Podcasts about equipping you

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave is joined by Sarah and together they discuss support for coping with the loss of a parent or loved one, help for those interacting with others experiencing grief, and much more on this new Equipping You in Grace show.What you'll hear in this episodeSupport for coping with the grief associated with the loss of a parent or loved one.How the truth of the resurrection helps Christians to grieve with hope.Help for those interacting with others who are experiencing grief.Ways in which a spouse or friend can provide support when someone loses their job.How can Christians encourage and exhort one another during a difficult time.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Sarah talks with Julie Cherry about a biblical definition of submission, a woman's role in the local church, singlehood in the local church and how the church can support singles in our churches, along with her new book, Not My Will: The Unearthly Beauty of Biblical Submission (Theology for Life, 2024). What you'll hear in this episodeA biblical definition of what submission is and what it means.A woman's role in the local church.How biblical submission is different from worldly concepts of submission.How biblical submission applies to singleness.How the local church can come alongside singles in our local church.About the GuestJulie is a Christian woman living in Southern Oregon where she works as a principal of a Christian school. She is a faithful member of a local church and loves walking alongside women and helping them grow in the Word.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave opens up our series on marriage and the family considering the nature of marriage, the purpose of marriage, and the importance of biblical marriage and biblical sexuality, among other topics on this new Equipping You in Grace show.What you'll hear in this episodeThe nature of marriage.The purpose of marriage.The importance of biblical marriage and biblical sexuality.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave answers listeners questions on growing in biblical and theological literacy, discernment and biblical and theological literacy, fellowship and the local church, the proper role of supplemental resources in the life of the Christian, and much more on this new show.What you'll hear in this episodeGrowing in your own biblical and theological literacy.The proper place of fellowship in the local church and what it looks like in the local church.Why Christians need to study God's Word with one another.How discernment helps us to grow in biblical and theological literacy.The proper role of supplemental resources like blogs, podcasts, and sermons from our pastor.How biblical literacy helps our discernment.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave has a wide-ranging conversation with Dr. Guy Waters about biblical illiteracy and biblical preaching focused on helping you understand the aim, goal, and marks of biblical preaching, how to listen to such sermons, and much more on this new Equipping You in Grace show.What you'll hear in this episodeWhat it means to preach the Word.Why it matters how we preach the Word to God's people.The marks of biblical preaching.The role biblical preaching should have in the life of the church.Why Christians should be under biblically qualified male pastors.How biblical preaching helps address the issue of biblical illiteracy.How pastors can continue to grow in their biblical literacy.How Christians should listen to sermons.How church members should address concerns about their pastors' sermons with their pastor and elders.How pastors should address false teaching from the pulpit.Concerns about preaching in the evangelical church and what to do about them.About Today's GuestDr. Guy Waters is the James M. Baird, Jr. Professor of New Testament with a particular interest in the letters and theology of Paul, the use of Scripture in the New Testament, and the Synoptic Gospels. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania (1995), his MDiv from Westminster Theological Seminary (1998), and his Ph.D. from Duke University (2002).  Prior to coming to RTS Jackson in 2007, he spent one year teaching Hellenistic Greek at Duke Divinity School and five years as Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Belhaven College.  In 2003, he became a teaching elder in the Mississippi Valley Presbytery (PCA).  He served as the Chair of the Credentials Committee for more than ten years.