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Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Egalitarian scholars echo each other's errors, tracing back to Bedale's short article

Mike critiques the pattern of egalitarian scholars citing each other rather than primary sources.

Stephen Bedale scholarly echo chamber citation practices

Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Both Paul's culture and Paul valued love in marriage and opposed wife abuse

Mike corrects the misconception that love and non-abuse were Paul's innovations.

love in ancient culture love as command wife abuse in ancient world

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #1: Clouds represent judgment/hiddenness

JW misinterpretation of 'clouds' in Matthew 24:30

Matthew 24:30 Clouds of heaven Matthew 24:30 Visibility debate

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #2: Leviticus 16:2 support and self-refutation

JW appeal to OT support for hidden divine appearance

Leviticus 16:2 Leviticus 16:2 Divine appearance Mercy seat

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #3: Revelation 1:7 and 'every eye will see'

JW dismissal of the clearest statement about visibility

Revelation 1:7 Revelation 1:7 Every eye will see Literal interpretation

Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Book of Job handled dismissively by the Bethel movement: Johnson's position is 'Job is the question, Jesus is the answer'

Mike discusses how the movement deals with the theological challenge posed by the book of Job

Bill Johnson hermeneutics healing theology

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Mormon definition of God: 'Heavenly Father,' a being who was once a man, died, was resurrected, and progressively became God — and has a wife.

The Mormon conception of God is radically different from the Christian one, beginning with the claim that God was once a human being.

Mormon theology Heavenly Father God was once a man

Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Catholic debates always ultimately fall back to church authority / Magisterium rather than Scripture

Broader critique of Catholic apologetics methodology

church fathers sola scriptura Catholic apologetics

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Embryology textbook quote: Keith Moore and T.V.N. Persaud's 'The Developing Human' — a zygote is the beginning of a new human being

First of several scientific citations establishing the humanity of the unborn from conception

Keith Moore T.V.N. Persaud The Developing Human

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

The unborn is human — it has its own unique human DNA, distinct from both parents, present from conception

Establishing the 'Human' quality of the unborn with genetic evidence

embryo DNA human species

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Contraception vs. abortion — the moral question is whether conception has already occurred

Q&A — question about whether normalizing contraception contributes to disregard for infant life

abortion zygote contraception

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Abortifacient birth control — if it kills a conceived zygote, it is abortion not contraception

Q&A — follow-up question about abortifacient forms of birth control

abortion zygote contraception

Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Jeremiah 1:5 — 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you' refers to God's plan for Jeremiah, not pre-conception literal existence

Q&A — question about whether life begins even before conception, citing God's foreknowledge in Jeremiah 1:5

Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:5 Jeremiah hermeneutics pre-existence

Mike Winger idea 2019-03-14

Closing the gap problem in cosmological arguments: a necessary being with limited properties would require an explanation for those limits, but there can be no deeper explanation — therefore the necessary being must be unlimited/infinite in value (i.e., God)

Q&A question for Cameron about the gap problem in cosmological arguments

Cameron Bertuzzi argument from contingency necessary being

Mike Winger idea 2019-05-16

Why natural theology arguments point to the God of Christianity, not Hinduism

McLatchie explains why the cosmological and design arguments favor the Abrahamic God over polytheistic conceptions.

Mormonism polytheism monotheism

Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

Church and staff status: Volunteer again, not fired

Winger clarifies his church relationship in response to questions and misconceptions.

Hosanna Christian Fellowship church staff volunteer ministry

Mike Winger idea 2020-09-11

Distinction between temptation and lust/sin: sin begins when the will yields to desire, not at first awareness of attraction

Response to Hot Wax 93 asking the difference between simple sexual attraction and lust.

James 1:13-15 Matthew 5:28 temptation sin sexual sin

Mike Winger idea 2020-10-17

Total Depravity defined as "total inability" — Mike rejects it

First point of TULIP addressed in detail.

Genesis 6:3 Holy Spirit Calvinism TULIP

Mike Winger idea 2020-12-18

There may be seasons — such as extreme hardship — where a married couple may avoid pregnancy; but this is entirely distinct from abortion (murder) or any contraception that kills a conceived human being.

Discussing contextual exceptions to the general childbearing mandate.

Matthew 24 — Woe to Nursing Mothers Marriage and Childbearing Contraception Abortion

Mike Winger idea 2021-03-26

Birth control and vasectomy: contraception that prevents conception is morally permissible for Christians; abortifacient contraception is morally equivalent to killing a human life.

Lucas Eileen asks for a biblical perspective on birth control and vasectomy, mentioning Genesis 38 and Psalm 139.

Psalm 139 Genesis 38 (Onan) hermeneutics abortifacient Psalm 139

Mike Winger idea 2021-03-12

Are individuals made by God? Yes — through both direct soul creation and divine foreknowledge/providential design

Q16 from Mary Strickland: How do I know I personally was made by God if I was conceived out of sin through ordinary biology?

