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Scripture Commentary article 2024-09-03

Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2024-08-08

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

1 Corinthians 7:5 1 Timothy 2:12 Ephesians 5:21-22 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2022-11-25

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

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

1 Cor. 12:1–30 1 Corinthians 1:11 1 Corinthians 1:16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2010-04-14

T4G Comp Tied To Gospel

The 2010 Together for the Gospel conference is on right now as I write this article. The conference this year is called The Unadjusted Gospel and according to J

Colossians 14:34-35 Ephesians 4:2 Exodus 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-19

Spiritual Abuse Recovery

Last year I blogged about Dr. Barb Orlowski’s research on spiritual abuse

Nahum 16 Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-09

Recovering From Spiritual Abuse

Recently I was contacted by Dr. Barb Orlowski who has compiled her research on spiritual abuse into a manuscript that will form the basis of a yet unpublished book called “Ministering Restoration: Recovering Spiritual Harmony”

Leviticus 16 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-28

Semi Egalitarians

USA Today has an editorial written by David P Gushee in which Mr. Gushee challenges complementarians that they are actually semi-egalitarians and they should be willing to openly acknowledge this

Isaiah 5 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Pastor Paul And Women In Ministry

Every once in awhile I link to a blog that has material that I really like. Today I want to link to a blog by Pastor Paul Burleson which has some good things about women in ministry even though Pastor Paul is “going against the flow” in the Southern Baptist Convention

Isaiah 3 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Recommendations For Wim

> Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free. ” as a whole is a very well produced and presented multi-media teaching series on the legitimacy and freedom of women to be in any ministry that God should call them to

1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@megbasham It’s too bad that this was the argument given. I would think that it

@megbasham It’s too bad that this was the argument given. I would think that it is because Baptists have the right to self-determination of how they govern their local churches, and there are good Bib

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I’m actually not sure. 😅 The church I’m at was RCA (Reformed Church of America), but that denomination has been sliding over the years towards affirming, so our local church left the denomination a year ago. We joined an ...

@Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I’m actually not sure. 😅 The church I’m at was RCA (Reformed Church of America), but that denomination has been sliding over the years towards affirming, so our local chur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry That church went non-denominational and merged with another local church which had a female lead pastor. Eventually, they hired a new pastor. To cut to the chase, I lasted about 2 years and in a meeting of the pastor, elders and deacon...

@MaineMinistry That church went non-denominational and merged with another local church which had a female lead pastor. Eventually, they hired a new pastor. To cut to the chase, I lasted about 2 years

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry Local churches are not like girlfriends—you pick the one you are

@MaineMinistry Local churches are not like girlfriends—you pick the one you are compatible with or that you like best. They are family. Are you able to pick who your family is?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii Oh, I see what you are getting at now⎯the idea that the local church can look and feel very different and be incompatible with other local churches but still be under the same umbrella as the universal church. I don't th...

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii Oh, I see what you are getting at now⎯the idea that the local church can look and feel very different and be incompatible with other local churches but still be under the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

However, there is one call to “come out” in Scripture— Rev 18:4 warns, “Come ou

However, there is one call to “come out” in Scripture— Rev 18:4 warns, “Come out of her, my people, lest you take part in her sins.” This isn’t directed at a local church but at Babylon—a corrupt sys

Rev 18:4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@elonsucks88 @MikeWingerii Well, as it turns out, I was told I could never be a leader in a 3 local churches of wonderful brothers and sisters because I believe women can lead. That was despite being willing to live within their complementarian frame...

@elonsucks88 @MikeWingerii Well, as it turns out, I was told I could never be a leader in a 3 local churches of wonderful brothers and sisters because I believe women can lead. That was despite being

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-08

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 reg

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 regardless of his membership status with a local church.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii No doubt there are true boundary lines—but those a

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii No doubt there are true boundary lines—but those are established by Christ, not by the authority of an elder. I was barred from being a leader in a local church as I was

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Your local church shouldn’t

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Your local church shouldn’t have their own “private” or subjective interpretation either

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@silentrnajority @russle_p2 I’ve been debating this issue because it is an issue affecting many women in the church. It also affects men who support women in leadership as 3 local churches I was interested in wouldn’t let me ever be a leader because ...

@silentrnajority @russle_p2 I’ve been debating this issue because it is an issue affecting many women in the church. It also affects men who support women in leadership as 3 local churches I was inter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 We have no record in the New Testame

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 We have no record in the New Testament of anyone said to be the pastor or shepherd (Greek “poimen”) of any local church. No one is specifically identified

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@Beemer251 @Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul If I could rephrase this, I would have noted that I was thinking of random people online vs those in your local church. So many random comments are made online that I don’t really take them seriously. They d...

@Beemer251 @Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul If I could rephrase this, I would have noted that I was thinking of random people online vs those in your local church. So many random comments are made onlin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-19

@MikeWingerii You cannot really say what complementarians believe because it is

@MikeWingerii You cannot really say what complementarians believe because it is not monolithic. Some believe women cannot teach men, but they can teach women. I was discouraged from watching the wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So let me see if I get this straight….Jesus wants His body to be divided by gender? And someone who reads his Bible and is convinced that women in his local church can be pastors is unfriendl...

