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Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Romans 14: do not violate your conscience — if you cannot do something in faith before God, do not do it, even if it may be permissible

Question from Only in Antarctica about whether a Christian can work in the cannabis sector

Romans 14 Romans 14 faith and works Christian liberty

Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Calvinist theodicy: God is not guilty for decreed sin because he is perfect goodness; skeptical theism is the strongest available path for Calvinists

Question from Matt Bach about whether the Calvinist claim "God is not guilty for sin he decrees because his purposes are good" is a form of ends-justify-the-means reasoning

Romans 14: do not violate your conscience — if you cannot do something in faith before God, do not do it, even if it may be permissible

Calvinist theodicy: God is not guilty for decreed sin because he is perfect goodness; skeptical theism is the strongest available path for Calvinists

Grace Community Church COVID decision: Mike is on the fence — neither fully endorsing nor opposing their refusal to close

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 is about sexual immorality in context, not primarily about diet/exercise/tobacco — but the moderation and mastery principles within the passage do apply broadly

Sexual sin is uniquely grave — it is a sin against one's own body in a way other sins are not

Gossip is unnecessary information that tears people down without justification — not merely sharing personal information without permission

Paul's tension between ministry and being with Christ only makes sense if death means immediate presence

Roman Catholic purgatory interpretation uses Paul as an exception case rather than normative

Moses going up and down Sinai — theological meaning vs. comedic treatment

Easter/Ishtar connection is largely false — inflammatory but inaccurate

Birthdays: Jehovah's Witness argument from bad birthday examples in the Bible is fallacious

Survey of Jesus's use of "today" (semeron) supports the standard reading

Galatians 3:23 — the Law as guardian/nanny: imprisoned under law until Christ

Freedom from the law through Christ — justified by faith, law's penalty absorbed by Jesus

Jesus appearing in the locked room — glorified body explanation from 1 Corinthians 15

John 16:24 — praying in Jesus's name: Jesus as the access point replacing the temple

Empathy as a tool for helping others leave false teaching — remembering your own exit

Persistent prayer vs. vain repetition — the biblical balance

Feel-good phrases like "you are enough" and "Jesus came to bring a piece of heaven to earth" — ambiguous theology

Approaching a pastor using feel-good theology — gracious challenge, define the terms

Using a book or resource as a proxy for delivering correction to a defensive pastor

Introduction to TULIP as a summary of Calvinist theology

Total Depravity defined as "total inability" — Mike rejects it

Regeneration precedes faith — the core of Calvinism, which Mike rejects

Unconditional Election — Mike partly affirms, partly rejects

Limited Atonement — Mike firmly rejects it

All five TULIP points are ultimately one point: denial of free will

Deutero-Isaiah / multiple authorship of Isaiah — Mike skeptical

God as matchmaker — Mike rejects "the one" theology applied universally

Proverbs: "He who finds a wife finds a good thing" — find a good one, not the one

Trinitarian-Oneness Christian marriage — Mike counsels against it

Living with non-Christian parents who swear, drink, and watch vulgar content

Bereshit Prophecy in Genesis 1:1 — Mike strongly dismisses as fabricated

Voting as a Christian moral obligation in a democracy

1 John 3:6 — "keeps on sinning" does not mean Christians reach sinlessness

"My faith is personal" — Mike says this is unbiblical and reflects spiritual deception

Fighting pornography addiction — battle is lost before you even feel overwhelmed

Jehovah's Witnesses New World Translation renders John 1:1c as "a god" rather than "God"

Greek grammar of John 1:1 — theos/theon and the definite article (ton)

John 1:6 refutes JW argument — theos without article still means God Almighty

The one true sign in Matthew 24 is the Abomination of Desolation — referenced from Daniel 9

Numbers 5 — the Bitter Water trial does not describe an abortion; the NIV translation is mistaken on this point

Guilt and shame before God — healthy guilt vs. unhealthy guilt that drives you away from God

God's choices of Jacob, Abraham, Moses, prophets — not favoritism but purposive grace for non-salvific roles

Mike affirms free-will salvation against Calvinism but insists rejection of Calvinism must be theological, not emotional

Genesis 9 — Noah cursed Canaan for Ham's sin because Canaan was likely complicit, not just punished for his father's actions

Hebrews 6:4-6 — the most difficult passage in the Bible; three main interpretive options explored

1 Corinthians 3 — believers are judged at the Bema for their works (gold/silver/precious stones vs. wood/hay/straw), not for salvation

The Message Bible — not a legitimate translation; unfaithful to the original languages; should not be recommended

Short-term mission trips are often inefficient — local missionaries are more effective with the same funds

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