Knowing Faith

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...

Season 7 of the Knowing Faith podcast begins on 9/2/2021. In this episode Jen Wilkin, JT English and Kyle Worley give you a preview of what is to come in Season 7 as they cover the book of Romans.  Questions Covered in This Episode: Who wrote Romans? When was it written? Why study Romans? Can we say that there are books that are more important than others? Do you think Epistles have an unfair adva...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer questions submitted by patrons of Knowing Faith. Questions Covered in This Episode: In the book of Proverbs, in times where wisdom is personified, is it fair to read that as if Christ himself is speaking or being described since he is the perfect embodiment of the wisdom of God? It seems the most obvious in chapters 1, 8, and 9. Are there any misinter...

Kyle Worley is joined by Adam Griffin to discuss Training the Church's newest podcast, The Family Discipleship Podcast. Questions Covered in This Episode: What is family discipleship? Share a little bit more about areas where you have overlapped with issues of family discipleship? Why should I listen to this guy? How is this podcast going to be different from Knowing Faith? Who is this podcast for...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer listener questions and continue their debate on Christophanies. Questions Covered in This Episode: Lots of questions on Instagram about the Enneagram: How should we approach the Enneagram? Some suggest it’s not a biblical tool. Is it wrong to present Bible stories to Kids in ways that leave open room for misinterpretation solely to make it more palata...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley wrap up the story of Genesis and the life of Joseph by discussing chapters 42-50. Questions Covered in This Episode: Genesis recap: How did we get here? In our last episode Joseph gets positioned to be the right hand of Pharaoh in Egypt. How did that happen? What’s been going on with Joseph’s family? Why do Joseph’s brothers go into Egypt? Why does Joseph pl...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley jump back into the life of Joseph by discussing Genesis 39-41. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why do we have the story of Potiphar entrusting Joseph with things? What is the significance of Potiphar’s wife catching Joseph by his garment (39:12)?  Let’s discuss laughter being brought into the story again. “The Lord was with Joseph”... Joseph ends up in ja...

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley take a look at the story of Judah and Tamar in Genesis 38. Questions Covered in This Episode: Tamar is given to Onan, is this conventional or unconventional? What is Onan doing here? What’s the problem with not having a spouse or children? What is going on here with Judah? How does the text present Tamar? This is a departure from the story of Joseph, why? Re...

On this episode Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue with the story of Genesis by discussing chapters 34-37. Questions Covered in This Episode: What happens to Dinah? How does Jacob respond? How do her brothers respond? Are you making too big of them referring to him as Jacob? Is there a significance to them using circumcision as part of the agreement? How does Jacob respond to Simeon...