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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. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is 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). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
