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Bible translation recommendation: Mike favors ESV and NASB, and advises reading multiple translations when a passage turns on a single word

Q&A: questioner asks which Bible translation Mike recommends, especially given the Hebrew/Greek issues discussed.

ESV NASB NKJV

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Galatians 6:2 — "the law of Christ" means bearing one another's burdens, which Mike identifies with love

Q&A: questioner asks about "the law of Christ" in Galatians 6:2.

Galatians 6:2 John 15:12 Greg Koukl Love command Context in interpretation

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Tithing is not required for NT believers, but giving is — Mike outlines NT giving principles

Q&A: questioner asks whether tithing applies to NT believers.

Galatians 6 Tithing Giving (NT) Galatians 6

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Hebrew Roots claim that most believers secretly have Jewish ancestry — Mike dismisses this as convenient and self-serving

Q&A: questioner relays that her Hebrew Roots friends claim most people have Jewish ancestry they are unaware of, which is why the law applies to them.

Bible translation recommendation: Mike favors ESV and NASB, and advises reading multiple translations when a passage turns on a single word

Galatians 6:2 — "the law of Christ" means bearing one another's burdens, which Mike identifies with love

Tithing is not required for NT believers, but giving is — Mike outlines NT giving principles

Hebrew Roots claim that most believers secretly have Jewish ancestry — Mike dismisses this as convenient and self-serving

Dispensationalism: Mike rejects the label but holds a modified view — national Israel has a distinct future in God's plan; he rejects full replacement theology

Leviticus 24:22 — "same rule for sojourner and native" does not require Gentile Torah-observance; it is case law about judicial fairness in civil punishments

John 6:53 — "eat my flesh and drink my blood" is symbolic, not a basis for the Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist

John 1 Logos — what it means for Jesus to be the Word: Jesus is God's self-revelation, not the Bible itself

Colossians recommended as a direct scriptural answer to questions about Sabbath and the fourth commandment for Gentiles

YouTube tweet acknowledging mistaken removal

Heresy accusations between Christians: two extremes to avoid

1 Corinthians 13 "the perfect" does not refer to the completed canon — cessationism refuted

Book of Revelation and the new heavens and new earth

When should a pastor call out another pastor as a heretic?

1 Corinthians 7: Singleness is better than marriage for kingdom service

Non-believers in a worship band constitute vain worship

Open theological questions Mike personally still has

Generational curses: Mike does not believe in them as commonly taught

Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit: not accidentally saying a wrong phrase

Fulfilled prophecy as evidence for God

Kalam Cosmological Argument for God's existence

Upcoming video: The seven feasts of Israel as types of Christ

Mark 13:32 — Jesus not knowing the hour does not threaten his deity

Job's friends argued he deserved his suffering; God rebuked them at the end

Why Christianity and not other religions: incompatible truth claims require choosing

Baptism is required for obedience but not for salvation

JW interpretation of Daniel 11 king of the north as Russia is old Cold War theology they borrowed

Free will in heaven: believers will have genuine free will but no desire to sin

Once saved always saved: Mike withholds judgment due to genuine biblical tension

Luis de Molina and Molinism: middle knowledge reconciles divine sovereignty and human free will

There is no single "the one" person to marry — biblical principles guide spouse selection, not divine designation

Marriage does not exist in heaven; relational bonds persist but are not exclusive spousal bonds

1 Corinthians 11:16 head coverings: Mike does not believe it is binding today but acknowledges difficulty

John 3:13 — "No one has ascended" does not necessarily contradict Elijah's translation

Sabbath observance: Mike does not believe Christians are required to keep the Sabbath

Repentance functions in both justification and sanctification

Authority over evil spirits and sickness comes from Christ's authority, not the believer's own

Books like Job belong in the canon because Jesus accepted the Old Testament, and apostles were commissioned to teach

A pastor considering a church of a different denomination should front-load doctrinal disagreements before accepting the role

Acts 21:8-9 — Philip the Evangelist and his prophesying daughters

Papias's key quotation about seeking living witnesses over written sources

Four categories of worthy sources in Papias's framework

Richard Bauckham's identification of elders vs. disciples and the function of elders in preserving doctrine

The significance of seven disciples named in Papias and their consistent ordering with the Gospels

Ehrman's telephone-game argument as a debate tactic used selectively against less-informed audiences

The timing of Gospel writing corresponds to the last generation of living eyewitnesses

Cleopas in Luke 24 and Clopas in John 19 — the same person as a named eyewitness source

Women as named eyewitness sources at the death, burial, and empty tomb of Jesus

Second-century legends (Gospel of Peter) feature absurd embellishments absent from canonical Gospels

Q&A: Salvation of severely mentally handicapped people — accountability proportional to awareness

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