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On today’s Equipping You in Grace, Dave, and Sean DeMars discuss the core tenets and dangers of the prosperity gospel, biblical hermeneutics, the importance of Bible-believing and gospel-preaching local church, along with his book with Mike McKinley, Health, Wealth, and the Real Gospel: The Prosperity Gospel Meets Scripture (Christian Focus, 2022).

What you’ll hear in this episode

• The purpose of money and stewardship.
• The importance of a good Bible-believing and gospel-preaching local church.
• How Sean got into the prosperity gospel and how he got out of the prosperity gospel.
• What the prosperity gospel is and its dangers.
• Engaging in biblical hermeneutics.
• The core tenets of the prosperity gospel.
• How biblically minded and informed Christians can counter the prosperity gospel.
• The dangers of TBN and why Christians should avoid it.
• How we should relate to friends and family members who claim to believe the true gospel but are captivated by the prosperity gospel.
• The danger of rejecting the prosperity gospel but adhering to it in practice.
• How Christians should help those coming out of the prosperity gospel and into the local church.

About Today’s Guest

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

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.