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Scripture Commentary article 2025-08-04

Women In Ministry Research Notes

Collection of 22 research notes from Cheryl Schatz's Logos notebook on women in ministry, covering head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11, kephale as source, Genesis creation narratives, Ephesians 5 mutual submission, and Craig Keener's lecture notes on women's ordination.

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-12 1 Timothy 5:21 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-19

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

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-14

A 14-Point Biblical Case for Women Leaders and Teachers And Why Mike Winger, The Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptists Are Wrong About This

A 14-point biblical case for women leaders and teachers, responding to Mike Winger, The Gospel Coalition, and the Southern Baptists

1 Cor 12:21-24 1 Cor 14:26 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-09

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament

1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 15:5 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-25

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART B)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part B)

1 Chronicles 29:6 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 15:32 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2019-09-19

Is Free Will “Another” Gospel?

What is the problem? It is common for Calvinists to argue that humanity can’t have free will because free will would necessitate a salvation based on works. Although the Bible does not make this claim, people have been subject to unfair accusations of heresy by overly zealous Calvinists.

2 Corinthians 3:7–9 2 Timothy 2:13 Galatians 1:8–9 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2018-03-22

Was the death of Jesus evil? Calvinism and ordained evil

This question is often asked of those of us who do not believe that God initiates evil. If God predestined the death of Jesus, does this mean that God commanded or ordained the evil acts of men? A Calvinist website describes God’s ordaining of evil this way:

2 Corinthians 5:21 Acts 4:27-28 Acts 5:27–30 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2017-12-08

What comes before the Giving? James White and John 6:37

What comes before the giving in John 6:37? Nothing according to Dr. James White on his October 23, 2017 podcast of the Dividing Line Program (segment starts at 1 hr 2 min 30 second mark).

1 Peter 3:15 Acts 10:1 Acts 16:14 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-08

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 5-7: 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 3, Galatians 3:28

[Music] the women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not permitted to speak but are to subject themselves just as the law also says if they desire to learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home for it is improper for a woman to speak in church 1 Corinthians 14 has been a diff...

1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 4: 1 Timothy 2 Deception & the First Created

[Music] 1 Timothy Chapter 2 has been a difficult passage for Bible interpreters because of several hard to understand verses yet while Paul's reasoning is thought to be somewhat obscure this chapter has been seen by some as the clearest passage that says when women are not allowed to teach or to hav...

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:1 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2015-09-04

Purposeless evil?

Calvinists often talk about “purposeless evil.” In fact, Dr. James White, a Calvinist apologist from Alpha and Omega Ministries , has stated that if God did not ordain all things including the evil actions of men, then evil has no purpose. Dr.

Acts 2:22-23 Acts 2:23 Acts 4:27–28 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
Scripture Commentary article 2015-05-29

Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels

Kenneth E. Bailey — Kindle highlights from 'Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes: Cultural Studies in the Gospels'. 19 highlights.

Lev 20:12 Luke 2:7 Mt 28:18-20 Biblical Authority Christology
Scripture Commentary article 2012-11-22

Was Judas predestined to be lost?

Is Judas a problem for your theology? He can be a problem if some of your beliefs come from tradition and not from the Scriptures. In this article, I would like to discuss the full Scriptural view of Judas and ask you to test your own understanding against what the Scripture reveals.

2 Timothy 2:13 John 13:1 John 13:10–11 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2012-01-08

Eph 5 Infected

In my last post, I presented one of the best sermons that I have ever heard on Ephesians 5, regarding the evidence of Spirit-filled lives for both men and women. This post is on the opposite of the Spirit-filled life which is an influx of worldly infection through male-centered pride

Luke 22:25 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-12-27

Ephesians 5 Christian Liberty

This post is the essence of the sermon Spirit-Filled Living part 1 by Pastor Darrell Johnson of First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC, Canada. If you would like to listen to the entire sermon, you can listen to the sermon here

Ecclesiastes 5 Ephesians 5:18 Ephesians 5:21 Ephesians 5 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-14

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-07-28

Place Of Master By Law

The Bible records a law that requires men to take the place of sole master in the home. We find this law in the book of Esther chapter 1 verse 22

