Would Jesus have been tempted as a man or as God, since he is both? How would I respond if a friendsays it would ahve been easy for him to overcome temptation as God’s son, when I know that isn’t true?  Karl mentioned this at the end of TBT: If the world is enslaved to …

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In what sense can judgement be a baptism? If baptism reflects an inward change – either repentance or salvation – what change is reflected by a baptism of judgement? How do we think about the idea of fire being judgement with the fire that comes at Pentecost? Where is the example of bad unity in …

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How much can Ross bench? What are the different Scriptures that made Matthew write about the Nazarene prophecy? If, in v15 Jesus *fulfilled* the prophecy by Hosea, does this mean Hosea was never writing about Israel in the first place? If he was originally writing about Israel, in what sense is it a prophecy pointing …

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Is it not also reasonable that Mary simply called the child “a supernatural cause” due to the extreme shame and ostracisation that would be involved with having sex and giving birth outside of marriage (especially with regards to the context of the time)? If Jesus = Jeshua = God saves, how does Jesus = Immanuel …

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Is the genealogy accurate? (in Matthew 1). Does it have to be?  How should we approach differences and inconsistencies in this genealogy? For example, the missing names compared to the OT or differences between this genealogy and the one found in Luke 3?  What is the significance of the number 14? Seems quite an arbitrary …

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