Welcome to the 133rd episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins talks with Dr. Joel Beeke about his book Knowing and Growing in Assurance of Faith (Christian Focus, 2017).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- Assurance and the Christian life.
- The relationship between perseverance and assurance.
- Revival and the doctrine of assurance.
- How the Puritans help, Christians have a biblical, personal, and practical understanding of assurance.
- How the promises of God help Christians grow in assurance.
- Why assurance from the evidence of God’s grace in a Christian’s life so important.
- The Holy Spirit’s role in assurance.
- Help for the Christian struggling with doubt about their salvation.
- Running in the way of God’s commands as a fruit of gratitude.
- The marks of grace as a golden chain around our neck.
- Recommended resources on growing in our understanding of the doctrine of assurance.
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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.
