Episode Details

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley continue discussing Acts. On this episode, Paul is in Felix’s custody, meets Festus and Agrippa, is sent to Rome, and ends up shipwrecked.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Festus meets with Paul and Paul appeals to Caesar (Acts 25:1-12). Why can Paul do this?
• Who is Agrippa to Festus? What’s the chain of command here?
• How does Paul’s defense begin?
• How does Agrippa respond?
• Then Paul is shipped to Rome, does this remind us of any other stories?
• What theologians and Christian writers of color would you recommend?
• What resources do you use to get an understanding of the things you are talking about?

Helpful Definitions:

• Epistemology: The discipline that investigates the nature of knowledge, how knowledge works, and what it means “to know” something. How do we know what is true?

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

• Acts 25-27, Jonah, Genesis 6:11–9:19
• Storyline Fellowship
• “A Little Manual for Knowing” by Esther Meek
• “Loving to Know” by Esther Meek
• “The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind” by Mark Noll
• CSB Tony Evans Study Bible
• Dr. Carl Ellis & K.A. Ellis
• Jackie Hill Perry
• “The Bible, Disability, and the Church” by Amos Yong
• “Prophetic Lament” by Soong-Chan Rah
• “Introducing Black Theology” by Bruce Fields
• “Doctrine That Dances” by Robert Smith
• Robert Smith Preaching
• Charlie Dates Preaching
• “God’s Very Good Idea” by Trillia Newbell
• “His Testimonies, My Heritage”