Knowing Faith

23/11/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle have a conversation about the purpose of the Ten Commandments and why they are significant for us today.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000635785226

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ Is verse two important to the Ten Commandments?
➡️ What is the purpose of the law?
➡️ Is the order of the laws significant?
➡️ What is the liturgical purpose of the law?
➡️ Where do we see the law in the rest of the Story of Scripture?
➡️ What is the proper role of the Ten Commandments in the life of a Christian?

22/11/2023

"When we get off into other places where we're drawing prescriptive interpretations that the rest of the Bible is not giving us, I would argue more often than not that's probably not the best interpretation of Scripture." -JT English

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000635031907

16/11/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss the themes found in the stories of God turning bitter water sweet, the provision of manna, and water flowing from the rock Moses strikes.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000635031907

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ After the Song of Moses and Miriam, we get this interesting little account of God turning bitter water sweet for Israel: How is this significant?
➡️ How do these three stories fit together?
➡️ How do these stories connect to Jesus?
➡️ Where do we see this miraculous provision of bread from heaven elsewhere in the story of scripture?
➡️ Where else does God address people grumbling?
➡️ When we are reading Old Testament passages that deal with the law, how much should we be looking at these passages and wondering if there are principles that should be governing our moral imagination?
➡️ We get the sabbath principle before we get the law of sabbath. Why?
➡️ What is the significance of the rock that Moses strikes?

16/11/2023

Our After the Fact episodes are a break from our normal episodes where we answer BIG questions in just a few minutes. Over the last couple of weeks we've had some of 's brightest professors including and Sam Bierig! Be sure to go back and listen if you haven't already!

10/11/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle take a look at Exodus 15:1-8 and how imprecatory psalms, songs, prayers show-up throughout the story of Scripture.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000634248426

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ What is the substance of this song? What is it celebrating?
➡️ What are imprecatory psalms, songs, prayers? Why do we not use this language anymore?
➡️ How do we talk about judgment when people don't have a category for it?
➡️ How do songs of deliverance and redemption show up throughout scripture?
➡️ What is Christus Victor?
➡️ What happens right after this song in reference to water?

08/11/2023

"This is the greatest military power in the ancient world at this time being crushed under the waves of the Red Sea, as they pursue slaves they have let go. If there was an ancient Smack Down, this is it." -

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000633456320

02/11/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss Exodus 14:26-31 and how the theme of water can be traced throughout the entire story of scripture.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000633456320

Questions Covered in This Episode:⁠
➡️ What is the story of Exodus so far?
➡️ What have we already discovered about water in the story of the Pentateuch?
➡️ What about Yahweh’s power over water?
➡️ Where else do we discover stories of deliverance that involve water?
➡️ Can we go back to the serpent king?
➡️ Is there any connection with the absence of the sea in the new heavens and the new earth?
➡️ How does water show up throughout the rest of the story?
➡️ How does all of this connect to baptism?
➡️ How does Israel’s Exodus through the Red Sea foreshadow baptism?

01/11/2023

"And there's no longer any need for us to to anticipate and provide in any way with the blood of something else because anticipation has occurred and provision has occurred in the extreme." -Jen Wilkin

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000632682458

26/10/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss the Passover in Exodus 12:21-28 and the themes we can trace throughout the story.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000632682458

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ What was the Passover event?
➡️ Why the blood? Aren’t sacrifices of blood barbaric?
➡️ Why the ceremony around how to prepare for the Passover?
➡️ Where else do we see these covenant-making or covenant-keeping meals?
➡️ Is the Lord’s Supper a direct fulfillment of the Passover?
➡️ Why do we not need to offer sacrifices of blood anymore?

26/10/2023

"One of the proclivities of a New Testament people when there are lots of gods could be, okay, yeah, so now we believe in Yahweh and his son, Jesus Christ, but what Paul is making sure he's really clear about doing in Colossians 15 is he's incorporating Jesus into the divine identity. He isn't a second God. He is Yahweh. He's the eternal son of God." -JT English

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000631849422

19/10/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle continuing discussing the plagues and trace the themes of death and deliverance.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000631849422

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ Why does the story of the plagues have so much death in it?
➡️ Who is the firstborn?
➡️ Why all the death?
➡️ How does the death of the firstborn connect with larger themes of judgment, sin, and salvation?
➡️ Is death still required for deliverance?
God’s wrath needs to be satisfied, I thought He was a God of love?
➡️ What's different between Pharoh and God?
➡️ Should judgement begin with the house of God?
Is death “good?”

