This week on the Extras we're answering some fantastic questions that came during Dan Wu's second talk on proverbs.

We're tackling questions on:

- Bible translations

- How to read proverbs in context

- How to be zealous in your relationship with God

- and more!

A new year means a new season of The Extras! This week, Sam and Jack are answering questions from our latest series on Proverbs.

For our final episode of 2020, we've got our student preachers alongside Jack to tackle a bunch of questions out of Matthew 13. Thanks for all your questions this year - we hope you have a great Christmas and a happy new year!

This week on the Extras, Sam and Jack work through your questions from Matthew 13:24-43!

This week on the Extras, Jack and Sam are thinking about Matthew 13 and Jesus' parable of the sower. Lots of questions again this week!

Sam and Jack answer a record breaking number of questions this week on the Extras - all out of Matthew chapter 12.

James and Sam answer a huge number of questions from our new series in Matthew's gospel!

This week on the Extras, Sam and Dave are answering your questions from the second week of our series on ‘Church’. We’re tackling:

•How do I know if I am not being edified or if I am 'not being easily edified?? Seems like it is hard to tell apart.

•What is the difference between edification and evangelism? Even I as a Christian need 'the gospel' and don't know God as well as I should.

•What do you mean 'it wasn't really church during COVID?' Did Christ stop advocating for us during COVID? ( Did 1 Cor 1:2 not apply?)

•We've spoken a lot about being church in the context of our weekly gathering - but we know that being church goes beyond that. Can you give us some suggestions for how we can be edifying and encouraging as a church beyond the weekly gathering? How can we be a better picture of what church is outside of the Sunday gathering?

•Dave used 1 Cor 2:1-2 which talks about proclaiming Jesus crucified and nothing else. He said it was at the heart of church, and placed it at the heart of the PowerPoint diagram. Just wondering why is 'making healthy disciples in ever increasing number to the glory of God' our catchphrase if those verses are central to us? Wouldn't they be a very good executive summary?

•Does the church not also play a role in caring and providing for the lost, those outside the church?

•We heard tonight that Christ is the centre of the gospel, but that we also need to think vertically to God. Isn't Jesus God as well? The answer being yes, why then do we often refer to God meaning the Father rather than Jesus? Feel free to rephrase the question.

•Where does love fit in this structure? Surely we need to show love to those of the world so that they may listen to our evangelistic words (1 Cor 13) as well as loving one another. Harder in COVID times but not impossible.

This week on the Extras, Sam and Andrew answer your questions from the first week of our new series on 'Church'. We're tackling:

- What is the difference between 'godly dissatisfaction' and 'godly patience'

- Who are the 'rulers and authorities' in Ephesians 3:10?

- How did the church keep going in previous pandemics?

- What kind of love is John 13:34 talking about?

- Is there an important difference between meeting as a whole church and meetings as 'watch parties'?

This week on the Extras, Sam and Andrew are tackling your questions from Romans 8:18-30

- In relation to verse 20, is our world fallen and broken because of sin or because of the curse God placed on it because of sin or both?

- vv23-25 positions as future tense what was positioned as past tense earlier in the chapter. What's going on?

- Does the Ecclesiastes passage referred to have any modern day implications?

- In V20-21, it says that it's according to God's will that we suffer decay, but we are awaiting, in hope, redemption and restoration. How then, with this in mind, could I answer the question "how can you love a God that let's suffering happen?"