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Mike Winger idea 2024-07-26

Prophecy = Preaching the Word?: I hear many Bible teachers say that the New Testament gift of prophecy is merely proclaiming/preaching the Word; it is never predictive or revelatory. That doesn’t seem right to me. Could you give us your take?

Q&A question: Prophecy = Preaching the Word?

prophecy

Mike Winger idea 2024-08-30

Multiplying Gifts & Producing Fruit: What does the word “interest” mean (spiritually speaking) in Luke 19: 23? How can one not multiply God’s gifts but still produce fruit?

Q&A question: Multiplying Gifts & Producing Fruit

Mike Winger idea 2025-01-10

Interpretations for Private Tongues?: When the gift of speaking in tongues is in operation, do the same requirements and standards exist for private/smaller ministry gatherings as they do the corporate gatherings of a church service? For example, if someone in the background is praying in tongues while you are praying for someone at a hospital, does that still demand an interpretation?

Q&A question: Interpretations for Private Tongues?

tongues

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Prophecy Always Positive?: Is the gift of prophecy always supposed to yield a positive, uplifting revelation?

Q&A question: Prophecy Always Positive?

revelation prophecy revelation

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Praying Over Things?: What are your thoughts on praying over a house or object? Is that superstition?

Q&A question: Praying Over Things?

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Giving Time vs. Money?: Is it ever OK to give time instead of money to church? How do we balance giving vs. saving, especially if giving might cause debt (Mark 12: 41-44, Romans 13:1-8)? I also have a family to provide for.

Q&A question: Giving Time vs. Money?

Romans 13 Mark 12 Romans 13 Mark 12

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Parable of the Wedding Feast: Can you please explain the parable in Matthew 22: 1-14 (The Parable of the Wedding Feast)? I don’t understand the meaning.

Q&A question: Parable of the Wedding Feast

Matthew Matthew

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Should I Be Rebaptized?: I fell out of the faith years ago and recently came back and feel like I should get baptized again. Is there anything for or against this in the Bible?

Q&A question: Should I Be Rebaptized?

baptism

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Is God Selfish?: Do you believe that God is selfish in everything He does? It seems even His "selfless" acts are done for His own sake (Psalm 106:8, dying on the cross for His own glory, etc.). Would that motivation be wrong?

Q&A question: Is God Selfish?

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Is Baptismal Regeneration Heresy?: Is believing that baptism is for the remission of sins based on Acts 2: 38 heresy? Is someone who was thusly baptized then not saved?

Q&A question: Is Baptismal Regeneration Heresy?

Acts 2 Acts 2 baptism heresy

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Sinful Vows: Binding?: Are vows made in sin or amidst sinful circumstances still binding in eyes of God (Ecclesiastes 5:5, Joshua 9, Genesis 27, Judges 12)?

Q&A question: Sinful Vows: Binding?

Genesis Genesis

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Isaiah 14: About Satan?: Is Isaiah 14:3-20 about Satan? It says it is to the King of Babylon, but I have heard verses 12-14 used in reference to Satan. Just curious about your thoughts on it!

Q&A question: Isaiah 14: About Satan?

Isaiah Isaiah 14 Isaiah Satan Isaiah 14

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-07

Did David Violate Deut. 24?: How was David able to take Michal back as his wife? Isn’t that a violation of Deuteronomy 24, and does that apply today?

Q&A question: Did David Violate Deut. 24?

Deuteronomy 24 David marriage Deuteronomy 24

Mike Winger idea 2025-04-11

Tongues During Corporate Prayer?: How do I let someone know that when they pray in tongues during our corporate prayer time, it's distracting? I believe the gift of tongues is for personal edification. I'm not a Cessasionist, by the way.

Q&A question: Tongues During Corporate Prayer?

prayer tongues

Mike Winger idea 2025-05-02

Do All Christians Have the Gift of Tongues?: Do Christians all have access to a “private prayer language” (speaking in tongues) according to Scripture?

Q&A question: Do All Christians Have the Gift of Tongues?

prayer tongues

Mike Winger idea 2025-05-09

Prophets Today?: Should the Church appoint/recognize official prophets, or is this something similar to apostles (only the original 12 + Paul)? See 1 Corinthians 12: 28, Ephesians 4: 11. Is it an office, a gift, or some mixture of the two?

Q&A question: Prophets Today?

1 Corinthians 12 Ephesians 4 prophecy Apostles 1 Corinthians 12

Mike Winger idea 2025-08-29

Having the Gift of Prophecy: How does a Christian know if they have the gift of prophecy?

Q&A question: Having the Gift of Prophecy

prophecy

Mike Winger idea 2025-09-26

The Value of Fallible Gifts: If all the gifts of the Spirit are subject to human fallibility, what is their true value for the Church? Why would God tell us to eagerly desire them if they can so easily be misused or misunderstood?

