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Scripture Commentary article 2018-01-04

How does God harden a man’s heart?

How does God harden a man’s heart? We know that God can and does harden hearts because the Bible tells us this, but how and why does God choose to do this? And if all people are created with pre-hardened hearts as some suggest, then why is it necessary for God to harden a man’s heart? Let’s consider...

2 Chronicles 18:18–22 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Timothy 3:9 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii You said Genesis, not the garden of Eden. And yes, no animals were being killed before the fall, so ruling them didn't mean killing them in the original creation. What in your view does it mean to r...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii You said Genesis, not the garden of Eden. And yes, no animals were being killed before the fall, so ruling them didn't mean killing them in the origi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-24

@SocietyOfStChad @WayneVinson5 @BishopJaxi Are you suggesting that ‘being answerable to the body and blood of Christ’ means those who eat in an unworthy manner are responsible for killing Jesus? 🤔 BTW, notice that it is about the manner in which one...

@SocietyOfStChad @WayneVinson5 @BishopJaxi Are you suggesting that ‘being answerable to the body and blood of Christ’ means those who eat in an unworthy manner are responsible for killing Jesus? 🤔 BT

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@PtrCHSturgeon @WesleyLHuff Paul was deceived and thought he was serving God by

@PtrCHSturgeon @WesleyLHuff Paul was deceived and thought he was serving God by killing Christians. Because He thought He was serving God, when God revealed Himself, he submitted himself. He wasn’t be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-11

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Did you forget that Paul did the same thing because he was ignorant and thought that by killing Christians he was being zealous for God and doing what God wanted? God-fearers can be misled by others like the Ju...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Did you forget that Paul did the same thing because he was ignorant and thought that by killing Christians he was being zealous for God and doing what God wanted

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@IiiPaulus @smashbaals Barak is a hero because he was even willing to listen to

@IiiPaulus @smashbaals Barak is a hero because he was even willing to listen to a woman because she was the mouthpiece of God. Barak humbled Himself and didn’t covet the honor of killing Sisera for hi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@rofbethany @CherylSchatz 1. God doesn’t qualify Deborah by her husband. Referring to her husband does not “qualify” her by him. What specific role does her husband play in her decisions and statements? 2. Barak didn’t fail. Barak was willing to hum...

@rofbethany @CherylSchatz 1. God doesn’t qualify Deborah by her husband. Referring to her husband does not “qualify” her by him. What specific role does her husband play in her decisions and statement

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-16

There are some that say that Saul (later known as Paul) hated Jesus and this is why he was persecuting and killing Christians. However, this is a false claim that is not supported by the details of the account and what Paul reveals about his intenti...

There are some that say that Saul (later known as Paul) hated Jesus and this is why he was persecuting and killing Christians. However, this is a false claim that is not supported by the details of t

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Theology verse entry

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 5:18-33 mutual submission,kephale,source,marriage,kenosis,Spirit-filled,husbands love,wives submit,egalitarian,hupotasso,allelon,household code,head-body metaphor,agapao,self-sacrifice,great mystery,Christ and church,one flesh
Theology greek term

ἀλλήλοις (allelois)

one another, reciprocally, mutually

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Barak's refusal to go without Deborah and his rebuke — 'the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.'

The Barak-Deborah exchange in Judges 4:8-10

Judges 4:8-10 Deborah Barak Sisera
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Byrd claims Deborah's words about a woman getting the honor are not a rebuke — Barak wasn't after his own glory.

Byrd's spin on the shame element

Judges 5 Deborah Barak Aimee Byrd
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Deborah as the chief counter-example to patriarchalist restrictions

Mike presents a detailed analysis of Deborah as judge.

Judges 2:16 Judges 2:18 Judges 4-5 Deborah Barak Judges 2:16
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 2 refuted: The Bible contains extensive practical advice; specificity is about utility, not inspiration

The skeptic argues the Bible does not give specific enough practical advice — for instance, a chapter organized by killing scenarios (war, self-defense, execution).

