Vivek's Pagan Jesus Isn't Jesus: 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 75)

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Mike Winger

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Bring your own questions to the live chat (put a Q at the beginning of the live chat comment and try to make it something that could be easily understood and include important references). Today's Time Stamps: 0:00 - Introduction1. 0:14 Does Vivek Ramaswamy have a biblical view of Jesus and the Gospel?2. 16:15 Is Genesis 1:3 the moment Lucifer was made (Morning Star, first creation, first worker, Genesis 1:31 jealous of mankind, new standard very good)? Please also see Ezekiel 28:11, Genesis 3:1, Isaiah 14:12, Luke 10:18.3. 24:22 The Parable of the Laborers (Matthew 20) says we get the same reward in Heaven, but the Parable of the Tenants (Matthew 25:14-30) says we get different rewards based on our works. How do we reconcile this?4. 34:38 Why do Christians continue the tradition of using "LORD" for YHWH in modern translations, and why isn't this practice blasphemous or wrong as groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses would argue?5. 42:33 In Acts 19:5-7, it says there were 12 men in total that began prophesying and speaking in tongues. How does this align with Paul’s direction to limit tongues to 2 or 3 people in 1 Corinthians 14:27?6. 51:42 J. Warner Wallace talks about sanctification as a long hallway between justification and glorification. If some people still make it to glorification without the hallway, why is it necessary at all?7. 55:28 Hey Mike, what does it mean to "not provoke your children to anger"? Scripture instructs us to discipline our kids, and Hebrews 12:6 allows for the use of punishments, so what counts as provoking?8.58:44 I do TikTok lives reading Scripture and sharing insights I've found. But does 1 Timothy 2: 11-15 make this sinful for me as a woman? I truly want to know how to please God.9. 1:01:38 I recently came to Christ and since have been on fire for Christ. My wife has been a Christian all her life and often compares her walk to mine and wonders why she doesn't have the same fire. Advice?10. 1:05:53 This might sound weird, but sometimes thinking of God as perfectly good and loving makes me doubt. Can we really be so lucky to have the best-case scenario God? Greg Locke accusations video: Click Here Everything women can and can't do according to the Bible (a real and thorough analysis): Click Here https://biblethinker.org

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0:00.0	Here we go, here we go, here we go.
0:02.2	All right, let's talk about the first question, which is going to be starting right now. Took me minute. I had to scramble to get this going because I just saw this clip. It literally changed what my plans were for today for the first question. So this is Vivek Rameswami, I hope I'm saying that right, who's running for governor of Ohio. And this is not about him running for governor at all, not remotely.
0:25.2	Okay?
0:25.7	I should say as a caveat going in, if I was in Ohio, there's a good chance I'd be voting for him.
0:33.1	But what he said about weightier matters than the governorship of Ohio, waytier matters than the politics of our country, what he said about Jesus, it's really good if we talk about it. So let me play you the clip and then we'll discuss it in some detail. So I'll be very honest. It's not a hard question at all. So in our faith tradition, Jesus Christ is a son of God. I know that is different than saying he's the son of God.
0:56.8	But that is my view of Jesus Christ.
0:58.9	He's got our family. Do we worship in churches?
1:01.1	Yes, we do. Is that compatible with our faith? Yes, it is.
1:03.7	One true God in many forms. So that's different, and I understand that.
1:08.2	That is different. The only way to heaven is to Jesus Christ.
1:11.8	I think that that is the path.
1:13.4	That is a path to heaven.
1:20.4	So I'll be very honest.
1:21.7	It's not a hard question at all.
1:23.5	So in our faith tradition, Jesus Christ is a son of God.
1:27.4	I'm boosting the volume for you guys.
1:28.7	Sorry, hold on, hold on, hold on. Like I said, I scrambled a little bit. I really wanted to play this one for you today. So I'm just tweaking the volume, getting it adjusted for you guys. I think it should be, hopefully that's good. Let me try one more time. Last time, then we'll comment on it. So I'll be very honest. It's not a hard question at all.
1:44.0	So in our faith tradition,
1:46.0	Jesus Christ is a son of God. I know that is different than saying he's the son of God.
1:51.6	But that is my view of Jesus Christ. He's got our family. Do we worship in churches? Yes,
1:56.1	is that compatible with our faith? Yes, it is. One true God in In many forms. So that's different, and I understand.
2:02.9	That is the only way to heaven is true Jesus Christ. I think that that is the path. That is a path to
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