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave gives examples of the Word of Faith teaching on various subjects, how the Word of Faith promotes biblical and theological illiteracy, the marks of the Word of Faith movement, why the Word of Faith theology is so dangerous, among other topics.What you'll hear in this episodeHow the Word of Faith movement promotes biblical and theological illiteracy.What Christians can do about biblical and theological literacy.Examples of the Word of Faith teaching on various subjects.The marks of the Word of Faith movement.The history of the Word of the Faith movement.Why the Word of Faith teachings are so dangerous.Other Resources Mentioned in this episode:The Dangers of Decreeing and Declaring: Spotting Its Impact on SufferingSubscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Ken Ham about biblical illiteracy and what to do about it, the authority of God's Word and faithfulness to it in every area, why it matters how we read Genesis, along with his new book, Ken Ham: 365 Musings, Inspiration, Answers (New Leaf Press, 2025).Get your copy of Ken Ham's new book here at New Leaf Press: https://www.nlpg.com/ken-ham-daily or at Amazon: https://amzn.to/40DwyoZWhat you'll hear in this episodeBiblical illiteracy and what to do about it.The authority of God's Word.Faithfulness to God's Word.What burdens Ken Ham most in his ministry.How Christians should respond to attacks on the biblical teaching about gender and marriage today.What it matters that we read Genesis as real history.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers Brian Simmons and the history of the Passion Translation, how to know if you are reading a sound Bible translation, how the Passion Translation promotes biblical illiteracy, and much more on this new Equipping You in Grace show.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeHow the Passion Translation promotes biblical illiteracy in the New Apostolic Reformation.Brian Simmons and the history of Passion Translation.How to know if you are reading a sound Bible translation.The Word of God and Hearing from God Today.Comparing The Passion Translation to the English Standard Version.Why Passion Translation is at the heart of the New Apostolic Reformation.Who has endorsed the Passion Translation and why it mattersWhy Christians should avoid The Passion Translation and the New Apostolic Reformation.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Sarah talks with Dave about the history behind biblical illiteracy and how we got to the point where we are at today, how Christians should view resources as a supplement, and much more, along with Dave's book, The Word Explored (H&E, 2021).What you'll hear in this episodeWhat has led the Church to where the average Christian in the pew has become biblical illiterate.God's holiness and the issue with “buddy Jesus”.Busyness, distractions, and how Christians should think about biblical priorities.How Christians should view resources as supplements to their growth in Christ.How Christians should view biblical preaching from their biblically qualified male pastor.How we can help people in our local churches struggling with Bible reading.How we can help people in our local churches understand the importance of community.How Dave has grown as an author since the publication of The Word Explored.What Dave would expand on in The Word Explored.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why human beings are created for biblical community, and Scripture's teaching about it, why the Word is to be central in the life of the Christian and the Church, among other topics on this new Equipping You in Grace show.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeFive reasons biblical community matters for the Christian.Why human beings are created for community.How the New Testament describes biblical community.Why the Church is to be a transformational community.The danger of unbiblical ideas of church community.Why the Word is to be central in the life of the Christian and the Church.How to listen to sermons in your local church.Practical encouragement to love the Lord and one another.A practical strategy to center your life around your local church.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Ernie Baker about signs to look for in a counselee for biblical illiteracy and how to help them, how biblical counselors can continue to grow in their own biblical literacy, among other topics in this new Equipping You in Grace show.What you'll hear in this episodeWhat is meant by the term biblical counseling and what makes it biblical.The signs a biblical counselor should look for to determine if their counselee is biblical illiterate.How biblical counselors can help address issues with biblical illiteracy in their counselees.How biblical counselors can grow in their own biblical literacy.How pastors can encourage biblical literacy in the biblical counselors in their local church.Concerns about biblical illiteracy in the biblical counseling world and what to do about them.About Today's GuestErnie is the Director of Training for Biblical Counseling Ministries Worldwide.. He is also the chair of the on-line degree in Biblical Counseling at The Master's University. He has contributed to numerous books and is the author of Marry Wisely, Marry Well, a blueprint for personal preparation and Help! I'm in a Conflict (both by Shepherd Press). Ernie is a Fellow with The Association of Certified Biblical Counselors and a Conciliator with The Institute for Christian Conciliation.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers defining biblical and theological illiteracy, examples of it, statistics on biblical and theological illiteracy, and the purpose of the personal and corporate means of grace.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeDefining biblical and theological illiteracy.Examples of biblical and theological illiteracy.Stats on biblical and theological illiteracy.The personal and corporate means of God.