Contending for the Word

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  Justification by Faith Alone 20.10.2026 36min

  God declares sinners righteous by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains the biblical doctrine of justification, the righteousness of Christ counted to believers, and the distinction between justification and sanctification. Working through Romans, Galatians, Ephesians, and James, Dave shows why good works are the fruit of saving faith and never the basis of our acceptance before God. Learn how sola fide protects the gospel, strengthens Christian assurance, and encourages a life of grateful obedience. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Reformation Truth for Today: Truth, Worship, and Authority 17.10.2026 9min

  Dave Jenkins examines three enduring Reformation themes: objective truth, biblical worship, and the authority of Scripture. From John 17:17, John 4:24, and 2 Timothy 3:16–17, he explains why the church must receive truth from God, worship according to His Word, and submit to biblical correction. Christians are called to speak truth in love and demonstrate submission to Scripture through faithful obedience. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Sola Scriptura and Its Modern Counterfeits 13.10.2026 59min

  Dave Jenkins explains why sola Scriptura remains essential for the church today. Examining religious authority, claims of new revelation, personal experience, and cultural pressure, he shows why every competing voice must be tested by God's Word. This episode also considers pastoral accountability, the differences between revelation and illumination, and faithful Christian decision making. Scripture alone is the only infallible and final authority for Christian faith and life. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Three Trends Undermining Biblical Authority 10.10.2026 14min

  Dave Jenkins examines three trends undermining biblical authority: claims of private revelation, experience becoming the interpreter of Scripture, and cultural pressure reshaping biblical teaching. Drawing from 2 Timothy 3:16–17 and other passages, he explains how sola Scriptura helps Christians test spiritual claims and remain faithful to God's Word. This Weekly Watch episode encourages careful discernment rooted in knowing Christ, growing in sound doctrine, and remaining committed to the local church. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Sola Scriptura, the Passion Translation, and Biblical Authority 06.10.2026 1h 16min

  Scripture alone is the final infallible authority for Christian faith and life. Dave Jenkins explains the Reformation's doctrine of sola Scriptura and examines the Passion Translation as a case study in biblical authority. Through five biblical passages, Dave explores the difference between faithful translation and interpretive expansion. He also addresses claims of modern revelation, the sufficiency of Scripture, and practical ways pastors and Christians can test teaching, choose trustworthy translations, and graciously help others grow in discernment. The episode closes with encouragement to trust God's unchanging Word through suffering and remain anchored in the gospel of Jesus Christ. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Why the Reformation Still Matters Today 03.10.2026 15min

  The Reformation's central concerns remain vital for the church today. In this episode of The Weekly Watch, Dave Jenkins examines biblical authority, the sufficiency of Scripture, and justification by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone. Learn how competing authorities and spiritual experiences can contribute to doctrinal drift, why every teaching must be tested by God's Word, and how Christians can guard the gospel and stand with courage. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Living Faithfully in a Post-Truth World 29.09.2026 52min

  Christians can stand firm in God's truth without surrendering compassion or losing hope. Dave Jenkins concludes the September series by exploring our identity in Christ, biblical courage, speaking the truth in love, and guarding against cynicism. Discover how abiding in Christ strengthens believers for daily faithfulness through Scripture, prayer, local church fellowship, and ordinary obedience. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Biblical Discernment in a Digital World 26.09.2026 12min

  Online popularity does not prove biblical faithfulness. In this Weekly Watch episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how to evaluate online teachers, test spiritual claims by Scripture, and resist the pull of personality and controversy. Learn why biblical discernment requires knowing God's Word, following Christ, and growing under the care of a faithful local church. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  The Seven Mountain Mandate and the Battle for Education 22.09.2026 59min

  Seven Mountain Mandate teachers argue that Christians must reclaim schools, universities, and educational institutions to advance God's kingdom. Although education profoundly shapes people and cultures, Scripture never defines institutional conquest as the church's mission. Dave Jenkins examines the educational mountain through Deuteronomy 6, Proverbs, Matthew 28, Acts 2, Ephesians 4, and 2 Timothy 3. He explains how God shapes the next generation through faithful parents, biblical wisdom, sound churches, gospel proclamation, and ordinary discipleship. Christians should serve faithfully in education, but influence is not dominion, vocation is not ecclesiology, and institutional control cannot regenerate the human heart. Christ commissioned His church to make disciples, not conquer cultural mountains. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Truth Beneath the Headlines: A Biblical Worldview for a Confused Culture 19.09.2026 16min

  Cultural controversies change constantly, but the worldview beneath them remains the same: humanity's rejection of God's authority to define reality. In this Weekly Watch episode, Dave Jenkins explains how Romans 1 equips Christians to recognize the lies beneath modern debates about identity, sexuality, human dignity, freedom, technology, justice, and truth. Christians are called to resist compromise and cruelty, renew their minds through God's Word, speak truth in love, and rest in the reign of Christ. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Renewed Minds in a Post-Truth Culture 15.09.2026 52min

  In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains Romans 12:1–2 and the biblical necessity of a renewed mind. In a culture filled with competing voices, false teaching, emotionalism, and worldly philosophies, believers are called not to be conformed to this age but to be transformed by the renewing of their minds through God's Word. Dave considers the relationship between doctrine and godliness, the role of the local church in spiritual maturity, and the sufficiency of Scripture to guard Christians from deception and conform them to Christ. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  When Experience Becomes Authority 12.09.2026 16min

