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Contending for the Word Q&A
Contending for the Word Q&A is a biblical theology and discernment podcast from Servants of Grace, where we answer your questions from the truth of God’s Word. Each short episode provides clear, Scripture-rooted answers to help Christians grow in discernment, understand essential doctrines, and apply biblical truth to everyday life. Whether the topic involves theology, Christian living, church life, or cultural issues, every response is grounded in the sufficiency and authority of Scripture…
Episodes
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Christ Preserves His Church in Every Generation
The church endures because its Savior is faithful. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins reflects on Isaiah 40:8 and Matthew 16:18 to…
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Learning from Church History Without Romanticizing the Past
Christians can treasure church history without treating any generation as a perfect Christian age. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins…
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Church History and the Final Authority of Scripture
Christians should learn from the church's history while remaining governed by God's Word. Dave Jenkins explains the final authority of Scripture, the meaning…
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Old Errors, Unchanging Truth
Church history helps Christians recognize recurring errors, appreciate sound doctrine, and learn from faithful believers who have gone before them. In this…
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Church History Strengthens Biblical Discernment
Church history helps Christians recognize recurring errors, learn from faithful believers, and trust Christ's faithfulness to His church. Dave Jenkins explains…
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Learning from Church History to Stand Firm Today
Church history helps Christians gain perspective, recognize recurring theological errors, and persevere in biblical faithfulness. In this episode of Contending…
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Practicing Discernment with Humility and Courage
Biblical discernment calls Christians to stand firmly on God's Word with humility, courage, and love. Drawing from Philippians 1:9–10 and Ephesians 4:15, Dave…
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Testing Revival Claims by God’s Word
Christians must evaluate claims of revival by Scripture. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains why crowds, emotions, and miracle claims cannot establish that…
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Biblical Revival and the Need for Discernment
Genuine revival is a sovereign work of God that produces repentance, devotion to Christ, and obedience to His Word. Dave Jenkins examines lessons from revival…
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Why Creeds Still Matter Today
Historic creeds continue to serve the church by summarizing biblical truth, strengthening unity, helping believers recognize false teaching, and passing sound…
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The Purpose of Creeds and Confessions
Creeds and confessions serve the church by summarizing biblical doctrine, guarding against false teaching, and promoting unity in the truth. Their authority is…
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God’s Truth Is Worth Defending
Christians are called to contend for the faith with conviction, humility, and love. Drawing from Jude 3 and Ephesians 6:10–18, Dave Jenkins explains why God's…
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Why False Teaching Keeps Returning
Why does false teaching resurface in every generation? Dave Jenkins examines Satan's opposition to God's truth, the sinful heart's susceptibility to deception…
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Lessons from Historical Heresies
False teaching has challenged the church from its earliest days, and many old errors continue to appear in new forms. Dave Jenkins explains how studying…
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When the Church Compromises Biblical Truth
Compromise often begins with small departures from God's Word. Dave Jenkins explains how softened doctrine weakens the church's witness, confuses believers…
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Learning from the Saints Who Went Before Us
Dave Jenkins reflects on four lessons Christians can learn from faithful believers throughout church history: commitment to Scripture, perseverance through…
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Responding to New Age Teaching in the Church
Doreen Virtue discusses how Christians should respond when churches introduce New Age teaching or practices. She addresses manifestation, mystical practices…
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J. C. Ryle: Lessons for Christians Today
Dave Jenkins explores four lessons Christians can learn from J. C. Ryle: biblical clarity, practical holiness, doctrinal faithfulness, and genuine spiritual…
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Church History and Recognizing False Teaching Today
Samuel Farag explains how studying church history helps Christians recognize false teaching today. Examining Gnosticism, Arianism, Pelagianism, Montanism, and…
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Lessons from Charles Spurgeon for Christians Today
Dave Jenkins explores four lessons Christians can learn from Charles Spurgeon: confidence in the authority and sufficiency of Scripture, devotion to Christ and…
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Lessons from John Calvin for Christians Today
Dave Jenkins explores four lessons Christians can learn from John Calvin: commitment to Scripture's authority, the importance of sound doctrine, theology that…
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Recovering the Gospel in Every Generation
The gospel never changes, but every generation must guard against teachings that distort it. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins…
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Reformation Truth for the Church Today
The Protestant Reformation reminds the church of Scripture's authority and sufficiency and the truth that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in…
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The Danger of Syncretism Even When It Uses Jesus’ Name
Doreen Virtue explains why blending unbiblical beliefs and practices with Christianity is dangerous, even when Jesus' name is attached. Drawing from her…
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Martin Luther and the Biblical Gospel
Martin Luther helped recover the biblical doctrine of justification by faith alone in Christ alone and called the church back to the authority of Scripture. In…
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The Protestant Reformation and the Recovery of the Gospel
The Protestant Reformation called the church back to the authority of Scripture and justification by faith alone in Christ alone. Dave Jenkins explains why…
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Learning from Faithful Christians in Church History
Church history reminds us that God has sustained His people through persecution, false teaching, and difficult seasons. In this episode of Contending for the…
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Counterfeit Experiences and the True Gospel
Doreen Virtue explains how Satan uses counterfeit spiritual experiences and false teaching to draw people away from the true gospel. She addresses the New Age…
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Why the Early Creeds Matter
The early creeds helped the church clarify biblical truth, defend against false teaching, and preserve sound doctrine. In this episode of Contending for the…
