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Eve’s Pagan Daughters: Exposing Counterfeits w/ Doreen Virtue
Show: Contending for the Word • Date: November 4, 2025 • Host: Dave Jenkins • Guest: Doreen Virtue
Show Summary
Dave Jenkins welcomes Doreen Virtue to discuss her new book Eve’s Pagan Daughters and to expose how counterfeit spiritualities New Age mysticism, mindfulness-as-meditation, contemplative practices, and goddess worship seduce many, especially those wounded by trauma. Together they point to the sufficiency of Christ and Scripture as the only sure path to real peace and protection.
- Trauma, dissociation, and why “counterfeit peace” feels persuasive.
- Why mindfulness/contemplative techniques conflict with being sober-minded.
- How vague theology and partial truths deceive.
- Practical, Scripture-first Bible intake for wounded hearts.
- Why churches must preach the gospel clearly and teach spiritual warfare.
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Scripture & Resources
Key Texts: Genesis 3; Ephesians 6:10–18; 1 Peter 5:8; Philippians 4:6–9; Romans 1:16.
- Book: Eve’s Pagan Daughters (Amazon)
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Guest
Doreen Virtue is the host of the New Age to Christ podcast and the author of Eve’s Pagan Daughters. She shares her testimony of leaving New Age deception and points women to Christ and to sound, Scripture-saturated discipleship. Find her podcast and her articles at her at her page at Servants of 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 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 connect with Dave on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, or subscribe to his newsletter.
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.
