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Exodus 38:8 tabernacle,women ministering,tent of meeting,women leadership

Exodus 38:8

Sections: exegesis

Joshua 2:1-21 rahab,faith,messianic lineage,women leadership,deliverance

Joshua 2:1-21

Sections: exegesis

1 Samuel 25:2-44 abigail,wisdom,diplomat,women leadership,david,nabal

1 Samuel 25:2-44

Sections: exegesis

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

2 Samuel 14:1-24

Sections: exegesis

2 Samuel 20:14-23 wise woman of abel,women leadership,wisdom,sheba revolt

2 Samuel 20:14-23

Sections: exegesis

2 Kings 22:14-20 huldah,prophetess,women leadership,josiah,book of the law

2 Kings 22:14-20

Sections: exegesis

Judges 4:1-24 deborah,judge,prophetess,general,jael,women leadership,sisera

Judges 4:1-24

Sections: exegesis

1 Timothy 3:8-13 deacons,women deacons,gynaikas,likewise,hosautos,diakonos,phoebe,women leadership,huebner

1 Timothy 3:8-13

Sections: exegesis

Joel 2:28-29 prophecy,Spirit outpouring,daughters,women prophets,Pentecost,egalitarian,Joel,Acts 2,Peter sermon,last days

Joel 2:28-29

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Philippians 2:5-11 kenosis,incarnation,Christ hymn,self-emptying,EFS,Trinity,morphē theou,equality with God,exaltation

Philippians 2:5-11

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

τεκνογονία (teknogonia)

the childbearing

διδάσκω (didasko)

to teach

σῴζω (sozo)

to save

ἐπισκοπή (episkopē)

office, oversight, supervision

κύριος (kyrios)

lord / master / sir

κενόω (kenoō)

to empty; used reflexively of Christ's self-emptying (Phil 2:7)

πρεσβύτιδας (presbutidas)

older women, female elders

ἀλλήλοις (allelois)

one another, reciprocally, mutually

ὑποτασσόμενοι (hypotassomenoi)

submitting, placing oneself under

ἤ (e/eta)

or; disjunctive particle used for rhetorical refutation

ἡ (anaphoric) (he (anaphoric))

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

ἀντίλυτρον (antilytron)

ransom, substitute ransom price

κόσμος (kosmos)

world, created order, humanity

αἴτιος (aitios)

cause, source, author; responsible

προφητεύσουσιν (prophēteusousin)

they will prophesy (future active indicative, 3rd plural)

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Despite being secondary, this issue has massive practical impact on women's ministry, marriage, church choice, and which teachers to follow.

Why this topic matters practically

women in ministry women pastors practical application

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Additional practical questions: interviewing women, women on church boards, women evangelists, conference speakers, voting for a woman president, women as bosses, stay-at-home dads.

Scope of practical questions raised by this debate

gender roles practical application women in leadership

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Video 10 will be entirely about application — what ministry opportunities women should say yes or no to.

Series overview and roadmap

women in ministry practical application

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mike's application: limiting women to housework wrongly restricts the dominion mandate of Genesis 1; women should be inventors, farmers, engineers, entrepreneurs, etc.

Practical application of Genesis 1's shared dominion

dominion mandate women's roles women and work

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mike's view: before the fall there was harmonious, tensionless leadership; now the curse introduces conflict -- the solution is alleviating abuse, not eliminating the nature of authority.

Mike's synthesis of Genesis 2-3 on authority

Gen 3:16 Gen 2 post-fall conflict

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Key application: reverse the PAIN of the fall (abuse, domineering, rebellion) but not the NATURE of the relationship (different roles). Fight thorns, not farming; fight abuse, not authority.

Final practical application

voluntary submission reverse pain not nature abuse of authority

Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Neglected biblical teaching: older people should train younger people, especially same gender

Mike draws a positive application from Titus 2.

Titus 2:3-5 Titus 2:3-5 women teaching women intergenerational mentoring

Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Balance: all believers should be open to learning from one another, including across genders

Mike offers a balanced complementarian application.

women in ministry mutual edification informal teaching

Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Women gifted in teaching should use that gift — find ways that honor biblical limitations

Mike counsels pastors on how to handle gifted women in their churches.

women teaching practical ministry application

eldership sonship status marriage submission

The whole debate hinges on how far 'sonship status' can be stretched

Mike identifies the crux of the disagreement.

eldership scope of application one in Christ

Can egalitarians extend Paul's concerns to eldership status for women?

Mike frames the central challenge for the rest of the video.

1 Timothy 1 Corinthians 7 Ephesians primogeniture 1 Timothy 1 Corinthians 7

Westfall's expansion: men cannot have primogeniture status over women based on creation order

Mike critiques Westfall's application of Galatians 3:28 to inter-human relationships.

Genesis 2 primogeniture Cynthia Long Westfall Genesis 2

Westfall's primogeniture claim vs. Paul's actual point about sonship

Mike distinguishes between Paul's meaning and Westfall's application.

status vs. function exegetical method metaphor analysis

Key distinction: Paul's metaphor is about status of being in Christ; Westfall's is about function within Christ

Mike crystallizes the fundamental difference between Paul's intent and Westfall's application.

Galatians 3:28 Galatians 3:28 Cynthia Long Westfall Jew/Greek parallel

Westfall's equivalence claim: male/female parallels Jew/Greek in the same ways

Mike engages Westfall's key methodological claim.

Cynthia Long Westfall critical theory feminism

Westfall's two problems: exegetical (changing Paul's focus) and philosophical (importing modern concepts)

Mike identifies the twin errors in Westfall's application.

Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Women in politics with some authority over men doesn't seem ruled out; Deborah is a shining example — application to church eldership will come later.

Application of Deborah for women in political leadership

eldership Deborah women in politics

1 Corinthians 11:10 because of the angels 1 Corinthians 11:10 head covering movement

'Because of the angels' is a peripheral question, not central to understanding the passage

Mike previews that many scholars spend too little time on application and too much on peripheral debates.

1 Corinthians 11:3 head coverings male headship 1 Corinthians 11:3

Verse 3 as the overarching principle: head covering reinforces male headship

Mike explains how verse 3 functions as the foundation for the entire passage.

refutation view reputation view Corinthian quotations

The refutation/reputation view: Paul is quoting and refuting the Corinthians

Mike presents the third interpretive approach.

men's head coverings Richard Oster Gordon Fee

Gordon Fee wrongly dismissed men's head coverings as hypothetical -- there IS evidence

Mike corrects a widely-cited scholarly error.

Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 creation order Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:8-9

Question 7: What is Paul's point about creation order and purpose in verses 8-9?

Mike addresses the most decisive question for the complementarian/egalitarian debate.

Craig Keener hair length gender distinctions

Hair length is probably a transcultural moral obligation; application to today

Mike draws practical conclusions from the nature argument.

Ephesians 5 Ephesians 5 gyne aner

Question 9: Is this about men/women generally or husbands/wives specifically?

Mike examines the woman/wife ambiguity in the Greek.