Knowing Faith

This episode Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Tish Harrison Warren. 

“We shout truths about God in the light so we can stand on them in the dark.” Kyle Worley

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Prayer in the Night - What made you want to write this book?
• Is it possible to find God in a dark world?
• Could God be good given that the world is dark?
• How can we pray when we feel doubt that the world around us can ever be made whole again?

Helpful Definitions:

• False Stories: All of us are living in the midst of a narrative that informs us on what the good life is. By default all of us are living in false stories and need to be invited to participate in the true story - the Christian story.
• Consumerism: The story that tells you that you are what you have. Worth is based upon the value and quality of what belongs to me. The good life is having great things.

Guest Bio:

Tish is a priest in the Anglican Church in North America and is the author of Liturgy of the Ordinary and the forthcoming book Prayer in the Night. She is a monthly columnist for Christianity Today and you can find her articles in the New York Times, Religious News Service, Comment Magazine, and many other places.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 3, Psalm 23
• “Prayer in the Night” by Tish Harrison Warren
• The Nicene Creed
• Compline

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley sit down and go over all things Tower of Babel.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Recap Genesis 1-10.
• Is the earth united? Is this the post-flood nirvana period?
• Is building a tower bad?
• “The Lord came down…” Is this emphatic?
• Is God being cruel here to squash their unified action?
• Let’s connect it to the New Testament.
• Will there ever be a time where the people are united again?

Helpful Definitions:

• שָׁם (Hebrew): Shem, name, and there.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 11, Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 10:6-11, Genesis 4:26, Genesis 6-9, Acts 2, Revelation 17, Revelation 18:2, Psalm 90

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Katie McCoy to ask the question: If God created men and women to live as complements to one another, why do we find so much division and brokenness and confusion between men and women?

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• If God created men and women to live as complements to one another, why do we find so much division and brokenness and confusion between men and women?
• How might Greek philosophy have impacted the way we think about these things?
• Has there ever been a time when it has been more confusion to address questions of manhood or womanhood?
• How did Aristotle subvert the Hebrew world view in our own thinking about our faith? Why have we lost this heritage?
• Walk us through the most difficult Old testament law for women to read and help us see how our own presuppositions cause us to fear it and how we should resolve it? 
• How would you respond to someone who told you - “Listen, why are you even trying to make this work...the OT is a misogynistic document that subjugates women to male control.”

Guest Bio:

Dr. Katie McCoy, serves as an assistant professor of theology in Women’s Studies at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. from Southwestern in Systematic Theology where she wrote on OT laws about women’s personhood and what they can show us about human dignity. You can find her online @blondeorthodoxy and blondeorthodoxy.com.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• “The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self” by Carl R. Trueman
• Numbers 5:11-31

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are back to discuss the flood, but for real this time.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is Genesis 6:9 contrasting?
• What is important about the description of building the boat?
• How is water used throughout the bible? Where does this theme echo?
• How long were they on the ark?
• Are we to draw a connection between the dove from the ark, the Spirit over the face of the waters, and the baptism of Jesus?
• What is the covenant with Noah?
• What is the symbol of the covenant?
• What happens next?
• What has Noah done here?
• What is significant about this part of the story?

Helpful Definitions:

• Chiasm: Is a literary technique that has bookend statements that work their way inward.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 6-10, Genesis 1, Exodus 2:3-10, Joshua 3, Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 14:22-33, Psalm 29, Revelation 3:7, Romans 6:23, Matthew 24:37-39, Revelation 21-22, Luke 10:1-16, Acts 1:8
• Knowing Faith Episode #91 – The Flood
• “Stamped from the Beginning” by Ibram X. Kendi
• Knowing Faith After the Fact: Wordplay at Babel? with Dr. Tracy McKenzie

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley take a deep dive into Genesis 6.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Let’s start with an overview of what we have covered so far: Genesis 1-5.
• So, things are bad, but how bad are they really when we jump into Genesis 6?
• Who are the sons of God (Genesis 6:4)?
• Genesis 6:6 - “The Lord regretted.” What does that mean?
• What is the narrative flow of this passage?
• Is this the only Ancient Near Eastern story that mentions the flood?
• Let’s talk about dinosaurs.

Helpful Definitions:

• Impassibility: God does not feel emotions.
• Immutable: God is always the same.
• Transcendent: He is other (by an infinite extent).

