On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave talks with Doug and Holly about the dangers of the NAR, spiritual abuse, and NAR-inspired music, how the NAR has partnered with Christian media, and how they respond to criticism on a variety of NAR topics.Pick up their latest book, Counterfeit Kingdom: The Dangers of New Revelation, New Prophets, and New Age Practices in the Church (B&H, 2022).What you’ll hear in this episodeThe marks and signs of things to look out for with the NAR.The dangers of the NAR and spiritual abuse.Why Christians shouldn’t sing NAR-inspired music.The danger of NAR-inspired music.What the seven mountain mandate is, and how Doug and Holly balance their critique of the NAR over and against other end times views out there.The influence of the NAR and how it aims to infiltrate and influence government at every level of society.How the NAR has partnered with Christian media and how that has led to the mainstreaming of the NAR in the Church today.How Doug and Holly stay focused on critiquing the NAR movement while not alienating anyone in the charismatic and cessationist conversations.About Our GuestHolly Pivec is a blogger, author, and speaker, as well as a pastor’s wife and homeschooling mom. She has a master’s degree in apologetics from Biola University, where she also served as university editor for nearly a decade. She has coauthored two books about the New Apostolic Reformation: A New Apostolic Reformation? and God’s Super-Apostles. She operates a popular blog which has followers from around the world, and has spoken and written for several audiences and outlets.R. Douglas Geivett is a husband, father to two grown children, professor, author, and speaker. He has a PhD in philosophy from USC and teaches at Biola University and Talbot School of Theology. Douglas has written or edited several books and spoken on issues related to the New Apostolic Reformation, Christian apologetics, and the Christian life to audiences all over the world.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.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave considers why Christian friendship is not transactional but servant-oriented, and how we can practically be rooted in the Word, focused on Christ, others, and on serving one another in our local churches.What you'll hear in this episodeWhy Christian friendship must be rooted in the Word.Why Christian friendship must be focused on Christ.Why Christian friendship must be servant-oriented.Why Christian friendship must be local church focused.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.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Jacob discuss union with Christ, the Puritans, assurance, evangelism, and missions, and Jacob’s new book, Union with Christ: The Joy of the Christian’s Assurance in the Doctrines of Grace (Wrath and Grace, 2023).What you’ll hear in this episodeUnion with Christ in Scripture.The warmth of the Puritans theology.Genuine joy in Christ and our theological convictions.Evangelism and missions and Reformed theology.How Reformed theology is for all of life.Assurance and the Christian.About Today's GuestJacob Tanner is a husband, father, and pastor, living in Pennsylvania. Holding to the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith, Jacob is focused on both evangelism and reformation. He is the founder of the Sound of Truth Ministries, where they have regular podcasts and preaches whenever the opportunity arises. His passion and motto are, "To know Christ and make Him known because He has made us His own." He can be found spending time with his family or with a book in his hands in his free time.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.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and James Coates discuss how a sound view of Scripture affects how we handle and preach the Word, preparing for the Lord’s Day during the week, listening to sermons well and effects of spiritual sluggishness and remedies to it, along with his book, Reading and Preaching God’s Word (G3 Press, 2022). What you’ll hear in this episode The importance of having a sound view of Scripture. How a sound view of Scripture affects how we preach. How important is seminary for preparing for ministry. The importance of biblical preaching in a time of biblical and theological illiteracy. How preaching God’s Word equips the people of God to stand against false teaching and train them to handle the Word of God. How understanding the voice of God in Scripture elevates one’s view of preaching. How the absence of God’s Word is the absence of God affects the way we preach God’s Word. The role preaching is to have in the life of the Christian and the local church. Some marks of effective sermon listening. Some of the effects of spiritual sluggishness and remedies to it. James’ best advice to those wanting to come prepared for the Lord’s Day to hear, sing, and fellowship around and under the Word. About Today's Guest James Coates is the pastor-teacher of GraceLife Church of Edmonton, Canada. He graduated with MDiv and DMin degrees at The Master’s Seminary. He and his wife, Erin, have two sons. 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 talks with Mark Jones about the life and ministry of Stephen Charnock, and how his doctrine of God helps the Christian today, along with his updated and unabridged two volumes he edited of Stephen Charnock’s The Existence and Attributes of God (Crossway, 2022). What you’ll hear in this episode Immutability and the Christian life. How Charnock shows the point of doctrine for life. Who Stephen Charnock is and why his work has continued to influence the church today. The unique contributes Mark’s edited volume of Charnock’s work makes to the literature on Charnock. How a biblical and orthodox view of God as described by Charnock helps the Christian today. How a biblical and orthodox view of the attributes of God as described by Charnock helps the Christian today. Why we need men like Charnock again today and what such men would look like in the Church. About Today's Guest Mark Jones (PhD, Leiden Universiteit) is the Senior Minister at Faith Vancouver Presbyterian Church (PCA). He is the author and editor of many books and speaks all over the world on topics related to the Christian life. 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 considers why reading is the only way to know God, to hear His voice, to delight in Him, to know Christ and grow in Him, and with others in the local church, and to serve others because of union with Jesus. What you'll hear in this episode Read the Bible because it is the only way to know God. Read the Bible because it is the only way to hear His voice. Read the Bible to delight in the God who has revealed Himself. Read the Bible because it is the only way to know Christ and to grow in grace. Read the Bible to grow with others in the local church through the preaching of God’s Word. Read the Bible to serve others because of your union with Jesus. 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 considers Sola Scriptura and church history and provides biblical and examples from church history about why Christians need to be grounded in and shaped by the Word and the teaching of church history.What you'll hear in this episodeThe meaning of Sola Scriptura.Nicaea, Chalcedon, and Athanasius.Further Conflict and Response to the Deity of Jesus.B.B. Warfield and Biblical Christianity.The State of Theology and the Church Today.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.Thanks for listening to this episode of Equipping You in Grace!

On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave gives thanks to the Lord for how He used Servants of Grace in 2022, shares an update on where we are headed in 2023, along with his upcoming book projects releasing, Lord-willing in 2023. What you'll hear in this episode My favorite episodes in 2022 and where we are headed in 2023. 2023 Theology for life schedule. My next book projects. 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 considers, the history behind the gender debate and the Respect for Marriage Act, biblical marriage, religious liberty, and religious freedom, and standing firm for a biblical worldview. What you'll hear in this episode The history behind the gender debate in American culture. The history behind the respect for marriage act in America. Religious liberty and religious freedom. Why Christians must stand for marriage between one man and one woman for life under God. How deconstruction in our culture is aiming to destroy the meaning of words. How parents and family members can help children develop a biblical worldview. 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 considers the dangers of materialism on our communion with God, the Incarnation of Christ, and why we need to treasure Christ during the Christmas and every day, along with some practical suggestions on treasuring Christ with others. What you'll hear in this episode The dangers of materialism on our communion with the Lord. The purpose of Christmas. Why we need to treasure Christ during Christmas and every day. Some practical guidance on treasuring Christ with family and friends during the Holidays. Why the Holidays are a vital time to say the things that matter most. 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!