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Welcome to the 135th episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins talks with T. Desmond Alexander about his book The City of God and the Goal of Creation (Crossway, 2018).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How Babel is the antithesis of what God desires for His people.
- How Jerusalem as a temple-city fits appropriately with the expectation that God created the earth to be his dwelling place.
- The establishment of Jerusalem as God’s royal city and it’s importance to the development in the Old Testament story.
- How the theme of Jerusalem transformed unifies the book of Isaiah.
- How the New Jerusalem is central to the Prophets end-times expectations.
- How the New Testament portrays the temple city on earth.
- How understanding the city of God helps Christians grow in their understanding of the gospel and serve the Lord Jesus where He has placed them.
- How understanding the city of God helps Christians develop a biblical worldview.
About the Guest
T. Desmond Alexander (PhD, The Queen’s University of Belfast) is senior lecturer in biblical studies and director of postgraduate studies at Union Theological College in Belfast. Alexander is the chairman of the Tyndale Fellowship for Biblical and Theological Research, served as coeditor of The New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, and has written many volumes in the area of biblical theology. T. D. is married to Anne, and they have two adult children.
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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 and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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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.
