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Mike Winger idea 2025-10-10

Dietary Laws: Fulfilled?: How did Jesus fulfill the dietary laws? I’m considering Jesus grafting in Gentiles into the faith to be the fulfillment of that (Matthew 5: 17, Acts 10:9-15).

Q&A question: Dietary Laws: Fulfilled?

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Mike Winger idea 2025-11-14

Churches Promoting Events w/Drinking?: Should churches publicly promote local events involving alcohol? It seems unwise and inconsiderate toward those with weaker consciences. Some say we shouldn't legalistically refuse to advertise these opportunities for fellowship since drinking in moderation isn't sinful. Thoughts?

Q&A question: Churches Promoting Events w/Drinking?

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Mike Winger idea 2026-03-13

Serving When We Don’t Want To: I know I’m supposed to serve, but to be honest, I’m always tired and would rather go home and relax after church. I’m ashamed of that, considering all Jesus did for me, but it's true. Lately I challenged myself to just obey with a good attitude when asked, but even then, I feel so guilty knowing I didn’t want to.

Q&A question: Serving When We Don’t Want To

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Mike Winger idea 2026-03-20

Denomination Boards = Eldership?: I’m wondering if elders are solely a local church function/office/role. Is a woman who is serving on a district or national denomination board biblically considered an elder?

Q&A question: Denomination Boards = Eldership?

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Mike Winger idea 2026-03-20

Biblical Justification: Works Based?: I’m struggling DEEPLY with James 2: 24 vs. Romans 3: 28. Your best argument in the video you did on this 7 years ago was the definition of "justified." But my NIV Bible says "considered righteous."

Q&A question: Biblical Justification: Works Based?

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Mike Winger idea 2021-02-08

The term "abomination" in both Hebrew and Greek consistently refers to an idol or false object of worship, and "desolation" relates to the temple being made spiritually or physically desolate. The phrase "standing where it should not be" — and Matthew's "in the holy place" — point to an idol being set up inside the temple precincts.

Linguistic and textual analysis of the phrase "abomination of desolation"

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Mike Winger idea 2021-02-08

Antiochus Epiphanes in 167 BC is the only historical event outside the Bible that uses the exact phrase "abomination of desolation" (1 Maccabees 1:54). He banned Jewish worship, erected an altar to Zeus in the temple, and sacrificed a pig on it — giving Jesus's audience a concrete reference point while Jesus still pointed to a future fulfillment.

Historical background: Antiochus Epiphanes and the Maccabean revolt

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Mike Winger idea 2021-09-20

The note-writer describes death as a tragedy but then proposes death as the solution to potential suffering. This self-contradiction reveals the deeper issue: pro-choice reasoning treats the baby as "not yet in the world" because they haven't crossed the threshold of the womb — a distinction without moral significance, since the baby exists and has biological life inside the womb.

Internal contradiction in the note: death as both tragedy and solution; the "not yet in the world" fallacy

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Mike Winger idea 2021-11-01

The real authority in JW life is not the Bible but the governing body — eight men in New York City who "formulate doctrine" and whose instructions, according to Watchtower, determine your "spiritual health and relationship with God." The NWT Bible is a doctrinally distorted translation that changes key texts about Christ's deity, and members are discouraged from researching outside Watchtower sources.

JW authority structure: governing body over Scripture; the NWT as a distorted translation

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower
Mike Winger idea 2021-11-01

Effective outreach to JWs requires using their own sources (the Kingdom Interlinear, JW Library app, Watchtower literature) to demonstrate problems — since they are trained to dismiss all outside sources as apostate. The goal is to create goodwill first, then focus on one issue at a time without allowing subject changes, showing genuine love rather than hostility.

Practical strategies for engaging Jehovah's Witnesses with the gospel

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Mike Winger idea 2025-09-29

Winger describes sitting at the memorial and realizing he had no framework for navigating political engagement alongside people with whom he has serious theological disagreements (Greg Locke, Patricia King, Bishop Robert Barron). He concludes that Christians need to learn to advocate for shared biblical values in political spaces without implying theological unity or compromising doctrinal integrity.

The challenge of political coalition-building across theological divides; navigating partnerships

Robert Barron
Mike Winger idea 2025-10-17

When confronted with failed predictions, the rapture-date community's response is to circle the wagons, claim victimhood ("we're being mocked"), and accuse critics of having a "Jezebel spirit." Winger identifies this as classic cult dynamics: insulation from correction, victim mentality, and shielding leaders from accountability through demonization of outsiders.

Cult-like dynamics in the rapture prediction community: victim narratives and Jezebel accusations

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Mike Winger idea 2026-01-09

Dr. Corey Miller (president of Ratio Christi) argues that what happens in universities does not stay there — it flows into culture, politics, media, and the church. Christians have largely abandoned the universities to secular and post-modern ideological capture, just as the left deliberately targeted them as "the apex of education" upstream of all cultural change.

The university as the strategic apex of cultural change; Christians must re-engage
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