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#181 – Salvation: Sanctification
Knowing Faith
03/30/23 • 26 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are back in the doctrine of salvation and have a conversation about sanctification.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What is sanctification?
- How is it different from justification and glorification?
- How does sanctification address legalism and license?
- How does our context affect how we speak about sanctification?
- How are we sanctified?
- Why is sanctification good news and how does sanctification give us hope?
Helpful Definitions:
- Sanctification: The working out of our salvation. Set free from the power of sin.
- Justification: Saved from the penalty of sin.
- Glorification: Set free from the presence of sin.
- Alien Righteousness: A righteousness outside of ourselves.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- 1 Corinthians 11:1, Hebrews 10:14, Romans 6, Galatians 2-3
- “Grounded in Heaven” by Michael Allen
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Too Many Trumpets? (Revelation 8-9)
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11/14/24 • 45 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what the imagery, symbols, and numbers found in Revelation 8-9 mean and how this passage can encourage us.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Where are we in the book of Revelation when we come into the seven trumpets?
- How are numbers being used?
- What do we see and hear in this passage?
- Is there symmetry between the Fourth Trumpet and Fourth Seal?
- What should we not miss before we get to the fifth angel?
- What is significant about the eagle?
- Who is the “star that had fallen from heaven? (9:1)
- What is this judgment?
- How does this echo the story of Exodus?
- How does this passage encourage us?
- How am I supposed to interpret cataclysmic events in the world as it relates to these judgments?
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Revelation 8-9, Exodus 7:14-11:10, Revelation 21-22, Jeremiah 23:15, Genesis 15, Luke 10:18
- “Revelation: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom” Jen Wilkin
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10/06/20 • 7 min
Kyle is joined by Dr. Walter Strickland to discuss the doctrine of Imago Dei.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Why is the doctrine of the Imago Dei crucial for our current moment?
- Does image bearing squash all differences and distinctions? How it is the proper frame for our uniqueness as individuals?
Helpful Definitions:
- Imago Dei: The Image of God.
Guest Bio:
Walter R. Strickland II is associate vice president for kingdom diversity initiatives and assistant professor of systematic and contextual theology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. He is an author, editor, and contributor of several books including Every waking Hour, Baptists and the Christian Tradition, For God so Loved the World, and Plain Theology for Plain People.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Genesis 11:1-9, Genesis 1:26, Genesis 2:15
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#31 – There’s No Such Thing as 2 Samuel
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02/14/19 • 35 min
This season, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley will be talking a lot about 2 Samuel. This episode is an introduction to the book—why we’re talking about it, what it’s about and why we should care.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Why are we talking about 2 Samuel?
- What is 2 Samuel?
- What are some of the megathemes of 2 Samuel?
- Who are the major characters?
- What is the main question in 2 Samuel?
- What is the role of God in the book of 2 Samuel?
- Why shouldn’t I skip 2 Samuel in my bible reading plan?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- 2 Samuel 7, Romans 1:1-3, Genesis 1-15, Exodus, Daniel
- 1 Samuel The Village Church
- 2 Samuel The Village Church
- City Alight
- Knowing Faith Episode #22 - Blood, Names and Numbers
- Knowing Faith Episode #24 - Don’t Even Look at It with Kelsey Hency
- Knowing Faith Episode #26 - Talking David and Chopping Heads with Elizabeth Woodson
- “Even Better Than Eden” Nancy Guthrie Forum
- “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr
- “Reformed Dogmatics” by Herman Bavinck
- “Them” by Ben Sasse
- “The Vanishing American Adult” by Ben Sasse
- “Shoe Dog” by Phil Knight
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07/05/18 • 27 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley talk with Dr. Michael Kruger about how the Bible, as we know it, came to be and how we know we can trust it.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Can we trust our Bibles?
- How did we get our Bibles, what was the process?
- Where is the original Bible?
- What is self-authentication?
- What is the biggest misconception about the canon?
- There are brackets in my Bible around Mark 16:9-20. Can you explain that? Should we read and teach this passage as if it is authoritative?
- If archaeologists were to dig up a copy of Paul’s letter to Laodicea (Col 4:16) should it be included in the NT canon?
- If a member of your congregation approached you in distress, having watched the latest History Channel documentary or attended a class on the New Testament from the local State University. What would you say to them? Where would you begin?
Helpful Definitions:
- Canon: Standard or rule
Guest Bio:
Michael Kruger is president and professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at Reformed Theological Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dr. Kruger received his B.S. from The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, his M.Div from Westminster Theological Seminary in California and his Ph.D at the University of Edinburgh. Dr. Kruger has served in leadership capacities for the Evangelical Theological Society and has been a visiting scholar at both St. Edmund’s College and the Tyndale House at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several books including The Canon Revisited and The Question of Canon. In addition to his many academic accomplishments, Dr. Kruger serves as a Pastor in the Presbyterian Church in America and is married to Melissa - who is a popular author and women’s minister.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- “Canon Revisited” by Michael Kruger
- “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin
- Cannon Fodder
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Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books
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#165 – Holy & Loving
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11/17/22 • 43 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Holy & Loving.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- Who is God?
- What’s an incommunicable attribute?
- What’s a communicable attribute?
- What does it mean to say God is holy?
- Is holiness a communicable attribute?
- How does holiness relate to the concepts of justice and righteousness?
- What does it mean to say God is love?
- How is God’s love different from what we often think of when we hear the word love?
- Is love a communicable attribute? How does that shape the way we love others?
Helpful Definitions:
- Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of which is fully God, yet there is One God.
- Incommunicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that are only true of God and are not true of anyone else.
- Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us.
- Holy: Utter purity of character.
- Sanctification: The Spirit is our Helper as we grow in holiness through obedience to God’s commands.
- Just: To be holy in dealings with other people.
- Righteous: Someone is holy; in alignment with the character of God.
- Loving: A static disposition of the will towards His people.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Isaiah 6, Exodus 15:11, 1 Samuel 2:2, Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2, 20:26, Matthew 5:48, 1 Peter 1:16, Hebrews 12:14, 1 Thessalonians 4:3 & 7
- Training the Church Cohort
- Texas Bible
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#138 – Romans and the Mission of God
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03/03/22 • 37 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Romans 10:14-21 and the mission of God.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What has Paul been saying so far in this passage?
- Is Paul justifying the gentile ministry (V. 13-14)?
- Do people need to hear the gospel to be saved?
- Why is it important that we use reigning language with the gospel?
- What framework is Paul relying upon?
- Are those who believe sent out as proclaimers of what they hear?
- Where is the emphasis on the method of proclamation; go and tell or come and see?
- What is our primary emphasis today, deeds without words or words without deeds?
- How did this play out in Israel’s history?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Romans 10:14-21, Isaiah 52:6-9, John 13:35, John 20:22, Isaiah 65, Romans 4, Genesis 12-17, Matthew 10:5-8, Romans 10, Matthew 5:13-16
- “On the Incarnation” by Saint Athanasius
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#217 — A Church History Reading Guide
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02/22/24 • 48 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley take a break in their journey through Exodus to spotlight some major questions, discussions, and works in church history.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What is the value of reading across church history?
- What is the relationship between the testimony of scripture and the testimony of the church’s historic witness (i.e. tradition)?
- Who are some of the widely agreed upon significant names/thinkers to be familiar with throughout the history of the church?
Helpful Definitions:
- Tradition 0: No creed but the Bible or Solo Scriptura: Scripture alone.
- Tradition 1 (One-Source): The Bible alone is authoritative but we need tradition to come alongside to help us become better readers or Sola scriptura: By Scripture alone.
- Tradition 2 (Two Sources): Tradition is as authoritative as scripture.
- Filioque Clause: What does it mean for the Father and Son to send the Holy Spirit.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
- Apostles Creed Series
- “Against Heresies” by Irenaeus
- “On the Incarnation” by Saint Athanasius
- “The Democratization of American Christianity” by Nathan Hatch
- “The Book of Pastoral Rule” by Pope Gregory
- “Cur Deus Homo: Why God Became Man” by Anselm
- “Summa Theologica” by Thomas Aquinas
- “A Summa of the Summa” by Peter Kreeft
- “The Bondage of the Will” by Martin Luther
- “Commentary on Galatians” by Martin Luther
- “Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin
- The Heidelberg Catechism
- The Belgic Confession of Faith
- Westminster Confession of Faith
- The Westminster Shorter Catechism
- The Westminster Larger Catechism
- The First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1646)
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
- “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
- “Communion with God” by John Owen
- “Church Dogmatics” Carl Bart
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Introducing Season 8
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01/27/22 • 26 min
Introducing Season 8
Season 8 of the Knowing Faith podcast begins on February 3! In this episode, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley give you a preview of what is to come in Season 8 as they cover the book of Romans.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What is Romans? Who wrote it? When? Why?
- Why are we studying it?
- Who is the audience of this letter?
- What did we uncover in Romans 1-8? (Major themes, concepts, outline, overview)
- What are the kinds of things we will discuss in Romans 9-16?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Knowing Faith Romans Episodes
- Romans Resources
- Family Discipleship Podcast: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
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#21 – This is Knowing Faith: Season 2
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09/12/18 • 42 min
On the first episode of season two, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley talk about their summers, a few updates and what to expect on this season of Knowing Faith.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
- What is the Knowing Faith podcast?
- What did we talk about last season? What was the most memorable episode or moment?
- What are we covering this season?
- Why did you feel strongly about doing a bible study on 1st and 2nd Samuel?
- As we head into the Training Program’s 4th year, what are the biggest surprises after three years of doing theological education in the local church?
- What are you reading/did you read over the summer?
Resources Mentioned in This Episode:
- Mosaic Church
- “What is a Disciple?” JT English Sermon
- Knowing Faith Episode #4 - Are Catholics and Protestants One Big Family with Dr. Gregg Allison
- Knowing Faith Episode #12 - The Story of the Holy Spirit with Tim Mackie
- Knowing Faith Episode #7 - The Best Sermon Ever with Dr. Pennington
- Knowing Faith Episode #3 - Is God Three or One?
- Knowing Faith Episode #10 - Brothers & Sisters: Can We Do Theology Together?
- “Paul an Apostles Journey” by Douglas Campbell
- “The Great Omission” by Dallas Willard
- “Gospel of the Kingdom” by George Eldon Ladd
- “Some Pastors and Teachers” by Sinclair B. Ferguson
- “The Vanishing American Adult” by Ben Sasse
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patreon.com/knowingfaithOn the first episode of season two, the crew talks about their summers, a few updates and what to expect on this season of Knowing Faith.
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Knowing Faith currently has 368 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Christianity, Doctrine, Theology, Discipleship, Genesis, Religion & Spirituality, God, Bible Study, Podcasts, Religion, Jesus, Church, Bible and Christian.
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The average episode length on Knowing Faith is 33 minutes.
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The first episode of Knowing Faith was released on Aug 24, 2017.
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