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Welcome to the fifty-ninth episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Dr. Bruce Ashord about his book One Nation Under God: A Christian Hope for American Politics (B&H Academic, 2015)
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Dr. Ashford’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
- Why politics is so difficult for Christians to navigate.
- Some of the biggest misconceptions that Christians today have about politics.
- How to be passionate about the gospel and care deeply about politics.
- What readers gain from reading this book especially in light of recent elections.
- How Christians should view the relationship between religion and politics, and between church and state.
- Some of the most appropriate and effective ways to live out our Christianity in public, especially when most of the people around us disagree with our evangelical convictions.
- Some basic biblical principles that will help Christians get a handle on public policy issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, the economy, the environment, race relations, immigration, and war.
About the Author:
Bruce Riley Ashford is Provost / Dean of the Faculty at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he also serves as Professor of Theology and Culture. He is a Fellow in Theology at the St. George’s Center for Biblical and Public Theology (Ontario, Canada) and a Research Fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
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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 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).
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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.
