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Scripture Commentary article 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2015-03-24

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

Gregory Koukl — Kindle highlights from 'Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions'. 123 highlights.

Luke 20:24 Luke 20:4 Mark 2:9 Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2012-11-22

Was Judas predestined to be lost?

Is Judas a problem for your theology? He can be a problem if some of your beliefs come from tradition and not from the Scriptures. In this article, I would like to discuss the full Scriptural view of Judas and ask you to test your own understanding against what the Scripture reveals.

2 Timothy 2:13 John 13:1 John 13:10–11 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@NorthmanSpirit @MikeWingerii Yes, he was from Galilee. So were all the Jewish a

@NorthmanSpirit @MikeWingerii Yes, he was from Galilee. So were all the Jewish apostles. Jn 4:9: “The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a woman of Sama

Jn 4:9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@ReadEducated @Brian_Sauve @ReformedLionO Here are scriptures showing that Jesus was a Jew: "Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, 'How is it that You, **being a Jew,** ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?' (For Jews have no dealing...

@ReadEducated @Brian_Sauve @ReformedLionO Here are scriptures showing that Jesus was a Jew: "Therefore the Samaritan woman said to Him, 'How is it that You, **being a Jew,** ask me for a drink since

Jn 4:9 question
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Matthew 5 and Matthew 28 are from entirely different contexts and cannot be simply combined

First critique of the Hebrew Roots interpretive move

Matthew 10:5 Matthew 28:18-20 Matthew 5:17 hermeneutics Matthew 10:5 Matthew 28:18-20
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Jesus's ministry was exclusively to Jews (Matt 15:24; Matt 10:5)—the Sermon on the Mount is a Jewish address, not a Gentile one

Contextual argument that Matthew 5 cannot be applied directly to Gentiles

Matthew 10:5 Matthew 15:24 Matthew 6:32 Matthew 10:5 Matthew 15:24 Jewish audience of Jesus
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-22

Samaritans are described as 'Jewish-ish' -- half-Jew, half-Gentile in Jewish eyes -- still not the full Gentile mission of Acts 1:8

Analysis of Philip's Samaritan mission

Acts 8:5 Deuteronomy 18:15 Acts 8:5 Deuteronomy 18:15 Samaritans
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-22

The Holy Spirit did not fall on the Samaritan believers until Peter and John came and laid hands on them -- the Apostles were required to officially open the gospel to the Samaritans

Analysis of Holy Spirit delay in Samaria

Acts 8 John (Apostle) Acts 8 Holy Spirit Peter (Apostle)
Mike Winger idea 2021-12-03

About the Evidence of the Spirit: In Acts 8, how did they know when the Samaritans had and had not received the Holy Spirit? Pentecostals teach that it must have been tongues. Is there another explanation?

Q&A question: About the Evidence of the Spirit

Acts 8 Acts 8 tongues
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-22

About the Samaritans Receiving the Spirit: How were the Samaritans in Acts 8: 14-17 baptized in the name of Jesus, but only received the Holy Spirt when Peter and John came?

Q&A question: About the Samaritans Receiving the Spirit

Acts 8 Peter Acts 8 Jesus