Tuesday, December 2, 2025

When Good Intentions Lead to Bad Theology w/ Mike Winger | Strong Church...

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In this episode of the Strong Church Podcast, Pastor Lucas Miles sits down with Bible teacher Mike Winger to tackle one of the most urgent issues facing believers today. Why are so many Christians falling for bad theology, emotional manipulation, and teachings that sound biblical but twist the truth?
Mike breaks down how false ideas spread, why discernment is essential for spiritual maturity, and what it actually means to test everything against Scripture.
🧠 T O P I C S C O V E R E D:
✅ Why the Church is vulnerable to theological deception
✅ How to test teachings and teachers using Scripture
✅ The difference between sincere error and intentional manipulation
✅ Why online platforms accelerate false doctrine
✅ The habits mature believers must build
✅ How discernment protects the Church and strengthens unity

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Why Protestant Is More Catholic

Gavin Ortlund examines recent ecumenical developments and argues for a broader, more biblically grounded understanding of catholicity.

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Citations:
Richard Price, The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (787) (Translated Texts for Historians, vol. 68; Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 2020), 89.
Tarasios of Constantinople, as cited in Price, The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (787), 90.
Tarasios of Constantinople, as cited in Price, The Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea (787), 585.
Pope Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam
The Patriarchal Encyclical of 1895, XXIV, http://orthodoxinfo.com/ecumenism/enc..., accessed May 30, 2023.
The Confession of Dositheus, in The Holy Standards: The Creeds, Confessions of Faith, and Catechisms of the Eastern Orthodox Church, ed. Joshua Schooping (Olyphany, PA: St. Theophan the Recluse, 2020), 42, 45.
Luther’s Works, vol. 40, 232.
John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion 4.2.12, vol. 2, ed. John T. McNeill; trans. Ford Lewis Battles (2 vols; Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006) 1052, italics his.
Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion 4.2.2, vol., 2 1043.

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Gavin Ortlund (PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary) is President of Truth Unites, Visiting Professor of Historical Theology at Phoenix Seminary, and Theologian-in-Residence at Immanuel Nashville.

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00:00 - Introduction
02:19 - Main Argument
04:05 - Historical Context
07:06 - Protestant Ecclesiology
12:15 - An Emotional Appeal?
15:07 - Christic Exclusivism
18:29 - Nicaea II and Idolatry
20:21 - Conclusion

When Good Intentions Lead to Bad Theology w/ Mike Winger | Strong Church...

πŸ”₯ D E S C R I P T I O N: In this episode of the Strong Church Podcast, Pastor Lucas Miles sits down with Bible teacher Mike Winger to tackl...