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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@JeffreyTanCG The thief on the cross who believed and Jesus said would be in paradise with him "today" was saved without being baptized. What is necessary is being filled with the Holy Spirit which is a condition of repentance and faith. If you submi...

@JeffreyTanCG The thief on the cross who believed and Jesus said would be in paradise with him "today" was saved without being baptized. What is necessary is being filled with the Holy Spirit which is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi It doesn’t exist in that wording. Jesus said paradise. Jesus said “TODAY”. The thief would be there with Him “TODAY”. The dead go to Hades. Scripture says in Acts 2:27 that Jesus went into Hades but was not a...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi It doesn’t exist in that wording. Jesus said paradise. Jesus said “TODAY”. The thief would be there with Him “TODAY”. The dead go to Hades. Scripture says in

Acts 2:27 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Again, you assume that the death of the body means death of the soul. Lk 23:43 - Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with me in Paradise." This statement suggests an...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Again, you assume that the death of the body means death of the soul. Lk 23:43 - Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will b

Lk 23:43 Phil 1:23 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-04

@JacobPaul432 @Soteriology101 Some like John Gill think it is slanderous to sugg

@JacobPaul432 @Soteriology101 Some like John Gill think it is slanderous to suggest that infants that die go anywhere but paradise. https://t.co/jkGYAwsahi

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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

Pluralism is insulting to actual religions: each has a different destination and goal

Pluralism disrespects the distinct truth claims of individual religions

Islam heaven Hinduism
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Islam's fundamental claims: closer to Christianity but built as a rejection of it — different God, no grace, no cross

Comparative religion analysis of Islam vs. Christianity

Revelation Islam salvation by works comparative religion
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-09

Luke 23:43 — comma placement debate: "today" with Jesus or delayed until resurrection?

Question from Hot Wax 93 about the comma in Luke 23:43 (thief on the cross)

Luke 23:43 thief on the cross soul sleep intermediate state
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-09

Greek grammar does not support moving the comma — nearly universal translation consensus

Technical defense of the standard comma placement in Luke 23:43

Luke 23:43 Greek grammar soul sleep Bible translation
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-06

2 Corinthians 12:2 -- Paul's reference to the third heaven and its Jewish cosmological background

Responding to a question about levels of heaven and whether this relates to the phrase 'seventh heaven'

2 Corinthians 12:2-4 Paul paradise 2 Corinthians 12:2-4
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-01

Q4: Soul sleep, resurrection, and the problem of personal continuity

Response to question about whether resurrection is "snatching" someone from paradise/hell

resurrection soul sleep personal identity
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-26

Paradise in Paul's vision, the thief on the cross, and Lazarus — same place?

David's Kinion Memoirs asks whether paradise in Paul's third-heaven vision, Jesus's promise to the thief, and the Lazarus/Abraham account are the same place.

Luke 23:43 1 Peter 3:19 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 intermediate state Luke 23:43 Hades
Mike Winger idea 2021-09-03

About the Dead Jesus Raised: Where did all the people that Jesus and the disciples raised from the dead go while they were dead? I would hate to think they were in Paradise somewhere, then had to come back.

Q&A question: About the Dead Jesus Raised

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Mike Winger idea 2022-01-21

Is Being Poor a Godly Virtue?: In Luke 16: 19-31 we read the story of Lazarus and the rich man and it seems that the only thing Lazarus did to deserve Paradise was being a sick beggar. Does this story teach virtue in being poor?

Q&A question: Is Being Poor a Godly Virtue?

Luke 16 Lazarus Luke 16
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-02

How Was the “Thief on the Cross” Saved?: How was the “good thief” in Luke 23: 42 saved? He died without knowing Jesus' resurrection. Jesus tells him, “Today you will be with me in paradise,” but Christ doesn’t rise for 3 days. Confused!

Q&A question: How Was the “Thief on the Cross” Saved?

Luke 23 Jesus resurrection Luke 23