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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-05

@MikeWingerii Yes, as with most difficult issues, you have found that there are a lot of egalitarians guessing at what is going on here. Only the solution(s) that work in the context with the grammar and without contradicting other scripture work. ...

@MikeWingerii Yes, as with most difficult issues, you have found that there are a lot of egalitarians guessing at what is going on here. Only the solution(s) that work in the context with the grammar

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@BibleBashed @Kohotek71 It’s a sin to work outside the home? You shouldn’t make up what is sin and what isn’t! Things are hard enough. What if there is sufficient support to manage things at home and work? For example, grand parents are around or...

@BibleBashed @Kohotek71 It’s a sin to work outside the home? You shouldn’t make up what is sin and what isn’t! Things are hard enough. What if there is sufficient support to manage things at home a

question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@BibleBashed Are there differences? Sure. But the point is not to exclude thos

@BibleBashed Are there differences? Sure. But the point is not to exclude those that are different. The eye cannot say to the hand “I have no need of you.” The eyes think they can do the job alone

debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@CherylSchatz @brmorris @NijayKGupta also does a good job ferreting out everywhe

@CherylSchatz @brmorris @NijayKGupta also does a good job ferreting out everywhere women are involved in the church in his book “Tell her Story”

general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-10

@MikeWingerii I don’t think Rick is big on exegesis. However, Belleville has done an excellent job in “Lexical Fallacies in Rendering authentein in 1 Timothy 2:12: BDAG in Light of Greek Literary and Nonliterary Usage.” Also, Paul has other words h...

@MikeWingerii I don’t think Rick is big on exegesis. However, Belleville has done an excellent job in “Lexical Fallacies in Rendering authentein in 1 Timothy 2:12: BDAG in Light of Greek Literary and

@MikeWingerii Yes, as with most difficult issues, you have found that there are a lot of egalitarians guessing at what is going on here. Only the solution(s) that work in the context with the grammar and without contradicting other scripture work. ...

@BibleBashed @Kohotek71 It’s a sin to work outside the home? You shouldn’t make up what is sin and what isn’t! Things are hard enough. What if there is sufficient support to manage things at home and work? For example, grand parents are around or...

@BibleBashed Are there differences? Sure. But the point is not to exclude thos

@CherylSchatz @brmorris @NijayKGupta also does a good job ferreting out everywhe

@MikeWingerii I don’t think Rick is big on exegesis. However, Belleville has done an excellent job in “Lexical Fallacies in Rendering authentein in 1 Timothy 2:12: BDAG in Light of Greek Literary and Nonliterary Usage.” Also, Paul has other words h...

Titus 2:3-5

Romans 11:25-36

Craig Blomberg's soft complementarian view: missionaries with temporary authority

What submission does NOT mean: clarifying common misunderstandings

How Paul IS different from his culture (complementarian distinctives)

Aimee Byrd claims Deborah was 'the word of God to Israel' since they couldn't access Scripture — Mike says this is false; the Levites taught the law throughout the land.

Verse 9 is the weak spot for egalitarianism: no decent interpretation exists

Problems with the 'everyone judges prophecy' view

Elders have a natural role in judging prophecy due to their doctrinal guardianship function

Elders as the only universal biblical ongoing office with authority

Titus 1:9 -- elders must hold firm to trustworthy teaching and rebuke those who contradict it

Definition of egalitarianism as one of three positions in the debate

Proverbs 31 woman as entrepreneur and boss with male employees

Working at home (Titus 2:5) means taking care of home responsibilities, not being confined to the house

When does a boy become a man? Puberty too young, 18 workable, adulting principle preferred

Book of Job handled dismissively by the Bethel movement: Johnson's position is 'Job is the question, Jesus is the answer'

Todd White's refusal to call people to repentance — arguing that is the Holy Spirit's job — is critiqued using Revelation 22:17: 'the Spirit and the bride say come,' showing the bride (the church) also calls people to Christ.

Aaron Ra's bold claim: 'Everything the Bible says about any field of science is laughably wrong'

Proverbs 25:28 — a man without self-control is like a city with broken walls; anger is the enemy that raids it.

Q&A: Malice toward God means you've gotten something wrong — Job's model is to acknowledge speaking without knowledge and pray for your own heart.

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

Books like Job belong in the canon because Jesus accepted the Old Testament, and apostles were commissioned to teach

The SE tactic in practice: be friendly, don't disclose your agenda, and ask "how do you know that?" repeatedly

Millennial and Gen Z church return: life-stage markers like marriage and children are happening later or not at all, making the expected return uncertain

It is not the Christian's job to change minds; our responsibility is to present truth and build a case, while God holds unbelievers accountable for their own response

Multi-step biblical strategy for overcoming lust: believe 1 Cor 10:13, make no provision for the flesh, remove high-value stumbling blocks, and fight temptation at its earliest stage not its peak

Job 2:10 confirms ra as calamity: Job receiving evil = loss of children, livestock, health

Three biblical causes of natural evil: divine judgment, spiritual warfare, and the greater good

Q&A: Proverbs 16:33 and divine sovereignty — layered sovereignty model, not hard determinism

Spurgeon's debate anecdote: using an irrelevant text proves nothing

Proverbs 18:21 teaches the practical real-world consequences of speech, not speaking things into existence

Job as example of God's sovereignty over Satan: Satan required permission to afflict Job

Preferred pronouns — Mike cannot use false pronouns because it constitutes dishonest support of a delusion

Whether a Christian can work for the CIA or NSA involves the question of whether all deception is always wrong

Moral limits apply in every job; a Christian working in intelligence may face a moment requiring resignation

Mike discusses Old Earth Creationism and whether it is biblical, arguing that the age of the earth is not clearly specified in Scripture and that he holds a flexible position, though he finds an ancient Adam and Eve much harder to reconcile biblically.

Mike offers pastoral advice on controlling anger in traffic, recommending a practice of redirecting the impulse to complain into prayer, focusing on controlling one’s own reactions rather than others’ behavior.

Translation debate: harmful vs. evil vs. distressing spirit in 1 Samuel 16

Dinosaurs and the age of the earth: three intra-Christian views summarized

When were angels created? Scripture does not say explicitly, but Job 38:7 implies angels were present and rejoicing during the creation of the earth.

How to determine transcultural vs. culturally-bound biblical instructions

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