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The Apostle Paul stands before King Agrippa and Governor Festus, shifting his legal defense from personal innocence to the central truth of Christ's death and resurrection. While Festus dismisses the message as madness due to its incompatibility with pagan worldview, Paul asserts that the gospel is rational sober truth. He challenges Agrippa directly regarding belief in the prophets, highlighting the king's evasive response to the call for faith. The sermon emphasizes that the Christian message demands a personal response rather than mere intellectual curiosity or spectatorship. Ultimately, it calls believers to faithfully proclaim this life-giving truth and urgently invite others to believe.

This sermon explores the aftermath of dramatic spiritual experiences, emphasizing that true victory lies in ordinary faithfulness rather than continued excitement. Drawing from 1 Samuel 7:13-17, it highlights how God restrains enemies without removing them entirely, restores lost spiritual ground, and grants unexpected peace to those who walk faithfully. The text contrasts fleeting emotional highs with the enduring power of consistent service and private devotion, illustrated by Samuel's annual circuit and his return to his altar. It warns against professionalizing ministry or neglecting personal communion with God while pursuing public work. Ultimately, the message calls believers to recover neglected areas of their lives, value seasons of quiet peace, and maintain a deep, private relationship with Christ amidst daily responsibilities.

What are the attributes of God? Dave Jenkins explains that God's attributes are the perfections of His character revealed in Scripture. This episode considers God's holiness, love, justice, mercy, sovereignty, wisdom, faithfulness, and unchanging nature, showing why knowing God rightly leads believers to trust and worship Him. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

The Morning Devotional Season 11 | Edition 79 September 2, 2026 Psalm 120 This devotional explores Psalm 120, a Song of Ascents that contrasts the pursuit of peace with the reality of spiritual warfare. The speaker highlights how the psalmist cries out to God in distress from deceitful tongues and hostile environments, finding deliverance through divine intervention. The message connects this ancient text to the ministry of Jesus Christ, who endured similar scorn while offering reconciliation to a world at enmity with God. Believers are encouraged to trust in Jehovah's response during their own trials, recognizing that attacks on Christians are ultimately directed at Christ Himself. The sermon concludes by affirming God's sovereignty and calling believers to pray for enemies rather than seeking personal vengeance.

Theology is not distant from everyday Christian life. What believers think about God shapes how they understand truth, sin, salvation, suffering, worship, prayer, and obedience. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains why every Christian needs sound theology rooted in the Word of God. Through Titus 1:1 and Romans 12:2, listeners are encouraged to pursue the knowledge of the truth that accords with godliness, resist confusion and doctrinal drift, and grow in worshipful obedience to Christ. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, visit https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

This devotional centers on the essential prerequisites for a transformative encounter with God, drawn from Exodus 34:1–9, emphasizing preparation, intentional timing, and personal devotion. It highlights the importance of morning prayer as a sacred, anticipatory practice that aligns the heart with divine presence, illustrated through Moses' deliberate ascent to meet God. The passage underscores the necessity of solitude, readiness to receive divine revelation, and the act of writing down God's words, reflecting a posture of humility and responsiveness. As Moses' face shone after communion with God, the sermon illustrates how intimate fellowship with the Lord produces a visible transformation, inspiring others to serve and give freely from the heart. The message culminates in a call to trust God's provision, exemplified by a church that abandoned the traditional offering plate in favor of voluntary, prayerful giving, demonstrating that true generosity flows from spiritual intimacy rather than obligation. Ultimately, the sermon affirms that consistent, personal encounters with God equip believers to live with purpose, share grace freely, and bear witness to divine glory in everyday life.

Put up a nicely done graphic against Calvinism and started there, walking through its common objections and providing the same responses we have provided for decades now. Then we looked at Leighton Flowers attempting to turn John 6 into a Provisionist Pretzel (applauded by Jenna Ellis) while ignoring the reality of what happened to him in the debate a few years ago. Enjoy!

Suffering is real, but it is not ultimate. In this episode, Dave Jenkins reflects on the Christian's secure hope in the midst of trials, anxiety, spiritual warfare, and hardship. Through Lamentations 3:22–23 and Romans 8:18, listeners are reminded that God is faithful in every season, Christ is victorious, and the hope of believers rests in Him alone. For more from Contending for the Word Q&A, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-qa/

Insurance customarily existed for the unexpected emergencies that might arise in life. It was not intended to reward bad stewardship or become a substitute for biblical obligations. Have insurance policies replaced God-ordained responsibilities? Chalcedon podcast with host Andrea Schwartz and co host Dr Charles Roberts

My Response To Mikal Smith's Latest Message. 18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.