Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley come back to one of their most popular topics; brothers and sisters. Questions Covered in This Episode: Indisputably: This is something we get more feedback on than just about anything else…why is that? How has the culture shift affected this conversation? What has been the church's response to the shift in culture? What does the biblical doctrine of anthropology related to men and women have to affirm? When we say “we need each other,” what does that mean...
Mar 02, 2023•54 min•Season 10Ep. 6
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on the doctrine of salvation by talking about the doctrine of regeneration. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s a doctrine? When we say “doctrine of salvation,” what do we mean? What is election? What is effectual calling? What is regeneration? When the Bible is talking about the heart, what is it talking about? What are other ways the Bible talks about this? How has the language of being “born again” changed? When does rege...
Feb 23, 2023•36 min•Season 10Ep. 5
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: If we understand that Jesus, in His spiritual body, sits at the right hand of the Father after His ascension. How do we resolve the tension this presents to God's unchanging nature if before His ascension it was not Jesus in His spiritual body, particularly, but the Son of God that was at the Fa...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on the doctrine of salvation with a conversation about calling. Questions Covered in This Episode: Is there a difference between the general call of the gospel and “effectual calling?” If so, what is the difference? What is the purpose of the general call if not everyone responds to it? Where would we look to find this in scripture? When does the effectual calling happen? Who does the work of effectual calling? What would you say ...
Feb 16, 2023•34 min•Season 10Ep. 4
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss people who have made a significant impact on their lives. Questions Covered in This Episode: Who has had a lasting impression on your life, faith, teaching, thinking, living, leading? Are there theological voices that you have had an evolving relationship with? How has the local church shaped you? Resources Mentioned in This Episode: The Gospel Coalition Conference : Code: KNOWINGFAITH “On the Incarnation” by Saint Athanasius “Confessions” by Augus...
Feb 09, 2023•41 min•Season 10Ep. 3
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss the doctrine of salvation. They narrow in specifically on the doctrine of election, what is election and why is it good news? Questions Covered in This Episode: Before we answer the question, what has God done to make things right we have to answer what went wrong? What is the practicality of this for my life? What is “election?” What is the temptation that people tend to have when they are new to reformed theology? Where would we go in scripture t...
Feb 02, 2023•43 min•Season 10Ep. 2
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are back for season 10 of Knowing Faith! In this episode, they take a look back at past seasons, why they started the podcast, and why they still do it today! Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s your elevator pitch for Knowing Faith? What’s changed over the last ten seasons? What have been some of the unique challenges and opportunities? Why do we do this? What are standout moments/highlights? Did you ever think we’d start more podcasts? Resources Me...
Jan 26, 2023•38 min•Season 10Ep. 1
Season 10 of the Knowing Faith podcast begins on January 26! In this episode, Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley give you a preview of what is to come in Season 10 as they cover the doctrine of salvation! Questions Covered in This Episode: What are we going to be covering this season? What guests can we expect to hear from in season 10? Sponsors: During the month of January, Midwestern Seminary is offering an exclusive book giveaway to listeners of Knowing Faith. Learn more about how to rec...
Jan 19, 2023•4 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer listeners' questions! Questions Covered in This Episode: Is it necessary to categorize God’s attributes as communicable v.s. Incommunicable? It seems like the incommunicable attributes are just communicable attributes cranked up? Has Kyle gotten any better at brushing his teeth? How would you interpret John 14:28 in light of the Trinity? How essential is formal ministry training versus experience/time for lay leaders? What was a highlight of 2022 fo...
Dec 29, 2022•38 min•Season 9Ep. 25
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Matthew Barrett to discuss some big picture ideas on the Doctrine of God. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why did you write “None Greater?” Is an attribute of God something God has or something God is? What do we lose if we lose the Divine Simplicity of God? When we talk about some of these attributes, love for example, how does saying that God is love or that God loves not challenge the doctrine of impassibility? Does God have an emotiona...
Dec 22, 2022•44 min•Season 9Ep. 24
Kyle Worley is joined by Elizabeth Woodson to talk about a new podcast joining the Training the Church Family, “Starting Place w/ Elizabeth Woodson”! Questions Covered in This Episode: How do you know the Knowing Faith crew? What were some of the Core Classes that you ran at TVCI? Do you feel like you have a lot of speaking events right now? What is “From Beginning to Forever”? What the pitch for “Embrace your Life”? Why give your time and attention to a podcast and why are you the right person ...
