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Dave Jenkins
On today’s Equipping You in Grace show, Dave and Kevin Halloran discuss the importance of praying with an open Bible, strategies for fighting distractions in our prayer lives, gospel help for those who feel they can’t or shouldn’t pray because of their sin, along with his book, When Prayer Is a Struggle: A Practical Guide to Overcoming Obstacles in Prayer (P&R, 2021).
What you’ll hear in this episode
The importance of praying with an open Bible. Strategies for fighting distractions in our prayer lives. How to cultivate a culture of prayer in our local churches. Practical strategies for those who are struggling to pray. Help for those who feel they are unorganized in their prayer lives. Help for those who feel stuck in the pit of their sin, so they shouldn’t or can’t pray. Advice for those who think they are too busy to pray. Help for those who are too stressed to pray. Recommended books on prayer to check out.
About the Guest
Kevin P. Halloran (MDiv, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) serves with Unlocking the Bible, a ministry dedicated to proclaiming Christ through media, mobilizing believers in evangelism, and equipping leaders for the church. Kevin lives near Chicago, Illinois, with his wife and daughter. Visit www.kevinhalloran.net to read his writing and connect on social media.
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On today’s Warriors of Grace show, Dave continues the 1 Timothy series looking at 1 Timothy 6:11-16 and what a good solider of Christ does, six things every Christian man is to pursue, and the relationship between doctrine and life.
What you’ll hear in this episode
What a good solider of Christ does. Six things every Christian man is to pursue. The relationship between doctrine and life.
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Join Dave as he looks at Matthew 22:34-40 and Galatians 6:1-6 at Grace Bible Church in Talent, Oregon preaching on Loving God and Loving One’s Neighbor: Fulfilling the Great Commandment and Bearing One Another’s Burdens in the Body of Christ.
Join Dave as he continues his Revelation series looking at Revelation 22:10-16 and The Last Testimony of Jesus Christ.
On today’s Warriors of Grace show, Dave continues the Snapshots of Grace series, looking at Galatians 5:19-26 and the difference between the flesh and the Spirit, the grace of the Spirit, and the mortification and vivification.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The difference between flesh and Spirit. All the graces of the Spirit belong together The meaning of mortification. The meaning of vivification.
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On today’s episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, “What is the righteousness of God? What you’ll hear in this episode
Why the righteousness of God means that He always acts in accordance with what is right because He is the final standard of what is right. Why the righteousness of God is not an abstract idea but exercise in concrete relationships with covenant creatures. The meaning and purpose of the love and justice of God.
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In this short message, Dave encourages us from 2 Timothy 1:7 about the fear of God, the work of the Holy Spirit in the Christian life, and to keep going strong in the mission of loving God, and people, and making disciples of Jesus.
In this special message from Dave, he encourages us to look to Christ, to spend time in the Word and in prayer as we eagerly look to the 2 Coming of the Lord Jesus. You can either listen or watch this message by clicking on the video or the audio, or read this message here:
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,
Before I get started with this article, I want to say how thankful I am for each one of you and for your faithful prayers for Servants of Grace. We not only have an excellent team of writers here at Servants of Grace, but we have wonderful readers and listeners, thank you!
It is around 8pm here in California as I begin to write this article, and here soon, I’ll also put this in audio and video forms. I’ve been praying over the past few days about what to say, and honestly, my heart is sad but hopeful. Sadly, many people are dying from this virus all over the world. Christians should never rejoice at seeing people die, whether they are in America, Europe, or Asia. All people are made in the image and likeness of God and need the grace of God to deliver them from divine punishment. Thankfully Jesus has come and delivered such hope and grace in the gospel He bled, died, and rose for, and now empowers His people to proclaim on mission for Him through the Holy Spirit. It is hope in Christ; I intend to focus on this article.
We don’t know the date our time here on earth is over we just don’t. Hebrews 9:27-28 says this, “And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, 28 so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.” For the Christian, judgment is based on what we have done with the inheritance of Christ, we’ve received by faith in Him. This is why the inspired writer of Hebrews in Hebrews 9:28 says, “those who are eagerly waiting for Him” and in 1 Corinthians 3:12-15. 1 Corinthians 3:12-15 says, “12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire.”
