Knowing Faith

Kyle Worley is joined by JT English to answer the question they get asked all the time: Why did you choose Southern Seminary? Questions Covered in This Episode: Why did you choose Southern Seminary? What kind of graduates are they producing? Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary sbts.edu/explore Knowing Faith After The Fact Episodes Amazon affiliate links are u...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr Jarvis Williams to look at Romans 8:18-28 and discuss suffering and our ultimate hope. Questions Covered in This Episode: What are the sufferings that Paul has in mind here? Creation is personified here as something that is waiting and groaning, is that strange to hear about something non-personal in personal terms like that? (v. 19, 22) Wha...

After The Fact: Is Seminary Right For Me with Dr. JT English Kyle Worley is joined by JT English to answer the question they get asked all the time: Is seminary right for me? Questions Covered in This Episode: Is seminary right for me? What are you interested in studying? Resources Mentioned in This Episode: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary sbts.edu/explore Amazon affiliate links are used whe...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Union with Christ, Trinitarianism, and Romans 8:1-18 Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the “therefore” there for? “In Christ Jesus” How am I declared righteous? How do we reconcile the way that Spirit of Christ and Spirit in Christ are used? (V. 9) How do we understand the Spirit of Christ also being the Spirit of the Father? How is what Pau...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Tom Schreiner to continue their discussion on the book of Romans by looking at chapter 7. Questions Covered in This Episode: As we enter Romans 7, where is Paul in his line of argumentation? Is there a reason why Paul uses this illustration (V. 1-4)? What is the dynamic of law and Spirit in V. 4-6? What does Paul mean by “law”? What law hav...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Romans 6:15-23 and being a slave to righteousness. Questions Covered in This Episode: Paul seems to suggest that everyone is a slave, it’s just a question of what? How does this call us back to Paul's self identification at the beginning of the letter? “Obedient from the heart?” What does Paul mean in V.19? V. 20 seems wrong, doesn’t it? What does Pa...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley believe that the primary context for discipleship is the local church. In this episode they discuss how that is foundational to the Training the Church cohort. If you are interested in applying visit our website . Questions Covered in This Episode: What is the history around the Training the Church cohort? Participants from the Training the Church cohort sha...

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Jim Hamilton to discuss Romans 15:3, where we hear Paul make mention of Christ in a way that calls our attention back to Psalm 69. Questions Covered in This Episode: In Romans 15:3 we hear Paul make mention of Christ in a way that calls our attention back to Psalm 69. Could you shed some light on what’s happening here? How should we understand this to work mechanically...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by author, Bible teacher, conference, and retreat speaker Courtney Doctor. Together they discuss Romans 6:1-14 and union with Christ. Questions Covered in This Episode: Paul’s use of rhetorical questions to advance his argument: “What shall we say then?” Why would Paul ask and answer this question at this point? Should we understand this to mean t...

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Brian Vickers to discuss Romans 5:9 and answer the question: Why the blood? Questions Covered in This Episode: Romans 5:9 says, “Since therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.” Here is the question: Why the blood? Propitiation 101. Why was blood necessary for the forgiveness of sins? Helpful Definitio...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley look at Romans 5:12-21 and discuss the Adam-Christ Typology.  Questions Covered in This Episode: Is Paul saying that the world is broken because one person sinned? Is Paul saying Adam sinned, I sinned, or we all sinned?  Isn’t that unfair: That Adam’s sin is counted as our sin? What does it mean that sin is not counted where there is no law? Who is Adam a ty...

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Stephen Yuille to answer the question: What is mystical union and how is it at play in Romans 6:1-11? Questions Covered in This Episode: What is mystical union and how is it at play in Romans 6:1-11? In what way am I united to Jesus in death and resurrection? Is our union with Christ affected at baptism? Helpful Definitions: Mystical Union with Christ: What it means fo...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley look at Romans 5:1-11 and discuss justification by faith.  Questions Covered in This Episode: What is justification? What does it mean to be justified “by faith?” Why is peace with God a benefit to justification? What does it mean to “rejoice in hope of the glory of God?” Rejoicing in our sufferings (V. 3-5)? Has there been a season of life that you walked t...

