Question Time Stamps for Quick Reference: 0:00 Introduction 1. 0:53 Recently, I've seen several of your videos dealing with The Passion Translation, and the criticism seems very much on point. Clearly, Brian Simmons is a bit of a nut and I think you'd agree that religions can attract those types of people. So, why would you assume Paul, or the authors of Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John weren't also nutty? At the very least you should be skeptical of their writings. Further, there is no way to go back and do the sort of analysis of those authors, the way you can with Simmons. For example, the review you do of Simmons' lectures, as opposed to simply having his Passion Translation, is very effective in demonstrating just how nutty he is. Nothing even close to that is possible with the biblical authors. So why give them credence? 2. 9:05 If Moses was God's chosen one, why did God want to kill him in Exodus 4: 24? Also, what did Zipporah mean by "Surely a bloody husband art thou to me"? 3. 14:00 Can you help me understand the comparison/contrast between how the Holy Spirit comes upon vs. in someone? Is it correct that in the Old Testament, He came UPON someone (Exodus 29: 45 & Ezekiel 37: 27) but not IN, and in the New Testament, He indwells believers? 4. 19:08 What are your thoughts on Kenneth Hagin's "The Authority of the Believer" and other Christian spiritual authority concepts? If none, would you consider looking into it? 5. 21:27 Are angels immortal? if not, does that mean demons might have a chance to defeat them or some in a war? I ask because sometimes I see paintings of angels vs demons. 6. 23:03 I was wondering, why are there times where Jesus tells people not to talk about Him? Some Verses: Matt. 8:4, 9: 30, 12: 16) 7. 26:05 If God’s will is always done in Heaven, was Satan’s rebellion God’s will? 8. 28:41 What are some ways God disciplines us as it’s said in Hebrews? How do we know if He is disciplining? Can He discipline through physical or psychological ailments? 9. 32:34 What does someone need to believe for you to consider them your brother or sister in Christ? 10. 35:13 Could you comment on Matthew 13: 44-45? Most people seem to feel that the merchant is a man and the pearl/treasure is Christ, but in context I seem to see the opposite. 11. 40:27 You were in American Gospel 2. What do you think of the final 10 minutes teaching God's whole purpose for everything is His own glory, and we're "merely" incidental to that? 12. 44:17 Does the integrity of our faith need Adam and Eve to be literal historical people? Some people say the account of Adam and Eve is a myth, or a story to teach us theological and moral truth. 13. 47:01 If God is good and perfect, how can He ever be jealous (Exodus 20:6) or angry (Exodus 34:6) since both jealousy and anger are sins of the flesh (Galatians 5: 20)? More Cat Cam! 14. 51:48 Can you explain how you understand John 20: 23? I’ve read several commentaries on this verse and still have difficulty rightly understanding it. 15. 55:02 How can I learn to see God as a loving Father? I’m afraid and sometimes I feel that God is indifferent and impatient with me. Am I gonna make it to heaven? 16. 59:40 Any books you recommend for those courting and preparing for marriage? If not, any advice? 17. 1:02:00 If someone passes away, is it wrong to pray for their salvation? This would not be “get them out of purgatory,” this would just be in a “God, you knew back then that I would pray this” sort of way. 18. 1:03:20 In your opinion, who are the “gods of Egypt” in Exodus 12? The options seem to be rulers, idols, demons, or actual gods. 19. 1:07:59 I shared your Passion Project with the Elders of my church. They thought it was nitpicking. How do I decide to leave? Long history with these people. Seem to be becoming hyper-charismatic. 20. 1:09:52 What boundaries (biblical separation) should a Christian establish with a professed believer who is now in a gay marriage? BONUS Q: 1:12:11 I am a new cat owner. What are your cats’ favorite kind of toys?

I have really grown to trust this channel. These conversations have had a major impact on my life. I’m a stronger Christian as a side effect of spending considerable amount of time learning from you along with My daily Bible reading. Thank you.

