David Murray-- Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

Episode 72- David Murray– Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture

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Welcome to the seventy-second episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews David Murray– Reset: Living a Grace-Paced Life in a Burnout Culture (Crossway, 2017).

What you’ll hear in this episode:

David’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
Warning signs in David’s life that signaled burnout in his life and whether he took those seriously or not.
The importance of building a biblical sense of identity and how we can aim to do this.
His advice to the man who says he doesn’t have time to employ Reset strategies to his family, work, and ministry.
The dangers of living life at a rapid pace.
The need for accountability and friendship in ministry.
How to fight against feelings of false guilt that come from living a slower paced life.
Some of the benefits of sleeping longer, exercising, and eating healthy.
How big the problem of relational maturity is among ministry leaders.
How he’s seen Reset transform men’s lives in his counseling ministry as they’ve applied the truths in this book to their lives.

About the Author:

David Murray (DMin, Reformation International Theological Seminary) is professor of Old Testament and practical theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and the pastor of Grand Rapids Free Reformed Church. He is also a counselor, a regular speaker at conferences, and the author of Jesus on Every Page.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

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.