Listen as author and pastor Gene Wilkes answers the question: What is the key to godly character? 

Wilkes  also addresses the topic of studying his latest book as a group; he wrote the small-group / book club guide for Character: The Pulse of a Disciple’s Heart.

In Character: The Pulse of a Disciple’s Heart, Gene Wilkes and Norman Blackaby present an array of biblical case studies that illustrate how God shapes us into His likeness and how He can use us to accomplish His plans. You’ll learn how God worked in the lives of Moses, Joshua, Mary and Martha, Hannah, Joseph, Barnabas, Philemon, Ruth, and many others.

Wilkes and Blackaby write: “What determines if a person will live out God’s full potential for his or her life? We believe it is the issue of character. Character is the single most distinguishing aspect of a person’s life. . . . God cares more about chracter than our skills, personality, or intelligence because, biblically, character is a matter of the ‘heart.’”

Ebook and print book available. A free sample of this book is available for download here.


Gene Wilkes has been senior pastor of Legacy Church in Plano, Texas, for more than 20 years. He is a resident fellow with B. H. Carroll Theological Institute in the areas of church leadership and New Testament studies. He also serves as an adjunct professor with Dallas Baptist University in the Graduate School of Leadership. His many books include Jesus on Leadership, My Identity in Christ, and Paul on Leadership.