You are not just an amazing teacher but you have the pastor’s heart, the way you obviously care about each questioner.

I was in the laundromat and I began talking to a older women who was talking to me about things happening and I injected the Lord and she was glad to talk with someone who was reminding her about the things about God she had forgotten and things that ministered to her. I gave her this channel and I bet that she will renew her relationship with the Lord. I reminded her that a relationship has to be maintained.

I am the Director of Children and Youth ministry at a church in Kansas City, Kansas and I have been very blessed by your channel Mike! God has definitely used you to speak wisdom in my life as Christian personally and as someone in ministry. Keep following after the Lord.

What a great Q & A! Thanks Mike & the team :) ...Mike, what you said about how we can learn to see God as a loving Father...wow, these words were answered prayer for me : "are these feelings based on what God has told me about Himself in scripture? Or something else?". Your ministry is an immense blessing in my life. Thank you for what you do.

We cannot be incidental to God's glory when we are PART OF His glory ❤️ May God continue to bless your ministry abundantly Mike! LOVE BOLDLY! ❤️

If anyone is still reading the comments here, I’ve been married 22 years and Tim Kellers “The Meaning of Marriage” is by far the best marriage book I’ve ever read. And not by a little, I agree that most I’ve read aren’t very good, but that one really is.

I am from South Africa, just want to say that I love your channel, it is so informative and is inspiring me to be a better christian. Thanks keep up the good work.

Thank you for your thoughtful response to my question, Pastor Mike.

13:00 My current pastor always says "your private life is your ministry" and it's never had as much meaning as it does right now to me after hearing the explanation to this question and reading the unfortunate news about Ravi Z.

Thanks and blessings from Canada! 715000 today! 714000 yesterday! Your bonus question made me laugh out loud! Needed to know lol!

Pastor Mike, I just want to say thank you! I so appreciate your ministry, your transparency, your integrity, your wisdom, your grace, your obedience and devotion to Christ. God is clearly blessing your ministry as you seek to honor Him, and I pray for continued influence, scope, and effectiveness over you.

Thank you so much Mike for your videos. I hope you never stop.

Thank you pastor Mike for your amazing ministry.

Thank you Pastor Mike and God Bless You

I love what you said about marriage. To pick someone that you always want to give to. So beautiful ❤️

Thank you for helping to harbor another opportunity to dive into the word! That being said - You and your team work so diligently to prepare such thoughtful & incitful teachings and I have been praying that you all have time to rest and renew. Resting in the Lord has just been on my heart lately and knowing how hard you all work I'm sure thats much needed. Constantly taking questions and preparing content is such a blessing to your viewers but if prayer is ever needed for you/your team's families please do not hesitate. We are all the body after all. Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Matthew 11:28

Mike, great A’s to the Q’s!!! Your response to the question about the gods of Egypt/plagues and the tie into what is behind idols was very concisely articulated . Thank you and thank God for the gift He gives to us all by your teaching.

13:36 Very good point! This is why Paul says to Timothy in 1 Timothy 4:16: "Keep a close watch *on yourself* and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by doing so you will save both yourself and your hearers. "

Those are my favorite parables. God is so good.

Love your answer to number 15. Went through more decades of spiritual insecurity than I care to remember, filtering truth through my feelings, until I got anchored in Scripture.

I love your explanation of Satan and free will! I have never heard it explained that way. ☺️ It is God’s will for us to choose.

Regarding the question about the historicity of Adam and Eve, Joshua Swamidass' book The Geneological Adam and Eve is a great resource by an author who is both a scientist and an evangelical Christian who believes in the infallibility of scripture.

Thank you Pastor Mike for your gracious and thoughtful responses! I’ve been greatly blessed by your ministry. The question about Adam and Eve is very complex. Romans teaches that Adam was the representative of humanity, and that death entered into this world through the sin of one man, that man being Adam. If Adam was a myth or just a story, then some key Scriptural teachings about Christ, like Adam, being a representative on behalf of man through His death and resurrection may fall into question. I agree with your point that not believing in Adam as a historical character can really cripple a Christian. The Bible is a progression and if the first step is a myth, then that leaves a shaky foundation to try and build on.

