Contending for the Word Q&A

In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains what happens when truth is rejected. Looking at Romans 1:21–22, Dave shows how rejecting God's truth leads to futile thinking, darkened hearts, moral confusion, and bondage. Yet the gospel offers true freedom through Christ, who said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins addresses the relationship between feelings and truth. In a culture that often says to "follow your heart" and "live your truth," Scripture gives Christians a better foundation. Jeremiah 17:9 warns that the heart is deceitful above all things and desperately sick. While the Bible acknowledges emotions such as joy, sorrow, fear, anger, and grief, it also teaches that our feelings must be brought under the authority of God's Word. This episode helps Christians understand why emotions matter, why they cannot serve as ultimate authority, and how God's truth brings clarity, stability, and wisdom. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Every day, our minds are being shaped by something. Culture, media, education, entertainment, conversations, and personal experience all press upon the way we think. Romans 12:2 calls believers not to be conformed to this world, but to be transformed by the renewing of the mind. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains why God's Word must shape how Christians think, believe, respond to culture, and pursue faithfulness to Christ. If Scripture is not shaping our thinking, something else will. This episode highlights the importance of daily time in God's Word, intentional discernment, testing ideas by Scripture, and asking the Lord to renew our thinking by His truth. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

In this weekend reflection from Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins reflects on Psalm 119:160 and the enduring truth of God's Word. In a world filled with confusion about identity, morality, and truth, Christians are called to be anchored in Scripture. God has not left His people to drift with cultural trends or shifting opinions. He has spoken finally, fully, and sufficiently in His Word. This episode encourages believers to consider what is shaping their thinking and to build their lives faithfully on the truth of God's Word. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins addresses the cultural claim that truth is relative. Many today say that everyone has their own truth, but Scripture teaches that truth is not created by us. Truth is grounded in God's unchanging character and revealed in His Word. From John 17:17, this episode explains why relativism collapses under its own claims, why God's Word provides a firm foundation for truth, and how Christians can speak truth with clarity, humility, and confidence in a confused age. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Doreen Virtue explains what the New Age means by being "awakened" or "waking up" and why this idea is a counterfeit of biblical salvation. New Age awakening points people toward oneness, non-duality, and the lie that humanity is divine. Scripture exposes this deception and points sinners to repentance, faith, and salvation in Jesus Christ alone. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Every person has a worldview, whether they recognize it or not. Our beliefs, decisions, opinions, and assumptions all flow from how we understand reality. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains why Christians must examine their worldview in light of Scripture. Proverbs 3:5-6 teaches that we are either trusting in the Lord or leaning on our own understanding. A worldview shaped by feelings, culture, or personal opinion will eventually lead to confusion, but a worldview grounded in God's Word provides clarity, stability, and truth. This episode helps listeners understand why every person has a worldview and why believers must ask God to shape their minds according to His truth. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Every person sees the world through a lens. That lens shapes how we understand reality, truth, morality, identity, purpose, and the meaning of life. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins begins a month focused on worldview and culture by explaining what a biblical worldview is and why it matters for the Christian life. A biblical worldview means seeing all of life through the truth of God's Word. It is rooted in the Bible's story of creation, fall, redemption, and restoration, and it shapes how Christians think, live, and respond to the culture around them. Dave also looks at Colossians 2:8 and Romans 12:2, showing why Christians must guard their minds from empty philosophies and be renewed by the truth of Scripture. In this episode, you'll learn why every person has a worldview, what makes a biblical worldview distinct, why ideas matter, how Scripture explains reality, how Christians can grow in biblical thinking, and why worldview shapes how we live in the world. Pick up Dave Jenkins' book, The War of the Worldviews, from the Servants of Grace shop or on Amazon. Subscribe for more biblical teaching from Contending for the Word Q&A: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

In this end-of-month reflection from Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins reflects on a month of episodes focused on identity, sexuality, repentance, truth, love, and faithful Christian living in a confused culture. John 1:14 teaches that Jesus Christ is full of grace and truth. Christians are not called to choose between the two. Truth without grace can become cold and detached, while grace without truth becomes vague and disconnected from what God has said. In Christ, grace and truth are perfectly united. This episode calls believers to follow Christ, trust His Word, and reflect His character with conviction, compassion, faithfulness, and grace. Listen or watch more Contending for the Word Q&A episodes: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Many moral conversations today involve questions about sexuality, identity, relationships, and personal conduct. But underneath every moral question is a deeper issue: who has the authority to define what is true and good? In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains why Christians must submit to the authority of Scripture in moral questions. From 2 Timothy 3:16–17, we see that all Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and training in righteousness. When culture and Scripture disagree, believers are called to trust the unchanging Word of God, speak with conviction and humility, and rest in the goodness of God's truth. Contending for the Word Q&A: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/