Proverbs marriage apologetics Proverbs
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Q: Does God killing babies make it okay for humans? Winger dismisses the question as absurd; Sye says context of OT law must be applied and God has prerogative over life

Audience challenge question; ethical objection to Old Testament

divine sovereignty Old Testament ethics God's prerogative over life
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

People who jumped from the Twin Towers on 9/11 were not committing suicide — they were choosing the least terrible option available, which involved no moral culpability.

Q&A section: a viewer asks whether the 9/11 jumpers committed suicide.

Q&A 9/11 suicide
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Jim's claim about Herod: Herod the Great wouldn't have cared about killing infant Jesus because life expectancy was ~35 years and he was already old and near death

Second major claim Mike refutes — the plausibility of the Massacre of the Innocents

Matthew 2 apologetics historicity Herod the Great
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Historical evidence that Herod the Great was extremely paranoid and murderous — he killed three of his own sons and executed hundreds on suspicion alone, making the Massacre of the Innocents entirely consistent with his character

Mike builds a positive case that Herod killing children in Bethlehem is historically plausible

Matthew 2 apologetics historicity Herod the Great
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Pro-abortion advocates Ronald Dworkin and Faye Wattleton concede abortion kills a developing human

Mike cites ideological opponents who admit the reality of what abortion does

abortion Ronald Dworkin Life's Dominion
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

The pro-life syllogism — abortion is wrong because it intentionally kills an innocent human being

Mike's core logical argument against abortion, credited to Scott Klusendorf

abortion Scott Klusendorf pro-life syllogism
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Introduction of the SLED acronym — four categories of differences between the unborn and born humans, none of which are morally relevant

Framework for responding to objections based on differences between embryos and adult humans

abortion moral status SLED acronym
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

SLED — L: Level of Development does not determine human value

Second SLED argument addressing the claim that underdevelopment makes the embryo less valuable

consistency argument abortion SLED acronym
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

SLED — D: Degree of Dependence does not determine human value

Fourth SLED argument addressing the claim that the embryo's dependence on the mother diminishes its moral status

abortion SLED acronym human value
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) — moral issues around discarding or permanently freezing fertilized embryos

Q&A — question about IVF and its connection to killing unborn children

abortion zygote embryo
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Rape exception — the child is not morally culpable for the father's crime; killing the child does not undo the evil

Q&A — question about whether abortion is acceptable in cases of rape

abortion human rights pro-life argument
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Pre-Roe abortion death statistics were radically overstated — Scott Klusendorf cites approximately 70 deaths in the year before Roe

Q&A — claim that Roe v. Wade stopped women from dying from botched abortions

abortion Roe v. Wade Scott Klusendorf
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Mother's life exception — ectopic pregnancy and similar cases are not 'abortion' by definition; they are pro-life decisions

Q&A — question about whether abortion is acceptable when the mother's life is at stake

pro-life bioethics mother's life exception
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Overpopulation argument fails — if it justifies killing the unborn, it justifies killing anyone

Q&A — claim that overpopulation justifies abortion

consistency argument abortion SLED acronym
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

High-risk pregnancy (lupus) scenario — saving the mother is a pro-life position, not abortion by definition

Q&A — question about a mother with lupus whose life is endangered by pregnancy

pro-life mother's life exception abortion definition
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Call to repentance for those who have had or supported abortions — women were often deceived by dishonest medical language; the gospel offers forgiveness

Closing pastoral appeal

repentance Christian ethics gospel
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Q&A: Mosaic Law on servants — corporal punishment was permitted; killing or maiming a servant freed them; Winger defends this as reasonable in historical context

Response to a question about slavery and beating in the OT law

Leviticus servant laws slavery in the OT Leviticus servant laws corporal punishment
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Job 2:10 confirms ra as calamity: Job receiving evil = loss of children, livestock, health

Job passage used as a concrete example of ra meaning bad circumstances, not moral evil

Job 2:10 moral evil ra calamity vs moral evil
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

Q&A: Canaanite genocide — was it genocide, and does God have the right to kill?

Question from Texas Tech asking how to justify God commanding the killing of Canaanites, which skeptics call genocide.

theodicy apologetics divine judgment
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Leon Morris: God's wrath is consistent, not capricious — a divine reaction to evil

Mike cites Leon Morris's scholarly study of God's wrath in the Old Testament.