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Church History Matters for Christians
Church history gives Christians perspective on God's work through the centuries. Dave Jenkins explains how believers can learn from faithful Christians…
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Sound Doctrine Shapes the Christian Life
Sound doctrine is for every Christian. Dave Jenkins explains how biblical truth shapes godly living, strengthens discernment, deepens worship, and helps…
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God’s Faithfulness from Salvation to Glory
The God who begins the work of salvation will bring it to completion. Dave Jenkins reflects on God's faithfulness in saving, sustaining, sanctifying, and…
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Persevering to the End by God’s Grace
Believers endure because God faithfully preserves His people. Dave Jenkins explains biblical perseverance from Philippians 1:6 and Hebrews 12:1–2, showing how…
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Living Today in Light of Eternity
Eternity shapes how Christians live today. Dave Jenkins explains how Colossians 3:1–4 and 2 Corinthians 4:16–18 direct believers toward lasting priorities…
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Christian Hope Is Grounded in God’s Promises
Christian hope rests on the unchanging promises of God. Dave Jenkins explains how Christ's resurrection and promised return give believers confidence for…
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Life After Death and the Christian’s Hope
Death does not have the final word. Jesus Christ does. Dave Jenkins explains what Scripture teaches about death, judgment, and the believer's hope. Learn why…
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Glorification and the Completion of Salvation
The Christian life includes temptation, weakness, suffering, and an ongoing battle with sin. Yet these struggles will not have the final word. Dave Jenkins…
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Growing in the Grace and Knowledge of Jesus Christ
Spiritual growth is not about becoming impressive or achieving immediate perfection. It is the lifelong work of God as He transforms believers into the…
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The Daily Practice of Repentance
Repentance is not merely something that happens when a person first becomes a Christian. It is an ongoing part of the Christian life. In this episode, Dave…
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The Christian’s Ongoing Battle with Sin
Christians have been forgiven and transformed through faith in Jesus Christ, but they have not yet been perfected. Temptation, weakness, and remaining sin…
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The Holy Spirit’s Work in Sanctification
Sanctification is not simply trying harder or modifying outward behavior. It is the supernatural work of God through the Holy Spirit. In this episode, Dave…
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Genuine Repentance After Occult Involvement
Doreen Virtue explains the biblical marks of genuine repentance for someone who has come out of occult involvement. This episode contrasts worldly sorrow with…
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Sanctification: God’s Ongoing Work of Making Us Like Christ
When God saves a sinner, He immediately forgives, justifies, and reconciles that person to Himself. Yet the Christian life also includes the lifelong work of…
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Saved by Grace Alone: God’s Work From Beginning to End
Salvation is God's work from beginning to end. Dave Jenkins explains the biblical teaching of grace alone and calls believers to rest in Christ with humility…
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Justification by Faith: Declared Righteous Through Christ
Justification is one of the most important doctrines of the Christian faith. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains that justification is God's legal…
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Regeneration: God Gives New Life
What is regeneration? Scripture teaches that salvation involves more than forgiveness of sins. Because sinners are spiritually dead, God must give them…
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Substitutionary Atonement: Christ in the Place of Sinners
What is substitutionary atonement? Dave Jenkins explains that Jesus Christ did not merely die as an example, but as the righteous substitute for sinners. At…
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The Cross of Christ: Substitution, Justice, and Redemption
What happened at the cross of Jesus Christ? Dave Jenkins explains that Christ's death was not merely an example of love or a tragic death, but the…
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Salvation by Grace Through Faith in Christ
Dave Jenkins explains the biblical doctrine of salvation: God's gracious work of rescuing sinners from sin and judgment through Jesus Christ alone. This…
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Christ Alone at the Center of the Christian Faith
What does it mean to keep Christ at the center? Dave Jenkins explains why Christianity is not centered on morality, religion, human effort, or theology as mere…
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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ and the Hope of the Gospel
Why does the resurrection of Jesus Christ matter theologically? In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins explains how Christ's resurrection…
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Testing Spiritual Experiences by Scripture
How can Christians distinguish a spiritual experience from the leading of the Holy Spirit? Doreen Virtue explains why every experience, feeling, and spiritual…
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Jesus Christ: Fully God, Fully Man, Savior of Sinners
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God who became truly man without ceasing to be truly God. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave Jenkins…
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Why the Trinity Matters for the Christian Life
The doctrine of the Trinity is central to the Christian faith. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains how the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit reveal the true God…
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The Trinity: One God in Three Persons
The Trinity is not a secondary doctrine or mere theological language. The Bible teaches that there is one true God who eternally exists as Father, Son, and…
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Knowing God Changes Everything
Knowing God rightly is not merely an intellectual exercise. In this episode, Dave Jenkins explains how the knowledge of God transforms the believer's mind…
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God’s Sovereignty: Trusting God’s Perfect Rule
What does it mean that God is sovereign? Dave Jenkins explains that God reigns perfectly over creation, nations, history, and every detail of life according to…
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Keep Your Eyes on Christ Through Scripture
In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Doreen Virtue explains why Christians must remain rooted in the sufficient Word of God. Scripture equips…
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The Attributes of God
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…
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Why Theology Matters for Everyday Christians
Theology is not distant from everyday Christian life. What believers think about God shapes how they understand truth, sin, salvation, suffering, worship…