Q&A question: The Value of Fallible Gifts

Mike Winger idea 2025-10-24

Words of Comfort vs. Prophecy?: Is there a distinction between God speaking words of comfort to someone and the gift of prophecy? I’ve understood that anytime God speaks, it is by definition, prophecy and subject to testing.

Q&A question: Words of Comfort vs. Prophecy?

prophecy

Pulpit research note

The Status-Seeking Reading of 1 Corinthians 14 — Well Supported

The sermon's central thesis — that Corinthians were using spiritual gifts for status seeking rather than building up the body — is one of the best-supported readings available, backed by 40 years of s

1 Corinthians 14:26-40

Pulpit research note

Status-Seeking as the Primary Issue in 1 Corinthians — Not Merely Order

Pastor Brett Landry's reading — that the Corinthians' primary problem was status-seeking and self-promotion, with disorder being the symptom rather than the disease — represents the dominant scholarly

1 Corinthians 12-14

Pulpit research note

Participatory Worship in 1 Corinthians 14:26 — The Structural Gap Brett Overlooked

Pastor Brett correctly identified the status-seeking motive behind the Corinthians' misuse of gifts but did not address the text's own positive vision: broad participatory worship where multiple membe

1 Corinthians 14:26

Pulpit research note

"The Others" (hoi alloi) Judging Prophecy — Discernment Belongs to the Whole Body

In **1 Cor 14:29,** Paul says "let two or three prophets speak, and let the others (*hoi alloi*) weigh what is said." A key interpretive question is whether "the others" refers to a small group of pro

1 Corinthians 14:29

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Prophecy = Preaching the Word?: I hear many Bible teachers say that the New Testament gift of prophecy is merely proclaiming/preaching the Word; it is never predictive or revelatory. That doesn’t seem right to me. Could you give us your take?

Multiplying Gifts & Producing Fruit: What does the word “interest” mean (spiritually speaking) in Luke 19: 23? How can one not multiply God’s gifts but still produce fruit?

Prophecy Always Positive?: Is the gift of prophecy always supposed to yield a positive, uplifting revelation?

Praying Over Things?: What are your thoughts on praying over a house or object? Is that superstition?

Giving Time vs. Money?: Is it ever OK to give time instead of money to church? How do we balance giving vs. saving, especially if giving might cause debt (Mark 12: 41-44, Romans 13:1-8)? I also have a family to provide for.

Parable of the Wedding Feast: Can you please explain the parable in Matthew 22: 1-14 (The Parable of the Wedding Feast)? I don’t understand the meaning.

Should I Be Rebaptized?: I fell out of the faith years ago and recently came back and feel like I should get baptized again. Is there anything for or against this in the Bible?

Is God Selfish?: Do you believe that God is selfish in everything He does? It seems even His "selfless" acts are done for His own sake (Psalm 106:8, dying on the cross for His own glory, etc.). Would that motivation be wrong?

Is Baptismal Regeneration Heresy?: Is believing that baptism is for the remission of sins based on Acts 2: 38 heresy? Is someone who was thusly baptized then not saved?

Sinful Vows: Binding?: Are vows made in sin or amidst sinful circumstances still binding in eyes of God (Ecclesiastes 5:5, Joshua 9, Genesis 27, Judges 12)?

Isaiah 14: About Satan?: Is Isaiah 14:3-20 about Satan? It says it is to the King of Babylon, but I have heard verses 12-14 used in reference to Satan. Just curious about your thoughts on it!

Did David Violate Deut. 24?: How was David able to take Michal back as his wife? Isn’t that a violation of Deuteronomy 24, and does that apply today?

Tongues During Corporate Prayer?: How do I let someone know that when they pray in tongues during our corporate prayer time, it's distracting? I believe the gift of tongues is for personal edification. I'm not a Cessasionist, by the way.

Do All Christians Have the Gift of Tongues?: Do Christians all have access to a “private prayer language” (speaking in tongues) according to Scripture?

Prophets Today?: Should the Church appoint/recognize official prophets, or is this something similar to apostles (only the original 12 + Paul)? See 1 Corinthians 12: 28, Ephesians 4: 11. Is it an office, a gift, or some mixture of the two?

Having the Gift of Prophecy: How does a Christian know if they have the gift of prophecy?

The Value of Fallible Gifts: If all the gifts of the Spirit are subject to human fallibility, what is their true value for the Church? Why would God tell us to eagerly desire them if they can so easily be misused or misunderstood?

Words of Comfort vs. Prophecy?: Is there a distinction between God speaking words of comfort to someone and the gift of prophecy? I’ve understood that anytime God speaks, it is by definition, prophecy and subject to testing.

The Status-Seeking Reading of 1 Corinthians 14 — Well Supported

Status-Seeking as the Primary Issue in 1 Corinthians — Not Merely Order

Participatory Worship in 1 Corinthians 14:26 — The Structural Gap Brett Overlooked

"The Others" (hoi alloi) Judging Prophecy — Discernment Belongs to the Whole Body

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