“How do we read Matthew 18:35? Does it not imply that God’s forgiveness is conditional on our actions?”
“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?”