18/10/2023

Our After the Fact episodes are a break from our normal episodes where we answer BIG questions in just a few minutes. Over the last few weeks we've had some of 's brightest professors including Matthew Barrett, Jared Wilson, and Jared Bumpers. Be sure to go back and listen if you haven't already!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164

12/10/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle continue in the story of Exodus by looking at the themes found throughout the plagues.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000631072436

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ What are some things that stand out broadly about the plagues?
➡️ When I say something is “polemical?” What do I mean?
➡️ How has the story so far been polemical?
➡️ How do the plagues address or argue against the false gods of Egypt?
➡️ Where else do we see this as a theme across the story?
➡️ What are the plagues? Which one stands out to you?
➡️ Are there still false gods today? If so, how do we invoke God’s judgment upon them?
➡️ When we think about false gods, are they imgained or are they real spiritual beings?

07/10/2023

05/10/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle trace the theme of God showing His power through unique signs in Exodus 4:1-9.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000630294890

Questions Covered in This Episode:⁠
➡️ What are some places we see God demonstrate His power through unique signs?
➡️ What’s significant about the serpent and the hand?
➡️ What is happening with Moses journey to Egypt?
To be born again in the New Testament means to be born of water and blood, does that tie into this?
➡️ What about the God fearing pagan assisting and helping God’s people?
➡️ Why do we as the audience keep getting God saying the same thing?

28/09/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss the themes found in Exodus 3:1-8.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000629498138

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ What is the biggest shift of Moses' life from the previous chapter to now?
➡️ Moses is now a shepherd - is that something to note?
➡️ Where else do we find fire in this story or throughout the story of scripture?
➡️ Where else is there a theme of encountering holiness and hiding one's face?
➡️ Who is God?
➡️ What does Yahweh mean? Should we even say it?
➡️ What does God tell Moses is going to happen?

21/09/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle continue with the story in Exodus by looking at Exodus 2:23-25.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000628683374
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Questions Covered in This Episode:⁠
➡️ What has gotten us to this point?
➡️ Why is this moment significant?
➡️ When it says God “remembered?” Does that mean God forgot?
➡️ How does this connect the theme of “crying”?
➡️ What is covenant?
➡️ How are covenants shown throughout the rest of the story of scripture?
➡️ Is there a covenant made in the Garden of Eden?
➡️ How does the Mosaic covenant fit in if the Abrahamic covenant is always in play?

15/09/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle continue to explore the themes found throughout Exodus as they look at the story of the birth of Moses.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000627844561

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ What are some of the birth narratives we see in scripture? What are some things we see in this specific birth narrative we should not miss?
➡️ Do the midwives in this story foreshadow the virgin woman who conceives (Mary)?
➡️ What are some other birth narratives the lead to deliverance in the Bible?
➡️ What happens to Moses immediately following his birth?
➡️ What is the word for basket that is used here?
➡️ How does the theme of rivers show up here?
➡️ How does the theme of water show up in the Story of the Bible?
➡️ What about the crying in this story? Is crying a biblical theme?

07/09/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss Exodus 1:1-11 and trace the themes of multiplication, wicked kings, and exile throughout scripture.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000627062595

Questions Covered in This Episode:⁠
➡️ What is biblical theology?
➡️ What is an overview of the book of Exodus?
➡️ Where did the idea of multiplication come from?
➡️ How do we see the theme of the wicked kings and serpents throughout scripture?
➡️ How do we see Exile reverberate as a theme beyond Exodus?
➡️ How do these themes show up in other familiar stories?
➡️ How do we see the theme of ineffectual persecution in scripture?
➡️ What is the story of Exodus trying to give us hope in?

