"How do you know if it is appropriate for you to show this harsh rebuke? Like is there some sort of qualification?" 

"If the passage says do not be unequally yoked … can you be equally yoked with unbelievers and what would that look like?"

"What is the connection between "widen your hearts" [6:13] and "make room in your hearts" [7:2] and the call to live distinctly from the world? Shouldn’t that be about changing your hearts?"

"What does 7:11 mean by "punishment"? Produced by Godly grief?"

"How should we think about engaging in cultural practices to build relationships for evangelism & fleeing from idol worship?"

"I wonder what God's comfort really looks like?"

"I wonder if weakness is not the inability to do things since Jesus becomes weak yet can do anything since he is God?"

"Is weakness something we should expect in the new creation?"

"What is the nuance between weakness and suffering that also contributes to weakness but is also caused to some extent by our own sin?"

"What does it look like to judge Jesus through a non-worldly criteria - as opposed to judging by worldly criteria?"

"I wonder if walking "not by sight" doesn't mean that Paul doubts his senses, since he trusts in how he & the apostles saw the risen Jesus but perhaps a trust in the future glory over present suffering? Kind of echoing 4:18."

"Is our restoration necessary for reconciliation, the other way around, or are they simultaneous? How does vs 11-13 relate to the rest of the passage?"

"If the judgement in v10 is salvation judgement, why does Paul use it to support his goal in v9 to please the Lord? Is he not already saved? Could he be talking about a different kind of judgement? e.g. like 1 Cor 3:10-15"

"What does v10 actually mean? I know that there is no further condemnation when we are reconciled in Jesus. I know that there is no records of sins but it seems to still imply that Christians still need to give an account in all that we do in this life."

" "The Mortification of Sin" by Owen, it's stated we must purge our indwelling sin daily. However, Jesus cleansed us of our sins by in a sense pinning & mortifying our sins on the cross with him. How do you think of this? Must we know the nature of sin and deal with it or it's just an acknowledgement of the fact that, "ok, sin costs but it's cleansed so we're good." "

"Why does God allow people to be blinded?"

"I have a friend who doesn't trust the word. Every time I justify something/explain something using examples in the bible, she doesn't want to hear it. How do you spread the Gospel to someone like this?"

"In vs 17 how does light and momentary affliction prepare us for an eternal weight of glory beyond comparison? Perspective?"

"What should we do in settings where being a Christian makes you one of the powerful ones? (2 Cor 4 jars of clay)"

"How does a ministry keep the Bible at the centre? Reading the Bible is presumably key but what about an illiterate church? Why don't we only read the Bible (Why have Bible talks, etc)?"

"If Jesus was meant to die for our sins, were the Jewish leaders always destined to send Jesus to the cross?"

“How did the criminal on the left know Jesus was truly the Christ-King?”

“Wondering how Christianity justifies the punishment of moral people who do immense good but do not have faith?"

"Is there a distinction between Sinai covenant and God's promises of unconditional "Hesed" (love)  to Abraham and David? Unity / distinction?"

"If the old covenant is not meant to be used, and we cannot go back, how do we know what laws still apply to us, and what laws do not, if they are not mentioned in the new covenant?"

"V18 what does it mean for us to have an unveiled face? (Kind of like how later in 4:4 Satan blinds unbelievers and Jesus unblinds us?)"

"I wonder if freedom in v17 is more about freedom from sin or from the veil (true to see the point of the law) more so than freedom from the law?"

"Does our freedom in Christ create an environment for lukewarm faith/is lukewarm faith works based?"

"Could you agree Catholicism & Orthodoxy still follow the New Covenant ministry? It's just the extent people pursue the requirements of denominations that can be misguiding?"

"How do you help a friend you think is going into Old Law / Catholicism for the wrong reasons?"

"What if you're struggling to want to obey God? Does this mean he is not at work in you?"

"We still sin even with the holy Spirit which helps us internally obey God - is the Spirit partially limited or fully or is this just the 'gradual' (rather than immediate) nature of His working?"

"2 Corinthians 1:23 -> Is Paul using an oath here? Doesn't Jesus command not to make oaths?"

"Why don't we have the severe letter in our Bible?"

"If we discovered the severe letter, would it be scripture? Is this unhelpful to speculate on?"

