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Scripture Commentary article 2007-10-26

Prayer Request

While freeing women to minister with their God-given to the entire body of Christ has been a very strong passion for me, it has not been the main focus of my ministry. In 1988 God called me to give of my time, my money and my talents to help Jehovah’s Witnesses find the truth about the real Jesus Ch

Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@IllariaDiMar God doesn’t hate Mormons! He loves them and wants them to reject t

@IllariaDiMar God doesn’t hate Mormons! He loves them and wants them to reject the false teachings of the LDS prophets and come back to the truth.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-30

Mormons teach that Jesus was lucky. Lucky to be the first spirit child of God t

Mormons teach that Jesus was lucky. Lucky to be the first spirit child of God the Father and a heavenly mother (who is never mentioned in scripture). He needed this so he could obtain firstborn righ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-30

@dallasreese @rcsprouljr I have spent 100s of hours speaking with mormons, have visited their services and seen their temple. I know what they believe and teach and agree that their views are fundamentally opposed to Christian doctrine in critical wa...

@dallasreese @rcsprouljr I have spent 100s of hours speaking with mormons, have visited their services and seen their temple. I know what they believe and teach and agree that their views are fundamen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek All Christians adhere to the Nicene Cre

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek All Christians adhere to the Nicene Creed. JWs and Mormons do not, BTW. The same can be said of some other cult groups like the Christadelphians. These are cul

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@DrFrankTurek Invite them in and talk to them about the Bible. I make sure to ask the questions and keep them centered on the nature and work of Jesus and the details of the gospel so they don’t get to lead me around with irrelevant stuff. I have had...

@DrFrankTurek Invite them in and talk to them about the Bible. I make sure to ask the questions and keep them centered on the nature and work of Jesus and the details of the gospel so they don’t get t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 Let me guess? You were expecting to easily corner me with a poor

@JonByers186054 Let me guess? You were expecting to easily corner me with a poor argument but since that didn’t work, you are going to bow out? You know who also uses the Bible? JWs and Mormons.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@immrbloo @BeardedPresby Can Mormons be saved because they have a sincere heart?

@immrbloo @BeardedPresby Can Mormons be saved because they have a sincere heart? You said I’m believing and teaching heresy or serious error. Given what you do know and not my heart which no one has

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 The canon the church at the time formally declared was acknowledgi

@Methodios007 The canon the church at the time formally declared was acknowledging what the church already knew for centuries⎯they were just responding to their Mormons and JWs of their day by declari

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 No. The Mormons/LDS teach I'm missing another gospel witness of Jesus' dealings in America. They presume the Bible and add to it with the BOM, the Pearl of Great Price, the Doctrines and Covenants, Word of Wisdom, etc. Once you accept J...

@Methodios007 No. The Mormons/LDS teach I'm missing another gospel witness of Jesus' dealings in America. They presume the Bible and add to it with the BOM, the Pearl of Great Price, the Doctrines and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 The Mormons tell me I'm missing a lot. They have new revelations I

@Methodios007 The Mormons tell me I'm missing a lot. They have new revelations I am supposed to read, the Pearl of Great Price, the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants. I can readily read these

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@ronhenzel The fall was not predetermined by God. That is what the Mormons teach

@ronhenzel The fall was not predetermined by God. That is what the Mormons teach.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@3HillsMinor @Deigratia1985 Loving Mormons, JW’s and Muslims means patiently helping them come to the knowledge of the truth, showing it from different angles, asking different questions…explaining things. If you think 1 Tim 2:12 is so clear then pl...

@3HillsMinor @Deigratia1985 Loving Mormons, JW’s and Muslims means patiently helping them come to the knowledge of the truth, showing it from different angles, asking different questions…explaining th

1 Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam @kelcy_lowry Is questioning one’s interpretation of the Bible sowing doubt? I don’t even get that response from Mormons when I challenge them. Sometimes we have had conversations multiple times a week going...

@Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam @kelcy_lowry Is questioning one’s interpretation of the Bible sowing doubt? I don’t even get that response from Mormons when I challenge them. Sometimes we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@RichardDawkins To quote Twain about being dead for billions of years before you

@RichardDawkins To quote Twain about being dead for billions of years before you existed is not helping your case because Christians don’t think we existed before our birth. Are you thinking about Mo

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Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Introduction to the Book of Abraham as the key test case for Mormonism

Setting up the argument

Joseph Smith Book of Abraham Pearl of Great Price
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Joseph Smith claims divine gifts as seer and translator; acquires Egyptian mummies and papyrus scrolls in Kirtland, Ohio

Historical background of the Book of Abraham

Abraham Joseph Smith 1835
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Personal testimony: Mike was raised as a Mormon; this evidence would have been world-shattering to him

Mike's personal background and emotional investment in the argument

Mike Winger Mormonism personal testimony
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Mike urges Mormons in positions of authority to speak out about the fraud even if it costs them relationships and community

Pastoral/ethical challenge to Mormons who know the truth

Mormonism prophetic accountability LDS Church
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Argument from the Mormon authority hierarchy: when the Bible, LDS standard works, and the Holy Spirit contradict each other, which do Mormons follow?

