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Can Fallen Pastors Be Restored? 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 36)

BibleThinker

Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.82.6K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Today's Time Stamps: 1. 0:10 {Can Fallen Leaders Be Restored?} Can fallen pastors who have engaged in egregious sin be restored back to ministry? 2. 52:33 {Jesus’ Ministry – Which Nature?} Do you believe Jesus did His ministry of preaching, teaching, and healing out of His divinity, or out of His humanity empowered by the Holy Spirit, in light of Matthew 3:16-17, etc.? What about us?3. 58:06 {Being Zealous for God’s Glory} In light of God's zeal for His own glory in all the Earth (see Ezekiel 36:22-23; Psalm 46:10; 2 Chronicles 6:32-33), how can Christians be zealous for His glory among the nations, especially those who cannot go?4. 1:00:52 {“The River” = Heaven?} Is there a biblical basis for songs about “crossing the river” into Heaven, or is that just Greek mythology? Is the Jordan River a legitimate biblical metaphor for dying and going to the Promised Land/Heaven?5. 1:05:55 {Thinking Biblically about All Creation} Since all is God’s creation, will God hold us blameworthy for killing insects and other critters like cockroaches, mosquitoes, bees, spiders, mice, etc.?6. 1:09:46 {Can the Unsaved Seek God?} Can people not yet saved seek after God? Jesus tells us in Matthew 7:7 to “…seek and knock and it will be opened,” but in Romans 3:10 it says “There is no one who understands; There is no one who seeks God.” 7. 1:12:31 {Lazarus’ Resurrection – Missing?} I find the fact that the resurrection of Lazarus is missing from the Synoptics and the epistles to be unsettling. Do you have any insights on why such a massive claim is not in the earliest texts?8. 1:16:52 {“By Faith” vs. “Through Faith”} What is the difference between “by faith” and “through faith” in Romans 3: 30?9. 1:19:49 {Investing in Rental Properties – Sin?} I would like to start investing in rental homes. Is this flat out a sin and should I be just giving my excess to the needy people, or is it OK to invest to earn more, and just give then?10. 1:21:35 {Are My Dreams from God?} My pastor says you can tell if a dream is from God by whether or not it aligns with Gods Word, but also if it’s very bright, warm, and vivid. He says if you’re afraid in the dream, then it’s not from God. Is that true? Are Christmas trees idols? A study of Jeremiah 10: Click Here The Romans Series (verse-by-verse through the book): Click Here The Hebrews Series (verse-by-verse through the book): Click Here I do this live stream most Fridays at 1 p.m. Pacific Time. You're welcome to join.To ask a question in an upcoming session, 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 in 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 for me 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.

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0:00.0

All right. I hate to start the stream off this heavy, but the first question up today is going to be, it's going to be heavy.

0:16.4

Can guys like the ones I'm about to show you, can fallen pastors be restored to ministry. That is

0:21.8

pastors who've done things that are so egregious that the right thing to do is to pull them out of

0:27.5

ministry. Can they be brought back? So I'm sorry to do this, but you guys have been asking me

0:32.6

this question. I've been getting a lot of this recently. And I thought maybe I could help you work through it biblically. Here are some examples.

0:38.9

I was not going to, I almost didn't do this.

0:40.7

I hope I'm making a good choice by doing it.

0:42.5

But I'm going to mention some specifically so we can understand the gravity of the question

0:46.2

because I think a lot of people don't understand the gravity of the question.

0:50.1

They want to instantly restore someone who's fallen.

0:52.8

And it's usually a bad idea.

0:54.5

Restoring fallen pastors, in my opinion, is usually the wrong plan.

0:58.5

It's not right for the most part.

1:01.7

But I think it can be done.

1:03.7

So we'll talk about that today.

1:05.0

And I'll try to bring whatever scripture I can to bear on that.

1:07.2

Because the Bible simply isn't totally clear on this.

1:09.9

It doesn't have specific,

1:11.5

to my knowledge, clear instruction on this. So I'm gathering principles from scripture and trying

1:15.2

to apply them. At any rate, Stephen Lawson right here, who is a very well respected teacher and

1:21.2

pastor who seemingly had a very solid ministry. And I'm not saying he didn't, but I didn't follow

1:26.9

with stuff very well so

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