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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase my financial well being or to fix society while i...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge Society does not fall apart when women lead well

@Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge Society does not fall apart when women lead well and/or teach true doctrine to people (including men). I don't know where you are getting your conclusions from, but I th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii The same words and context haven’t changed

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii The same words and context haven’t changed for 2000 years. I’m not referring to what is not in scripture and my current society is has no relevance to the context

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I'm not promoting hyper feminists and false teaching. We are all to support one another; that is not something relegated to one s3x. The church does not emulate society but should be clear that we are all sons in Christ so th...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I'm not promoting hyper feminists and false teaching. We are all to support one another; that is not something relegated to one s3x. The church does not emulate society but sh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@DustyMayT @Torncurtainorg @JollyStine @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii Mike says he is a soft complementarian but he doesn't like using the word soft as he thinks it does affect all of life even outside of church and family. However, he be...

@DustyMayT @Torncurtainorg @JollyStine @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii Mike says he is a soft complementarian but he doesn't like using the word soft as he thinks it does affect all of life

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ymmotrojam @russ_hjelm @HeGTiSunesis So called "exceptions" actually shows us t

@ymmotrojam @russ_hjelm @HeGTiSunesis So called "exceptions" actually shows us that men having long hair isn't unnatural. The thing is that society teaches us there's a difference, but nature...? Nat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @TentSpike Calvary Chapel doesn’t have membership so no one that c

@deadtosin610 @TentSpike Calvary Chapel doesn’t have membership so no one that calls those churches their home are members of that society.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@immrwatcher Treating women equally and fairly harms the church and society? Wha

@immrwatcher Treating women equally and fairly harms the church and society? What are you smoking? Ok, let's take a look at what Mike actually said and how I respond to it. https://t.co/fcFc4OQ7AX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Mike reasons that women can be in positions of authority because those positions

Mike reasons that women can be in positions of authority because those positions are not as important as marriage or church. [1:52:00] So Mike makes distinctions based on how he values positions in s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Mike doesn’t want to call himself a soft comp any more, just “comp leaning to th

Mike doesn’t want to call himself a soft comp any more, just “comp leaning to the soft side"⎯ he wants to differentiate from those who think it’s only about the home and the role of elders and not als

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy @lucepeppiatt @PhilipBPayne @bethallisonbarr Thanks for the link. This is quite a long article that goes beyond what Barr said in her book. He argues that Roman society was not patriarchal. I'm not an historian, but that's ...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy @lucepeppiatt @PhilipBPayne @bethallisonbarr Thanks for the link. This is quite a long article that goes beyond what Barr said in her book. He argues that Roman society was

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 I’m all for more faithful men! Bring them on. But those men should be humble servants. You can’t blame society on the church. Unbelievers will be unbelievers. But if they see the church blindly doing ...

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 I’m all for more faithful men! Bring them on. But those men should be humble servants. You can’t blame society on the church. Unbelievers will be unbel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@michaelshermer @MattWalshBlog I think that patriarchalism has to be at least part of the reason why society has gone off the deep end here. There’s a clear rejection of Biblical grounding for marriage and biological sex so was that caused by patria...

@michaelshermer @MattWalshBlog I think that patriarchalism has to be at least part of the reason why society has gone off the deep end here. There’s a clear rejection of Biblical grounding for marria

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-18

@MikeWingerii eg. World Mission Society Church of God (Mother God cult) https://

@MikeWingerii eg. World Mission Society Church of God (Mother God cult) https://t.co/1xAWWo3vyC

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Theology verse entry

Titus 2:3-5

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Titus 2:3-5 older women,teaching,presbutidas,domestic myths,egalitarian,women in ministry
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Possible non-inferiority reasons for role differences: picturing Christ and the Church, societal order, or unstated divine purposes. Groothuis rejects all of these.

Mistake #4: Alternative explanations Groothuis ignores

Rebecca Merrill Groothuis Christ and the Church Eph 5
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Schreiner's point 1: God created Adam first, then Eve, significantly later -- this implies leadership through primogeniture.

