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Welcome to the seventy-second episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews David Murray– Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture (Crossway, 2017).
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- David’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
- Warning signs in David’s life that signaled burnout in his life and whether he took those seriously or not.
- The importance of building a biblical sense of identity and how we can aim to do this.
- His advice to the man who says he doesn’t have time to employ Reset strategies to his family, work, and ministry.
- The dangers of living life at a rapid pace.
- The need for accountability and friendship in ministry.
- How to fight against feelings of false guilt that come from living a slower paced life.
- Some of the benefits of sleeping longer, exercising, and eating healthy.
- How big the problem of relational maturity is among ministry leaders.
- How he’s seen Reset transform men’s lives in his counseling ministry as they’ve applied the truths in this book to their lives.
About the Author:
David Murray (DMin, Reformation International Theological Seminary) is professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and the pastor of Grand Rapids Free Reformed Church. He is also a counselor, a regular speaker at conferences, and the author of Jesus on Every Page.
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Thanks for listening to this week’s episode of Equipping You in Grace!
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 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.
