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- V13-14 tells us the Holy Spirit is given as a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until our redemption....so 2 things, do we need to do v15 to 23 in order to be saved? And secondly, why does it seem the spirit is given before the redemption by Jesus’ death? - What does it mean when his says I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened - What is the 'Spirit of wisdom'? Is it just the wi...

This week on the Extras, Jack and Raj are tackling your questions from Isaiah 11!

This week on the Extras, we've got a bumper holiday edition for you! Heaps of fantastic questions - check them out below! 10 points for those who make it all the way to the end! Exegetical 1. [v. 2] Hello! What does “the word of the Lord coming to him” look like? ie is God speaking verbally to Elijah? Can we expect to have similar “words”? And if so, what would that look like? 2. [v. 12] Isn’t the...

This week on the Extras Raj Gupta, our new senior minister at St Paul's joins Sam for his first round of answering your questions from Ephesians 1:1-14 We're tackling: - What does it mean that we are blessed 'in the heavenly places'? - Vs 13: if Paul referring to us (St Paul's) or to other gentiles, do the blessings in vs 3-12 apply to us or to another audience? - What does an explosion of blessin...

This week on the Extras Sam and Jack are tackling a huge batch of questions from Psalm 84 such as: - Are the words for Shield in verse 9 and 11 the same? - What does it mean that God 'withholds no good thing from those who are blameless'? - How does Psalm 84 fit into the bigger book of Psalms? - Does the fact that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit speak into this Psalm? - Are the problems...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack are answering your questions from Psalm 130. We're answering: - What are the songs of ascent? - Why do Psalms repeat some lines? - What is the connection between fearing God and experiencing forgiveness? - God's forgiveness is perfect - how can I truly forgive? - What is the difference between not grumbling and covering up sin? - What are some practical tips t...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack tackle 4 question from Mission Sunday

This week on the Extras Jack and Sam are tackling your questions from Proverbs 25 We're answering: - Who was proverbs originally written for? - How to handle translation variations? - Should I live on the corner of a roof? - What does it mean to search out matters that are 'too deep'? - What should I make of the chapter divisions in Proverbs? - How do balance serving others, and not burning out? -...

This week on the Extras we're answering some fantastic questions that came during Dan Wu's second talk on proverbs. We're tackling questions on: - Bible translations - How to read proverbs in context - How to be zealous in your relationship with God - and more!

A new year means a new season of The Extras! This week, Sam and Jack are answering questions from our latest series on Proverbs.

For our final episode of 2020, we've got our student preachers alongside Jack to tackle a bunch of questions out of Matthew 13. Thanks for all your questions this year - we hope you have a great Christmas and a happy new year!

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack work through your questions from Matthew 13:24-43!

This week on the Extras, Jack and Sam are thinking about Matthew 13 and Jesus' parable of the sower. Lots of questions again this week!

Sam and Jack answer a record breaking number of questions this week on the Extras - all out of Matthew chapter 12.

James and Sam answer a huge number of questions from our new series in Matthew's gospel!

This week on the Extras, Sam and Dave are answering your questions from the second week of our series on ‘Church’. We’re tackling: •How do I know if I am not being edified or if I am 'not being easily edified?? Seems like it is hard to tell apart. •What is the difference between edification and evangelism? Even I as a Christian need 'the gospel' and don't know God as well as I should. •What do you...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Andrew answer your questions from the first week of our new series on 'Church'. We're tackling: - What is the difference between 'godly dissatisfaction' and 'godly patience' - Who are the 'rulers and authorities' in Ephesians 3:10? - How did the church keep going in previous pandemics? - What kind of love is John 13:34 talking about? - Is there an important differe...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Andrew are tackling your questions from Romans 8:18-30 - In relation to verse 20, is our world fallen and broken because of sin or because of the curse God placed on it because of sin or both? - vv23-25 positions as future tense what was positioned as past tense earlier in the chapter. What's going on? - Does the Ecclesiastes passage referred to have any modern day...

This week on The Extras, it's the original team, back together again! Sam and Mike are answering your questions from Romans 8:5-17. We're tackling: - Who is ‘the Spirit’ referring to in Romans 8? God’s Spirit? The Holy Spirit? Is there a difference? - How do I know that the Spirit of God is in me? The spirit of God is supposed to be able to overcome anything. If so, why do I continue to be a sinne...

This week on the Extras, Andrew joins Sam on the Extras to walk through your questions on Romans 8:1-4 Great questions on: - What does it mean to be ‘condemned by the law’? - What is the ‘righteous requirement of the law’? - How is the righteous requirement of the law fulfilled? By Christ for me? Or by the Spirit changing me to love? - Why does the word ‘flesh’ mean different things at different t...

Dave and Jack are here answering a truckload of your questions from Romans 6!

This week on the Extras, Jack and Sam are tackling your questions on Romans 5:12-21 We’re answering: - What is the difference between sin, trespass and iniquity? - What does 5:13 mean when it says 'sin is not charged against anyone's account' without the law? - If all die in Adam, then what about Enoch and Elijah who never died? - If sin is 'natural' then how could God have created us - he can't b...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack are joined by Kara Hartley – the Archdeacon for women in the Sydney Diocese to answer your questions out of a difficult passage – Genesis 34. We’re answering: • "Shechem" is also the name of the city (33:18) - is there any significance to Shechem the character sharing his name with the city? • Dinah was Leah's daughter (v. 1) - if she had been Rachel's daughte...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack are tackling your questions out of Genesis 30. Lots of big questions this week!

This week on The Extras, Sam Russell and Jack Day are diving in to a great set of questions flowing out of the story of God’s decision to bless Jacob, the deceiver, rather than his older and favourite brother Esau. We’re tackling: - What is a ‘blessing’? - What is the difference between the ‘blessing’ and the ‘birthright’? - Why does Isaac require food before giving his blessing? - Did Jacob and E...