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Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Winger argues 1 Kings 18 (Mount Carmel) supports evidential apologetics: Elijah offered a test and the miracle convinced the people Yahweh is God

Winger's first major Scripture argument; examination of 1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18 1 Kings 18 Mount Carmel Elijah
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Sye reframes 1 Kings 18: Elijah was not convincing people of something unknown but displaying God's glory to suppressors of truth; the event was judgment, not persuasion

Sye's counter-reading of 1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18 judgment presuppositional apologetics 1 Kings 18
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Winger reads 1 Kings 18:36-37: Elijah prays 'let it be known this day that you are God in Israel' — explicit language of producing knowledge

Winger continues exegeting 1 Kings 18 in support of evidential apologetics

1 Kings 18:36-37 knowledge of God Elijah evidential apologetics
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Both men discuss the aftermath of 1 Kings 18 — the people and prophets respond differently; suppression-to-profession vs. unbelief-to-belief

Continued exegesis and debate over 1 Kings 18

Romans 1 1 Kings 18 Romans 1 knowledge of God suppression of truth
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Sye: evidential apologetics aims to convince people of something they didn't already know — but Scripture says they do know; the purpose of giving evidence should be to expose suppression, not fill ignorance

Sye's summary critique of evidentialism

Romans 1 1 Kings 18 Romans 1 knowledge of God suppression of truth
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

1 Kings 18 — Mount Carmel contest as evidence-based faith: Elijah's challenge to prophets of Baal

Mike's first biblical example demonstrating that God operates through evidence, not blind faith.

1 Kings 18:22-39 evidence-based faith Elijah Mount Carmel
Mike Winger idea 2020-01-29

Elijah on Mount Carmel: biblical example of knowing vs. showing — he knew God was real, he showed others through evidence

Old Testament narrative case study illustrating the knowing/showing distinction

1 Kings 18 Elijah 1 Kings 18 Mount Carmel