Epistemological challenge to Mormon missionaries

Holy Spirit LDS Church standard works
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Strategy for engaging Mormons: move them from feeling-based certainty to evidence-based testing

Practical apologetic methodology for talking to Mormons

Mormonism apologetics subjective religious experience
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Mormons and Christians share vocabulary but use a different dictionary, creating the illusion of agreement.

Opening thesis of the video — the core communication problem between Mormons and Christians.

Mormonism Christian-Mormon dialogue vocabulary vs. meaning
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The 'secret language' of Mormonism is partially hidden even from newer Mormons, who only learn the deeper doctrines as they advance in the faith.

Mike explains that this doctrinal vocabulary gap is not merely an outsider misunderstanding — it is also a mystery to many Mormons themselves until they progress further in the faith.

Mormonism esoteric doctrine milk vs. meat teachings
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Mormons cannot be called Christians and Christians cannot be called Mormons — this is a claim of integrity, not hate.

Mike frames his comparative analysis as motivated by honesty and genuine concern for truth, not anti-Mormon prejudice.

apologetics Mormonism vs. Christianity interfaith categories
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Christian definition of God: eternal, unchanging spirit, omnipotent and omniscient from eternity — not a being who became God.

First vocabulary comparison: the word 'God.' Mike lays out the orthodox Christian view before contrasting it with the Mormon view.

doctrine of God divine aseity omnipotence
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Mormon definition of God: 'Heavenly Father,' a being who was once a man, died, was resurrected, and progressively became God — and has a wife.

The Mormon conception of God is radically different from the Christian one, beginning with the claim that God was once a human being.

Mormon theology Heavenly Father God was once a man
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Joseph Smith is the founder and first prophet of Mormonism, and his revelations form the doctrinal basis of the faith.

Background on Joseph Smith before quoting him directly from the King Follett sermon.

Mormonism prophetic authority Joseph Smith
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The King Follett Sermon: delivered April 7, 1844 at a funeral with ~20,000 present; Joseph Smith claimed to speak under inspiration to 'all ye ends of the earth.'

Mike introduces the King Follett Sermon as the primary documentary source for Mormon theology about the nature of God.

Joseph Smith King Follett Sermon prophetic inspiration
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King Follett Sermon quote: 'God himself was once as we are now and is an exalted man' — Joseph Smith teaches that God's pre-divine humanity is the 'great secret.'

Direct quotation from the King Follett Sermon establishing the Mormon doctrine that God was once a mortal man.

Joseph Smith God was once a man King Follett Sermon
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Joseph Smith teaches that God lived on another earth, was born, lived, died, and was resurrected — just like Jesus — before becoming God.

Continuation of the King Follett Sermon quote, extending the doctrine that God was once a man by drawing an explicit parallel with the life of Jesus.

Joseph Smith God was once a man King Follett Sermon
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Joseph Smith misuses a Jesus quote to argue that the Father 'laid down his body' just as Jesus did — Mike identifies this as 'bad Bible study.'

Mike critiques Smith's exegetical method in the King Follett Sermon, where Smith splices two separate Jesus quotes to derive the doctrine of the Father's mortality.

hermeneutics proof-texting Joseph Smith
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Christian and Mormon concepts of God are mutually exclusive — not just different perspectives but contradictory definitions of what God is.

Mike wraps up the 'God' vocabulary section by emphasizing the incompatibility is categorical, not merely a difference of emphasis.

Mormonism vs. Christianity doctrine of God blasphemy
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Christian definition of Jesus: the eternal God made flesh, second person of the Trinity, one with the Father in being.

Second vocabulary comparison: the word 'Jesus.' Mike establishes the orthodox Christian Christology before presenting the Mormon alternative.

Trinity Christology incarnation
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Mormon definition of Jesus: born in the pre-existence as a spirit child of Heavenly Father and his wife, one of many spirit children — and Satan's brother.

The Mormon Jesus was not eternally pre-existent as God but was the first spirit-born child of the physical Heavenly Father and Mother.

