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Scripture Commentary article 2025-07-26

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.

1 Cor. 11:12 1 Cor. 11:8 1 Cor. 1:5 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2012-07-29

Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ

Robert Bowman, J. Ed Komoszewski, and Darrell L. Bock — Kindle highlights from 'Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ'. 100 highlights.

1 Cor. 15:24 1 Kings 8:27 1 Thess. 1:3 Trinity Christology Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-08

Comp Spiritual Abuse

Can complementarianism ever be considered spiritual abuse. Before we can discuss this, we need to know what spiritual abuse is

Acts 4:23 Hosea 1 Matthew 23:1-2 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-12-21

Jesus Unequal In Prayer

In my research for our new DVD on the Trinity I am amazed that the teaching that God has a hierarchy of “roles” has some convinced that it is the Father alone who hears and answers prayer. This is Bruce Ware’s position in his book on the Trinity called “Father, Son, & Holy Spirit”

1 Corinthians 1:2 Acts 7:59 John 14:13 Trinity
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-03

@Latterdaytruth The passage doesn’t say Stephen saw two separate beings with physical bodies—only that he saw Jesus, who is visibly distinct in His glorified, resurrected state, standing in a position of divine authority. The text never says Stephen...

@Latterdaytruth The passage doesn’t say Stephen saw two separate beings with physical bodies—only that he saw Jesus, who is visibly distinct in His glorified, resurrected state, standing in a position

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-24

@LatterdayNosh John was the last apostle alive long past Stephen. Do you believe

@LatterdayNosh John was the last apostle alive long past Stephen. Do you believe John’s words were in error?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-07

@Ptr_StephenFein You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson and Jepthah), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this being his only record in scripture as one who “thro...

@Ptr_StephenFein You are right that just being in the hall of faith doesn’t mean there are no failings (which we see with Samson and Jepthah), yet the author deliberately includes Barak despite this b

Heb 11:33 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@Ptr_StephenFein Well now that’s strange that scripture calls Deborah the judge

@Ptr_StephenFein Well now that’s strange that scripture calls Deborah the judge and praises Barak for his faith showing him to not selfishly covet the honor for winning the battle. https://t.co/TkiGHC

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-14

@DerekStephanBro @YesThatCollin @rightresponsem All the apostles minus one were

@DerekStephanBro @YesThatCollin @rightresponsem All the apostles minus one were killed for their faith. Paul wasn’t put to death for what he did to Stephen.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@Eric_Conn @stephenmurray So you would also say “Whoever says he loves his broth

@Eric_Conn @stephenmurray So you would also say “Whoever says he loves his brother but willingly leaves the front door unlocked…”? “Whoever says he loves his brother but willingly lets the third worl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Stephen_Yahn @DaddyRoach Here are the short portions that are widely recognized as Paul quoting from the Corinthians: 6:12a “Everything is permissible for me”—but (all’) not everything is beneficial. 6:12b “Everything is permissible for me”—but (a...

@Stephen_Yahn @DaddyRoach Here are the short portions that are widely recognized as Paul quoting from the Corinthians: 6:12a “Everything is permissible for me”—but (all’) not everything is beneficial

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@Stephen_Yahn @DaddyRoach No, it wasn’t preserved. But the boys Paul quotes from

@Stephen_Yahn @DaddyRoach No, it wasn’t preserved. But the boys Paul quotes from it are preserved in his response.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitly stated are John and Peter and they are self proc...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@jtdxn_ Stephen Wolfe is advocating for tighter integration of church and state.

@jtdxn_ Stephen Wolfe is advocating for tighter integration of church and state. The question is “which church”? What kinds of churches would be considered in “friendly co-operation” with the new stat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@jtdxn_ Well, Stephen Wolfe’s kind of legislation appears to block those who disagree with him since he blocked me. So he doesn’t act like someone who believes in freedom of speech. Would he legislate his own particular Christian beliefs and criminal...

@jtdxn_ Well, Stephen Wolfe’s kind of legislation appears to block those who disagree with him since he blocked me. So he doesn’t act like someone who believes in freedom of speech. Would he legislate

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@MidlifeMisfit @StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Paul states that he me

@MidlifeMisfit @StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Paul states that he met the resurrected Christ in 1Co 15:8, where he writes, "Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me."

1Co 15:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 Of course. Maybe a bit wordier than you asked for, but here goes. God loves everyone including sinners (of which you were one too before you repented and believed). But scripture is clear that any s3xual r...

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 Of course. Maybe a bit wordier than you asked for, but here goes. God loves everyone including sinners (of which you were one too before you repented and be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 I’m well known? Wow, I’m humbled. Wh

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 I’m well known? Wow, I’m humbled. Where on earth did you get that I’m a s0domite defender? I’m married for 27 years to one wife and have 3 adult children.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God created some animals and plants and trees in front of ...

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God crea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Ah, so now it’s a “because I said so”

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Ah, so now it’s a “because I said so” thing and has nothing to do with ability or character or skill? Except, there’s nothing forbidding women from serving

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are elders and pastors, so what’s the problem here? Only those with the requisite character, maturity, demonstrated skill, s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@ymmotrojam @th3muse Deacons are administrative assistants, but this does not mean that they cannot teach or preach as Stephen demonstrated (and Phillip doing evangelistic preaching and miracles in Samaria). There are no hard and fast rules that a d...

@ymmotrojam @th3muse Deacons are administrative assistants, but this does not mean that they cannot teach or preach as Stephen demonstrated (and Phillip doing evangelistic preaching and miracles in Sa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@PrayTh3Rosary @LilaGraceRose I’m egalitarian but I’m not liberal or modernist.