For the non-Christian, this will be far worse. Revelation 20:11-15, “11 Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. From his presence earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. 12 And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to what they had done. 13 And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them, and they were judged, each one of them, according to what they had done. 14 Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. 15 And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.”
It’s easy to say as Christians that we believe in the 2nd Coming for the Bible speaks about the 2nd Coming twice as much as it does about the first coming of Jesus. But have you thought about the 2nd Coming of Jesus? I would venture to say yes, but have you thought about it at any depth and any length? Have you given it due consideration as you should? Paul, in 2 Timothy 4:6-8 says, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day,
Join Dave as he continues our 1 Samuel series looking at 1 Samuel 17:55-18:5 as he considers the topic of a covenant of love.
On today's episode, a listener writes in today and asks, “What is so important about thankfulness in the Christian life?"
What you’ll hear in this episode
The New Testament description of the Christian life. The Call to Thankfulness. The nature of true Christian generosity. The Cause of Our Thankfulness. The Characteristics of Christian Thankfulness.
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On today’s Women’s Hope show, Kimberly Cummings and Dr. Shelbi Cullen consider nine myths about biblical discipleship and provide nine helpful remedies to solve these myths from the Word of God. What you’ll hear in this episode
Every moment belongs to God (therefore every moment is holy), and He gives each moment to us as a gift. Make yourself available to the Lord, staying alert to His Spirit as He brings people across your path. Look around you and reach out to newer people in your church—offer friendship and hospitality as a way of building a relationship. Talk with the leadership in your church; make them aware that you’d like to serve by discipling others, and get their input. The importance of older women discipling younger women in the local church.
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On today’s Women Hope show, Kimberly Cummings and Dr. Shelbi Cullen interview Dr. John Street on hermeneutics, ministering the Word of God to people, and what biblical discipleship is and is not and the importance of this ministry to the local church. What you’ll hear in this episode
The importance of hermeneutics in biblical discipleship. What expository soul care is and why it’s important. The importance of understanding hermeneutics and ministering the Word of God to people. Why biblical discipleship is not an autonomous ministry. Why biblical discipleship is not only for professionals or experts. Why biblical discipleship is not an optional ministry. Why biblical discipleship is not separate from discipleship. Why biblical discipleship is not insensitive or uncaring about people. Why biblical discipleship aims to help people become like Christ in the midst of their problems. Why biblical discipleship desires, thinking, and behavior that God desires to change through the Word of God. Why biblical discipleship seeks Christlikeness for the Christian for the glory of God. Why biblical discipleship is nouthetic.
About the Guest Dr. John D. Street is an adjunct professor at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is the Chair of the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling and Professor of Biblical Counseling at The Master’s University & Seminary in California. He is also a Fellow and the President of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC).
His education includes a B.A. from Cedarville University, an M.Div. from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (Summa Cum Laude, Hebrew honors), and a D.Min. from Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He joined the staff of The Master’s University & Seminary in 1999.
Dr. Street is a second-generation pastor, giving more than 40 years to pastoral ministry. He has served as an assistant professor at both Cedarville and Cornerstone Universities and has taught Hebrew classes. He also served as the Acting Director of Admissions at Cedarville University. He was the founding pastor of Clearcreek Chapel in Springboro, Ohio, where there was developed a strong preaching and counseling ministry as well as a training center with a special emphasis in equipping church leaders and pastors.
He frequently travels doing training conferences throughout the United States and in countries of Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chili, Ecuador, Germany, Honduras, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa, Russia, and Switzerland. Dr. Street has published three books, Men Counseling Men (editor, Harvest House), The Biblical Counseling Guide for Women *(Harvest House), and Passions of the Heart: Biblical Counsel for Stubborn Sexual Sins* (Presbyterian & Reformed Academic Publishers). Along with these ministries, he is also an elder at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California where John MacArthur is the teaching pastor and is a shepherd of the Joint Heirs Adult Fellowship group.
Dr. Street is married to Janie, his wife of over 41 years, and they have four children: Krista Breedveld (husband, Sean), Melissa Arnds (husband, Jess), James and John III (wife, Julianne). He is a grandfather of six beautiful grandchildren. He loves spoiling his grandchildren! Subscribing, sharing, and your feedback You can subscribe to Women's Hope Show via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, 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 Women’s Hope on Twitter at @womenshopeshow, Instagram, on Facebook, or via email to share your feedback.
