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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley kick off Season 9 talking about what doctrine is and why the doctrine of God matters.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why does the doctrine of God matter?
• What is a doctrine? When we say the “doctrine of ______,” what are we saying?
• How do we come to doctrine? (Bible, history, experience, etc.)
• What role does community play in doctrine?
• What are some of the crucial issues in considering the doctrine of God?

Helpful Definitions:

• Doctrine: A belief, a creed, or a commonly held belief by a group of people.
• Revelation/Apocalypse: Disclosing or a veil being opened.
• Doctrine of God: The basic belief about who God is, what He is like, what He is doing and acting in the world, so that we can appropriately know Him.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Matthew 5:1-12, Romans 9-11, 1 Timothy 1:13, Romans 1:20
• “Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin
• Knowing Faith Season 8
• “The Knowledge of the Holy” by A.W. Tozer

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Season 9 of the Knowing Faith podcast begins on August 25! In this episode, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley give you a preview of what is to come in Season 9 as they cover the doctrine of God!

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• So what are we talking about this season?
• Why is the doctrine of God so crucial?
• What are some topics we might cover?

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• “None Like Him” by Jen Wilkin
• “In His Image” by Jen Wilkin

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer questions submitted from their patron supporters! To learn more and become a patron visit patreon.com/trainingthechurch.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• We’ve heard (and subsequently forgotten) the title of JT’s dissertation. Jen and Kyle, if you had to write a dissertation, what would it be on?
• My new pastor has grown a lot from his UPC roots, but isn’t quite where I’m at in regards to the trinity. I appreciate that He is looking to the Word and growing, but this is still my biggest concern. He says if NT Wright is a trinitarian, then so is he. I don’t have context to interpret that well. He’s also leery of the word “persons” when speaking of the trinity, but does affirm distinction and oneness. He agrees that Father is not Son, etc, but all three are one God. Can you speak a bit about what I am losing if I agree to disagree here? Is there a major loss in saying ‘three beings, one God’ instead?
• Our pastor views keeping a Sabbath as wise and beneficial, but doesn’t believe it’s necessarily a command we have to keep. Is this true?
• For Kyle, would you be willing to talk about your relationship with foster care? I’d love to hear about your theology surrounding foster care, and how your faith informs how you’ve participated in caring for foster children and/or their families.
• What habits have you guys found to be the most beneficial for your spiritual life and family life?
• How do you, in your personal lives find the balance between Christian liberty and holiness, particularly as it pertains to your Christian witness?
• What is Phoebe’s role in the delivery of Romans?
• When you were in elementary school, what would we have found you usually doing during recess....tetherball? Trading baseball cards? Bullying kids for their lunch money?
• Were Adam and Eve indwelt by the Spirit? Did they lose him? And is the Holy Spirit’s indwelling of believers now a restoring of what was broken in the garden?
• Can you speak pastorally and practically about transitioning out of ministry in a small church that’s not in the best of health? Have any of you had any experience with graciously handing over your sheep in a church you have deep concerns about?
• Can y’all talk about alcohol?... And cannabis too. Let’s assume for discussion purposes that it’s legal for both medical and recreational use, at the state and federal levels. Should it be lumped in with how we view alcohol use?
• All of you seem to like reading and read a lot. Is it innate or an acquired skill? Do you have tips to be a better reader? How can I not dislike reading so much?
• How do you have gospel-centered conversations with close people in your life who are not believers?
• Manuscript or outline when giving a message?
• @Kyle Worley, I believe you’ve said plant and animal death is amoral (i.e., plant and animal death could occur before the fall because their life and death doesn’t go against God’s created order and will as human death does). Recently, a family member got upset by my choice to eliminate mice from my home via execution instead of relocation. This brought about the discussion of whether plants and animals have souls. I’m curious to hear y’all’s evidence on morality surrounding plants and animals.
• Jen, if you could talk to your 30 year old self, what advice would you give her specifically related to teaching the Bible?
• What do we mean when we say we’re evangelical? Meaning-evangelical as opposed to what?