@PrayTh3Rosary @LilaGraceRose I’m egalitarian but I’m not liberal or modernist. I’m going back to the text. I make no appeals to my authority my friend. Blasphemy, eh? Good thing we don’t do stoning

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@JamesDa10599361 @BradyJBush @Stephen_Angliss In this passage, it is a noun prec

@JamesDa10599361 @BradyJBush @Stephen_Angliss In this passage, it is a noun preceded by the definite article, or "the childbearing." So its not a verb, but since Paul was referring to Eve earlier, I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@JeffreyPHo67012 @SheShePawPaw @Stephen_Angliss The clear scripture you refer to

@JeffreyPHo67012 @SheShePawPaw @Stephen_Angliss The clear scripture you refer to from Paul has been quoted out of context and misapplied. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@ChavuraStephen Hmm. I think invoking Artemis is stretch. This discussion does

@ChavuraStephen Hmm. I think invoking Artemis is stretch. This discussion does not involve the context of this personal letter to Timothy to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true

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Theology verse entry

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 5:18-33 mutual submission,kephale,source,marriage,kenosis,Spirit-filled,husbands love,wives submit,egalitarian,hupotasso,allelon,household code,head-body metaphor,agapao,self-sacrifice,great mystery,Christ and church,one flesh
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:10-16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:10-16 exousia,woman authority,angels,interdependence,mutual dependence,egalitarian,hair,covering,creation order,corrective,in the Lord
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:21-23

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:21-23 rib,tsela,side,woman from man,equality,egalitarian,creation
Theology verse entry

Romans 1:24-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Romans 1:24-28 soteriology,sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,judicial hardening
Theology verse entry

Matthew 23:37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Matthew 23:37 resistible grace,God's desire,human will,Jerusalem,soteriology
Theology verse entry

Colossians 1:15-18

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 1:15-18 kephale,head,source,origin,creator,firstborn,preeminence,christology,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Colossians 2:16-19

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 2:16-19 kephale,head,source,nourishment,body,growth,heresy,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:10

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

Genesis 2:10 rosh,headwater,source,rivers,Eden,kephale background,egalitarian
Theology greek term

κεφαλή (kephalē)

head; source/origin; preeminent one

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Theology greek term

ἀρχή (archē)

beginning, origin, source; rule, authority, first cause

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mike's critique of Freedman's article: it uses circular reasoning (own translations to prove own translations) and has been refuted by Dr. Mark Stephen Francois.

Refutation of the 'ezer as power' etymology

Mark Stephen Francois etymology fallacy R. David Freedman A Power Equal to Man
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Acts 6: the seven men as proto-deacons; deacons do everything that isn't eldership

Mike discusses the origin of the deacon role.

Acts 6 apostles Acts 6 deacon definition
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Stephen was a deacon, not a high leader, yet he was stoned

Stephen's martyrdom further undermines the claim that persecution targeted only high leaders.

Acts 8 Stephen Acts 8 deacon
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Stephen Bedale's 1954 article: the origin of the 'head means source' argument

Mike traces the medical argument back to its scholarly origin.

kephale medical argument Stephen Bedale
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Egalitarian scholars echo each other's errors, tracing back to Bedale's short article

Mike critiques the pattern of egalitarian scholars citing each other rather than primary sources.

Stephen Bedale scholarly echo chamber citation practices
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Egalitarian scholars selectively use historical quotes — Bedale's article echoed uncritically

Mike summarizes the pattern of misrepresentation in egalitarian medical arguments.

Stephen Bedale medical argument rebuttal Aristotle
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Dr. Stephen E. Thompson (PhD in Egyptology) confirms the papyri were not written by Abraham's own hand

Final scholarly citation on the Book of Abraham papyri

Abraham Book of Abraham Pearl of Great Price
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-20

Paul was a Pharisee trained in Jerusalem under Gamaliel and likely encountered Jesus personally

Mike addresses the claim that Paul never met Jesus, arguing circumstantial evidence strongly suggests they crossed paths.

Gamaliel Paul the Apostle Pharisees
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-03

Hegesippus account continued: James thrown from Temple pinnacle, stoned, and killed by a fuller's club; "forgive them for they know not what they do" echo; his burial near the Temple

The detailed narrative of James's death in Hegesippus

James the brother of Jesus James the Just Luke 23:34 apostolic martyrdom Hegesippus James the brother of Jesus
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-03

Additional sources confirming James's martyrdom: First Apocalypse of James, Second Apocalypse of James, Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions (c. 280 AD)

Multiple independent streams of tradition confirming James's martyrdom

James the brother of Jesus apostolic martyrdom James the brother of Jesus Stephen the martyr
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-03

Darrell Bock on the charge against James: "breaking the law" refers to his Christological allegiances and likely a blasphemy charge, paralleling Stephen's case

Scholarly interpretation of the legal charge against James in Josephus

James the brother of Jesus apostolic martyrdom James the brother of Jesus Stephen the martyr
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-22

Stephen is falsely accused of speaking against Moses and the law -- the witnesses are explicitly called false (Acts 6:13), meaning Stephen is not actually teaching against the law

Survey of Acts 6, Stephen controversy

Acts 6:10-14 Stephen Law of Moses Acts 6:10-14
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-22

Stephen's speech in Acts 7 argues that Israel misunderstood the meaning of the law and temple -- but his argument is about fulfillment and proper understanding, not abolishment

Analysis of Stephen's defense in Acts 7

Acts 7 Stephen Law of Moses Acts 7
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