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On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Mark Talbot discuss the story of Scripture, the problem of evil, and our suffering, the place of biblical theology in the Christian life, and his new book, Give Me Understanding That I May Live: Situating Our Suffering within God’s Redemptive Plan (Suffering and the Christian Life, v.2, Crossway, 2022).
What you’ll hear in this episode
- The story of Scripture, the problem of evil, and our suffering.
- Biblical theology and the story of our lives.
- How understanding our first parents disobedience helps us understand what life was supposed to be like in Eden.
- How the Creation story helps us counter false assumptions about the Lord and ourselves.
- How suffering challenges us to cast doubt on the stories we’ve previously believed to be true.
- Why understanding creation and rebellion is critical to the Christian story.
- How the full Christian story can encourage us in our own suffering.
About Today’s Guest
Mark Talbot (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is an associate professor of philosophy at Wheaton College and the host of When the Stars Disappear podcast. He is also the author of the Suffering and the Christian Life series, including When the Stars Disappear and Give Me Understanding That I May Live. He and his wife, Cindy, have one daughter and three grandchildren.
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Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in 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.