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Stephen Presley to answer the question what did Irenaeus have to say about Paul’s Christology? Questions Covered in This Episode: Why should I care about what Irenaeus has to say about Paul?  What did Irenaeus have to say about Paul’s Christology? Helpful Definitions: Adam Christ Typology: Understood through the lens of Doctrine of Recapitulation. Doctrine of Recapitul...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue in the book of Romans and discuss Romans 4:9-25. Questions Covered in This Episode: What role did circumcision play among Jews and Gentiles? Why would it matter when Abraham’s faith was counted to him as righteousness? What were the signs and symbols of salvation in the OT? Not merely circumcised, but walk in the “footsteps of the faith…?” Abraham w...

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Jonathan Pennington to answer the question is Paul’s gospel different from Christ’s gospel? Questions Covered in This Episode: Is Paul’s gospel different from Christ’s gospel? I wonder if the gap that we feel between the content of Paul’s gospel and the content of Christ’s gospel is exacerbated by the differences of genre? Helpful Definitions: The gospel message: Is th...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion in the book of Romans by looking at Romans 4:1-8. Questions Covered in This Episode: So the church hears that everyone is broken and everyone has fallen short and Paul predicts the question from the Jewish Christians: What about Abraham? What role did Abraham play in Israel’s story? Why invoke his name here? Paul pulls Abraham into...

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Gregg Allison to answer the question, did Martin Luther have anything to say about the righteousness of God in Romans? Questions Covered in This Episode: Did Martin Luther have anything to say about the righteousness of God in Romans? Outside of the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit, was there anything that was happening at a linguistic or a theological level in Luthe...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Michael Kruger to look at Romans 3:21-31 and discuss the righteousness of God. Questions Covered in This Episode: Dr. Kruger: How significant is the idea of the “righteousness of God” and can you give us a sense of its importance in current NT scholarship? If you were teaching and preaching this, is it possible to say yes to both meanings o...

This bonus episode is from our recently released sister podcast, The Family Discipleship Podcast. The hosts; Adam Griffin, Cassie Bryant, and Chelsea Griffin, interview their friend and our very own Jen Wilkin about family discipleship in the Wilkin home.  Questions Covered in This Episode: Who is Jen the mom? What is the Wilkin family like? What is it like for your family now entering into grandp...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion in the book of Romans by looking at Romans 3:1-20. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why does Paul open up with this question? What advantage did the Jews have? Does God keep his promises? If you were to summarize verses 1-8 in a few sentences how would you say it? But hold on, Jews aren’t better than the Greeks just because of thi...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss judgement as they dive into Romans chapter 2.  Questions Covered in This Episode: When we see “therefore” in a text what should we ask? Why is there a judgment problem in the church in Rome? What is a contemporary mirror of this today? What is our motivation to avoid sinful judgment? What does “He will render to each one according to his works” mean...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss idolatry, identity, and immorality as they dive into Romans 1:18-32. Questions Covered in This Episode: What story is being told in this passage? What is natural revelation (V. 19-20)? Does natural revelation give sufficient knowledge of God for salvation? Once we know Christ, do we begin to see God more in creation? Why all this talk of the “wrath o...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue in the book of Romans by discussing Romans 1:16-17. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s a thesis statement? Do you think this is it for the letter? What is the gospel? Why does he say “I am not ashamed of the Gospel?” How is the gospel the “power of God for salvation?” What is salvation? Why does Paul say to the Jew first and also to the Greek...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley dive into the book of Romans by looking at Romans 1:1-15.  Questions Covered in This Episode: When do we meet Paul for the first time? Who is this guy? Let’s talk a bit about Paul’s pedigree when it comes to Gamaliel. His cultured lineage/history? Let’s discuss Paul’s conversion and the doctrine of the union with Christ. Is there anything else about Paul’s c...