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Theology Entries (5)
Mike Winger Ideas (50)
Priests were teachers of the law, determined cleanness, mediated between people and God, bore the sins of the people — typologically pointing to Christ.
How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3
Reading of 2 Maccabees 12:38-46: Judas makes an expiatory sacrifice and prays for the dead soldiers
Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory
Q&A — If purgatory exists, did Jesus still need to die? Catholic distinction: eternal vs. temporal consequences
Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory
Hebrews 10 and Mark 1:44 show that Jesus fulfilled the sacrificial system rather than rejecting or editing it
Brian Zahnd's False Gospel and Fake Jesus
Closing message from Mike to skeptics: the evidence for Christianity is robust and surprising; Jesus really died for sins; God is personal and loves people; life is not purposeless
YouTube Atheism vs YouTube Christianity
The necessity of Christ's atonement is biblically defensible; Jesus's Gethsemane prayer implies there was no other way to redeem fallen humanity
Mike Winger LIVE Q&A on Theology, Apologetics and the Christian Life
Why was Jesus bound to the law? God's holiness requires punishment for sin; Jesus satisfies both justice and mercy
A Pivotal Issue： Hebrew Roots part 4
Christians worship God, not the cross symbol; cross use is a reminder, not icon worship
Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.
The real Watchtower error: denying the sufficiency of Christ's atonement, not just the shape of the cross
Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.
Q&A: Would you wear a gun necklace if Jesus had been shot? Yes — the cross symbolizes the instrument of our salvation
Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.
Q&A: Is it wrong to wear a cross necklace? No, unless it becomes an idol or icon for protection
Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.
Christian worldview distinctives: personal God, imago Dei, sin, grace, salvation by faith
Stop Saying All Roads Lead to God!
Conclusion: Jesus is the only way because he alone paid the full price for sin; Christianity makes real sense of human suffering
Stop Saying All Roads Lead to God!
Jesus did not teach salvation by works — Mark 10 (rich man) demonstrates the impossibility of works-righteousness and points to Christ's atoning sacrifice
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 1)
1 John 5:16-17: sin leading to death likely refers to physical death, not Catholic mortal/venial sin distinction
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 2)
1 John 4:17-18 — perfect love casts out fear; God's love applied to judgment produces confidence
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 5)
Freedom from the law through Christ — justified by faith, law's penalty absorbed by Jesus
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)
If aliens are sinful and redeemable by their own works, that contradicts the nature of the cross; God's holiness is the same across the universe.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)
Jesus is the only potential savior even hypothetically; a second incarnation-death-resurrection on another planet is ruled out by Romans 6:9-10.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)
Christ's death and resurrection is a cosmic, universe-wide victory - not limited to earth; Romans 8 ties all creation's redemption to Adam's sin and Christ's work.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)
Speculative scenario: aliens made in the image of Adam (not directly God's image) could share in the fall and thus in Christ's redemption as a kind of extended humanity.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)
Love does not require approval of behavior — Jesus dying for sin, not approving sin
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)
Ephesians 5: husband's model is Christ dying for the church on earth, not Christ ruling as Lord in heaven
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)
Generational curses: pastoral concern and theological rejection
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 19)
2 Corinthians 5:21 — Jesus became sin through imputation, not by sinning; understood through a Protestant doctrine of justification.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 28)
The cross provides salvation benefits that are already secured but not yet fully experienced; eternal life is a present possession with a future fullness.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 30)
God chose to redeem through the cross to display his love, patience, righteousness, and desire for relationship simultaneously.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 31)
The resurrection as the seal of approval on all Christian claims — it validates God's love, Jesus's atoning sacrifice, and the truth of the gospel
Skeptics Respond To The Evidence For The Resurrection of Jesus
Q&A: Apologetics is like 'the jaws of life' — it cracks open entrenched unbelief so the gospel can reach in. The gospel remains primary; apologetics is an aid.
Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2
Three aspects of the atonement framework: intent, extent, and application
Limited Atonement, Universalism and why I disagree with both.
Objection 2 stated: the failure of the Son
Responding to Calvinist Arguments for Limited Atonement
Ephesians 2:11-13 reinforces: benefits of Christ's blood applied at the moment of belief, not at the cross
Responding to Calvinist Arguments for Limited Atonement
Application of atonement through faith is not a "secondary act of atonement"
Responding to Calvinist Arguments for Limited Atonement
Isaiah 53:5 interpretation — "by his stripes we are healed" in context
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)
1 Peter 2:24 quotes Isaiah 53:5 in a spiritual/relational healing context, not physical
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)
Matthew 8:16-17 applies Isaiah 53 to Jesus's physical healings — physical healing is in the atonement
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)
Timing argument: blessings purchased at the cross are not all present realities — healing is partially now, fully later
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)
Penal substitutionary atonement: two valid senses of God's wrath on the cross — displeasure toward sin; outward punishment of sin
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 10)
Cross-reference to Mike's full video series on penal substitutionary atonement
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 10)
'It is finished' — full payment was complete at the moment of death; descent to spirits in prison was proclamation, not suffering
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 10)
Shame and guilt on the cross: Jesus experienced the full weight of all human guilt — an underappreciated dimension of atonement
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 10)
Christ as Second Adam — taking on human form to represent all humanity and reverse the curse
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 23)
About Limited Atonement: If the extent of Jesus’ death was for all, but the application of His death was only for His sheep, why does Jesus say that He lays down His life for His sheep in John 10: 15 (v. 16 clarifies extent, right?)?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 57)
About the Extent of the Atonement: Do the two different stances on the extent of the atonement (unlimited and definite) ultimately represent two different gospels? This is a fear of mine.
