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The Weekly Watch – August 30, 2025
How to Cultivate Biblical Discernment in a Deceptive Age
Hosted by: Dave JenkinsShow Summary
Throughout August we focused on Discerning the Times – Answering Today’s Most Urgent Questions: progressive Christianity, deconstruction, shallow worship, mystical psychology, and the spiritual confusion of our age. In this closing episode Dave gives a practical roadmap to cultivate biblical discernment in a deceptive age.- Why Discernment Matters: Hebrews 5:14; Ephesians 4:14
- What Discernment Is: 1 Thessalonians 5:21–22
- How to Grow in It: Scripture, local church, prayer, humility, testing everything, and looking to Christ (2 Tim. 3:16–17; Eph. 4:11–12; Jas. 1:5; Col. 2:6–7)
- Encouragement: John 17:17 — God sanctifies His people by the truth
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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.