07/09/2023

"God is the central character in Exodus, in the sense of He is calling and shaping and forming, delivering and liberating a people for Himself so that He might receive glory. And He does it through a really strange set of sequences and characters." -JT English

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000626309454

01/09/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss the book of Exodus! In this episode they give an overview of central characters, stories, and themes that appear in the book and why the are important.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000626309454

25/08/2023

Season 11 begins next week! In this teaser, Jen, JT, and Kyle give you a preview of what is to come in Season 11 as they cover the book of Exodus!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000625533441

Questions Covered in This Episode:
➡️ What are we going to cover this season?
➡️ What are our sister podcast shows?
➡️ Why are we doing all of this?

24/08/2023

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19/08/2023

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17/08/2023

"We can say that our biblical convictions run deeper than our denominational convictions. And that's healthy for everyone regardless of the denomination they're in." -Kyle Worley

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000624028826

11/08/2023

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley answer questions submitted by our patreon supporters! To learn more and become a patron visit patreon.com/trainingthechurch.

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10/08/2023

"So much of our theological discourse in the West can be unduly influenced by taking things that were supposed to be relationships of responsibility and making it in terms of hierarchy to rule, hierarchy of rights." -Katie McCoy

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000623296638

04/08/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle are joined by Dr. Katie McCoy to ask the question: If God created men and women to live as complements to one another, why do we find so much division and brokenness and confusion between men and women? This is a Knowing Faith Remix episode from Episode #93.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000623296638

Dr. Katie McCoy holds a Ph.D. from Southwestern in Systematic Theology where she wrote on OT laws about women’s personhood and what they can show us about human dignity. You can find her online and blondeorthodoxy.com.

02/08/2023

"We all have presuppositions that shape and inform the way we read the Bible. We absolutely are all coming to the text with preconceived notions, understandings, and assumptions. The question is, are we coming to the text with Christian presuppositions.?" -

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000622505394

27/07/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle discuss the basics of developing a theological method, like looking to your Bible, utilizing your community and praying for the Holy Spirit to reveal truth. This is a Knowing Faith Remix episode from Episode #17.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000622505394

27/07/2023

"Love requires that we're in fellowship with people who we might disagree with on a number of things." -Dan Darling

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000621744050

21/07/2023

Kyle is joined by Dan Darling to discuss his new book, “Agents of Grace.”

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000621744050

15/07/2023

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14/07/2023

Jen, JT, and Kyle talk about what the Training the Church cohort is, why they do it, and who can participate. To find out more visit trainingthechurch.com.

Questions Covered in This Episode:
✅ Why did we start the Training the Church cohort?
✅ JT, what has been the response to your book about discipleship?
✅ What is the Training the Church cohort? How does it work?
✅ What are some things we do in the cohort that participants find profitable?
✅ Who is the cohort for?
✅ What are my next steps?

13/07/2023

"The entirety of your salvation is sourced in you being placed in Jesus." -

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09/01/2023

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06/01/2023

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05/01/2023

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31/12/2022

EPISODE ❶ ❼ ❶

Jen, JT, and Kyle answer listeners' questions!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/knowing-faith/id1274228164?i=1000591555376

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 for each of you? Would love an update from each of you personally and professionally too: Any new projects or adventures in 2023?
✅ What is the number one concern on your heart for the church as we head into a new year?
✅ What is a song (or a lyric from a song) in the advent season that resonates in a meaningful or impactful way in your life and heart, as you reflect on the birth of Christ?
✅ Can you know God without knowing the attributes of God? Should a believer be able to name His attributes?
✅ Is there now a difference between the people of Israel and the elect? Or are the elect now considered God’s chosen people?
✅ Any chance you will spend more time on Calvinism in the future? The topic scares a lot of people, including myself, but I’m wondering if I should continue to go to a church that believes this, even if I don’t?
✅ Is it heretical or heterodox when one does not believe in the Trinity but in modalism (think Oneness Pentecostals)?
✅ Why are you guys so awesome?
✅ Years ago I had a friend in the psychiatric profession and He said some individuals are pure evil–this leads to my question: Is possession by demons, evil spirits, still occurring?