Equipping You In Grace

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers strategies to fight distraction in your Bible reading and the value of having multiple ways of reading and listening to the Bible. What you’ll hear in this episode Some strategies to fight distraction in your Bible reading. The value of having multiple ways of reading or listening to the Bible. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Michelle Lesley discuss the role women have in the church today, the danger of a woman becoming a pastor, abuse and the complementarian view, how an older woman can come alongside a young woman, and what the church can do to support and encourage women in our local churches. What you’ll hear in this episode How 1 Timothy 2:12 helps Christians understand the issue of woman pastors. What is so dangerous about a woman becoming a pastor. The role woman have in the local church. How the complementarian view responds to the accusation that it supports abuse of men and women. How older woman can come alongside a younger woman. What the church can do to support and encourage women in our local churches. For more from Michelle please visit https://michellelesley.com/ About the Guest Michelle is a servant of Christ, wife, mom, women’s discipleship blogger and conference speaker, and co-host of A Word Fitly Spoken. Subscri

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why technology can’t replace the local church but can serve it, the importance of hearing the preached Word, the connection between the preached Word and small groups, the essential role of the local church in the life of the Christian, and why the local church always needs Reformation around the Word of God. What you’ll hear in this episode Why technology can’t replace the role of the local church but it can serve it. Why a Christian’s faith is fueled by hearing God’s Word. Why every Christian needs to hear the preached Word from their shepherd and what is unique about that. Why public sermons lead to corporate discipleship. The place of the preached Word in the local church and small groups. Why the local church always need Reformation around the Word of God. The essential role of the local church in the life of the Christian. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via i

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Paul Smalley discuss wrong views of the Holy Spirit, being led by the Spirit and the will of God, assurance, the place of the law in the Christian life, along with his book with Dr. Joel Beeke, Reformed Systematic Theology Spirit and Salvation volume three (Crossway, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode The dangers of a wrong view of the Holy Spirit. What blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is. Advice to those struggling with assurance. What it means to be led by the Spirit and know the will of God. What the means of grace are and why they matter. The place of the law in the life of the Christian today. Why the fear of God is central to a life of godliness. What sober watchfulness is and why it matters. Advice to a Christian who is backslidden. About the Guest Paul M. Smalley (ThM, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary) is faculty teaching assistant to Joel Beeke at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served for

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers how biblical meditation is guided by the gospel, shaped by the Scripture, reliant on the Holy Spirit, and exercised in faith, along with three ways to practice biblical meditation. What you’ll hear in this episode Three ways to practice biblical meditation. Why meditating on a biblical text is to meditate on who the Lord is and what He did, and to consider how it speaks to Christian theology and ethics. What biblical meditation is and what it aims to do. Christian meditating is focused on Scripture and has a mind stock with memorized Scripture. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenk

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave shares lessons he learned from his mentor Mike Beaudin who tragically passed away two weeks ago by discussing dealing with difficult people, accepting godly correction, the need for godly friendships, and why a love for Jesus fuels a love for discipling others. What you’ll hear in this episode The need for biblical accountability and what it looks like. Dealing with difficult people with gentleness and respect. Accepting correction in a godly way. The kind of person you should look for in a mentor. The need for godly friends and learning to cultivate them. Why a love for Jesus fuels a love for discipling others. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find t

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Jonathan Holmes the importance of asking good questions, what it looks like, markers of true versus false repentance, skills to help biblical counselors and disciplers, using social media well, along with his book with Deepak Reju, Rescue Skills Essential Skills for Restoring the Sexually Broken (P&R, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode Three core principles of the heart and how they should shape our approach to biblical counseling. The four ingredients of developing a battle plan for helping someone out of enslavement to pornography. The importance of a long-term approach. The importance of asking good questions and what that looks like. What it looks like practically to be gospel-centered in one’s biblical counseling. Markers to look for in real versus false repentance. Skills for counselors to help counselees discover as they come out of pornography enslavement. Advice for counselors and disciplers on using social media we

  On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Jonathan Holmes discuss access to pornography, how the Church should address masturbation, and how the Church can help singles, young men and women, and married couples with pornography, along with his book with Deepak Reju, Rescue Plan: Charting a Course to Restore Prisoners of Pornography (P&R, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode What the four A’s are and how they relate to pornography enslavement. Why Christians shouldn’t masturbate. How Christians should address the issue of masturbation. What the five p’s are and how women view pornography. How the Church can help singles with pornography. How the Church can help young men and women in the Church with regards to pornography. How the Church can better come alongside married couples with regards to pornography. How the gospel changes the conversations we have and what we do. About the Guest Jonathan Holmes is the counseling pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohi

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers identifying false teaching, the dangers of new teaching outside the Bible, teachers avoiding criticism, how false teaching takes root, and what the Church can do about false teaching. What you’ll hear in this episode What the Church can do about false teaching. How to identify false teaching. How False Teaching Enters the church. The dangers of desiring new teaching outside of the Bible and outside of what the Church has taught. The danger of teachers being overly desirous to avoid criticism. How False Teaching Takes Root. What We Can Do about False Teaching. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Sarah Jenkins consider the meaning and purpose of the Great Commandment, what it means to love our neighbor, the dangers of the social gospel and how to avoid it, and the meaning and purpose of Christian conscience, liberty, charity, and engagement. What you’ll hear in this episode The meaning and purpose of the Great Commandment. What it means to love our neighbor. The dangers of the social gospel and how to avoid it. The meaning and purpose of Christian conscience, liberty, charity, and engagement. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedba

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the purpose of small groups in a local church, the place of asking questions in small groups, and addressing biblical literacy in small groups. What you’ll hear in this episode The purpose of small groups in a local church The place of questions in small groups in a local church. Addressing biblical literacy in small groups. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Megan Hill discuss the dangers of impatience, how patience helps us to grow in grace and face a variety of situations in our personal lives, marriages, in the church, and at work, along with her book, Patience: Waiting for Hope (P&R, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode The dangers of impatience and how it harms others. How waiting on the Lord helps us learn to cultivate patience. How patience helps us to be slow to anger. How looking to Christ helps us grow in patience. How understanding our time is short helps us to have a right and godly perspective towards patience. How to view God’s classroom teaching of patience throughout our lives. How patience helps us approach our day-to-day productivity. Why waiting on the Lord is a blessing. What it looks like practically to deal with difficult people in our local churches. What it looks like to walk patiently with others. About the Guest Megan Hill is a pastor's daughter and a pastor's

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the features and meaning of the sufficiency of Scripture, how it should impact the Christian life and ministry, and how it challenges Christians today. What you’ll hear in this episode The Importance of the Sufficiency of Scripture. A Hunger for More of the Word of God. How the Sufficiency of Scripture Challenges Christians Today. The Four Features of the Sufficiency of Scripture. The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Christian Life and Ministry. The Importance of the Sufficiency of Scripture. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedb

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Christine Chappell discuss our identity in Christ, how the Church should speak to mental health issues, and support those with mental health challenges, advice for caring for family members and friends with mental health challenges, along with her mini-book, Help I’ve Been Diagnosed With a Mental Disorder (Shepherds Press, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode How knowing our identity rooted in Christ helps those with a mental disorder. The meaning purpose of whole-person care. The danger of a cookie-cutter approach to discipleship and care. How the Church should speak to the growing issue of mental health. How the local church can support those with mental health issues. Why Christians should trade the fix-it mentality for the glorifying God mindset. What it means to engage God in our experience. Advice for those who have family or friends who have someone they know with a mental illness and help to walk alongside them. About the Guest Ch

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the meaning and purpose of discernment, how Christians are to judge rightly, why Christians should care about discernment, and exercising discernment in what we listen to or watch. What you’ll hear in this episode The meaning and purpose of discernment. How Christians are to judge rightly. Why every Christian should care about discernment. Why Christians should exercise discernment in all they listen to or watch. The dangers hypocritical judging and judging others. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to t

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Costi Hinn consider the purpose of suffering and trials, hope breakers and hope builders, knowing God’s goodness in suffering, keys to Christ-centered comfort, along with his book, More Than a Healer: Not the Jesus You Want, but the Jesus You Need (Zondervan, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode The purpose of trials and suffering in the Christian life. The meaning of hope breakers and hope builders and what they look like in our lives. Knowing God’s goodness in the suffering of life. Some keys to Christ-centered comfort. About the Guest Costi W. Hinn is the president and founder of For the Gospel, a ministry that provides sound doctrine for everyday people through weekly videos, articles, and a podcast. He is a graduate of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and serves as a pastor in Arizona, where he resides with his wife and four children. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace v

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the meaning of Sola Scripture, tradition, and the value of church history, the authority of Scripture, Christian conscience, and tradition, and why the Church has good answers to the issues of the day. What you’ll hear in this episode The meaning of Sola Scriptura. The authority of Scripture and the Christian conscience. The authority of Scripture and tradition. The clarity of Scripture and rightly handling the truth and dealing with error. Sola Scriptura and the value of church history in Christianity. Why the Church has good answers to the issues of the day. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other people find the show). You can also connect with me on Tw

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Deborah Howard discuss Christian friendship and support in and out of the local church, advice for family members and friends with family or friends who have memory loss, the local church, and supporting family members with memory loss, along with her mini-book, HELP! Someone I Love Has Alzheimer's (Shepherd Press, 2015). What you’ll hear in this episode The importance of viewing all of life through Scripture, including memory loss and memory care. Why one of the most effective ways of coping with adversity is education. Advice to those dealing with the long goodbye presented to family members and friends. Some effective characteristics caregivers should have to complete their caregiving mission successfully. Strategies for family members to help them deal with hard days with loved ones with memory issues. How the local church can help support family members with memory loss. About the Guest Deborah Howard is a Certified Hospice and

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the importance of growing in and pursuing gentleness with fellow Christians, why effective Christian engagement has five biblical correction, and instruction, and why Christians must be committed to sound doctrine and practice. What you’ll hear in this episode Addressing theological error in the church. The importance of gentleness and pursuing gentleness in our interactions with fellow Christians. Why effective Christian engagement has five traits. Biblical correction and instruction. Learning to contend for the faith without being contentious. What Christians should be committed to sound doctrine and practice. Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like what you’ve heard, please consider leaving a rating and share it with your friends (it takes only takes a second and will go a long way to helping other peop

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Mark Baker discuss the dangers of socialism and how the Church should respond, the markers and signs of socialism in our society, and the danger of viewing Jesus as socialist, along with his book, Jesus Was A Socialist?: The Life Or Death Truth Everyone Needs To Know About Jesus & Socialism (Hope Ink, 2020). What you’ll hear in this episode Why understanding socialism and social justice is so vital. The dangers of viewing Jesus as a socialist and how it bankrupts one of a biblical understanding of Jesus. The dangers of socialism. How the Church should respond to socialism. How Christians should respond to the idea that the Early Church in Acts engaged in socialism. How the idea of enablers helps us understand counterfeit views of justice and love and the wrongness of the socialist agenda. Markers and signs of socialism that we see in our society. About the Guest Mark Baker is a biblical counselor with a passion to see people equipp