"Question about what you said about catholic people - would you say catholic people will not be saved?"

"With Pope Leo XIV's recent comments about removing Mary as part of salvation, with Christ being the only way of salvation, would this still make Catholicism its own religion? Or just Christianity with doctrinal differences?"

"How far does the 'guarantee' in v22 extend? Is it a guarantee to us of God's faithfulness or does it also extend to guaranteeing the faithfulness of the believer (that is, guaranteeing their perseverance)? The footnotes say it can also be rendered ""down payment"". Is this a payment a believer, in apostasy, can repudiate?”

"Should forgiveness always lead to restoration of the relationship? Can you still forgive someone and avoid them/cut off relationship? Or does this mean you have to fully forgive them and are letting Satan win?"

"Why bother mentioning the 'gate' in v 10? Is the gate alluding to other parts of the bible?"

"Is the day of Jesus return just the end of "the day"?"

"What was the logic + evidence behind being able to see the day as started but not finished?"

"How does the glory of the kings of the nation come into the picture? (Rev 21:24) Is their glory more than ours? I'm assuming their glory points to God's glory?"

"Why does God make it so salvation ontologically requires judgement?"

"God's salvation in this sounds kinda conditional, almost like the foreign gods around Israel. How do we reconcile this with how the NT portrays God's love?"

"In the TBT it was said that because they did not believe and worship God, that God will not give rain and issues will come to the crops. Is this not conditional? God's love is most definitely conditional. Also just because there is correlation between these two events it does not mean that there was causation - how can you prove it?"

"Is the imagery of 1/3's in 13:8 sampled from Ezekiel 5? They seem to have the same idea. Or are they fully separate?"

"I wonder of the significance of Zec 13:8-9's use of thirds and the two thirds cut off. My thought is that it refers to the Jews (or maybe whole land refers to all people) who are not saved and so cut off? e.g. Rom 11"

"Why was blood the only way to reconcile and restore relationships?"

"Can you elaborate how you connected Zech 13:6 to the Elijah vs Baal prophets?"

"Could Zech 13:2-6 be when God silences his prophets - there will be no more prophets - even Heb 1:1-4?"

"You phrased that the gospel writer use the images of thirty pieces of silver to draw attention to the connection between Jesus & the prophecy - do you mean that the gospel writers themselves inserted that value intentionally, and it may or may not have been what was actually paid or the value was 30 pieces paid and the writers make a point of recording that specifically?"

"How do we read this passage with Romans 13? ie. How should Christians respond to bad rulers today? Are we to simply submit? Or is there a biblical reason to protest? What does the bible say we should do?"

"Does God still appoint prophets now?"

"Why does it switch between Ephraim & Joseph when mentioning the northern/southern tribes?"

What’s going on with the prisoners in the waterless pit, and prisoners of hope in Ch 9:11-12? Could that be likened to our salvation from hell?

"In chapter 9 v 11&12 with the prisoner from waterless pits and prisoners of hope idea - is that likened to our salvation from hell and call to be slaves and obedient (Paul language)? Or is it looking at idea of hell and salvation as Christians?"

"You spoke about suffering and then glory as the path of Israel and the Christ. Could you please help us understand a bit more of where you see that in the passage and what that means for us now?"

"I wonder of Jesus' ancestry through Zerubbabel since both Luke & Matthew have Zerubbabel and Shealtiel but between Zerubbabel & Jesus and Shealtiel & David they differ. I'm also trying to think if there is any passage that has gentiles as treasures or if this is an interpretation without much precedent?"

"On the cross, did Jesus only bear the judgement/sin of his people or everyone (the whole world)?"

"Jesus has taken the judgment that we deserve and we are saved from eternal judgement but do we experience judgement like the people did in Haggai 1? How did God keep his promises from Jeremiah 22 of not allowing Josiah's line to rule?"

"How does God choose individuals to become prophets? In a modern context, how do we know if it is a true calling from God or what we internally desire?"

"How do we know that we have built a genuine relationship instead of a performative relationship with God?"

"How does someone begin to incorporate God into our daily lives?"

"What are the requirements for someone to call themself a Christian? I have a few friends who are Christians, they believe and may have a relationship with God but don't go to church. How can I encourage them to attend church?"

