1. Does the Bible give encouragement on us giving attention to things we don’t want to? For example tough relationships, studying, our health.
2. Not to be black and white, but is social media sinful?
3. The culture, theology, and gospel framework was helpful. Can you give another example of its use?

1. What are the red lines for religious freedom in terms of speech?
2. Can you say more about Niebuhr’s framework?
3. You noted the history of Baptists and then mentioned in passing the Pentecostal movement and how it was different. How was it different? What about other denominations?

1. What’re your thoughts on the kind of ‘empathy’ which considers words or ideas or faith based beliefs to be violence?
2. Can you comment on any relationship between toxic empathy & tough love? Can we love toughly but with empathy? Hebrews‬ ‭12‬:‭11
3. Is toxic empathy a cynical invention to divert Christian voters from feeling they should act and vote compassionately?

1. By the wording of his letter, which of the fruit of the Sprit is Paul implicitly asking Philemon to exhibit?
2. Why didn’t Paul (or Jesus) call for the abolishment of slavery?
3. Is there any other evidence that Onesimus did get set free?

This week's questions:-

1. Given joy is somewhat experiential - how can we know that the joy we experience is from the spirit?

2. What does it mean that the Joy of the Lord is our strength?

3. What did James mean when he said we should count it all joy when we encounter trials?

1. Is it noteworthy that love is the first on the list?
2. Why does Paul only mention love for others and not love for God in Galatians 5:14 like Jesus does in the parable?
3. God’s love in sending Jesus is easy to recognise. In the Old Testament it’s much harder. How is God’s love expressed before Jesus?

1. Could Paul’s letter to the church be a passive aggressive response to the sins the church could have done? For example, they might have acted with hatred.
2. We’ve looked at the same text for two weeks and haven’t addressed Paul’s interest in the law. What does the law have to do (or not)with the fruit of the Spirit?
3. The vices are obvious, except in us. No one thinks they're in a faction, idolatrous or sexually immoral, yet we know these exist in the church. How do we do better?

1. How do the gifts of the Spirit contribute to our fruitfulness?
2. How is the Trinity involved in our fruitfulness?
3. Was fruit part of the Holy Spirit’s role in the Old Testament?