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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Justin discuss faithfulness and focus and how that should impact the Christian life and ministry, the dangers of wrong views of God’s judgment are, why learning patience helps us to remain steadfast, along with his book, Behold An Invitation to Wonder (Christian Focus, 2021).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- In what way are our hearts starved for wonder, and how the Lord alone meets that need.
- How the temptation of Jesus in the desert instructions Christians today.
- How to remain faithful and focused on our growth in grace even when we are tired or feel we aren’t as effective as we might be.
- What our view of celebrities and heroes reveals about our understanding of Jesus.
- Three lessons Paul’s passionate address to the Ephesian leaders teaches us.
- How a biblical understanding of Jesus should impact our every act, decision, and thought.
- How learning patience helps us remain steadfast.
- What wrong ideas of God’s judgment do to the gospel and our Christian life.
- How the return of Jesus should shape our view of the present and future.
About the Guest
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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 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 and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
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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.