  Dave Jenkins examines the danger of allowing feelings, private impressions, mystical encounters, or emotional intensity to function as spiritual authority. Christians are called to test every claim by the sufficient and final authority of God's Word. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Truth vs. Experience: Scripture Must Be Our Final Authority 08.09.2026 39min

  In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why personal experience, feelings, impressions, and claims of private revelation must never rival the authority of Scripture. Christians are called to test every experience by God's sufficient, clear, and unchanging Word, resting their confidence in Christ and His promises rather than fluctuating emotions. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Four Trends Shaping a Post-Truth Culture 05.09.2026 16min

  In this Weekly Watch episode, Dave Jenkins examines four trends shaping a post-truth culture: personal experience as authority, technology as a source of salvation, spirituality without biblical truth, and biblical vocabulary detached from biblical meaning. Christians are called neither to fear nor obsession, but to watchfulness rooted in the sufficient Word of God. This episode equips believers to test every claim, discern the worldview beneath cultural trends, and remain firmly anchored in Jesus Christ. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Postmodernism and the Crisis of Truth 01.09.2026 29min

  In this episode of Contending for the Word, Dave Jenkins begins the Truth in a Post-Truth Culture series by examining postmodernism and its rejection of objective truth. As culture increasingly treats truth as personal, subjective, and shaped by experience, Christians must be anchored in what God has revealed. Scripture teaches that truth is grounded in the unchanging character of God, revealed in His Word, and ultimately found in Jesus Christ. This episode explains why postmodernism matters, how it has influenced the church, what is at stake for the gospel and sound doctrine, and how believers can stand with humility, conviction, and love upon the sufficient Word of God. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Deception, Discernment, and the Truth of God’s Word 29.08.2026 13min

  In this August series wrap-up, Dave Jenkins examines the common thread behind counterfeit spirituality, prophetic culture, prosperity theology, emotionalism, and other deceptive movements: a shift away from the authority and sufficiency of God's Word. Christians do not need new revelations, spiritual trends, or captivating personalities. In Christ, believers have everything necessary for life and godliness. This episode calls listeners to test every teaching by Scripture, grow in biblical literacy, and stand firm in the truth as the church ministers in a post-truth culture. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Prosperity, Power, and the Illusion of Kingdom Wealth 25.08.2026 44min

  Does God promise the church a supernatural wealth transfer or economic dominion over society? In this episode, Dave Jenkins examines the Business Mountain of the Seven Mountain Mandate, including marketplace apostles, prosperity theology, Word of Faith teaching, and claims that Christians must finance the kingdom through marketplace influence. Scripture calls Christians to faithful work, wise stewardship, generosity, contentment, and trust in God's providence. The mission of the church is not marketplace conquest, but the proclamation of Christ and the making of disciples. For more from Contending for the Word, visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Discernment in an Emotion-Driven Age 22.08.2026 7min

  Our culture tells us to trust our hearts, follow our feelings, and live our truth. Scripture gives Christians a better foundation. God created emotions as gifts, but emotions were never intended to function as our authority. In this episode of the Weekly Watch, Dave Jenkins explains why feelings are real but not always reliable, why spiritual experiences must be tested by Scripture, and how Christians can submit their emotions to the unchanging truth of God's Word. Feelings change, but Jesus Christ and His Word remain unchanged. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  The New Apostolic Reformation, Modern Prophets, and Counterfeit Revival 18.08.2026 36min

  The New Apostolic Reformation promotes modern apostles, continuing prophetic revelation, dominion theology, strategic-level spiritual warfare, and revival movements centered on extraordinary experiences. These teachings raise a foundational issue for every Christian: who possesses authority in the church? In this episode, Dave Jenkins examines the central teachings of the New Apostolic Reformation and contrasts modern apostolic and prophetic claims with the sufficient and authoritative Word of God. He also explains how genuine revival is marked by repentance, holiness, love for Christ, obedience, and renewed commitment to biblical truth. The church does not need celebrity apostles, new revelation, or counterfeit revival. It needs Christ, faithful preaching, sound doctrine, biblical local churches, and confidence in the Word God has already given. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/
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  Half-Truths Are Dangerous: Biblical Discernment in a Confused Age 15.08.2026 18min

  Most false teaching does not begin with an outright rejection of biblical truth. It begins with distortion: a verse removed from context, one doctrine emphasized at the expense of another, or biblical language subtly redefined. In this episode of the Weekly Watch, Dave Jenkins explains why half-truths can be more dangerous than obvious lies and why biblical discernment is essential for every Christian. Beginning with Genesis 3, Dave examines how the serpent distorted God's Word and character by mixing truth with error. He then considers common modern half-truths, the danger of confirmation bias, the importance of biblical context, and Paul's commitment to proclaiming the whole counsel of God. Christians do not need to become experts in every false teaching. They need to know Christ and His Word. The deeper believers grow in Scripture, sound doctrine, and biblical theology, the better equipped they become to recognize truth that has been twisted or taken out of balance. Learn to test teaching according to Scripture, recognize biblical language being used in unbiblical ways, and remain grounded in the whole counsel of God. For more from Contending for the Word, please visit: https://servantsofgrace.org/contending-for-the-word-podcast/