Dave and Matt chat through the sermon from Sunday. Here are some of the questions we discussed:

Guessing you left a lot on the cutting Room floor this week! But first a couple of things about your claim that v14 describes the greatest miracle in history …What’s the definition of a miracle?

Isn’t the resurrection a greater (or equal) miracle to the incarnation? And isn’t making the universe from nothing ‘harder’ than the Word being made flesh? (After all, God has made billions of human beings; Is one more much of a stretch!?)

Why do older Bible translations call Jesus ‘only begotten’ and newer versions say ‘one and only’? Is there an important distinction there?

Full of grace and truth. You touched on that, but it’s an interesting phase; Wondered if there was anything you wanted to add about that?

Grace in place of grace already given / grace upon grace. I can see how that relates to the incarnation and the cross. But how does it relate to my day to day Christian walk? Does it!?

You didn’t go into v15 at all. Anything you left on the cutting room floor with that verse?

Why do NIV and ESV’s translations of v18 seem quite different?

What’s been a standout / fresh thing you’ve see in John 1, as you’ve come back to it?

Matt Bownds preaches from John 1:14-18 on Sunday 11th of December 2022.

Dave and Matt chat about Sunday's sermon. Here are some of the questions discussed:

John the Baptist is mentioned in all the Gospel accounts. Why is he so important?

Is there a limit to God’s giving? Can we ever exhaust His grace? What about if we commit blasphemy of the Holy Spirit?

You mentioned how the Jews saw these deeds and didn’t believe. We haven’t seen them, so how can we be expected to believe?

We use the word trauma a lot- imagine the trauma it would cause to be rejected in the world. In some sense does Jesus understand the traumatized?

How can someone who has been a Christian for years, receive Jesus this Christmas?

Why are people unhappy with the phrase: receive Jesus into your heart?

Whenever we read ‘born of a husband’s will’- is this the Bible being sexist/patriarchal?

The Napoleon illustration: how could someone misunderstand this illustration?

We're back! Matt asks Dave some questions about Sunday's passage. Here are some of the questions discussed in this podcast.

What’s the connection between, and what are the differences between those two ‘words’?

- And a follow-up: Is God always doing something when he speaks? If the answer is, yes, I see how that’s relevant to creation and great acts of redemption, but how is that relevant in my week to week?

- Are the JWs right when the say that v should be trans ‘the word was A God’s(V1)!?

- If he is the light, that all men resist unless they receive him, then in what sense is he the ‘light of ALL mankind’? (V4)

- Okay, so you’re probably saw this one coming! But you said, very wonderfully, that the one who couldn’t hold up his head was sustaining the universe. Were you saying that those things were literally both true at the same time, and if so how does that work?

- If someone were to say to you that they aren’t in the dark (e.g. they are very intelligent, and they have a good life) how would you try to explain to them that they are? How would you help them see their diagnosis?

- You said that Jesus came into our world to deal with all the manifestations of darkness, including our ill health. So why am I ill!?

- Picking up on an illustration from Sunday: At the worst point of the game, it’s okay, because we know that we win. It’s such an amazing thought, and such a comfort. How do I live in such a way that that victory is real to me daily dave?

Dave preaches on our first Sunday of advent, looking at John 1:1-8 on Sunday 27th December.

Matt Bownds preaches from Acts 16:16-34 on Sunday 20th November

Jon Reeves from Highfields Church preaches from all of 2 Corinthians 4 on Sunday 13th November.

Matt and Dave have a chat about Hebrews 7 from Sunday, and we also let you know what we've been learning at the FIEC conference.

What’s the ‘Levitical system’?

Is Melchizedek mentioned anywhere else in the OT? Was he a big deal to the Jews? Is it totally random that the writer uses him as a type to point to Jesus or is there more going on?

How is he king of righteousness? How is he king of peace?

Was Mel actually Jesus!?

What does it mean that he’s able to save me completely? If I’m saved, is it possible I might not be saved completely?

Eternal security because you have an eternal representative!

‘Jesus lives to allow you to connect to God.’ Loved that! Can you say more?

If he’s dealt with our greatest needs, you can trust him with all these other things. (Why don’t I? How do I?)

Dave preaches from Hebrews 7 on Sunday 6th of November.