Knowing Faith

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Joe Worley to discuss “The First Five: Beating the Odds and Thriving as a Ministry Leader,” co-written by Kyle and his dad, Joe.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
Why did we write this book?
Does it seem like more and more we are hearing about ministry leaders failing out?
What are the core ingredients of trustworthiness as a ministry leader?
What do you value in leaders now more than when you first started in ministry?
What do you young guys want to talk about?
What is the intersection between pastoral and professional?
How do you build credibility and trust as a ministry leader?
How did you build credibility with each other?
How will this book help the church navigate current church leaders leaving the church or retiring?
Guest Bio:
Dr. Joe Worley is the pastor at First Baptist Church of Groves, TX, where he is concluding over 31 years of faithful pastoral ministry. He has been in ministry leadership for over 45 years, and he is the co-author of the recently released First Five: How to Beat the Odds and Thrive as a Ministry Leader.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
1 Timothy 3, Hebrews 13:7
Shepherd Care
“The First Five” by Kyle Worley and Joseph Worley
“Brothers, We Are Not Professionals” by John Piper
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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley host a podcast live from Camp of the Woods and answer questions submitted by campers.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
What are the core components of Bible Study?
How do you learn to read the Bible theologically?
What is the crisis of biblical literacy and why is it so important?
What is your personal soapbox?
What topic was the first Knowing Faith podcast on?
How do we help our children acknowledge the reality of their stories without allowing that to shape the reality of who they are?
What three words would we use to describe one another?
Why does a self-sufficient God want or need our worship?
How do you hold fast to Christ when it feels like the church has forgotten (pointing towards Christian Nationalism)?
What are your thoughts on female Pastors and the role of women in the church?
How do the incommunicable attributes of God encourage believers?
Helpful Definitions:
Theopneustos (θεόπνευστος): God-breathed
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Camp of the Woods
COTW365.org
Training the Church
“Deep Discipleship” by JT English
“Ten Words to Live By” by Jen Wilkin
“Women of the Word” by Jen Wilkin
“Home with God” by Kyle Worley
Knowing Faith: Jesus’ Family Tree
Should The 10 Commandments be Posted Publicly? (Part 1)
Should The 10 Commandments be Posted Publicly? (Part 2)

The Westminster Larger Catechism
​​Happy Complementarians
“None Like Him” by Jen Wilkin
“The Attributes of God” by Arthur Pink
“Knowledge of the Holy” by A. W. Tozer
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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss Old Testament sacrifices.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
What books of the Bible can someone learn more about Old Testament sacrifices? What about the New Testament?
What did sacrifices in the OT actually do?
Is anything happening in the actual forgiveness of sins? Or are they a shadow of what's to come?
What is missing if Israel does not offer the Leviticus 16 sacrifice?
What is the object of faith of Old Testament saints? How is the atoning work of Christ applied to them?
What is the good news of the gospel?
Why do we not still offer sacrifices?
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Leviticus 16, Hebrews 9-11, Romans 3:25, Leviticus 4, Acts 2, Hebrews 10:11, Exodus 19, 1 Peter 2:9, Exodus 19:5–6, Galatians 3, Acts 2:46, Acts 3:1, Romans 12:1
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Kyle Worley is joined by Jess Wolstenholm to discuss how the stories we watch and listen to shape and form us.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
Why do you care about this, and what are you doing to address this?
What have you and Minno learned about the role of stories and streaming in the lives of families and kids?
Can kids be spiritually formed by media?
What is the struggle with watching content like this on other platforms?
How does Minno filter what content they produce or license?
Why not just tell a Bible story in a different way?
Why should families use Minno?
Guest Bio:
Jess Wolstenholm, M. Ed, is the VP of Education and Research at Minno, a children’s media company helping kids and families experience Jesus every day. Jess is executive producer and editor of the Laugh and Grow Bible animated series and Bible. After 25 years in children’s ministry, she is now developing discipleship content that meets kids where they are at every age and stage.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Minno
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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss if you can know God truly.
Questions Covered in This Episode:
Is God too mysterious to truly know?
Why is the emergent church problem coming up again? Why is it happening again? What is a valid response?
Why are you not convinced by the argument that people don't need their Bibles and they can just come to Jesus?
What are the true sources of knowledge of God?
“Don’t put God in a box…?”
How does cultural diversity play into this conversation?
Helpful Definitions:
General Revelation: God makes himself known in creation.
Special Revelation: God has made himself known in Christ and in Scripture.
Accommodation: We can know who God is because He accommodates Himself to our ways of knowing.
Transcendent: God is wholly other, infinite, and set-apart.
Immanent: God is near and personally accessible.
Archetypal Knowledge: A kind of knowledge only God can have of Himself. Only God can truly know God.
Epistemological Grace: It is gracious that you can know God because He has graciously given Himself to you.
Resources Mentioned in this Episode:
Romans 11, John 5:37-40, 1 Corinthians 2:10, Acts 17, Revelation 5
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