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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Brian Hedges discuss how the Puritans can help them understand Christian liberty, provide practical strategies to help Christians grow in their prayer lives, face suffering, and to fight against the world, the flesh, and the devil, along with his book with Dr. Joel Beeke, Thriving in Grace: Twelve Ways the Puritans Fuel Spiritual Growth (Reformation Heritage, 2020).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How the Puritans’ view of Scripture affected how they saw and taught Christian life.
- How the Puritans teaching on the person, work, and offices of Christ help Christians today.
- How the teaching of Robert Bolton on Christian liberty helps Christians understand the privileges of being a child of God.
- What the holiness is and why Christians should care about it.
- How the Puritans help Christians grasp the teaching of holiness.
- Some practical strategies to help Christians grow in Christ.
- How the Puritans teaching on suffering can help the people of God bolster their faith and confidence in the sovereignty of God.
- How the Puritans help Christians to fight against the world, the flesh, and the devil.
- How the Puritans help Christians grow in Christ.
About the Guest
Brian G. Hedges serves as lead pastor of Redeemer Church in Niles, Michigan. He is the author of several books, including The Story of His Glory, Active Spirituality, and Watchfulness: Recovering a Lost Spiritual Discipline.
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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 Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021), The Word Matters: Defending Biblical Authority Against the Spirit of the Age (G3 Press, 2022), and Contentment: The Journey of a Lifetime (Theology for Life, 2024).
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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.