For the person wanting a book on marriage, I HIGHLY recommend a book called Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas.

you are a wonderful testimony of being a man desiring to please our FATHER in JESUS our CHRIST, the fruit of the HOLY SPIRIT: love joy peace patience goodness kindness gentleness and self control is evident in you mike, you are a testimony of GOD'S LOVING KINDNESS AND TENDER MERCIES AND HIS AMAZING GRACE, ONLY BY GOD'S GRACE AND LET ALL BE TO HIS GLORY!

You have to see ppl as individuals just spread love

Amen! Great Video

Matt 13:44-45 says the man 1. Stumbled upon or found the treasure and the merchant 2. was searching for it. I think both parables are about people who look for or are presented with the Kingdom of God. They both find it as something of such great value that they were willing to trade everything they have for it. I think the emphasis of the parable is on the immense value of the Kingdom of God, and how if one truly understands it, would be so willing to do everything to acquire it.

Mike, I would like to add to your comments about jealousy, with which I agree. As I have learned, all actions and passions of God are expressions of His nature and character, which is Holy (set apart, and as He repeatedly says “not like us”) and is Love. The words “jealous” and “zealous” share an etymology and in human nature are tainted with human desire for control and excessive possessiveness. But there is a righteous jealousy that is pure and comes from a heart that desires goodness and welfare of the person who is its object. In God’s case it is exclusive, since He desires us for Himself alone. And it is pure, since He is good and only good comes from Him toward his children. Also, because He is God, he actually does have right of possession over all His creation. I think of Jesus throwing the money changers out of the temple because “zeal for Your house has consumed me.” They were polluting the place of God’s Name with corruption and preventing people from worshipping as God had intended. Relating it personally, I think of how I would feel if my young child, who I carefully brought up in the Lord, went to a friend’s house and was exposed to a violent or sexual movie. It happens! Or how a spouse might feel if they saw their marriage being destroyed by their partner’s addiction to porn or alcohol. In each case the jealous feelings are prompted by a desire for the other persons good, and the exclusivity is righteous and justified. Wisdom is needed in the expression of these emotions! Modern dictionaries emphasize the negative aspects of words like jealous and zealous. Of course there are overwhelming examples of these emotions gone wrong. But I must not put the emotions or motivations of God in the same category of these. It was God’s jealousy for the good of the entire human race, and His desire to rescue us from the evil that is sin, that caused Him to come in the flesh and die for us so that we could be redeemed-bought back from the kingdom of darkness, and brought into the kingdom of His dear Son. Blessings on your ministry, Mike. I have learned so much from you and the manner in which you present your teaching. My heart has been touched and instructed by your music as well, especially “You Are My Joy”.

#15; huge, finding the truth of grace (our position under the cross) is the key to the ability to thrive as a believer.

Thank you for your program. You're busy and that's an understatement. I believe what you say because you truly research. And you like cats. LOL. May God continue to bless you, sir.

Thanks for these!

Just a verse regarding your comments around the two parables at the 35:17 mark. Yes, we have been "bought" with a price: "For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body." (1 Corinthians 6:20) "You were bought for a price; do not become slaves of people." (1 Corinthians 7:23) Also, Paul calls the Corinthians "God's field": "For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building." (1 Corinthians 3:9) Thanks for your biblical teaching!!!

LOVE AND RESPECT IS A VERY HELPFUL BOOK!! BIBLICALLY BASED..

Hey, am I able to still get a coffee mug? Love your videos, God bless!

The discipline question also made me think of the Corinthian passage in the communion section. It’s explicit there that sometimes his discipline is actually directly related to sins, sometimes not even directly seen consequences

Great broadcast!

"It's almost like charismatic anarchy." 😅😆😂 Good one Mike!!!

