The Extras

We are continuing in our Overflowing Christian Living series. Join Lachlan and Tinik on this week's episode of the Extras as they discuss the many questions which came in on the topic of generosity. The sermon was based on 2 Corinthians 9:6-15.

Tune in to our new episode of The Extras where Lachlan and Raj reflects on Deuteronomy 6 and shares their personal bible reading journey.

Join Lachlan and Peter on this episode as they work through your questions from Matthew 20:17-34. Questions included: - Why does the mum of the two disciples ask Jesus the question, instead of the disciples themselves? - Jesus could see the 2 blind men and knew what they wanted so why did he ask "what do u want me to do?" (v32) - Would it be different if the sons said “No” to their ability to drin...

Join Lachlan and Sam on this episode of The Extras, answering your questions from Matthew 20:1-16. Some questions include: - What does it really mean first will be last and last will be first? - What would have happened if the early workers had left the fields and quit working before the end of the day? - How does the idea of being entitled to heaven with works (e.g., serving others, attending chu...

Join Peter and Sam as they answer your questions from Matthew 19:16-30. Some questions included: - How did the young man even know he was lacking in v20? - What does it mean for the 12 disciples to judge the 12 tribes in Matthew 19:28? - Is giving up wealth something we have to do before we come to Jesus? If so, is that coming to Jesus with nothing? - How do I work out if I am too possessed by mon...

Tune in to our new Extras episode as Sam and Peter answer your questions for our Matthew sermon series. We got questions from the sermon and a special bonus question at the end! Some questions included: - Why did Jesus bother preaching to the crowd if he didn’t want them to understand - As of that time of the 4 soils sermon? - Is it weird to not feel that happy about being in the good soil when al...

On this special holiday episode, Raj and Lachlan discuss the book of Jude, which encourages us to "contend for the faith" and "keep ourselves in God's love" particularly in the context of false teachers who are living in sexual immorality and encouraging others to do the same. There's a suitable spot to pause at about the 29 minute mark, if you don't want to listen to one hour straight through. So...

Join Lachlan and Sam as they tackle your questions from Ezekiel 10-11!

Join Sam and Lachlan as they tackle your questions from Ezekiel 7. Questions include: - What is Jerusalem’s conduct? - In light of the New Testament, can Ezekiel 7 show hope before the New Testament was written? Could people take any hope out of that passage? - God’s judgement is on the nation except for a remnant. To relate the lesson of God’s punishment more clearly to our world, should we view...

Join Lachlan and Susan as they tackle your questions from Ezekiel 6. Some questions included: - Can we use Ezekiel 6:14 to speak to today's green movement? Does our sin impact the environment?' - If God knows everything, including the future, and knows that the Israelites would not follow his commands faithfully forever, why did he set such a harsh punishment in Leviticus knowing that he would hav...

The book of Ezekiel has been raising many questions, and chapter 5 seems to have particularly prompted reflection. - How do we cope with this teaching about God's judgment? - Are children also under God's judgment? - Were the remnant righteous? - How can we love our enemies? - And how can we repent of comfortable, affluent, Christianity? Listen as Lachlan and Sam discuss these significant question...

Join Sam and Lachlan as they answer your questions on Ezekiel 4. Questions include: – Did Ezekiel really lie on his side for 430 days? - Is war the act of God's judgment? - How do we talk to others about the weight of their sin, and the judgment that they are facing?

Join Lachlan and Sam as they tackle your questions from Ezekiel 3.

Join Lachlan and Sam as they dive into our great questions from Ezekiel 2-3:15. Some questions included: - Is there a reason 'Son of man' is used to describe both Ezekiel and Jesus? - What difference is there between Ezekiel's mandate to the people of God and the broader going to all people? How does that impact us? - I see a lot of similarities between Israel as depicted in Ezekiel and our presen...

We started a new series in the book of Ezekiel. Join Lachlan and Sam as they answer your questions on Ezekiel 1.

Join Raj and Lachlan as they answer your questions from Hebrews 12. Some questions include: -If we don’t have Christian community and aren’t holding fast, we heard that that’ll lead us to falling short of the grace of God (v15)? But don’t we fall short anyway? Isn’t that what makes it grace? - In what sense are we gathered now? We are physically gathered at church. But what about when we are not a...

In this extra episode of The Extras, Peter and Lachlan explore some of the questions that were raised during our Stretch events, where we came together to stretch our thinking about what the whole Bible says about perseverance in Christian salvation. We couldn't tackle all the questions, and wanted to encourage those who came along to continue thinking about these issues, so here are some other re...

On Sunday, we heard a sermon about persevering in our Christian walks by fixing our eyes on Jesus. Join Lachlan and Peter as they tackle your questions from Hebrews 11-12:3. Some questions included were: - Hebrews 11:1 says that faith is assurance about what we do not see yet. With faith having a future aspect, what does it mean to have faith that the universe was form by God in the past? - If liv...

Join Kelly and Raj as they discuss the many questions that came through from last Sunday's sermon on Hebrews 10:19-25. Some questions included were: - What does apostasy mean and can you provide an example? - What are the importance of meeting together? - How do we encourage people who are not at church to 'keep meeting'? - What can we do when we want to continue in Christ but we don't feel connec...

This week Raj and Josh spent time in Hebrews 9 answering questions such as: - Why didn’t God skip straight to the new covenant? - Why did God use blood so much for salvation? - How did the Israelites pick up the Most Holy Place without being killed?

This week, Peter and Lachlan talk Hebrews 7 and 8. Questions included: - Who on earth is Melchizedek? - If the new covenant is better, why did God bother with the old one? - Why do we bother learning about the old covenant, if we've never lived under it and never will? Or do the laws of the old covenant still apply?

Hebrews 5:11–6:12 issues a stark warning – those who should be teachers are still drinking milk like babies, and they are at risk of regressing even further to the point that they deny Christ altogether! So what is the Christian maturity that the author of Hebrews wants for them, and for us? Join Raj and Lachlan as they tackle your questions on this week's episode.

This week on the Extras, we answer your questions on Hebrews 4:14–5:10, mostly revolving around the identity and role of Jesus as the priest we need. Questions include: - Who is Melchizedek? - Should we pray to Jesus? - Why do we need pastors if Jesus is our priest? We pray that our discussion would encourage you in your love for Jesus.

Hebrews 3 and 4 urged us repeatedly: "Today, if you hear [God's] voice, do not harden your hearts." This week on the Extras, we explore what it means to harden your heart, how to avoid a hard heart, and the nature of the rest that God is inviting us to enter into.

At church on Sunday, we looked at Hebrews 2:5–3:6, and were encouraged to fix our thoughts on Jesus. That's what we did this week on the Extras, as we considered your questions about Jesus, perfection, atonement, and more.