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GBC | Big Three
by Gymea Baptist Church
The GBC Big Three podcast is a weekly podcast where we unpack three big questions from Gymea Baptist Church's latest Sermon chosen by our congregation.
Episodes
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The Big 3 | 14 Oct, 2026
The passage talks about God’s servant Nebuchadnezzar. In what sense was he God’s servant? Why was he held accountable for persecution if he was serving God? Baruch’s father is always mentioned. Was he important? Why are the prophecies out of order? The next one, chapter 46, is different again?
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The Big 3 | 7 Oct, 2026
Numbers 14:24 says Caleb had a different spirit. What does this mean and why wasn’t Joshua included since he also believed God’s promises? What happened to Caleb? Did his family become important? If so, why isn’t he in Jesus’ genealogy? Are there other lessons we can learn from Caleb?
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The Big 3 | 30 Sept, 2026
This week's questions: 1. Given the state of the world governments could definitely use the office of the prophet, is there a biblical foundation for this role ceasing to exist? 2. How do we reconcile Deut 18:22, Jer 23:16, Ezekiel 13:9 with the fact Nathan says one thing then says the opposite…
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The Big 3 | 23 Sep, 2026
If there’s a problem with calling the resurrection life a ‘purchase’ then why do we say Jesus ‘paid’ our debts? Should we rephrase it? Did Abraham really obey the law before it was given to Moses? Why is it still counted to Abraham as righteousness when he submitted to Sarai and slept with Hagar?...
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The Big 3 | 16 Sep, 2026
You mentioned how Paul mashed a handful of verses together to convey his message, but today this methodology of picking and mixing verses is frowned upon, why? Romans 3:11-18 contains many references to wicked speech, violence & destruction. Why do you think this is? Is it more of a theological...
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The Big 3 | 9 Sep, 2026
Paul’s letter was full of practical applications to a fractured church. What practical applications can GBC take from it in our current day situation? Paul suggests that people were slandering him by saying that he supported doing evil (3:8). What was the basis of this claim? If circumcision is…
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The Big 3 | 2 Sep, 2026
Is the Catholic Bible with apocrypha the correct Bible or is the Protestant Bible without these additional books the correct version? What’s the reasoning? Do verses 14-15 suggest a natural law that some follow without belief in Jesus? Is it possible for people who haven’t heard of Jesus to be...
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The Big 3 | 26 Aug, 2026
In Romans 1:32, if Christians do not speak up about what is evil behaviour are we not guilty of giving approval by default? Sins of omission, good men do nothing. Given the Bible's teaching that all wrongdoing is sinful and worthy of death, why does the Church often single out sexual sin for...
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Thje Big 3 | 19 Aug, 2026
Why does Paul choose to delineate that the Jews are the first to be saved? Verse 16 in other bibles says “gospel of Christ” and the Greek says “εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ”, it was said Christ wasn’t mentioned. Can you please explain. Romans 1:13 NIV says “harvest” which is translated from the Greek...
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The Big 3 | 12 Aug, 2026
Can you comment on the provision coming as the distribution is taking place? That was a new thought for me. How does generosity relate to only having a couple of loaves and fish? What if we have more loaves and fishes? What is the significance of 12 baskets of leftovers?
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The Big 3 | 5 Aug, 2026
Given God remains the same. Do we as Christian’s have the choice to pass on the blessings of God like Issac did? How do we navigate the space between God’s promises and our responsibility to act? Everyone in the story takes the blessing really serious. What if Isaac had blessed Esau instead?
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The Big 3 | 31 Jul, 2026
How as Christians do we maintain our faithfulness to God in trusting Him to fulfil His promises without taking matters into our own hand like Abram and Sarai? Given Exodus 33:11, is this one of the Old Testament appearances of Jesus? Does Galatians 3:16 change how were understand the blessings...
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The Big 3 | 1 Jul, 2026
If unity is mission critical should we try to overcome denominational differences? Given that the Jew/Gentile fault line doesn’t really exist now, how important is our Jewish heritage? Is there any Old Testament significance to the olive tree metaphor?
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The Big 3 | 24 Jun, 2026
Is the hardening of Israel related at all to the hardening of Pharaoh’s heart? Why is evangelical Christianity so committed to the nation-state of Israel? Absolutely agree that there is no space for anti semitism in the church. How do we engage with anti Christianity in the Synagogue?
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The Big 3 | 17 Jun, 2026
How can we best reconcile man’s responsibility of hearing and believing with Gods sovereign election and predestination of those who will be saved? Paul says in Galatians 3:24 that the law is a schoolmaster that brings us to Christ. What is our correct use of the law according to Paul? In today's...
