20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 101)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:0:00 - Intro 0:08 {Is the Canon Closed?} Why can no new books of the Bible be written? Why is the canon closed? 26:49 {Must we Share our Faith in Every Circumstance?} Looking at 1 Peter 3:15-17, what would you say to anyone who would ask you about "the hope you have in you"? And are there times or certain people who you wouldn't bother providing that answer to (e.g., someone you know isn't really interested in the answer and just seeks to make fun of you)? 33:27 {How did the Thief on the Cross Know?} The thief on the cross believed Jesus would come into His kingdom, despite knowing that Jesus was going to die. How might that be, since even the disciples didn’t grasp this until the resurrection? 36:58 {How to Reach a Wiccan} What can or should I say to a Wiccan relative who wants to have seances to reach her dead son? She’s not a believer, so should I just hold my tongue? 39:53 {The Man in Mark 14} Who was the man in Mark 14:51-52? Could it be that this was somehow Jesus Himself escaping? As an unbeliever, how should I approach my readings? Any questions I should keep in mind? 45:42 {Understanding Parallel Prophecies} Is there a process you go through to understand parallel prophecies? For example, 2 Samuel 7:14 seems to be about Jesus, but clearly not completely because he doesn’t commit iniquity. 53:11 {Different Personalities in the Trinity?} Do the different Persons of the Trinity have different personalities? Would God the Father, Jesus, or the Holy Spirit act in a different way than the others in a given situation? 55:54 {Do Heavenly Rewards Support LDS Doctrine?} Every time you answer a question about rewards in Heaven, I can't help but think of the LDS levels of Heaven. How do I debate with them when they use rewards as the basis for their belief about there being different levels of Heaven? 1:03:13 {Can a Christian Struggle to Obey God?} Can a Christian still struggle with submitting completely to God? Or is that a symptom that you're not truly saved? 1:05:20 {About the “Two Witnesses” in Rev.} Who are the two witnesses in the book of Revelation, and is it possible for them to be people that are walking the Earth today that are not in the Bible? 1:11:01 {Are Casual Conversations Sinful?} Someone argued with me that because of Matthew 12:36 (every idle word…), all jokes and fun conversations are sinful, and that Jesus never spoke in a casual, non-serious way. Is this true? 1:16:54 {Should We Still Forgive when Not Asked?} Do we still need to forgive others if they don’t ask for forgiveness? My grandma believes that as Christians, we don’t forgive unless the other person repents and asks for forgiveness. 1:20:17 {Christian Creators: Make This Content!} As a YouTube pastor, do you have any suggestions for content you would like to see Christians make? I'm in seminary and I’m thinking about making videos, but I wonder what I should create (if I did). 1:22:56 {Being Open about Sexual Sin} Do you have any advice on how to come out (for lack of a better word) to my Christian parents about being same-sex attracted and addicted to pornography? I know Christianity is true. 1:27:23 {Does Titus 3:5 Teach Calvinism?} What is a non-Calvinist way of understanding regeneration in Titus 3:5? 1:31:34 {Is God’s Love Actually Conditional?} If the Bible says God loves those who love Him, thereby making a condition we have to fulfill for His love (Proverbs 8:17, John 14:21, 23), can we still say that God's love is unconditional (John 3:16, etc.)? 1:35:43 {Lessons from a Peculiar Bible Story} What is the lesson for us from 1 Kings 13:11-24 where the man of God is deceived by the old prophet, eats with him, and is killed by the lion? 1:46:28 {About Catholic Claims: Eucharistic Miracle} Have you ever heard of the...

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0:00.0	All right. Welcome. Here's our first question for today. From Jonathan Weber, the question
0:10.8	is about adding new books to the Bible. He says, why can't no new books of the Bible
0:15.3	be written? Why is the canon closed? Which is a question that I think catches people off
0:22.7	guard when you get this question. You're thinking suddenly, I have to prove that the
0:26.7	canon is closed. Otherwise, catch this. Otherwise, the automatic result is that we're open
0:32.7	to new books, even that it's likely that we should be adding other books to the Bible
0:37.4	where I have to ask, well, what books do you want to add now? Because I couldn't prove
0:40.9	it was closed. I'm just talking about normal people on the street when we have these conversations.
0:45.7	That's where it seems to quickly go to, right? So do any Bible verses actually say that
0:50.5	the canon is closed, that there's to be no new scripture until the second coming. That's
0:56.6	actually a bit of a, the problem with that expectation that we would actually have a
1:02.3	verse that says that the Bible is is closed and there's going to be no new books added,
1:07.6	is that any book that that verse appears in, right? Well, once that book got to a church,
1:13.4	they would no longer accept any new scriptures, even if they had yet to have received, say,
1:18.5	I don't know, the gospel of Mark, the gospel of Luke, Jude, revelation. You see, revelation,
1:25.9	it's not as though it went out to every church at the same time. Some churches got it earlier
1:29.7	than others. And so any book that was to say that would actually, would, would, would counterman
1:35.8	the canon of scripture. So that isn't really what we're going to look for. We're going to
1:39.4	look for some other things. So let me walk you guys through my response to this. And you can
1:43.8	think about it. See what you think. And see if you think some of these are valid points.
1:47.4	I think they are. I think it tells us that we have good reason to think that we can ignore
1:52.6	new books claiming to be scripture that effectively the canon is closed. Canon meaning that rule,
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