Dec 15, 2022•25 min•Season 9Ep. 23
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is faithful and patient. Questions Covered in This Episode: What does it mean when we say that God is faithful? How and where do we see God’s faithfulness in scripture? Why is meditation upon God’s faithfulness important? Where have we seen it in our own lives? Is God patient? When and how do we practice patience? Helpful Definitions: Communicable Attribute: Things that are true about God, that can also become true of us. Fai...
Dec 08, 2022•34 min•Season 9Ep. 22
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is merciful and gracious. Questions Covered in This Episode: Who is this God we are talking about? What is the difference between an incommunicable and a communicable attribute? What is mercy and grace and are they different? Where do we see God’s mercy and grace? How do we practice mercy and grace? Helpful Definitions: Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son...
Dec 01, 2022•36 min•Season 9Ep. 21
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Good and Wise. Questions Covered in This Episode: It's a dangerous business talking about goodness and wisdom in our current moment isn’t it? What does it mean to call something good? Is God good? How do we know? Out of all of God’s communicable attributes, this one appears to me to be the one that may get called into question the most. Don’t you think? What is your objective moral framework if it is not God? What does it ...
Nov 24, 2022•40 min•Season 9Ep. 20
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Holy & Loving. Questions Covered in This Episode: Who is God? What’s an incommunicable attribute? What’s a communicable attribute? What does it mean to say God is holy? Is holiness a communicable attribute? How does holiness relate to the concepts of justice and righteousness? What does it mean to say God is love? How is God’s love different from what we often think of when we hear the word love? Is love a communicable...
Nov 17, 2022•44 min•Season 9Ep. 19
Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Geoff Chang to answer the question, did Charles Spurgeon believe in a big God? Questions Covered in This Episode: Did Charles Spurgeon believe in a big God? What is one thing from Spurgeon that you have been spiritually encouraged by? Guest Bio: Dr. Geoff Chang serves as Assistant Professor of Church History and Historical Theology and the Curator of the Spurgeon Library. He also serves the Book Review Editor for History & Historical Theology at Themelios , the a...
Nov 16, 2022•7 min•Season 9Ep. 18
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Adam Ramsey to discuss what it means that God is omnipotent and sovereign. Questions Covered in This Episode: Why did you write Truth on Fire? What did you learn while reading, studying, and writing? What do we mean when we say God is omnipotent? Why is it good that God is all-powerful? How is omnipotence different from sovereignty? How are we supposed to think about humans who hold power and authority as it relates to God’s power and authori...
Nov 10, 2022•36 min•Season 9Ep. 17
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Omnipresent & Omniscient. Questions Covered in This Episode: What does omnipresence mean? How do we reconcile the fact that God is Spirit with our understanding of God as Trinity? I have a spirit and I have a body, that is different from God being Spirit? How does technology play into the illusion of omnipresence? But what about the Son of God, he can’t be omnipresent can he? He’s in a body? Why is this good news? What...
Nov 03, 2022•42 min•Season 9Ep. 16
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Eternal and Immutable. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s an incommunicable attribute? How is this different from a communicable attribute? Am I an eternal creature? What does eternal mean? Why is this crucial to our view of God? What verse identifies that God is eternal? What does it mean to say that God is immutable? Why does suggesting that God changes present problems? What about passages that seem to indicate t...
Oct 27, 2022•32 min•Season 9Ep. 15
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is Self-Existent & Self-Sufficient. Questions Covered in This Episode: What’s an incommunicable attribute of God? Who created God? What does God need to survive? What do we mean when we say that God is “self-existent?” How is this different from saying God is “self-sufficient?” What is Aseity? How do we know, from scripture, that God is self-existent and self-sufficient? Why is this crucial to our doctrine of God? Why is ...
Oct 20, 2022•26 min•Season 9Ep. 14
Kyle Worley is joined by Jared C. Wilson to answer the question, why is it good news that God is omnipresent? Questions Covered in This Episode: Why is it good news that God is omnipresent? Can we talk about the omnipresence of Jesus? Guest Bio: Jared C. Wilson serves as Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry, Author in Residence, and General Editor, For the Church. He is the author of a number of books including but not limited to Gospel Wakefulness , The Prodigal Church , The Pastor’s Justif...