"Do you think that whilst not going to church, not technically being a sin, does it not imply spiritual decay within someone? Under normalcy of course, as there are valid reasons for not attending (e.g. honouring the dead, tending to the sick etc.)"

"How can we do anything that pleases God if we always have mixed/sinful/selfish desires and motivations? Can we genuinely do good works that are not stained by sin?"

"Can our worship of God ever be completely pure intentioned this side of heaven?"

"As someone who prefers more traditional liturgy/worship/sunday services, but also keeps sinning, I often struggle with doubts that I am being hypocritical. How do we wrestle with seeking to be religious for God's glory, not our personal preference, while we still sin?"

"Fasting? Is this a valuable thing for us to do? Why/why not? What does it look like?"

"From Jeremiah 33:17-17 "The levitical priests shall never lack a man..." But isn't Jesus explicitly not a levitical priest? Thinking Hebrews vibes. Does the "levitical" bit from God's promise in Jeremiah just not matter, or is it fulfilled in a way I'm not getting yet?"

"What's the point of O.T. partial fulfilment when it may have been more practical to only have stand-alone promises/prophecy in relation of Jesus Christ?"

"What is the fulfillment of this new temple? The church? The indwelling of the Holy Spirit? God dwelling with his people in the new Jerusalem?"

"If Christ was himself the temple (John 2), how can we then be the temple described in Eph 2:17-22?"

"Does the process of helping to build the temple of the Lord help build us into it too? Isn't it God who gives us faith + so establishes us in his temple, + so why continual building? Would not all who are in Christ already in the temple?"

"Is there any significance/meaning in the different colours of the horses in 6:2-3?"

"Is there a link between the 4 horses in Zechariah 6 and the horses in Rev 6? (Same number, similar colours) - is it just a common image of judgement or more connection?"

"Why will the prophecy only be fulfilled if Judah diligently obeys God?"

"How can we respond rightly to the hope in Jesus (our King and Priest)? Is it spread the message? How can we personally respond? How can we be diligently obedient?"

"Built house for the basket? -> wickedness & sin. Our iniquities?"

"Could the olive trees in Zechariah relate to Elijah and Moses on the transfiguration (and how does it relate to Rev 11?)?"

"If the two olive trees are referring to Joshua & Zerubbabel, does this point to Jesus' priesthood and kingship?"

"Is this Zerubbabel the same Zerubabbel who is in the genealogy of Jesus in Matthew 1? Does that mean that the prophecy in Zechariah 4 is related to kingship?"

"3:9 says 'single day' and Jesus was dead for three days & three nights. Is this still a single day that removes iniquity or inclusive of his death and resurrection that removes iniquity rather than just his death singularly?"

"Is Jesus being considered as high priest and king related to being in the order of Melchizedek (Hebrews)? And what is the significance of being in this order when Melchizedek is only mentioned twice in the Bible?"

"Is this image of Joshua the high priest related to Melchizedek? What about Melchizedek? i.e. Why specifically the image of Joshua as priest?"

"You mentioned that the existence of the day of atonement sacrifices indicated that the daily (or periodic) sacrifices of the people weren't sufficient. What did these daily sacrifices achieve?"

"I think it's cool that vs16 God says he has returned even though the temple wasn't rebuilt. So was the temple truly symbolic as his dwelling place? Where is God dwelling then?"

"Where do we get the idea that the Angel of the LORD, while being seen to be God, is in some way distinct from God? Is it reading too much into the OT to say that the Angel of the LORD is the pre-incarnate Jesus?"

"Is the angel of the LORD distinct from God the Farther, Son and Spirit? If so how are they related?"

"What is the measuring line in Zech 1:16? When it is used in other prophets, it is often used as an image for God's judgement, but hasn't God's judgement already fallen on Israel in the exile?"

"Was the vision in part prophetic to Jesus? (as a carpenter)"

"Is there a connection between the carpenters in Ezra 3, Zechariah 1, and Jesus being a carpenter?"

"I don't understand the 4 craftsmen images?”

"Is repentance a once off thing or something we need to keep doing as Christians?"

