Knowing Faith

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Romans 12:9-21.Questions Covered in This Episode:Look at all this moralism and legalism right? How does this passage echo or align with other similar passages throughout the bible? Where do you see overlap?In VV. 9-13 which one of these stands out to you as something of pronounced concern for Christian witness in our day?What does it look like for brothers and sisters to have a new family that has been developed because of what Jesus has done for us (V. 10)?What is Paul getting at in verse 20?What if I don’t “feel” like doing this stuff?Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Romans 12:9-21, Matthew 5-7, Colossians 3, Philippians 2:1-5Knowing Faith Romans EpisodesKnowing Faith Romans ResourcesAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Dustin Benge to answer the question, in a time when people are giving up on the church, where do you see the splendor of God in the life of His people?Questions Covered in This Episode:In a time when people are giving up on the church, where do you see the splendor of God in the life of His people?What is a good starting place in conversations when someone points out everything the church has done wrong?Guest Bio:Dr. Dustin Benge is Associate Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Historical Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of several books, including: The Loveliest Place: The Beauty and Glory of the Church and the American Puritans. And the recently released: Why should we love the local church?Resources Mentioned in This Episode:“The Loveliest Place” by Dustin BengeSong of Solomon 1:15, Ephesians 5:27Amazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLORE Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on Romans by talking through Romans 12:3-8.Questions Covered in This Episode:Why are some of these exhortations uniquely relevant to the situation in Rome?What is the “measure of faith?” (V. 3)Discuss body/membership. (V. 4-5)Do we belong to God in Christ? Or Christ and each other? What is our responsibility to those others who are also in Christ?Is this an exhaustive list of gifts?Why do you think this list of gifts differs from the gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12?If there is a specific application to the listing of these gifts, how should we consider these in our context?Some of these seem fairly straightforward, but there are questions about at least one of these isn’t there?Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Romans 12:3-8, Matthew 25:14-30, 1 Corinthians 12, Galatians 2:20, Ephesians 1, Psalm 139“The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self” Carl Trueman“Strange New World” Carl TruemanKnowing Faith Romans EpisodesKnowing Faith Romans ResourcesAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Gregg Allison to answer the question, how do Roman Catholics respond to Romans 5:1?Questions Covered in This Episode:How do Roman Catholics respond to Romans 5:1 and broadly the doctrine of justification?Do Roman Catholics believe justification is a process?Are justification and sanctification tied together in Roman Catholic view?Helpful Definitions:Justification:Roman Catholic: Is not only the remission or the forgiveness of sins but also the sanctification and renewal of the inner person. - The Council of TrentProtestant: Is God’s declaration that we are not guilty but righteous instead because the righteousness of Christ is credited to our account.Guest Bio:Dr. Gregg Allison is a professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary. Prior to joining the faculty of Southern, Dr. Allison was a professor at Western Seminary, and prior to that He served with campus crusade for Christ for 18 years, was a missionary in Italy and Switzerland. Dr. Allison is the author of numerous books including: Historical Theology: An Introduction to Christian Doctrine, Sojourners and Strangers: The Doctrine of the Church, and Roman Catholic Theology and Practice: An Evangelical Assessment. On top of writing and teaching, Dr. Allison serves as a pastor at Sojourn Community Church East in Louisville, KY.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Romans 5:1Amazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Romans 12:1-2.Questions Covered in This Episode:What is the “therefore” there for?What is the substance of Paul’s appeal?What are the “mercies of God?”What background information or experiences is shaping Paul’s language in these verses?What do we mean when we say “cruciform life?”V. 2 Conformity to the world. What are false stories we are tempted to be conformed to?What does it mean to be transformed? How do we experience the “renewal of our mind?” What is the chief consequence of this renewal and transformation?When you say we need to start talking about worldliness, what are you saying?Do you think people are comfortable with calling something ungodly?Helpful Definitions:Theology: Doctrine of GodAnthropology: Doctrine of humanitySoteriology: Doctrine of salvationPassive Imperative: Something we are supposed to do but it is entirely reliant upon God's Holy Spirit doing it in us.Cruciform life: The Christian life is shaped by the cross, not only our intellect and our mind but in our formative practices.False Stories: A narrative that gives you a vision of the good life that ultimately ends in death.Romanticism: The story that tells you that you are your emotions.Consumerism: The story that tells you, “You are what you have.”Pragmatism: The story that tells you, “Whatever works must be true.”Postmodernism: The story that tells you that there is no big story because all experiences and stories are equally valid.Perfectionism: The story that tells you, “You must be perfect, good, and right in order to be accepted.”American Civil Religion (Moral Therapeutic Deism): The story that tells you, “Let’s cut the rough edges off of Christianity to make it palatable to modern sensibilities.”Secularism: This idea that the natural world we are living in is all that there is and there is no supernatural involvement.True Spiritual Worship: Loves the things that God loves in the way that God loves them.Worldliness: Loving something that God doesn’t love or loving something that God loves but in a way that is not the way that God loves it, making it an idol.