Creation & Authority: Who Has the Right to Define Reality?

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Creation & Authority: Who Has the Right to Define Reality?

Series: Equipping the Mind and Heart – Biblical Truth for a Challenging Culture Host: Dave Jenkins Air Date: July 9, 2025In this timely and theologically rich episode of Equipping You in Grace, Dave Jenkins continues the series Equipping the Mind and Heart – Biblical Truth for a Challenging Culture. He tackles one of the most urgent questions of our day: Who has the right to define reality?As our culture promotes subjective truth, fluid identity, and radical autonomy, this episode calls Christians back to the unshakable foundation of God’s Word. Dave discusses the collapse of truth, the weaponization of language, the church’s prophetic role, and how believers can faithfully live out God’s design in a post-truth world.

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🔍 Episode Highlights

✅ The collapse of truth in our culture
✅ The rise of self-definition and identity ideology
✅ How language is being weaponized
✅ Why the church must stand firm on God’s revealed Word
✅ What it means to live out God’s truth in a post-truth world

📖 Key Scriptures

Genesis 1:1 · Psalm 11:3 · Romans 1 · Isaiah 5:20 · John 8:32 · 2 Timothy 3:16 · Ephesians 6:10–17

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Who has the authority to define reality?
According to the Bible, God alone has the authority to define reality as Creator and Sustainer of all things.

What does this episode of Equipping You in Grace cover?
Dave Jenkins explores the biblical foundation for truth, the rise of identity ideology, and how Christians can remain rooted in God’s Word in a post-truth culture.

Dave Jenkins

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.

Creation & Authority: Who Has the Right to Define Reality?