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Mike Winger idea 2018-12-19

Mike's disagreement with Vatican II's claim that Muslims worship the one true God

Responding to Lumen Gentium's statement about Muslims

Islam Christology monotheism
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-30

1 John 2:2 — Jesus is the propitiation for our sins and not for ours only but for the sins of the whole world

Winger introduces 1 John 2:2 as perhaps the strongest single verse against limited atonement.

1 John 2:2 limited atonement kosmos 1 John 2:2
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-30

Calvinist reinterpretation of 1 John 2:2: 'whole world' means Gentile believers scattered abroad, paralleled with John 11:51-52

Winger presents the Calvinist counter-argument that 'whole world' in 1 John 2:2 means people from every nation, not every individual.

1 John 2:2 John 11:51-52 limited atonement 1 John 2:2 John 11:51-52
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-30

1 John's own usage of 'world' across multiple verses defines the term as the ungodly — not scattered believers

Winger grounds the interpretation of 'world' in 1 John 2:2 by examining how the same author uses the word elsewhere in 1 John.

1 John 3:1 1 John 3:13 1 John 4:3-5 kosmos 1 John 3:1 1 John 3:13
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-30

1 John 5:19 — 'the whole world lies under the power of the evil one' clinches the meaning of 'whole world' in 1 John 2:2

Winger uses 1 John 5:19 to confirm 'the whole world' in 1 John 2:2 refers to ungodly humanity.

1 John 2:2 1 John 5:19 extent of atonement 1 John 2:2 propitiation
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

Overview of five Calvinist objections to be addressed

Mike previews the full agenda for the video before working through each objection.

1 John 2:2 John Owen limited atonement 1 John 2:2 Trinitarian harmony in the atonement
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

Sixth item: clear Scripture texts refuting limited atonement — especially 1 John 2:2

Mike previews the scriptural section at the end of the video, noting White directly responded to this verse.

1 John 2:2 limited atonement kosmos 1 John 2:2
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

1 John 2:2 refutes Trinitarian harmony: Jesus is propitiation for the whole world, not just believers

Mike applies 1 John 2:2 directly against the Trinitarian harmony argument.

1 John 2:2 kosmos 1 John 2:2 propitiation
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

Trinitarian harmony argument can be reversed: if Scripture says Christ died for all, the Father must have intended it

Mike turns the Trinitarian harmony argument back on the Calvinist position.

1 John 2:2 David Allen 1 John 2:2 unlimited atonement
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

James White misrepresented Mike's position on "world" in 1 John 2:2

Mike clarifies what he actually argued about the word kosmos in 1 John 2:2.

James White 1 John 2:2 election James White limited atonement
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

Calvinist "Jews and Gentiles" default reading of kosmos does not rescue limited atonement

Mike engages White's proposal about the default meaning of kosmos in the New Testament.

James White 1 John 2:2 James White Jews and Gentiles limited atonement
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

1 John 3:1 and 3:13 — "world" in the same letter refers to those who do not know God

Mike surveys other uses of kosmos in 1 John to establish the author's usage.

1 John 3:1 1 John 3:13 hermeneutics limited atonement kosmos
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-24

"World" in 1 John 2:2 refers to people, not structures — and "our sins" parallels individual people

Rebutting a possible Calvinist reading of kosmos as referring to world systems.

1 John 2:2 hermeneutics kosmos 1 John 2:2
Mike Winger idea 2023-05-26

1 Jn. 2:2 & Limited Atonement: Doesn't 1 John 2:2 blow the Calvinist doctrine of Limited Atonement straight out of the water?

Q&A question: 1 Jn. 2:2 & Limited Atonement

1 John 2 1 John 2:2 atonement Calvinism 1 John 2