"Wilkie's theologically consistent and culturally insightful webcomic collection puts the son of God in a running series of coffee-klatch arguments, boasts, explanations, and self-discoveries while among a cast that includes a preacher named Joe, agnostic Kevin, troubled Anne, and the self-centered pair of Lisa and Carl, along with a Clark Gable-look-alike Satan. . . . This is a Jesus whom the reader need not believe is God in order to appreciate both his smarts and his pointed encouragement to do better in life."

"Those who need more than one cup a day, rejoice: a second shot, er, volume of the Internet comic strip Coffee with Jesus is served up. Suit-wearing, coffee-drinking Jesus is back, holding a cuppa, fielding questions, offering counsel and correction, and regularly matching wits with a mustachioed Satan. The four-panel strip is all wit, since it relies on static clip art drawn from the annals of Sunday school lessons and 1950s advertisements. . . . The comics are a kind of 21st-century parable: short and provocative, gentle and non-judgey, examining common questions and (mis)conceptions about Jesus. They're extra-funny for readers who are churchgoers, who will get the digs at church-y Christianity. But they also function as Christian theology 101 in their simplicity, and Jesus always has the last, wry word."

"Wilkie is gifted at causing me to think for days, even weeks with a few sort sentences. One can easily pick up A Second Shot of Coffee With Jesus and read through it rather quickly, and unlike more complicated works, reading through this quickly does not hinder comprehension and retention. . . . Regarding A Second Shot of Coffee With Jesus, I couldn't put the book down. It was incredible, as is the entire franchise."

"Wilkie keeps dialogue sharp and evocative; believable, though in a cartoonish, satirical way. The incessant opinions and questions of Christ's coffee dates sound pretty much like tidbits an eavesdropper would hear from around a typical American kitchen table, coffee shop, talk show, pulpit. They're not full conversations, merely glimpses, one feels, of the hinge moments of conversations, the borderland place in the vacuum where something Goes In, where something Comes Out. . . . "The Christ of Wilkie's pages reassures, convicts, retorts, encourages, rebukes, sees us. Our opinions, sins, vices are put in short and brutal sentences, laid before the Son. He sips the black brew and accepts, corrects, loves. It is good."

"These poignant and pointed visual vignettes are rife with good theology and will have you laughing for days."