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The Big 3 | 10 Jun, 2026
If this section isn’t about predestination why is it so often used this way? How are personal salvation and inclusion in the people of God related? Would the Gentiles have understood all the Old Testament references? Why would Paul use so many if they wouldn’t have?
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The Big 3 | 3 Jun, 2026
What does Paul mean by "boast" in verse 16, particularly in light of his focus on humility earlier in the chapter? How does that fit with 1Corinthians 9:16? In verse 15, why does Paul reference Deuteronomy32? What are other ways we can work things out together?
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The Big 3 | 27 May, 2026
How to we lament our woes to God like the psalmist without crossing the line and becoming a complainer like the Israelites? Can you say more about the links with Elijah? Wasn’t the Spirit only given short-term rather than permanently in the Old Testament? Is this an exception?
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The Big 3 | 20 May, 2026
Deuteronomy 10 talks about covenant, and verse 18 mirrors Psalm 68:5. Can you expand Sunday’s message using the text of Deuteronomy 10? The middle of the psalm has some pretty violent imagery. What do we do with that? Can we know anything about when this psalm was used in Israel’s worship?
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The Big 3 | 13 May, 2026
What is the significance of a ram, bull and goat as the sacrifice in vs 15. What was this combination of animals used for? Is the structure of a psalm always important? How do we know when to pay attention to it? Do you think that the author of Psalm 66 knew about psalm 73 or vice versa?
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The Big 3 | 6 May, 2026
If Peter’s readers were Gentiles would they have recognised and understood the Old Testament references? Rox mentioned emperor worship. Was this just propaganda or more? Peter says that those who rejected Jesus were destined to do so. Is this referring to predestination?
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The Big 3 | 29 Apr, 2026
How does the context of John 9 (the man born blind) influence the good shepherd imagery? Why don’t we follow the lectionary all the time? Is there any relationship between Psalm 23 and John 10?
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The Big 3 | 22 Apr, 2026
You mentioned the four cups of Passover. What are those 4 cups and where are the scriptures that explain these? How are vows and oaths different from making a deal with God and why is deal-making frowned upon? You said something about no hope of heaven or fear of hell, was there a belief in the...
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The Big 3 | 1 Apr, 2026
Matthew quotes Zechariah 9:9 as a prophecy being fulfilled. Apart from the textual differences, was Zechariah 9:9 ever a prophecy, as it doesn't read that way? Is It more of a parallel? Is every detail of a biblical story important? When is a detail just a detail? What do we do with the…
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The Big 3 | 25 Mar, 2025
How do we live urgently in the light of the long delay of Jesus’ return? How do we navigate conversations and discourse with Christians of different denominations? For example, a relative saying they would never step foot in a Baptist church. If Paul was writing this letter to Gymea Baptist…
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The Big 3 | 18 Mar, 2026
Can you discuss how verse 2 instructs our ‘minds’ being changed to align with Gods will, rather than majority of scripture suggesting a ‘heart’ change? Given the letter’s Jew–Gentile relational focus and differing Roman/Jewish sacrifice views (transactional vs atoning), why assume verse 1 refers…
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The Big 3 | 11 Mar, 2026
Does this scriptire suggest that we should not fight government corruption or protest policies that do not align with Jesus' teachings? What examples are there in the New Testament of justified disobedience to the governing authorities? How can we discern when we should not obey?
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The Big 3 | 4 Mar, 2026
What might a disputable matter be today? Where is the line between disputable matters, and something, presumably more serious, where another believer needs to be corrected? Should unity inlcude gay brothers and sisters as volunteers?
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The Big 3 | 25 Feb, 2026
Is there any significance to the Jews coming first and then the gentiles? is it simply someone has to be first? How does this impact the Money Gentiles sent the Jews? Why does Paul care about not building on someone's foundation? It comes across as ego (Also 2Cor 10:16). Why not water someone...
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The Big 3 | 18 Feb, 2025
Why haven’t you preached through Romans before? What does Paul mean when he says to be wise about the good and innocent of evil? In the church context especially. Every divisive person recommends unity, just agree with me. Paul does the same, and rejects the Heterodox. Is this real unity or just...
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The Big 3 | 11 Feb, 2026
GBC does many things to bring hope to a dying world, but I don't feel like a dear friend of them. How can we make them a collective mission for our community? You mentioned we should not argue or grumble. At times, this is hard for those abused by others, both verbally and physically, to stand up...
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The Big 3 | 4 Feb, 2026
I struggle with sermons on “getting on.” They can feel simplistic after real hurt. Forgiveness doesn’t always require restored relationship.Can you speak to that? If Paul was concerned at not receiving support "with strings attached", why do we take government funding which has strings attached...
