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Why does Jesus go into the wildness to fast before His ministry? Why does Matthew point out that the Holy Spirit led Him there to be tested by Satan? Is Satan evil, misunderstood, or a creatively made fictional character? How does Satan test Jesus? What is the difference between temptation and being tested? How does Jesus use scripture to destroy Satan's arguments? When does Jesus actually start H...

Who is John the Baptist and why is he important? What does it mean to repent? Why would God use him to herald the arrival of Jesus? How are he and Jesus related? Why does John baptize people? What did he require of them before being baptized? Why would he not baptize the Pharisees and Sadducees? How is God's wrath a good thing? What does it mean to be purified by fire? Why did Jesus need to be bap...

Who are the wise men and how many of them are there? How do they know about the prophecy of Jesus' birth? What is the Star of Bethlehem? What are the purposes of the gifts given to Jesus? How do the Jewish scribes and priests not know what the wise men did? How does King Herod react to the news of a rival king in Jesus being born? How are we to react to Jesus as king?

When was Matthew written and who by? Does it use Mark as a reference? Who was Matthew primarily written for? Why is it important for him to call Jesus a descendant of both Abraham and David? What does Jesus Christ's Name mean? How does Matthew's genealogy for Jesus differ from Luke's? Why does he organize the genealogy the way he does? Who are the women in Jesus' ancestral line? Who was Joseph and...

Why does Moses bless Israel before he dies? How is this a sign of God's mercy? How were these words given to us if Moses was alone when he died? How are the different tribes blessed? Why would God bless people He knows will go astray from Him? How is Israel blessed overall? How does Moses die? What can we learn from his life? How are leaders to be raised and then lead?

Christian is once more joined by Joshua Noel of the Whole Church Podcast to discuss Deuteronomy 32. What is the song of Moses? Who does Moses call as a witness against Israel if they sin? Why does Moses have to die outside the Promised Land? How does Joshua succeed him as leader of Israel? How did God make Israel something out of nothing? Does God bring calamity in the world? How does God compare...

What was the point of renewing the covenant with Israel? How were they to relate to God? What does it mean to submit to Him? How did God make the Israelites out of nothing and then into a mighty nation? Why does God bring up a comparison to Israel's apostasy and Sodom and Gomorrah? How were Israel to gain prosperity? How can God offer us a choice between life and death? Why was Moses going to die?...

Why does God issue the blessings and curses for Israel? What does it mean to be cursed? Why are these laws specifically made out to be worthy of being cursed for breaking them? When were the tribes supposed to shout these to one another and where? How was Israel to be blessed for following the law? What did it mean for them to break it? Is God a god out of time and space? How can He promise someth...

If God hates divorce then why did He allow it in the law? How did these rules protect women from their former husbands? How seriously did God treat the crime of human trafficking? How were Israelites to handle taking loans from each other? Why was it important to pay someone immediately after they had done their job? Is there a contradiction in the law and the Bible in how the sins of the father s...

What is the sin of inaction? Why does God say transvestism and wishing to be transsexual are sins? How are we to care for the environment wisely? How can homeowners be more responsible? Why does God forbid two kinds of things being together? How are Christians to be in the world, but not of the world? What laws did God make about sexual assault and sex outside of marriage and why? Why was the Law...

Why were the Levites only to work as priests? How were they provided for? What does this have to do with tithing? Why is magic evil? Is there a righteous way to use it? If superpowers existed, what would separate them from magic and could they be used for good? What is magic and sorcery? Is talking to and raising the dead evil? Can a Christian get into astrology? How can we discern if a prophet is...

Why were debts to be canceled? How were the Israelites to treat their slaves? Why could Israel lend to nations but not borrow from them? How can God say that there will be no poor in the land, but that there will also always be poor in the land? What was the purpose of the firstborn animals? What is the significance of Passover? Why does God have His people celebrate holidays? How are judges to ju...

Christian is joined once more by Joshua Noel of the Whole Church Podcast and Dummy for Theology Podcast to discuss Deuteronomy 13 and 14. Is the Pentateuch law, suggestion, or legal wisdom? What makes a false prophet false? How can they be false even if they produce magical miracles? How are we to treat false prophets? What makes something heresy? How do we obey the commandments of God? Why was it...