Complementarian argument #1: creation order

creation order Tom Schreiner Gen 2:7
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Wayne Meeks (The First Urban Christians) -- Belleville's own source refutes her position

Mike traces Belleville's scholarly source for the host-as-leader claim.

Linda Belleville hosting vs. leading scholarly methodology
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Priscilla and Aquila: six NT passages, Priscilla's name first in four of six

Mike transitions to examining Priscilla and Aquila, acknowledging complementarians sometimes don't look closely enough.

women in ministry Priscilla Aquila
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Ancient gender-separated society created distinct need for female missionaries

Mike develops the historical-cultural argument for gender-specific ministry.

women's ministry ancient gender roles missionary partnerships
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Anecdote: Mike challenged a female complementarian scholar at ETS about the universal priesthood problem in her argument

A female egalitarian (corrected: complementarian) scholar argued that priesthood is masculine in character and therefore women cannot hold pastoral positions. Mike asked her about the universal priesthood of believers.

universal priesthood of believers ETS (Evangelical Theological Society)
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Summary of 'maybe' chain problems in Keener's cultural argument

Mike recaps the weakness of Keener's cultural-bowing case.

Craig Keener cultural bowing idolatry as primary accusation
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Some complementarians believe women shouldn't have authority over men in any sphere — marriage, church, or society.

Describing the range of complementarian views

complementarianism patriarchalism three spheres of authority
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Representation and authority: men seem to be the norm for representing their community, fitting a pattern from Adam to Christ to priests.

Theological reasoning connecting representation to authority

soft complementarianism typology Adam
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

This video is Part 13, the final video assembling all puzzle pieces from prior 12 videos

Mike explains the relationship between this summary/application video and the previous detailed videos in the series.

1 Timothy 2:12 methodology women in ministry series 1 Timothy 2:12
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Definition of patriarchalism as the third position

Mike defines Christian patriarchalism and its spectrum.

patriarchalism male authority spectrum of views
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Women in ministry is a secondary issue but with huge practical application

Mike addresses the importance level of this theological disagreement.

secondary issue Christian unity practical application
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Pharisee fence analogy: how far do we extend rules about gender roles?

Mike uses the Pharisees' approach to Sabbath rules as an analogy.

Pharisees Sabbath analogy fence around the Torah
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Not an all-or-nothing approach: less strict rules outside marriage and eldership, but still present

Mike summarizes his thesis on societal application.

soft complementarianism application hierarchy marriage vs society
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Biblical complementarianism is a buffer against LGBT ideology

Mike connects complementarian gender theology to the broader culture war.

complementarianism feminism critique LGBT ideology
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Summary of how far to extend the boundaries: marriage, ministry, and rest of life

Mike provides a concise summary of application in all three spheres.

summary of application three spheres marriage
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

How to justify being strict in marriage/ministry but less strict elsewhere: examples and clear teachings

Mike recaps the hermeneutical justification for his approach.

hermeneutics Deborah David and showbread
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Critique of the Kroegers' 'I Suffer Not a Woman'

Mike provides detailed scholarly critique of the Kroegers' influential but problematic book.

authenteo Philip Payne Richard Kroeger
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Conclusion on Artemis cult argument: it fails as an explanation for 1 Tim 2

Mike summarizes why the Artemis cult hypothesis does not explain Paul's restrictions.

Genesis 1 Timothy 2:13-14 creation order Genesis 1 Timothy 2:13-14
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

The Watchtower condemned vaccinations as Satanic and a violation of God's covenant with Noah (1921, 1931), then reversed position in 1952 citing legal liability.

Mike adds vaccinations as a third case of Watchtower medical hypocrisy and doctrinal reversal.

