Equipping You In Grace

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with J. Warner Wallace about a balanced approach to apologetics and how that helps us engage others, Christian case making, and his book, Cold-Case Christianity Updated and Expanded (David C. Cook, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeA balanced approach to apologetics and how that helps us to engage others.Christian case making.About the GuestSubscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Costi Hinn about examples of how the Holy Spirit is abused today, how Christians need to understand the Holy Spirit from Scripture and what the Church has taught, the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian and the Church, along with his book, Knowing the Spirit: Who He Is, What He Does, and How He Can Transform Your Christian Life (Zondervan, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeExamples of how the Holy Spirit is abused today.How the Church needs to understand what the Scripture and the church history has taught about the Holy Spirit.The dangers of entertainment approaches to ministry verses faithfulness to Scripture.Current stats on the Holy Spirit in the Church today.How Christians should speak to and about false teachers.The dangers in the modern church on a consumer driven approach to ministry and how that affects our understanding of the Holy Spirit.The Holy Spirit uses the reading, studying, meditating, memorizing f Scripture personally and the

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Dawn consider current statistics on biblical illiteracy and biblical authority, rightly handling Scripture in context, the dangers of deliverance and how it approaches the Bible, interprets, and applies the Word. What you’ll hear in this episode Current statistics on biblical illiteracy and biblical authority. The importance of understanding Scripture in context and handling Scripture rightly. The importance of biblical discernment and testing those with any kind of platform. Why Christ is the focus and object of our faith. The danger of deliverance from how it approaches the Bible, interprets, and applies the Word. The dangers of generational curse and how that teaching contradicts biblical interpretation. 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

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the fruits of the Spirit, the purpose of criticism and conflict, growing in humility through criticism and conflict, and learning to deal with helpful and unhelpful criticism.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe fruits of the Spirit and growing in the Christian life.Why conflict is a test in our lives.The purpose of conflict and criticism in the Christian life.The main difference between helpful and unhelpful criticism.Learning to deal with helpful and unhelpful criticism.Growing in humility through conflict and criticism.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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.Thank

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers addressing guilty, shame, and condemnation with the gospel, how biblical meditation helps us address guilt and shame, and the importance of the means of grace in the Christian life.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe importance of biblical meditation to address guilt and shame.The importance of the means of grace in the Christian life.Addressing Guilt, Shame, Condemnation, and the gospel.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers addressing bitterness and resentment in our lives, the importance of mature Christians speaking into our lives, praying for those who have hurt us, trusting the sovereignty of God, and much more on this new episode. What you’ll hear in this episode Why we need to guard our heart and mouth with the Word of God. Why we need one another in the Body of Christ. How we can help one another see difficult people and situations through the eyes of Jesus. Personal responsibility for the sin in our own lives and addressing it with the gospel. Why we need to remind ourselves of the gospel every day and what this looks like in our Christian life. The importance of praying for those who have hurt us. The importance of extending God’s grace to others. Trusting the sovereignty of God. 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 he

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the difference between righteous and unrighteous anger, addressing and handling anger biblically, and five keys to Christian communication.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe difference between righteous and unrighteous anger.Handling Anger Biblically.Five Keys to Christian Communication.Address Your Anger in a Biblical Way.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave, Dawn, and Doreen discuss what Scripture teaches about generational curses, examples of modern-day teaching on generational curses and the problems with that view, genuine biblical suffering and sanctification, why biblical hermeneutics and biblical application matter, and the nature of spiritual warfare.What you’ll hear in this episodeWhat Scripture teaches about generational curses.Examples of modern-day teaching on modern day generational curses.The biblical, theological, and practical problems with the idea of generational curses.Genuine biblical sanctification.The sovereignty of God and suffering.Suffering and dealing biblically with our emotions.The nature of spiritual warfare.Why biblical hermeneutics and biblical application matter.About GuestDoreen’s website is: DoreenVirtue.com and you can find her at Instagram.com/DoreenVirtue, Facebook.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus, and YouTube.com/DoreenVirtueForJesusDawn Hill is a Christian blogger known as The Lovesick Sc

