What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART B)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part B)

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

Gregory Koukl — Kindle highlights from 'Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions'. 123 highlights.

Mike gives an example of a large crowd evangelism event where the focus is on th

Mike gives an example of a large crowd evangelism event where the focus is on the speaker "and them speaking authoritatively," saying that this should not be done by women. Seems to overlap into elder

Women were church planters and evangelists; laboring 'in the gospel' points to evangelism

Mike draws positive conclusions about women's ministry scope from the terminology.

Mike's conclusions on women's roles: high view of women but not apostles

Mike begins his summary conclusions for the video.

Submission in 1 Peter is not exclusively for evangelism of unsaved husbands

Mike argues against reducing wifely submission to an evangelism strategy.

Peter Davids' egalitarian view of 1 Peter 3: submission is only for evangelism

Mike begins the egalitarian rebuttal section with Peter Davids from 'Discovering Biblical Equality.'

Ephesians 5 doesn't match Paul's style when he writes for evangelistic/cultural purposes

Mike contrasts Ephesians 5 with passages where Paul explicitly adapts for cultural reasons.

Mike's personal bias toward egalitarianism and honest methodology

Mike admits he approached this study hoping to find the Bible supports egalitarianism, influenced by feminist culture and evangelistic motivations.

Women evangelizing men: easy case — the woman at the well, women at the resurrection

Mike addresses women doing evangelism toward men.

Stage evangelism (Billy Graham style) overlaps into elder function — applies 1 Timothy 2:12

Mike distinguishes casual evangelism from large-scale public proclamation.

Q&A — Has Mike ever heard Johnson preach a clear gospel message? No — he's heard Johnson affirm the gospel but it's always followed by a pivot to signs and wonders

Q&A question from Chavita

The worst Watchtower error is not the blood doctrine but the false gospel — which condemns souls, not just physical bodies.

Mike closes his main argument by placing the blood transfusion issue within the broader context of JW false gospel teaching.

Todd White's ministry approach of showing love and compassion is genuinely effective as a witness — but his repeated formula of 'Jesus thinks you're amazing' strips truth of important counterbalancing truths.

Evaluating the positive and problematic aspects of Todd White's interpersonal approach.

Todd White's refusal to call people to repentance — arguing that is the Holy Spirit's job — is critiqued using Revelation 22:17: 'the Spirit and the bride say come,' showing the bride (the church) also calls people to Christ.

Critique of Todd White's evangelism methodology regarding repentance.

Mike's personal ministry goal: maximize online reach as a form of global gospel stewardship

Q&A/closing section. Mike shares his own goals for the new year as a personal application of the tips.

Mormon theology contains more gods than any other religion in history — an infinite, eternal regression of gods with no beginning.

Mike stresses the full scope of Mormon polytheism: not just three gods but an infinite cosmological chain of deities.

Q&A: Most Mormons are not convinced by intellectual arguments — they are committed emotionally through 'testimony,' an emotionally validated belief experience.

Viewer question: 'What would Mike suggest to say to a Mormon to convince them that Christianity is truth?'

Mormon evangelism relies entirely on emotional experience (pray and feel a burning) rather than evidence — because there is no manuscript, archaeological, or doctrinal evidence for Mormonism.

Mike explains why Mormon evangelism is feelings-based: it has no evidentiary basis.

The core obstacle in reaching Mormons is emotional commitment, not intellectual disagreement — the question 'Would you leave if it were false?' is the key diagnostic.

Mike names the deepest barrier to Mormon conversion: not lack of information but prior emotional/social investment.

Practical advice for engaging Mormons: don't mock, don't assume what they know, ask what they believe rather than lecturing them about their own doctrine.

Mike closes the teaching section with pastoral and apologetic advice on how to use this information in real conversations.

Closing prayer: asking God for love and compassion toward Mormons, wisdom in conversation, and for Mormons to find the true grace of Christ.

Mike leads a closing prayer for Mormon people, including those watching the video who may be doubting their faith.

Q&A: Apologetics effectiveness debated — Mike strongly defends apologetics against claims it doesn't work with Millennials

Viewer shares a pastor's claim that apologetics isn't effective for Millennials

Transition from planting/watering analogy to building analogy in 1 Corinthians 3:9-10

Structural analysis of the passage's two analogies

Isaiah 53: modern claim that it refers to Israel, not Messiah, is historically novel

Ra claims Isaiah 53 (the Suffering Servant) is about Israel personified, not Jesus, and that Jews have always understood it this way

Q&A: How do you persuade someone who refuses to engage with prophecy evidence?

