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Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Feminist/liberation theology reading of Scripture as anachronistic eisegesis

Mike labels the broader methodological issue.

anachronism feminist reading of Scripture liberation theology
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 2018-04-18

The Bible is not a mystical puzzle; unauthorized numerological exegesis is a form of public sin requiring repentance

Mike issues a strong pastoral rebuke of Mead's method and calls it a public, accountable error.

eisegesis hermeneutics David Mead
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Reason 3: We allow people to break interpretive rules when handling prophecy — eisegesis masquerading as exegesis

Third reason people fall for false predictions.

eisegesis hermeneutics prophecy interpretation
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Even granting purgatory is true, 1 Corinthians 3 could not be used to teach it — wrong passage entirely

Summarizing conclusion on 1 Corinthians 3

1 Corinthians 3 hermeneutics eisegesis purgatory
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Pattern of false teaching: take a doctrine, find a Bible passage with similar vocabulary, read the doctrine into the passage

Hermeneutical critique applied more broadly

Ezekiel 2 Corinthians 12 hermeneutics eisegesis false teaching
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Tim Staples' argument: 'you can't separate the person from the works' — and Mike's rebuttal

Engaging a specific Catholic apologist's defense of the 1 Corinthians 3 reading

1 Corinthians 3 eisegesis Catholic Answers purgatory
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Catholic apologetic response: the amulets were 'lucky charms' not idolatrous — Jimmy Akin's baseball sock analogy

Catholic attempt to neutralize the mortal sin problem in 2 Maccabees

eisegesis Catholic Answers idolatry
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Eisegesis defined: reading a pre-existing doctrine into a text rather than letting the text speak for itself

Hermeneutical summary of the Catholic approach to both passages

hermeneutics eisegesis sola scriptura
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Matthew Vines' approach to Scripture is driven by a prior commitment to affirm homosexuality, not honest exegesis

Q&A question about advocates like Matthew Vines who try to make homosexuality fit within Scripture.

Matthew Vines Romans 1 hermeneutics eisegesis false teaching
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-09

Roman Catholic purgatory interpretation uses Paul as an exception case rather than normative

Addressing the Roman Catholic counter-reading of Philippians 1

Philippians 1 Roman Catholicism eisegesis intermediate state
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 2024-09-14

Typology = Eisegesis?: Is it eisegesis to interpret the Old Testament as depicting Jesus? I commonly hear this objection from Jews who say Christians are "inserting their theology into our book."

Q&A question: Typology = Eisegesis?

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