1 Peter 2:12 1 Peter 3:16 1 Timothy 5:14 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-23

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2009-10-27

Woman Need Spritual Covering

## Does a woman need a human spiritual “covering”

1 Corinthians 14:20 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-24

1 Peter 3 6 Obey

How does 1 Peter 3:5, 6 with the Bible’s use of the word “obey” affect wives and in particular women in ministry

1 Corinthians 8:6 1 Peter 1:1 1 Peter 1:10-12 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership 1 Peter 3
Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-15

Semigalitariansim And Feminist Air

When does explaining God’s Word make one an enemy of the church. According to Mike Seaver, a woman who is allowed to teach the Word of God to men, even if she is under the authority of her husband and even if she has received authority from her pastor to teach the Bible (and assuming her pastor is m

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:24 1 Corinthians 14:31 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-18

Galatians 328 Is It Only About Salvation

According to complementarians, Galatians 3:28 is not about equality in Christ, but about all of us being in the same “boat” of salvation. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) has made quite an effort to try to demolish Galatians 3:28 as a basis of spiritual equality outside of salvat

1 Corinthians 14:34 Exodus 3:28 Galatians 3:11 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-30

1 Timothy 2 Authority And The Magical Pulpit

Many people feel that the pulpit is a place for authoritative proclamation. However many people also believe that the pulpit gives a man that authority and allowing someone into the “pulpit” who isn’t allowed to exercise authority over the sheep, an authority that the pulpit gives them, is seen as a

1 Kings 4:24 1 Kings 9:23 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-10-25

Spiritual Gifts And Authority

What has the spiritual gifts got to do with authority. It has plenty to do with God’s granting us all authority to use our gifts as representatives of God himself

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 Matthew 10:1 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-29

Are Gods Gifts Segregated

Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post – are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:7 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-09

Are Females Saved Just Like Males

Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:

1 Peter 3:7 Ephesians 2:14-19 Ephesians 2:19 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-26

Verse By Verse Through 1 Corinthians 11

Because I have received several questions posed to me on 1 Corinthians 11, I think it best that we go through the passage verse by verse and that should help deal with each question in context. As we go through each set of verses, please feel free to comment or ask questions on the section that we a

1 Corinthians 10:23 1 Corinthians 10:24 1 Corinthians 10:32 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@TheModerateCase “…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness

@TheModerateCase “…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved…” (Ro 11:25-26). Is the church being hardened? Will the c

Ro 11:25-26 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii First you claimed I was imputing my world view into the text. When I shared I was simply using Paul’s own clear statements earlier in the same letter you now claim I’m missing something else the Cori...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii First you claimed I was imputing my world view into the text. When I shared I was simply using Paul’s own clear statements earlier in the same letter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-04

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order for salvation to come to the Gentiles there was a ...

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-14

@dalepartridge 99% of the first church rejected Gentiles. Turns out they were mi

@dalepartridge 99% of the first church rejected Gentiles. Turns out they were mistaken too…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-21

@ElifNull @smashbaals In Ro 11, Paul explicitly contrasts Israel and Gentiles throughout: “I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13) “A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in” (Ro 11:25) If...

@ElifNull @smashbaals In Ro 11, Paul explicitly contrasts Israel and Gentiles throughout: “I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13) “A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fu

Ro 11:13 Ro 11:25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@smashbaals Hm. So if “all Israel will be saved” does this mean the Church is not saved now? Is the church partially hardened? “For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this mystery… that a partial hardening has happened to I...

@smashbaals Hm. So if “all Israel will be saved” does this mean the Church is not saved now? Is the church partially hardened? “For I do not want you, brothers and sisters, to be uninformed of this m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@apexviper__rko @DudeNamedben3 @rightresponsem I have been to that land and have visited Bethlehem and met Christians living there. Of course there are Christians living there since the first churches started in Jerusalem and spread out over the whol...

