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Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-08

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 5-7: 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 3, Galatians 3:28

[Music] the women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not permitted to speak but are to subject themselves just as the law also says if they desire to learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home for it is improper for a woman to speak in church 1 Corinthians 14 has been a diff...

1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-12-26

Our Story

MM Outreach News & Views #98 features our story of adversity through God’s grace. This will help many of you to understand why I am not always fast in answering or posting here on the Women in Ministry blog

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-19

Spiritual Abuse Recovery

Last year I blogged about Dr. Barb Orlowski’s research on spiritual abuse

Nahum 16 Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-20

Equal In Value And Worth In Whose Eyes

One of the problems with the definitions that complementarians provide  is that the definitions aren’t complete enough on the surface to reveal the underlying hierarchical nature. However, when one pushes to get the answers to some difficult questions, the picture becomes a lot clearer

Galatians 3:28 Lamentations 1 Lamentations 3:28 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-10-31

Women On Trial

I have just uploaded onto youtube 6 approximately 10-minute clips from my 2006 talk in Pennsylvania at the Witnesses Now for Jesus Conference. I have added the videos below

Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-03

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

While this post isn’t exactly a “Women in Ministry” post, I think it does highlight the importance of men and women working together in complementary ways for the benefit of the body of Christ and for ministry to the lost. God often uses women in ways that are different than he uses men simply becau

Matthew 2:1 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:15 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
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 article 2007-08-29

Are Gods Gifts Segregated

Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post – are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:7 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks for clarifying. Wouldn’t you agree that in

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks for clarifying. Wouldn’t you agree that in practice, the Watchtower organization (through its Governing Body) provides the only accepted interpretation of Scriptu

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Ah, I see. So it’s only the Watchtower “scholars” who are scholars. Now you are being clear. As long as you continue to trust in the faulty scholarship of the Watchtower, you will continue in false teachings...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Ah, I see. So it’s only the Watchtower “scholars” who are scholars. Now you are being clear. As long as you continue to trust in the faulty scholarship of th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi So long as you keep following the Watchtower’s twisting of scripture you will not be able to see or believe what scripture actually teaches. Again—you must believe that God became man, that Jesus came in the...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi So long as you keep following the Watchtower’s twisting of scripture you will not be able to see or believe what scripture actually teaches. Again—you must b

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The only thing that contradicts the Word is the Watchtower. If you trusted the Word alone you would believe as I believe. Instead you believe an organization and their teachings, an organization who doesn’t ...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The only thing that contradicts the Word is the Watchtower. If you trusted the Word alone you would believe as I believe. Instead you believe an organization

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Jesus’ body died but His would did not

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Jesus’ body died but His would did not. If you didn’t believe the Watchtower’s teachings on the soul you would see this clearly

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Right, he would be there too. But Jesu

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Right, he would be there too. But Jesus said *today.* You can’t escape what Jesus said just because you believe the Watchtower teaching on non-existence when

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi However, this does conflict with the Watchtower’s teaching that when Jesus died He ceased to exist. Being remembered by someone isn’t existence because there is no consciousness. And even others remember unri...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi However, this does conflict with the Watchtower’s teaching that when Jesus died He ceased to exist. Being remembered by someone isn’t existence because there

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@terryne02461221 You didn’t say differently but what you think the Bible teaches seems to come more from the Watchtower and not the Bible itself. ➡️ **Jesus raised Himself**: John 2:19-22, where Jesus said, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I ...

@terryne02461221 You didn’t say differently but what you think the Bible teaches seems to come more from the Watchtower and not the Bible itself. ➡️ **Jesus raised Himself**: John 2:19-22, where Jesu

John 2:19-22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@terryne02461221 So when you say “the Bible doesn’t teach” what are you appealin

@terryne02461221 So when you say “the Bible doesn’t teach” what are you appealing to then? The Watchtower?

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-02

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I mean that the Watchtower teaches tha

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I mean that the Watchtower teaches that when Jesus died, there was nothing that survived His body except memories, like pictures. https://t.co/73DnOhRGIx

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-02

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Who said I’m an authority on anything? I’m just explaining the Bible and what I understand the Watchtower teaches. If you think I’m wrong, feel free to correct me. When did I say that JWs don’t believe anyon...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Who said I’m an authority on anything? I’m just explaining the Bible and what I understand the Watchtower teaches. If you think I’m wrong, feel free to correc

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-01

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The Watchtower teaches a ‘life force’ that is gone when you die (cease to exist). The scripture indicates that our spirit lives beyond the death of our body: The belief in the spirit or soul's existence bey...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The Watchtower teaches a ‘life force’ that is gone when you die (cease to exist). The scripture indicates that our spirit lives beyond the death of our body:

commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-30

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I see. So you don’t seem to care about

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I see. So you don’t seem to care about the scripture, just the interpretation the Watchtower gives?

question
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Introduction and livestream setup

Janet asks Mike to analyze a JW article on Christ's second coming

Jehovah's Witnesses Second Coming 1914 invisible return doctrine
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW article's core claim about Matthew 25:31-33

The JW article cites Matthew 25:31-33 as evidence for Christ's second coming

Matthew 25:31-33 Matthew 25:31-33 Judgment of the nations Throne of glory
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW article's proof-texting strategy: the 'composite sign'

JW argument begins with Matthew 24:7-14 as the 'composite sign'

