Knowing Faith

Kyle Worley, JT English, Jen Wilkin

The Christian faith is not mindless or irrational. Knowing Faith is a podcast exploring how our faith is founded upon Scripture. We believe the Bible is for everyone and are committed to helping the Church understand where their faith is rooted. Hosted by Jen Wilkin, JT English and Kyle Worley, this podcast dives into Christian story, belief, and practice in a way that is accessible to everyone.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Knowing Faith episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Knowing Faith for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Knowing Faith episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

#31 – There’s No Such Thing as 2 Samuel

Knowing Faith

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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#19 – Can You Trust Your Bible with Dr. Michael Kruger

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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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Show Notes:

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Canon Revisited: Establishing the Origins and Authority of the New Testament Books

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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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Merry Christmas: A Q&A Story

Knowing Faith

01/02/25 • 52 min

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer listener questions to wrap up season 13!

Questions Covered in This Episode:

How did you start writing for an audience?
Who is the deep discipleship program built for? Should all leaders and volunteers at a church participate in this program?
What is the “extra Calvinisticum”?
Are you a dispensationalist? Why or why not?
Did God reject his people? (Romans 11)
How do you respond when people argue that focusing on studying the Bible and theology produces Pharisees?
My church dissolved its women's ministry in 2020. Do you have any advice on how to start a women's bible study without disrespecting the church's leaders?
What do you appreciate about each other?
If not just in memorial, what do the sacraments do?
What is the role of the warning passages in Hebrews?
Could you sum up free will from a reformed perspective?
How have you made the podcast work for so long?

Helpful Definitions:

Extra Calvinisticum: Teaches that in the Son’s incarnation the divine Logos is fully united to, but never fully contained within, the human nature. (Definition from TGC, Kevin DeYoung)
Dispensationalism: One way to think through the structure of Scripture has a variety of modes. A history with a theology.
Covenantal: One way to think through the structure of Scripture. A theology with a history.
Premillennialism: Belief in some sort of 1,000-year rule and reign and in some way that Christians are taken up into God's presence prior to the millennium.
Amillennialism: The millennium is figurative, we are currently living in the millennium period.
Views of the Lord's Supper:
- Transubstantiation (Catholicism): Conversion of elements.
- Consubstantiation (Lutheranism): Divine and human elements coexist.
- Memorial (Anabaptist): Elements are symbolic.
- Spiritual Presence (Reformed): Christ is spiritually present.
Libertarian Free Will: There is nothing outside of you that will constrain your ability to choose A or B. You are at liberty to do all that you would like to do whenever you’d like to do it.
Theological Determinism: You and all that you do is going to be determined by God or some gods.
Theological Compatibilism: You are able to act in accordance with your desires.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Romans 9-11, Isaiah 40:28-31, Hebrews 6

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#69 – P, B, in J

Knowing Faith

02/20/20 • 44 min

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion of Acts, beginning a journey with Paul and Barnabas as they head to Jerusalem.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Why are we studying Acts and what did we find in the first 13 chapters?
Who are Paul and Barnabas?
How’d they link up? Is this a John Lennon/Paul McCartney kind of collaboration?
They encounter resistance to their message, don’t they?
What were they doing?
Why keep telling the same story over and over again?
In Acts 14:8-18, we get a fascinating encounter, where they are mistaken for gods...
Was Paul a pastor?
In Acts 15, we encounter a resistant voice to what is happening in the gentiles: What’s the best reading of the Jewish concern here?
Peter has a moment here, doesn’t he?
At the end of Acts 15, Paul and Barnabas break up?!?

Helpful Definitions:

Presbyteros: Greek term for elder.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Acts 13-15, Acts 9, Galatians
Knowing Faith Acts Episodes
“Pastor Paul” by Scot McKnight

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On episode 68, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue talking about the Apostles' Creed. They talk about what "sin" and "forgiveness" mean.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

Why are we looking at the creed? What is the creed? When is the creed? Why does it matter for us?
Today turning our attention to: “the forgiveness of sins.” Is it significant that this line is here?
What is sin? Is there a difference between sin and sins?
What is original sin? Total depravity?
How has sin impacted me, us, the world?
What is forgiveness?
How can I be forgiven? How am I forgiven?

The Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father Almighty,

creator of heaven and earth,

I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,

who was conceived by the Holy Spirit

and born of the virgin Mary.

He suffered under Pontius Pilate,

was crucified, died, and was buried;

He descended to hell.

The third day He rose again from the dead.

He ascended to heaven

and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.

From there He will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,

the holy catholic church,

the communion of saints,

the forgiveness of sins,

the resurrection of the body,

and the life everlasting. Amen.