To answer your question about a good book to prepare for marriage is Francis and Lisa Chan's book You and Me Forever. I highly recommend that for people who are married or preparing for marriage..

The marriage advice was spot on!!!!!!

Regarding Q #20, which 1 corinthians passages describe your stance? I'd love to dwell upon them and see where you're coming from. You've been revealing so much stuff for me (through God's Word) that it blows my mind. Thanks for tackling tough questions as always.

Who ever was asking about the marriage courses or books I highly recommend the book called men's resolution for men and woman's resolution for woman amazing books

That first question is kinda like saying... "Hey, there's this one wacky scientist I saw... Doesn't that mean all scientists are wacky?" lol

It specifically says 'fits of anger'. Essentially it is a loss of control.

Can't wait for you to do a thorough session on women- biblically especially in regard to the New Covenant because I do want to serve the Lord but do not want to do anything out His true calling for my life also keeping in mind the OT at challenging times God raised up women (the exception, not the rule I think)... I trust Him at His word- once it's the Truth that's all that matters!

Thanks for defending the Bible so much

Thank you for your faithfulness. Your opinion on the Divine Council would be appreciated. Thank you.

Glad you were honest about "American Gospel 2" bro... haven't seen it yet but figured it would've gone more of the Calvinist route... it seems really like beating down on persons- something to be honest I haven't seen Jesus do ever... He spoke the truth in love

I think jealousy is the term for 'good' jealousy and envy would be the negative term when you are envious for something or someone that does not 'belong' to you but to someone else 😊 David Pawson mentions this in one of his bible studies and translation

Q16 - Dr Gary Chapman the 5 Love languages is a good one on this topic

One of my favorite, family/marriage counselor is, Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Many different topics and all are practical and relatable.

Seek God’s will daily. Luke 10:27💕 John 14:26🕊 1 Peter 3:15

Great answer #13.

The question about the pearl, it's about the kingdom of God on earth and the important of having the Holy Spirit to dwell in us, it's the true treasure and it's all what we need.

⁉️ QUESTION ⁉️ Do you ever eat those gummy bears? Your glas container is always filled... 🤨

Good stuff.

Adam Is in the lineage of Jesus(Luke) so yes it’s inherently true they were real

I believe I have some clarification for 23:03 why Jesus sometimes commands people not to talk about his miracles!! I did a study on this a few months back. Every time Jesus casts out a demons he either tells the people to tell others about or he doesn't give direction on what to do. But sometimes when he heals he says not say what happened. Jesus never forbid the people telling others when he casted out demons. I feel confident he never forbids it!!

I like your answere about Adam and Eve. Very open and honest. It was a very good question too. I think there might be gaps of information in Genesis. I looked into it online a little, and theres a lot of different ideas about it. I don't think there is anything wrong with believing that there was a litteral Adam and Eve. Try to keep in mind that science can't even agree consistantly on their interpretations of the evidence available.

For the person who wanted a book with advice on courting I recommend "Finding the Love of Your Life" by Neil Clark Warren. I wish that I'd had that kind of guidance as a young person as it would have saved me a lot of pain.

While Zipporah’s words to Moses sound in the text as if she is disgusted at having to perform the circumcision, some scholars believe that this is not the case at all, but rather that she saw this obedience to the covenant requirement (an obedience of faith like that of Abraham with Isaac) as delivering Moses from death and restoring him to her as her bridegroom. This time: a bridegroom of blood. She is therefore - in this account - the person of faith resulting in faithfulness to God’s commandment concerning covenant circumcision and this seems to be typological of the message of salvation where by the obedience of faith mankind is delivered from death and given new life. God began the human race with Adam who disobeyed, resulting in death. God had begun again with Abraham and now Moses. They were, unlike Adam, to obey as a sign of their faith which faith delivers mankind from death to life. Different perspective, but I believe this typology is both rich and relevant.

555K sub's! Love that #

Isn’t only God immortal and eternal and since He created angels He can withdraw His life from them as well? Really enjoy your perspectives!

