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On today’s Equipping You in Grace Episode, Dave Jenkins and Dr. Joel Beeke discuss what Reformed experiential preaching is from the Bible, church history, and in practice, along with his book Reformed Preaching: Proclaiming God’s Word from the Heart of the Preacher to the Heart of His People (Crossway, 2018). You can also pick up a copy of Dr. Beeke’s book for $20 dollars at RHB here.
What you’ll hear in this episode
- What Reformed experiential preaching is.
- A few of the major elements of Reformed experiential preaching.
- A few of the best practitioners of Reformed history and what they help us learn about Reformed experiential preaching.
- How Pastors and teachers of the Word of God keep the objective and the subjective in balance with each other.
- Where effective application begins and how pastors and teachers begin to implement this into their teaching ministries.
- How pastors and teachers of the Word preach the gospel to the heart of their hearers.
- How pastors and teachers of the Word preach for the holiness of their hearers.
About the Guest
Joel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Theological Seminary) has written over one hundred books. He is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan, as well as the editor of Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth, the editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, the president of Inheritance Publishers, and vice president of the Dutch Reformed Translation Society.
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Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!
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.




