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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Joey Tomlinson about Jonathan Edwards’s resolutions what they are and how they can help Christians today, and how Edwards’ work can help the Church face the challenges of Bethel and an entertainment-based church culture, along with his new book, Serious Joy: Reflections and Devotions on Jonathan Edwards’ Seventy Resolutions (Founders Press, 2023)
What you’ll hear in this episode
- What Edwards resolutions aimed to do.
- How Edwards resolutions can help Christians today.
- How Edwards was not only a brilliant theologian, but a great pastor.
- What Christians can learn from Edwards commitment to Scripture.
- The relationship between a growing knowledge of Scripture and humility.
- How our understanding of Scripture should also affect the experience of our lives.
- How Edwards’ understanding of religious affections can help the Church to face the challenges of Bethel and an entertainment church-based culture.
- How Edwards can help Christians to deal with their emotions.
About the Guest
Joey Tomlinson (DMin, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a husband, father, and pastor at a local church in Newport News, Virginia. He blogs regularly on broadoakpiety.org and hosts a weekly podcast called The Broad Oak Piety Podcast with another local pastor in the community.
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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.