One complementarian source claims Deborah wasn't appointed by God since the text doesn't say so specifically — Mike rejects this as wrong.

One complementarian source argues Deborah wasn't divinely appointed because the text only says 'she was judging Israel at the time' without explicitly stating God raised her up. They also try to make something weird of her sitting under a palm tree. Mike rejects both — she sat under a tree for shade, and the location is mentioned because people had to travel to her.