SwordPlay - S3E25 (ep.88) - Malachi 3

- Do we have any idea who “My messenger” is/will be? (v.1)

- When did the Lord come suddenly to His temple? (v.1)

- Who is “messenger of the covenant”? Is he different than “My messenger”? (v.1)

- How was the image of a purifier and the restoration of righteous offerings fulfilled? (v.3-4)

- When did Judah and Jerusalem become like the days of old? (v.4)

- When did the described judgement take place? (v.5)

- Why are there only certain types of sins listed? (v.5)

- Is God immutable? (v.6)

- Why does Yahweh want tithes and offerings? (v.7-9)

- What are the windows of heaven? (v.10)

- Why is there food in the storehouse of the Temple? (v.10)

- Who is the devourer? (v.11)

- Did the nations ever see Judah and Jerusalem as blessed? (v.12)

- Why did they lose faith in Yahweh? (v.14-15)

- What is the book of remembrance? Does Yahweh have other kinds of books? (v.16)

- How did Yahweh prepare His possession? Didn’t He already have His own possession? (v.17)

- Who will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked? When? (v.18)

This week’s Featured Creature: Raphael

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SwordPlay - S3E24 (ep.87) - After Hours 4

- Thank you to our listeners

- Church policies during covid

- Alternative assembly models

- Debating with an atheist

- Nick's Debate: https://youtu.be/yI0axs9R6pQ

- Alex's Debate: https://youtu.be/uXup6aG6XFg

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SwordPlay - S3E23 (ep. 86) - Malachi 2

- What blessings does Yahweh threaten to curse? (v.2)

- Why are the offspring threatened? (v.3)

- Did God ever spread refuse on their faces? (v.3)

- Where will the priests be taken away to? (v.3)

- What is the covenant of Levi? (v.4, 8)

- Why does God’s curse help to continue the covenant of Levi? Does Malachi imply the covenant of Levi can come to an end? (v.4)

- Why does God speak of Levi in singular form? Is this the individual Levi? (v.5)

- What does it mean to stand in awe of Yahweh’s name? (v.5)

- What is the job of a priest? (v.6-7)

- How did God make the priests despised? (v.9)

- In what ways were the priests showing partiality? (v.9)

- When did God create them? (v.10)

- What does it mean to deal treacherously? (v.10, 11, 14-16)

- How did Judah marry the daughter of a foreign god? Why was that wrong? (v.11)

- How would they know if Yahweh did not accept their offerings? (v.13)

- How have they dealt treacherously with their wives? Why would they do so? (v.14)

- What does it mean to have a remnant of the Spirit? (v.15)

- What does it mean to have godly offspring? Who was seeking this and how did they find it? (v.16)

- What does it mean to “take heed to your spirit?” (v.15-16)

- What is the correct translation of v.16? (v.16)

- What does it mean for God to hate divorce? What does it mean for a man to hate and divorce his wife? (v.16)

- Who are the ones wearying Yahweh? What’s wrong with their words? (v.17)

This week’s Featured Creature: The Watchers

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SwordPlay - S3E22 (ep.85) - Guest Jimmy Hinton - Pt. 3

Today we have back on the show special guest Jimmy Hinton to talk about his new book, "The Devil Inside: How My Minister Father Molested Kids In Our Home and Church For Decades and How I Finally Stopped Him." We last talked to Jimmy three years ago on season 1, episodes 8-9. Join us as we discuss ways to prevent abuse in the Church.

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Buy the Church policy book here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1945270055/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_DA87QJXBEVBKXB5B5MWR

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SwordPlay - S3E21 (ep.84) - Malachi 1

- Who wrote the book of Malachi? (v.1)

- To whom is the book written? (v.1)

- When was the book written?

- Why was this book written? (Occasion & Purpose)

- How should we understand God’s love for Jacob & His hatred for Esau? (v.2-3)

- What are the jackals of the wilderness? (v.3)

- What does “Lord of Hosts” mean? (v..4)

- Where was Edom located? Why won’t Yahweh let them rebuild? (v.4)

- Why would Yahweh’s judgement on Edom magnify Him beyond the border of Israel? (v.5)

- Do the priests honestly not know their fault? Do they think God did not see? (v.6-7)

- Why is a blind animal an evil sacrifice? (v.8)

- Which gates does Yahweh want shut? Why? (v.10)

- How should verse 11 be translated - in the present tense or in the future tense? Given the translation, how should the verse be understood?

- Did the priests really say the table of the Lord is defiled? (v.12)

- How would the priests know if the animal was stolen? (v.13)

- How is Yahweh’s name feared among the nations? (v.14)

- What kind of circumstances lead to such a corrupted priesthood, even so soon after exile?