Helpful Definitions: 

• Evangelical: From the Greek term euangelion.
  • Bebbington's Quadrilateral:
    1. Belief in the Bible. This is God’s word, it’s authoritative for our life, it’s the story of the world, and we submit ourselves to it.
    2. The cross. The most definitive event in human history, this is where we find our redemption, our reconciliation to God, atonement, justification.
    3. The concept of being born again. The cross and the giving of the Holy Spirit is something that needs to happen. The cross isn’t s concept that is meaningful for you until you have realized I am a sinner in need of redemption, reconciliation, and ultimately regeneration.
    4. Activism. We want to be engaged in our world in biblically meaningful ways to extend God’s cultural mandate or the great commission to the ends of the earth.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• The Family Discipleship Podcast
• “Ten Words to Live By” by Jen Wilkin
• “Cannabis and the Christian” by Todd Miles
• “Food Trucks in Babylon” Podcast
• “Confessions” by Augustine
• “A Non-Anxious Presence” by Mark Sayers

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss complementarianism and why a healthy ecclesiology is important for this conversation. Before you listen to this episode be sure to listen to Knowing Faith Episode #44 – A Generous Complementarianism.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is a pastor?
• Why is there confusion over this office/title?
• How is this title misused?
• Who can be a pastor?
• How does the office of pastor relate to the priesthood of all believers?
• Who is qualified to do what? (Non-qualified men, women, non pastors, etc.)
• How should some of the other ongoing conversations among evangelicals and Southern Baptists shape the way we approach these questions?

Helpful Definitions:

• Pastor: Office an elder, bishop, overseer, pastor. Defined and reserved for qualified men, who are ordained, to function and hold the office in local churches of what it means to be a pastor/elder/shepherd.
  • Episkopos (ἐπίσκοπος)
  • Presbyteros (πρεσβύτερος)
  • Poimenas (ποιμένας)
• Anthropology: The doctrine of humanity.
• Ecclesiology: The doctrine of the church.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Knowing Faith Episode #44 – A Generous Complementarianism
• Ephesians 4:11
• “Saddleback Female Pastors Debate Raises Bigger Questions for the SBC” Christianity Today Article
• Training the Church Cohort

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley celebrate episode 150 of Knowing Faith by answering questions submitted by listeners! 

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How do we reconcile judgment day with the knowledge that when we repent God forgets or casts away our sins?
• Will we see King Saul in heaven?
• Are false stories the same thing as worldviews?
• How can brothers in Christ best supportz sisters in Christ who are pursuing some form of ministry in the US context?
• Is the soul inherently gendered as male and female? If yes or no, what are the implications for complementarianism?
• Do you consider women’s bible study and women’s ministry the same thing?
• Can you help me understand the difference between the ontological and economic Trinity? Why does it matter?
• What are your thoughts on Paul saying to not pay attention to genealogies in 1 Timothy?
• Why is the Father referred to as God the Father but Christ is referred to as the Son of God, not God the Son? Does this language confuse the equality of the Trinity in any way?
• Who is your favorite of the minor prophets and why?
• How do we pray Trinitarianly?
• Does Kenosis deny the deity of Christ?
• I want to develop my own curriculum for our study to use, where should I start?
• Romans 7:4 says we have died to the law in Christ Jesus but in Matthew 5:17 Jesus says he didn’t come to abolish the law but to fulfill it. So if we are in Christ it means that we have died to the law, but also we have fulfilled the law in Christ. How can both be true at the same time? Did we die to the law or did we fulfill the law in Christ?
• I reckon after these tough questions you and your families need a holiday to NZ! What say you all?

Helpful Definitions:

• Anthropomorphic: Ways of talking about God in human terms so we can understand a concept.
• “Narrative is our culture's currency, he who tells the best story wins.” Bobette Buster
• Anthropology: The doctrine of humanity.
• Dichotomy: We are made up of two parts, body and soul.
• Trichotomy: We are made up of three parts, body, soul, and spirit.
• Ontological (Imminent) Trinity: The view that centers on the Trinity in and of Himself, or the internal relations between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit as present (immanent) only to Himself (c.f. Jn 1:1-2,18); this perspective is distinguished from that of the economic Trinity. 
• Economic Trinity: A view of the Trinity focused on God in the history of redemption, or the functional acts (economies) of the Godhead in the creation and salvation of the world; this perspective is distinguished from that of the immanent Trinity.
• How to pray: To the Father through the Son by the Spirit.
• Kenosis: Jesus gives over his divine rights (Philippians 2:7).

