Episode 86- Erik Raymond- Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age

Episode 86- Erik Raymond– Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age

Welcome to the eighty-sixth episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave interviews Erik Raymond about his book Chasing Contentment: Trusting God in a Discontented Age (Crossway, 2017)

What you’ll hear in this episode:

Erik’s journey towards contentment.
Practical tips Erik has learned about contentment.
How Jeremiah Burroughs work on contentment has shaped his Christian life.
Why Christians should read the Puritans on the Christian life.
Some practical ways we can strive to be content in God.
What we can learn from the Apostle Paul about contentment.
Why God’s providence is foundational to contentment.
How to be content in the midst of trials.

About the Guest:

Erik Raymond is the preaching pastor at Emmaus Bible Church in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a frequent contributor to many websites and periodicals, and blogs regularly at Ordinary Pastor, hosted by the Gospel Coalition.

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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.