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 58)
If we Confess our Doubts, Are We Still Saved?: I was having doubts about the atonement, and I was questioning if I really believed it. I had thoughts about me not believing. Am I still saved if confessed those and do believe now?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 58)
Were OT Sacrifices Purely Symbolic?: Did Levitical sacrifices really do anything beyond point people to Jesus? Hebrews 10:4 and Romans 3: 25 tell us that Jesus' atonement was applied retroactively to Old Testament saints, so were their sacrifices only symbolic?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 60)
Understanding Jesus’ Atonement: Is it more accurate to say that Jesus' death was sufficient for all rather than that He paid for all? Otherwise, wouldn't there be people in Hell right now for sins that Jesus already paid for?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 68)
Did Jesus’ Atonement Require His Divinity?: Why was it necessary for Jesus to be fully divine in regard to our salvation? Wayne Grudem states, “Only someone who is the infinite God could bear the full penalty for all the sins of all those who would believe in Him..." Do you agree, and are there any other reasons stated in Scripture?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 91)
1 Jn. 2:2 & Limited Atonement: Doesn't 1 John 2:2 blow the Calvinist doctrine of Limited Atonement straight out of the water?
20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 100)
Applying PSA on Earth?: If the doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement is just, would it be just for an earthly judge to impute the guilt of a murderer to an innocent volunteer and sentence the volunteer to death instead of the murderer? If not, why?
10 Questions with Mike Winger SKEPTICS EDITION (Episode 21)
Related Comments (20)
Hey there Molly by Golly 🙂 I am not sure what pamphlet was sent with the DVD as I am not involved with the shipping. I do know that our ministry stands firmly for testing everything and holding fast ...
So sorry, Kerryn I hadn’t realized that I didn’t get to your questions. You said: > “Once we start ‘judging’ sin into different categories i think we can get ourselves into trouble. Are you saying t...
*So what you mean is that the Word is called the “future” Christ?* In a way. I mean that to the Godhead, in Their unbounded Now, the Son was the Christ from the moment when They planned the Incarnat...
Hoo boy! I don’t know how, but I managed to listen to the whole debate. Cheryl, you had much more patience and poise than I would have had. I took some quick notes, and here are the main things I put...
Michael, Welcome to our blog/community! Sorry that my posts took on a pejorative tone regarding “fundamentalism”. The term originally started out as a manifesto of the non-negotiables, or fundamental...
“Another parallel is there were 3 types of sinners in the garden: 1. a deceived sinner- the woman 2. a deliberate sinner- the man 3. a deceiving sinner- the serpent There is a ranking in the sin...
Truthseeker, I spent years in a Calvary Chapel environment, and it sounds like you are well aware that they are strict fundamentalists. Fundamentalism actually began as a good thing in the early 19...
I feel the need to share my experience with Matt Slick since I have found him to be one of the biggest hypocrites in the professing church today. My history with Matt has gone on for over 10 years and...
Heidi, I am also working on a DVD project that refutes Limited Atonement specifically from John 6. <https://mmoutreach.org/tg/>. When I was dealing with Slick years ago, he tried to push me on this i...
And Jn 3:16 refutes limited atonement completely, as does 1 Jn 2:2, 1 Tim. 4:9-10, 2 Co. 5:14-15, 1 Jn 4:14, Jn 1:29. The premise behind limited atonement is that if Jesus died for everyone then every...
Sorry, gengwall; I missed a letter in your name. Alison, it’s too bad your “mentor” has so little faith in your future husband, as to think he would even want to marry a woman whose independent spiri...
#162 Mark, > I am still concerned from what you wrote in relation to your doctrine of adam and eves sin if im going to be honest. I’m failing to see how you hold to Eve being a sinner and yet say “At...
CLC, I pretty much agree with what you say in your comment regarding the limited application of the “shepherd” metaphor to elders (47). They are indeed to be mature mentors and guides. And as for my i...
Mark, You said: > 4. Finally I would just like to point out how you understand the seed of the woman in Gen 3. you said “It was God who said that the seed of the woman would defeat the serpent.” Now...
Ok one last point since it regards universal language 1. [John 12:32](logos4:///Bible/Jn 12.32) (NASB) 32 “And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself.” Is there any rea...
Kay, I’m not sure i follow your point. Noah was a man declared righteous because of his faith. I would have thought we agreed on that? “By faith ?Noah, being warned by God concerning ?events as yet ...
Mark, You said: > I don’t think you should doubt Jesus. But I don’t think taking universal language the way you do is correct. After all [Romans 5](logos4:///Bible/Ro 5) says that Jesus justified ‘...
Cheryl, i haven’t got time right now to respond to your last 2 posts, but i am eager too. Food for thought in the meantime. What is the atonement? Is it not Jesus taking the ‘punishment’ we deserve ...
Mark, Mark, Mark, You have got to let me finish catching up. Or how will we ever get to John 6? > What is the atonement? Is it not Jesus taking the ‘punishment’ we deserve for our sin. If therefore...
Cheryl, First of all i never called you a semi-pelagian. I asked you to show me how your view is not semi-pelagian, there is a difference. From what you have written it seems that we somewhat are cl...