20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 8)

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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~Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference: ~ 0:00 Introduction 1. 0:12 Do you agree with any of the 5 points of Calvinism? And what is the one “point” you see as the hardest to reconcile? 2. 16:17 Jesus cast out many demon-possessed people on Earth. With the explosion of the human population and religions, one would think this phenomenon would be more prevalent today, but it’s not. Any insight? 3. 18:31 What's your response to the idea that Isaiah was written by multiple authors? 4. 20:06 Do you believe that God is a matchmaker for Christian couples? The idea of waiting on “the one” whom God has chosen as your spouse? Some pastors say this is a waste of time, or unrealistic. 5. 24:49 Is it biblically o.k. for a trinitarian Christian to marry a Oneness Christian? 6. 25:41 In constructing a biblical theology, where do we start? How do we construct a biblical method for doing theology? 7. 28:00 Any advice for a Christian who lives with parents that are always swearing, drinking, and watching vulgar things? Whenever I give them my opinion, they think I'm being judgmental. Am I? 8. 30:09 My country, Armenia, a Christian Nation since 301AD, is defending their lives from genocide by Turkey & Azerbaijan. What are some actions I can take as a Christian? That is, can I go to war if it is to defend? 9. 32:04 What separates us from an angel? They had (have?) free will too, right? Is it still possible for them to fall from grace/Heaven if they choose? 10. 33:52 Have you heard of the Berisheet Prophecy in Genesis 1:1 regarding end times? It is something I've run into a lot recently and wanted to know if you have any thoughts on it. 11. 34:46 My JW friend says the Greek for “soul” just refers to any living being (person or animal) and that the “immortal soul” is taken from the Greeks and was not a Jewish belief. How would you respond? 12. 36:22 Do you plan to do more verse-by-verse studies of other books of the Bible? (Mark is great!) 13. 36:59 Is it a sin for a Christian not to vote in elections? Will not voting negatively affect one's relationship with God? Thoughts or advice? 14. 38:44 Is it better not to give if you can't do it cheerfully/lovingly, or would it be better to give even if reluctantly in order to pick up your cross and try to imitate Jesus? (I don't mean just money.) 15. 40:39 What is the purpose of a church service? Should it primarily be for believers, or should it be intentionally inclusive of those in attendance who are not saved? 16. 43:00 How do you respond to people who use verses like 1 John 3:6 to say that, as they mature in the faith, Christians come to a point where they will completely stop sinning? 17. 46:05 I’ve been told by Christians that their relationship with God is personal and they don’t wish to discuss anything in regard to religion. Is this biblical? 18. 48:18 What is your favorite Bible verse? (A verse that you would look at daily that gives you courage and strengthens you…or multiple?) 19. 50:07 Where is God's help when fighting a porn addiction? Why does it seem that crying out in prayer yields little help, and even when resisting the temptation, I'm left exhausted? 20. 54:54 Should Christians follow OT dietary laws? Many people point to Acts, but I'm stuck on the prophecy in Isaiah 66: 16-17 where eating pork still seems to be detestable to God, even in the end times.Every Friday at 1pm PT A biblical survey of the doctrine of divine hardening, which seem incompatible with Calvinism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMuiT_R0zFQ&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHu8PlY0J-G2B9Pyp59S0pLZ&index=4 My video on how faith is not a work and how this relates to Calvinist teaching. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxakEl8BYBE&list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHu8PlY0J-G2B9Pyp59S0pLZ&index=1 After my first video on Limited Atonement I got a rebuttal video from Dr. James White and I did a MUCH more in depth response to the Calvinist reasoning and to Dr. White in a second video (both are linked below and you can find Dr. Whit

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0:00.0	All right, we are live and the first question today is Calvinism. And it's about the five
0:06.8	points of Calvinism. Let me share with you guys what I was asked. It's somewhere, there
0:12.2	it is, from Paul Rem on Facebook, this question was actually
0:15.4	asked a little bit ago, but I went back into the logs to find a question for today to start with.
0:21.4	And he says, of the five points of Calvinism are there any you affirm or
0:25.3	what is the one point you see that is the hardest to reconcile sidebar while
0:31.2	I personally resisted for years what is reformed theology by
0:34.0	R.C. Sproll was what ultimately pushed me over the edge and side note I
0:41.1	couldn't sleep all last night as the bags under my eyes probably declare but I
0:47.4	actually listened because I just listened to the whole thing from R.C. Sproll
0:51.6	on what is Reform theology I've heard a lot of it in the past
0:54.7	but I listened to it again. Here is my answer to your question, Paul, and I'm surprised because
0:59.6	you know kind of what R.C. Sproll did is what I'm going to do here he didn't really defend
1:03.7	reform theology there he just presented it right he just explained it to find it and
1:07.6	that we moved on interesting that him simply explaining it is what convinced you I find that
1:12.1	really interesting now here is the idea of Tulip.
1:15.7	Tulip is a, for those who don't know, Tulip is a way to summarize Calvinistic theology, the distinctives of Calvinistic theology.
1:27.7	And while in many ways I am reformed in many ways, and I get along so great with my Calvinist brothers and sisters we agree on so many things you would find that most most of the time from not talking about Calvinism
1:38.7	We're probably in agreement on stuff and I think it's an in-house discussion, we shouldn't argue and all that, but in so many ways I'm reformed. I believe in the solas. I believe in, you know, especially solas scriptura, right, and I believe in Grace alone, Sola Gratya. So I believe in the Sola is all five. I think they're extremely
1:58.2	important. And it's just how they play out in our theology that makes me not a Calvinist ultimately that's the thing
2:05.6	so let me answer Paul's question by running through Tulip point by point the
2:10.4	T-U-L-I-N-P and then giving you guys just a quick explanation at least of where my position is on this
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