On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jackie Gibson about the help and hope of the Lord in seasons of grief and loss, the help that biblical counseling can provide, along with her book, You Are Still A Mother: Hope For Women Grieving A Stillbirth or Miscarriage (New Growth Press, 2023), among other topics on this new episode.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How biblical counseling can help us through grief and loss.
- How the truth of the everlasting arms of the Lord can help us in seasons of grief and sorrow.
- Why Jesus as our closet friend is one that helps us through seasons of grief and sorrow.
- The goodness of God in hard and good news.
- How the Church can help parents still grieving a miscarriage or stillbirth.
- Advice to a mother experiencing a miscarriage or stillbirth.
About Today’s Guest
Jackie Gibson, MA, is from Sydney, Australia but currently resides near Philadelphia, PA. She is married to Jonny, and they have four children. She serves alongside her husband at Westminster Theological Seminary and is grateful to be able to be home with her two youngest kids. If she had a day off, she’d probably try to find the nearest beach, her favorite place this side of heaven. Jackie is the author of You Are Still a Mother.
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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.