Helpful Definitions:

Sin: “Sin is lawlessness in relation to God as lawgiver, rebellion in relation to God as rightful ruler, missing the mark in relation to God as our designer, guilt in relation to God as judge, and unclean in relation to God as the holy one. Sin is perversity touching each one of us everywhere and at every point of our lives.” J.I. Packer
Original Sin: The state of all people at birth that consists of impending consequence for guilt and disordered desires that infect every aspect of human nature so that no one is able to reorient one’s self from this inward curve.
Federal Headship: Represented by one person; either by Adam or by Christ.
Total Depravity: By nature, we have disordered loves: we do not love that which we ought to love. Attempting to change the telos, or end goal of humanity from the Kingdom of God to the Kingdom of Man.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Genesis 1, 3, Isaiah 6, Leviticus 16, Romans 9-11, 1 John 2:1, 2 Corinthians 5:21

Thinking Theologically with Tara Leigh Cobble

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05/15/25 • 37 min

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Tara-Leigh Cobble to discuss the importance of biblical and theological literacy.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

What is The Bible Recap podcast and why did you start it?
Where do people start to get bogged down in Chronological Bible reading?
What have we discovered when it comes to pushing Christians towards depth?
What is the relationship between biblical and theological literacy?
What are the most common ways that theological thinking gets compromised?
How do you respond to someone who says that Christians don’t need more time in the Bible they need more time making an impact?

Guest Bio:

Tara-Leigh Cobble is the creator and host of “The Bible Recap” daily podcast, which guides listeners through a chronological 1-year bible reading plan. She created and leads D Groups International - which has grown into a network of over 300 weekly global bible studies. She also writes and hosts a daily radio show called “The God Shot” and regularly leads trips to Israel to study the Bible on-site. She is the author of the Bible Recap and the bible study He’s Where the Joy Is.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

The Bible Recap Podcast
“He's Where the Joy Is” by Tara-Leigh Cobble
Deep Discipleship Program

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#103 – Abraham, Hagar and the Child

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03/04/21 • 39 min

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue with the story of Abraham by taking a look at Genesis 16-17.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

So after God cuts covenant with Abraham, Abraham immediately starts behaving righteously right?
Who is Hagar? Where has she come from?
Are Abraham’s and Sarah’s actions wrong here?
What are we to make from the angel's interaction with Hagar?
Why can’t Ishmael be the promised child?
What is the covenant promise?
What is the significance of circumcision? Why this symbol?

Helpful Definitions:

Christophany: An appearance of the Son of God before the incarnation.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Genesis 16-17, Genesis 12, Genesis 15:6, Galatians 3, Genesis 3:15,

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#12 – The Story of the Holy Spirit with Tim Mackie

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03/22/18 • 32 min

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Tim Mackie, co-creator of The Bible Project, to discuss the Holy Spirit, some common misconceptions and what it means that God lives in us.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

If you were going to tell the story of the Holy Spirit throughout Scripture, how would you do that?
What are some of the most common misunderstandings regarding the person or work of the Spirit in the Old Testament?
What is the role of the Holy Spirit in the ministry of Jesus?
What changes about the work of the Spirit in the book of Acts?
How should the church understand the ongoing work of the Spirit today?

Helpful Definitions:

Rûaħ: Hebrew word for Spirit. 1. Impersonal invisible energy. 2. A personal being's invisible presence or energy. 3. God’s personal presence.

Guest Bio:

Tim Mackie is a pastor, professor, and one of the creative minds behind the Bible Project: a non-profit studio that creates animated short films that explore the grand narrative and theological themes of all the biblical books.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Genesis 1:1-2, Psalm 33, Job 27:3, Genesis 37-50, Exodus 25-31, 35-40, Numbers 11, Acts 2, Ezekiel 1, John 20:19-23, Galatians 5:22-26, Romans 8, Psalm 1, John 14:26, John 15:26
The Bible Project
Blue Letter Bible

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Show Notes:

The Bible Project

Knowing Faith #3 – Is God Three or One?

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#10 – Brothers & Sisters: Can We Do Theology Together?

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02/16/18 • 31 min

In light of recent discussions, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about the benefits of doing theology together as brothers and sisters in Christ. They give a

brief lay of the land on where evangelicalism is at in the conversation of women in the church, what grounds they believe that it is faithful to scripture for women to help teach and train pastors/elders, and how they have seen it played out in their own context.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

Genesis 2, Romans 16, Acts 18, Matthew 28:16-20
“The First Epistle to the Corinthians, Revised Edition” By Gordon Fee
“The Gift of Being Yourself” by David Benner
“Liturgy of the Ordinary” by Tish Warren
TVC The Role of Women Short
TVC The Role of Women Long

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Show Notes:

The Role of Women at The Village Church

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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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Knowing Faith

Kyle Worley, JT English, Jen Wilkin

Top 10 Knowing Faith Episodes

#31 – There’s No Such Thing as 2 Samuel

#19 – Can You Trust Your Bible with Dr. Michael Kruger

Show Notes:

Introducing Season 8

Introducing Season 8

Merry Christmas: A Q&A Story

#69 – P, B, in J

Thinking Theologically with Tara Leigh Cobble

#103 – Abraham, Hagar and the Child

#12 – The Story of the Holy Spirit with Tim Mackie

Show Notes:

#10 – Brothers & Sisters: Can We Do Theology Together?

Show Notes:

#21 – This is Knowing Faith: Season 2

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