On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers the importance and practice of lament in the Christian life, how godly friends can help us in seasons of grief and loss, the connection between thankfulness and lament, and looking to Christ in seasons of grief and loss.What you’ll hear in this episodeHow lament shapes our lives.Practicing lament in the Christian life.The importance of godly friends in all seasons of life.The connection between thankfulness and lament.Looking to Christ in seasons of grief and loss.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 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 hearing of the preached Word corporately in the life of the Christian.The meaning and purpose of illumination.Why the lay person and pastors need the help of the Lord in reading, studying, and teaching God’s Word.Help for the Pastor on preaching the Word.Why our worship is to be grounded in and shaped by the Word.Why the worship music we listen to personally and with God’s people on the Lord’s day is to be sound in doctrine and the importance of this.The nature and purpose of worship.What it looks like for the Christian in the pew in our local churches to preserve the unity of the Spirit when they disagree on the non-essential but important doctrines.The importance of biblical unity.The dangers of false unity.About the GuestCosti W. Hinn serves as teaching pastor of Shepherd’s House Bible Church in Chandler, Arizona, and is the founder and president of For the Gospel, a resource ministry that provides sound doctrine for everyday people. Costi has authored several books, including Knowing the Spirit; More Than a Healer; and God, Greed and the (Prosperity) Gospel; and has coauthored multiple children’s titles, including In Jesus’ Name I Pray, alongside his wife, Christyne. He is currently completing his doctorate at The Master’s Seminary. Costi and Christyne are the joyful parents of five children.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 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 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 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 you for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace.

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 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 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 Scribe and the host of The Lovesick Scribe Podcast. She is passionate about sharing the truth and pointing others back to Jesus Christ through the written Word as the standard of authority for Christian living and instruction while being led by the Holy Spirit into maturity. She is the author of NonProphet Woke: The Reformation of a Modern-Day Disciple. She is a wife to Nicholas and a mother to Anabel and Ephraim. You can follow her on Facebook and InstagramSubscribing, 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 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 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.