White lies are a moral compromise; giving oneself permission for them breeds untrustworthiness. Better alternatives: honest deflection ("I don't want to talk about it") or full honesty.
Question: are white lies okay to spare a spouse's feelings?
The flood narrative: "destroy all flesh" is a sweeping state
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Responses
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women
Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)
What Mike Winger Gets Wrong on What Women Can’t Do
Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 13 on what women can and can't do according to the Bible
The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2
Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15
Eph 5:22 and Mutual Submission
The mutual and reciprocal nature of hypotasso in Eph 5:21 makes a hierarchical reading of v22 semantically incoherent. Paul cannot establish one-to-another voluntary submission and then immediately mean one-directional hierarchy without breaking the logic of his own passage.
κεφαλή (kephale) — Logos Clippings (Cheryl Schatz)
A curated collection of Logos Bible Software clippings compiled by Cheryl Schatz examining the Greek word κεφαλή (kephale) and Hebrew רֹאשׁ (rosh). The clippings draw from lexicons, encyclopedias, commentaries, and academic journals to argue that "source/origin" is the primary metaphorical meaning of kephale rather than "authority/leader," with implications for interpreting 1 Corinthians 11, Ephesians 5, and Colossians 1.
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