Equipping You In Grace

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Brooke Bartz about Open Hearts conference 2023, why women are to learn theology, how theology helps women, why complementarian theology is good for the Church, and how husband and wife can encourage one another with Scripture.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe origin and purpose of Open Hearts.Brooke’s latest projects.How women can watch the Open Hearts conference and where they can watch.Why women are to learn theology.How theology helps women in all of life.Why complementarian theology is good for the church.How husband and wife can encourage one another with Scripture.About the GuestBrooke Bartz is a stay-at-home wife and mom. She is the founder of Open Hearts in a Closed World Ministry and Conference and is involved in women’s ministry at her church. She is married to her childhood crush, and they have a beautiful twelve-year-old daughter. Brooke desires for teen girls to come to faith in Christ and then live out their lives boldly and unashamed of

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Ray Comfort about spiritual growth and evangelism, dealing with fear and anxiety in evangelism, and sharing Christ with difficult people, along with his new book, So Many Lions, So Few Daniels Living Without Compromise in a World in Need of Truth (Baker books, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeThe relationship between spiritual growth and evangelism.Dealing with anxiety and fear while engaging non-Christians in evangelism.Dealing with objections in evangelism.Advice for new Christians to get plugged into a local church.Sharing Christ with difficult people.About the GuestRay Comfort is an experienced apologist and popular speaker who has written over 100 books. Cohost of the award-winning TV program Way of the Master, which airs across the globe, Comfort is the executive producer of several award-winning movies that have been seen by millions. He and his wife, Sue, live in Southern California.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Nancy Pearcey about how men are under attack in secular culture and media and how Christians should respond, how Christian men should deal with their emotions, fathers and their role with sons, dealing with abuse in the church, and her new book, The Toxic War on Masculinity: How Christianity Reconciles the Sexes (Baker Books, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeHow men are under attack by our secular culture and secular media and how Christians should respond.Why Christians are against abuse of any kind.How men are torn between two competing scripts, the secular and the biblical today.Why Christian men who are faithful in their church attendance have the lowest levels of abuse and divorce.What specific repentance and confession look like in marriage and our relationships with one another.What biblical manhood and biblical courage looks like in our home, church, and society.How biblical men deal with their emotions.The history of the idea of toxic mascu

On today’s Equipping You in Grace Dave and Laura Perry Smalts discuss what is happening in college campuses, universities, in sports, and in the media on transgenderism, along with giving advice to parents, and Christians walking alongside and trying to help those stuck in transgenderism.What you’ll hear in this episodeWhat is happening on our college campuses and universities with respect to transgenderism.What is happening with the rise of transgenderism in sports.How Hollywood and social media have contributed to the rise of transgenderism.The most concerning aspects of the rise of transgenderism in our day.The most concerning aspects of the rise of support of transgenderism in the church.The danger of hermeneutical gymnastics.Advice for parents whose children are being indoctrinated at every stage of their schooling on transgenderism.Advice for Christians walking alongside and trying to help those stuck in transgenderism.About the GuestLaura Perry lived for nearly a decade as a transgender man named "Jake

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Laura Perry Smalts about her testimony from transgenderism to the Lord Jesus, and how she views her story through a Christ-centered lens, the dangers of puberty blockers, and medical transitions, the truth about regret and why we don’t hear from detransitioners, God’s design of men and women and why it matters, gospel hope for those enslaved in sexual sin, along with her book, Transgender to Transformed a story of transition that will truly set you free (Genesis Publishing, 2019).What you’ll hear in this episodeLaura’s testimony of how the Lord led her through many different experiences from transgenderism to the Lord Jesus and how she views those experiences through a Christ-centered lens.The dangers of puberty blockers and medical transitions.The truth about regret and why don’t we hear from detransitioners.God’s design of men and women and why it matters.Dealing with bitterness, guilt, and shame associated with sexual sin with the gospel.What gospel h

On today's Equipping You in Grace Dave discuses examples of our culture and the church's move towards transgenderism and the worship of self, biblical hermeneutics and the dangers of wrongly interpreting the Bible, idolatry and the gospel, the Bible's teaching on life, gender, and sexuality, and how Christians should respond to the transgender movement with Scripture.What you’ll hear in this episodeWhy theology matters and has consequences.The nature of biblical hermeneutics and the dangers of wrongly interpreted the Bible.Examples of our culture’s movement toward transgenderism and the worship of self.The biblical worldview on gender, life, sexuality.The danger of theological relativism on the church and our view of Scripture.The nature of biblical idolatry and the gospel of Jesus.How Christians should respond to the transgender movement with biblical truth.Subscribing, sharing, and your feedbackYou can subscribe to Equipping You in Grace via iTunes, Google Play, or your favorite podcast catcher. If you like