"Is Jesus' authority only given after his death and resurrection, or simply "fully revealed" by it? John 1:1"

"Matthew 26:64 "Son of Man is seated at right hand" and in Daniel 7-8, is Jesus the ruler of the new kingdom? (i.e. does he pass judgement or does God judge people i.e. opening books of life?) I understand Jesus is raised as new ruler but who judges in the final resurrection?"

"Later in Daniel 7, it says the court will sit. Who is the judge of the living and the dead? Is it Jesus interceding so we don't experience God's wrath + judgement, or is Jesus the judge and then what is the role of the Father then. Finally, what is this court?"

"Since the resurrection is so central to the Christian faith, how do we deal with the inconsistencies between the accounts of Jesus' resurrection in the four gospels?"

"What is 'everything I have commanded you'? (vs 20). Does this mean that everything Jesus taught to pre-cross Israelites is reiterated here for all Christians?"

"Interesting take on Jesus' words and when heaven and earth pass away. In Matthew 5:17-18, how do you reconcile the law being God's word and Jesus saying he has not come to abolish it vs his words enduring and the law passing away?" 

"So the kingdom of God has been brought to Earth. That means heaven is now accessible to us because of Jesus' resurrection?"

"Throughout the series and this week we've heard Jesus' resurrection marks the "new age". Is this language actually present in scripture in reference to his death and resurrection? (Because in 28:20 it clearly is post-resurrection, referring to his 2nd coming)."

"The bible says we are allowed to doubt and question in our faith but how "bad or deep" can we fall before our salvation is at risk?"

"When Jesus says, "I am with you always," does that mean the same thing that God did when He promised He'd be with the Israelites? Or is He foreshadowing pentecost and the Spirit?"

“Could you explain why the Psalm 22 quote is written out in the original language?"

“Why do the Jews think Jesus is calling to Elijah?"

"Does the field of Blood contradict Acts saying Judas bought the field himself?"

"1 John 2:2 -> Sins of the whole world. Does Jesus die for the whole world or only for those that trust him?"

“How do you become a saint? Why are they so important in catholicism and not in protestantism?"

"Why are bodies of saints raised in Matt 27:52? What is the purpose of this and who were they?”

"Matthew is the only gospel that talked about the saints rising from the dead 27:52-53. Isn't this significant enough to be talked about in other gospels and non-christian texts?"

"Why in v44 did it say that the robbers reviled him & similarly in Mark but in Luke it talks about the criminal that gets told "today you will be with me in paradise"? Did this happen?”

"Why do the disciples fall away? Is it something about their understanding of Jesus or something about the Spirit? Or is it just to fulfil the Scriptures?"

"I'm a little unclear about the imagery in Zechariah 13:8-9. What does it symbolise and how does it relate to Jesus' death?"

"Why does Jesus call Judas "friend" in v.50? Was Judas ever a true believer then?"

"How do we know that Jesus' death & resurrection is what the exodus points to? How do we know it doesn't go backwards? Bible quote?"

"How are the wicked raised (for judgement)? Is it in some seme sense an overcoming of death for them even though not in Christ?"

"How do I explain hell to someone who doesn't believe in the afterlife or in God, if the idea of a Godless existence does not mean anything to them so hell is an immaterial thing Christians just throw at non-believers?"

"Should we seek death?"

"Is it wrong for us to attempt to prolong life in this world e.g. medical interventions?"

"Why did Jesus have to die?"

“If Jesus is speaking about his crucifixion, why does he say to pray it doesn't happen in winter, and cry alas for women nursing infants? Does this not suggest that the 'great tribulation' (v21) is one which is experienced by the people and not by him? Why is seeing his crucifixion (if it is the abomination of desolation) a sign to flee (v15)?”

"If the abomination of desolation was Jesus' death, how do we interpret v20, v23-38? Wouldn't those verses point towards a time after Jesus?"

"If the abomination here is Jesus' death on the cross, then why are there all the fleeing instructions in Matthew 24:16-20? Is not Jesus the only one who suffers the tribulation?"

"If we take the 'abomination that causes desolation' to be tied to Jesus' death/resurrection, how does the more general tribulation and fleeing in v16-20 fit in? Seems more AD70-like, would seem strange if it were sandwiched by AD33 stuff."

