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Mike Winger idea 2024-03-15

Human Sacrifice in the OT?: I'm curious about how to handle 2 Samuel 21. This sounds very close to a form of human sacrifice to honor God.

Q&A question: Human Sacrifice in the OT?

Samuel

Mike Winger idea 2024-04-12

Is Something Missing from Jesus’ Sacrifice?: Colossians 1: 24 says that something is “lacking in the afflictions of Christ.” Some people say this verse teaches that Paul is going to suffer for the salvation of others. Can we help pay for other people’s sins?

Q&A question: Is Something Missing from Jesus’ Sacrifice?

Colossians 1 Jesus salvation Colossians 1

Mike Winger idea 2024-04-12

Which Sacrifices Have Ended?: What sacrifices and offerings is Gabriel talking about in Daniel 9: 27?

Q&A question: Which Sacrifices Have Ended?

Daniel 9 Daniel Daniel 9 Daniel Gabriel

Mike Winger idea 2024-05-31

Did Jesus’ Deity Die?: Did Jesus' deity die on the cross, and if not, then how could He be an atoning sacrifice for sin? If it died, then how could He be God without affirming the kenotic heresy?

Q&A question: Did Jesus’ Deity Die?

Jesus heresy

Mike Winger idea 2024-07-12

Is Salvation Sometimes Unfair?: One of my biggest issues is that you NEED to believe in Jesus to be saved. If someone is born in a Muslim country, they would have to sacrifice way more than the average westerner. How is that fair?

Q&A question: Is Salvation Sometimes Unfair?

Jesus salvation Islam

Mike Winger idea 2024-12-20

The Temple – Continued Sacrifices?: What do we make of the Temple at the end of Ezekiel? It says God will dwell there, and sacrifices will be continued by Levites (Ch. 43:7; 19). Verse 27 indicates this will continue happening.

Q&A question: The Temple – Continued Sacrifices?

Ezekiel Ezekiel

Mike Winger idea 2025-02-21

Passover vs. Yom Kippur: Why was Jesus' atoning sacrifice on Passover instead of Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement)? I've looked everywhere but can't find an answer.

Q&A question: Passover vs. Yom Kippur

Jesus atonement

Mike Winger idea 2025-04-11

Jesus’ Sacrifice: Human Sacrifice?: If God doesn't allow human sacrifice, how do we reconcile Jesus' sacrifice?

Q&A question: Jesus’ Sacrifice: Human Sacrifice?

Jesus

Mike Winger idea 2025-05-30

The Atonement: The Importance of Jesus’ Deity: Why did Jesus have to be God to be the acceptable sacrifice? If it was Jesus’ humanity that died on the cross and not His divine nature, why did Jesus have to be fully God?

Q&A question: The Atonement: The Importance of Jesus’ Deity

Jesus atonement

Mike Winger idea 2025-07-04

Interpreting the “High Places”: How should we understand the "high places"? 2 Chronicles 15: 17 and other passages condemn the kings for not tearing them down, but in 1 Samuel 9: 12, Samuel attends and blesses a sacrifice at a high place.

Q&A question: Interpreting the “High Places”

Samuel

Mike Winger idea 2026-02-06

Inter-Faith Marital Conflicts: My wife is Catholic, but I have an issue with our kids going to mass due to it being a propitiatory sacrifice. Am I doing more harm (by causing strife in the marriage) than good by not exposing them?

Q&A question: Inter-Faith Marital Conflicts

Roman Catholicism marriage

Mike Winger idea 2021-02-08

Daniel's prophecies about the abomination of desolation (Daniel 8:13, 9:26-27, 11:31, 12:11) describe a specific bad actor who makes a seven-year covenant with Israel, stops temple sacrifices at the midpoint, and sets up the abomination, leading to a three-and-a-half-year tribulation period before he is destroyed.

Survey of all relevant Daniel passages; key data for futurist interpretation

Daniel prophecy tribulation Daniel

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

Jesus Antiochus Epiphanes worship

Pulpit research note

Commentary: One Flesh Cannot Be Hierarchy

Ardavanis says: > "This beautiful picture of men and women, a groom and a bride... this is the central metaphor in all of the Bible... complementary yet different sexes that come together in union pa

Ephesians 5:21-33