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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