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On today’s Women Hope show, Kimberly Cummings and Dr. Shelbi Cullen conclude their four-part discipleship series titled “Getting to the Heart of Biblical Discipleship,” consider the importance of building relationships grounded in the Word and how to grow in practical godliness in the Christian life.
What you’ll hear in this episode
Why good listening asks perceptive, open-ended questions that don’t tee up yes or no answers but gently peels the onion and probes beneath the surface. How to listen carefully by observing for nonverbal communication. Why listening to the words of others reveals what they believe about God and their desires. Why at justification Christians have been clothed in the righteousness of God, so they also now have the grace to live daily by the righteousness of Christ. The power of the forgiveness of Christ to change lives and a powerful example via this youtube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeESVLQK4hw
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On today’s Women Hope show, Kimberly Cummings and Dr. Shelbi Cullen continue their four-part discipleship series titled “Getting to the Heart of Biblical Discipleship,” considering the place of the Word of God in discipleship and repentance and confession of sin in the life of the Christian.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The danger of psychology and it’s methodologies and biblical discipleship. The depravity of man and biblical discipleship. Repentance, confession of sin, and keeping shorts accounts with the Lord. Why those who are justified will be sanctified. The Bible, sanctification, and biblical discipleship. The character of God, the unchanging nature of the Word of God, and why biblical discipleship uses the Word first and foremost. The importance of praying Scripture and biblical discipleship.
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On today’s Women’s Hope show, Kimberly Cummings and Dr. Shelbi Cullen continue their four-part discipleship series titled “Getting to the Heart of Biblical Discipleship” considering the subject of biblical wisdom and where to turn for help when trials come into our lives.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The Bible warns us about worldly wisdom as it opposes Godly wisdom. Defining psychology and it’s meaning in light of a biblical worldview. Where to turn to for help when trials come into our lives.
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On today’s Women’s Hope show, Kimberly Cummings and Dr. Shelbi Cullen begin a four-part discipleship series titled “Getting to the Heart of Biblical Discipleship” considering the Scripture’s role and the Holy Spirit’s role in growing the people of God in the grace of God.
What you’ll hear in this episode
How biblical discipleship walks alongside other women. How biblical discipleship responds when women think the problems of life are helpless or the issue is with someone else. The Scripture’s role in changing the people of God. The Holy Spirit's role in changing the people of God. The focus of biblical discipleship and the goal of biblical discipleship.
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On today’s Women Hope show, Kimberly Cummings interviews Dr. Shelbi Cullen about her background and ministry as a biblical counselor, her heart for biblical discipleship and her observations about women’s discipleship, and the best advice she has ever gotten from an older woman. What you’ll hear in this episode
Shelbi’s background as a biblical counselor. Shelbi’s ministry at ACBC, Masters University, and Grace Community Church. Shelbi’s heart for biblical discipleship for women. Observations about women’s discipleship, areas of improvement, and how Women’s Hope hopes to address these areas of concern. Shelbi’s favorite Bible study tool and her favorite book of the Bible. The best advice Shelbi has ever gotten from an older woman. What well-known godly woman Shelbi would love to sit down with and talk with about the Christian life.
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On this new theology segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at the dangers of theological liberalism, including the history behind it, and how it affects the Church today, along with the doctrine of biblical inerrancy.
What you’ll hear in this episode
What theological liberalism is. The history surrounding theological liberalism. Liberalism, the Church, and Inerrancy. What higher and lower criticism are and why they matter. The 20th century a time of anxiety, biblical criticism, and evolution.
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On this new segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at what the illumination of Scripture means, why it matters, along with the Holy Spirit's work of illumination in the life of the Christian.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The Bible’s teaching on the illumination of the Bible. The Holy Spirit and the illumination of Scripture. The Holy Spirit’s illumination work in the life of the Christian. Divine illumination and the internal testimony of the Holy Spirit.
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On this new segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at what the clarity of Scripture means, why it matters, along with how the clarity of Scripture should encourage Bible reading, Bible translation work, and the preaching and teaching of the Word of God.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The meaning of the clarity of Scripture. The purpose of the clarity of Scripture. The clarity of Scripture and the Reformation. The clarity of Scripture and the meaning of Scripture. The clarity of Scripture and Bible translation. The clarity of Scripture and Bible reading. The clarity of Scripture and preaching and teaching of the Word of God.
