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Introduction and livestream setup

The Watchtower and the Second Coming ｜ Live-stream

Core thesis: Jehovah's Witnesses do not have to die; roughly three JWs die per day due to Watchtower's false blood transfusion teaching.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

The Governing Body of Jehovah's Witnesses — eight men — functions as an authoritative, controlling body that issues binding rules for all JWs worldwide.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

Historical timeline: The blood transfusion ban originated in Watchtower publications in 1945 and escalated to a disfellowshipping offense in 1961.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

Blood cards carried by JWs serve to legally prevent hospitals from administering blood transfusions, even in life-threatening emergencies.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

Current JW blood doctrine: whole blood (and four primary components) prohibited; fractions derived from those components are permitted.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

Study of 125 JW surgical patients who refused transfusions: over 60% with hemoglobin below 6g/dL died — 3 in 5 vs. 1 in 362,000 from transfusions.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

The worst Watchtower error is not the blood doctrine but the false gospel — which condemns souls, not just physical bodies.

Blood Transfusions： Facts, Fictions and Fractions - Refuting The Watchtower

Catholicism, Mormonism, Jehovah's Witnesses all oppose sola fide — Mike sees their agreement as confirming the unique gospel

The Debate Over James 2： Catholic or Protestant View

Groups that use James 2 substitute their own list of required works (sacraments, tongues, church membership) for James's actual examples (tongue, helping poor)

The Debate Over James 2： Catholic or Protestant View

Upcoming event: speaking at 'Witnesses Now for Jesus' West Coast Conference about witnessing to Jehovah's Witnesses

Why Jesus Was NOT A Failed Apocalyptic Prophet

James White's point: false religions deny the sufficiency of grace, not the necessity of grace

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Deuteronomy 18:22 — false prophecy as test for identifying true vs. false prophets

Please Stop Saying Faith Is Belief Without Evidence

Thomas's demand to see the nail marks refutes Jehovah's Witness teaching that Jesus rose in a different body

Please Stop Saying Faith Is Belief Without Evidence

Defending the Trinity against Jehovah's Witnesses: Mike's teaching video addresses their specific objections

Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life

JW interpretation of Daniel 11 king of the north as Russia is old Cold War theology they borrowed

Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life

Strategy for protecting college students from JWs and the Mother God cult (World Mission Society Church of God): inoculate, don't isolate

Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life

Early YouTube confirmation: Jehovah's Witnesses video blows up

My Ministry Update and Q&A

Q&A: Jehovah's Witnesses and Hebrews 1:8 — 'Your throne, O God' vs. 'God is your throne'

Why God's Wrath is Good

Christmas and birthdays — Mike changed his mind about pagan origins of Christmas

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Birthdays: Jehovah's Witness argument from bad birthday examples in the Bible is fallacious

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Immortal soul — JW/annihilationist claim that it is a Greek import, not Jewish or biblical

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 8) Fixed and Reuploaded

Jehovah's Witnesses New World Translation renders John 1:1c as "a god" rather than "God"

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

JW theology denies the Trinity and the deity of Christ; NWT is their translation tool to support this denial

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

Greek grammar of John 1:1 — theos/theon and the definite article (ton)

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

John 1:6 refutes JW argument — theos without article still means God Almighty

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

John 1:18 further exposes JW inconsistency — theos without article used twice but not rendered "a god"

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

NWT translators' identities were kept secret; a former JW leader revealed they were not qualified

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

JWs are victims of their organization's false teaching, not perpetrators

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

Are other religions twisted versions of Christianity? — Depends on derivation vs. importation

Subscriber Hangout and Q&A - LIVE!

Revelation 7:4 — the 144,000 are a literal future group of ethnic Jewish men

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 12)

Advice to a former JW: Do not transfer the JW 'true church' mentality to a new denomination — move from following an institutional governing body to following Christ, and seek genuine (not perfect) Christians.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 15)

Q6 (wrong week): Advice for someone leaving a cult (JW) and finding a church; overcoming spiritual abuse

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)

Mike advises Christians to witness to Jehovah's Witnesses as they would to anyone, noting the advantage that JWs already want to talk about God, and encourages boldness in gospel witness with all people.

Live Q&A With Mike Winger

Introduction: cross vs. stake controversy overview

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.

Jehovah's Witnesses use the cross-vs-stake argument to undermine Christian Bible translations

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.

JW argument: cross symbol is pagan; cross = apostasy for other Christians

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.

Refuting JW Theology: A Jehovah’s Witness said that all the letters in the NT addressed to saints are for the 144,000 (example: Romans 1:7). How do I show that a saint is a believer, and that the NT should be applied to everyone?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 34)

Can Christians Attend JW Weddings?: Is it ok to attend a wedding of a Jehovah’s Witness? My colleague is a JW and she is getting married in 3 weeks. I was wondering if it’s ok for me to attend because of the belief system.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 42)

Was Jesus Created? Answering JWs: How would you respond to a JW who says that Revelation 3: 14 proves that Jesus was created when it says He is the “beginning of Creation”?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 43)

About the “Faithful & Discreet Slave”: Can you explain how we should properly interpret Matthew 24: 45-47? I know Jehovah’s Witnesses think it’s referring to their governing body, but I’d like your opinion.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 50)

What if I Don’t Live near a Bible-based Church?: What do you do when there are only Jehovah’s whiteness, Catholic, and extremely Progressive churches within a day’s drive of where you live?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 59)

About Cult Shunning/Shaming: How can we differentiate the instructions given by Paul in 1 Corinthians 5: 11 & by Jesus in Matthew 18: 15-17 with the shunning/shaming practices of certain cults like Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, etc.?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 64)

Did Jesus Bodily Rise if He Appeared in the Flesh?: Jehovah's Witnesses claim that Jesus was resurrected as a spirit only (not a bodily resurrection) since He appeared in a locked room, and if He was in the flesh He couldn't have done that. What are your thoughts in response to this?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 98)

Relearning Proper Theology: One of your videos gave my fiancé a change of heart. He is a former Jehovah’s Witness and feels like he has to start over and unlearn then relearn everything. Where do you suggest we start studying?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 107)

The JWs Came Over: What happened when the Jehovah’s Witnesses came to my house?

Jehovah's Witnesses Just Came to My House： 10 Qs with Mike Winger (Ep 47)

Does Doubt = Incomplete Faith?: I’m a new believer who used to be a Jehovah’s Witness. I gave my life to Christ a few years ago, but sometimes I wrestle with doubt. Does that make my faith incomplete?

10 Qs with Mike Winger： Skeptics, New Believers, and Zachary Levi (Ep 62)

When and How Did You Guys Become Jehovah's Witnesses Originally

Former JWs Share Their Story： Simon and Maria

Life Is like as a Jehovah's Witness

Former JWs Share Their Story： Simon and Maria

Identifying Doctrines of Jehovah's Witnesses

Former JWs Share Their Story： Simon and Maria