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Mike Winger Ideas (50)
Matthew 6:10 ('on earth as it is in heaven') is the central practical scripture of Bethel's theology — they interpret it as God manifesting heaven's conditions on earth right now
Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.
Revelation 6:16-17 and Revelation 11:15-18 show that the coming of God's kingdom involves wrath and judgment, not just signs and wonders
Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.
Bethel's standard for 'heaven on earth' is too low: they aim for physical healing while Revelation 21:4 promises no death, sorrow, or pain — which has not yet come
Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.
Q&A — Bethel's eschatology: they hold a dominion theology, believing the church should 'disciple the nations' — meaning transform entire nations, not just individuals
Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.
Introduction: end-of-the-world predictions have been continuous from the time of Jesus to the present day
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Pattern: end-of-world predictors always predict within their own lifetime and re-predict when the first date fails
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Principle: fulfilled prophecy is easier to interpret than unfulfilled prophecy; future prophecy is inherently difficult
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
David Mead's use of 'generation' and the founding of Israel (1948) as a prophetic countdown trigger
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
The Second Coming is by design unexpected; Christians differ from the world not in knowing the date but in being ready
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Reason 1: Every generation assumes it is the last generation
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Reason 4: We see 'fulfillment' everywhere — vague general events matching vague prophetic categories creates false confirmation
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Reason 6: People want it — desire for Jesus's return creates confirmation bias favoring predictions
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Reason 8 (bonus): We miss the real message of the Second Coming — it is an ethical call to readiness, not a date-prediction puzzle
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Preview of next livestream: How long did Jesus expect it would be until his return? Examining parables and Second Coming teachings
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Q&A: How should Christians prepare for the end of the world?
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Q&A: How should Christians feel about the end times — fear, joy, concern?
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Q&A: Premillennial vs. postmillennial; why Mike identifies himself as premillennial in this context
End of the World Predictions and Why They're Wrong
Q&A: Pre-trib vs. post-trib rapture — Mike's personal uncertainty and call not to divide over it
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
Christian definition of exaltation: being with God forever in glorified human bodies — received by grace by every believer as part of salvation.
Why Mormons and Christians Can't Understand Each Other
Q&A — New bodies and the New Earth: souls wait, bodies come later at the resurrection
Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory
Q&A — N.T. Wright's phrase 'life after life after death': Mike doesn't know it well enough to comment
Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory
Q&A — Sequence of events: go to heaven first, receive new bodies later at the future resurrection (1 Corinthians 15)
Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory
Q&A: Satan's final judgment — is Satan already in the lake of fire because of the cross?
Refuting Six and a Half Reasons Why the Bible Is Not Divinely Inspired？
Introduction: the topic is eschatology and the 'failed apocalyptic prophet' charge against Jesus
Why Jesus Was NOT A Failed Apocalyptic Prophet
CoG is a doomsday cult — they predicted the end of the world in 2012, scrubbed those predictions from the internet, and are reportedly making new end-times predictions
The False Teachings and Lies of Joo-Cheol Kim (Pastor of the Church of God)
Matthew 24 — Jesus lists wars, earthquakes, and famines as signs that should NOT alarm believers about the Second Coming, not as signs that it is near.
Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2
Prophecies from Revelation are not recommended for use in apologetics because most are unfulfilled — apologetics requires prophecies that are clearly written, extra-biblically verified, and already fulfilled.
Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2
God has a future national plan for Israel, but that does not require uncritical support for every Israeli political action. Christians should be cautious about both Israeli and Palestinian media narratives.
Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2
Matthew 10:23 — 'Son of Man comes' refers to Jesus's first coming during the disciples' mission trip, not the Second Coming
Skeptics Wrongly Claim Apostle Paul Didn’t Know Jesus
Hebrews 11: 'not seen' means future realities not yet occurring, not things lacking evidence — illustrated by Noah building the ark
Please Stop Saying Faith Is Belief Without Evidence
Christian call to defend the fatherless — abortion as a moral mandate for Christians regardless of eschatological timeline
Why Every Pro-Choice Argument Fails
Face-to-face with God as the referent of "the perfect" in 1 Corinthians 13
Update - My Channel Has Been Restored! Thank you! (with Q&A)
Book of Revelation and the new heavens and new earth
Update - My Channel Has Been Restored! Thank you! (with Q&A)
1 Corinthians 13 face-to-face language connects to the new creation
Update - My Channel Has Been Restored! Thank you! (with Q&A)
Open theological questions Mike personally still has
Update - My Channel Has Been Restored! Thank you! (with Q&A)
Marriage does not exist in heaven; relational bonds persist but are not exclusive spousal bonds
Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life
Eusebius preserves Papias but personally dislikes him due to eschatology differences
The Gospels Are History Not Myth
Q&A: Microchips in hand — not automatically the mark of the beast without beast worship connection
The Gospels Are History Not Myth
The Christian hope of eschatological restoration answers the problem of evil: God wiping away every tear, remaking of heaven and earth
YouTube Atheism vs YouTube Christianity
Revelation 6:11 — question about whether the passage refers to martyrs specifically or all believers; Mike declines to give a definitive answer
How their martyrdom helps prove Jesus rose!
Q&A on John 14:2-3 "I go to prepare a place for you" — Mike's understanding of the intermediate state and the new heaven and new earth
How their martyrdom helps prove Jesus rose!
Paul's eschatology: 2 Corinthians 5:8 and Philippians 1:20-22 show an intermediate disembodied state after death, before the final bodily resurrection
Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims
1 Thessalonians 4: Jesus will "bring with him" the dead in Christ, whose spirits are reunited with raised bodies — a transformer/transformative resurrection
Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims
Verse-by-verse: v. 11 — the child/adult analogy illustrates that the gifts are a temporary measure, but the maturity in view is eschatological glorification (1 Cor 15), not canonical completion.
Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12
Verse-by-verse: v. 12 — "face to face" and "know fully even as I am fully known" point to the eschatological vision of God, not completion of Scripture; confirmed by 1 John 3:2 and 1 Cor 8:3.
Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12
1 Corinthians 15 confirms: "the perfect" is the resurrection state — imperishable bodies, the last trumpet, being changed — not the completion of the Bible.
Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12
Q&A: Luke 21 and preterism — is it fulfilled prophecy?
My Ministry Update and Q&A
Revelation 19 — the saints praise God for His judgment; wrath is recognized as good
Why God's Wrath is Good
Q&A: Believers not appointed to wrath — pre-trib rapture argument from 1 Thessalonians
Why God's Wrath is Good
Related Comments (9)
On a previous thread, I referred to an audio download from Walter Martin that I had listened to that day: <http://www.spiritwatch.org/cultrise79.ram> I’m amazed at how much of what he said stuck wi...
Paula said: The “correct exegesis” is a matter of opinion. So you have judged Cheryl as having faulty exegesis when you have not proven it to be faulty, but merely made the accusation– hence judgment...
Boy, how did I miss this discussion until now? John, Paula mentioned a blog further up the thread where pre-mil dispensationalists were called “nut-jobs.” Reading this thread after it has been ongo...
Yes, good stuff Cindy! — general comments — I will say, though, that while we can rightly be concerned when a believer shows, um, “negative emotional expression”, we still have to try to look past t...
Paula wrote: I’ve heard of other big names in eschatology who reportedly are less than civil to those who oppose them, but I think we have to be careful about connecting their theology to their spirit...
Cheryl, there are a number of points in Mike’s latest response which I believe reveal some erroneous thinking regarding biblical and theological interpretation. Consider, for example, what he says abo...
I see further down where Mark did explain what he identifies as the “pastoral problem”: “Also it appears that although women were now allowed to participate along with the men with this gift, they ha...
Cheryl, Again i have never said i don’t believe in a gift named ‘teaching’ nor have i said there are two types of teaching gifts. Please stop with the assumptions that i am never saying. What i did s...
Mark, You said: > Now about [1 Cor 12](logos4:///Bible/1Co 12)! First of all i don’t believe it is a less ‘teacher’ than [Eph 4](logos4:///Bible/Eph 4). Second the reason why Paul numbers the gifts...