Servants of Grace

When God Gives People Over to Sin (Romans 1:28–32) By Dave Jenkins | Servants of Grace Podcast Series: Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything Scripture: Romans 1:28–32 Romans 1:28–32 shows what happens when God gives people over to a debased mind. Paul brings the sins we grieve in others and the sins we excuse in ourselves before the same holy God. Pride, envy, gossip, and deceit all appear in...

By Dave Jenkins | Anchored in the Word Giving thanks through tears can feel impossible when grief is fresh and you’re still asking the Lord for relief. In 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18, Paul calls believers who knew affliction to rejoice, pray, and give thanks. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how God’s faithfulness gives Christians reason to give thanks even when their cir...

Disordered Desires and the Hope of the Gospel By Dave Jenkins | Servants of Grace Podcast Series: Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything Scripture: Romans 1:26–27 Our desires must be brought under the authority of the God who made us. In Romans 1:26–27, Paul connects dishonorable passions to humanity’s rejection of the Creator. His words expose the disorder sin brings to worship, desire, and t...

Developing a Heart of Gratitude in Christ By Dave Jenkins | Anchored in the Word Christian gratitude reaches beyond comfortable circumstances. It rests on the character of God, the finished work of Jesus Christ, and promises that suffering cannot take away. Listen or Watch Giving Thanks in Every Season In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins examines 1 Thessalonians 5:16–18 and the c...

God Gave Them Up: The Judgment of Idolatry By Dave Jenkins | Servants of Grace Podcast Series: Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything Scripture: Romans 1:24–25 Romans 1:24–25 contains one of Scripture’s most sobering statements: “God gave them up.” When humanity exchanges the truth about God for a lie and worships creation instead of the Creator, God gives sinners over to the rebellion they ha...

Biblical Holiness in a World That Rejects It By Dave Jenkins | Anchored in the Word Biblical holiness flows from the saving grace of God. Christians pursue holiness because they belong to Jesus Christ, who has saved them and is transforming them into His likeness. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins examines 1 Peter 1:13–16 and explains how God’s holy character shapes our conduct...

Exchanging the glory of God lies at the heart of humanity’s rebellion in Romans 1:21–23. Although God has made Himself known through creation, sinners refuse to honor Him or give thanks. Their thinking becomes futile, their hearts are darkened, and they give created things the worship that belongs to the Creator. In this episode of the Servants of Grace podcast, Dave Jenkins continues Romans: The...

Overcoming Evil with Good in Romans 12 Overcoming evil with good begins with trusting the God who judges justly. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins examines Romans 12:19–21 and explains how Christians can respond to wrongdoing without allowing vengeance, bitterness, or hatred to govern their hearts. Paul’s command does not require believers to ignore evil or abandon appropriate...

General Revelation and Accountability: Romans 1:19–20 By Dave Jenkins Series: Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything God has made Himself known through what He has made. In Romans 1:19–20, Paul explains that creation clearly reveals God’s eternal power and divine nature, leaving humanity without excuse before Him. In this episode, Dave Jenkins examines general revelation, our accountability be...

Biblical Conflict Resolution: Responding with Grace and Truth By Dave Jenkins | Anchored in the Word Conflict touches our marriages, families, friendships, churches, and workplaces. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how Christians can respond with truth, humility, patience, and forgiveness. Drawing from Ephesians 4:31–32 and Matthew 18:15, he shows how God’s mercy in C...

The Wrath of God Revealed In Romans 1:18, Paul declares that the wrath of God is revealed against all ungodliness and unrighteousness. In this message from Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything, Dave Jenkins explains God’s holy opposition to sin, humanity’s suppression of truth, and the glory of salvation through Jesus Christ. Listen or Watch The Wrath of God and the Holiness of God God’s wra...

Christian growth is personal, but God never intended it to be private. Listening to sermons, reading Christian books, and studying Scripture are valuable, but believers also need relationships where they are known, encouraged, and lovingly corrected. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins opens Hebrews 10:24–25 to explain why accountability and biblical fellowship matter for Christi...