Hey pastor, mike . I don’t know if you’ll see this but I was wondering if your Sunday studies are always opened to the public? I remember you put out in invitation on here once and I was supposed to go that weekend but that same weekend my moms brother died of Covid and then the next week my grandma died of Covid so the whole month i couldn’t really go . Just wondering. I live close by in Orange County and would love to go. Been listening to you for 4 years

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The psalm where the divine beings will die like men is Psalm 82. I would think that God could withdraw immortal life from an angelic being, if He chose to. There were consequences to the lives of Adam and Eve for their disobedience. Why should there not be for the angels who disobeyed?

Questions & time stamps are usually always in Mike’s drop down menu. 🕊🕊🕊

"Is Thor Roman? No wait, I think Zeus is Roman." Hahaha oh nooo

This is a follow up that I just thought about when pastor Mike answered the Q about a professing believer who is in a gay marriage. What would happen in the situation if there was a person who was in a gay marriage for years and then found Jesus and became a Christian. That is a bit of a hard situation for me to know where to start because divorce is a sin. And should he/she divorce their spouse? I know many would say that it is not a legitimate marriage to start with. But I don't know how to begin answering this question and I would love some help understanding how we should advise a new Christian in that situation. Thank you

What are your thoughts on a literal 7 day creation? I've met many Christians that have adapted the Bible with the theory of evolution to create the gap theory which in short states that each biblical day was actually a million+ years span of time. I grew up watching Kent Hovind creation seminar and alot of what he says and how he breaks down Genesis makes alot of sense especially when paired with faith. But when you are taught in school that macro-evolution is "fact" so many Christians (especially in the high school and college ages) have adopted and adapted the creation story to partner with evolution which then takes God out of the equation and replaces him with shear chance. And I feel like if you take God out of the Earth's creation then you nullify his authority throughout the rest of the Bible and into the present. What are your thoughts?

First Chronicles verse 1, Seth seems to be the historic lineage of historic Adam

Mike, could the Matthew 13:44-45 couplet be out together specifically because Jesus is the man who buys the whole field in 44 and we are to emulate him and be the merchant in 45?

Concerning Gods Will, I've discovered that almost everything I've studied has a threefold character of some sort. Gods will: Perfect will -- Do not eat of the tree of knowledge of Good and evil. Permissive will -- God allowed Adam to wat of the tree. Prevailing will -- daniel 6:26

Mike I hope you see my question! I have been looking into the meaning of “helper” as it relates to when God made Eve to be given as Adams “helper”. The term is “Ezer Kenegdo”. God refers to himself many times in the OT as our “Ezer”, which is a powerful and strong helper, the term seams to hold authority without the word “kenegdo” following it, which is “equal but opposite to”. So in marriage, women are helpers that are equal and opposite to man. My question then refers to 1 Corinthians 11. Women are to wear head coverings as a symbol of authority over his wife but men are NOT to wear head coverings while praying. The commentary in my bible says that head coverings are a symbol of marriage and now we wear wedding rings. So I am getting confused and would love some clarity. Should we wear head coverings as a symbol of our husbands authority? If we were created equal, how are men in authority? Also, should men not wear wedding rings when they pray since that is our modern day “head covering”? I promise this is not a trick question! I honestly want to live according to Gods word and I’m honestly confused.

Thinking biblically, who is your pick to win the Super Bowl this Sunday?

Hey Mike, what are your thoughts on the non-human Divine Council that Mike Heiser speaks about? Do you think there was a spiritual divine council and some of them rebelled and were referred to as the sons of God?