Viewer asks how to get through to someone who won't listen to fulfilled prophecy arguments

Upcoming event: speaking at 'Witnesses Now for Jesus' West Coast Conference about witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses

Mike shares an upcoming ministry engagement.

CoG recruitment playbook: destabilize with questions about Passover or God the Mother, invite to all-day Bible study, frighten with 'pagan Christianity' rhetoric, then rush-baptize

Mike describes the standard recruitment pattern based on multiple testimonies from former members.

CoG leaders are motivated by power, money, and worship — the group targets wealthy Americans and sends members on pilgrimages to Korea to venerate Zhang Gil-ja

Q&A about what leaders gain. Based on testimony of a former member who traveled to Korea.

When talking to someone deep in CoG, prioritize biblical arguments over external historical claims — pick a focused topic (like God the Mother), prepare for their expected responses, and meet them in Scripture

Q&A: Austin asks for a 5-10 minute conversation strategy for someone deeply invested in CoG.

Exposing false teaching is inherently evangelistic — all evangelism involves correcting wrong beliefs about Jesus and salvation

Q&A: Naomi King asks whether one should actively expose false teaching to save others.

Q&A: Apologetics is like 'the jaws of life' — it cracks open entrenched unbelief so the gospel can reach in. The gospel remains primary; apologetics is an aid.

Viewer question: when talking to atheists, should we prioritize evidence for God or the gospel?

Principle for engaging skeptics: only address objections you have a genuine, thoughtful answer to; answers in public forums may serve lurkers more than the person being addressed.

Viewer question about how to decide which skeptic objections to respond to.

Question from Ben Thompson: which apologetic method does Jesus use? Sye says most consistent biblical apologetic is answering every objection with Scripture

Audience Q&A on New Testament apologetic methodology

The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20): Sye argues it starts with 'all authority has been given to me' — the mandate is to start with Christ's authority, not argue to it

Sye's argument from the Great Commission

The most consistent presuppositional approach is to answer every objection with Scripture; Sye admits he gets too bogged down in philosophy and wants to recover a more Scripture-centered approach

Sye's self-critique and practical apologetics

Why preach if God knows who goes to heaven or hell? Sye: God ordains means as well as ends — preaching is the means God uses; not knowing which are sheep, we preach to all

Classic Calvinist answer to the objection against evangelism under determinism

Sye on gentleness in street evangelism: acknowledges he has been too harsh but argues critics who call him harsh rarely show him how to do it better; invites correction with examples

Audience question about Sye's demeanor in street evangelism

Closing: both Winger and Sye agree Christianity is true and God is real; the debate is about how to honor God and be consistent with Scripture in presenting that to others

Mutual closing statements

Side 3a: Modern Halloween encompasses a wide spectrum of very different practices — innocent trick-or-treating, outreach, and fall festivals

Mike's third analytical point: the diversity of actual modern Halloween experiences

Q&A: Hell houses — theatrical depictions of hell for evangelism — are questionable but effectiveness is unknown

Viewer asks Mike's view on church-run 'hell houses' around Halloween

Winger addresses the claim that Paul's 'not with words of eloquent wisdom' (1 Cor 1:17) condemns the use of apologetics. He argues this is a misreading: Paul is saying his persuasion was not merely rhetorical — the gospel itself had power in Corinth. Acts shows Paul regularly reasoning and persuading. Apologetics serves as a 'crowbar' to open doors, but the gospel message itself is what saves.

Winger's illustration: apologetics is like the jaws of life — it opens the door for someone to receive help, but it is not the thing that actually saves. Salvation comes through the gospel (Christ crucified, sin resolved through Christ). This keeps apologetics in its proper place without dismissing it.

Jim's own closing statement admits his audience should not simply believe him but verify for themselves — Mike takes this as evidence of Jim's sincerity, not dishonesty, and uses it to encourage skeptics to investigate Christian claims more seriously

Mike wraps up the refutation portion

Closing challenge to skeptics: be critical of your own criticisms — if you laugh at Christians, make sure you have good reason to; you may have adopted the dogma of your own worldview uncritically

Mike's closing remarks to both Christian and skeptic viewers

How to reach someone struggling with homosexuality: one-on-one honesty with genuine love

Q&A question about practical outreach to someone in a homosexual lifestyle.

Implication of Barron's answer: evangelism of Jews becomes unnecessary if law-keeping + sincerity suffices

Mike draws out the logical consequence of Barron's position

Recommended apologetics resources: websites and books

Q&A asking for top suggested books and sources for apologetics and evangelism.

Strategy for protecting college students from JWs and the Mother God cult (World Mission Society Church of God): inoculate, don't isolate

Viewer on a college campus encountering JWs and World Mission Society Church of God