Bible index

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Matthew
9:10-13 The sick need a physician
9:16-17 Jesus and the restoration of Israel according to Matthew
9:35-38 Fishers of people, labourers for the harvest, and the mission of Jesus’ disciples
9:37-38 What makes us so sure that the harvest is plentiful?
10:5-15 Why did Jesus instruct his disciples not to preach the kingdom of God to Gentiles and Samaritans?
10:5-15 Fishers of people, labourers for the harvest, and the mission of Jesus’ disciples
10:15 Why will Sodom and Gomorrah be present on the day of God’s judgment against Israel?
10:28 The destruction of body and soul in gehenna
10:34-37 Not peace but a sword
10:37 Brant Pitre on the riddles of Jesus’ divinity
11:8 Does Jesus have anything to say about homosexuality? Simple answer, no.
11:12-14 The kingdom of heaven and the men of violence
11:16-19 A prophet is not without honour...
11:20-24 Why will Sodom and Gomorrah be present on the day of God’s judgment against Israel?
11:20-24 What will happen to the lost sheep who take offence at being found?
12:15-21 The Holy Spirit 4: The Spirit given to the servant of YHWH
12:15-16 Did Jesus believe that Gentiles would be included in the renewed people of God?
12:21 What does the New Testament teach us about hope?
12:29 Who binds the strong man? And why? And when? And how?
12:41-44 Brant Pitre on the riddles of Jesus’ divinity
12:43-45 Seven spirits worse than the first
13:14-15 Why didn’t Jesus just come out and say it: God is going to punish you with violent destruction?
13:31-32 Reading the parable of the mustard seed after Christendom
13:34-35 The parables: Jesus was just being obtuse
13:35 Why didn’t Jesus just come out and say it: God is going to punish you with violent destruction?
13:36-43 The parable of the weeds and the question of hell
13:41-42 Why traditional eschatology is a failure of nerve
13:43 When Jesus goes off message: the righteous will shine like the sun
13:47-50 Fishers of people, labourers for the harvest, and the mission of Jesus’ disciples
13:47-50 The historical meaning of Jesus’ parable of the dragnet