Watchtower doctrinal reversal doctrinal hypocrisy vaccination doctrine
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Teaser: upcoming livestream critiquing the 'Mother God' cult active in Southern California and worldwide

Closing segment. Mike previews future content.

apologetics cult Mother God
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 3 refuted: The '41,000 interpretations' claim is a sourcing error; difficulty of some passages ≠ general cryptic nature

The skeptic claims the Bible is cryptic and subject to 41,000 different interpretations, citing a Wikipedia article.

inspiration tests 41000 denominations Christian denominations
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Introduction: this video is for Church of God members and their loved ones

Mike opens by addressing three audiences: current CoG members who have unanswered questions, loved ones of members, and people who encounter CoG recruiters on campuses or at malls.

apologetics World Mission Society Church of God information control
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Background recap: CoG teaches 'God the Mother' is a living Korean woman named Zhang Gil-ja

Mike's third video on CoG. Prior videos covered God the Mother and the group's founder Ahn Sahng-hong. A video was taken down via legal complaint and Mike was banned from YouTube live streams for three months.

World Mission Society Church of God God the Mother Zhang Gil-ja
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Ahn Sahng-hong: CoG teaches he was the Second Coming of Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Father

The founder of CoG. Mike did a separate video showing Sahng-hong did not even claim to be Christ — he thought he was Elijah.

World Mission Society Church of God Ahn Sahng-hong false Christ
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Joo-Cheol Kim is the real architect of modern CoG doctrine — he introduced God the Mother and the Christ claim for Sahng-hong after taking over the group

After Sahng-hong died, Kim separated from Sahng-hong's biological family and took control. Prior to his leadership, neither the God the Mother teaching nor the Christ claim for Sahng-hong existed in the group.

World Mission Society Church of God information control Joo-Cheol Kim
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG recruitment playbook: destabilize with questions about Passover or God the Mother, invite to all-day Bible study, frighten with 'pagan Christianity' rhetoric, then rush-baptize

Mike describes the standard recruitment pattern based on multiple testimonies from former members.

World Mission Society Church of God recruitment tactics baptism
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Kim's book frames itself as practically bearing God's very word — every issue is treated as a salvation issue except the actual gospel

Analysis of 'My Sheep Listen to My Voice.' The introduction says studying the book diligently will bring God's grace and blessing through 'his words.'

false gospel World Mission Society Church of God Joo-Cheol Kim
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG teaches Saturday Sabbath-keeping is required for salvation

Chapter 1 of Kim's book. Page 15 states Sabbath must be kept 'to enter eternal rest.' Page 25 states rejecting the Sabbath brings God's judgment; teaching against it earns hell.

World Mission Society Church of God salvation by works/observance Sabbath
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG's 'Passover' is identical to ordinary Christian Communion — the only differences are calling it 'Passover,' requiring women to wear veils, and holding it on a secret date

After two months of research and speaking with former members, Mike determined what CoG actually does at Passover.

1 Corinthians 11:24-26 Lord's Supper World Mission Society Church of God information control
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG uses the Passover plague narrative (Exodus) to warn members that not participating in their Passover will bring plagues upon them

Kim draws on the Exodus Passover story — the lamb's blood protected Israelites from the death of the firstborn — and applies it as a literal threat to those outside CoG.

Exodus World Mission Society Church of God fear-based teaching Passover
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG is a doomsday cult — they predicted the end of the world in 2012, scrubbed those predictions from the internet, and are reportedly making new end-times predictions

Additional facts about CoG beyond Kim's book. Based on testimony from a recent former member.

eschatology World Mission Society Church of God information control
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG claims legitimacy from the phrase 'Church of God' appearing in the New Testament — this is a shallow name-based argument that proves nothing

CoG calls itself 'the Church of God' and cites New Testament passages that use that phrase (approximately 5-6 occurrences) as proof of their divine legitimacy.

World Mission Society Church of God false legitimacy claims argumentation
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

CoG uses the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service as propaganda to signal divine legitimacy — Jesus explicitly condemned this kind of public righteousness display

CoG prominently features the Queen's Award on its website and presents it to members as evidence they are the true Church of God.

Matthew 6:1-4 World Mission Society Church of God Matthew 6:1-4 public righteousness display
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Kim has recently begun teaching that all humans are fallen angels who pre-existed in heaven and sinned there before being born on earth

A new teaching Mike heard that day, translated from Korean. Not yet widely distributed in English.

World Mission Society Church of God Joo-Cheol Kim pre-existence of souls
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