# Mike Winger Mike Winger is an evangelical (Reformed-leaning) teacher and discernment YouTuber. He commissioned and assembled the multi-scholar "Passion Project" review of [[The Passion Translation]], the most-cited critical examination in the vault's TPT corpus. --- ## Summary Winger occupies a conservative-evangelical, non-cessationist-on-gifts position. His method on TPT is to gather credentialed reviewers (Old Testament, New Testament, and textual-criticism scholars) and let their book-by-book assessments carry the verdict, rather than arguing from his own authority. His broader frame links TPT, [[Bethel Church]] worship, and [[Bill Johnson]] as parts of one hyper-charismatic network: "in some ways this is all connected to a certain degree." (Source: `Readwise/Full Document Contents/Articles/Mike Winger The Passion Translation, Bethel, Bill Johnson, and More.md`) On Simmons' claim to translate Scripture better than the wider church: "that claim is so incredibly arrogant I can hardly believe it." (Source: `Readwise/Full Document Contents/Articles/The Bible Translation That Needs a Surgeon General's Warning.md`) --- ## Relevance to the wiki Winger is the evangelical-discernment counterpart to the academic critique in [[readwise-nar-pivec-geivett|A New Apostolic Reformation? A Biblical Response to a Worldwide Movement]] and the progressive-mainline critique threaded through the St. John's UCC sources. His corpus is the primary evidentiary base for the [[The Passion Translation]] concept page. > [!question] Winger's critique shares NAR's premise that Scripture is the final authority; it disputes who has authority over the *text*, not the authority of the text. The progressive-mainline critique adds the hermeneutical-community question. See [[NAR Worship Critique Traditions]].