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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