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the relationship between delight and duty, why every Christian needs to read God's Word to grow and be a useful servant of Christ, and gives some encouragement to make an intentional plan to read the Bible in 2025. What You'll Hear on This Episode The relationship between delight and duty. The danger of placing delight over duty. Why every Christian needs God's Word for all of life. Why every Christian needs to read God's Word to be a useful servant of Christ. Encouragement to make an intentional plan to read the Bible in 2025. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave gives his yearly report starting out by explaining the meaning and purpose of Soli Deo Gloria, then sharing what the Lord did through Servants of Grace in 2024, and then shares what content is coming in 2025.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeThe meaning and purpose of Soli Deo Gloria.What the Lord did through Servants of Grace in 2024.What content is coming in 2025.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the expulsive power of a new affection, getting the gospel right at Christmas and at every time of year, and why the Incarnation of Jesus is tied to history itself. What You'll Hear on This Episode The Expulsive Power of a New Affection. Getting the gospel right at Christmas and at every time of year. Why the incarnation of Jesus is inseparably tied to history itself. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the meaning of the Benedictus, the person and work of Jesus in the Old and New Testament, and how genuine faith expresses itself in praise to the Lord for His grace, among other topics in this new episode.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeThe meaning of the Benedictus.The person and work of the Lord Jesus in the Old and New Testament.How genuine faith in Christ expresses itself in praise to the Lord for His grace.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why our mindset about grief matters, Scripture's teaching about grief, and how the Christmas story can help us with grief and find joy in our Savior King.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeWhy our mindset about grief matters.Scripture's teaching about grief.How the Christmas story can help us with grief and find joy in our Savior-King.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers some helpful ways to use Christmas to focus on Christ, some helpful things to know about Christmas and the importance of making memories with family and friends at Christmas.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeSome helpful ways to use Christmas to focus on Christ.Some helpful things to know about Christmas.The importance of making memories with family and friends at Christmas.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the Incarnation in the Law, Prophets, and Writing, and how the Incarnation should affect Christian's understanding of the Christian Life.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeThe Incarnation in the Law, Prophets, and Writings.The Incarnation in the New Testament.How the Incarnation should affect Christian's understanding of the Christian life.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers how the means of grace helps us in our evangelism, Why Christmas is a great time for evangelism, Ray Comfort provides advice on addressing fear in evangelism, and much more on this new episode.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeDealing with objections to why Christians don't engage in evangelism.Advice from Ray Comfort on addressing fear in engaging in evangelism.How the means of grace help us in our evangelism.Why worldliness is crippling the Church's effectiveness in evangelism.Why we need to count the cost of following Christ to engage in evangelism.Why Christmas is a great time for evangelism.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the reason for the Incarnation, the centrality of the Cross, and what Scripture teaches about the Incarnation.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeThe Reason for the Incarnation.The Centrality of the Cross.What Scripture teaches about the Incarnation.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks about how gratitude for God's grace can help those facing suffering, four reasons believers can be thankful in times of trouble, and much more on this new Equipping You in Grace episode.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeHow practicing gratitude can help people cope with suffering and find meaning in their experiencesFour reasons believers can be thankful in times of trouble.What Psalm 34:1-10 can teach us about thanksgiving.Praying for your friends who is suffering and walking alongside of them.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave shares six lessons the Lord has taught him over the last few years and continues to teach him.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeLeaning into the revealed character of God in His Word.Trust the promises of god in His Word.Take rest when needed.Be patient with others.Continue to make godly friends in and outside the local church.Continue to utilize the means of grace.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace Dave considers how Hebrews 11 helps Christians to prepare for and face suffering, why Christians need examples of faith and what that looks like in the Christian life, among other topics on this new episode.