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Remembering Past Blessings While Trusting God Today (Job 29)
Show: Reading the Bible Daily with Dave
Host: Dave Jenkins
Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026
Passage: Job 29
Show Summary
In Job 29, Job looks back on a season of blessing, honor, and intimate fellowship with God—before suffering reshaped everything. This chapter is tender and deeply human. It teaches us that remembering past mercies is not wrong when it leads us to trust the God who does not change. In this episode, Dave Jenkins reads Job 29 and offers pastoral reflection, key themes, and practical takeaways for walking faithfully through seasons of loss.
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As you remember what once was, look to the Savior who holds your present and your future in His sovereign 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.