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the current discussion on biblical sexuality in our culture and the church, why the biblical teaching on marriage and sexuality matters, and why biblical doctrine both divides and heals.What you’ll hear in this episodeCurrent Discussion on Biblical Gender Roles in Our Culture and in the Church.The Teaching of Scripture on Gender and Sexuality MattersBiblical Arguments for Marriage Between One Man and One Woman.Biblical Doctrine Both Divides and Heals.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 the nature and purpose of biblical discipleship, biblical purity, and biblical sexuality, along with the dangers and examples of cultural discipleship. What you’ll hear in this episode The nature and purpose of biblical discipleship. The nature and purpose of biblical purity and biblical sexuality. The nature and purpose of biblical boldness. The dangers and examples of cultural discipleship. 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. Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Rosaria Butterfield about the nature and purpose of biblical repentance, the danger of using the moral lens of LGBTQ+ personhood, and a soft presence in Sodom, why transgenderism has turned into a religion, what is most concerning about prominent evangelicals using transgender pronouns in articles, books, and podcasts, and much more on this new episode.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe importance of standing fast on the image of God revealed in the Word.The nature and purpose of biblical repentance.The danger of being a soft presence in Sodom.Why using transgender pronouns is sinful for Christians.What is most concerning about prominent evangelicals using transgender pronouns in articles books, and podcasts.The danger of evangelicals using the moral lens of LGBTQ+ personhood.Why transgenderism has turned into a religion.How Christians should respond to transgenderism in our schools and in the public square.What to do about the indoctrination of childre

On today’s Equipping You in Grace Dave discuses the nature and purpose of the image of God, how the image of God is under attack in our day, the history of the sexual revolution, biblical ethics, marriage, sexuality, and the danger of moral meaningless. What you’ll hear in this episode The nature and purpose of the image of God. How the image of God is under attack. The history of the sexual revolution. The danger of moral meaningless. 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. Thank you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave is joined by Dawn Hill and Doreen Virtue, and together they have a roundtable discussion about spiritual abuse and deliverance ministry in the New Apostolic Reformation. They also discuss responses to objections raised on these points by the New Apostolic Reformation with the Word of God. They also discuss Dawn’s book, NonProphet Woke: The Reformation of a Modern Day Disciple.What you’ll hear in this episodeThe marks and signs of spiritual abuse in the New Apostolic Reformation.What those who are experiencing spiritual abuse in the New Apostolic Reformation can do.How biblically rooted Christians should think about and respond to those in the NAR who say people who are highly educated are unspiritual and not filled with the Spirit.What most concerns us about deliverance ministry and the effect it is having on the church.How Christians should respond to criticism leveled by the NAR against those who are speaking out against it and deliverance ministry.About GuestDor

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show Dave considers fifteen attributes of God that help the Christian explaining what they mean, and why they matter. What you’ll hear in this episode The importance of the attributes and character of God and how they help the Christians. An exploration of the attributes of God, what they mean, and why they matter. The difference between the communicable and incommunicable attributes 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 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 J. Warner Wallace about why Christians should care about what happens to the police, the defund the police movement, Antifa, the handling of high-profile law enforcement cases, and much more on this new episode. What you'll hear in this episode Why Christians should care about what happens to the police. How Christians should think about the defund police movement. Whether Christians should be police. How Christians should think about the recent attacks on police by groups like Antifa. How Christians should think about the handling of high-profile cases involving law enforcement. How Christian police should respond to the insinuation that they are inherently racist. How Christian police should respond to the growing challenging of LBTQT+ community and their growing protests. About the Guest J. Warner Wallace is a Dateline-featured homicide detective, popular national speaker, and best-selling author. Relying on over two decades of inves

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the difference between error and heresy, when a theological matter rises to error and heresy, and the doctrine of Scripture and church history and responding to error and heresy. What you'll hear in this episode The difference between error and heresy. When a theological matter rises to error and heresy. Unorthodox views of Christ and Scripture. Church history and responding to error and heresy. The doctrine of Scripture and responding to error and heresy. Why we need to be faithful to the Word in ministering to people. 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 you

