What the Bible Says about Immigration: 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 35)

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Mike Winger

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Today's Time Stamps: 1. 0:18 {A Biblical View of Immigration} What are some biblical thoughts surrounding the political issue of immigration?2. 49:40 {Confessing Your Faith when Difficult} I'm a 30 y/o woman in SoCal, financially dependent on my Muslim parents. I've studied for years and I’m now feeling called to Christ. I fear being kicked out. Any advice on how to tell them I'm Christian?3. 52:03 {Eternal Begottenness?} Should we hold to eternal begottenness of the Son which seems to suggest that the Son was caused? It seems orthodox, but wrong to say of God.4. 56:13 {When Discipline turns to Drudgery} William Booth says, “We ought not consult feelings but do our duty.” How does that not then become drudgery? How do we be disciplined like Daniel, yet not mechanical?5. 58:11 {Hosting Sinners in our Homes} Is 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 only for corporate gatherings or also for private gatherings such as family meals, etc.? Should Christians host professing Christian family members who are living in unrepentant sin?6. 1:03:00 {Overcoming Difficult Addictions} I’ve tried SO many times trying to quit vaping. I’m starting to feel like a bad Christian. Any advice?7. 1:04:51 {Contemplative Prayer} I'm curious about contemplative and listening prayer practices promoted in my church. Are they rooted in or influenced by Eastern mysticism or New Age ideologies?8. 1:08:01 {Why Didn’t God Forbid Polygamy?} If verses like Exodus 21:10 aren't supporting polygamy but protecting women in a bad situation, why didn't God just outlaw polygamy outright? I agree with you, but don't know how to counter this argument.9. 1:13:10 {Obeying our Conscience} Is Romans 14:23 about emotional doubt or intellectual doubt? For example, I'm mentally convinced that ham is OK to eat but I still doubt it emotionally. Which is my conscience to obey?10. 1:17:21 {What is a Heart of Flesh?} What does giving us a heart of flesh mean, when flesh is usually negative? If you want more info on this issue of immigration and the Bible, I recommend reading this very short book. It's also free. I am not saying I agree with everything in it but I think it's generally useful: Click Here Analyzing Rob the Polygamy guy: Click Here Showing how four polygamy proponents twist Scripture: Click Here My video on why the death penalty is biblical and all nations should have one: Click Here 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.

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0:00.0	All right.
0:12.2	I don't know about you guys, but I am tired of something in particular.
0:18.6	I'm tired of seeing Christians avoid taking stances on certain topics
0:27.3	because they're so politically charged and yet on those topics we have a biblical commitment
0:33.1	that should inform our stance. Now, I've done this over the years here and there. Politics isn't really
0:38.3	my thing. I don't focus on it and I don't intend to start focusing on that. But in my attempt
0:43.0	to think biblically about everything, sorry, I want to think biblically about any issue that
0:48.7	relates to politics as well. Like it's all inclusive. Everything kind of means everything. So I have a
0:53.4	video on, for instance, the death penalty and why I think Christians should absolutely support the death penalty. Now I made that video knowing it would be unpopular even among my own audience, that you, the majority of you will disagree with me on this, even the people who do follow my content, even those who are like conservative Christians. Well, I think that you're wrong. And so I think scripture does speak clearly on this issue, so I made a video on it.
1:16.6	Well, today we're going to take the topic of immigration.
1:18.6	And I can't speak as clearly on immigration as I can on the topic of the death penalty,
1:23.6	but I think I can give you guys some stuff that scripture says about it.
1:26.6	And we're going to talk
1:28.0	about that today. That's the first question. What does the Bible teach about immigration? I'm going to do a bit of
1:32.9	a longer little thing here. I do this a lot. So it's common for most of you who follow my content.
1:38.2	You know that every Friday I do a Q&A. I start with a little teaching thing. And then I get into your
1:42.6	questions in the in the live chat.
1:46.0	And you're used to my long videos. I just put an hour and a half video Bible study out two days ago
1:52.0	continuing the Hebrew series. But I want to start with this question. Yeah. What does the Bible teach about immigration?
1:59.0	I very commonly hear people distort the teaching
2:02.5	of scripture on this topic, quote one verse as if that's the entire teaching that they get. And I hear
2:07.7	on both sides. Okay. You hear the more liberal side say, you know, the scripture says to love your
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