The Extras

This week on the Extras Sam and Jack are answering your questions out of Genesis chapter 25! As God commits himself to bless Isaac no matter what, lots of questions come up – like: - If God is sovereign, and loving, why does he cause some people to born in places where there is little chance of being saved? - What role does Abraham’s obedience (25:6) play in God’s decision to bless him? - Why does...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack are tackling your questions from Genesis chapter 25! We’re answering: - Is there anything special about the colour Red with Esau? - Does Jacob grow in holiness after experiencing the grace of God? - What happens to Esau? - What’s the difference between positional and progressive holiness? - and more!

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack are tackling your questions out of 2 Peter 3:10-18. We're asking: - What is the 'Day of God'? - Should we worry about 'signs' of the day? - How literal is Peter's description? - Why does Peter call us to Holiness, rather than to trust Jesus? - Why should the future shape my life now? - What will Christians experience on the day of the Lord? - If God is being m...

This week on The Extras, Sam and Jack are working through your questions out of 2 Peter 2 - via distance! We’re slowly working to improve the sound quality as we work in isolation. We’re tackling 2 great questions this week: - What does it mean to ‘speed it’s coming’ when we’re talking about the return of Jesus? - Why does Peter encourage us to godly living, rather than to evangelism?

This week on the extras: Sam and Jack are tackling one question - but in a deep way! What will I experience when I die? Will I go into the ground and wait for resurrection? Or will I go to be with Jesus? Tune in as they go deep with this question in response to our easter teaching from John 11.

We pushed pause on The Extras for the last few weeks to get organised for St Paul’s online, but we’re now back on the wagon and keen to answer your questions! This week, Sam and Dave tackle your questions out of 2 Peter chapter 2. We’re answering: - Who are the ‘Celestial Beings’ in chapter 2 verse 10? I’m confused! - What does chapter 2 verse 20 mean? - Can we lose our salvation? -And more!

This week on the extras, Sam and Jack are digging deep into some fantastic questions out of John 15 about fruitfulness, ministry and evangelism. We're tackling: - Do we just tell the gospel? Or make disciples? How much are we in control? - What does Jesus mean in verse 24 that if he hadn't come, people would not be guilty of sin? - What is the role of the Holy Spirit in verse 26? Does he witness t...

This week on the Extras we've got Mike, Sam and Jack wrestling with a mountain of questions about growing in fruitfulness. We're tackling: - Do we remain in Jesus' word? Or does his word remain in us? - What does Luke 10:38-42 teach us about serving? - How does the greek of verse 3 work? - What if I am not bearing fruit because of doubt? - Is it ok to serve out of duty rather than love? - What are...

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack have a jam-packed episode full of questions out of Sunday's sermon on growing in Christ's word. We're tackling: - What does it mean that the Spirit wrote the Bible? -How do we know the Spirit is reading 'with us'? -How is reading the Bible different to reading any other book? -How does God's word make us 'clean'? -Why should Fathers in particular teach their k...

This week on the Extras, Jack and Sam tackle questions coming out of the first sermon in our 'Healthy Things Grow' sermon series. We're answering: - What happened between God and Jesus at the point of Jesus' death? - What significance is there in the metaphor of 'vine' Jesus' chooses? - What is orthodoxy? - All sorts of things can cause us to lose our Joy, right? - And much more!

On a special summer episode of the Extras, Sam and Jack are tackling all the tough questions coming out of Sunday's sermon on 'Why is there evil in the world?' Lots of questions - so let's get into it!

This week on the Extras Gary and Sam tackle 3 final questions for 2019. Thanks for all your questions throughout the year! We'll be back in term 1 2020. This week we're tackling: - What is Jesus referring to by 'these things' in verse 25? - Are the 10 commandments rules? And do rules make a relationship with God? - Are miracles a necessary pre-condition for belief in God?

This week on the Extras, Gary and Sam answer your questions from Matthew 10:16-42. We've got a shorter than usual episode, where we're tackling: - Why are we to be like serpents? Aren't they bad? - What is the prophet's reward? - Is this passage for us? Or for the disciples? - What happens in hell? Destruction? Or eternal punishment? - What if I disown Jesus under pressure? - And more!

