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Scripture Commentary article 2012-11-16

Was John the Baptist predestined to be saved?

In the teaching of Calvinism, there is an election to salvation for some men while the rest of mankind are created without a hope of eternal life. In this understanding God has pre-determined from eternity past that all but the elect would remain in their sin and be lost forever.

Isaiah 40:3 John 1:15 John 1:29 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2012-02-07

Masculine Christianity

This is part 2 of What God intended at creation and it is inspired by a recent lecture given by John Piper where he states that God’s intention for Christianity is for it to have a “ masculine feel “. After discussing John Piper’s Masculine Christianity, I will give my critique of his masculine argu

1 Corinthians 2:1 1 Timothy 2:12 2 Kings 22:3 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-28

@magnolia0469 @PrayTheRosary12 Every time we read Mark 14:9 and the account we f

@magnolia0469 @PrayTheRosary12 Every time we read Mark 14:9 and the account we fulfill what that passage says. Why do you say all churches are in apostasy? If that were the case, then Jesus’ own word

Mark 14:9 Mt 16:18 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@LostinAusten27 He likely views this as the banana peel that explains why many c

@LostinAusten27 He likely views this as the banana peel that explains why many churches are sliding into apostasy, so I understand his concern. But this is why I keep responding.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Complementarians almost all believe that males alone are to be elders, pastors and overseers. Some go further. Some claim that a female elder is apostasy or on the way. That’s where their understanding is severely flawed. And the thinking ...

@ncksmith Complementarians almost all believe that males alone are to be elders, pastors and overseers. Some go further. Some claim that a female elder is apostasy or on the way. That’s where their un

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-17

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I showed the paradoxes which seem quite obvious to me. Yes, secondary issues can still be problems and they may even mean you will find another church *quietly*, but you can disagree and still have full fellowship. Whet...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I showed the paradoxes which seem quite obvious to me. Yes, secondary issues can still be problems and they may even mean you will find another church *quietly*, but you

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@st_gooby Allowing godly women to preach or teach true doctrine is apostasy? Sur

@st_gooby Allowing godly women to preach or teach true doctrine is apostasy? Surely you jest…

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using common sense and other passages showing women have b...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using co

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-20

@kelcy_lowry @Mimi_CBE The difference between you and I is that I’m posting WHY

@kelcy_lowry @Mimi_CBE The difference between you and I is that I’m posting WHY I believe it is wrong and I’m also trying to bring peace to both sides by showing that egalitarians are not all on a ban

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

@Brian_Sauve This is extremely divisive. You are blaming apostasy on women? Cultural decline due to “unchecked feminine sensibilities”? Because the husband fails to take control over his wife and make all the decisions? Doesn’t it occur to you th...

@Brian_Sauve This is extremely divisive. You are blaming apostasy on women? Cultural decline due to “unchecked feminine sensibilities”? Because the husband fails to take control over his wife and m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@Prawnter_ You are right that if you get there by going against what you see as

@Prawnter_ You are right that if you get there by going against what you see as the clear teaching of scripture, then you will do that for other things. But if you get there because of a deep underst

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the Bible means with a high view of the text and bein...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Disagreeing based on a careful interpretation of scripture is

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Disagreeing based on a careful interpretation of scripture is not apostasy.

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii It's not just the SBC. Most complementarians I h

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii It's not just the SBC. Most complementarians I have discussed with, the subject goes that direction. If you can ignore such clear teaching, this issue is like a portal

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Theology verse entry

John 17:12

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 17:12 Judas,son of perdition,sovereignty,foreknowledge,predestination,Scripture fulfillment,keeping
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Mormon definition of the gospel: a complex set of new teachings restored by Joseph Smith that must be learned and performed — not 'good news' but a difficult path.

The Mormon gospel adds a body of doctrine and performance requirements that make it not 'good news' in any conventional sense.

Pharisaism Joseph Smith works-based salvation
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Q&A: The LDS church is already beginning to change its doctrine — prioritizing organizational health over theological integrity, which started with polygamy and race issues.

Viewer question from 'Rob Donahue': Will the Utah LDS church change its doctrine due to the information age?