This week’s Featured Creature: The Jackals

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SwordPlay - S3E20 (ep.83) - 1 Peter 5

- Who are the elders? (v.1)

- Why does Peter call himself an elder? (v.1)

- What gives Peter authority to exhort other elders? (v.1)

- Does “among you” refer to congregations or entire cities? (v.1)

- Are paid elders guilty of “sordid gain?” (v.2)

- How are Christians allotted to the elders? By what process? (v.3)

- What is the unfading crown of glory? (v.4)

- Who are the “younger/younger men” that Peter addresses? (v.5)

- How does God exalt us at the proper time? (v.6)

- How do we cast our anxiety on God? (v.7)

- Why are we to be sober and alert? (v.8)

- Why is the devil called a lion? Why does he want to devour us? (v.8)

- When do we resist the devil and when do we flee? (v.9)

- How did God call us to His eternal glory? (v.10)

- How does God perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish us? (v.10)

- What is the true grace of God? (v.12)

- Who is Silvanus? (v.12)

- Who is the “she” in Babylon? Where is Babylon? (v.13)

- What is the kiss of love? (v.14)

- Final thoughts on 1 Peter

This week’s Featured Creature: Gabriel

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SwordPlay - S3E19 (ep.82) - 1 Peter 4

- Can a Christian really stop sinning? (v.1)

- How does suffering in the flesh help one to not sin? (v.1)

- Why did the Gentiles go after all of those vices? (v.3)

- When will the Gentiles have to give an account for their actions? (v.5)

- Who are the living and the dead? (v.5)

- Review: Who are the dead to whom the gospel is preached? (v.6)

- What does “the end of all things” mean? (v.7)

- What does it mean to be sober? (v.7)

- How does love cover a multitude of sins? (v.8)

- Why would one complain about practicing hospitality? (v.9)

- What is the glory of God? (v.11)

- Why would Peter describe their suffering as a “fiery” ordeal? (v.12)

- Why is their suffering called a “sharing” with Christ? (v.13-14, 16)

- What is a “(troublesome) meddler”? (v.15)

- How has judgement already begun? Is this before the resurrection? (v.17)

- Does the phrase “the righteous are scarcely saved” (ESV)/”it is with difficulty that the righteous is saved” (NASB) mean that Christ is barely able to save us? (v.18)

- Is suffering a part of God’s will? If so, how? (v.19)

This week’s Featured Creature: Death - Mot/Thanatos

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SwordPlay - S3E18 (ep.81) - After Hours 3.1

- Wrongness/Rightness

- Orthodoxy

- Biden Presidency

- Sovereignty/Free will

- Tyranny in China

- Practical Things To Do

- Art, Beauty, and Fiction

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SwordPlay - S3E17 (ep.80) - The Harrowing of Hades

- What does the “Harrowing of Hell/Hades” refer to?

- What is the difference between Hell and Hades?

- What other passages might relate to Christ’s descent?

- How do we interpret 1 Pet. 3:18-20?

- Is Peter alluding to the book of 1 Enoch?

- How does our interpretation fit the overall context of Peter's letter?

- What do early Church writers say about Christ descending into Hades?

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SwordPlay - S3E16 (ep.79) - 1 Peter 3

- Is the instruction to “wives...husbands” or to “women...men” in a household? (v.1)

- Does Peter compare wives to slaves? (v.1)

- Is Peter saying a woman should stay with an abusive husband? (v.1)

- Are Christian women prohibited from braiding hair or wearing jewelry? (v.3)

- What does it mean to have a gentle and quiet spirit? (v.4)

- What does it mean for wives to be submissive? (v.1, 5)

- How would wives be frightened into doing what is right? (v.6)

- Does Abraham and Sara represent the ideal marriage? (v.6)

- In what way is a woman weaker? (v.7)

- How is the husband's prayers hindered? (v.7)

- What does it mean to be kindhearted? (v.8)

- What is the blessing that we give and inherit? (v.9)

- What does it mean to suffer for the sake of righteousness? (v.14, 17)

- What is the parallel between Is. 8 and 1 Pet. 3? (v.14-15)

- What does it mean to sanctify Christ as Lord in your heart? (v.15)

- What is our hope and how do we defend it? (v.15)

- How does baptism correspond to Noah and the Flood? (v.21)

- Is baptism essential for salvation? (v.21)

- What is the connection between Peter’s teaching on submission and one’s conscience? (v.21)

- Why does this mean water baptism as opposed to just “spiritual” baptism? (v.21)

- What is significant about being at the right hand of God? (v.22)

- How are angels/authorities/powers now subjected to Christ? Were they not always subjected? (v.22)

- Why did we skip v.18-20?

This week’s Featured Creature: Deber

2020 St. Nicholas Award: former Liberty University president and chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr.

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