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Scripture Commentary article 2026-03-27

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.

Eph 5:21 Eph 5:22 Eph 5:23 Ephesians 5 Headship & Kephale
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 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 2023-03-09

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 2015-05-19

The connection in John 6:64-65

In my post on John 6:64-65 , I showed how the reason Jesus gives for why no one can come to Him unless it has been granted him from the Father, is connected back to verse 64 and unbelief.

John 5:46 John 6:44 John 6:63 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
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 2011-06-25

Specific Or General Woman

This post will be an expansion on the reasons why I believe that 1 Timothy 2:11-15 is about one specific woman and why a general reference to women does not line up with the grammar within the surrounding context. I will also consider the challenge to my view from the new verbal aspect theory

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:16 1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve 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 2010-05-23

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 2010-03-21

Eve Usurped Adam Authority

In our continuing topic of common objections to women in ministry, we come to the claim that Eve usurped Adam’s authority when she spoke to the serpent. To deal with this claim, we will be looking at both the claim that Eve rebelled against Adam in the garden and the claim that God gave Adam a respo

Acts 5:1-10 Daniel 6:7 Genesis 1:26 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-20

Equal In Value And Worth In Whose Eyes

One of the problems with the definitions that complementarians provide  is that the definitions aren’t complete enough on the surface to reveal the underlying hierarchical nature. However, when one pushes to get the answers to some difficult questions, the picture becomes a lot clearer

Galatians 3:28 Lamentations 1 Lamentations 3:28 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2009-11-05

The Dark Side Of Submission

## The Dark Side of Submission

1 Peter 3:7 Isaiah 5:23 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-09-02

Mike Seaver Cheryl Schatz 10

## Responses to question #5

1 Corinthians 10:15 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 14:36 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-30

Man Give Woman Self Understanding

Was the first man needed to give woman her self-understanding. According to Raymond C

Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:22 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-03

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

While this post isn’t exactly a “Women in Ministry” post, I think it does highlight the importance of men and women working together in complementary ways for the benefit of the body of Christ and for ministry to the lost. God often uses women in ways that are different than he uses men simply becau

Matthew 2:1 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:15 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
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 2008-05-12

Primogeniture

In the next of Matt Slick’s articles on women in ministry that I will be reviewing is his article called Primogeniture found at Matt gives what he considers to be the meaning of primogeniture:

Exodus 31:9 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-22

Equal But Different Deteriorates To An Unequal Trinity

The term “equal but different” has become a catch phrase in marriage and “women in ministry” issues as it has replaced the pre-1970’s common view of the inferiority of women. In complementarian circles the thought is that women are equal in person but different in role

Philippians 2:6 Philippians 2:7 Philippians 2:8 Women in Leadership Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-16

Paul And The Head From 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11 has been a hotly disputed passage regarding the meaning of “head”

1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-15

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz First, is that document inspired? There seems to be only a small note in 7-2 saying that the offices belong to men only according to scripture. Well, I’m contesting this claim based on the...

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz First, is that document inspired? There seems to be only a small note in 7-2 saying that the offices belong to men only according to scrip

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Psalm 151), showing usage, not definition. F...

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Her

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@WellRedneck If saying ‘My hour has not yet come’ doesn’t indicate Jesus was dec

@WellRedneck If saying ‘My hour has not yet come’ doesn’t indicate Jesus was declining to act, then what words would He have needed to say for you to recognize a change of course as submission under y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@WellRedneck Thanks for sharing some examples. However, I’d argue that your definition of submission (ie. always deferring even when you think the other person is wrong) creates serious problems. Blind deference is exactly what has allowed corrupt g...

@WellRedneck Thanks for sharing some examples. However, I’d argue that your definition of submission (ie. always deferring even when you think the other person is wrong) creates serious problems. Bli

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@WellRedneck @salthenurse08 What is your definition of submission?

@WellRedneck @salthenurse08 What is your definition of submission?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submis

Also, “mutual submission ≠ identical roles” is a false dichotomy. Mutual submission by definition means laying aside one’s own interests for the sake of the other. That’s what ALL Christians are ca

Php 2:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst I think you are making it into a definition. That res

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst I think you are making it into a definition. That restrictions only apply when the whole church meets. Frankly, I much prefer when I meet with my small groups as I get to h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek I’m saying they are not Christians beca

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek I’m saying they are not Christians because they don’t follow the Biblical definition of a Christian defined by the Bible and reflected in the Nicene Creed.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-21

@FrLillie @ismeansis Scripture also says not to go beyond what is written. Isn't

@FrLillie @ismeansis Scripture also says not to go beyond what is written. Isn't tradition by definition something beyond what is written? https://t.co/e79KSHmlza

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@MikeWingerii The problem is that someone believes that it is most likely that a woman wrote it, if they were complementarian, they would quite likely no longer be a complementarian as scripture by definition is authoritative. So I’m not sure what p...