"I'm curious about 24:16-20, and how this fits with Jesus' death or the final judgement? It feels very practical, and I'm confused about what the "flight" is (v.20) in either of these contexts." 

“I wonder if the coming in v30 is different from v36-44 since the first seem to have signs and nearness or if they are just the same coming spanning the age?”

“The third servant seems to get thrown into hell because of his actions. How do we reconcile this with salvation through faith alone?”

"Is there still a balance in serving in ministry with endurance? I think burn out is still very real?"

"What are the implications for us with the men with no garment? Are there still extra things that we need to be given once we enter the "wedding"/kingdom of God? (Is salvation a multi-step process?)"

"How should we think about tax when the government spends on things against God (e.g. abortion) (or idol worship in Rome)?”

"What does Jesus mean in "god of the living"?"

"What 'resurrection' is Jesus talking about? Our being raised to eternal life or his?"

"Jesus condemns the Sadducees' question for not knowing the scriptures. Does the OT say there is no marriage in heaven?"

"How do we then approach earthly law if we are hypocritical if we try to keep all of God's law?"

"How can you reconcile trying not to be "performative" and making yourself seem more obedient than you actually are, with being a good role model/avoiding being a stumbling block for others/living above reproach?"

"Who is the daughter of Zion mentioned in Matthew 21:5 - what relevance does it have to the passage?"

"How does 21:20-22 fit into the understanding of the fig tree as an analogy?"

"Why did you skip v21-22 (ch 21)"

"How do we repent genuinely when we know we are prone to sin + may continue in sin?"

“Does someone need to be sorry in order for you to forgive them?”

"In Matthew 18 with the parable of an unforgiving servant, when the master forgives the servant of debt what is this supposed to metaphorically represent (as Jesus has not yet died?)?"

"Why did the first servant say "Have patience, I will pay you everything" if he knew he could not pay the impossibly large debt? Why did he not ask for the debt to be cleared and admit he could not pay it on his own? Does this imply that we can approach God in this way and attain salvation without complete reliance on him?"

"What is the church Jesus refers to in Matthew 18:17?"

“Some claim 18:20 is about church. Is it? Does the context (of witnesses and prayer) shape how we understand it?" 

"What does Jesus mean when he says to treat an unrepentant brother/sister as "a Gentile + tax collector"?”

"Is Jesus saying in Mathew 19:9 that if you divorce because of sexual immorality, then you are not committing adultery?"

"What about abuse within marriage as a case for divorce?"

"How should we view/talk about marriage between people who are not Christians? Is it more just a legal thing, not model? Is it still possible to model unity? Should we be encouraging (or not) our non-Christian friends to get married? Do we accept the "secularisation" of marriage and just use it as a talking point for the gospel?"

"When other people come to Jesus with "great faith" i.e. Canaanite woman & Roman official, did they have the Holy Spirit before Pentecost?"

"If faith is either you have 100% or not, why does Jesus tell his disciples "you of little faith"?"

"If John the Baptist is the Elijah figure, what does he restore?"

"In Matt 16:23 - is Satan speaking/working through Peter to tempt Jesus?"

"If we have been given that faith why can we not move mountains?"

"If God gives us "100%" of faith, why do we doubt and lose it?"

"How do we know definitely that Matthew's placement of the story of John the Baptist's death before Jesus feeding 5000 and walking on water was a deliberate choice? Modern readers of course can see the contrast between the kings but are we certain this was intentional and not just a coincidence? Or forgot to write it earlier?”

“At what point does the flashback end?”

"If food laws don't help our spiritual problem why did God institute them in the law?"

“Matthew 15: 24-28. What does it mean that the "lost sheep" is only the people of Israel and the outsiders are the "dogs"?"

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If the Gospel does not need any works to be completed, and Abraham was declared righteous by faith, why does James 2:21 say that Abraham was "justified by works"?

How can someone be saved if they've never heard of Jesus?

With Carl's point on Gal 3:14, did Paul not also say in Romans that salvation was first for the Jews, then for the Gentiles?

If the Jews could not receive the Spirit until the Gentiles received the blessing, how did those in the OT respond in faith without the spirit? (eg Abraham etc.)

Does the plan that all people would be justified by faith mean the idea of an "old and new" covenant is unhelpful/not a thing?