Why did God remake the stone tablets? How did this show His faithfulness to the Israelites and Moses? Why does God repeat Himself in these chapters? What does it mean to fear the Lord? How can we walk in obedience to Him? What does it mean to love God? How do we serve Him well? What does it mean to circumcise your heart? Why is it wrong to add something to Christianity or the add anything after be...

Why did God tell Israel to wipe out the Canaanites? How can this be righteous? What does it mean that the Canaanites were not wiped out and how is this an example of God's mercy and love? Why did Israel need to pay attention to the law? Why does God repeat Himself? What did God promise if Israel kept the law? What does it mean to not live by bread alone? Why was worshiping other gods evil? Why doe...

Why are the Ten Commandments talked about again? What can we glean from them that we didn't before? How important is it to follow God's law? What is the difference between God's moral, civil, and priestly laws? Did Jesus abolish the law or fulfill it? How then do we know what sin is? Why is it important to teach young people well? What is the greatest commandment? What does it mean to love God ful...

What is the Book of Deuteronomy about? Why is there so much repetition in it? Did Moses write the Book of Deuteronomy? How does God ordain him to write it? Why is Moses about to die and why does God refused to let him see the Promised Land? How is Joshua to be encouraged by Moses? Why can Israel attack the Amorites and Canaanites, but not the Edomites, Moabites, and Ammonites? How is God faithful...

How does Numbers end? How is Canaan Israel's inheritance? How did the Canaanites lose their inheritance? How big was the Promised Land supposed to be? Why did God have Moses use Joshua and Eleazar to establish the boundaries for the tribes? Where were the Levites to live? How are the cities of refuge meant to stop violence? Do laws like these matter if they were never followed up on in scripture?...

Why is Israel righteous to destroy the people of Midian? How does this relate to our ability to follow God well? When do the ends justify the means? How does the spoils of war get treated in relation to God's providence? Why would Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh want to settle outside the boundaries of the Promised Land? How was God faithful in all this? Why does Moses retell the event...

What is the purpose of the daily offerings? Why did animals need to die in order for the sacrifices to be done correctly? Were the priests to work on the Sabbath? How was the Passover to be observed? What was the point of the festivals and holidays that the Israelites were told by God to follow and enjoy? Why is making a vow okay? Is there a wrong way to do it? How does God differentiate vows betw...

How did Moab and Midian get Israel to curse themselves? Does the Bible justify racism and denying interracial marriages? How did Phineas show his righteousness with his killing of the sinners? Why does God order another census of the people? Did any of Korah's family survive his rebellion? Who are Zelophehad's daughters and why are they important? How does this show how God views women well?

Who is Balaam and how does he know God? Who is Balak and why does he want to curse Israel? Are curses real? Is magic real? Should Christians believe in magic or be more rational? Why would God use someone who didn't believe in Him to bless Israel? Why is it wrong to syncretize other gods and beliefs into Christianity? Why did God let a donkey speak? Who is the Angel of the Lord? What do the prophe...

What is the significance of Miriam's death? How are the new generation of Israelites just like their forefathers? Why is Moses resentful of them? How is Aaron complicit in Moses' sin? Why is God angry at Moses and banish him from the Promised Land? How is the rock symbolizing Jesus? Why didn't Israel attack Edom? How was this an example of turning the other cheek? What is Aaron's legacy as he dies...

Why was it important for Aaron and his sons to lead well? What was expected of the Levites as a whole? What does it mean for God to establish a covenant of salt with them? How are we to compensate pastors for their work? Is tithing a biblical command? What was the point of sacrificing a red heifer? How does this foreshadow Jesus? Why was it necessary to make laws concerning dead bodies? https://ze...

Why does God make additions to the sacrificial system? Why is it important that God brings these rules up after Israel's rebellions? Did God always plan for Gentiles to be His people too? What is an unintentional sin and how can we avoid them? How many people are enslaved in the world today? Why is God righteous to allow Israel to stone a Sabbath breaker to death? What are the importance of the ta...