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Doreen Virtue about her testimony of coming from the New Age to the saving faith in Jesus, the dangers of Christian science, Word of Faith, angel cards, and me centered religion, along with her sharing how the Lord continues to grow her in Christ. What you’ll hear in this episode The danger of Christian science, the Word of faith, and me centered religion. Doreen’s past in the New Age and her experience in it. Doreen’s experience with angel cards. Doreen’s story of coming to Christ and her continued growth in the Lord. About Our Guest Doreen’s website is: DoreenVirtue.com and you can find her at Instagram.com/DoreenVirtue, Facebook.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus, and YouTube.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus 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 onl

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Dawn Hill talk about how the sufficiency of Scripture leads to the sufficiency of Christ, examples of modern-day deliverance teachers denying the sufficiency of Scripture and Christ, the dangers of legal rights teaching on the Christian life and ministry, the danger of continuing to go to deliverance ministry as a Christian, the importance of biblical interpretation, and Dave and Dawn share two exciting announcements. What you’ll hear in this episode How the sufficiency of Scripture leads to the sufficiency of Christ. Examples of modern-day deliverance teachers denying the sufficiency of Scripture and Christ. The danger of legal rights teaching on the Christian life and ministry. The danger of continuing to go to deliverance ministry as a Christian, The importance of biblical interpretation. Two exciting announcements from Dave and Dawn. About Guest Dawn Hill is a Christian blogger known as The Lovesick Scribe and the host of The Lovesick Scribe

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Jacob Tanner about why Christians must care and embrace biblical gender roles, biblical eldership, the role and value of women in the local church, and his new book, Why Sally Can’t Preach (G3 Press, 2023). What you’ll hear in this episode The biblical argument and foundation for biblical eldership. What biblical preaching is and why it requires a biblically qualified man. Why Christians must embrace biblical gender roles. The role and value of women in the local church. Mutual submission between husband and wife in the church and the leadership of the man of the home. Why biblical gender roles doesn’t support between men and women. Examples of the dangers of people supporting the idea of women pastors. Why it is important to fence the pulpit. The purpose of church discipline and gender roles. Some solutions to this issue. About Our Guest Jacob Tanner is a husband, father, and pastor, living in Pennsylvania. Holding to the 1689 Se

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Doreen Virtue about the New Age use of crystals, the danger of idolatry, crystals and the occult, along with the danger of chakras, and much more on this new episode.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe difference between the New Age use of crystals and essential oils and the biblical usage.The danger of idolatry and crystals.Crystals and the occult.The danger of moon worship.The danger of chakra’s and how they feed into the occult.The difference between New Age decision making and a biblical way of making decisions.About Our GuestDoreen’s website is: DoreenVirtue.com and you can find her at Instagram.com/DoreenVirtue, Facebook.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus, and YouTube.com/DoreenVirtueForJesusSubscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave shares lessons from Galatians 5:16-25 helping us understand the difference between the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit, the meaning of mortification and vivification, keeping in step with the Spirit, and the ministry of the Spirit and the means of grace in the life of the Christian.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe main difference between the works of the flesh and the fruits of the Spirit.The ministry of the Holy Spirit and the means of grace in the life of the Christian.Why our character should inform our witness.The meaning of mortification and vivification.The meaning of keeping in step with the Holy Spirit.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Glenna Marshall about biblical memorization and the Christian, help for addressing biblical and theological illiteracy, and her new book, Memorizing Scripture: The Basics, Blessings, and Benefits of Meditating on God's Word (Moody, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeHow memorization can help our Christian life.Help for the person who thinks their memory is too poor to try Scripture memorization.The biblical precedent for memorizing God’s Word.Practical tips for memorizing Scripture.Ideas for memorizing Scripture with others and children.What it looks like to memorize a whole book of Scripture.The goal of biblical memorization.Encouragement for those getting starting or continuing on with memorizing Scripture.Helping to address biblical and theological literacy.About Our GuestGlenna Marshall is a pastor’s wife and mother of two energetic sons. She is the author of The Promise Is His Presence, Everyday Faithfulness,  and Memorizing Scripture. She writes

