Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Ben Mandrell to discuss his new Bible Study, “Together: Community That Marked the Acts 2 Church”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why are you releasing this study and why now?
• Is this apathy that is showing up post-COVID, or was it building before the pandemic happened?
• When we look at Acts 2, what do we find as instructive for the life of the church today?
• How does the Acts 2 model help us understand deep discipleship?
• Is individualism fueling apathy?
• Is there a greater risk in togetherness because it is messy?
• Why is it worth it?
• How is unity an obstacle to gathering together?
• What compromises our ability to engage in life together in Christ?
• How do you hope the Lord uses this resource?
• Why do you love the local church?

Guest Bio:

Ben Mandrell leads Lifeway Christian Resources as president and CEO. Prior to joining Lifeway, he pastored churches in Colorado and Tennessee. A native of Tampico, Illinois, Mandrell graduated from Anderson (Indiana) University in 1998. He also holds a Master of Divinity degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

He co-hosts, along with his wife, Lynley, The Glass House podcast— conversations that point the way forward to healthy emotions and relationships for ministry leaders and their families. Ben and Lynley have been married since 2001. They have four children: Ava, Max, Miles and Jack.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Acts 2, Ecclesiastes 7:10, Romans 16
• “Together” by Ben Mandrell

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley are joined by Dr. Sam Parkison to discuss his book “To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice” and how it connects to Revelation 21-22.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the beatific vision? Why did you write a book on it?
• Why do many Christians have no awareness of the beatific vision?
• What’s the point of Revelation?
• Who do we see in the beatific vision?
• What is happening in Revelation 21:1-8? Why are people uncomfortable with the second half?
• What’s changed where we can see God’s face (Revelation 22)? Why is this good?

Helpful Definitions:

• The Beatific Vision: “The happy vision” of seeing God in heaven.
• Inseparable Operations: That which any person of the Godhead does, is rightly attributed to God. The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Guesto Bio:

Dr. Sam Parkison is an alumni from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, he serves as the associate professor of theological studies at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. He is the author of several books, including Irresistible Beauty: Beholding Triune Glory in the Face of Jesus Christ. You can follow Samuel on X.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 21-22, 1 Corinthians 15, Isaiah 65:17, Isaiah 24-25, Exodus 33, Psalm 27:4, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 3:2
• “To Gaze upon God” by Samuel G Parkison
• “Heaven Is a World of Love” by Jonathan Edwards
• “Grounded in Heaven” by Michael Allen
• “The City of God” by Augustine of Hippo
• “God's Grandeur” by Gerard Manley Hopkins
• Deep Discipleship Program

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley have a conversation about the person and work of the Holy Spirit.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Who is the Holy Spirit?
• What is the relationship between the Spirit and the Father and the Son?
• What are misconceptions about the person or the work of the Spirit?
• Why can people be tempted to be drawn into a sensational power of the Spirit?
• What is the central work of the Holy Spirit?
• What is a neglected work of the Spirit?
• What about the sign gifts?
• What is the role of the Spirit in our salvation?
• Is there a second baptism that is required to be filled with the Spirirt?
• What about the gift of tongues and if it is “delayed”?
• Can you get better at the gifts of the Spirit?

Helpful Definitions:

• Trinitarianism: God eternally exists as one essence and three distinct persons, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each of whom is fully God, yet there is one God.
• Filioque Clause: Latin for "and from the Son"
  • The Father and Son send the Holy Spirit.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• 1-2 Samuel, Matthew 7:21-23, 1 Peter 10-12, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 2 Peter 1:21, 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 1, Galatians 5
• Deep Discipleship Program

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Kyle Worley is joined by Tyler Sykora to answer the question, “How do we get more out of daily Bible reading?”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How do we get more out of daily Bible reading?
• What if someone gets stalled out?

Guest Bio:

W. Tyler Sykora is the Chief of Staff in the Office of the President and Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is also a pastor at Liberty Baptist Church in Liberty, Missouri.

He holds a B.S. and M.S. in Exercise Science from Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, AR., as well as a M.Div. in Biblical Languages, a Th.M. in Pedagogy, and a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies from Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• M’Cheyne Bible Reading Plan
• Navigators Bible Reading Plan
• ESV Study Bible
• CSB Study Bible
• NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible
• Reformation Study Bible
• ESV Expository Commentary Series

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on the book of Revelation by discussing the symbolism found in Chapters 18-20.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What’s the point of Revelation? What’s the big idea?
• Why Babylon?
• Is there a discomfort around what the Bible says about judgment?
• What are the “woes” we find in Chapter 18?
• Who is the multitude in Revelation 19?
• Who is the bride in the marriage supper of the lamb?
• We find a rider on a white horse. Who is this?
• What is this millennium (Revelation 20)? How significant is it to land on a specific perspective to understand what is going on?
• What is the final judgment?
• How does someone know that their name is written in the Book of Life?
• What are the benefits of Godly living in terms of heavenly rewards?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 18-20, Revelation 1:4, Genesis 11, Psalm 1, Genesis 19, Ephesians 5, Proverbs 9, Matthew 22, Hebrews 1, Isaiah 62-63, John 3:16, Genesis 15, Ezekiel 39

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Kyle Worley is joined by Sam Pirotta to answer the question, “Why go to seminary if I'm already in ministry?”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Why go to seminary if I'm already in ministry?
• What is the benefit of doctrinal studies for evangelism?
• Why Midwestern?

Guest Bio:

Sam Pirotta is currently working on his Ph.D. in Systematic Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is an evangelist with Ambassadors for Christ International and is the host of the Preach and Persuade Podcast.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• James 3:1, Hebrews 13:17

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue their discussion on the core doctrines of the Christian faith by having a conversation about union with Christ.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is union with Christ? Why does it matter?
• Why do we have an unbalanced understanding of this? Why do we think more about Christ in me?
• How does the story of the prodigal son show us union with Christ?
• What is the difference between Union with Christ and communion with God?
• How is the story of union with Christ the story of “home with God”?
• Where do we find union with Christ in the Bible?
• When we say that Christ is in us, are we talking about the Holy Spirit?
• What are some of the benefits of salvation?
• How does union with Christ help us understand our reception of these benefits?
• How does being in Christ lead us to sanctification?

Helpful Definitions:

• Union with Christ: Being united to Christ by grace through faith. This means that now our identity is rooted in Christ, we are incorporated into a new people in Christ, and we are participating in God's world in God's ways in Christ.
• Abide: Verb form of Abode: Home

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Luke 15:11-32, John 15, John 14:23, Genesis 1-3, Jeremiah 31, Romans 8, Romans 5-6, Ephesians 1, Colossians 1:27, John 10, Hebrews 10:14, Philippians 1:6
• “Home with God” by Kyle Worley
• “Remember and Rehearse” by JT English
• “How Salvation Brings Freedom” by Jen Wilkin

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Kyle Worley is joined by Dale Johnson to answer the question, “How do I help a hurting person?”

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• How do I help a hurting person?
• What's the single greatest struggle you see well-intended Christians face when attempting to care for a hurting person?

Guest Bio:

T. Dale Johnson, Jr., is the Director of Counseling Programs and Professor of Biblical Counseling at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Johnson also serves as the Executive Director of the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors. He is the host of ACBC’s “Truth in Love” podcast. He is the author of The Professionalization of Pastoral Care in America, The Church as a Culture of Care, and Free to Be the Church: Biblical Counseling and Legal Issues. He is husband to Summer, and they live together in Kansas City, Missouri, with their six children.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Ephesians 4:22-24, 2 Corinthians 1:3-5, 2 Corinthians 5:14, Hebrews 6:19

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