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 Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

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Dave Jenkins- How to Deal With and What Can Be Done About False Teaching

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 feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Dave and Sarah Jenkins- What It Means to Love One’s Neighbor

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!

Dave Jenkins– The Purpose of Small Groups and Biblical Illiteracy

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 wife. She lives with her husband and four children in Massachusetts, where she is a member of West Springfield Covenant Community Church (PCA). She is the author of several books and an editor for The Gospel Coalition. 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!

Megan Hill- Patience: Waiting for Hope

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 feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Dave Jenkins- Sufficiency of Scripture

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 Christine is the author of Clean Home, Messy Heart, Help! My Teen is Depressed, and Help! I've Been Diagnosed with a Mental Disorder. She presently serves as the Outreach Director and Hope + Help Podcast Host for the Institute of Biblical Counseling and Discipleship, and is passionate about advocating for biblical one-another care and discipleship in the context of the local church. Her writing has been featured at Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, Risen Motherhood, and other Christian platforms. Christine also serves her local church as a biblical counselor and lives in South Carolina with her husband and three children. 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!

Christine Chappell- Help! I’ve Been Diagnosed With a Mental Disorder

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 this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Dave Jenkins- What Discernment Is and Why It Matters

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 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!

Costi Hinn- More Than a Healer: Not the Jesus You Want, but the Jesus You Need

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 Twitter at @davejjenkins, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback. Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

Dave Jenkins- The Relationship Between Scripture and Tradition

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 Palliative Nurse, and views writing and speaking as a ministry to encourage the fainthearted and comfort the hurting. She is the author of 'HELP! Someone I Love Has Cancer'. 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!

Deborah Howard- HELP! Someone I Love Has Alzheimer’s

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 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!

Dave Jenkins- Contending for the Faith Without Being Contentious

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 equipped with the life giving hope of God’s Word. He lives in California with his wife Emily and their family, where he is the director of Hope For Life, a non-profit counseling ministry. 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!

Mark Baker- How the Church Should Speak to and Address Socialism

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave kicks off a new Wednesday episode considering current statistics on biblical illiteracy, why biblical literacy matters for every Christian, and starts with them, along with providing practical encouragement on why and how to get started reading your Bible. What you’ll hear in this episode Current statistics on biblical illiteracy. Why Biblical Literacy Matters for Every Christian. Why biblical literacy starts with every Christian. Practical encouragement on getting started reading your 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!

Dave Jenkins- Why Biblical Literacy Matters for Every Christian

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Justin discuss faithfulness and focus and how that should impact the Christian life and ministry, the dangers of wrong views of God’s judgment are, why learning patience helps us to remain steadfast, along with his book, Behold An Invitation to Wonder (Christian Focus, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode In what way are our hearts starved for wonder, and how the Lord alone meets that need. How the temptation of Jesus in the desert instructions Christians today. How to remain faithful and focused on our growth in grace even when we are tired or feel we aren’t as effective as we might be. What our view of celebrities and heroes reveals about our understanding of Jesus. Three lessons Paul’s passionate address to the Ephesian leaders teaches us. How a biblical understanding of Jesus should impact our every act, decision, and thought. How learning patience helps us remain steadfast. What wrong ideas of God’s judgment do to the gospel and our Christian life. How the return of Jesus should shape our view of the present and future. About the Guest Justin Huffman is a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary and pastored churches in the States for over 15 years. He is currently lead pastor of Morningstar Christian Fellowship in Toronto, where he lives with his wife Chau and their four children. Justin is the author of the “Daily Devotion” app, as well as numerous books and articles, including his newest book Behold: an Invitation to Wonder. Connect with him at justinhuffman.org. 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!

Justin Huffman- Behold An Invitation to Wonder

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Ben Rogers discuss the dangers of ungodly friendship and the blessing of godly close friendship, the priority of daily Bible reading, the fear of man, fleeing temptation, and enjoying prayer, along with Thoughts for Young Men he edited (H&E, 2021). What you’ll hear in this episode The dangers of ungodly friendship and the blessing of godly close friendship. Dangers for young men today. The dangers of the fear of man. The priority of daily Bible reading. Advice on fleeing temptation. Advice on prayer. About the Guest Bennett Wade Rogers (PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) is a pastor and teacher in Mississippi. He is the author of A Tender Lion: The Life, Ministry, and Message of J. C. Ryle (2019) and has recently edited and introduced a new edition of Ryle’s Simplicity in Preaching: A Few Hints on a Great Subject (2019) and Thoughts for Young Men (2021). 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!

Bennett Rogers- Thoughts for Young Men

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