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Welcome to the 113h episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Jason DeRouchie on his book How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology (P&R, 2017).
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Why is it so important for Christians to read the Old Testament.
- The guiding principles that guide Jason’s approach to biblical interpretation.
- The makeup of a biblical passage.
- How we observe how the biblical passage is communicated.
- What process we should utilize to discover the context of the biblical passage.
- How biblical theology helps Christians grow in their understanding of the Bible.
- How systematic theology helps Christians grow in their understanding of the Bible.
- How to apply the biblical text to oneself, the church, and the world.
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah, and lives in beautiful Southern Oregon. He is a writer, editor, and speaker who loves Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology.
Dave serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries and the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine. He is the Host and Producer of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast and a contributor to and producer of Contending for the Word.
He is the author of The War of Worldviews: Truth, Lies, and the Battle for the Christian Mind (Theology for Life, 2026), Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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When he is not engaged in ministry work, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, going to movies, sharing a meal at a favorite restaurant, or playing a round of golf with friends. He is also a voracious reader, particularly of Reformed theology and the Puritans, and is often found working through a stack of new books from a wide range of Christian publishers.
Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.