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Doreen discuss the dangers deliverance teachings of Derek Prince’s “legal rights” teaching, some of the background to modern deliverance ministries, the Bible’s teaching about Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare, along with the classical view and mode of the Church on spiritual warfare. What you’ll hear in this episode The danger of “legal rights” teaching. Some of the background to modern deliverance ministries. The danger of “steps” to deliverance and why such teaching isn’t biblical. The Bible’s teaching about Satan, demons, and spiritual warfare. The classical view and mode of the Church on spiritual warfare. Why one’s view of sanctification will affect one’s view of spiritual warfare. Why understanding the role of spiritual warfare plays in spiritual growth is vital. About Guest Doreen’s website is: DoreenVirtue.com and you can find her at Instagram.com/DoreenVirtue, Facebook.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus, and YouTube.com/DoreenVirtueForJesus

On today’s Equipping You in Grace Dave and Deborah Howard talk about her experience as a hospice nurse and how it helped her to think more about death and hope in Christ, how the character of God helps Christian face life with hope in the Lord, how Christian friends can help us in our walk of faith in Christ, along with her book, Jonathan Edwards and the Christian Pilgrim (Christian Focus, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeHow Deborah’s lived experience as a hospice nurse helped her to think more about death and our hope in Christ.How Hebrews 11 helps us hold onto the promises of God in the present while we look forward to the return of the Lord.How understanding more of the character of God in Scripture helps Christians to face life with hope in the Lord.How Christian friends can help us in our walk of faith in Christ.How Bible reading and doing life with others in our local churches help the Christian.About Our GuestDeborah Howard and her husband, Theron, live outside Little Rock, Arkansas. Deborah's wr

On today’s Equipping You in Grace Dave and Susan Heck discuss how husbands can encourage and help their wives flourish in the Word, why women should learn to study the Bible and help others to the same, how and why Christian married couples can talk through biblical and theological topics together, and much more on this new episode. What you’ll hear in this episode Christian Married couples talking through Bible and theological topics together. Why Titus 2:3-5 supports older women teaching younger women and older men teaching younger men. What “teach what is good” in Titus 2 means and why it is important. Why teaching women how to study the bible and to teach other women to do the same thing is a good thing. Why we don’t see the distinction between academic and devotional theology in Scripture. Why complementarian theology is good for women. Why women can teach other women through social media, articles, podcasts, conferences, etc. Susan’s counsel to women being attacked by men who suggest a

On today’s Equipping You in Grace, Dave talks with Richard Moore about the music and ministry of Bethel Church, how Bethel has made inroads into evangelicalism, some signs your church may be moving towards the New Apostolic Reformation, and his book, Divergent Theology. What you'll hear in this episode Examples of the teaching of Bethel Church in Redding, California. Some of the biggest concerns about the theology of Bethel. How Bethel and NAR music has infiltrated the Church. How Bethel has made inroads into modern evangelicalism. Some signs that a church is moving towards or already has moved to support New Apostolic Reformation. How theological liberalism has been propelled the New Apostolic Reformation. About Today's Guest Richard P. Moore is an evangelist, youth pastor, and missionary in Germany since 2014. He is an experienced youth pastor and preacher. He’s been in church ministry for over 20 years. He has his Bachelors in Youth Ministry and Theology and Masters of Leadership, Evangelis

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers seven keys to improving your reading and study of Scripture, utilizing biblical and theological resources well in preparing a lesson or sermon, why Jesus’ preaching was biblical, thorough, Christ-centered, gospel-centered, and persuasive, and why ours should also be.What you'll hear in this episodeUtilizing biblical and theological resources well.Seven keys to improving your reading and study of Scripture.Why Jesus’ preaching was biblical, through, Christ-centered, gospel-centered, and persuasive and why our teaching and preaching of God’s Word should be also.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

On today’s Equipping You in Grace, Dave talks with Scott Aniol about how a recovery of Psalm singing can help the Church, help for reading and studying the Psalms, along with his book, Musing on God’s Music: Forming Hearts of Praise with the Psalms (G3 Press, 2023).What you'll hear in this episodeHow a recovery of Psalm singing can help the church.How prayer and song form our hearts.How Psalm signing can help with contemporary challenges from Hillsong, Bethel, and others.How Psalm 1-2 frame the whole of Psalms and help Christians today.The relationship between biblical wisdom and biblical understanding.How biblical delight can help Christians in their walk with the Lord.How the Psalms are organized and how this understanding helps us read and study the Psalms.How the Psalms help us with our emotions.How the Psalms help to lead us true a true life of blessedness in Christ and praise to Him.About Today's GuestScott Aniol, PhD, is a teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy, he lect