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeWhy Christians today need examples of faith and what that looks like in the Christian life.How Hebrews 11 helps Christians to prepare for and face suffering.Suffering changes our vision.Sight That Changes Suffering.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace Sarah and Mary talk about their experience with infertility, biblically handling infertility, Scriptures that have comforted them, along with Mary's book, Pathway to Peace and Joy: Beyond Infertility.What you'll hear in this episodeMary and Sarah's experience with infertility.Statistics on infertility.Dealing with the emotions of infertility.Biblically handling infertility.Scriptures that have helped Sarah and Mary on infertility.Recommended resources on spiritual growth.About Our GuestMary Hammell has advocated for those experiencing reproductive grief in the form of infertility, miscarriage, and infant loss. She created a reproductive grief advocacy program in a local pregnancy clinic. Mentoring women who are struggling with life challenges and loss has been a priority of service. She has taught book and Bible studies for women, and Sunday school classes. She holds a Master of Arts in Apologetics from Luther Rice University and a Bachelor of Arts in Community Service and Public Affairs from the University of Oregon. Mary worked for many years in community social work. She and her husband, Steve, are retired from a real estate career, together. They are active in their church and the community. Steve and Mary have one, adopted daughter and five grandchildren.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace Dave considers the classic view and mode of spiritual warfare and how one's view of spiritual warfare plays in spiritual growth, among other topics in this new episode.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeWhat Christians Can Learn from Matthew 4:1-11.The classic view and mode of spiritual warfare.The meaning of Ephesians 6:10-18 and why it matters.Understanding the Role Spiritual Warfare Plays in Spiritual Growth is Vital.Ultimately One's View of Sanctification Will Affect One's View of Spiritual Warfare.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace Dave and Susan Heck discuss the lessons Susan has learned about grief and suffering these past few years, how the Church can do better at preparing the people of God to face suffering, and how the Church can do better at walking alongside the people of God while they are facing suffering.What you'll hear in this episodeThe lessons Susan has been learning about grief and suffering these past few years.How the Church can do better at preparing the people of God to face suffering.How the Church can do better at walking alongside the people of God while they are facing suffering.About Our GuestSusan Heck was married for 46 years to her beloved husband and pastor, Doug Heck, who was a faithful Shepherd for 50 years, until the Lord took him to glory in August 2021. Susan has been involved in Women's Ministries for about 40 years. This included teaching Bible Studies, counseling, and heading up Ladies with the Master women's ministry at Grace Community Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma (www.gccoftulsa.org).  Visit her website With the Master for more from Susan.Susan is a certified counselor with the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (biblicalcounseling.com) since 2003.  She is also the author of With the Master Bible study series for ladies. She also has authored; A Call to Discipleship, Putting-Off Life Dominating Sins;  A Call to Scripture Memory; A Message of Assurance: Twenty Tests for God's Children; What Does a Spirit Filled Marriage Look Like?; Speaking the Truth in Love in a Post Truth World; and The Liberating Gospel.  Susan's teaching ministry is an outgrowth of her memorization work on the Bible. She has memorized the entire New Testament along with two books from the Old Testament which include Ecclesiastes, Jonah and several of the Psalms and is now journeying her way through more of the Old Testament. To God be the glory!Susan Heck has two grown children, and seven grandchildren. Both children and their spouses are in full time ministry. Because of the enthusiastic ladies who attend the Bible Studies that Susan teaches, and because of the life changes, Susan has been invited to speak to a number of ladies groups, both nationally and internationally. Susan loves to minister her gift of teaching to women.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the context and meaning of Isaiah 53:5 and the danger of the “healing theology” of the Word of Faith.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeThe context of Isaiah 53:5The meaning of Isaiah 53:5.The danger of the “healing theology” of the Word of Faith.