Evangelism: Relationships Required?: I've been told that you should build a relationship with someone before sharing the Gospel with them. Thoughts?

Q&A question: Evangelism: Relationships Required?

James Talarico & the Gospel of Thomas: Can you offer your thoughts on James Talarico and his teaching relating to the Gospel of Thomas?

Q&A question: James Talarico & the Gospel of Thomas

Converting from Judaism: I’m a 19 year old Jewish believer. I want to get baptized and go to church, but my rabbinic/secular family is against it and some don’t know about my faith yet. How can I wisely share my faith without messing up?

Q&A question: Converting from Judaism

How to Walk by The Spirit: Regarding Romans 8:4-6, how do we walk according to the Spirit and set our minds on the Spirit?

Q&A question: How to Walk by The Spirit

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?

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?

God’s Calling, My Desires & My Fear: I feel drawn to teaching God's Word, but I’m also afraid. How can I tell if it's truly a calling from God and not just my own desire? I understand the responsibility and that scares me. Any guidance?

Q&A question: God’s Calling, My Desires & My Fear

Serving, Selfishness & Complaining: I am really bad at serving without complaining. I resist change even when I know I’m going to get on board in a day or two. May I have counsel to let my selfish guard down?

Q&A question: Serving, Selfishness & Complaining

“God’s Not Done…”?: Do you think there is anything wrong with the phrase “God isn’t done with you yet”? Can something like suicide diminish the amount that God would have used us?

Q&A question: “God’s Not Done…”?

“Purity Culture”: Too Far?: What is a biblical perspective of “Purity Culture”? Is it actually something that goes too far? I'm not just talking about abstinence before marriage, but the idea of purity rings, no dating, etc.

Q&A question: “Purity Culture”: Too Far?

Miraculous Fakery: How do we Not Discard All Miracles?: I have found myself despising the miraculous due to the number of fakers out there. How do you guard against this as you have been working through exposing the fakery of the hyper-Charismatic church?

Q&A question: Miraculous Fakery: How do we Not Discard All Miracles?

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The Alabaster Flask

Anointing of the Woman

John versus Matthew and Mark

Timing Issue

Mark Three through Nine

Two Days before Passover

The Passion Week and Zechariah in the Gospel of Mark

Luke's Gospel

Luke the Gospel of Luke

Then You Should Be Unclear about It That's the Safest Thing To Do if You Feel like the Scripture Doesn't Speak Clearly on an Issue Then You Can Just Be Unclear about It or You Can Be Willing To Entertain Various Views As Long as those Views Don't Violate Scripture in some Other Way but What You Don't Want To Say Is the Bible Doesn't Say Anything about this So I'M Just GonNa You Know Believe What I Like I Still Won't Have Reasons for My Beliefs Deven Nicely Says What Are the Essential Elements of the Gospel One Must Believe for Salvation as Opposed to Secondary I Hear Different Things and It Makes Me Wonder if I'M Saved Sometimes and Kind Of Scares Me Let

The Call of Jesus To Bring the Gospel to Everyone

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Verse 8

Resurrection of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark

Mark Chapter 1

Matthew 28

Mark 4 41

Jesus Heals the Woman with the with the Issue of Blood

John 13 13

Genesis 18 15

The 32nd Treatise of Plotinus

Compare Philosophy to Narrative

The Fifth Objection to the 16-8 Ending

The Aeneid by Virgil 20 Bc

Jonah

Transfiguration

Mark Ends Abruptly

The Disciples

First Corinthians

Mark Ends with a Focus on the Impact of the Resurrection

The abomination of desolation is one of the hardest passages in the entire gospel of Mark, touching on eschatology, Daniel's prophecy, and whether its fulfillment is past (70 AD) or future. Winger introduces a futurist position while acknowledging in-house Christian disagreement.

Intro to Mark 13:14-23 study; sets up the interpretive stakes

Some skeptics argue that the gospel of Mark has a "low Christology" — presenting Jesus as a mere messianic figure without full divine identity. Winger argues Mark's trial narrative (14:53-72) is actually a theological climax demonstrating the opposite: high Christology is central to the earliest gospel.

Framing the apologetic argument against low-Christology claims about Mark

Richard Bauckham's thesis in "Jesus and the Eyewitnesses" is that names appearing in Mark's gospel identify living witnesses known to the community receiving the text. When Mark names Simon of Cyrene "the father of Alexander and Rufus," and Paul greets a "Rufus" in Rome (Rom. 16:13), this likely connects to the same family — confirming these are not invented characters but real people vouching for the account.

Named eyewitnesses in Mark as evidence of historical reliability; Bauckham's thesis

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

The Charlie Kirk memorial was, in Winger's estimation, probably the largest gospel presentation in human history by audience size — with Frank Turk and others delivering bold, explicit gospel proclamations to a global broadcast audience. Winger calls Kirk a martyr, killed because of his Christian convictions on transgender and sexuality issues, and argues this warrants Christian acknowledgment rather than avoidance due to political discomfort.

The Kirk memorial as historic gospel event; Kirk as a Christian martyr

The maximal data argument for the resurrection has two steps: (1) establish that the gospel and Acts accounts represent genuine eyewitness testimony, then (2) evaluate what best explains the content of those claims. The apostles voluntarily suffered imprisonment, persecution, and death for their testimony — making the conspiracy/lying hypothesis highly implausible (William Paley, 1794).

The maximal data argument: apostolic suffering establishes sincerity; conspiracy hypothesis fails

The ideological takeover of American universities followed two phases: (1) scientific naturalism from German-trained PhDs (1880-1930s), producing liberal Protestant theology and the social gospel; (2) neo-Marxist critical theory from Frankfurt School scholars who fled Hitler and embedded themselves in American institutions, producing CRT, gender theory, and the post-modern rejection of objective truth.

Historical overview: two ideological revolutions that captured American universities

Gender ideology in nursing schools illustrates how post-modern "your truth" thinking penetrates every academic discipline — not just philosophy or social sciences. When a student is trained to say "it's their truth" about gender, she has also been trained to say "it's your truth" about the gospel, effectively dismantling the concept of objective truth that Christianity requires.

Gender ideology in nursing education as a case study of how post-modern relativism threatens the gospel itself