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1 Corinthians 11:10-16 exousia,woman authority,angels,interdependence,mutual dependence,egalitarian,hair,covering,creation order,corrective,in the Lord

1 Corinthians 11:10-16

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1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

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Acts 2:17-18 pentecost,prophecy,sons daughters,Holy Spirit,last days,egalitarian,Joel

Acts 2:17-18

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Galatians 5:1-6 circumcision,freedom,bondage,yoke,faith working through love,egalitarian

Galatians 5:1-6

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Peter 2:5-9 priesthood of believers,royal priesthood,holy nation,no male intermediary,egalitarian

1 Peter 2:5-9

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:21-23 rib,tsela,side,woman from man,equality,egalitarian,creation

Genesis 2:21-23

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Hosea 6:7 Adam,treachery,treason,covenant,faithless,egalitarian

Hosea 6:7

Sections: exegesis

Romans 16:1-7 Phoebe,Junia,deacon,apostle,prostatis,patron,women leaders,egalitarian,episemos,women apostles

Romans 16:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Numbers 6:2-18 Nazirite vow,hair,men and women,equality,head covering,egalitarian

Numbers 6:2-18

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 3:9-10 old man,new self,sin nature,circumcision of heart,renewal,egalitarian

Colossians 3:9-10

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Judges 4:4-9 Deborah,judge,prophetess,woman leader,Barak,Israel,egalitarian

Judges 4:4-9

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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

Genesis 3:14-19

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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

1 Timothy 2:1-7

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Genesis 2:24 one flesh,marriage,leaving,cleaving,union

Genesis 2:24

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Colossians 3:18-19 household code,submission,love,fitting in the Lord,mutual obligation,egalitarian

Colossians 3:18-19

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John 6:37 soteriology,giving,unconditional election,Calvinism,provisionism,the giving,God-fearers

John 6:37

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Hebrews 2:9 soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,suffering,scope of atonement,tasting death

Hebrews 2:9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

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

Acts 1:16-26

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John 17:12 Judas,son of perdition,sovereignty,foreknowledge,predestination,Scripture fulfillment,keeping

John 17:12

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

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

Romans 9:16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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

Romans 11:25-36

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Corinthians 11:17-34 communion,Lord's supper,discerning the body,love feast,agape,judgment,selfishness,corporate worship

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

Malachi 1:2-3 Esau,Jacob,election,not loved,Messianic lineage,soteriology,Calvinism,provisionism

Malachi 1:2-3

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

2 Samuel 20:14-23

Sections: exegesis

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

Judges 4:1-24

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

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κύριος (kyrios)

lord / master / sir

צֵלָע (tsela)

side, rib, architectural side-chamber

ἀγαπάω (agapaō)

to love (self-giving, covenantal love)

יִנָּבְאוּ (yinnābe'û)

they will prophesy (niphal imperfect 3mp of נָבָא)

Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Alternative explanation for the Genesis allusion: women do not need to marry a circumcised man to be fully in Christ

Mike offers what he sees as a better explanation for the male/female and Genesis connection in Galatians.

Galatians 3:28 Galatians 3:28 circumcision judaizers

Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Westfall's argument: identity in Christ means Gentiles and women can represent Christ in any function

Mike quotes and analyzes a key extended passage from Westfall.

Cynthia Long Westfall circumcision representing Christ

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Canonical closure argument: the New Testament closes the canon — there is no room for a new book of scripture

Theological argument against the LDS claim to new scripture

Jeremiah 31 Mormonism Islam Book of Abraham

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Argument from the Mormon authority hierarchy: when the Bible, LDS standard works, and the Holy Spirit contradict each other, which do Mormons follow?

Epistemological challenge to Mormon missionaries

Holy Spirit LDS Church standard works

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 2018-02-21

Watchtower 1993 claims vaccinations were always a matter of individual conscience — erasing any record of the previous decades-long ban.

Mike continues the vaccination case study to show the Watchtower's tactic of historical revision.

Watchtower doctrinal reversal vaccination doctrine Awake August 1993

Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

The LDS church is quietly distancing itself from past presidential statements and Journal of Discourses rather than formally changing doctrine — 'plausible deniability.'

Mike explains the mechanism by which Mormonism is changing: not reforming doctrine but retreating from its sources.

Pearl of Great Price Book of Mormon Doctrine and Covenants

Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Q&A: Romans 4:16 — is it about saving faith? Is Abraham a prototype for saving faith?

Viewer asks Mike's view on Romans 4:16

Romans 4:16 justification by faith Abraham saving faith

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 4 refuted: The psychological power of contradiction lists outweighs their actual evidential force; contradictions would not disprove inspiration anyway

The skeptic links to the Skeptic's Annotated Bible list of hundreds of alleged biblical contradictions.

James 2 James 2 inspiration tests biblical contradictions

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Q&A: Why study the Bible if God writes his word on our hearts?

Viewer question citing the New Covenant promise (Jeremiah 31 / Hebrews 8): if God writes his word on our hearts, why do we need the Bible?

Jeremiah 31 Hebrews 8 Hebrews 4:12 Holy Spirit Jeremiah 31 Hebrews 8

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Jesus took only the bread and wine from the Passover meal — the Lord's Supper is the fulfillment of Passover, not its continuation

Q&A: Damien asks about the relationship between Passover and the Lord's Supper.

Lord's Supper Passover Old Covenant / New Covenant

Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Hebrews 10:28-29 — Rejecting the gospel of Christ deserves a worse punishment than violating the Mosaic law, establishing a clear hierarchy between sins.

Mike examines a key New Testament passage that explicitly compares the severity of two different categories of sin.

Hebrews 10:28-29 hierarchy of sin Hebrews 10:28-29 rejection of gospel

Galatians 3:16 Abrahamic covenant Messiah/Christ Old Testament fulfillment

Galatians 3:16 — Jesus as descendant of Abraham, fulfilling Abrahamic promises

Extending the genealogical claims Paul makes about Jesus to include Abrahamic descent.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 Passover Last Supper 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 — Paul 'received from the Lord' the Last Supper tradition, predating the Gospels

Paul's detailed knowledge of the Last Supper is one of the strongest demonstrations that he knew specific events from Jesus's life.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 Mark 14:22 Matthew 26:26 Last Supper independent attestation 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Last Supper account in Paul matches the Synoptic order — too many coincidences to be unrelated

Mike compares Paul's sequence in 1 Corinthians 11 with the Synoptic Gospels to argue they are describing the same event.

1 Corinthians 11:23-25 Mark 14:22 Matthew 26:26 Last Supper independent attestation 1 Corinthians 11:23-25

Detailed Synoptic comparison of Last Supper: Paul, Mark, Matthew, and Luke all describe the same sequence

Mike does a detailed side-by-side comparison of the Last Supper accounts across Paul and the three Synoptic Gospels.