The Bible Talks - John

1. Psalm 139:21-22 - is that not saying "hate your enemies"? 2. Matt 5:29-30 - Ok yes we are forgiven by Jesus this side of the cross, but are we not still meant to take sin seriously? How does v29-30 meaning change pre vs post cross? Why would Jesus command Jewish ppl to eg. cut out eyes/ hands if he knew he would die and it won't apply to us anymore? What would living out rest look like on this...

Great talk! Really interesting take on the salt! Is it wrong to still think about salt in these ways? (analogies/ ?in something time) On lowkey it's like eisegesis? "The "upside down kingdom" is a common lens of interpretation many preachers have. Is it valid to say the sermon on the mount is a guide for how Christians should have after putting trust in Jesus? If Israel was tasked with being Salt...

Would Jesus have been tempted as a man or as God, since he is both? How would I respond if a friendsays it would ahve been easy for him to overcome temptation as God's son, when I know that isn't true?  Karl mentioned this at the end of TBT: If the world is enslaved to sin and the devil, who is in control? God or Satan? What are the implications for us who are saved, yet still tempted? Was it...

In what sense can judgement be a baptism? If baptism reflects an inward change - either repentance or salvation - what change is reflected by a baptism of judgement? How do we think about the idea of fire being judgement with the fire that comes at Pentecost? Where is the example of bad unity in the bible that Carl talked about?  Jesus was also kind, having dinner/meeting with many people (e....

How much can Ross bench? What are the different Scriptures that made Matthew write about the Nazarene prophecy? If, in v15 Jesus *fulfilled* the prophecy by Hosea, does this mean Hosea was never writing about Israel in the first place? If he was originally writing about Israel, in what sense is it a prophecy pointing forward to Jesus, as opposed to a type which we now, having seen Jesus, can look...

Is it not also reasonable that Mary simply called the child "a supernatural cause" due to the extreme shame and ostracisation that would be involved with having sex and giving birth outside of marriage (especially with regards to the context of the time)? If Jesus = Jeshua = God saves, how does Jesus = Immanuel = God with us? IS Immanuel a title like Christ? Or does God saves = God with us? How is...

Is the genealogy accurate? (in Matthew 1). Does it have to be?  How should we approach differences and inconsistencies in this genealogy? For example, the missing names compared to the OT or differences between this genealogy and the one found in Luke 3?  What is the significance of the number 14? Seems quite an arbitrary number I wonder about the significance of Zerah, brother of Perez...

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2025 Easter Talk

How do you address non-Christians who express the fruit of the spirit (Eg they are patient)? Has God given these fruit even to those who belong to the flesh? Assuming the quality of our relationship with God is independent of our actions, can we not grow in the depth of our relationship with him? Why talk to him? Why learn about him/get to know him? Doesn't God love us when we obey him/live like J...