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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show Dave Jenkins and Dr. Robert Jones talk about how the sufficiency of Christ helps Christians learn contentment, how contentment helps Christians across the seasons of their lives. and how the Church can help Christians learn contentment, along with his booklet, Contentment that Lasts (P&R, 2019).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- Where true contentment for the Christian life begins.
- How the Church can help Christians learn contentment.
- How Christians can learn contentment through challenging situations.
- How Christians haunted by memories of a sinful past can learn contentment.
- How those with a very challenging boss or job situation learn contentment with the job, the Lord has given them.
- How the sufficiency of Christ helps Christians learn contentment.
- A good place for Christians to start in Scripture to learn God’s character, presence, and promises.
- Some practical application steps for those wanting to actively and progressively apply God’s Word to their various life situations so they can grow in contentment.
- How to help Christians who struggle with anxiety and depression learn contentment.
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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 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).
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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.