Matthew 24:7-14 Matthew 24:7-14 Proof-texting Composite sign
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24 context: Temple destruction and two distinct questions

Understanding what Jesus is actually answering

Matthew 24:1-8 Matthew 24:1-8 Temple destruction AD 70
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:7-14 describes inter-advent period, not end-time

Clarifying what the 'composite sign' actually refers to

Matthew 24:7-14 Matthew 24:7-14 Inter-advent period Church history
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

The abomination of desolation: Matthew 24:15 with Daniel 9, 11, 12

The actual sign that marks the beginning of the end-times

Matthew 24:15 Daniel 9 Daniel 11 Matthew 24:15 Abomination of desolation Daniel 9
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:23-26: False Christ warnings and the hidden advent claim

Addressing the JW argument that the second coming could be hidden

Matthew 24:23-26 Matthew 24:23-26 False Messiahs Visible coming
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:27-28: Lightning metaphor for visible return

Jesus describes the visibility of his coming

Matthew 24:27-28 Matthew 24:27-28 Lightning metaphor Visible return
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:29-31: Cosmic signs, universal visibility, gathering of the elect

The actual events accompanying Jesus' return

Matthew 24:29-31 Zechariah 12:10 Universal visibility Matthew 24:29-31 Cosmic signs
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW claim: Jesus resurrected as spirit, not bodily

Foundation of the JW invisible return theology

1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Peter 3:18 John 14:19 1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Peter 3:18 John 14:19
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #1: Clouds represent judgment/hiddenness

JW misinterpretation of 'clouds' in Matthew 24:30

Matthew 24:30 Clouds of heaven Matthew 24:30 Visibility debate
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #2: Leviticus 16:2 support and self-refutation

JW appeal to OT support for hidden divine appearance

Leviticus 16:2 Leviticus 16:2 Divine appearance Mercy seat
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #3: Revelation 1:7 and 'every eye will see'

JW dismissal of the clearest statement about visibility

Revelation 1:7 Revelation 1:7 Every eye will see Literal interpretation
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

1 Timothy 6:16 misquoted: JW use of ellipsis to hide context

JW misuse of Scripture to support spirit-only existence

1 Timothy 6:16 1 Timothy 6:16 Immortality Deity of Christ
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

2 John 1:7 misapplied: Gnostic/Docetic context

JW distortion of an anti-Gnostic passage

2 John 1:7 Incarnation 2 John 1:7 Gnosticism
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW doctrine: God dissolved Jesus' body

Core JW belief about Jesus' post-resurrection state

Spirit resurrection Resurrection body Manifestation bodies
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Proof text #1: John 2:19-21 and the destroyed temple

Evidence for bodily continuity across resurrection

John 2:19-21 John 2:19-21 Temple metaphor Bodily continuity
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Proof text #2: Matthew 28:6 and the empty tomb

Evidence that the tomb was genuinely empty

Matthew 28:6 Matthew 28:6 Empty tomb Bodily resurrection
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Proof text #3: Luke 24:36-43 and anti-spirit-resurrection statement

Jesus' explicit claim about his resurrection body

Luke 24:36-43 Luke 24:36-43 Flesh and bones Spirit resurrection refuted
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Proof text #4: John 20:24-28 and Thomas's demand

Continuity of crucifixion marks in resurrection body

John 20:24-28 John 20:24-28 Nail prints Crucifixion marks
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Q&A: Full Preterism and the AD 70 argument

Responding to alternative end-times views

Titus siege AD 70 Full Preterism Realized eschatology
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Q&A: Matthew 24:34 and 'this generation'

Clarifying the referent of 'generation' in Jesus' statement

Matthew 24:34 Matthew 24:34 This generation Referent clarification
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Closing: Content plans, Romans series, and contextual reading appeal

Wrapping up the livestream and future direction

Romans series Romans series Contextual reading Proof-texting refutation
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

Core thesis: Jehovah's Witnesses do not have to die; roughly three JWs die per day due to Watchtower's false blood transfusion teaching.

Opening statement of the livestream, framing the urgency and moral weight of the topic.

Jehovah's Witnesses false teaching blood transfusion
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses — eight men — functions as an authoritative, controlling body that issues binding rules for all JWs worldwide.

Mike introduces the Governing Body as the source of the blood transfusion doctrine, explaining the organizational structure of the JW movement.

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower Governing Body
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

Historical timeline: The blood transfusion ban originated in Watchtower publications in 1945 and escalated to a disfellowshipping offense in 1961.

Mike traces the doctrinal history of the JW blood transfusion policy to show it is a human invention, not an ancient or consistent teaching.

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower blood transfusion ban history
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

Blood cards carried by JWs serve to legally prevent hospitals from administering blood transfusions, even in life-threatening emergencies.

After describing the disfellowshipping escalation in 1961, Mike explains the physical enforcement mechanism: the blood card.

Jehovah's Witnesses blood card annihilation doctrine
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

The Watchtower reversed its position on blood fractions (e.g., albumin) between 1956 and 1982 without acknowledging the change.

Mike introduces the concept of blood fractions to expose doctrinal hypocrisy — the Watchtower banned fractions, then quietly permitted them.

blood fractions albumin Awake magazine
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

Current JW blood doctrine: whole blood (and four primary components) prohibited; fractions derived from those components are permitted.

Mike describes the current state of the Watchtower's blood policy after the fraction allowances.

Jehovah's Witnesses blood fractions albumin
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