LDS doctrinal evolution LDS polygamy LDS and race
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 7 (the 'half reason') addressed: The Bible does contain beautiful poetry; the Judges 19 example is a misrepresentation

The skeptic argues the Bible lacks beautiful, heart-rending poetry and cites Judges 19 (the Levite's concubine) as a counterexample of ugliness.

Genesis 1 Isaiah 53 Song of Solomon Genesis 1 Isaiah 53 Song of Solomon
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

Hebrew Roots Movement is not monolithic — four distinct subgroups identified along a spectrum from optional Torah-keeping to rejecting Jesus entirely

Mike breaks down the internal diversity within the movement to caution against a single label.

Torah observance Hebrew Roots Movement Salvation by works
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-30

119 Ministries contradicts itself: early they say Torah-keeping is not required for salvation; later they imply it is, calling non-observance "denying the faith"

Mike plays two clips from 119 Ministries showing an internal contradiction between their opening disclaimer and their later conclusion.

1 John 2 Torah observance Salvation by works Apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-08

Hebrews 6 is best read as a corporate statement about Israel rather than individuals losing their salvation; Hebrews 10 is easier to reconcile with eternal security

Brief response to question about eternal security and Hebrews 6 and 10

Hebrews 6 Hebrews 10 eternal security Hebrews 6 Hebrews 10
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-05

Is 119 Ministries preaching another gospel? Winger says no, after their clarification on salvation by grace through faith alone

Q&A: Castellanos asks if 119 Ministries teaches another gospel

Galatians 1 sola fide Galatians 1 119 Ministries
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-30

Q&A: Difference between backsliding and falling away (Hebrews 6:4) — backsliding is spiritual decline, falling away is apostasy

Viewer Q&A on the distinction between backsliding and falling away.

Hebrews 6:4 Hebrews 6:4 apostasy backsliding
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Q&A: Sin unto death in 1 John 5 — physical death (unrepentant sin) or spiritual death (apostasy)

Audience question about 1 John 5:16-17

1 John 5:16-17 repentance apostasy 1 John 5:16-17
Mike Winger idea 2019-09-04

JW argument: cross symbol is pagan; cross = apostasy for other Christians

The Watchtower extends the stake argument to claim that the cross symbol is a pagan symbol that infiltrated Christianity. Anyone using a cross is therefore practicing paganism. This becomes a recruitment device: become a JW to fix your corrupted Christianity.

New World Translation apostasy Jehovah's Witnesses
Mike Winger idea 2019-09-04

The Watchtower has more at stake in the cross debate than Christians do

Winger observes that Christians have little theological stake in the physical shape of the cross — if wrong, they can update imagery. But the Watchtower has built an entire theological argument on the shape question, making it a test of apostasy for other Christians.

apologetics cross apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Q&A: If someone prayed to receive Christ but later turns away from Christianity, do they go to hell?

Viewer question from BC Our Life

salvation Calvinism Arminianism
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

Hebrews 6:4 requires thorough study; Mike plans a verse-by-verse Hebrews series after Mark

Q from Jeff Shoemaker asking about Hebrews 6:4 and whether it refers to backsliding or losing salvation.

Hebrews 6:4 eternal security apostasy Hebrews 6:4
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Hebrews 10:26-27 "sinning willfully" refers specifically to rejecting the gospel after knowing its truth, not to any deliberate sin

Question from Caleb McCurdy about Hebrews 10:26-27 and whether it implies differentiated judgment for those who never heard the gospel

Hebrews 10:26-27 judgment apostasy Hebrews 10:26-27
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Hebrews 6:4-6 is the most challenging apostasy passage in the Bible; Mike is not yet ready to give a definitive answer on it

Question from Folky about the warning in Hebrews 6:4-6 regarding those who seem to have experienced salvation but then fall away

Hebrews 6:4-6 eternal security apostasy Hebrews 6:4-6
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-17

Perseverance of the Saints — Mike is unresolved, not firmly opposed

Fifth and final point of TULIP addressed.

