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  • In the Beginning, God: Creation and the Foundation of Reality

    In the Beginning, God: Creation and the Foundation of Reality
    2026/04/07
    Genesis 1:1 is not merely the beginning of the Bible. It is the beginning of clarity. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why creation is not primarily about scientific debates or internet arguments. It is about authority. It is about starting points. It is about who defines reality. If God is the Creator, then truth is revealed, not invented. Morality is rooted in design, not preference. Identity is received, not self-constructed. Authority flows from divine revelation, not human consensus. When creation is rejected as a matter of authority, everything downstream becomes unstable: truth, identity, morality, and even the gospel itself. In this episode, you will learn: • Why Genesis 1:1 establishes ultimate authority • The Creator–creature distinction • Why worldview debates are about starting points • How cultural confusion flows from rejecting creation • Why the gospel depends on a holy Creator Creation is not optional theology. It is structural theology. It holds up the entire biblical narrative. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Worldview Collision: Why Cultural Confusion Is Not Random

    Worldview Collision: Why Cultural Confusion Is Not Random
    2026/04/04
    Cultural instability is not random—it is worldview replacement. In this foundational episode of the Weekly Watch, Dave Jenkins explains how competing visions of reality are clashing beneath today's moral and cultural shifts. Walking through Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Consummation, this message equips believers with biblical categories to think clearly, remain steady, and live faithfully in a confused age. Transformation begins with renewed thinking (Romans 12:2). A biblical worldview does not make us combative; it makes us stable. Listen to more episodes of Contending for the Word: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/ Pick up Dave's new book, The War of Worldviews: https://servantsofgrace.org/product/war-of-worldviews-book/
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    11 分
  • Stand Firm in Christ When the Church Feels Shaken (Hebrews 12)

    Stand Firm in Christ When the Church Feels Shaken (Hebrews 12)
    2026/03/31
    In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins concludes the March series, Clarity in a Confused Age: How the Church Drifts and How Christians Stay Anchored, with a biblical call to stability from Hebrews 12. When trusted leaders fall, doctrine softens, and confusion spreads in parts of the visible church, believers can feel unsettled and weary. Scripture offers a better response than panic or resignation by directing God's people to what cannot be shaken. This episode shows why seasons of instability are not new in church history and how Christians can remain anchored in Christ, grounded in Scripture, committed to the local church, and steady in ordinary obedience. You'll be encouraged to fix your eyes on Christ, trust the sufficiency of God's Word, and practice faithful, grace-shaped discernment without becoming cynical or harsh. Key themes include biblical stability, spiritual endurance, discernment with gentleness, and abiding in Christ in uncertain times. Hebrews 12 reminds us: what cannot be shaken will remain—and Christ is not shaken. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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    48 分
  • Staying Watchful Without Becoming Reactionary

    Staying Watchful Without Becoming Reactionary
    2026/03/28
    In a culture driven by outrage, controversy, and constant reaction, how can Christians remain watchful without becoming reactionary? In this Weekly Watch episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how believers can remain spiritually watchful without becoming emotionally reactive. In an age shaped by rapid responses and constant noise, Christians are called to biblical discernment rooted in Scripture and steadiness in Christ. This episode draws together the themes from the Clarity in a Confused Age series and highlights the difference between reaction and discernment, urgency and stability, and panic versus faithful watchfulness. Scripture calls believers to vigilance governed by truth, not volatility driven by emotion. Listeners will be encouraged to pursue spiritual maturity through the Word of God, the local church, and the ordinary means of grace, growing in biblical discernment with peace, courage, and clarity. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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    11 分
  • How to Discern False Teachers Without Becoming Cynical

    How to Discern False Teachers Without Becoming Cynical
    2026/03/24
    In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how Christians can practice biblical discernment without becoming cynical, suspicious, or hardened in heart. After experiencing doctrinal drift or being misled by unbiblical teaching, many believers swing between gullibility and distrust. Scripture calls us to a better path—discernment shaped by the Word of God, grounded in love, and practiced with humility and steadiness. In this episode, Dave addresses the difference between discernment and suspicion, how to recognize warning signs of false teaching, how to test doctrine biblically, and how to guard your heart from cynicism while contending for the truth. Biblical discernment is not harshness—it is Christ-centered clarity joined with love for His church. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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    51 分
  • Why Softening Sin Weakens the Gospel

    Why Softening Sin Weakens the Gospel
    2026/03/21
    In this Weekly Watch episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why the softening and reframing of sin in today's church weakens gospel clarity and undermines assurance. This episode is discipleship-focused and pastoral in tone—not controversy-driven. It helps believers understand how biblical categories for sin, repentance, grace, and forgiveness protect joy, strengthen assurance, and guard the message of the gospel. You'll learn why sin is rarely denied outright but often softened through subtle language shifts, why repentance is mercy—not cruelty—and why biblical clarity is an act of love and spiritual protection. Key Scriptures include Romans 8:1, Ephesians 1, and 1 Thessalonians 5:21. This episode is part of the Weekly Watch series, helping Christians stay discerning, anchored in Scripture, and grounded in the gospel. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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    12 分
  • How the Church Drifts: When Sin Is Redefined

    How the Church Drifts: When Sin Is Redefined
    2026/03/17
    In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins continues the March series, Clarity in a Confused Age: How the Church Drifts and How Christians Stay Anchored, by addressing a critical issue facing the modern church: the redefinition of sin. Rather than denying sin outright, many churches soften biblical language, replace moral categories with therapeutic terms, and blur the meaning of repentance and holiness. But when sin becomes unclear, grace becomes unclear, repentance is minimized, and assurance is weakened. Dave explains how doctrinal and moral drift often develops gradually through cultural, institutional, and emotional pressures, why "almost right" teaching is often more dangerous than obvious error, and how this confusion affects ordinary believers in the pew. Most importantly, this episode shows how Christians can remain anchored through the clarity, authority, and sufficiency of God's Word. This episode calls believers to thoughtful discernment, humble faithfulness, and confidence in Christ as the unchanging anchor for His people in a confused age. For more episodes of Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word/
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    50 分
  • Results and Faithfulness: Recovering Obedience in an Age of Influence

    Results and Faithfulness: Recovering Obedience in an Age of Influence
    2026/03/14
    In this Weekly Watch episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins examines the subtle shift that occurs when visible results become the primary measure of success in the church. What are movements quietly training Christians to trust—visible results or faithfulness to Christ? In this episode you'll hear: • Why Scripture measures faithfulness differently than cultural influence • The difference between influence and biblical discipleship • Why Christ's promise—not visible success—anchors the church Through biblical contrasts such as results versus faithfulness, influence versus discipleship, and speed versus obedience, this episode calls Christians back to steady confidence in Christ's promise to build His church. Movements rise and fall. Influence expands and contracts. But obedience endures. Christ has not called His church to dominance, but to faithfulness—anchored in His Word and committed to making disciples. For more episodes of Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/ Topics covered: biblical faithfulness, results vs faithfulness, influence vs discipleship, dominion theology, Seven Mountain Mandate, church and culture, Great Commission discipleship
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    9 分