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• 1 Timothy 1:4, Amos, Nehemiah, Philippians 2:7, Romans 7:4, Matthew 5:17
• “Jesus & Gender” by Elyse M. Fitzpatrick and Eric Schumacher

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley conclude their journey through Romans by discussing Romans 16.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why shouldn’t a reader zoom through Romans 16?
• Who is Phoebe?
• What do we discover in Paul’s greetings?
• V. 20 brings me back to the early nineties kids camp.
• How would you paraphrase verse 19?
• Can I point out something in VV. 22-24?
• I love the doxologies we find in Paul’s letters, what is a doxology and what purpose does it serve (VV. 25-27)?
• Paul using the language “the obedience of faith.”
• What have you learned this season in Romans?

Helpful Definitions:

• Doxology: Worship, praise, and adoration. A forumlation of something substantive into praise. Not just a concept, a concept articulated for worship. 
• Amen: Let it be so.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Romans 16, Romans 1:5
• “The Life We're Looking For” by Andy Crouch
• Knowing Faith Episode #116 – Murderer Turned Missionary
• Knowing Faith Episode #134 – Romans 9 with Dr. Mike Bird
• Knowing Faith Episode #130 – The Spirit and Our Waiting with Dr. Jarvis Williams
• Leave an Apple Podcast review
• Training the Church Cohort
• The Family Discipleship Podcast

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley give a quick overview of Romans and discuss chapter 15.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Paul has been talking about “the weak.” Who are they?
• Isn’t it interesting how Paul ties the moral life of his audience to the witness of Christ?
• Verses 8-12 feel a bit like a nod back to Romans 9-11, don’t they?
• We get the invocation of Apostolic authority in VV. 14-16.
• VV. 19-21 are interesting from a missiological standpoint, aren’t they?
• RE: VV. 22-29 – Does Paul make it to Rome?
• His appeal in verses 30-33 strikes my heart.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Romans 15, Romans 1-14
• Knowing Faith Romans Episodes
• The Family Discipleship Podcast
• Training the Church Cohort

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss “The Law of Love” in Romans 14:13-23.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How does V. 13 square with Christian liberty?
• Where does this cleanliness language come from?
• V. 17 Paul brings up the kingdom of God.
• Is V. 22 telling me to keep the faith and keep my mouth shut?
• Should we never talk about secondary issues?
• What are good rules for engagement in any discussion?
• Isn’t V. 19 a verse for our moment?

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Romans 14:13-23, Leviticus 11, Acts 10:9-16, Acts 11:1-18, James 1:19
• Knowing Faith Episode 63 - A Blanket Full of Bacon

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on the book of Romans by looking at Romans 14:1-12.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Who is the one “weak in faith?”
• Weak people eat only vegetables - What’s going on here?
• V. 7 - What does this mean?
• I love the certainty of V. 8.
• Paul seems to be coming back to Romans 2 here?
• What does V. 12 mean? I have heard so many bad takes on the idea.
• If Paul were writing to us today, what topic would Paul have in mind?
• How would we deal gently with a weaker brother, how do I live at peace with them?

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Romans 14:1-12, Romans 2

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Jackie Hill Perry to discuss her recently released book, “Holier Than Thou.”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why did you write this book?
• Are holiness and goodness synonyms?
• What were the most helpful resources for you as you wrote the book?
• What does it mean that God is holy?
• If someone was going to look at studying the holiness of God in scripture, where would they start?
• How do people tend to respond to holiness?
• How should we look at the law?
• Does God want us to be holy?
• How has the content of this book shaped the way you teach the bible?
• Your first book was autobiographical and this book was theological. How did it feel to change direction in your writing?
• If you were rewriting the book today, is there anything you would add?
• If you could give one conference message to all Christians in this country: What would be your main point?

Helpful Definitions:

• Transcendence: He is other (by an infinite extent).

Guest Bio:

Jackie Hill Perry is an author, poet, bible teacher and hip-hop artist whose latest album, Crescendo, released in May 2018.  Since becoming a Christian, she has been compelled to use her speaking and teaching gifts  to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can. She is the author of “Gay Girl, Good God,” “Holier Than Thou,” and the bible study “Jude: Contending for the Faith in Today’s Culture.”  and At home she is a wife to Preston and Mommy to Eden, Autumn, Sage, and August.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 1-2, Isaiah 6, Exodus 3, Exodus 20, 2 Samuel 6:1-14, Luke 5:1-11, Hebrews 12:14, John 3:16, Matthew 7:21-23
• “Holier Than Thou” by Jackie Hill Perry
• “The Knowledge of the Holy” by A.W. Tozer
• “The Existence and Attributes of God” by Stephen Charnock
• “The Attributes of God” by A.W. Pink
• Thirty Minutes with The Perrys “Story time with Preston Perry”

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