10 Questions with Mike Winger (Episode 13)

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 May 2024

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Is going to the cemetery and talking to loved ones necromancy or otherwise off limits for a Christian? Welcome to the new weekly stream! 10 questions every Friday at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. Today's Time Stamps: 1. 0:07 {Deceased Loved Ones & Necromancy?} Is going to the cemetery and talking to loved ones necromancy?2. 27:59 {Our Choices & God’s Sovereign Will} Do we have any true control over life entering the world, or is it only based on God's sovereignty? I think if it’s God's plan for me to have a child, I'll get pregnant even if on birth control. But my husband thinks we control conception through birth control. If Jeremiah 1:5 applies to all people, wouldn't that mean God's plan overrides our plan for procreation?3. 31:45 {Jesus’ Death: Physical but Not Spiritual?} If Jesus' humanity and divinity are inseparable, then how could He experience bodily death on the cross without His deity dying, as well?4. 36:33 {Do Christians Continue to Need Forgiveness?} 1 John 1:9 perplexes me. I am a Christian. In what sense does my daily confession apply "forgiveness" to me? What happens if I die with “unforgiven” sin?5. 41:19 {Why Doesn’t God Just Satisfy Skeptics’ Doubts?} How would you answer someone who says, “If there is a God, He knows what evidence I would need to believe and has not given it to me” and seems to genuinely mean it, not mocking/scoffing?6. 51:33 {Metaphorical, Spiritual, or Physical Resurrection?} Is Romans 8:11 referring to a metaphorical, spiritual, or physical resurrection later to come? I thought it was spiritual, but the term "mortal bodies" has me thinking differently.7. 57:43 {Too Much Theology & Doctrine?} My pastor says that theology is “just someone’s opinion” and that “we shouldn’t get hooked on theology and doctrine.” How would you respond?8. 1:03:05 {Did Peter & Other Disciples Quit?} Did Peter and the others "quit the ministry" when they went fishing in John 21:3? It seems that Peter had already seen the risen Christ 2 or 3 times before this event.9. 1:08:33 {Stewarding Friendships with Unbelievers} How do you navigate having worldly friends? At times I enjoy their company and the conversation is good, but at other times they are unbearable to be around, making crude jokes.10. 1:14:19 {God Conceals a Matter?} In Proverbs 25:2, in what sense is the author saying that God conceals a matter? It's clearly not an absolute (i.e., He does reveal things). Here's the clip I mentioned about how to handle grief over a loved one who is not saved: Click Here My series of videos going verse-by-verse through Romans: Click Here ***HERE is the clip search feature. Find any topic I've talked about by searching freely here. I’m Mike Winger and my goal is to help people think biblically about everything. My website: BibleThinker.org

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0:00.0	All right, we're live. So, Necromancy. This is actually a pretty dangerous question, but it's also a heart-wrenching emotional needful question it's it's a
0:17.0	challenging one the question comes from Hope P who asks oh I forgot to do my thing.
0:23.0	There we go.
0:25.0	Question one.
0:26.0	Hope he who asks, is going to the cemetery and talking to loved ones,
0:29.0	necromancy?
0:31.0	Now, necromancy is variously defined. I mean, it basically is talking about doing some sort of magic related to death or the dead.
0:40.0	And the Bible explicitly, whether you use the word necromancy or not, it explicitly talks about the issue of trying to contact or get information, especially from the dead, that sort of thing.
0:51.0	And so my answer, I'll give you the short version up front then I'm going to give you a
0:54.2	long version right here and then I'll go to your guys questions in the live chat and my
0:58.8	name is Mike Winger I try to help people learn to think publicly about everything
1:01.9	I don't know everything that I I do care a lot about helping
1:05.4	direct people to scripture, direct them to that way of processing where for instance the question today
1:11.9	we're not just processing based upon our emotional needs
1:15.5	That's hard to say okay because I feel those needs too. I'm human just like you
1:19.5	We're processing based upon the clear teachings of God's word to help guide and direct us into how to meet our needs the best and the right way
1:26.7	while honoring God above all
1:29.1	To love God with all your heart, soul, line, and strength love God God more than you love your neighbor, more than you love your loved one.
1:35.4	Not that you love them less, it's just that you love God more.
1:38.6	Tough stuff, but I think those are the only words that are going to really help us.
1:41.5	So let's dig into this. Short answer. It's yes, it's wrong to go to the
1:47.4	cemetery and talk to your loved ones in the sense of true genuine communication. No, it's not
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