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10 Qs with Mike Winger: Skeptics, New Believers, and Zachary Levi (Ep 62)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2025

⏱️ 124 minutes

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Summary

TODAY I want questions that represent skeptics, new believers, and doubters in general. I welcome the hard questions and will try to answer them well. The first question is to simply examine an X post from Zachary Levi where he says a bunch of stuff about the Bible that I thought would be of interest to skeptics, doubters, and new believers, as well. I'm not roasting the man, just walking through his thoughtful post and providing some insights. 0:00 - Intro1. 1:38 {Responding to Zachary Levi} A respectful analysis of Zachary Levi’s beliefs on the Bible.2. 32:56 {The Witness of the Spirit} If I know I believe the Gospel is true but I don’t feel any “witness of the Spirit,” what does that mean? I’m trying to trust with my whole heart.3. 40:13 {Has God Abandoned the World?} My dad is an unbeliever but acknowledges God’s existence through creation. He believes that God created the world and then abandoned it. How can I help show him that God is still with us to this day?4. 43:30 {Should I Worship a God I Don’t Like?} A common objection I hear is, "Why should I worship a God I don't like?"5. 45:58 {Is My Sin Even My Fault?} Why am I accountable to God for my sins when I was born with a sin nature? Shouldn't a loving God provide the basic remedy for creation when they had no choice in being created and no choice regarding their nature?6. 53:57 {Was YHWH Beaten in Battle?} How can I defend 2 Kings 3 when skeptics use it as an example of Yahweh being beaten in battle by another entity in driving the Israelites out, despite them being prophesied to win?7. 1:05:46 {Learning to Evangelize Better} I converted just over a year ago and had some success evangelizing to my community (libertarians). I've read the New Testament and I’m working on reading it twice now. What can I do to evangelize better, especially to libertarians?8. 1:07:20 {How Can God Have a God?} I heard this question in my group: God is considered the Most High; thus Jesus (who is God) is the Most High. Therefore, why does Jesus claim that He has a God above Him in Revelation 3:12?9. 1:12:26 {Does Doubt = Incomplete Faith?} I’m a new believer who used to be a Jehovah’s Witness. I gave my life to Christ a few years ago, but sometimes I wrestle with doubt. Does that make my faith incomplete?10. 1:18:40 {Acceptance Only of a “Higher Power”} My daughter (13) believes that there may be a higher power, but doesn’t believe in Jesus. I’m trying to figure out how to reach her in an effective manner. What advice can you offer?11. 1:21:59 {The Sadness of Animal Suffering} Why is there such a great amount of suffering that animals need to go through? Wouldn’t a good God create it to where the animals didn’t have to suffer and still feed us?12. 1:34:19 {Answered Prayer or Coincidence?} How can I tell if God actually answered my prayers or if the outcome was just a coincidence? Many Christians say God has spoken to or guided them without evidence. How can such claims be tested objectively?13. 1:37:23 {Does God Send Us to Hell?} How can I convince my brother that God does not condemn us to Hell and that it’s our own free will that puts us there? He has stopped talking to us due to that belief he has.14. 1:41:33 {Explaining the Trinity to Muslims} I have a Muslim friend who is struggling to understand the Trinity and asked, “how can God be 3 things all at once, and how can He be crucified?” Can you explain it in a way that a Muslim will understand?16. 1:45:51 {Street Healings: Are They Real?} Are street healings real? Christians pray for strangers who report relief from pain and various illnesses. But atheist Derren Brown has produced similar results. Are these miracles or psychological effects?17. 1:51:07 {Is Mental Illness a Fallacy?} I'm in a faith crisis. I shared my mental health struggle with my discipler, and at the next study, they called mental illness a fallacy. I walked awa...

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0:00.0

Wow. What a time to be alive. There's so much going on.

0:07.0

And it's good stuff, man. There's good stuff. There's light shine in the dark.

0:13.0

So, um, welcome to the Friday Q&A. I'm Mike Winger. I'm going to help you learn. I hope to think biblically about everything.

0:20.0

And we're expanding everything to mean

0:22.0

everything here in this ministry. And today we're going to talk about a tweet or a post on X from

0:28.0

Zachari, Zachary Levi, sorry. And this is going to be a respectful analysis of a very

0:33.9

thoughtful post that he put up, even though there's disagreement. This is not a roast of the man. I actually think he's intelligent, thoughtful, appreciate that he share what he thought publicly because we need religious dialogue in public spaces. That's a healthy, positive thing. So I'm going to talk about that. But I think what he said connects to new believers so much. And I know I need to plug in my thing for anybody who's like thinking, you didn't turn on your, I need to turn it on.

0:58.0

But what he said connects to new believers.

1:01.0

And that's what today is a special new believer, doubter and skeptic Q&A.

1:06.0

I'm only taking questions that represent those three groups.

1:09.0

New believers, doubters, and skeptics. Those are the only questions I want today, only questions I will receive today. So please focus on those questions. I know some of you try to get questions in all the time, and I'll tell you more about that later. It's gonna sound real boring at the beginning of video, but let me plug in the counter real quick. All right. I am wearing pants. I'm always wearing pants.

1:29.3

Guys, don't worry.

1:34.3

All right. Down, down, down, down, down.

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All right. Question number one.

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Number one, what are Zach, Zachary Levi's beliefs about the Bible?

1:47.0

And really a lot of people's beliefs about the Bible are represented in the things that he said.

1:51.0

So we're going to get into it right now.

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Let me put the first one on your screen.

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I know it's small. You guys can zoom in if you need to.

1:59.0

Yes, if you're on YouTube, you can zoom in, other platforms maybe. But I'm going to read it all to you word for word, so you need to yes if you're on YouTube you can zoom in other

2:00.9

platforms maybe but I'm going to read it all to you word for word so you don't have to worry about that

2:05.1

okay he says he says the following um he's replying to somebody I didn't get the reply

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