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jenn Chenn about the DSM, what that term means why it matters, and how Christians should think about it from a biblical worldview, along with how biblical counselors can help those with mental disorder diagnosis, how the doctrine of suffering helps us process our issues, and Jenn's new book, Biblical Counseling and Mental Disorder Diagnosis (Shepherds Press, 2024).What You'll Hear on Today's EpisodeWhat the DSM means and what it aims to do, and why Christians should care about it.The main difference between the DSM and ICD and any similarities between the two.How Christians should think biblically and theologically to interpret what is happening to those who come to us with needing care from the Word.How do we minister to those who might have a medical component to their problems.How Christians should think through mental health and mental illness and the differences.How the Fallen Condition Focus from Bryan Chappel can help Christians to biblically diagnose people's issues.How the biblical counselors can provide help and hope to those given mental disorder diagnosis.How the biblical doctrine of suffering helps us to process our issues.About the GuestDr. Jenn Chen is ACBC certified and has taught biblical counseling at seminaries and universities. With a Psy.D in Clinical Psychology and an MA in Marriage and Family Therapy, Jenn was formally trained in psychotherapeutic evidence-based practices and held a faculty appointment as a clinical instructor at UCLA. After a life-changing encounter with biblical counseling, she returned to school for her MABC and now practices biblical counseling.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers how Church history helps Christians to prepare for and face suffering, so they might be protected from error, reminded of God's faithfulness, and motivated to persevere in faithfulness to the Lord.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeSola Scriptura and Church HistoryChurch History Helps us Endure the Perils of the WorldChurch History Helps us Endure Pain within the ChurchChurch History Helps us Engage Perplexing Theological IssuesChurch history aids us in having clarity, consistency, credibility, and courage.Why serious reflection on the past protects us from error, reminds us of God's faithfulness, and motivates us to persevere.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers what Joseph can teach Christians today about pursuing purity and fleeing temptation and facing suffering with God's help.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeWhat Joseph can teach Christians about pursuing purity and fleeing from temptation.What Joseph can teach Christians today about facing suffering with God's help.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers four ways to care for and encourage your pastors, seven ways to pursue holiness in the Christian life, and strategies to fight sexual sin in the Christian life.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeFour ways to care for and encourage your pastors.Seven ways to pursue holiness in the Christian life.Strategies to fight sexual sin in the Christian life.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers George Barna's research on how evangelicals are not voting and how they are voting, what Scripture teaches about Christians engaging in politics and elections, how Christians should think about voting, and why our vote as Christians matters.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeGeorge Barna's Research on how evangelicals are not voting and how they are voting.What Romans 13 teaches Christians about engaging in politics and elections.How Christians should think about voting.Who our political authority is as Christians and why it matters.Why our vote as Christian matters.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the history behind decreeing and declaring, examining biblical passages used to support decreeing and declaring, why decreeing and declaring is unbiblical, among other topics on this new episode.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeDefining decreeing and declaringThe history behind decreeing and declaring.Examining verses used to support decreeing and declaring.Why decreeing and declaring is unbiblical.Examples of decreeing and declaring.Resources Mentioned in EpisodeBenny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland and the Dangers of Word of Faith On Our Understanding of Suffering https://servantsofgrace.org/benny-hinn-kenneth-copeland-and-the-dangers-of-word-of-faith-on-our-understanding-of-suffering/Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with David Steele about how reading good Christian books can help Christians grow in discernment, discipline, and humility, a plan to overcome barriers to reading, along with his new book, A Christian Reading Manifesto: A New Resurgence of Learning.What you'll hear in this episodeHow reading can help Christians prepare for and face suffering.How reading good Christian books can help Christians grow in discernment.How reading helps Christians grow in humility.How reading helps Christians grow in discipline.Some barriers to people reading and how they can overcome these barriers.Advice to someone just starting out reading good Christian books.About the AuthorDr. David Steele has been in pastoral ministry since 1991. He holds BS and MA degrees from Multnomah University and Multnomah Biblical Seminary and a D. Min from Bakke Graduate University. Following graduation from Multnomah University, he served eight years as Pastor to Students at Lacey Chapel. In 2000, he became the