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On the latest episode of the Equipping You in Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins, and Marissa Henley discuss how to care for family, friends, and people in our local churches who may have cancer or another terminal illness, along with her book, Loving Your Friend Through Cancer: Moving Beyond I’m Sorry to Meaningful Support (P&R, 2018).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How to begin to care for friends or family or fellow church members who may have cancer.
- How to help those who have lost their parents as adults to cancer.
- Providing Christ-centered care to a spouse and family members who have lost their parents to cancer.
- Some long-term strategies pastors and others caring for people living with cancer can take to help walk with people living with cancer.
- How to respond appropriately and caringly to those who have heard the news they have a chronic or terminal illness.
- How to be a good friend to someone living with cancer and help them with their physical, emotional, and any other needs they might have.
- Providing support and care to cancer survivors to help them face this new reality.
- Learning to listen better.
- How to point our friends to Christ who may have cancer or a terminal illness.
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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.
