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On today’s Equipping You in Grace, Dave considers loving biblical truth and communicating the truth in love, the Holy Spirit, and the fruits of the Spirit, saying hard biblical truth in love, correcting opponents with gentleness, and why we need one another in our local churches to speak the truth in love.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- Loving biblical truth and loving people with the truth with the grace of God.
- Why loving sound doctrine leads to loving people with the truth of God’s Word.
- The fruits of the Holy Spirit and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian.
- Why both the content of our speech and how it is presented matters.
- Self-control and the Holy Spirit’s work in the Christian’s life.
- Learning to say hard biblical truths in love.
- Correcting opponents with gentleness.
- Why we need one another in the Body of Christ to help us grow in speaking the truth in love.
- Why ministry leaders are to lead the way and be examples of speaking the truth in love.
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Thanks for listening to this 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 (G3 Press, 2022), and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
You can connect with Dave on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, or subscribe to his newsletter.
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.
