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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@ErweeKoos @ronhenzel Paul wasn’t the fool of Psalm 14; he was ignorant and serving God fervently with zeal in the way that he thought was right. In 1 Tim 1:12-13, Paul states, "I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he consi...

@ErweeKoos @ronhenzel Paul wasn’t the fool of Psalm 14; he was ignorant and serving God fervently with zeal in the way that he thought was right. In 1 Tim 1:12-13, Paul states, "I thank Christ Jesus

1 Tim 1:12-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two groups: "The fool" (red) and "a righteous generation" (blue) So the statement "not even one" should say "not even one of the fo...

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two groups: "The fool" (red) and "a righteous generation" (blue) So the statement

Rom 3:10-18 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@ThreePercentage @scouts_sel41169 @ramzpaul Prov 9:13 simply talks about a fooli

@ThreePercentage @scouts_sel41169 @ramzpaul Prov 9:13 simply talks about a foolish woman, just like how Prov 10:1 talks about a foolish son. There are all kinds of foolish people. Like those who mis

Prov 10:1 Prov 9:13 1 Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@Isaiah45_7 I framed the poll this way because I don’t see a significant distinction between the office and the function. So if a woman doesn’t occupy the office but teaches, this to me is the same. You are free to think of me as a fool. It’s natu...

@Isaiah45_7 I framed the poll this way because I don’t see a significant distinction between the office and the function. So if a woman doesn’t occupy the office but teaches, this to me is the same.

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-07

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve A fool is not someone who is grounding their response in

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve A fool is not someone who is grounding their response in a careful exegesis of the scripture. You can call me a fool if you like. That is on you.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@JohnPiper But you don’t apply this consistently. Doesn’t your total depravity teaching say all means all in Rom 3:10-18? “They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt”? Yet this quote from Psalms 14 starts out specifying who it is...

@JohnPiper But you don’t apply this consistently. Doesn’t your total depravity teaching say all means all in Rom 3:10-18? “They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt”? Yet this qu

Rom 3:10-18 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women that are teaching false doctrines today? Is that ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@Capt_Jack_Hayes @theophysicus @William_E_Wolfe @TomBuck Don't be fooled into thinking all Canadians are aligned with Trudeau and his philosophy. For example, our church is breaking away from the RCA (Reformed Church in America) because the American...

@Capt_Jack_Hayes @theophysicus @William_E_Wolfe @TomBuck Don't be fooled into thinking all Canadians are aligned with Trudeau and his philosophy. For example, our church is breaking away from the RCA

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-02

@katartizo75 @HwsEleutheroi No one said I want to follow foolishness. There are

@katartizo75 @HwsEleutheroi No one said I want to follow foolishness. There are competent and strong teachers and preachers without considering their gender.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2014-07-09

Both Calvinists and Arminians are mistaken because they misread Rom 3. Paul is

Both Calvinists and Arminians are mistaken because they misread Rom 3. Paul is quoting Ps14/Ps53; in context, only the fool is referred to.

commentary
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology verse entry

Luke 24:1-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Luke 24:1-26 resurrection witnesses,women,testimony,unbelief,commission,egalitarian,prejudice
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 5:14

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 5:14 oikodespotein,household ruler,women authority,younger widows,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 3:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 3:1-7 temptation,fall,serpent,deception,sin,silence of adam
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 1:4-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 1:4-5 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,corporate election
Theology verse entry

John 10:27-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 10:27-28 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,shepherd and sheep
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,boasting,faith vs works
Theology verse entry

Numbers 12:1-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Numbers 12:1-15 Miriam,Aaron,tsaraat,prophetess,female leadership,WIM,egalitarian,Moses unique mediator,Deborah,Huldah,Micah 6:4
Theology greek term

σῴζω (sozo)

to save

greek
Theology greek term

ἐκλέγομαι (eklegomai)

to choose, to elect, to select for oneself

greek
Theology greek term

φλύαρος (phluaros)

talker of nonsense, gossip (but not idle chatter — more accurately: trafficker in foolishness)

greek
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Ephesians 5:15-17 — 'Walk circumspectly' as a call to wise, 360-degree self-awareness and time stewardship

Scriptural support for Tip 3. Mike quotes and exegetes Ephesians 5:15-17.

Ephesians 5:15-17 wisdom Ephesians 5:15-17 circumspectly
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:20 — calling the dead-faith person a 'fool' is a pastoral wake-up call, not an insult

Verse-by-verse analysis of James 2:20

James 2:20 dead faith James 2:20 pastoral warning
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Kim redefines the Sabbath as a list of behavioral rules for church attendance — show up on time, keep kids quiet, keep church clean, smile — rather than the biblical concept of rest

End of Kim's Sabbath chapter. He gives specific Sabbath rules that are entirely about corporate presentation.

information control Joo-Cheol Kim Sabbath
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Sye argues that apologists start with God in church but abandon that starting point when engaging unbelievers — an inconsistency; cites Proverbs 26:4

Sye's broader critique of evidential and classical apologists' inconsistency

Proverbs 26:4-5 presuppositional apologetics Proverbs 26:4-5 consistency in apologetics
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Debate over Proverbs 26:4-5: Sye says 'fool's folly' = atheism (Psalm 14:1); Winger says 'fool' in Proverbs is broader than just the atheist

Exegesis of Proverbs 26:4-5 in context of apologetic method

Proverbs 26:4-5 Psalm 14:1 hermeneutics atheism Proverbs 26:4-5
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-24

