10 Questions with Mike Winger (Episode 26)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 99 minutes

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Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference: 1. 0:23 {Is God Ignoring Your Prayers?} If prayer is effective, why do so many prayers seem to go unanswered, especially in desperate situations? 2. 32:12 {Children/Procreation on the New Earth?} How are there children in the Eternal Kingdom on Earth (Isaiah 11:6-9)? Any child resurrected would mature during the Millennium, right? Does this mean there could be procreation on the New Earth?3. 39:44 {Having our Roots Deep in Christ} I recently read Mark 4 (the Parable of the Sower) and was convicted about not having my roots deep enough in Christ. What are some practical ways of achieving this?4. 47:05 {Jesus’ Deity in Scripture} Where does the Bible teach that the deity of Jesus is a salvation/damnation issue? For example, in Athens (Acts 17), it seems weird that Paul didn't explicitly teach this. John 8, perhaps?5. 57:52 {When Parents Oppose Church Attendance} My parents are Mormon. I'm an 18 year-old Christian. They don't want me to go to a Christian church. How do I confront them or ask them if I can go back? Any advice would be great.6. 1:02:49 {“God Bless You” to Non-Believers?} Is it appropriate to say to a non-believer, “May God bless you,” e.g., in a greeting card or in a new endeavor? It could be perceived as “May God give you good stuff.”7. 1:06:28 {Unequally Yoked Wedding Attendance?} Considering 2 Corinthians 6:14-16, is it OK to go to a wedding when you know the couple is unequally yoked?8. 1:14:54 {Disciples Knew they Had the Spirit?} In Acts 19:2, Paul asks the disciples if they have received the Holy Spirt. How would they KNOW they received the Holy Spirit? Was there a type of evidence then that we don’t necessarily see today?9. 1:22:05 {Evangelism for the Ineloquent} Everyone seems to have their way of sharing the Gospel: street-preaching, pastoring, etc. How do I know how God has called me to share the Gospel? I'm not good socially, but I want to reach people.10. 1:27:03 {Secular Songs During Worship?} What are your thoughts on Churches playing a secular song before worship? They’ve defended this practice with 1 Corinthians 9. The Hebrews series has begun! CLICK HERE for the first in our study through the book of Hebrews. I do this live stream most Fridays at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. You're welcome to join. To ask a question, you'll need to follow these instructions:1. Don't post your question before you see me live on camera.2. Post questions as comments on the LIVE chat at the beginning of the stream.3. Post your question with "Q" at the beginning so we can easily identify that you are sending it in as a question and not just a comment in the chat.4. Try to be as clear as possible so I won't misunderstand the question. Keep in mind that I don't know anything about your question other than what you type in that short comment.5. Include specific verse references when possible or applicable. Didn't Jesus promise we would get what we prayed for? Click Here for a serious study of the best name-it-and-claim-it verse. Men's Conference details HERE (just scroll to the bottom of the page at that link). My website: https://BibleThinker.org

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0:00.0	My name is Mike Winger. I'm here to help you learn to think about everything,
0:02.8	which doesn't mean that I'm going to tell you what to think about everything,
0:07.4	rather, to walk you through the process of learning how to think
0:10.7	biblically about everything. That means you're the one doing the thinking and I'm just
0:14.9	hopefully an aid someone you sort of bounce ideas off of actually. That is the approach for
0:19.8	the 10 question series that we do every Friday here. The first question up is a really
0:24.9	challenging one. I don't pretend to have all the answers and you might be watching this
0:28.3	with that mindset of does Mike answer this question right? I want you to think about it instead with a
0:34.0	different mindset which says I I'm going to see if I can answer it for myself and I'll use some of Mike's ideas merely as an aid to help me answer my own question.
0:48.5	That's a better approach for today.
0:51.0	So, here we go. The first question is this. If prayer is effective, why do so many prayers seem
0:57.8	to go unanswered, especially in desperate situations? Let me read that again and I want you to think if there's been a time in your life as there has in my life where you have prayed for something that was so meaningful to you that words are it's difficult to
1:16.2	explain in words how important this thing was how much was on the line as far as you were concerned on this issue and you prayed and prayed and it seemed as though you got no answer at all
1:29.7	You couldn't think of a reason why God wouldn't help in this situation.
1:33.4	It was difficult. It was a challenge to your faith. It was a big issue. A lot of us have gone through that.
1:38.8	I've had some situations like that. I don't intend to tell stories right now.
1:42.0	Because it's sad I don't want to start off like that but
1:46.6	but I've had situations like that. God has the power he does care so why doesn't he do the thing that I'm begging him to do? And you might
1:56.8	be starting to start thinking thoughts like just this one thing God, just
2:00.5	this one thing I wouldn't ask for much just this one thing, I wouldn't ask for much, just this one thing, or I can't see why you wouldn't do this,
2:05.6	and you start to wonder about God's character or his compassion or his love, or even his power, or even his
2:10.9	existence as a result.
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