God's wrath divine holiness Leon Morris
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Refutation of "all religions work": Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre as a test case

First reductio ad absurdum argument against religious pluralism

reductio ad absurdum cults religious pluralism
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

9/11 terrorists and suicide bombers: sincerity and sacrifice do not validate a belief system

Continued reductio ad absurdum against "all religions work"

reductio ad absurdum Islam religious pluralism
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Slogan 6: "God knows our hearts and good people will be okay" — people are not actually good

Final and most substantial of the six slogans

original sin human nature total depravity
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Religious pluralism summarized as dangerous, not merely wrong: a false diagnosis that makes you feel good while killing you

Final evaluation of religious pluralism's impact

apologetics false teaching gospel proclamation
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-25

Sexual content in any media is a hard redline for Christians; violence is treated differently in Scripture

Distinguishing sexual content from violent content in media evaluation

Judges 4 Judges 4 Christian ethics video games
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Old Testament law: killing in self-defense carried no penalty, establishing self-defense as a legitimate moral category

Biblical grounding for self-defense

Mosaic Law self-defense homicide law
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Numbers 5 — the Bitter Water trial does not describe an abortion; the NIV translation is mistaken on this point

Question from Dakota Ballard about pro-choice advocates using Numbers 5:27 to support abortion.

Numbers 5:27 Numbers 5 NIV abortion divine judgment
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-06

Luke 23:34 'Father forgive them' likely refers to delayed judgment / forgiveness offered, not full salvific pardon

Responding to Reid's question about whether unbelievers are forgiven to some degree, referencing Luke 23:34

Luke 23:34 2 Peter 3:9 Numbers typology cities of refuge high priest
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-20

Pro-life and pro-death penalty are not contradictory positions

Mike addresses pushback from his death penalty video, responding to the charge that being pro-life and pro-death penalty is inconsistent.

biblical ethics abortion pro-life
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-15

Old Testament slavery laws contained extensive humanitarian protections radically superior to surrounding cultures and incompatible with chattel slavery

Continued answer on Leviticus 25 and slavery.

Leviticus 25:44-46 Deuteronomy slavery laws Exodus redemption as theological grounding for humane treatment Leviticus 25:44-46 Slavery in the Old Testament Deuteronomy slavery laws
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-31

Mike argues that killing in self-defense is clearly permitted by Scripture, citing Old Testament law which imposed no penalty for legitimate self-defense, and Jesus’ instruction to the disciples to carry swords the night of his betrayal.

Response to viewer question about whether killing in self-defense is wrong in God’s eyes

Luke 22 Christian ethics just war Old Testament law
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-31

Mike addresses the morality of soldiers killing in war, arguing that just war is a real category but that individual soldiers must personally discern whether a given war is just rather than simply following orders.

Follow-up response on killing in the context of military service

Romans 13 Christian ethics just war Romans 13
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 2021-04-09

The Canaanite genocide: why God commanded Israel to kill rather than drive out or convert

Question from Lindsey Kelso about the moral difficulty of God commanding Israel to kill thousands of Canaanites.

Deuteronomy / Joshua conquest texts Theodicy Children and salvation Canaanite conquest
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-23

James 1:15 — desire conceived becomes sin; sin full-grown brings death. The passage primarily warns against blaming God for temptation and shows sin's natural progression.

Q8 from Kristen: James 1:15 says sin when full-grown "gives birth to death" — what does "death" mean for those in Christ?

James 1:13-15 Richard Carrier James 1:13-15 progressive Christianity
Mike Winger idea 2020-01-08

Drew's Question 3: Why did God create animals with pain receptors? John McCrae responds: (1) animals don't experience pain "exactly the same" as humans — they lack equivalent emotional/psychological pain; (2) pain is necessary for survival; (3) "psychological trauma" in animals is overstated (sloth bear eating its own cubs, chimps killing young).

Response to Q3 — animal pain

John McCrae John McCrae anthropomorphism animal suffering
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