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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave Jenkins and Ian Duguid have a wide-ranging conversation about the grace of God and spiritual warfare, the place of the Word of God in spiritual warfare, along with his book, The Whole Armor of God: How Christ’s Victory Strengthens Us for Spiritual Warfare (Crossway, 2019).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- The Old Testament background for what Paul says in Ephesians 6 about spiritual warfare.
- The Lord as a Warrior and King who helps His people with the grace of God in spiritual warfare.
- Preaching the gospel to ourselves and spiritual warfare.
- The power of God in the gospel and in helping His people in spiritual warfare.
- How Christians today misunderstand spiritual warfare, what to do about it, and speak to this particular problem.
- A brief overview of Ephesians 6:10-18 and why Paul’s teaching in Ephesians 6:10-18 matters.
- The relationship between the grace of God and spiritual warfare.
- Advice to the Christian struggling with feelings of worthlessness, despair, and discouragement.
- The place of the Word for the Christian in spiritual warfare.
- How Pastors, ministry leaders, and Bible study teachers can help God’s people on the subject of spiritual warfare.
- Recommended books on spiritual warfare for Christians for future study on this topic.
- How ministry leaders can determine if someone is under spiritual attack and help them to address the attack with the Word of God.
About the Guest
Iain M. Duguid (PhD, University of Cambridge) is professor of Old Testament and dean of online learning at Westminster Theological Seminary and the pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Glenside, Pennsylvania. He has also served as a missionary in Liberia, taught at Westminster Seminary California and Grove City College, and planted churches in Pennsylvania, California, and England.
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Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!
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.