Mormon Christology pre-existence spirit children
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In Mormon theology, Jesus became incarnate partly to become a god — Jesus has only been a god for ~2,000 years and is one of three gods in the Mormon Trinity.

Extension of Mormon Christology — Jesus's divinity is recent and earned, not eternal.

eternal progression Mormon Christology Jesus became a god
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Christian definition of the Trinity: three persons in one being — not three gods in one God. Mike introduces the Shield of the Trinity diagram.

Third vocabulary comparison: the word 'Trinity.' Mike introduces the classic visual diagram used to explain Trinitarian orthodoxy.

Trinity Shield of the Trinity three persons one being
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Mormon definition of the Trinity: three separate, distinct beings who are one only in purpose and doctrine — effectively polytheism.

Contrast between the Christian Trinity and the Mormon 'Godhead' — the Mormon version is tritheism, not Trinitarianism.

LDS.org tritheism Mormon Trinity / Godhead
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Christian monotheism: 'there is only one God' — meant literally. Mormon missionaries and teachers claim to affirm this, but use a different definition.

Fourth vocabulary comparison: the phrase 'only one God.' Mike recounts personal conversations with Mormon missionaries and seminary teachers in Utah.

Christian-Mormon dialogue monotheism Mormon polytheism
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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.

eternal progression Mormon polytheism infinite regression of gods
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Mormon hymn 'If You Could Hie to Kolob' (hymn #284) teaches the doctrine of infinite regression of gods.

Mike cites an official Mormon hymn as further evidence for the polytheistic infinite regression doctrine, making it liturgically embedded in the faith.

infinite regression of gods If You Could Hie to Kolob Kolob
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Book of Abraham (Pearl of Great Price), chapter 4: creation is described as 'the gods' organizing matter — explicitly polytheistic and not ex nihilo.

Mike reads from official Mormon scripture to demonstrate the polytheistic view of creation embedded in LDS canonical texts.

Joseph Smith Book of Abraham Pearl of Great Price
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Recent LDS leader McConkie argued Mormons should not worship Jesus, only the Father — revealing internal tension over polytheistic implications.

Mike notes an internal LDS controversy where a leader tried to resolve the polytheism problem by restricting worship to the Father alone.

polytheism McConkie Mormon worship practices
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Christian view: God created all things ex nihilo — out of nothing. God created not just objects but matter, space, energy, and time themselves.

Fifth vocabulary comparison: the phrase 'God created all things.' Mike explains the Christian doctrine of creation ex nihilo before contrasting it with the Mormon view.

creation ex nihilo doctrine of creation Christian cosmology
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Mormon view: matter is eternal; God only organized pre-existing matter. The Book of Abraham uses 'organized' rather than 'created.'

The Mormon doctrine of creation directly contradicts ex nihilo — in LDS theology, God is not the source of matter itself.

Book of Abraham creation by organization ex nihilo creation
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King Follett Sermon quote: Joseph Smith mocks orthodox scholars for teaching creation ex nihilo, claiming special knowledge via the Holy Ghost.

Direct quotation from the King Follett Sermon on creation, where Smith attacks the ex nihilo doctrine and claims superior knowledge.

Joseph Smith King Follett Sermon creation ex nihilo
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Joseph Smith's claim that 'bara' means 'organize' is inaccurate; traditional Jewish and Christian scholarship has consistently supported ex nihilo creation.

Mike briefly rebuts Smith's Hebrew argument, pointing to the scholarly consensus and encouraging viewers to research it themselves.

hermeneutics Joseph Smith creation ex nihilo
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Christian view of heaven: dwelling in God's presence. Mormon view: one of three tiered kingdoms — telestial, terrestrial, celestial.

Sixth vocabulary comparison: 'going to heaven.' The Mormon afterlife is a complex tiered system rather than a simple presence with God.

Mormon afterlife three degrees of glory telestial kingdom
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Mormon telestial kingdom: lowest level, for the wicked who may burn off sin in hell before arriving; no access to God the Father or Jesus, only the Holy Spirit visits.

Details of the lowest tier of the Mormon afterlife.

Mormon afterlife telestial kingdom LDS soteriology
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Mormon terrestrial kingdom: middle level for 'lukewarm Mormons'; Jesus and Holy Spirit present, but no access to God the Father.

Details of the middle tier of the Mormon afterlife.

Mormon afterlife terrestrial kingdom LDS soteriology
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Mormon celestial kingdom: highest level, where one may become a god. Leads into the concept of Mormon exaltation.

Overview of the highest tier of the Mormon afterlife, previewing the exaltation concept discussed in more detail later.

celestial kingdom LDS soteriology Mormon exaltation
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