Ep 2.5: The Deep End Q & A

Deep questions matter because shallow questions produce shallow results. Most people can answer surface-level religious questions without changing anything about their lives. But discipleship requires the kind of reflection that exposes assumptions, reveals gaps in understanding, challenges comfortable traditions, and forces us to confront what Jesus actually commanded. In other words, deep questions are not meant to make us feel smart; they are meant to make us honest, and then to make us obedient. These questions are designed to do what Jesus often did with His disciples:

• move us from unaware to aware (“I didn’t know what I didn’t know”). REMEMBER

• from awareness to growth (“now I see what I must learn”). UNDERSTAND

• and from knowledge to obedience (“now I will do what He said”). APPLY

If you engage these questions seriously, they will likely challenge some assumptions about faith, especially the modern tendency to reduce discipleship to church attendance, programs, or simple belief. But that challenge is not a threat; it is an invitation into maturity. Jesus said the way is narrow and difficult (Matthew 7:14), not because He wants to exclude people, but because true formation always requires discipline, humility, and perseverance. So as you work through these questions, don’t rush. Don’t settle for obvious answers. Let the questions do their work. If Scripture is truly the Word of God, then it deserves more than quick opinions—it deserves deep thought, deep study, and deep application.

This is how disciples are made.