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Romans 12:1-2, Romans 5:1, Matthew 16: 13-28, 1 Corinthians 1:20, 2 Corinthians 2:16, Colossians 3Knowing Faith Romans ResourcesAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Robert Plummer to answer the question, what are the top 2-3 interpretive icebergs when reading scripture?Questions Covered in This Episode:What are the top 2-3 interpretive icebergs when reading scripture?How would you advise someone to redirect the reader response style of groups?Guest Bio:Dr. Robert Plummer is the Collin and Evelyn Aikman Professor of Biblical Studies at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of several books, including but not limited to: Greek for Life, Going Deeper with New Testament Greek, and 40 Questions about Interpreting the Bible. He also founded and hosts The Daily Dose of Greek.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Luke 6:46, 2 Peter 3:16, 2 Timothy 2:15Amazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley talk about Romans 11:25-36.Questions Covered in This Episode:What is the mystery of V. 25?Who are the enemies in V. 28?Discuss VV. 29-32.Does VV. 33-36 come out of nowhere? Is this inappropriate?How is God celebrated in these verses?What is doxology?Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Romans 11:25-36Amazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. John Wilsey to answer the question what is Civil Religion?Questions Covered in This Episode:What is Civil Religion?Is Civil Religion unavoidable?Is it good or bad as it pertains to the Christian Story and meaningful participation in it?How is Civil Religion different from Christian Nationalism?Guest Bio:Dr. John Wilsey is Associate Professor of Church History and Philosophy at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and the author of One Nation Under God: An Evangelical Critique of Christian America and American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion: Reassessing the History of an Idea, and the recently released God’s Cold Warrior: The Life and Faith of John Foster Dulles.Helpful Definitions:Civil Religion: A set of practices, symbols, and beliefs distinct from traditional religion yet providing a universal values paradigm around which the citizenry can unite.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:“American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion” By John WilseyAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on Romans by looking at Romans 11:1-24 and also discuss covenantal vs. dispensational views on God’s faithfulness to Israel.Questions Covered in This Episode:What is the central question of these verses?Why would Paul feel the need to preemptively respond to this question? What objection is he anticipating?Who are “His people” (V. 1) and “they” (V. 11)?V. 11,13 “Israel jealous?”Would you say that there are some promises that are going to find a unique fulfillment for the broader conception of Israel that are still on the table?Is Israel given primacy of place in the order of who received revelation and/or in God's grand scheme of salvation?Do you think most Christian Evangelecals today hold to a broadly dispensational view of God’s covenant faithfulness to Israel?Does context matter in this discussion?Helpful Definitions: Covenantal: Emphasize the unity of the Biblical text from Genesis to Revelation.Dispensational: Read God’s covenantal history as progressive.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:Romans 11:1-24, Genesis 12-17, Acts 2, Genesis 3:15, Romans 9“Kingdom through Covenant” by Gentry and Wellum“God's Kingdom through God's Covenants” by Gentry and Wellum“Progressive Dispensationalism” by by Craig Blaising“Covenantal and Dispensational Theologies” by Parker and LucasAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.

Kyle Worley is joined by Dr. Hershael York to answer the question why study 1 Corinthians?Questions Covered in This Episode:Why study 1 Corinthians?If you could preach anything from 1 Corinthians, what would it be?Guest Bio:Dr. Hershael York is the Dean of the School of Theology and the Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He serves as the Senior Pastor at Buck Run Baptist Church and is the author of the recently released 40 Days in 1 Corinthians.Resources Mentioned in This Episode:1 Corinthians 2:2, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 Corinthians 15“Embrace Your Life” by Elizabeth WoodsonAmazon affiliate links are used where appropriate. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases, thank you for supporting Knowing Faith.Sponsors:Explore the Southern Seminary degree programs designed to equip you be more effective in full-time ministry or as a lay leader: SBTS.EDU/EXPLOREFollow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteSupport Knowing Faith and Become a Patron:patreon.com/knowingfaith Follow Us:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | WebsiteOur Sister Podcasts:The Family Discipleship Podcast  | Tiny TheologiansSupport Training the Church and Become a Patron:patreon.com/trainingthechurchYou can now receive your first seminary class for FREE from Midwestern Seminary after completing Lifeway’s Deep Discipleship curriculum, featuring JT, Jen and Kyle. Learn more at mbts.edu/deepdiscipleship.To learn more about our sponsors please visit our sponsor page.Editing and support by The Good Podcast Co.