Since the problem of evil is the greatest theological challenge Christians face today on today’s Equipping You in Grace Dave will explore the meaning of theodicy in the Book of Job, Christian theology, and also aim to help listeners and those who watch Equipping to form a Christian response to the problem of evil.What you'll hear in this episodeTheodicy and the Book of JobSuffering As a Test of FidelitySuffering As a Recompense for SinSuffering as Submission to the Mystery of God’s SovereigntyThe Debate over God’s Providence in Church HistoryThe Problem of EvilGod’s Purposes for Evil and SufferingSubscribing, 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 talks about Christopher Ash about reading and rightly interpreting the Psalms, and his new commentary set, The Psalms: A Christ-Centered Commentary (Crossway, 2024).What you’ll hear in this episodeWhy the Psalms are essential to the life of the Christian church.Why the Psalms are central to the Psalms.The right way to read the Psalms in light of the Psalms.How the Psalms are a means of god’s blessing to His people.The dangers of reading yourself into the Psalms and how to avoid it.How the Psalms are organized and why it matters.Practical helps for the average Christian reading the Psalms.About the GuestChristopher Ash is writer in residence at Tyndale House in Cambridge and a full-time preacher, speaker, and writer. He previously served as the director of the Proclamation Trust’s Cornhill Training Course and as a minister and church planter.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 God’s purpose in suffering and the comfort He alone provides and the ministry of the Holy Spirit in the life of the Christian.What you’ll hear in this episode What you’ll hear in this episodeThe purpose of suffering in the life of the Christian.How suffering can help establish us in the faith.What being established in our faith looks like practically.Three examples of being exhorted in our lives.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 Sarah share personal stories of how the Lord has helped them deal with grief and death, what lament is and why it helps the Christian, and practical ways to deal with grief as a Christian.What you'll hear in this episodeDave and Sarah share personal stories of how the Lord has helped them through dealing with grief and death.What lament is and why it helps the Christian.Practical ways to deal with grief as a Christian.What is helpful for a friend to say or do when their friend is going through grief.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 what Romans 8 teaches Christians about the Holy Spirit and suffering, thankfulness and the work of the Spirit in the life of the Christian, and what the Lord is doing in and through our lives in the hard things of our lives.What you’ll hear in this episode Thankfulness and the work of the Spirit in the life of the Christian.What the Lord is doing in our lives in the hard things in our lives.What Romans 8 teaches Christians about the Holy Spirit and suffering.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 talks with Scott Aniol about how the Holy Spirit helps us prepare for and face suffering, the dangers of a wrong understanding of the Spirit, how a biblical and theological understanding of the Spirit helps us, along with his book, Holy Spirit: God of Order (G3 Press, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeExamples of the Pentecostialization of Christianity.Knowing the will of God and what that looks like.How the Holy Spirit helps us to prepare for and face suffering.The danger of having a wrong understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit.What the illumination of the Holy Spirit and why it is so important for Christians to understand.How a biblical and theological understanding of the Holy Spirit affects our understanding of and approach to worship.About Today's GuestScott Aniol, PhD, is a teacher of culture, worship, aesthetics, and church ministry philosophy, he lectures around the country in churches, conferences, and seminaries, and he has authored several books including Changed from Glory into Glory: The Liturgical Story of the Christian Faith and Biblical Foundations of Corporate Worship, and dozens of articles published in theological journals. In addition to his role with G3, Scott is Professor of Pastoral Theology at Grace Bible Theological Seminary in Conway, Arkansas. Scott holds a masters degree in theological studies (SWBTS), a masters degree in aesthetics (NIU), and a PhD in worship theology (SWBTS). Scott and his wife, Becky, have four children: Caleb, Kate, Christopher, and Caroline.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 the purpose of suffering in the life of the Christian and how this helps us prepare for and face suffering, what being established in our faith means and looks like, along with three examples of being exhorted in our lives.What you’ll hear in this episode What you’ll hear in this episodeThe purpose of suffering in the life of the Christian.How suffering can help establish us in the faith.What being established in our faith looks like practically.Three examples of being exhorted in our lives.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 talks with Andy Naselli about election and reprobation and how these doctrines help Christians in their evangelism, missions, suffering, along with his new book, Predestination: An Introduction (Crossway, 2023).What you'll hear in this episodeWhy election and reprobation doesn’t hinder evangelism or missions, but helps both.Defining predestination, election, and reprobation.Why predestination and election are divisive.How understanding predestination helps us to prepare for and to face suffering.The primary goal for the church in the doctrine of predestination.Why God’s sovereignty is fundamental to election and reprobation.About Today's GuestAndrew David Naselli (PhD, Bob Jones University; PhD, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is professor of systematic theology and New Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary in Minneapolis and one of the pastors of the North Church in Mounds View, Minnesota.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 talks with Paul Smalley about how understanding the Church and the end times can help the Christian prepare for and face suffering, along with volume 4 of Reformed Systematic Theology: Church and Last Things (Crossway, 2024), Paul wrote with Dr. Joel Beeke. What you'll hear in this episodeHow understanding the Church helps the average Christian prepare for and face suffering.How understanding the end times helps the average Christian prepare for and face suffering.How the means of grace can help the average Christian.How the Reformers and Puritans can help us today to recover a biblical understanding of the Church.How the Reformers and Puritans can help us today to recover a biblical understanding of the end times.About Today's GuestPaul M. Smalley (ThM, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary) is faculty teaching assistant to Joel Beeke at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. He previously served for twelve years as a pastor in the Baptist General Conference in the midwestern United States.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 talks with Megan Basham about the challenges facing the Church today and how we should engage and respond to them, along with her new book, Shepherds For Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Trade the Truth For a Leftist Agenda (Broadside Books, 2024).What you'll hear in this episodeThe importance of having open and honest communication with one another.The importance of biblical discernment in our times.Challenges and opportunities for Christian communities amid rapid cultural gifts.The influence of George Soros and others on immigration and the evangelical world.Why Christians should care about abortion and how they should think and respond to the challenge.Emerging cultural issues and how Christians should respond to them.About Today's GuestMegan Basham is a culture reporter for the Daily Wire and the author of Beside Every Successful Man: A Woman’s Guide to Having It All. She is a frequent contributor to Morning Wire, one of the top 10 news podcasts in the United States. She has also written for the Wall Street Journal, the Telegraph, First Things, National Review, and World Magazine, where she worked as a film and television editor.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!