@apexviper__rko @DudeNamedben3 @rightresponsem I have been to that land and have visited Bethlehem and met Christians living there. Of course there are Christians living there since the first churches

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-08

@LostMyHats You confuse categories that the Bible keeps distinct. Dispensationalists don’t deny that believing Gentiles are grafted into Abraham’s blessings; Paul teaches that plainly (Ro 4:11-17; Gal 3:7-9, 29). What we do deny is that this spiritua...

@LostMyHats You confuse categories that the Bible keeps distinct. Dispensationalists don’t deny that believing Gentiles are grafted into Abraham’s blessings; Paul teaches that plainly (Ro 4:11-17; Gal

Gal 3:7-9 Ro 4:11-17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@ronhenzel So no face to face debate? Aw. Paul’s burden in Rom 9 is not explaining why some random Gentiles go to heaven and others to hell. The prophecy Paul cites (“the older shall serve the younger,” Gen 25:23) was never fulfilled in the lifetim...

@ronhenzel So no face to face debate? Aw. Paul’s burden in Rom 9 is not explaining why some random Gentiles go to heaven and others to hell. The prophecy Paul cites (“the older shall serve the young

Gen 25:23 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 However, in the last days all Israel will be saved. Paul says that they are being blinded in part until the fulness of the Gentiles has been brought in which hasn't happened yet. And THEN all Israel will be saved, not "then the church ...

@HvacRoar24011 However, in the last days all Israel will be saved. Paul says that they are being blinded in part until the fulness of the Gentiles has been brought in which hasn't happened yet. And TH

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for s...

@HvacRoar24011 @mennodarren @smashbaals Why does Paul then after the cross consistently preach to the Jews first and then the Gentiles? Do you share the gospel with the Jew first? “For I am not asham

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz What are you being cut off of then? Paul is speaking to the Gentiles and saying they will be cut off just like the natural branches, the Jews, those who also didn’t continue in faith. “…if...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz What are you being cut off of then? Paul is speaking to the Gentiles and saying they will be cut off just like the natural branches, the Je

Ro 11:22 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Paul is specificall

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Paul is specifically writing to Gentile believers. The “you” is Gentile believers… “But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13)

Ro 11:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@eschatologyguy @CherylSchatz Paul always went to the Jew first and then to the Gentiles only when the Jews rejected his message. Paul also circumcised Timothy so that he could join him in ministering to the Jews. God also had to show Peter not to ca...

@eschatologyguy @CherylSchatz Paul always went to the Jew first and then to the Gentiles only when the Jews rejected his message. Paul also circumcised Timothy so that he could join him in ministering

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@DKR_independent @JustBibleTruth @CherylSchatz Jesus’ commission to His apostles was to go into Judea, Samaria and the rest of the nations. Paul always went to the Jews first in every area he went to, and only when they rejected his message did he th...

@DKR_independent @JustBibleTruth @CherylSchatz Jesus’ commission to His apostles was to go into Judea, Samaria and the rest of the nations. Paul always went to the Jews first in every area he went to,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@howiedoit299187 @CherylSchatz Saul (Paul) of Tarsus was a Jew trained by Gamaliel, a Jew of Jews. Further, when he went to a new area, he always went to the Jews first and only to the Gentiles when the Jews rejected his message. Third, 1Co 6:2-3 say...

@howiedoit299187 @CherylSchatz Saul (Paul) of Tarsus was a Jew trained by Gamaliel, a Jew of Jews. Further, when he went to a new area, he always went to the Jews first and only to the Gentiles when t

1Co 6:2-3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@eri89494 @CherylSchatz Further, your claim is that because Paul was an apostle to the Gentiles that he wasn’t one of the 12. However, Paul was a Jew just like the others and he always went to the Jew first in every area he went to and only when the ...

@eri89494 @CherylSchatz Further, your claim is that because Paul was an apostle to the Gentiles that he wasn’t one of the 12. However, Paul was a Jew just like the others and he always went to the Jew

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Eve was deceived, but Adam transgressed eyes wide open.

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Eve was deceived, but Adam transgressed eyes wide open. Paul affirms both truths. But in 1Ti 2:14–15, he focuses on the woman and offers a path to restoration—not to Adam, no

1Ti 2:14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gentiles, Christ) without any textual anchor. None of...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gen

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