Is Diwali Demonic? 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 64)

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 24 October 2025

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference:0:00 - Intro1. 0:03 {Is Diwali Demonic?} Can you tell us a bit about Diwali? And is it OK to wish others a “Happy Diwali”? How should Christians view the holiday?2. 13:31 {Words of Comfort vs. Prophecy?} Is there a distinction between God speaking words of comfort to someone and the gift of prophecy? I’ve understood that anytime God speaks, it is by definition, prophecy and subject to testing.3. 19:01 {OT Food Laws vs. Homosexuality?} If we aren't required to keep the Old Covenant food laws, then why are the unclean animals described in Deuteronomy 14:3 with the same Hebrew word for homosexuality in Leviticus 18?4. 23:50 {When Christians Devalue Scripture} I’ve heard believers say things like, “The Bible isn’t the fourth member of the Trinity.” Phrases like this can feel dismissive of the Bible. How should we take this from well-meaning Christians?5. 29:07 {Demonic Fear & Sexual Temptation} This may sound like a silly question, but do you have any advice for someone scared of demonic or evil forces when going to sleep? It doesn't help that I often fall sexually at night, too.6. 34:12 {Contradicting Passages?} In the plague after the incident at Peor, 24,000 people died. But, in 1 Corinthians 10:8, Paul says 23,000. How can I hold to inerrancy?7. 47:48 {Spiritually Guiding our Loved Ones} My mom is a baby Christian (2 years), but she feels most comfortable in an Orthodox church. She seems to be growing in her faith there. Should I intervene or just let her go where she feels led?8. 54:56 {More Important: Faith or Love?} 1 Corinthians 13:13 says love is greater than faith. So then why do we treat faith as more important for grand things like salvation?9. 1:00:54 {Witnessing to Muslims} My Muslim friend is willing to go through the Bible with me. Which books should I start with?10. 1:03:31 {Ladies: Is Makeup Sinful?} Is it sinful for a Christian woman to wear makeup? Nothing too much, but makeup nonetheless. How about nail polish? I don’t personally feel a conviction on this, but I heard a Christian say she “saw people in Hell for it.” Taking your questions from the live chat in this weekly Q&A helping you to learn to think biblically about EVERYTHING https://BibleThinker.org

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0:00.0	Let's talk about DeWali.
0:03.5	DeWali.
0:04.2	We're going to talk about DeWali or Devali.
0:07.9	Obviously, I'm an English speaker.
0:10.6	So I'm going to say it the way that makes sense to my brain, even if it's not entirely
0:14.7	correct.
0:15.8	That's what we do with English speaking.
0:18.1	So the issue I want to ask you guys about or ask scripture about is the
0:23.8	question of, is it okay to say happy DeWally? That is the first question for today. My name is
0:28.9	Mike Winger. I'm here to try to help. You learn to think biblically about everything because
0:34.4	that's my journey is to learn to think biblically about everything and we're doing it together.
0:38.3	And I'm sporting a new t-shirt today as well and I know it will be misinterpreted by some,
0:45.4	but I like it.
0:50.8	Okay.
0:51.7	So is this okay?
0:53.8	I'm going to put something on your screen real quick. Take a look. This is
0:56.5	Donald Trump lighting the Diwali candle in the White House. As a Christian, how am I supposed to think
1:02.8	about this? Not, you know, and here I am. Ironically, I just got this shirt and I just put it on.
1:09.7	So some are going to be like, why are you wearing the freedom shirt, the Charlie Kirk shirt for a number of reasons. But you'll see that even though I want to help us as Christians, if we're going to live biblically, as we try to think biblically so we can live biblically, we should, I think, be pushing more into advocacy and things like this.
1:28.3	I've been talking about it a little bit here and there.
1:29.9	I'll talk a lot more about it next year.
1:31.5	Midway through the year, I'm going to go deep on this stuff.
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