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 6, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Jude 1:6, 1 Samuel 15:10-11, 1 Samuel 15:29

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Kyle is joined by Dr. Keith Whitfield to discuss how the three persons of the Godhead were involved in creation.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How are the three persons of the Godhead involved in creation?
• In Genesis is the role of the son sort of mysterious or is there more clarity than it seems?

Guest Bio:

Dr. Keith Whitfield is the Associate Professor of Theology and Provost at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is the author and editor of numerous books including Trinitarian Theology and Islam and North America.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 1:1, John 1:3, Colossians 1, Hebrews 1, Genesis 1:2, Job 33:4, Matthew 3:13-17

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley wrap up their conversation on the fall in this part two of two episodes. We hope you enjoy it!

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Continued: Who committed the first sin?
• What is the impact of sin on the world? What’s the immediate aftermath in Genesis 3?
• Is there any blame shifting happening here?
• What are some of the consequences (or curses?) detailed as a result of mankind’s action?
• Why is understanding Genesis 3 crucial for making sense of the rest of the storyline?
• What is exile?

Helpful Definitions:

• Exile: The experience of pain and suffering that results from the knowledge that there is a home where one belongs, yet for the present one is unable to return there.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 3
• Knowing Faith Episode #89 – The Fall Part 1

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley dive back into Genesis 1-11 with a focus on  the fall in this part one of two episodes. They start with an overview of what happens in Genesis 3, and then talk about what’s really happening in the passage regarding rebellion, rule, reign, and the created order being inverted.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Let’s start with an overview of what happens in Genesis 3.
• Who is the serpent and how has he arrived here?
• So, what’s really happening in this passage?
• What is the allure of being like God?
• Why is sin traced through Adam if Eve is the one who eats from the tree?
• Who committed the first sin?

Helpful Definitions:

• Dwelling: God’s presence with humanity in the world that He created. The story of the Bible is “God with us.”
• Dominion: God’s creation of the world and his command to humanity to extend his glory to all of creation. Dominion relates to the place (Eden/Earth/Kingdom) and the task (Cultural mandate/discipleship) of God’s people.
• Dynasty: The crowning achievement of God’s creation is a people that will reign and rule with God as His vice-regents, or representatives on earth.
• Federal Headship: Represented by one person; either by Adam or by Christ.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 3, Romans 5:12-21, 1 Timothy 2:14

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Kyle is joined by Dr. Benjamin Quinn to discuss how Augustine might've read the first chapters of Genesis.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• If Augustine was to read the first 11 chapters of Genesis what might be some of the distinctives of the hermeneutics of his approach?
• If Augustine is arguing against Manichaeism, what was the main thing that he was trying to course correct?

Helpful Definitions:

• The Double Love: Love for God and love for neighbor.

Guest Bio:

Dr. Benjamin Quinn serves as Senior Pastor at Holly Grove and as the Assistant Professor of Theology and History of Ideas and Associate Dean for Institutional Effectiveness at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary / College at Southeastern.  Benjamin received a BA from Union University, MDiv and ThM from Southeastern, and PhD in Theology from the University of Bristol.  He and his wife, Ashley have four children and live in Youngsville, NC.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 1-11, Colossians 1
• “Confessions” by Saint Augustine of Hippo
• “City of God” by Saint Augustine of Hippo
• “On the Trinity” by Saint Augustine of Hippo
• “On Christian Doctrine” by Saint Augustine of Hippo

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by author Hannah Anderson to discuss Genesis 2 and how it shapes and forms our relationships. 

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Let’s start with an overview of Genesis 2, what’s the basic outline of Genesis 2?
• What are some differences between Genesis 1 and 2? Particularly in the creation of man and woman?
• Are we to make anything out of man being created first?
• What is natural law?
• What is representation in the terms of relationships between man and woman?
• If the emphasis is on sameness, why does that matter?
• Talk about the rib.
• Is what’s on display here explicit to marriage?
• Do I have a different obligation toward my spiritual brothers and sisters?
• How does the truth of Genesis 2 help us to reset the frame of other things?

Helpful Definitions:

• Natural Law: The world around us as God has created it reflects the truth of his nature and the ordering of creation. There is a logic, order, and purpose to the entirety of creation and therefore there are things we can learn about God from creation.

Guest Bio:

Hannah Anderson lives with her family in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where her husband, Nathan, pastors Brookhill Baptist Church. Hannah is the author of several books, including Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul and the newly released All That’s Good: Recovering the Lost Art of Discernment. You can find more of her writing at sometimesalight.com, hear her on the weekly podcast Persuasion, or follow her on Twitter.

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Genesis 2, 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5

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