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So let me see if I get this straight….Jesus wants His body to be divided by gender? And someone who reads his Bible and is convinced that wom

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-11

@MikeWingerii @116nathanwalker Priscilla didn’t teach in the local church? Wher

@MikeWingerii @116nathanwalker Priscilla didn’t teach in the local church? Where did you get that idea from? How does this make Paul contradictory? Or are you presuming a generic application of 1 T

1 Tim 2:11-12 question
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Definition of complementarianism: women and men are equal in value but have different roles, particularly that women should not serve as elders.

Framing the debate — defining key terms

complementarianism eldership gender roles
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Definition of deacon: can mean generic servant or official church position

Mike defines the semantic range of 'diakonos.'

1 Timothy 3 1 Timothy 3 elder vs. deacon distinction diakonos
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Elders govern the church; prophets do not — prophets are not appointed to an ongoing office

Mike contrasts the governing authority of elders with the non-governing nature of prophets.

church governance prophet vs. elder office Bethel Church
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Definition of the two sides: complementarian and egalitarian

Mike defines the two major positions in the women in ministry debate for his audience.

women in ministry complementarianism egalitarianism
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Confusion of 'pastor' title across churches — example of 8 different pastor titles

Mike shows how the word 'pastor' has become muddied in modern church usage.

Ephesians 4:11 pastor title church role confusion Ephesians 4:11
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Women running podcasts/YouTube channels on theology — permissible with care

Mike addresses women in online ministry.

elder-like function women podcasters women YouTubers
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Advice to women conference/college speakers: take steps to ensure it doesn't become elder-like

Mike gives practical advice to women in teaching roles.

elder-like function conference speaking practical advice
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Various approaches to women speaking on Sundays: interview format, guest speaker, testimony, non-teaching topics

Mike describes different ways churches navigate this question.

Joni Eareckson Tada women on Sundays interview format
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Bethel as the center of a worldwide movement: apostolic network, Jesus Culture, and BSSM

Mike establishes the scope and infrastructure of the Bethel movement globally

revival Bethel Apostolic Network Jesus Culture
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Q&A: Can someone who made false prophecies be restored to vocational ministry after genuine repentance?

Question from Ryan Tanner.

church leadership false prophecy repentance
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-20

Epistles are not biographies — they don't need to quote Jesus extensively

Before diving into scripture, Mike explains why Paul's letters don't contain extensive biography of Jesus and why that doesn't undermine their historical value.

Paul the Apostle epistles genre of epistles vs. gospels
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-13

1 Timothy 2:12 — "teach" and "exercise authority" may be two aspects of the same role, not two separate prohibitions.

Exegeting the grammar of 1 Timothy 2:12.

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:12 Women in ministry Complementarianism
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

Calling to online ministry: A strong sense of divine compulsion in 2012

Winger describes how in 2012 he experienced an unusual, intense sense that he had to do something in ministry beyond his local church.

calling youth ministry Hosanna Christian Fellowship
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

Starting YouTube: Identifying a vacuum of quality Christian online content

Winger began experimenting with YouTube after feeling called to reach beyond his local church, motivated by the dominance of scoffing and misrepresentation of Christianity online.

BibleThinker atheist objections to Christianity YouTube ministry
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

December 2017: Senior pastor redirects Winger to prioritize online ministry

Pastor Gary challenged Winger with a hypothetical that forced a reckoning over ministry priorities.

BibleThinker Gary Ansdell ministry transition
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-17

Tuesday livestream purpose: Meeting online-specific needs rather than local church needs

Winger explains the distinct function of the Tuesday livestream format within his overall ministry strategy.

verse-by-verse teaching Tuesday livestream Bethel Redding
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Practical pastoral counsel: baptized as infant → get believers' baptism; already baptized your child → let them choose later

Winger offers pastoral guidance for common situations arising from the infant baptism debate.

baptism infant baptism believers baptism
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Q&A: Counsel for an adult believer who does not fully understand baptism — connect with a pastor and do it

A viewer aged 44 says they do not fully understand baptism and asks whether to wait.

baptism pastoral counsel local church
Mike Winger idea 2020-01-29

Christians without a local church should attend an imperfect one rather than stay home; Hebrews commands gathering

Q&A: pastoral guidance for Christians who cannot find a theologically sound local church

Hebrews ecclesiology Hebrews church attendance
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

In the Old Testament law the tithe went to Levites and priests, not to local pastors — so enforcing a 10% tithe should logically send money to Jewish Levites

Continuing the argument against applying the Malachi tithe to modern churches

hermeneutics tithing Levites
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-20

Mike's personal testimony: a burden from God that led to his YouTube ministry

Mike illustrates genuine individual divine communication with personal experience.

personal testimony divine calling ministry
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