The Righteous Shall Live by Faith, Romans 1:17 By Dave Jenkins Series: Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything Our standing before God rests on the perfect righteousness of Jesus Christ. In this sermon on Romans 1:17, Dave Jenkins explains how the gospel reveals the righteousness of God, why sinners are justified by faith alone, and how believers continue living by faith in Christ. Listen or Wa...

Pursuing Peace and Unity Without Compromising Truth By Dave Jenkins Christians are called to pursue peace, love one another, and stand firmly on the truth of God’s Word. Ephesians 4 shows how those responsibilities belong together. Our unity is grounded in Christ and the gospel, and we are called to maintain it with humility, patience, and love. Listen or Watch Biblical Unity Is Grounded in Truth...

Not Ashamed of the Gospel, Romans 1:16 The gospel is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes. In this message from Romans 1:16, Dave Jenkins explains why Christians must never be ashamed of Christ and why our confidence in proclaiming the gospel rests in God’s saving power. Listen or Watch Confidence in the Gospel Paul was eager to preach in Rome because he knew the power of the me...

Cling to What Is Good in a Confused World Anchored in the Word with Dave Jenkins Our culture often blurs the distinction between good and evil, but Christians are called to live by the unchanging standard of God’s character and Word. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins examines Romans 12:9 and explains what it means to abhor evil and cling to what is good. He considers the relati...

Romans 1:13–15: Gospel Ambition and Eager Proclamation Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything In Romans 1:13–15, Paul explains his repeated desire to visit the Christians in Rome. His plans had been delayed, but his heart for gospel ministry had not diminished. Paul longed to see spiritual fruit among them, understood himself to be under obligation to proclaim the gospel to all kinds of people...

Recognizing and Resisting Subtle False Teaching False teaching is not always obvious. It can use Christian language, quote Scripture, and speak about Jesus while quietly distorting the truth of God’s Word. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins considers Acts 17:11 and the example of the Bereans. They eagerly received teaching, but they also searched the Scriptures to see whether wh...

Thanksgiving, Prayer, and Mutual Encouragement in Christ Romans 1:8–12 In this episode of the Servants of Grace podcast, Dave Jenkins continues the Romans series by considering Paul’s thanksgiving for the believers in Rome, his continual prayers for them, his desire to strengthen them, and the mutual encouragement found in the body of Christ. Romans 1:8–12 teaches that gospel-shaped ministry is ma...

Training Your Conscience by the Word of God Anchored in the Word with Dave Jenkins How should Christians train their conscience according to the Word of God? The conscience is a gift from God, but it is not the believer’s final authority. Scripture must shape, correct, and inform it. Listen or Watch In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains why Christians must not blindly foll...

Called to Belong to Jesus Christ Scripture: Romans 1:6–7 In Romans 1:6–7, Paul turns directly to the believers in Rome and reminds them of their identity in Christ. They are called to belong to Jesus Christ, loved by God, called to be saints, and recipients of grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Before Paul unfolds the universal guilt of sin, justification by faith, unio...

Renew Your Mind: Resisting Conformity to the World Every day, Christians are being shaped by voices, ideas, and values that compete for their minds. Romans 12:1–2 calls believers, in light of God’s mercy in Christ, not to be conformed to this world but to be transformed by the renewal of their minds. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how the Holy Spirit uses the Word o...

Grace, Apostleship, and the Obedience of Faith | Romans 1:5 Romans 1:5 shows what flows from the risen Christ: grace, calling, gospel mission, the obedience of faith, and the glory of Christ among the nations. In this episode of Romans: The Gospel That Changes Everything, Dave Jenkins explains that Paul received grace and apostleship through Jesus Christ our Lord. Paul’s apostolic office was uniqu...

Renewing Your Mind Through the Word of God Christians are continually being influenced by the messages, values, and ideas surrounding them. Romans 12:1–2 calls believers not to be conformed to the world but to be transformed through the renewing of their minds. In this episode of Anchored in the Word, Dave Jenkins explains how the Word of God reshapes the believer’s thinking, desires, decisions, a...

Romans 1:4: Declared the Son of God in Power In Romans 1:4, Paul declares that Jesus Christ was “declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead.” This verse stands at the heart of the gospel. Jesus did not become the Son of God at His resurrection. He is the eternal Son of God, publicly vindicated as the risen and reigning Lord. In this...