Oct 19, 2022•7 min•Season 9Ep. 13
Kyle Worley and Rebecca McLaughlin talk about deconstructing; where has this come from and how should we engage? Questions Covered in This Episode: Let’s talk about deconstruction: Where has this come from? What is the most helpful way for us to approach people's real questions? Don’t we also need cultural deconstruction? How often are we deconstructing how culture (sarcasm, the sexual revolution, systemic injustice) has influenced us and our beliefs? Can the church be salvaged? Why not just emb...
Oct 14, 2022•43 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what it means that God is infinite and incomprehensible. Questions Covered in This Episode: What do we mean by “the attributes of God?” What is the difference between incommunicable and communicable attributes? What do we mean by “God is infinite?” What does it mean that God is incomprehensible? Why is this not a problem? What if there is a hidden part of God that I don’t know about, and it’s not good? Why is it good news that God is infinite and i...
Oct 13, 2022•39 min•Season 9Ep. 12
Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Patrick Schreiner to answer the question, why is it important to emphasize the role of the whole Godhead, the Trinity, in the book of Acts? Questions Covered in This Episode: You wrote a book called the Mission of the Triune God: A Theology of Acts. Why is it important to pan out and emphasize the role of the whole Godhead, the Trinity in the book of Acts? Why does this matter? Guest Bio: Dr. Patrick Schreiner is the Director of the Residency PhD program and Associat...
Oct 12, 2022•8 min•Season 9Ep. 11
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Ligonier Ministries The State of Theology survey and why it matters. Questions Covered in This Episode: How did we get here? What does this say about where we are at? What is a catechesis? Where do we go from here? What is the role of the/your church? Helpful Definitions: Catechesis: A system of instruction that typically relies on a structure of Q&A for the purposes of helping, historically illiterate people or people who could not yet read, b...
Oct 07, 2022•26 min
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss and define the communicable attributes of God. Questions Covered in This Episode: What are communicable attributes? Are the communicable attributes one of the ways we reflect the image of God? Are communicable attributes something God is or something God possesses? Are communicable attributes true of each person in the Godhead? How are they different from incommunicable attributes (what we discussed last episode)? How do we maintain a distinction b...
Oct 06, 2022•27 min•Season 9Ep. 10
Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Thomas Kidd to answer the question, is evangelicalism a Trinitarian religious movement, and has it always been? Questions Covered in This Episode: Is evangelicalism a Trinitarian religious movement, and has it always been? Can someone not be a Trinitarian and be an evangelical? When we think about evangelical as a word, does the word hold enough significance to try to keep it? Helpful Definitions: Euangelion: Greek for evangelical; the good news. Guest Bio: Thomas S....
Oct 05, 2022•7 min•Season 9Ep. 9
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss and define the incommunicable attributes of God. Questions Covered in This Episode: What is an incommunicable attribute? How are God’s attributes related to God’s nature? Are they something God possesses or words to describe what/who God is? What are some examples of incommunicable attributes? Does this make God unknowable? If he is so “other,” is it possible for us to truly know him? How do the incommunicable attributes shape the way we view God, ...
Sep 29, 2022•35 min•Season 9Ep. 8
Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Jason DeRouchie to answer the question, what does the revelation of God’s name in the Old Testament tell us about the nature and character of God? Questions Covered in This Episode: What does the revelation of God’s name in the Old Testament tell us about the nature and character of God? Yahweh as a name is capturing both God as creator and God as redeemer. Is that accurate? Helpful Definitions: Yahweh: He causes to be everything that follows. He is the only uncaused...
Sep 28, 2022•11 min•Season 9Ep. 7
Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Gregg Allison to continue their discussion on the doctrine of God by discussing God the Spirit. Questions Covered in This Episode: When we refer to God the Spirit, we refer to him as the third person of the Godhead, does this mean he is in third place? From where and when has God the Spirit come? Who created God the Spirit? What does it mean to say that God the Spirit is eternally proceeding? Why was it significant in the early church to ...
Sep 22, 2022•42 min•Season 9Ep. 6
