Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Courtney Reissig to discuss how to trust the church again after hurt.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What was your goal in writing this book?
• What is your book about?
• How have you seen the Gospel of John help people process not abandoning the faith after hurt?
• What encouragement can you offer to people who are unsure whether they can trust the church?
• Are there people in your ministry coming from church hurt?
• Where did you experience restoration from looking at Jesus in your own journey?

Guest Bio:

Courtney Reissig is a writer and bible teacher living in Little Rock, Arkansas. She is the proud mom of four sons, happy wife to Daniel, and author of The Accidental Feminist, Glory in the Ordinary, Teach Me to Feel and Someone to Believe In. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The Gospel Coalition, and Christianity Today (among other publications). When she is not writing or wrangling kids, she enjoys running and a relaxing Friday night. Her family belongs to Immanuel Baptist Church. You can follow her on Twitter or Instagram (@courtneyreissig).

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• John 20:3, Hebrews 13:8, John 15, Psalm 1, John 9, Ezekiel 34:2
• ”Someone to Believe In” by Courtney Reissig

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss how Christians should think about burial, aging, and death.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How does our culture view death?
• Where is death in the Bible?
• When you think of burial in the Bible, what comes to mind?
• What is the norm in Jewish society and culture?
• How should this influence how Christians think about burial?
• Does the mode of burial matter?
• What method of burial do we want for ourselves?
• For fun: If we were pagans, what funeral would we have?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Genesis 50:25, Genesis 35:19-20, John 11
• “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End” by Atul Gawande

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss the State of Theology survey, why it is so concerning, and what we can do next.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the state of theology survey?
• What is an evangelical according to this survey?
• What is the Lifeway report?
• What is a common discipleship strategy used by churches?
• What is a roadblock to making disciples?
• What are some things that are concerning in the report?
• Why is it a problem that people don’t think the Holy Spirit is a person?
• How the difference between interpretation and orthodoxy?
• Why is this so concerning?
• What do we do?
• Do you have a definition of disciple?
• Why do scope and sequence matter?
• How does dissonance play a role in discipleship?
• Why do we believe so much in the Training the Church Ministry Cohort?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• 1 Corinthians 2, Genesis 3, Romans 5
• State of Theology Report
• Lifeway Pastors’ Views on Discipleship
• “Deep Discipleship” by JT English
• Deep Discipleship Curriculum
• Training the Church Ministry Cohort

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You 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.

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