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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, 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.