God is GOOD! He gave us back the divine life mankind lost in its fall!! What lots of people (even pastors) don't (yet) understand. For the fall of man a perfect atoning sacrifice had to be made.... that is what God did in Christ. He paid the debt for the fall of man for us to be indwelled by His Spirit again and finally receive the divine life of the ages back, the first Adam let got of in the fall of man. That is what you see happening in Christ's first disciples. They too healed all. And yes.... that is still avaible today. The holy blood is in place, the Holy Spirit is here to give us understanding and transform us back to origin. Not to be debated about, but to be embraced and be-come. So: The Kingdom of God already came. Through Christ, in Spiritform, in those that understand. Hence the divine healing miracles we experience. God manifested in Christ to give us back the divine life mankind lost in the fall of Adam. Christ, the exact image of the invisible God. The image we were created after in Gen 1. The image we lost in the fall of man. The image that can be freely restored by Christ's blood and Holy Spirit working IN us. What a plan. What a solution. What a love. What a God. Jesus is amazing. It is the ultimate conclusion of the word and plan of God. God came full circle. He Himself stooped down from glory to restore us back to original created value: Christlikeness. Walking in divine healing power and unselfish love. Jesus, born of the Spirit of God, filled with the spirit of God. The "Son" of God, the incarnated word, God in the flesh. For three years He healed all, raised the dead, casted out demons, controlled nature, spoke pure divine truth. He said: "Follow Me. If you see Me, you see the Father. The Father and I are one. The glory I have IN My Father, I give to you. It pleases the Father to give you His Kingdom/Holy Spirit/divine nature. I will send Holy Spirit, the same as Me, He will be IN you, guide you into truth and give you explosive power. The same miracles i do, you will do too, because you will understand that the Father is IN Me and I am IN you. Freely I give you My Kingdom/Holy Spirit/divine nature, heal the sick, raise the dead, cast out demons, freely I give, freely share" Etc, etc, etc. I have experienced thousands of beautifull healing miracles through the power of Holy Spirit IN me already. Broken bones, cancers, covid, all kinds of infirmities healed in seconds. Demons manifesting and casted out by a simple "get out, in Jesus name". Jesus. De name above all names. In Him all power and wisdom is sourced and.... He calls us one with Him. God in man and man in God again. C'mon Jesus!! So.... again: God stooped down IN Christ to restore us back to Gen 1:27 were He said: "Let us make man according to our image and likeness and let them have authority.....": walk as Christ. Christ, the exact image of the invisible God. The image we were created after and being restored to by His atoning blood for the fall of man and indwelling Holy Spirit. You are free to receive this original divine life of the ages by Holy Spirit of Christ/God. Ask Him to guide you into truth. Read the Gospel of John and fall in love with your creator. You are not made for the fall of man and its effects, but for the image/glory of God and to walk like Christ. Holy Spirit is the guide and transforming power that will get you there. Amazing grace. A big leap in faith can be made when we start realizing we are already IN Christ, IN the last Adam. Free from the fall! Loved! Growing into awareness of our new (yet old) godly identity. Changing by Holy Spirit. The most fullfilled life ever. Paul healed all on Malta. He understood and wrote: "As in the first Adam ALL died (lost the divine nature), so also ALL were made alive IN Christ to walk in Zoë (= divine life) again". "IN Christ (the last Adam) we are co-cruisified (dead to the fall and its effects), co-raised (justified/made righteousness, holy, blameless, above reproach), co-seated (one with Him)" "The fullness of deity dwells in Christ and YOU HAVE BEEN MADE COMPLETE IN HIM, who is the head of every principality and power". So.... thank you Jesus! Thank you for redeeming me from the fall of man. Thank you for your Holy Spirit that makes this new (yet old) divine life come alive in me. You are amazing! In the shadow of Peter the sick healed... He understood too and wrote: "By Gods power (Holy Spirit) and knowing Christ, we have become partakers of the divine nature and have escaped the fall of man". The divine life of the ages has been returned to us by Jesus once and for all perfect atoning sacrifice for the debt of the fall of man and His indwelling Holy Spirit in us. Jesus/God is amazing!!! Ask Him to give you revelation and change you to the way it was before the fall of man: Christlikeness. He will do so. For it is written: "the Spirit brings forth after His own kind". "I have come to give you Zoë (divine life) in abundance...."

