Jeff Robinson– 12 Faithful Men: Portraits of Courageous Endurance in Pastoral Ministry

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On the latest Equipping You in Grace episode, Dave Jenkins, and Jeff Robinson discuss what we can learn from men like Andrew Fuller, Charles Spurgeon, along with weakness, discouragement, and growing in humility, and his book edited with Collin Hansen, 12 Faithful Men: Portraits of Courageous Endurance in Pastoral Ministry (Baker Books, 2018).

What you’ll hear in this episode

The Cross and suffering.
How suffering prepares Christian leaders to grow in grace and shepherd and care for the people of God more effectively.
What Andrew Fuller teaches Christian leaders about the school of affliction and equipping His ministers for usefulness in the service of Christ.
How Spurgeon encourages Christian leaders facing periods of deep personal discouragement.
The importance of weakness in the Christian life.
The missing category of weakness in the Christian life today.
The gospel and growing in humility.
The importance of humility in ministry.
The marks of humility in our lives.
The importance of prayer in ministry.

About the Guest

Jeff Robinson, PhD, is a senior editor for The Gospel Coalition. He serves as lead pastor of Christ Fellowship Church of Louisville, Kentucky, senior research and teaching associate for the Andrew Fuller Center for Baptist Studies, and adjunct professor of church history at Southern Seminary. He is coauthor of To the Ends of the Earth: Calvin’s Missional Vision and Legacy and coeditor of 15 Things Seminary Couldn’t Teach Me.

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Dave Jenkins( Executive Director )

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).

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Dave earned his M.A.R. and M.Div. from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.

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