Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss the doctrine of sin; what is it and what it means for us.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is a good definition of sin?
• What is the story of sin? What is happening in Genesis 3?
• What is Exile, and why is it significant?
• What is a sin of commission? What is a sin of omission?
• What does it mean to be Augustinian in our view of sin?
• Is sin individual, or has sin impacted the world at large?

Helpful Definitions:

• Hamartiology: Doctrine of Sin
• Sin: Rebellion against God.
  • Fractures our relationship with God, one another, the created order, and ourselves.
• Total Depravity: We have a sinful nature because of Adam and Eve.
• Exile: Lost access as humanity to the beatific presence with God.
  • The experience of pain and suffering that results from the knowledge that there is a home where one belongs, yet for the present one is unable to return there.
• Sin of commission: A sin that we commit, an action.
• Sin of omission: What we have left undone.
• Augustinian:
  • Gen 1-2: Able to not sin.
  • Gen 3: Not able to not sin.
  • Post Christ's life: Able to not sin.
  • Future: Not able to sin.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Romans 5, Genesis 1-3, Romans 3
• “Remember and Rehearse: An Invitation to Participate in God's Story” by JT English
• “Formed for Fellowship: Becoming What You Behold” by Kyle Worley

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Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what the imagery, symbols, and numbers found in Revelation 8-9 mean and how this passage can encourage us.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Where are we in the book of Revelation when we come into the seven trumpets?
• How are numbers being used?
• What do we see and hear in this passage?
• Is there symmetry between the Fourth Trumpet and Fourth Seal?
• What should we not miss before we get to the fifth angel?
• What is significant about the eagle?
• Who is the “star that had fallen from heaven? (9:1)
• What is this judgment?
• How does this echo the story of Exodus?
• How does this passage encourage us?
• How am I supposed to interpret cataclysmic events in the world as it relates to these judgments?

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Revelation 8-9, Exodus 7:14-11:10, Revelation 21-22, Jeremiah 23:15, Genesis 15, Luke 10:18
• “Revelation: Eternal King, Everlasting Kingdom” Jen Wilkin

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Kyle Worley is joined by Samuel Parkison to answer the questions, what is the beatific vision and why does it matter?

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the beatific vision and why does it matter?
• What makes heaven, heaven?
• What does it mean to behold God? What are we beholding?

Helpful Definitions:

• Beatific Vision: The blessed hope of seeing God in heaven.

Guest Bio:

Samuel G. Parkison is associate professor of theological studies and director of the Abu Dhabi Extension Site at Gulf Theological Seminary in the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Parkison earned his M.Div., Th.M., and Ph.D. at Midwestern Seminary, is a regular contributor to For the Church, and is an editor of Credo Magazine. He also serves as a pastor of teaching and liturgy at Emmaus Church. He is the author of Revelation and Response: The Why, How of Leading Corporate Worship Through Song and Thinking Christianly: Bringing Sundry Thoughts Captive to Christ, and To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Exodus 33:18, Psalm 27:4, 1 Corinthians 13, 1 John 3:2, Revelation 22:4, 2 Corinthians 4
• “To Gaze upon God: The Beatific Vision in Doctrine, Tradition, and Practice” by Samuel Parkison

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