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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Mark Jones discuss how the Puritans can help us recover a biblical and historical understanding of sin, indwelling sin, the means of grace, and our assurance in Christ. Additionally, they talk about his new book, Knowing Sin: Seeing A Neglected Doctrine Through the Eyes of the Puritans (Moody, 2022).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- How the Puritans can help us recover a biblical and historical understanding of sin.
- How the Puritans teaching on sin can help the average Christian.
- The importance of Christians understanding what indwelling sin is today in their Christian life.
- How can Christians speak to the self-help culture of our day.
- The means of grace and our assurance.
- Hat sins do Christians tend to struggle with the most and why.
- The difference between inward and outward temptations.
- What are the sins of omission and commission, and why is it important to understand both.
- How a right understanding of God’s grace helps Christians grow in the grace of God.
- The danger of temptation and how to fight against it.
- How we should talk to one another about our sin in our local church.
About Today’s Guest
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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.
