10 Questions with Mike Winger (Episode 17)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 7 June 2024

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Learn to think biblically about everything, including doomsday prepping. Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:1. 0:25 {Is Doomsday Prepping Biblical?} Should we as Christians be stockpiling food and supplies for some future global catastrophe? Some of my Bible study sisters are constantly talking about this and have started preparing for impending doom. Scripture tells us, “Do not worry about tomorrow” and "Be anxious for nothing.” But at the same time, I don't want to be caught off guard. Should Christians be stockpiling just in case?2. 17:42 {Navigating Difficult Pregnancies} What are your thoughts on terminating a pregnancy due to a “lethal” condition like anencephaly? This seems like euthanasia. Applicable passages might be Genesis 9:4-6 and 2 Samuel 1:1-16.3. 31:29 {Praying for the Sins of Others} Do we in any way need to (or can we) pray for the sins of another person, such as a family member? This topic was a recent one in some chats I am in. The verse cited was Leviticus 26:40.4. 36:45 {Was Mary Asking Jesus for a Miracle?} When Mary told Jesus that the wedding was out of wine, was she asking Him to do a miracle, or a more prosaic fix? I was taught that she asked for a miracle, but I wonder due to her other actions.5. 43:26 {Thinking Biblically about Dating} I’m a late 20s Christian man struggling with anxiety in dating. As things progress, I tend to overanalyze everything to determine if I can marry the girl, and things end about 3 months in. Any scriptural advice?6. 49:50 {Blasphemy in the Sermon on the Mount?} In The Sermon on the Mount, Jesus refers to God as the audience’s Father. How was this not blasphemous in the way that Jesus claiming to be the Son of God was a big deal in the Passion narrative?7. 54:22 {Asking Others for Help When Needed} I have an illness that leaves me physically and mentally fatigued. My wife and I need a lot of help but struggle with asking. How do I ask for help in a way that is God-honoring and not selfish?8. 1:00:10 {What Exactly Is Sin?} What exactly is sin? Is there a difference between sins against the flesh and sins against the heart/spirit? Does 1 John 5:17 have anything to do with that? Is sin only sin when it causes death?9. 1:06:36 {What does “Woke” Mean?} I have heard you use the word “woke.” Please define it. Since being hijacked from the Black community, it seems to mean different things.10. 1:21:45 {Salvation before the Reformation} Were people saved before the Reformation? It is hard to believe everyone went to Hell during that time, so I've heard people use this to argue in favor of Catholicism. Is this a valid argument? Additional links/info: ***HERE is the clip search feature on my website. Find any topic I've talked about by searching freely there. Show up when the livestream starts (you see me actually on screen) and post your question in the chat. It helps if you reference one or two specific verses if they are relevant to your question and if you put a Q at the beginning of your comment in the live chat. 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	Okay, we have begun and just let you guys know something weird is going on with my software.
0:17.0	Don't ask me to explain it, but we're going to do the best we can and hopefully you will to stick with me learning how to think
0:24.1	biblically about everything the first thing we're talking about today is doomsday prepping
0:28.4	doomsday prepping and the question comes in from marcea b who, should we as Christians be stockpiling food and
0:35.1	supplies for some future global catastrophe? Some of my Bible study sisters are
0:41.0	constantly talking about this and have started preparing for impending doom.
0:45.0	Scripture tells us, don't worry about tomorrow and quote, be anxious for nothing.
0:50.0	And here Marcia is quoting from Matthew 6, Jesus' sermon on the mount, where he says,
0:54.6	hey, don't worry about your food and clothes and things like that, like God will provide for you.
0:58.7	But then you've also got a concern that, hey, what if something bad does happen and we're not ready?
1:05.2	I don't have extra rice or I don't have a power source, I don't have clean water for my family,
1:11.2	and those are legit and real concerns. So yeah, are Christians required to do that? for my on either end is going to be wrong and instead we're going to land in the middle here's my
1:25.0	conclusion before I explain we're going to land in the middle and say sometimes you
1:29.3	should and sometimes you don't need to and it's difficult to always know exactly which those
1:35.0	which times you're in at the moment. So let me talk about some of those dynamics here
1:38.6	and we'll quote some scripture. So I asked myself as I read your question earlier on,
1:42.8	Marcia getting ready for the stream
1:45.0	and all the other questions are coming
1:46.5	in the live chat just as we go.
1:48.4	But as I read your question, which
1:50.7	I do get the first one ahead of time,
1:52.4	I was thinking, are there biblical examples of like
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