Q&A: Ephesians 5:11 ('unfruitful works of darkness') refers to common sins, not specifically to Halloween or occult rituals

Viewer asks whether Ephesians 5:11 condemns Halloween participation

Ephesians 5:11 Ephesians 5:3-6 Halloween Ephesians 5:11 Ephesians 5:3-6
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Pornography accelerates the corruption of the sexual mind — it does not cause but amplifies

Q&A question about whether pornography's proliferation promotes acceptance of homosexuality.

sexual ethics sin homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-17

Jeremiah 10:5: The passage explicitly calls the object an idol, not a tree

The passage self-identifies what it is describing

Jeremiah 10:5 Idolatry Jeremiah 10:5 Scarecrow analogy
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

The 'faith = belief without evidence' definition makes Christians appear foolish and concedes the epistemic ground

Mike explains the rhetorical and theological consequences of accepting this definition.

faith Christian apologetics reasonable faith
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

Skeptics take advantage of Christians' sloppy language; Christians must speak precisely about faith

Mike's conclusion on the source of the problem and call to action.

faith apologetics methodology sloppy thinking
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-13

Job's friends argued he deserved his suffering; God rebuked them at the end

Viewer asking for help understanding Job's friends in the book of Job

Job Job suffering and theodicy Elihu
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-01

Intellectual clarity requires spiritual health — Romans 1 on the connection between spiritual state and clear thinking

Mike adds a theological qualifier to the apologetics discussion.

Romans 1 Romans 1 Hardened heart Apologetics and spiritual condition
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-01

Former atheists: some came to faith through argumentation, others through experiential transformation first

Part of the answer about heart condition and evidence.

Evangelism Apologetics and spiritual condition Conversion
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Q&A: If God gave us a wicked heart, can we blame him? — Shaking fist at God is foolish

Audience question on whether God bears responsibility for human sinfulness

salvation sin free will
Mike Winger idea 2019-09-04

Q&A: Would you wear a gun necklace if Jesus had been shot? Yes — the cross symbolizes the instrument of our salvation

A viewer asks how to respond to the JW/Watchtower question: if Jesus had been shot, would you kiss a gun? Winger says he would possibly wear a gun necklace in that scenario — because the point is not the instrument but what was accomplished.

Galatians 6:14 1 Corinthians 1:18 atonement apologetics Watchtower
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) — a warning about authentic faith, not about percentages of saved vs. unsaved

Question from Gloria Urban about whether Matthew 25:1-13 teaches that half the church will not be saved.

Matthew 25:1-13 Holy Spirit salvation parable interpretation
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-06

Proverbs' paradoxical advice on rebuking a fool applies to confronting Word of Faith in-laws -- danger exists either way

Responding to Jackie Rock about whether to have a doctrinal confrontation with Word of Faith in-laws

Proverbs Word of Faith Proverbs discernment
Mike Winger idea 2020-12-18

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's claim that the NT contains anti-Semitic propaganda and forged passages is theologically foolish — it substitutes his personal agenda for textual criticism and makes him the effective authority over Scripture.

Q: What do you think of Shmuley Boteach's claim that the NT has anti-Semitic propaganda Christians should reject as forgeries?

Romans 9-11 Shmuley Boteach Anti-Semitism and the New Testament Romans 9-11
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-01

Eschatology as the field most prone to overconfident errors; lessons from misapplied messianic expectation

Continuing Q12 on fear of theological error

Matthew 24 hermeneutics eschatology second coming
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-08

Walking on eggshells around an easily angered person should be motivated by wisdom, not fear

Question from Taylor Paris about dealing with someone who is easily angered

Proverbs wisdom relationships Proverbs
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-19

Question: Do people go to hell for sin or for not believing in Jesus?

Viewer Phil Agape asks whether hell is the penalty for sin or for unbelief; references Ephesians 5:5-6 and Colossians 3:5-6.

Ephesians 5:5-6 Colossians 3:5-6 soteriology sin unbelief
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-21

Parable of the 10 Virgins (Matthew 25): about persevering in genuine devotion to Christ's coming kingdom. The foolish virgins expected the bridegroom but weren't truly prepared — Christians in name only, not in genuineness. Oil likely represents the Holy Spirit (connected to oil symbolism in Zechariah) and genuine relationship with Christ. You can't borrow someone else's faith. The warning: don't be a nominal Christian coasting on a past experience.

Parable of 10 Virgins — genuine vs nominal faith

Matthew 25:1-13 Matthew 25:1-13 Parable of Ten Virgins nominal Christianity
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-13

Are Retirement Savings Sinful?: Based off of the Parable of the Rich Fool (Luke 12: 16-21) and the story in Matthew 19: 21, do you think it is sinful to save up for retirement?

Q&A question: Are Retirement Savings Sinful?

Matthew Matthew 19 Matthew Matthew 19
Mike Winger idea 2024-07-26

Are Insulting Names Sometimes Appropriate?: Does Jesus calling the Pharisees fools, vipers, and whitewashed tombs give Christians a license to call our enemies insulting names?

Q&A question: Are Insulting Names Sometimes Appropriate?

Jesus Pharisees
Pulpit research note

Status-Seeking as the Primary Issue in 1 Corinthians — Not Merely Order

Pastor Brett Landry's reading — that the Corinthians' primary problem was status-seeking and self-promotion, with disorder being the symptom rather than the disease — represents the dominant scholarly

1 Corinthians 12-14
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