⏱️ Estimated Reading Time: 2 min read
On today’s Equipping you in Grace episode, Dave and Dr. Leland Ryken discuss the impact not reading has on our spiritual lives, and the impact technology has on our reading, how to become better readers, along with his book, Recovering the Lost Art of Reading: A Question for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful (Crossway, 2021).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- What we lose by not reading quality material and reading it well.
- Why reading is a lost art today.
- How the true, good, and beautiful applies to reading.
- The impact not reading has on our spiritual lives.
- What it looks like to be an artful reader.
- Advice to make time for reading.
- How we can become better readers.
- Advice for parents on how to teach their children to read.
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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 (G3 Press, 2022), and The Word Explored: The Problem of Biblical Illiteracy and What To Do About It (House to House, 2021).
You can connect with Dave on Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, or subscribe to his newsletter.
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.
