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Welcome to the forty-first episode of Equipping You in Grace. On today’s episode, Dave Jenkins interviews Gavin Peacock about his book with Dr. Owen Strachan, The Grand Design Male and Female He Made Them (Christian Focus, 2016)
What you’ll hear in this episode:
- Gavin’s life, ministry, marriage, and his current ministry projects.
- Confusion about biblical gender roles.
- The essence of complementarity and how it’s often misunderstood.
- What the biblical term helper means in describing a woman.
- Key passages in the New Testament that support the idea of gender distinction and creation order established in Genesis.
- His definition of biblical manhood and biblical womanhood.
- Recommended books for learning about biblical manhood and womanhood.
- His advice on discerning a call to ministry.
About the Author:
Gavin Peacock played for Chelsea Football Club. He is now Director of International Outreach for the Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood, and serves as a pastor at Calvary Grace Church in Calgary, Alberta.
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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 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).
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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.