Didn't get answered on the live feed but I'm opening to anyone who has wisdom in this.....Is Free Grace Theology scripturally sound? I was Calvinist leaning for a long time until I saw some error in that conclusion. I'm afraid I read that into scripture sometimes, now. I desire to know the truth of Gods word as it was intended. I had someone mention Inductive Bible Study to me as a tool for making certain my conclusions are scriptural. Anyone who has used Inductive Bible Study methods? Does it help?

Tzipporah wasn't a daughter of Avraham? She was a Midyani. Her father was Midyani? Midyan was the fourth son (possibly a twin with Medan) of Avraham from Qet'urah. How are they not related? 12:00...

27:20 I personally think the Lord's prayer is proof that God's will isn't done on earth. Otherwise why would we pray "as it is in Heaven", if God's will was always done? I think His will is ultimately done, but it's strange to me to say bad things happening is also His will because He wills us to have free choice. I think free choice is His will, but not necessarily what we do with said free choice.

The church is the pearl of great price, pearls aren't kosher. Jesus sells everything He has to purchase us.

1:05:20 thor is norse, Zeus is greek

Hello everyone, aren't there usually time stamps in the description? Am I just here too early after the initial stream, or has Mike's ministry stopped doing the time stamps?

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How does Eve know the word beguiled.

26:12 I realize this is probably the least important thing in this entire video but I just wanted to mention that I live way in the north and my country is still called "the Netherlands".

I hereby propose this theological revision to our jargon: That the word "biblical" be replaced by "bookly." As in: God, godly. Book, bookly. It means to be like the Bible and true to it.

Prayers for people after they die. David quit praying for his son after the son died. Chp & verse idk. Sorry

28:41 Yes mental illness can be used. “King Nebuchadnezzar, these things will happen to you: Your power as king has been taken away from you. You will be forced to go away from people. You will live with the wild animals and eat grass like an ox. Seven seasons will pass before you learn your lesson. Then you will learn that God Most High rules over human kingdoms and gives them to whoever he wants.”

Anyone else notice how the personalities of these Christians seem off when you meet them?

Re Q10 Here is another thought, what if Jesus could be the field and the pearl is salvation in Him?

Atheist here. Anyone have any suggestions on how to teach children about Christianity? My current plan is to start with Mythology stories and throw bible stories into the mix, but if someone has a better idea I’m all ears.

Question 2 to question 2. Was “Yeshua” circumcised?

On the question of God's wrath and jealousy, I'll repeat what I mentioned on one of your "progressive 'Christian' talking points" videos: God is spirit, without body, parts, or passions. He does not experience the emotions of anger, jealousy, or for that matter happiness--he is perfectly satisfied in himself and has been for all eternity. But he behaves in ways consistent with our human behavior when we experience those emotions, as in the punishment of the wicked or the welcoming and adoption of the repentant.

Orgies are not always a sin?

While watching one of William Lane Craig's short videos on the age of the earth he commented that he didn't have any problem accepting that Adam and Eve might have lived 500,000 years ago. How can we, as Christians, hold that view when Jesus's genealogy is clearly listed in scripture, and the length of each person's life is given in the Old Testament so that we can add things up and see how many years are covered from Adam to Jesus. To say they could have lived 500,000 years ago is to say that Jesus's historical information is just a myth. (KZfaq. How Do Neaderthals Fit in With the Historical Adam & Eve?) I've listened to Dr. Craig several times and respect him a lot, so this bothers me.

32:34​ They should believe and agree with Christ in all things, If someone disagrees with Jesus named Christ then they are against or oppose Jesus in something making them Anti-Christ and Anti-Christ is Anti-Christian.-"Get behind Me, Satan" Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!” But Jesus turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.” Just how I put things into focus.

John 20:23 Jesus THE High Priest instituting the Sacrament of Reconciliation or Confession to his ordained ministers who have the office of priest and Bishop.