Hebrews 6 Hebrews 10 Hebrews 4 Calvinism Apostasy Hebrews 6
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

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

Question from Delante Dingo about whether the Parable of the Sower clarifies Hebrews 6 and whether salvation is eternal.

Hebrews 6 Hebrews 6:4-6 Luke 8:4-15 salvation eternal security Hebrews 6
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-20

Sin leading to death in 1 John 5:16-17 — interpretation depends on prior theology

Question about whether 1 John 5:16-17 implies one can lose salvation.

1 John 5:16-17 hermeneutics eisegesis salvation
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-29

Book of Life: names blotted out -- the phrase is too non-specific to resolve the eternal security debate

Question from Paul Redding about how one is written into or blotted out of the Book of Life.

Revelation Hebrews warning passages Revelation once saved always saved eternal security
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-29

Why care about false doctrine (prosperity gospel, word of faith)? Because doctrinal error has real-world spiritual consequences

Question from Tony about why false doctrine matters if it does not compromise salvation.

discernment prosperity gospel apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-29

Was Solomon saved? Ecclesiastes may imply a late-life repentance and return to God despite idolatrous period

Question from Darcy 777 about whether Solomon died worshiping false gods and whether he was saved.

Ecclesiastes 1 Kings 11 repentance salvation apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-05

American Gospel 2 — mixed review: strong on exposing progressive Christianity, but overstates Calvinism as the solution and was harder to follow structurally.

Question from Derek Beeler about the final 10 minutes of American Gospel 2 and the claim that God's purpose is solely his own glory with humans as incidental.

Calvinism God's glory American Gospel (film)
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-09

Hebrews 6:4-6 — apostasy, hardness of heart, and the possible national Israel interpretation

Question from A.D. Chan about whether Hebrews 6:4-6 applies to Judas and what "falling away" means for someone who has experienced the Spirit.

Romans 11 Hebrews 6:4-6 Romans 11 Judas Iscariot Repentance
Mike Winger idea 2020-03-04

Q: Can you lose your salvation? Mike is genuinely unsettled on this. The question is about apostasy (rejecting Christ), not just sinning. He doesn't have a public teaching on it because he hasn't fully worked through the relevant Scriptures to his own satisfaction.

Q&A — losing salvation

eternal security eternal security apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-21

Deliberate sin and condemnation (Hebrews 10): (1) The NT provides forgiveness for sins the OT law couldn't cover — Jesus is better than the law. (2) Hebrews' "willful sin" passage is about apostasy (rejecting Christ entirely), not individual acts of deliberate sin. The context of Hebrews 10 is about abandoning the faith, not occasional moral failures.

Deliberate sin — Hebrews 10 is about apostasy

Hebrews 10 willful sin apostasy apostasy Hebrews 10 willful sin
Mike Winger idea 2023-09-29

Laws, Islam & Executing Apostates: Looking at Deuteronomy 13:6-10, is the apostasy law similar to Muslims? And is it inherently immoral for an apostate to be put to death because of their beliefs, according to the Old Testament?

Q&A question: Laws, Islam & Executing Apostates

Islam apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2024-04-26

“Apostasy” = “Departed”?: I've heard that the word translated "apostasy" in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 can also be translated as "departed," as in "the end will not come until the departing (rapture) comes first." Do you think this is true?

Q&A question: “Apostasy” = “Departed”?

rapture apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2024-05-17

God Taking someone to Avoid Apostasy?: Is there any precedent for God taking home a believer before he might fall away? I Kings 14: 13 says some good was found in Jeroboam’s son.

Q&A question: God Taking someone to Avoid Apostasy?

apostasy
Mike Winger idea 2026-01-09

The ratio of liberal to conservative professors is 12:1 for those retiring, 23:1 for newly tenured faculty, and 99:1 at Harvard in some departments. 18-24% of social science professors explicitly identify as Marxist, activist, or radical. This is not viewpoint diversity — it is an ideological monoculture, and sending unprepared Christian students into it is, as Miller says, "paying for the apostasy of your own children."

Statistics on liberal-conservative faculty ratio; the ideological monoculture of elite universities

apostasy