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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Ernie Baker discuss navigating challenges in marriages and relationships related to communication and conflict, forgiveness, and building a friendship with your spouse.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- The covenant nature of marriage between a man and a woman.
- What the P.A.U.S.E principle is and how it relates to marriage.
- The importance of listening and clarification in conflict.
- Why complementarians do not support abuse in marriage.
- What it means for men to be shepherd leaders in the home.
- Why Christians should live in a perpetual state of forgiveness.
- What it looks like for couples to specifically apologize to one another.
- Making the time to talk and build friendship with your spouse.
About the Guest
Ernie Baker, DMin, Westminister Theological Seminary, has served in pastoral ministry since 1980. He currently serves as Pastor of Counseling at First Baptist of Jacksonville, Florida, where he helps to oversee pastoral care and the Grace Center for Biblical Counseling. He has served as Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University and Seminary, where he continues to oversee the online Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Counseling degree and serves as an adjunct professor in the graduate degrees at the University and seminary.
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Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!
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 (G3 Press, 2022), 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.




