Do I have my own "private prayer language"? 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 50)

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:1. 1:48 {Do All Christians Have the Gift of Tongues?} Do Christians all have access to a “private prayer language” (speaking in tongues) according to Scripture?2. 11:31 {A Judgment for Widows?} What is the judgment put on widows in 1 Timothy 5:12, and how do we know we can change course without judgment? Does it apply to keeping an unchanging devotion time with God? My goals can get legalistic.3. 22:05 {Slaves or Brothers?} Why in Scripture are we told we are the slaves of Christ, as well as the brothers of Christ?4. 24:57 {Shame and Pride Related?} Is the feeling of shame the byproduct of pride?5. 28:07 {Permissible Doubts vs. Double-mindedness} Can you explain the difference between the man in Mark 9:24 and the double-minded man talked about in James 1:5-8? I find myself relating to the former a lot, but I also fear being double-minded.6. 37:36 {Choosing a Denomination: Important?} Do you think it's important to choose a denomination? I have people pressuring me to choose one, but I don't feel ready to do that (I'm new) and I’m wondering if it's important at all.7. 42:52 {Is Progressive Sanctification Biblical?} While I know sanctification is real and biblical, if we are dead to sin after salvation as mentioned in Romans 7, why do we need progressive sanctification?8. 55:34 {Witnessing to an LGBTQ+ Family Member} My aunt is gay but claims to be a Christian. I have never talked with her about this, but I feel I am doing her a disservice by not lovingly sharing the truth with her. How can I go about this?9. 1:00:37 {Tourism or Idolatry?} I’m planning a trip to Japan and would like to visit some of the shrines for the tourism aspect, but I don’t want to sin against God or put my family at risk of demonic exposure. Is this acceptable?10. 1:07:01 {Believing & Receiving Biblically} How do I pray for something and believe I’ve received it (Mark 11:24) such as healing or peace, if I don't know how God is using the illness or anxiety in my life or someone else's life? A serious study of the best name-it-and-claim-it verse: Click Here I have the following study for the passage in Romans 7 that was asked about today: Click Here I'm taking questions from the live chat...here are the rules: 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 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.6. Only one question submitted per subscriber, per stream, please. Submitting the same question into the chat a few times is OK.7. Please understand that we don't strictly take the first 10 questions submitted. Our team takes several factors into consideration.8. You can also check the "Clip Search" on BibleThinker.org in advance to see if your topic of interest has already been covered in a past session. I try not to answer the same questions over and over, so you may find what you need there. My website is searchable and all the video and audio content is free: https://BibleThinker.org

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0:00.0	Unmute my mic. What we need right now is scripture.
0:08.0	Scripture that not only informs us on what to believe theologically, that is primary of
0:14.0	importance, but also how that plays out pragmatically in our lives and in our churches.
0:18.0	That's so desperately needed. I'm in the middle of a project
0:22.3	that you'll know a lot more about in the coming months of exposing abuse in the charismatic
0:28.3	church, although abuse happens in other churches as well, but you'll understand why I'm
0:32.0	focusing on this particular area soon enough. And I'm thinking about,
0:39.3	theologically, biblically speaking,
0:41.3	how so many of these abuses that I'm going to deal with
0:43.3	would not be happening, or at least would be curtailed
0:46.3	incredibly, if people would follow what Scripture says
0:49.3	about things like
0:51.3	character requirements for those in leadership, not skill requirements,
0:55.7	character requirements, that they would actually enforce that.
0:58.4	If they would follow what's understood about the priesthood of all believers to eliminate
1:03.1	elitism in the church because that leads to abuse.
1:05.6	I haven't even got to the first question yet.
1:07.0	I'm just telling you what's on my mind.
1:09.3	And so what scripture says about not having partiality, about not lording it over those who you are in leadership over, according to Jesus. If those types of things were just really ingrained into the DNA of the local church about how to handle accusations against elders, if people understood this and applied it more more carefully and how to
1:28.4	deal with those elders who are caught sinning that you actually rebuke in the presence of all
1:32.3	god actually tells us it has to be done publicly why because we wouldn't do it unless he told
1:40.0	us to do it publicly that's what is important there So we have to learn to do that kind of thing.
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