Jeremiah 1:5 Jeremiah 1:5 foreknowledge divine providence

Mike Winger idea 2020-02-26

Reason 2 (Teaser Money): Learning that scientific consensus (95% of biologists) affirms human life begins at conception. Since he already believed humans are made in God's image, the biological confirmation made the moral conclusion obvious.

Reason 2 — scientific consensus + imago Dei

imago Dei when life begins scientific consensus on life

Mike Winger idea 2021-10-08

Was Mary Surprised about Jesus’ Deity?: If Mary was aware of the immaculate conception (visited by an angel, etc.), why in Mark 3: 21 does it seem she’s surprised about Jesus being the Messiah? Scripture says His "family" that goes to "take charge of Him" for being out of His mind are His mother & brothers. Why would Mary think He is out of His mind if she had been visited by an angel?

Q&A question: Was Mary Surprised about Jesus’ Deity?

Mark 3 Jesus Mark 3 angels

Mike Winger idea 2021-10-08

How Many People are in Heaven?: It's estimated that 60% of natural conceptions fail to implant in the uterus and that at least 50 billion people lived until now. Does that mean there are around 75 billion people in Heaven?

Q&A question: How Many People are in Heaven?

heaven

Mike Winger idea 2023-05-12

Why Aren’t Mormons Christians?: Ex-Mormon here. Surely all Christians believe things about God that are incorrect, but they're still saved. What makes the LDS different? How are my misconceptions acceptable when theirs aren't?

Q&A question: Why Aren’t Mormons Christians?

Mormonism

Mike Winger idea 2024-05-03

Our Choices & God’s Sovereign Will: Do we have any true control over life entering the world, or is it only based on God's sovereignty? I think if it’s God's plan for me to have a child, I'll get pregnant even if on birth control. But my husband thinks we control conception through birth control. If Jeremiah 1:5 applies to all people, wouldn't that mean God's plan overrides our plan for procreation?

Q&A question: Our Choices & God’s Sovereign Will

Jeremiah Jeremiah 1:5 Jeremiah 1 Jeremiah marriage creation

Mike Winger idea 2024-09-20

Was David Conceived in Adultery?: In Psalm 51:5, David says that in sin his mother conceived him. Is he saying that he has been in sin since his conception, or that his mother was in sin when she conceived him? Was David born in adultery?

Q&A question: Was David Conceived in Adultery?

Psalm 51 David Psalm 51

Egalitarian scholars echo each other's errors, tracing back to Bedale's short article

Both Paul's culture and Paul valued love in marriage and opposed wife abuse

JW misconception #1: Clouds represent judgment/hiddenness

JW misconception #2: Leviticus 16:2 support and self-refutation

JW misconception #3: Revelation 1:7 and 'every eye will see'

Book of Job handled dismissively by the Bethel movement: Johnson's position is 'Job is the question, Jesus is the answer'

Mormon definition of God: 'Heavenly Father,' a being who was once a man, died, was resurrected, and progressively became God — and has a wife.

Catholic debates always ultimately fall back to church authority / Magisterium rather than Scripture

Embryology textbook quote: Keith Moore and T.V.N. Persaud's 'The Developing Human' — a zygote is the beginning of a new human being

The unborn is human — it has its own unique human DNA, distinct from both parents, present from conception

Contraception vs. abortion — the moral question is whether conception has already occurred

Abortifacient birth control — if it kills a conceived zygote, it is abortion not contraception

Jeremiah 1:5 — 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you' refers to God's plan for Jeremiah, not pre-conception literal existence

Closing the gap problem in cosmological arguments: a necessary being with limited properties would require an explanation for those limits, but there can be no deeper explanation — therefore the necessary being must be unlimited/infinite in value (i.e., God)

Why natural theology arguments point to the God of Christianity, not Hinduism

Church and staff status: Volunteer again, not fired

Distinction between temptation and lust/sin: sin begins when the will yields to desire, not at first awareness of attraction

Total Depravity defined as "total inability" — Mike rejects it

There may be seasons — such as extreme hardship — where a married couple may avoid pregnancy; but this is entirely distinct from abortion (murder) or any contraception that kills a conceived human being.

Birth control and vasectomy: contraception that prevents conception is morally permissible for Christians; abortifacient contraception is morally equivalent to killing a human life.

Are individuals made by God? Yes — through both direct soul creation and divine foreknowledge/providential design

Reason 2 (Teaser Money): Learning that scientific consensus (95% of biologists) affirms human life begins at conception. Since he already believed humans are made in God's image, the biological confirmation made the moral conclusion obvious.

How Many People are in Heaven?: It's estimated that 60% of natural conceptions fail to implant in the uterus and that at least 50 billion people lived until now. Does that mean there are around 75 billion people in Heaven?

Why Aren’t Mormons Christians?: Ex-Mormon here. Surely all Christians believe things about God that are incorrect, but they're still saved. What makes the LDS different? How are my misconceptions acceptable when theirs aren't?

Was David Conceived in Adultery?: In Psalm 51:5, David says that in sin his mother conceived him. Is he saying that he has been in sin since his conception, or that his mother was in sin when she conceived him? Was David born in adultery?

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