Pastor of Theology at First Baptist Church in La Grande, Oregon where he served for over eleven years. In 2012, he became the Senior Pastor at Christ Fellowship in Everson, Washington. He is the author of Bold Reformer: Celebrating the Gospel-Centered Convictions of Martin Luther, A Godward Gaze: The Holy Pursuit of John Calvin, and The White Flag: When Compromise Cripples the Church. At Christ Fellowship he leads the staff, serves as the Pastor for preaching and vision casting, and oversees Veritas (adult theological education) and Iron Men (men's leadership development). His personal mission is to positively influence people, impact the world one person at a time and to glorify God by enjoying him forever. His passion in ministry is preaching, teaching, and leadership development. Specifically, his aim is to educate the mind, engage the affections, equip the whole person, and encourage God-centered living that treasures Christ above all things. He and his wife, Gerrene were married in 1991 and they have two children.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers how God's Word equips Christians for trials and tests, and five biblical truths about suffering for every Christian.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeHow God's Word equips Christians for trials and tests.Five important biblical truths about suffering for every Christian.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jonny Ardavanis about the character of God and practical strategies to address our struggles with anxiety, discouragement, depression, and more, along with his new book, Consider the Lillies: Finding Perfect Peace in the Character of God (Zondervan, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeThe most effective antidote to worry, fear, and anxiety.How God responds to anxious people in His Word.How focusing on God's character is effective and practical.The care of God in His provision.How the Lord responds to our suffering and why His fatherhood is vital for dealing with anxiety and worry.How the sovereignty of God helps us with our feelings about politics, finances, relationships, and other forms of worry.How understanding the sinfulness of worry can be liberating rather than paralyzing.The difference between godly care and concern versus ungodly fear and worry.How we can have a healthy fear of God without being afraid of the Lord.How the biblical storyline can help those facing anxiety and despair to continue to serve the Lord.About the AuthorJonny Ardavanis is the lead pastor of Stonebridge Bible Church in Franklin, Tennessee, and the founder and president of Dial In Ministries, a ministry that provides biblical resourcing for the next generation. Jonny formerly served as both a camp director at Hume Lake Christian Camps and as a dean at The Master's University.Jonny is passionate that people come to know and love Jesus Christ as they pursue a deeper understanding of His Word. Jonny lives in Franklin, Tennessee, with his wife, Caity Jean, and their two daughters.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the history of the Word of Faith movement, the characteristics and theology of this movement, along with how the biblical worldview and the teaching of Scripture helps us understand suffering through a variety of ways through the lens of faith.What you'll hear in this episodeThe history of the Word of Faith Movement.The characteristics of the Word of Faith Movement.The teaching and theology of the Word of Faith movement.Exposing the theology of Benny Hinn and Kenneth Copeland.The New Age and the Word of Faith.How the biblical worldview counters the Word of Faith Movement.How Scripture helps us to understand suffering through a variety of ways through the lens of faith.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jacob Tanner about how Christians can prepare for and face suffering, how the Puritans help Christians today with preparing for and facing suffering, along with his new book, Wait and Hope: Puritan Wisdom for Joyful Suffering (RHB, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeHow Christians can prepare for and face suffering.How the Puritans help Christians today with preparing for and facing suffering.About Our GuestJacob Tanner is pastor of Christ Keystone Church, a Reformed Baptist church plant in Central Pennsylvania. He lives with his wife and two sons and is the author of Union with Christ: The Joy of the Christian's Assurance in the Doctrines of Grace.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers how and why false teaching affects our understanding of biblical truth and suffering, along with how the Bible's teaching on biblical doctrine affects our understanding of suffering, among other topics on this new episode.What you'll hear in this episodeFalse teaching can have a negative impact on people's understanding of sufferingTesting false doctrine with the Word of God.The importance of knowing the Word.How false doctrine affects our understanding of suffering.How biblical doctrine affects our understanding of suffering.The Bible's teaching on how to deal with and addressing false teachers and doctrine.