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Mike Winger Ideas (50)
Mike opens by claiming Joseph Smith perpetrated a fraud that undermines Mormonism's foundations
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
Overview of Mormonism's scale and the testability question
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
LDS Church's official position: understand the Book of Abraham through 'careful study of its teachings and by the witness of the Holy Spirit'
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
Central apologetic argument: if Smith lied about one thing as a prophet, he is a false prophet — and the evidence proves he lied
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
Strategy for engaging Mormons: move them from feeling-based certainty to evidence-based testing
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
Upcoming video topic: responding to common atheist arguments against God
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
Upcoming video topic: exposing false teaching within charismatic Christianity — abuse of the spiritual gifts framework
I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True
Seven reasons people fall for false end-of-world predictions — introduction
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Reason 5: Predictors earn our trust by sounding knowledgeable — authority transferred from person to prediction without scriptural verification
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Q&A: How to minister to young adults involved in numerology and end-times speculation
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Closing exhortation: test all end-times claims by whether they come from clear Scripture or from Bible-to-symbol-to-math-formula chains; be ready rather than predict
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Mike's personal ministry goal: maximize online reach as a form of global gospel stewardship
A Christian Guide to New Year's Resolutions | 7 Tips
Teaser: upcoming livestream critiquing the 'Mother God' cult active in Southern California and worldwide
A Christian Guide to New Year's Resolutions | 7 Tips
Mormons cannot be called Christians and Christians cannot be called Mormons — this is a claim of integrity, not hate.
Why Mormons and Christians Can't Understand Each Other
Conclusion: Mormonism and Christianity use the same vocabulary but are completely opposed in meaning — Mormonism is a false Christianity that fails historically, biblically, and rationally.
Why Mormons and Christians Can't Understand Each Other
Q&A: Many Mormons don't know their own doctrine until their mission trip, where they encounter informed Christians and discover the differences for the first time.
Why Mormons and Christians Can't Understand Each Other
Practical advice for engaging Mormons: don't mock, don't assume what they know, ask what they believe rather than lecturing them about their own doctrine.
Why Mormons and Christians Can't Understand Each Other
Mike has a four-part video series on Catholicism and repeatedly gets challenged on James 2 in comment sections
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
Using scripture against scripture is bad methodology — it appears to create contradictions and 'the atheist wins'
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
James 2 is 'radically abused' by false groups to twist the gospel — knowing it is necessary for apologetics
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
Reference to Mike's video on Romans 2 — 'most misused passage in the book'
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
Q&A: Apologetics effectiveness debated — Mike strongly defends apologetics against claims it doesn't work with Millennials
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
Paul's apologetics in Acts — consistent use of reasoning from Scripture in synagogues demonstrates apologetics is a biblical method
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
Q&A: Non-Christian friends interested in understanding worldview — all worldviews must be consistent and accurate
The Debate Over James 2: Catholic or Protestant View
Preview of next week's livestream: responding to resurrection deniers and the excuses they give
Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory
Video framing: not just presenting resurrection evidence but specifically examining how skeptics dodge it
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Livestream is framed as an exercise in loving God with the mind — building the Christian worldview intellectually
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Core pattern across all skeptics: a priori rejection of the resurrection regardless of evidence — Mike calls this blind faith
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Apologetics is not 'hijacking history' — the historical facts preexist apologetic use; it is skeptics who abuse historical disciplines
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Why unbelievers reject the resurrection: sin, pride, bias, desires — caution against over-generalizing
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Skeptics in the chat (Cam and Doug) have not actually engaged the five historical facts — they have only built a case for doubt
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Introduction: purpose of responding to popular skeptical attacks on the Bible
Refuting Six and a Half Reasons Why the Bible Is Not Divinely Inspired?
Reason 2 refuted: The Bible contains extensive practical advice; specificity is about utility, not inspiration
Refuting Six and a Half Reasons Why the Bible Is Not Divinely Inspired?