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The Big 3 | 28 Jan, 2026
Does the Bible give encouragement on us giving attention to things we don’t want to? For example tough relationships, studying, our health. Not to be black and white, but is social media sinful? The culture, theology, and gospel framework was helpful. Can you give another example of its use?
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The Big 3 | 21 Jan, 2026
What are the red lines for religious freedom in terms of speech? Can you say more about Niebuhr’s framework? 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?
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The Big 3 | 14 Jan, 2026
What’re your thoughts on the kind of ‘empathy’ which considers words or ideas or faith based beliefs to be violence? Can you comment on any relationship between toxic empathy & tough love? Can we love toughly but with empathy? Hebrews 12:11 Is toxic empathy a cynical invention to divert...
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The Big 3 | 26 Nov, 2025
By the wording of his letter, which of the fruit of the Sprit is Paul implicitly asking Philemon to exhibit? Why didn’t Paul (or Jesus) call for the abolishment of slavery? Is there any other evidence that Onesimus did get set free?
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The Big 3 | 19 Nov, 2025
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?
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The Big 3 | 12 Nov, 2025
Is it noteworthy that love is the first on the list? Why does Paul only mention love for others and not love for God in Galatians 5:14 like Jesus does in the parable? 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?
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The Big 3 | 5 Nov, 2025
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. 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...
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The Big 3 | 29 Oct, 2025
How do the gifts of the Spirit contribute to our fruitfulness? How is the Trinity involved in our fruitfulness? Was fruit part of the Holy Spirit’s role in the Old Testament?
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The Big 3 | 22 Oct, 2025
Does the fruit of our lives have to be public? Can’t we do these things in private or is ‘public’ about how it eventually affects others & therefore relational? Can you say more about how and why our fruitfulness is connected to God’s purposes and glory? Matthew 7:20 fits with people seeing God...
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The Big 3 | 24 Sep, 2025
Does God always follow judgment with grace throughout the entire Bible? If there is a time without grace, why might that be? Why did Abram feel he had to lie to protect himself. Why couldn't he just trust God to look after him? Historically many churches have chosen to either a focus on the…
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The Big 3 | 17 Sep, 2025
Who were the people supposed to be representing God to if their role was to be image-bearers of God? Why did Noah curse Canaan? He was the son of Ham and wasn’t even directly mentioned as being involved, so why? And how do we see the curse working out? What has influenced your re-thinking of the...
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The Big 3 | 10 Sep, 2025
If the flood didn't fix mankind's sinning, what did it achieve? Was God just grumpy but now he's got it out of his system and has promised not to do it again? God promises not to destroy the earth again but isn’t Isaiah 65:17 creating a new earth a different way to say destroy the earth again?…
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The Big 3 | 3 Sep, 2025
Who are the Nephilim in Genesis 6:4, and who are the Sons of God in Genesis 6:2? How can Jubal be the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes, Genesis 4:21, if his descendants were wiped out in the flood? Doesn't Lamech's lineage end? When Adam & Eve sinned, why didn't God just…
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The Big 3 | 27 Aug, 2025
Does the phrase ‘Cain brought some fruits of the soil' but Abel brought from the 'firstborn', indicate anything regarding the quality of or heart inclination of the offerings? You mentioned a commentary that said we are too hard on Cain but should be harder on God-how can we do this…
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The Big 3 | 20 Aug, 2025
If the snake does not represent the devil, then why is it important that Jesus is the one to crush his head? Does the snake represent evil more generally? Or… If God made Adam and Eve equally in their vocation, why does God only curse Adam’s work on the ground? Why has this excerpt from the bible...
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The Big 3 | 13 Aug, 2025
If the Genesis record of God's instructions to Adam and Eve is literal, why should we regard their dialogue with the serpent as a parable? Was the interaction with the snake ordained/allowed by god as a way to give us a choice to follow him or not? If Eve and Adam didn’t have the knowledge of…
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The Big 3 | 6 Aug, 2025
To what degree did the original audience interpret Genesis as scientifically factual about creation vs a message about the creator? If Adam was not actually giving the creatures names, what was the significance of Adam's naming? Couldn't God have just given the names to Adam? If Genesis does not...
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The Big 3 | 30 Jul, 2025
Can you re-explain more about the connection between sexuality and creation. Are you talking about the days of creation? Why would God invite the gods to share their images in creating humankind? Isn't it more likely that "us" is a preview of the Trinity? How should being made in the image of God...
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The GBC Big Three podcast is a weekly podcast where we unpack three big questions from Gymea Baptist Church's latest Sermon chosen by our congregation.
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