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On this new segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at what the sufficiency of Scripture means, why it matters, along with how the sufficiency of Scripture challenges Christians today.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The meaning of the sufficiency of Scripture. The dangers of denying the sufficiency of Scripture. How the sufficiency of Scripture is under attack in the Church today. A hunger for the Word of God.
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On this new segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at what infallibility and inerrancy mean, why it matters, along with the importance of the authority of Scripture for the Christian life.
What you’ll hear in this episode
The meaning of infallibility. The meaning of inerrancy. Church history and the infallibility of Scripture. The importance of the authority of Scripture for the Christian life.
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On this new segment of the Servants of Grace Podcast, Dave Jenkins looks at what verbal plenary inspiration is, why it matters, and how should lead to greater confidence in the Bible, and daily Bible reading.
What you’ll hear in this episode
What verbal plenary inspiration means. Why verbal plenary inspiration matters. Why a correct view of God will lead us to a correct view of His Word. How verbal plenary inspiration should lead to greater confidence in the Scripture and daily Bible reading.
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Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, one of the greatest preachers and theologians of the 20th century, taught that a high view of God leads to a high view of Jesus. Popular culture flaunts its belief that man, in all of his glory, is the beginning and the end of all things. The Bible does not begin with man, but rather with God and His work of creation. The Bible continues by teaching man about God’s work of redeeming man from his sin. Furthermore, the Bible stands in judgment of men; never do men stand in judgment of the Bible.
How important is a high view of God and Jesus? Since the Bible begins with God and ends with God, then it is vitally important that we have a proper understanding of God Himself, so that we might know who He is and what He is like. Dr. Harold Bergman, professor of law at Harvard University, in his book, The Interaction of Law and Religion, notes that one cannot have workable rules for behavior without religion, because only religion provides an absolute base on which morality and law can be based. In other words, what Dr. Bergman is arguing is that western society is doomed to relativism in law because of the loss of absolute. He explains that when men break away from the idea of an authoritative religion, and even from the concept of God, they break away from the possibility of absolute truth. Their only remaining source is a slippery, unstable, and ever-changing base on which no authoritative system of law or morals can be built. Religionless law can never command law.
When God is abandoned, the truth is abandoned; and when truth is abandoned, the basis for morals and law is abandoned. A consistent, coherent legal system cannot be based upon philosophical humanism, on the principle that right and wrong fluctuate according to man’s ideas and feelings. If there is no religious absolute there can be no basis for real law. People will not respect or long obey laws that are only judicial guesses. An evil, godless society, floating about on a sea of relativism, realizes that it has no foundation, no anchor, and no unmoving point of reference. Law becomes a matter of preference and order a matter of power. A democracy where power is ultimately vested in the people is particularly vulnerable to chaos.
Is there an absolute basis for truth, for the law, for real right and wrong; and if so what is it? Those questions are the essence of what Jesus teaches in Matthew 5:17-20. The absolute, He says, is the law of the eternally sovereign God. God has laid down His absolute, eternal, abiding law and made is known to men. And as God’s own Son, Jesus declared unequivocally that He did not come to teach or practice anything contrary to the law in even the slightest way, but to uphold it entirely.
We continually hear the idea that because times have changed the Bible does not fit our day. The truth is the opposite. The Bible always fits, because the Bible is God’s perfect, eternal, and infallible Word. It is the standard by which true fit is measured. It is the world that does not fit the Bible, and not because the world has changed, but because the Bible has not changed. Outwardly the world has changed a great deal since the biblical days but in its basic structure and orientation, it has always been opposed to God and has never conformed to His Word. The world has never fit Scripture.
The argument is also proposed that Scripture is but a collection of various men’s ideas about God and about right and wrong. One person’s interpretation of the Bible is therefore just as good as another’s, and there is no place for dogmatism. Men have been left free to believe or not to believe, to follow or not to follow, any or all of Scripture as it suits them. Each person becomes his or her own judge over Scripture and the end result is to disregard it altogether.
It is impossible to take Jesus seriously and not take Scripture seriously. It is impossible to believe Jesus spoke absolute truth and not to consider Scripture to ...
Join Dave as he continues the study of the Gospel of John by looking at John 5:39-47 as Dave looks at three reasons we miss the message of the Bible, three ways we find Christ in the Old Testament, five principles to search the Scriptures profitably.