On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "Does God help those who help themselves?" What you'll hear in this episode • The Origin and History of the Term God helps those who help themselves. • Why God Helps the Helpless. • The Problem with God Helps Those Who Help Themselves. • Christ the Hope of Sinners and Saints. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "If God knew that Adam and Eve would sin, then why did He create them?" What you'll hear in this episode • How Biblical History Can be Divided. • Why The Lord Was Not Surprised by the Fall. • The Wrath and Mercy of God Display the Glory of God. • The Glory of God Is Revealed in the Love of God. • The Ultimate Demonstration of the Love of God. • Foreknowledge, Foreordination, and the Freedom of Man. • Adam and Romans 5:12-21. • Creation and the Trinity. • Creation Demonstrates the Rightful Rule of God. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "What are the pastoral epistles?" What you'll hear in this episode • The Purpose of the Pastoral Epistles. • Issues Raised in Each Pastoral Epistle. • Why We Need the Pastoral Epistles Today. • The Pastoral Epistles and Redemptive History. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "Are unclean spirits demons?" What you'll hear in this episode • Evil Spirits in the Bible. • The Lord Jesus and Evil Spirits. • Why Evil Spirits at not neutral. • Why Christians should Test the Spirits with the Word of God. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "How can those who struggle with anxiety find joy in the Lord?" What you'll hear in this episode • Philippians 4, anxiety, contentment, and sufficiency in Christ. • The ministry of the Holy Spirit towards the Christian. • Biblical examples of those who have struggled with anxiety and depression. • Walking alongside anxiety and depression strugglers. • Why Christ is the hope and only confidence for the Christian. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "How can I know if I am one of the elect?" What you'll hear in this episode • Our standing in relationship to God. • The nature of true perseverance in the Christian Life. • Christians are wedded to Christ. • Perseverance involves intense Christian watchfulness and discipleship. • Perseverance increases assurance. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "Can Satan Be Everywhere at One Time?" What you'll hear in this episode • The Lord knows what we will say before we say it, even while the thought is formulating in our brains. • Jesus, God-Incarnate, exhibited the divine quality of knowing men's thoughts • All Power Belongs to the Lord. • The Biblical Imagery of Satan. • Satan Should Not Be Underestimated or Overestimated. • The Apostle Peter and Underestimating Satan. • Worship the Lord Alone. • The people of God can trust the Lord and take Him at His Word, for He is altogether holy, majestic, and glorious and alone worthy of our worship. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "Did Jesus' Desire to Give God the Cup Diminish His Love on the Cross?" What you'll hear in this episode • The Meaning of the Cup of Suffering. • Why Jesus' prayer to "remove this cup from me" (Luke 22:42) contains two essential qualifications. • Obedience to God through Christ. • Contrasting Adam and the Lord Jesus. • The Struggle of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. • The Full Humanity of Jesus in His Suffering. • Jesus and the Suffering of Christians Today. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "Why Are There So Many Christian Interpretations?" What you'll hear in this episode • The purpose of the illumination of the Holy Spirit in interpreting Scripture rightly. • 2 Timothy 2:15 and proper biblical interpretation. • Why interpreting biblical interpretation through tradition is wrong. • The purpose of the analogy of faith and biblical interpretation. • The purpose of sensus literalis and biblical interpretation. • The purpose of literal interpretation and the clarity of Scripture. • What it looks like to interpret Scripture literally. • Why proper biblical hermeneutics requires biblical interpretation. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!

On today's episode, a listener writes in and asks Dave, "What does it mean to pursue the will of God as a student?" What you'll hear in this episode • Decision making for the Christian is to be done through a biblical worldview and for the glory of God. • The difference between the hidden will of God and the revealed will of God. • What the will of God is exactly and why it matters. • Advice on making decisions through a biblical worldview. Thanks for listening to this week's episode of Servants of Grace theology segment!