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace Dave and Sarah discuss the means of grace and the Christian, why Christians need the personal and corporate means of grace, and how the means of grace help us prepare for and face suffering.What You'll Hear on This EpisodeThe means of grace and the Christian.Why Christians need the personal and corporate means of grace.How the means of grace help us prepare for and face suffering.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Suffering and trials are hard and difficult. The path as Christian learned in Pilgrim's Progress is filled with many distractions, thorns, and thistles. In this new Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the doctrine of providence and suffering, how biblical encouragement helps Christians to face suffering, how to keep our spiritual footing in the face of suffering, and walking alongside those suffering in this new show.What you'll hear in this episode• The doctrine of providence and suffering.• How biblical encouragement helps Christians to face suffering.• How to keep our spiritual footing in the face of suffering.• How to walk alongside those who are suffering.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Aimee Joseph about how Colossians helps Christians today prepare for and face suffering, how Paul's teaching on false teachers helps Christians today, along with her new devotional, You Are Secure: Devotions for When Life is Uncertain (New Growth Press, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeHow the book of Colossians helps us to prepare for and face suffering.What union with Christ is and why it matters.How Christians confuse their identifiers with our ultimate identity in Christ.How a deepening understanding of the gospel affects our identity.Paul's concern about false teaching in Colossians and why it matters today.The role of Christian community in helping to shape our Christian identity.How we should approach and live among those who are outside the faith with words of grace and thoughtfulness.About the AuthorAimee Joseph is a church-planting wife who serves alongside her husband who pastors Center City Church (San Diego, CA) and a mother to three sons. She is the author of Demystifying Decision Making and You Are Secure and has also written for Desiring God, and Modern Reformation. Her great delight is to equip women to love God's word in the context of the local church.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the new heavens and the new earth and how it impacts the Christian life both now and in the future, along with how this doctrine helps Christians prepare for and face suffering today.What you'll hear in this episodeHow the new heavens and new earth helps Christians prepare for and face suffering today.Heaven vs. The New Heavens and New EarthCreation's Purpose and Reversing Adam's CurseLast ThingsSubscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Death comes for everyone and along the way many people experience deeply challenging life situations that affect the entire family. In this new episode of Equipping You in Grace, Dave is joined by his lovely wife Sarah who shares her experience of her mom having cancer and dying from it, and Dave shares his experience of his parents significant memory loss. Additionally, they discuss how to deal biblically with intense pain and suffering, give encouragement to stand firm in intense suffering and trials, and much more on this new episode of Equipping You in Grace.What you'll hear in this episodeSarah's experience with her mom having cancer.How to deal biblically with intense pain and suffering.How the new heavens and new earth can help Christians face suffering today.Encouragement to stand firm in intense suffering and trials.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Since the matter of memory loss is increasing in our society, we increasingly need more Christians to speak out about it and share why and how they deal with it the help of God's Word, His people, and the Church. On today's episode of Equipping You in Grace, Dave speaks about the matter of caring for two family members with significant memory loss and how he addresses it with God's Word and the people of God.What you'll hear in this episodeCaring for family and friends with memory loss.Biblical mediation.LamentSubscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!It was late at night and I had had a long day. I had just gotten a phone call from my older brother at around 9:30pm that shook me up quite a bit. My older brother stated that my father was now back but in an emergency hospital room in Seattle, Washington. He had come back to pick up some things from his old office that he had stored in a storage shed for the past six and a half years.Allow me to provide some context for this story. The last time I saw my father was six and a half years ago in that exact office. On Father's Day, 2012, (one month before the phone call from my brother) the Lord placed it heavy on my heart to pray and intercede for my dad, which I did. As tears streamed from my eyes, little did I know the Lord would bring my dad back from Eastern Washington to Seattle one day in the near future. So on that day in July 18th, 2012, while I was shocked to get a phone call from my older brother, I was at peace as I spoke to my father on the phone for the first time in six and a half years. As I choked back tears, I said, “Do you know who this is?” and he