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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@Thygar @masonmennenga Paul put Christians to death. That’s not on my rap sheet. "even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy **because I acted ignorantly in unbelief**; and the grace o...

@Thygar @masonmennenga Paul put Christians to death. That’s not on my rap sheet. "even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy **because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m still surprised that you thought

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m still surprised that you thought I was making a claim to be an apostle. Seems totally out of the blue. Jesus had mercy on us in that while we were sti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gif

Ephesians 2:8 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be wrong about this well known verse and 'it is a gif...

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be

Ephesians 2:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this couple in Ephesus. Why doesn’t Paul name and mark the woman teaching error? Because she ignorant and deceived (like Pa

1 Ti 1:13 question
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

1 Timothy 1:3-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Timothy 1:3-5 false teaching Ephesus strange doctrines
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 1:13-16

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 1:13-16 mercy,ignorance,pattern,hybristEs,paul,blasphemer,persecutor,violent aggressor,deception,egalitarian,restoration
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 1:19-20

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

1 Timothy 1:19-20 Hymenaeus Alexander shipwrecked faith
Theology verse entry

Philippians 1:15-18

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Philippians 1:15-18 teaching,motive,truth,preaching,paul,egalitarian,complementarian
Theology verse entry

Psalm 109:8

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Psalm 109:8 apostolate,office,episkope,Matthias,Judas,replacement
Theology verse entry

Romans 5:12-19

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 5:12-19 original sin,Adam,last Adam,representative,federal headship,sin through one man,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Numbers 15:27-31

Sections: exegesis

Numbers 15:27-31 intentional sin,unintentional sin,high hand,defiance,Eve,Adam,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 3:14-19

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 3:14-19 fall,curse,consequences,serpent,Eve,Adam,pain,thorns,death,not prescriptive,protoevangelium,seed of the woman,Messiah,teknogonia,desire,rule,teshuqah,mashal,egalitarian,complementarian,patriarchy
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:1-7 prayer,intercession,one mediator,ransom,antilytron,false teaching,Ephesus,universalism of scope,paraggelia,herald,apostle,teacher,egalitarian,soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,mediation
Theology verse entry

Romans 12:4-8

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 12:4-8 spiritual gifts,charismata,body of Christ,teaching,leading,proistemi,no gender restriction,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

1 John 2:2

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 John 2:2 soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,propitiation,Calvinism,scope of atonement,hilasmos
Theology verse entry

Acts 1:16-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 1:16-26 Judas,betrayal,foreknowledge,sovereignty,prophecy fulfillment,predestination,free will,apostolate,Matthias,Paul,twelve,lot,human initiative
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 2:8-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 2:8-9 soteriology,grace,faith,salvation,Calvinism,gift of God,purchased faith,works
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 2:1-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 2:1-5 soteriology,predestination,total depravity,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,spiritual death
Theology verse entry

Romans 9:16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 9:16 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,God's mercy
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

Romans 9:17-18

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 9:17-18 soteriology,sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,Pharaoh
Theology verse entry

2 Peter 3:9

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

2 Peter 3:9 soteriology,sovereignty,drawing,Calvinism,provisionism,universal salvific will
Theology verse entry

Romans 11:25-36

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Romans 11:25-36 Israel,olive tree,hardening,mercy to all,election,doxology,soteriology
Theology verse entry

2 Samuel 14:1-24

Sections: exegesis

2 Samuel 14:1-24 wise woman of tekoa,joab,women leadership,wisdom,absalom
Theology greek term

τεκνογονία (teknogonia)

the childbearing

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Theology greek term

σῴζω (sozo)

to save

greek
Theology greek term

ὑβριστής (hybristEs)

insolent aggressor / violent transgressor

greek
Theology greek term

ἐπισκοπή (episkopē)

office, oversight, supervision

greek
Theology greek term

ὑποτύπωσις (hupotyposis)

pattern, prototype, example, outline

greek
Theology greek term

ἡ (anaphoric) (he (anaphoric))

the (anaphoric article — pointing back to a previously introduced noun)

greek
Theology greek term

ἱλασμός (hilasmos)

propitiation, atoning sacrifice

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Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Romans 12:6-8 — teaching and leading are listed as spiritual gifts alongside gifts women clearly have

Mike examines the gifts list in Romans 12 to determine whether women can have teaching and leadership gifts.

