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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and James Coates discuss how a sound view of Scripture affects how we handle and preach the Word, preparing for the Lord’s Day during the week, listening to sermons well and effects of spiritual sluggishness and remedies to it, along with his book, Reading and Preaching God’s Word (G3 Press, 2022).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- The importance of having a sound view of Scripture.
- How a sound view of Scripture affects how we preach.
- How important is seminary for preparing for ministry.
- The importance of biblical preaching in a time of biblical and theological illiteracy.
- How preaching God’s Word equips the people of God to stand against false teaching and train them to handle the Word of God.
- How understanding the voice of God in Scripture elevates one’s view of preaching.
- How the absence of God’s Word is the absence of God affects the way we preach God’s Word.
- The role preaching is to have in the life of the Christian and the local church.
- Some marks of effective sermon listening.
- Some of the effects of spiritual sluggishness and remedies to it.
- James’ best advice to those wanting to come prepared for the Lord’s Day to hear, sing, and fellowship around and under the Word.
About Today’s Guest
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Dave Jenkins is happily married to his wife, Sarah. He is a writer, editor, and speaker living in beautiful Southern Oregon. Dave is a lover of Christ, His people, the Church, and sound theology. He serves as the Executive Director of Servants of Grace Ministries, the Executive Editor of Theology for Life Magazine, the Host and Producer of Equipping You in Grace Podcast, and is 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). You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, or read his newsletter. Dave loves to spend time with his wife, going to movies, eating at a nice restaurant, or going out for a round of golf with a good friend. He is also a voracious reader, in particular of Reformed theology, and the Puritans. You will often find him when he’s not busy with ministry reading a pile of the latest books from a wide variety of Christian publishers. Dave received his M.A.R. and M.Div through Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.