This week on the Extras, Bishop-Elect Gary Koo joins Sam on the Extras to talk about becoming the next bishop of Western Sydney. He's also (mainly) here to answer your questions out of Matthew Chapter 10! We're answering: - What does a willing harvest worker look like? - How do you know when it's time to leave a church? - Gary speaks to his decision making process here - What is the role of signs...

This week on The Extras, Jack and Sam are answering your questions from Matthew 9:14-34! We're tackling: - Does Isaiah 58 help make sense of fasting in Matthew 9? - What does it mean that Jesus will be 'taken away'? - How can God do 'something new' since he never changes? - Wasn't Jesus always the plan? How can he be 'something new'? - Was the 'ruler' a synagogue ruler? Or something else? - Why do...

This week it's a huge episode of the extras! Sam and Jack are tackling oodles of your questions from Matthew chapter 8. We're answering: - Does Jesus really have nowhere to rest his head? - Where did the demons go after all the pigs died? - When is the 'appointed time' in verse 29? - Why were people farming pigs in Israel? - What's a miracle and how can we identify them? - If Jesus didn't have aut...

This week on the Extras, Jack and Sam are answer your questions from Matthew 8:1-17. We’re tackling: - Why doesn’t Jesus want people to know about his miracles? - Why does Jesus want the healed leper to go and do the rituals required by the Levitical law? - Why do some versions of the Bible translate verse 7 differently? - Verse 12 talks about subjects of the kingdom being thrown into darkness – w...

On this final episode of the extras for Term 3 2019, Mike is back in the chair with Sam, and the guys are working through your questions from Romans 4. We're tackling: - How does Romans 2:6-7 work with Romans 4? - What is the place of religious rituals if they don't justify us? - What does v15 mean when it says 'where there is no law, there is no transgression' - Why does God tell us not to get an...

This week on the Extras, James Chen is back with Sam, answering your questions on Romans 3:21-26. We're tackling: - How can I be sure about my salvation when I struggle to trust God? - Is God's righteousness revealed or demonstrated? or both? - Why are some Psalms repeated in the Bible (question from a previous week) - Which members of the trinity get angry? Is it just God the Father? Or God the S...

This week on the Extras, James Chen joins Sam as a special guest presenter on the extras while Mike enjoys some well earned time away. We're answering your questions on Romans 3:1-20 including: - Is faith a 'work' - What about if I'm a mix of the two sons in Luke 15? - Does the older son in Luke 15 have a relationship with the Father? - Are Jews and Gentiles judged by the same standard? - Could so...

This week on the Extras, Mike and Sam are tackling questions out of Romans chapter 2. We're answering: - Is the punishment for sinners really eternal? - Are there different levels of punishment? - How is an eternal punishment a fair result for a finite amount of sin? - What is the 'law' that gentiles have - mentioned in 2:14? - What about those who have never heard the message of the cross? - Will...

This week on the Extras Sam and Mike unpack and answer your questions from Romans 1:14-17. We're answering: - How does the Habakkuk quote help? - Why does Paul keep talking about Greeks? - Who are the Barbarians? - How do we understand from 'faith to faith'? - How do we help people see they need saving?

This week on the Extras, Sam and Mike dive deep (real deep!) into Romans 1:1-13. We're tackling: - How are we meant to understand the 'obedience of faith'? Are there other passages that talk about it? - What is the Spirit's role in Jesus' Lordship? - How do we see the Holy Spirit at work? - If Jesus was always God's plan, did God's plan involve us sinning? - If Jesus becomes the 'Son of God in pow...

This week on the Extras, Mike and Sam are answering your questions from our first week of the Romans series. We're tackling: - How does God's righteousness and fairness fit with the fact that he doesn't choose everyone to be saved? - Can God use wickedness for his righteous purposes? - How can Paul impart a spiritual gift (Romans 1:11) Isn't that God's job? - Did a prophecy in Acts 21 shape Paul's...

In this special episode of The Extras, Sam and Mike continue to get familiar with the book of Romans. In this third instalment introducing the book of Romans we're thinking about how long-form arguments work, and particularly how chapters 1-4 form one, cascading argument up to the first peak of the book. Strap in!