Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss why they created the Deep Discipleship program, what it is, and who it is for.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is our goal?
• How does someone become a theological contributor?
• Why is it important to do theology in community?
• How does dissonance play a role in learning?
• What does the Deep Discipleship Program look like for a participant?
• What is one of the challenges of hosting this program?
• Who is this program for?
• What is one of your favorite moments from leading this program?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Deep Discipleship Program
• Lifeway.com/KnowingFaith

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer questions submitted by listeners!

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What 2-3 things that are essential when teaching others about the Trinity?
• How much time do you spend reading the Bible?
• What is your favorite Bible translation?
• How do you get people interested in theology?
• Did Jesus descend into hell when he died on the cross?
• What book of the Bible is often overlooked?
• Are there multiple legitimate ways to interpret scripture in the area of human ancestry? What are the fundamental elements any Biblical view needs to affirm? Does Romans 5:12 imply that non-human biological death didn't exist before the fall, or is it speaking primarily of human death and separation from God?
• Are the Nephilim in Job 1:6 fallen angels?
• Would you allow a non-Christian to be a Sunday school leader?
• What's the difference between a Presbyterian and a Baptist?
• Can you explain covenant theology?
• What are good resources to develop Bible literacy?
• How do we reconcile the inspiration of Scripture with 1 Corinthians 7:10?
• Did Jesus offer sacrifices in the temple?
• When do you know it's time to move on from your church?
• In Revelation, as the bowls of wrath are being poured out, what is going on with the dead?
• Is watching a show that depicts Jesus a violation of the Second Commandment?

Helpful Definitions:

• Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Deuteronomy 6:4-9, Romans 5:12, Job 1:6, Genesis 6:4, 1 Corinthians 7:10
• Deep Discipleship Program
• Knowing Faith Trinity
  • Doctrine of God Episodes
• Knowing Faith: What Did Christ Do with Matthew Emerson

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley wrap up their conversation on the book of Revelation by looking at Chapters 21-22.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What have we learned? Why should someone spend the time to study Revelation?
• What are the seven sevens?
• How does this connect to Genesis 1-2?
• What’s the importance of the presence of God?
• Why does the sea disappear in Revelation 21?
• How do we see the blend of restoration and judgment?
• What is this city, the New Jerusalem? Why the attention to its details and design?
• How does Revelation 22 put us back into the imagery of Eden?
• How does the book end?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 21-22, Habakkuk 2:14, Psalm 1, Exodus 3, John 8:12, Matthew 6:10
• In the Word with Jen Wilkin
• Starting Place with Elizabeth Woodson
• Deep Discipleship Program

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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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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about the meaning, significance, and different views of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why have baptism and the Lord’s Supper been so contentious historically?
• What is the best argument for believers' baptism?
• What is the best argument for infant baptism?
• What are the dangers of not fully understanding each of these positions?
• What about churches that acknowledge both positions of baptism?
• What is baptism?
• How does the Lord’s Supper connect to baptism in a way that is complimentary but distinct?
• What formative value does the Lord’s Supper have in the weekly gathering?
• What is happening at the Lord’s supper? What are the different views?

Helpful Definitions:

• Baptism: "baptizo" (βαπτίζω): to immerse, submerge, or plunge
• Transubstantiation (Catholicism): The elements convert into the physical body and blood of Christ.
• Consubstantiation (Lutheranism): The substances both of the body and blood of Christ and of the bread and the wine coexist in union with each other.
• Spiritual Presence (Reformed): Christ is spiritually present in the elements.
• Memorial (Anabaptist): The elements are purely symbolic.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Acts 2, Romans 6, Matthew 5:6, 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
• “Remember and Rehearse” by JT English
• RememberandRehearse.com
• “Formed for Fellowship” by Kyle Worley
• FormedforFellowship.com
• “You are a Theologian” by Jen Wilkin and JT English
• Deep Discipleship Program

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Ben Mandrell to discuss his new Bible Study, “Together: Community That Marked the Acts 2 Church”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why are you releasing this study and why now?
• Is this apathy that is showing up post-COVID, or was it building before the pandemic happened?
• When we look at Acts 2, what do we find as instructive for the life of the church today?
• How does the Acts 2 model help us understand deep discipleship?
• Is individualism fueling apathy?
• Is there a greater risk in togetherness because it is messy?
• Why is it worth it?
• How is unity an obstacle to gathering together?
• What compromises our ability to engage in life together in Christ?
• How do you hope the Lord uses this resource?
• Why do you love the local church?

Guest Bio:

Ben Mandrell leads Lifeway Christian Resources as president and CEO. Prior to joining Lifeway, he pastored churches in Colorado and Tennessee. A native of Tampico, Illinois, Mandrell graduated from Anderson (Indiana) University in 1998. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

He co-hosts, along with his wife, Lynley, The Glass House podcast— conversations that point the way forward to healthy emotions and relationships for ministry leaders and their families. Ben and Lynley have been married since 2001. They have four children: Ava, Max, Miles and Jack.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Acts 2, Ecclesiastes 7:10, Romans 16
• “Together” by Ben Mandrell

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Sam Parkison to discuss his book “To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice” and how it connects to Revelation 21-22.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the beatific vision? Why did you write a book on it?
• Why do many Christians have no awareness of the beatific vision?
• What’s the point of Revelation?
• Who do we see in the beatific vision?
• What is happening in Revelation 21:1-8? Why are people uncomfortable with the second half?
• What’s changed where we can see God’s face (Revelation 22)? Why is this good?

Helpful Definitions:

• The Beatific Vision: “The happy vision” of seeing God in heaven.
• Inseparable Operations: That which any person of the Godhead does, is rightly attributed to God. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Guesto Bio:

Dr. Sam Parkison is an alumni from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he serves as the associate professor of theological studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of several books, including Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ. You can follow Samuel on X.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 21-22, 1 Corinthians 15, Isaiah 65:17, Isaiah 24-25, Exodus 33, Psalm 27:4, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 3:2
• “To Gaze upon God” by Samuel G Parkison
• “Heaven Is a World of Love” by Jonathan Edwards
• “Grounded in Heaven” by Michael Allen
• “The City of God” by Augustine of Hippo
• “God's Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
• Deep Discipleship Program

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Who is the Holy Spirit?
• What is the relationship between the Spirit and the Father and the Son?
• What are misconceptions about the person or the work of the Spirit?
• Why can people be tempted to be drawn into a sensational power of the Spirit?
• What is the central work of the Holy Spirit?
• What is a neglected work of the Spirit?
• What about the sign gifts?
• What is the role of the Spirit in our salvation?
• Is there a second baptism that is required to be filled with the Spirirt?
• What about the gift of tongues and if it is “delayed”?
• Can you get better at the gifts of the Spirit?

Helpful Definitions:

• Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God.
• Filioque Clause: Latin for "and from the Son"
  • The Father and Son send the Holy Spirit.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• 1-2 Samuel, Matthew 7:21-23, 1 Peter 10-12, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:21, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 1, Galatians 5
• Deep Discipleship Program

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