwood Church family! For this week’s episode of This is Wildwood we welcome on of our students, Maddox Volentine! Maddox is a junior at Norman High and has been coming to Wildwood for a number of years now. A few weeks ago, Wildwood Student Ministry had their DNOW Weekend and Maddox was involved! Learn… Read More
Welcome back to another episode of This is Wildwood! At Wildwood we are For the Community Following Jesus Together To the Glory of God! Last week, a serious tornado came through the East side of Norman and damaged and even destroyed houses in our community. Many friends in the community were affected by this, even… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Nations Following Jesus Together To the Glory of God! Next Friday on March 10th, a group of college students from Wildwood are going to the Middle East for a mission trip to share the good news of Christ to those in a primarily Muslim country. Destiny & Brice… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together To the Glory of God! One way we do this is with our College Ministry called College Life! For this week’s episode, we welcome on college student Ray Pasion who is a Senior at the University of Oklahoma graduating in May 2023. Ray grew… Read More
Hey Wildwood family! Here at Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God! For this week’s episode we welcome on our Adult Pastor Brian Hayes. Brian has been on staff at Wildwood for 14 years and has served the Lord faithfully in his time. Hear what Brian has to… Read More
Hi friends and family! Here at Wildwood we are For Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God! One way we do this is by following Him into His Word. Starting on Monday February 13th, we are launching a Monday night series at Wildwood called Equipping U! Pastor Mark will explain in detail about the… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together To the Glory of God! For this week’s podcast, we had on our Teaching Pastor Bruce Hess. Bruce came to Wildwood in 1979 when he became the 3rd Senior Pastor in Wildwood’s history, a role he faithfully served in for 37 years. Currently, Bruce… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Next Generation Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God. Enjoy the show! In Matthew 19:14, Jesus says, “Let the little children come to Me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” What a beautiful thing it is to know that Jesus desires… Read More
At Wildwood we believe one of the ways God grows our faith in Him and love for others is as we follow Jesus into worship. On today’s episode, Senior Pastor Mark Robinson explores the opportunities to worship at Wildwood on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day. To see the entire schedule and other… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Nations Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God. In Matthew 28:19, Jesus tells His disciples to “make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”. Just as Jesus has a heart for the nations… Read More
Hey everyone! Here at Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God. One way we do this is with our Care Pastor John Abernethy. John has been serving at Wildwood for 22 years and he serves the church in how he cares for the members of Wildwood through counseling referrals, hospital… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For Following Jesus Together Into Worship For the Glory of God! This week we welcome our worship pastor Greg Hill onto the podcast to talk about what it means to worship God and how specifically we do that here at Wildwood. Greg describes worship as “worshiping the Lord with all… Read More
Here at Wildwood we are For the Next Generation Following Jesus Together For the Glory of God! One specific way we do this is with out Student Ministry! For this week’s podcast, welcome on Abe Mahner our student pastor! Abe serves as the student pastor for students ranging from 6th-12th grades here in Norman. Join… Read More
At Wildwood we believe one of the ways we grow in our faith in God and love for others is by following Jesus on mission. For this week’s podcast we had Tom Brewster who has been working with CHIA for 10 years! CHIA’s mission is to make disciples of all nations and taking part… Read More
At Wildwood we are For the Community Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God. One way we do this is with our local outreach partners! This week we had Bryce Bouchard who has been working with The Navigators for 28 years! Since the ministry began in 1933, the Navigators shares the gospel of Jesus… Read More
At Wildwood we are For the Church Following Jesus Together to the Glory of God. One way we do this is with our internship program! This year we have six interns serving in different areas of the church. On today’s episode, we sit down with all six of the interns as they discuss where they… Read More
At Wildwood we are For the Nations Following Jesus Together with us to the Glory of God. One of the expressions of this movement is our involvement in the church plant and Compassion Center in Lagoa de Sao Francisco, Brazil. Last Sunday (January 23, 2022), Global Outreach Director Kevin Bradford and I shared an update… Read More
At Wildwood, we are For the Community following Jesus together to the glory of God. This means we desire for our church to reach out in love and invite the people of Norman and Cleveland County to follow Jesus with us. One of the ministries at Wildwood that God uses to help us love our… Read More
At Wildwood, we are For the Church following Jesus together to the glory of God. This means we desire for all Wildwood members to be growing in their relationship with Jesus Christ. One of the ministries at Wildwood that God uses to help young mom’s walk with Jesus is “The Well.” On today’s episode, we… Read More
At Wildwood we are “For the Nations” following Jesus together to the glory of God. This value takes on many applications at Wildwood … one of which was our participation in the Operation Christmas Child program this year. In all, Wildwood members contributed 283 shoeboxes full of gifts to be sent to children around the… Read More
At Wildwood we are “For the Next Generation” following Jesus together to the glory of God. Not only do we pour into children, middle/high school students, and college students, but also we see a strategic opportunity to raise up the next generation of leaders. For the 2021-22 school year, we are proud to introduce a… Read More
At Wildwood we are “For the Church” following Jesus together to the glory of God. We understand our church to be a “body” . . . a congregation of people who are bonded together in Jesus when we are physically present in the same room, as well as when we are scattered about. Each week,… Read More
At Wildwood, we are FOR the Next Generation following Jesus together with us to the glory of God. One of the expressions of this is our Foundations of Faith class which is offered annually to third graders and their parents. On today’s episode, we talk with Elementary Director Lessye Cam and the Skaggs family about… Read More
At Wildwood we talk about seeing our faith in God and love for others increase as we follow Jesus into the Word. One of the types of Scripture that we see in the Bible is the Parable. These are sermon illustrations used by Jesus to make a point. On today’s podcast, we have a creative… Read More
At Wildwood, we desire our faith in God and love for others to grow. One of the things that we have seen God use to grow us in these areas has been when we have followed Jesus into community. Today on the podcast, we welcome in a number of our College Life small group leaders… Read More
At Wildwood, we talk about how our faith in God grows as we follow Jesus into the Word. One thing that has enhanced many people’s study of God’s Word has been a trip to Israel to see many of the locations where the events in the Bible happened. Wildwood’s own Mark Burget has helped lead… Read More