@MikeWingerii The problem is that someone believes that it is most likely that a woman wrote it, if they were complementarian, they would quite likely no longer be a complementarian as scripture by de

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@DST_QA @g_dogwalker The problem is the reason why one is saved and the other is

@DST_QA @g_dogwalker The problem is the reason why one is saved and the other is not is due to God (the Reformed/Calvinist message). That’s the very definition of partiality! But scripture says God is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The husband is the head of his wife because Adam and Eve are the definition of marriage and Eve was made directly from Adam's flesh and bone. Your wife was not made from you, was she? So you being 'head...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The husband is the head of his wife because Adam and Eve are the definition of marriage and Eve was made directly from Adam's flesh and bone. Your wife

Ge 1:28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@MikeWingerii Interesting you frame gender roles as coming from a dictionary def

@MikeWingerii Interesting you frame gender roles as coming from a dictionary definition. No such definition for male-only authority or leadership exists.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-13

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has not given husbands the power to give orders to his wife. Submission is not one way but mutual (Eph 5:21)—it means servin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@Sacred_Panda_ Thanks for providing the definition! Yes, Paul is using this term to declare that all believers are to treat all other believers in a preferential manner. Just because a word is used in the context of military rank and hierarchy does n...

@Sacred_Panda_ Thanks for providing the definition! Yes, Paul is using this term to declare that all believers are to treat all other believers in a preferential manner. Just because a word is used in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@Sacred_Panda_ There is no command for husbands to take authority over their wiv

@Sacred_Panda_ There is no command for husbands to take authority over their wives nor is there a command that wives are not to lead. Co-leading is not a contradiction (unless you preclude it by your

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii How could women prophesy to men which is by defini

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii How could women prophesy to men which is by definition authoritative and not teach truth to men? Why would Jesus be hamstringing half His body?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (or a better term ‘mutualists’) treat others as more...

@HebronC777 It seems you and those perhaps you have interacted with don’t know what egalitarian teaching is. It is mutual subjection one to another without any gender-based hierarchy. Egalitarians (o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@dantheman278 @Thygar @MikeWingerii That’s a reasonable definition I can agree with. And that’s why women and men need to work together in leadership. It makes for decisions that have less blind spots, a more diverse set of skills and strengths among...

@dantheman278 @Thygar @MikeWingerii That’s a reasonable definition I can agree with. And that’s why women and men need to work together in leadership. It makes for decisions that have less blind spots

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-10

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Mike has had a long time to correct or clarify his definition of secondary. As best as I can tell, to him it's a matter of perceived severity, not sin. He thinks that egalitarian teaching greatly harms marriage. How does ...

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Mike has had a long time to correct or clarify his definition of secondary. As best as I can tell, to him it's a matter of perceived severity, not sin. He thinks that egal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@plumlee_ann @avyargo @MikeWingerii I'm not sure what your definition of leading

@plumlee_ann @avyargo @MikeWingerii I'm not sure what your definition of leading is, but leading is simply doing things ahead of others, showing by example. This is not about authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Both my wife and I are joint leaders of our family. Figuratively as her husband and given that marriage always sources back to its definition in the first marriage, I as the husband am the source of my wif...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Both my wife and I are joint leaders of our family. Figuratively as her husband and given that marriage always sources back to its definition in the first

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@carlaskaufel I would agree that marriage is *not* about authority, but if the wife is the only one who submits, then that is the very definition of a hierarchy of authority, is it not? A husband loving and giving himself up is great. Is this not so...

@carlaskaufel I would agree that marriage is *not* about authority, but if the wife is the only one who submits, then that is the very definition of a hierarchy of authority, is it not? A husband lov

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@WomnOfValor It depends on what you mean by this. Holding to the intended meaning of the Bible especially with respect to the foundation beliefs concerning the gospel, sin and the nature of God and man would certainly not be immature because these a...

@WomnOfValor It depends on what you mean by this. Holding to the intended meaning of the Bible especially with respect to the foundation beliefs concerning the gospel, sin and the nature of God and m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-28

@Deigratia1985 @MikeWingerii @SimonReye @hashim_warren @Duke456521 You are making up your own definition. A heresy is a false teaching. Everyone who teaches is likely teaching something that’s false. However, a heretic (outside of the Christian fa...

@Deigratia1985 @MikeWingerii @SimonReye @hashim_warren @Duke456521 You are making up your own definition. A heresy is a false teaching. Everyone who teaches is likely teaching something that’s false

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr An Apostle is an overseer by definition. Th

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr An Apostle is an overseer by definition. They establish and plant churches and oversee their proper operation. That’s literally the point of his epistles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2019-05-03

@RTB_HRoss There are two distinct literal definitions of Hebrew almah in Isa 7:14: young woman or virgin. Science tells us that babies don’t come from virgins. The Jews of His day referred to Jesus as an illegitimate child. Which interpretation do...

@RTB_HRoss There are two distinct literal definitions of Hebrew almah in Isa 7:14: young woman or virgin. Science tells us that babies don’t come from virgins. The Jews of His day referred to Jesus

Isa 7:14 commentary
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