Welcome to the forty-fourth episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Dr. Philip Ryken about his book When Trouble Comes (Crossway, 2016).
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Dr. Ryken’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
- How Dr. Ryken has dealt with difficulty in his own life.
- What Christians today can learn from Elijah’s depression.
- How Paul’s suffering helps Christians today face affliction in their own lives.
- Advice for Bible college and seminary students looking to get into ministry.
- How Christians can address depression in their lives.
- The current trends in evangelical theology that most encourage and concern him.
- How Christians should deal with temptation.
About the Author:
Philip Graham Ryken (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the eighth president of Wheaton College. Formerly, he served as senior minister of Philadelphia’s historic Tenth Presbyterian Church. He has written or edited more than 40 books, including the popular title Loving the Way Jesus Loves, and has lectured and preached at universities and seminaries worldwide.
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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.