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Marcia Montenegro about the dangers of the New Age, including their obsession with angels, numerology, their view of “god”, passing on energy to people, along with the distinguishing marks of the New Age, and how Christians should respond to them.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe distinguishing marks of the New Age.The most concerning aspects of the New Age on the Church.Why New Agers are so obsessed about angels.Why numerology is a big thing in the New Age.The difference between “god” in the New Age verses Scripture’s teaching about God.Why passing on energy on to others is not biblical.How Christians should respond to the New Age.About Our GuestBefore becoming a Christian, Marcia Montenegro was involved for many years in Eastern spiritual beliefs (Hindu and Buddhist), New Age, and Occult practices. She was also a certified, professional astrologer who taught Astrology for several years and served as chairperson of the Astrology Board of Examiners (AB

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers a biblical theology of productivity, the grace of God and productivity, and eight practical keys to productivity.What you’ll hear in this episodeA biblical theology of productivity.The grace of God and productivity.Eight practical keys to productivity. Some additional resourcesWhat’s Best Next by Matt PermanGetting Unstuck by Matt PermanRedeeming Productivity by Reagan RoseWell- Done: a strategy for life stewardship by Reagan Rose.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou 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.Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Reagan Rose about facing up to our responsibilities with the grace of God, watchfulness, and temptation, and his new book, Well Done: A Strategy for Life Stewardship, among other topics in this new episode. What you’ll hear in this episode Facing up to our responsibilities with the help of the Lord. The importance of watchfulness in the Christian life. Watchfulness and fighting temptation. Why our character is to inform our witness. Fighting jealousy with the grace of God. The danger and blessing of having and using any platform for God’s glory. Cultivating humility in our relationship with other Christians. Some ways Christians should think about faithfulness where the Lord has us and being faithful in that place. How we can balance our stewardship in every area of our lives. Getting feedback from our spouse on how well we are doing in our leading of our homes, etc. A practical strategy for husband and wife to make a budget. Abo

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Doreen give examples of Shane and Shane’s involvement with Bethel and Elevation along with discussing a biblical-theological framework and plan for discernment, the dangers of biblical and theological illiteracy, why every Christian should use discernment when engaging all forms of content or media, and much more on this new episode.What you’ll hear in this episodeA biblical-theological framework for discernment.A plan for every Christian to engage in discernment.Why every Christian should use discernment when engaging all forms of media.Why the music we listen to privately or sing at our local churches matters.Examples of Shane and Shane’s involvement with Bethel and Elevation.the dangers of biblical and theological illiteracy.The ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian.How growing in a biblical worldview helps us to grow in discernment.About GuestDoreen is an author and podcaster. Her website is: DoreenVirtue.com and you can find her at Insta

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Rhenn Cherry talk about the growing influence of the Enneagram in Christian counseling and ministry, how biblical counselors should respond to the Enneagram, along with Rhenn giving a biblical critique of modern books applying the enneagram to counseling, and his book, Enneagram Theology: Is it Christian? What you’ll hear in this episode Why it is concerning that the Enneagram is being used as a test for a job or ministry promotion in the Church. What biblical counseling is and what it aims to do in the Church. The prevalence of the Enneagram in the Christian counseling world. How biblical counselors should respond to the Enneagram. Cherry’s biblical critique of modern books applying the Enneagram to counseling. Some of the most concerning elements of the mainstreaming of the Enneagram in the Church today. How Pastors and ministry leaders should equip and warn other Christians in their local churches about the Enneagram. About Guest Rhenn Ch

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave is joined by Dawn Hill and Doreen Virtue, and together they discuss the dangerous theology of Come Out in Jesus name with examples from the theology and practice of Greg Locke, Alexander Pagani, Tai Locke, and Isaiah Saldivar, the dangers of spiritual abuse and the marks of it, along with the sufficiency of Christ and the importance of it.What you’ll hear in this episodeLearning to deal with and respond correctly to criticism.Examples of the theology and practice of Greg Locke, Alexander Pagani, Tai Locke, and Isaiah Saldivar.How Scripture confronts the approach to modern-day deliverance.The danger theology of the Come Out in Jesus Name movie.The dangers of spiritual abuse and the marks of it.The sufficiency of Christ and the importance of it.About GuestDoreen is an author and podcaster. Her website is: DoreenVirtue.com and you can find her at Instagram.com/DoreenVirtue, Facebook.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus, and YouTube.com/DoreenVirtueForJesusDawn Hill is a Christian