Romans 12:6-8 spiritual gifts teaching gift leadership gift
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Romans 12:6-8 revisited — women were in every gift category except teaching/leading; it is arbitrary to exclude them from those two

Mike restates the argument from Romans 12 more explicitly.

Romans 12:6-8 spiritual gifts Romans 12:6-8
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Huldah delivers a powerful prophetic word to King Josiah about judgment on Jerusalem and mercy on him personally.

Reading Huldah's prophecy in 2 Kings 22

2 Kings 22:15-20 Huldah Aimee Byrd Torah canonization
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #2: Leviticus 16:2 support and self-refutation

JW appeal to OT support for hidden divine appearance

Leviticus 16:2 Leviticus 16:2 Divine appearance Mercy seat
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Bill Johnson's 'superior and inferior truths' teaching: the judgment of God is true but the mercy of God is 'more true'; anything not seen in Jesus is an inferior truth

Mike plays and deconstructs a specific Johnson video on the hierarchy of truths

Psalms 85:10 Bill Johnson hermeneutics superior and inferior truths
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-27

Roman crucifixion burial practice rebutted by Josephus and archaeological evidence

Addressing main historical objection to empty tomb

Josephus Roman burial practices
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-08

NT judgment is actually more extreme than OT judgment: Revelation's eternal punishment exceeds anything in the OT; love, mercy, and wrath are all escalated in the NT

Second counter-argument on whether God's judgment lessens over time

1 Peter Revelation 1 Thessalonians 1 Peter Revelation 1 Thessalonians
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-05

Why was Jesus bound to the law? God's holiness requires punishment for sin; Jesus satisfies both justice and mercy

Q&A: Christina Hunt about why Jesus had to die

Psalm 85:10 atonement Jesus under the law holiness of God
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Ezekiel 33:11 — God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked

Mike demonstrates Old Testament consistency on God's wrath and mercy.

Ezekiel 33:11 repentance Ezekiel 33:11 God's wrath
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Ezekiel 18:31 — God urges Israel to make new hearts and turn from wickedness

Mike cites a second Ezekiel passage reinforcing God's gracious invitation in the face of wrath.

Ezekiel 18:31 repentance God's wrath divine mercy
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Exodus 20:5-6 — God's jealousy is analogous to His wrath: proper, not sinful

Mike extends the argument to God's jealousy as a parallel form of righteous emotion.

Exodus 20:5-6 God's wrath divine holiness divine mercy
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Critique of depersonalizing wrath: 'God hates sin but not sinners' is biblically insufficient

Mike critiques a popular pastoral slogan often used to soften the doctrine of wrath.

God's love divine judgment God's wrath
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-19

Romans 9:20-23 — the potter/clay passage as Calvinist proof-text on election

Romans 9 is the parallel passage using the same potter/clay imagery but in a different theological context — election and salvation, not Christian conduct.

Romans 9:20-23 election Calvinism total depravity
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-19

The two vessel passages should not be conflated — different contexts, different applications

Mike's conclusion: 2 Tim 2:20-21 and Romans 9 use the same metaphor for different purposes and cannot be merged to make a doctrinal argument about total depravity.

2 Timothy 2:20-21 Romans 9:20-23 hermeneutics sanctification Calvinism
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-26

Romans 11:25-32 — partial hardening of Israel, fullness of the Gentiles, and end-times caution

Trevor T asks about Romans 11:25-32 and whether the rising number of Messianic Jews in Israel signals prophetic fulfillment.

Romans 11:25-32 eschatology Messianic Jews prophetic fulfillment
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

God does not create people destined for hell; the verb tense in Romans 9 distinguishes God's active preparation of the saved from passive endurance of the lost

Responding to the difficulty of reconciling God's glory with creating people He knows will end up in hell

Romans 9 Romans 9:22-23 Romans 9 predestination God's sovereignty
Mike Winger idea 2020-01-08

Drew claims God demanded animal sacrifice because he enjoyed it. John corrects: OT sacrifice was for atonement, an act of mercy, not divine enjoyment. Genesis 1:29-30 shows God originally created a vegetarian food chain — the current system results from the Fall. Drew ignores that Christianity's purpose isn't a pain-free temporal life.

Response to Q3 — sacrifice and the Fall

Genesis 1:29-30 the Fall animal suffering Genesis 1:29-30