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On today’s Contending for the Word show, Dave talks with Doreen Virtue about five new age red flags and how to identity them with the Word of God, among other topics on this new Contending for the Word show.
What You’ll Hear on This Episode
- How to identify New Age Words.
- The person and work of the Holy Spirit.
- How New Age promises worldly benefits.
- How biblical Christianity offers eternal joy because of Christ.
- How to identity and address idols in a biblical worldview.
- How the new age involves trying to predict and control the future.
- The biblical worldview on God’s providence and sovereignty.
- How the New Age points to self or the teacher.
- How biblical Christianity points to the person and work of Jesus.
About Today’s Guest
Doreen has a great YouTube at Doreen Virtue – YouTube.
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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).
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.