said, “Yes, I do, it's my son, David.”I've often shared this story with people online and offline. Usually I get the response, “I'm so sorry to hear that and I will pray for you”. My family and I greatly appreciate that response. Often, people want to share with me how they have had a family member or friend who's going through a mental illness. I also appreciate these responses since they encourage and help me. In this article, I want to share how I deal with caring for a parent with dementia. I'd like to make it clear upfront that I'm not an expert in dementia care. I'm a theologian, not a psychologist. It is my prayer that as I share thoughts based on my experience, that God might use my situation to help you through your own time of need.Over the past decade I've learned the best way to deal with a parent with dementia is to have the right perspective. That perspective comes from the Apostle Paul's words in Philippians 4:8: “think on what is noble and pure”. I'll be honest with you here, thinking on what is noble and pure is hard when you start thinking about the devastating effects of a debilitating disease like dementia. Thinking about what dementia will do to my dad causes me to tear up. Perhaps your family member has cancer or another devastating disease. Thankfully, there is coming a day when—the Bible declares—Jesus will wipe away every tear from every eye. While that day is not yet here, I want to encourage you now to feel however you need to feel.This leads me to my second point: the Bible teaches that Jesus is fully God and fully man. Why does this matter with respect to having a parent with dementia? Well, as a man, Jesus experienced the full range of emotions and yet never sinned. He was tempted in every way but did not sin. I don't know about you, but this is what causes me to worship Jesus all the more. When I struggle with my dad's dementia,

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Randy Alcorn about how living in light of the truth of heaven can help those grieving now, finding your God-given identity after a loss, along with his mini-book, Grieving with Hope: Walking with Jesus in Heartbreak (New Growth, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeHow grieving with hope can help Christians prepare for and face suffering.How health sorrow can help Christians recognize the immensity of loss.How greater love for the Lord lead to greater relief to those facing sorrow.How living in light of the truth about heaven can help those grieving.The dangers of unhealthy versus health grief.How Christians can walk alongside those facing grief.The importance of finding your God-given identity after a loss.About Today's Guest Randy Alcorn is the founder and director of Eternal Perspectives Ministries and a New York Times bestselling author of 60 books, including Heaven and Face to Face with Jesus. His books have sold over 12 million copies and been translated into over 70 languages. Randy resides in Gresham, Oregon. Since 2022, his wife and best friend, Nanci, has been living with Jesus in Heaven. He has two married daughters and five grandsons.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Since the problem of evil is the greatest theological challenge Christians face today on today's Equipping You in Grace Dave will explore the meaning of theodicy in the Book of Job, Christian theology, and also aim to help listeners and those who watch Equipping to form a Christian response to the problem of evil.What you'll hear in this episodeTheodicy and the Book of JobSuffering As a Test of FidelitySuffering As a Recompense for SinSuffering as Submission to the Mystery of God's SovereigntyThe Debate over God's Providence in Church HistoryThe Problem of EvilGod's Purposes for Evil and SufferingSubscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks about Christopher Ash about reading and rightly interpreting the Psalms, and his new commentary set, The Psalms: A Christ-Centered Commentary (Crossway, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeWhy the Psalms are essential to the life of the Christian church.Why the Psalms are central to the Psalms.The right way to read the Psalms in light of the Psalms.How the Psalms are a means of god's blessing to His people.The dangers of reading yourself into the Psalms and how to avoid it.How the Psalms are organized and why it matters.Practical helps for the average Christian reading the Psalms.About the GuestChristopher Ash is writer in residence at Tyndale House in Cambridge and a full-time preacher, speaker, and writer. He previously served as the director of the Proclamation Trust's Cornhill Training Course and as a minister and church planter.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today's Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers God's purpose in suffering and the comfort He alone provides and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian.What you'll hear in this episode What you'll hear in this episodeThe purpose of suffering in the life of the Christian.How suffering can help establish us in the faith.What being established in our faith looks like practically.Three examples of being exhorted in our lives.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you've heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!