Introduction: this video is for Church of God members and their loved ones
The False Teachings and Lies of Joo-Cheol Kim (Pastor of the Church of God)
Refutation of the six Christmas-pagan claims: Baal was not a sun god and had no December 25 festival; Nimrod was never deified with a December birthday; Saturnalia ended before Dec 25; winter solstice is Dec 21; Mithra's Dec 25 birth is a modern myth; Sol Invictus December celebration may postdate Christian observance
The False Teachings and Lies of Joo-Cheol Kim (Pastor of the Church of God)
When talking to someone deep in CoG, prioritize biblical arguments over external historical claims — pick a focused topic (like God the Mother), prepare for their expected responses, and meet them in Scripture
The False Teachings and Lies of Joo-Cheol Kim (Pastor of the Church of God)
Exposing false teaching is inherently evangelistic — all evangelism involves correcting wrong beliefs about Jesus and salvation
The False Teachings and Lies of Joo-Cheol Kim (Pastor of the Church of God)
Series context: Part 2 of a refutation of atheist YouTuber Aron Ra's video claiming the Bible has zero fulfilled prophecy.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
The significance of fulfilled prophecy: genuine predictive prophecy is a key evidence for the divine inspiration of Scripture.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Recap of Part 1: Aron Ra's list of supposed Messianic qualifications Jesus failed to meet was demonstrably wrong on its own terms.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Critique of Ra's claim 'anything that can happen will happen given enough time' — this is obviously false and would prove theism if applied consistently.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Introduction to Ezekiel 26 — the destruction of Tyre prophecy. Ra claims every part of it failed.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Historical fulfillment by Alexander the Great (332 BC): he literally threw the rubble of the mainland city into the sea to build a causeway to the island, fulfilling the 'they' section of the prophecy.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
The 'never be rebuilt' clause: Phoenician Tyre was permanently destroyed. What replaced it was a Greek city under Alexander — a new foundation, new population, new identity — not a restoration.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Summary assessment of the Tyre prophecy: Ra misrepresented the text on multiple points; the prophecy succeeds on every claim actually made in Ezekiel 26.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Ra's rhetorical rant: prophecy 'appeals to the paranoid' and Christians 'arbitrarily shift between literal and metaphorical.' Winger identifies this as ad hominem and misrepresentation.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Zechariah 9:9 — Ra claims it is not Messianic and requires Gentile conversion and expanded Israeli borders for fulfillment. The text contains none of those requirements.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
The Babylonian Talmud itself treats Zechariah 9:9 as Messianic — debating how to reconcile a glorious coming (Daniel 7) with a humble donkey-riding coming.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Ra's 'missing books of the Bible' argument is characterized as 'tying knots' — a rhetorical move that throws out confusion rather than offering a coherent argument.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
Why didn't Bible prophecy predict airplanes or the internet? The Bible was meant to be evidence for all generations across history, not optimized for the 21st century.
Refuting Atheist Video: Bible Prophecy part 2
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It was sad that you were never allowed to lay a foundation for your teaching without being constantly interrupted. It is like building a house, the foundation must be built first, and it must be built...
Terri, You said: “If you had been allowed the time and space to prove one point convincingly then the rest of your apologetics would have been more credible” I fully agree with you. Matt seemed to v...
Excellent advice Don. Matt’s show (like most radio shows, excepting Greg Kokul’s 2 hour weekly apologetics show) is designed for the post-modern ear that is trained for 30 sec. sound bytes. This means...
I have long appreciated carm.org which is Slick’s excellent apologetics website. But I have heard some thing on his radio program that bother me greatly. After this I unfortunately will have to stron...
technomom wrote: *Some people think every disagreement is a personal attack.* Over on <http://www.thatmom.wordpress.com>, under the Visionary Daughters thread, this same topic just came up. (The late...
I am so grateful for this wisdom and encouragement that I’ve found here. I seem to be growing into a new level of “patience and meekness” in apologetics with a whole new group of people (those in my o...
Elizabeth, Welcome and thank you for letting us know! It is such a shame that these kind of tactics are happening with those in an apologetics ministry who are there to uphold the truth. It appears ...
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tiro3, Yes it is nice that my son Ryan stops by here occasionally. He is mostly an “Elvis has left the building” kind of guy not because he is not an egalitarian, but because of his very busy career...
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This is also a good reminder that if you are going to post here, it would be a good idea not to post with the same name as on CARM or give information that would identify you with your identity on CAR...
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