Filter results by source database — Scripture Commentary, Theology, Mike Winger, or Pulpit. Click a tab to narrow to one database.

...more
All (304) Scripture Commentary (166) Theology (15) Mike Winger (122) Pulpit (1)
Mike Winger idea 2025-11-14

Hating vs. Loving Evildoers: Psalm 139:21-22 and Psalm 5:5 seem to imply it is good to hate evil people who oppose God, but Matthew 5: 43-48 seems to encourage the opposite. Where is the proper balance between these things? Thanks!

Q&A question: Hating vs. Loving Evildoers

Matthew 5 Matthew Psalm 5:5 Matthew 5 Matthew Psalm 5:5
Mike Winger idea 2025-12-12

Discouraged by Free Will: My son is bothered by free will because it causes so much pain and suffering and that God foreknew we would sin. How can I encourage him?

Q&A question: Discouraged by Free Will

suffering free will
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
Pulpit research note

Commentary: The Format That Silences Correction — 1 Corinthians 14:30-31 and Church Authority

**1Co 14:30-31** says: "If a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first must be silent. For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be encouraged." Paul's model

1 Corinthians 14:30-31
← Prev Page 7 of 7 Next →