In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins is joined by Amy Spreeman to discuss biblical truth, worldview, and discernment in a confused age. Together, they examine why the authority and sufficiency of Scripture are essential for Christian faith and practice. Addressing issues such as deconstruction, apostasy, cultural confusion, and doctrinal drift, this conversation calls believers to test everything by the Word of God and to stand firm in the truth. This episode also highlights key themes from Dave's book, The War of the Worldviews, emphasizing that clarity is not optional in a confused age and that Scripture alone provides the foundation for faithful thinking and living. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/ Pick up Dave's new book: https://servantsofgrace.org/product/war-of-worldviews-book/

How can Christians remain spiritually steady in a confused and unstable age? In this episode of Weekly Watch, part of the Contending for the Word podcast, Dave Jenkins explains how believers stay grounded when cultural pressure, theological controversy, and emotional narratives threaten stability in the Christian life. Drawing from Psalm 1, 2 Timothy 3:16–17, Ephesians 4, and Hebrews 12, this episode provides biblical clarity and practical guidance for cultivating discernment without cynicism and faithfulness without fear. In this episode, you'll learn: Why confusion in the church is not new How Scripture forms spiritual stability The difference between discernment and cynicism How to distinguish primary, secondary, and tertiary issues Why the local church is essential for spiritual grounding How believers resist emotionalism by anchoring themselves in God's Word Why endurance and ordinary faithfulness shape mature Christians This episode offers pastoral encouragement for believers who want to live faithfully, think biblically, and remain anchored in Christ during confusing times. 🔗 For more from Contending for the Word: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why redemption is far bigger than forgiveness alone. Redemption is blood-bought rescue, union with Christ, and a transfer from the domain of darkness into the kingdom of God's beloved Son. You'll learn how redemption reorders identity, renews the mind, reshapes affections, transfers allegiance, forms daily discipleship, and anchors hope in Christ's promised consummation. Key texts include 2 Corinthians 5:17, Colossians 1:13, Romans 12:2, and Revelation 21:1–5. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

How does deception spread within the church today? In this Weekly Watch episode, Dave Jenkins explains how worldview drift unfolds through subtle shifts in language, authority, and emotional appeal. Grounded in Scripture, this episode helps believers recognize patterns of cultural pressure while remaining steady in biblical truth and faithful discipleship. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how Genesis 3 reveals the true problem behind human brokenness—sin. Scripture teaches that the disorder we see in culture, relationships, and society flows from a deeper reality: humanity's rebellion against God. In this episode, you'll learn: Why Genesis 3 explains what modern culture cannot What the Fall means for human nature What total depravity really means Why modern culture rejects the doctrine of sin How the Fall preserves both human dignity and accountability Why the gospel only makes sense with an honest diagnosis of sin Understanding the Fall does not lead to despair—it leads to clarity. The same Bible that diagnoses sin also proclaims redemption through Jesus Christ. 🔗 Listen to more episodes: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

Every Easter season, the resurrection of Jesus Christ is reinterpreted, softened, or reduced to metaphor. But beneath these reinterpretations lies a deeper issue—worldview. In this Weekly Watch episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why the literal, bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ is not optional to Christianity, but foundational to the gospel itself. If Christ did not rise, Christianity collapses. But because He has risen, reality itself is defined by God's truth and authority. Now that Easter has passed, this episode steps back to examine what was revealed in how the resurrection was discussed and understood. Drawing from Scripture and engaging contemporary cultural trends, Dave shows why the resurrection must be understood as historical reality, not symbolic language. This episode also addresses how modern theology and culture attempt to redefine the person and work of Jesus—and why the Christian faith rests on the truth of the empty tomb and the testimony of eyewitnesses. Christians are not called to reinterpret the resurrection to fit cultural expectations. We are called to proclaim it faithfully, with clarity, conviction, and hope. 🔗 For more from Contending for the Word: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/

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/

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/

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/

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/