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Four Trends Shaping a Post-Truth Culture
Everyday Christians face a steady stream of headlines, controversies, and competing claims about truth. We are told that identity is self-created, morality is personal, experience is authoritative, technology can answer humanity’s deepest questions, and spiritual encounters should be trusted simply because they feel powerful.But beneath these claims is one foundational question: Who determines what is true? In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins examines four significant cultural trends and helps Christians respond with biblical discernment, conviction, compassion, and confidence in the reigning Christ.Listen or Watch
Four Trends Christians Need to Watch
This episode considers the elevation of personal experience, the influence of technology on how people understand reality, the rise of spirituality without biblical truth, and the use of biblical language without biblical definitions.Scripture does not call Christians to panic, endless suspicion, or an obsession with cultural controversy. It calls us to be watchful, to test everything by God’s Word, and to hold fast to what is good.Discernment Begins with God’s Word
Experiences, feelings, cultural trends, technological developments, and spiritual claims must all be evaluated by the final authority of Scripture. God’s Word interprets our experiences; our experiences do not interpret God’s Word.Christians must ask worldview questions: What does this claim teach about God, humanity, sin, salvation, and final authority? These questions expose the theology beneath the language and help believers recognize error even when it appears in a new form.Remain Anchored in Christ
False spirituality cannot reconcile sinners to God. Technology cannot redeem the human heart. Cultural progress cannot solve sin. Only Jesus Christ, through His death and resurrection, provides forgiveness, reconciliation with God, and eternal life.Stay watchful, but do not be afraid. Test everything. Hold fast to what is good. Reject what contradicts God’s Word. Remain grounded in Scripture, committed to the local church, and firmly anchored in Jesus Christ.Key Scriptures
- 1 John 4:1
- Romans 1:18–25
- Colossians 2:8
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22
- 2 Timothy 3:16–17
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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 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.
