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Some cessationists (those who believe that the gifts of the Spirit are not for today) will say that 1 Corinthians 13:10-12 teaches that after the Bible was fully delivered to the church we no longer expect to see the gifts of the Spirit operating. While I think cessationists can give us valuable insights I think this particular passage is used wrongly when they use it to support cessationism. I'll...

The internet is a breeding ground for the claim that Jesus never existed. Historical Jesus scholar, Mike Licona takes on these claims and will be responding to mythicist questions in the Q&A at the end of the video. Mike Licona's web site https://www.risenjesus.com/ If you love this ministry and want to help support me continuing to make free content then please click here. https://biblethinke...

This video refutes, with scripture, the teaching of Steven Anderson. I focus on the gospel and a biblical analysis of his teaching as well as trying to offer real clarity on the topic of homosexuality. I hope that this video helps Christians and non-Christians to better understand the biblical view of these issues. Even if we don't agree, it is good to get clarity and to show that Steven Anderson'...

There are some deep and simple truths we learn from Jesus calling His first disciples (and how that applies to Jesus calling you). We'll see Jesus teach with authority and then confirm that authority through His interaction with a demon. This is part 6 in the Mark series, here's a link to the whole playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3iRMLYFlHuGenHwUdeiQ5M-uj5XW4sF I am full time wi...

How we understand the repeated teaching that we are not "under the Law" is really important. I'll look at one example of how some in the Hebrew Roots movement interpret this phrase and then we will compare that with what the Bible says to see if it's viable. This is part 4 in my series on the Hebrew Roots movement. Here is the link to the whole playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ3i...

The first public message of Jesus is a condensed gospel message. I think that it boils down the gospel to certain essential truths that we need to be sharing when we evangelize. In particular we will look at the concept of repentance and how pervasive it is in gospel preaching in the New Testament. We'll answer some of the following questions. 1. Is calling people to repentance a normal part of go...

Does 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 teach Limited Atonement? Does it teach Universalism? Does 1 John 2:2 present a challenge to Limited Atonement? Disclaimer - This is not a comprehensive discussion of these topics but I have gathered some questions I have been sent about a few specific passages of scripture dealing with limited atonement (the L in the Calvinist TULIP) and universalism (the idea that all p...

Many mysterious things happen in this passage. Jesus' temptation brings up the issue of how God could be tempted. It also raises the question of whether Jesus could sin or not. We also have some neat typology related to Moses, Adam, Israel and Jesus. And we will look at some information on Satan and how to pay attention to the spiritual battle you are in every day. This is part 4 in the my series...

There is a growing movement of people teaching that followers of Jesus/Yeshua ought to be followers of the Old Testament Law. If we pay close attention to the book of Acts we will see that this is not the case. In this video we are surveying the book of Acts to answer some of the following questions. 1- When someone who already followed the Law of Moses believed in Jesus did they continue to follo...

Most of us are naturally curious as to why Jesus underwent baptism. Especially since John baptized Jesus after saying the Bible says John preached a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins! In this video I'll explain why Jesus was baptized and what deep theological truths we learn from it. I'll also tackle some of the false teaching of Bart Ehrman about the gospel of Mark. Here's the pla...

Most people don't realize that there are lot of good reasons to think Christianity is true. This video is meant to introduce you to a bunch of them and to help you get thinking about something called "the cumulative case for Christianity". Check the rest of this description for links to further resources you can use to learn to better master these arguments. Jonathan McLatchie's links - YouTube ch...

This may be the most important passage to those who say that all followers of Jesus should be obeying the Law of Moses (sometimes called the Hebrew Roots movement). To be honest, I really can understand why they interpret it that way, even though I disagree. This video will analyze Matthew 5:17-19 and Matthew 28:20 as they relate to the Hebrew Roots teaching as well as looking at some other often...

I (Mike Winger) recently had the honor of teaching and leading communion in at my fellowship. As I prepared I thought that the Lord was leading me to teach on the topic of handling terrible stresses and heart breaking worries in a biblical way. This isn't just a self-help study for those who feel stressed by non-issues. This is biblical help for those who are worried to death or feeling totally ov...

Open this description to see time stamps (or look at the first comment below). I'll get to as many of your questions as I can today. As always I won't pretend to have all the answers but will try to share what I can that may be helpful and will do so from a place of trusting Christ and letting the Bible be the authority that it is. Interested in ordering one of the new BibleThinker mugs? Here's th...

Have you ever really thought about John the Baptist? This is part 2 in the Mark series covering Mark 1:1-8. This 4 dimensional study through the Gospel of Mark is looking for 1- contextual/historical analysis 2- theological insights 3- genuine application of biblical truth 4- apologetics related insights Check out the whole Mark playlist (new videos weekly) here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...

Examining the slogan "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence". It may seem simple and true when you first hear it but when you really think it through it's full of problems. In reality this slogan is often used to keep people from following evidence to things they simply don't want to believe in or things that they don't already believe in. This video will be an attempt to thoughtfull...

This is part 1 of a new series in the gospel of Mark. Today we look at evidence that Mark really is the author of the Gospel of Mark and that Peter and other named eyewitnesses were sources of the information in it. I'll generally be uploading one new video each week. Special thanks to Richard Bauckham and Tim McGrew whose work was really helpful in preparing for this teaching. HERE is the playlis...

At the end of a long day when I was abnormally busy, and cutting back on my coffee intake, I did a 2 hour debate review video. Haha. I may be a bit tired but I think the content here is valuable and I'm looking forward to getting some feedback on it. Here are the timestamps (though I strongly recommend you watch this whole video) 8:00 Matt's flawed treatment of history 8:55 "Claims not evidence" 1...

Special Guest Dr. Sean McDowell gives us help on reaching youth. The book is called "So The Next Generation Will Know" and can ordered here https://amzn.to/2Uvl0Pn (May 1st 2019 is the release date and this is an affiliate link) These tips should help parents, educators and ministers in effectively discipling youth so that they can have and hold a strong Christian faith.

Based on results from a recent poll on the definition of faith we can see that Christians and non-Christians seem to have opposing views of the word "faith". Here's what I think has caused this divide and what I think we can learn from it. Here's the original poll on Twitter https://twitter.com/MikeWingerii/status/1111422821396156418 Here are the graphs developed from the poll https://twitter.com/...

If we show that the eye-witnesses to the resurrection also endured great suffering as a result of their claims then we have good reason to think that they were being sincere. They really did believe they saw Jesus after He had risen from the grave and this made them willing to suffer and even die for Jesus.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL96Nl_XJhQEgRshQs5R8PikeRX3andH2K In this playlist, three Christian YouTubers (Cameron Bertuzzi of Capturing Christianity, Mike Winger, and Jon McCray of Whaddo You Meme) respond to the "Atheist Voice" and his "20 Short Arguments Against God."

The book "A Manual for Creating Atheists" has sparked an entire movement of atheists with a special set of tools which are supposed to help people restore their "sense of wonder". But I'm wondering if this continual misrepresentation of facts and reason is actually brainwashing the very people it purports to help. If you are into "Street Epistemology" then I hope you will watch and consider the fo...

The 1 chapter book of Philemon is about a runaway slave (Onesimus) being sent back to his master by the suggestion of Paul the Apostle. While some would want to mine this little book for attacks on the Christian worldview it's actually very profound in what it teaches us about Christian brotherhood and loving others not by compulsion but from the inside out. This study will also get into how Paul'...

What Paul the Apostle knew about Jesus is important if for no other reason than the dismantle poor arguments against the resurrection of Christ. This is a systematic look at what historical details Paul had about Jesus so that we can rule out the idea that Paul didn't know of a historical Jesus or that Paul was merely making things up as he went along. Link to our playlist answering objections to...