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Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-01

The Original Woman Needed Or Needy

The foundation of the dispute between egalitarians and complementarians is the creation account found in the book of Genesis. How each side views the creation of woman defines the view of woman throughout the rest of scripture

Genesis 2:18 Genesis & Creation Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-12-05

Women Teaching Mens Prejudice And Gods Glory

Many complementarians have been so used to hearing what women are not allowed to do in the body of Christ rather than what scripture says women should do as followers of Christ, that the focus has become automatically set to see restrictions when the subject of women in ministry is discussed. With t

1 Peter 2:15 1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:10-12 Women in Leadership Complementarianism 1 Peter 3
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-23

Jesus Our Example Of A Godly Husband

What is the godly way for a husband to treat his wife. Should he take authority over her and make decisions for her by going against her will

John 13:10 John 13:4 John 13:5 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-03

Does Head Mean Boss When It Is Connected To The Body

This is the first in a series about marriage and the connection between marriage to women’s gifts in the church

Colossians 2:19 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-03

Mary As Gods Kind Of Woman

In conjunction with my new series on marriage started with my previous post and the question of whether a wife is to have a man take authority over her (as if her husband is required to rule her), click here to read an excellent blog article about the best example of a New Testament “God’s kind of w

Authority & Submission Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-10-26

Prayer Request

While freeing women to minister with their God-given to the entire body of Christ has been a very strong passion for me, it has not been the main focus of my ministry. In 1988 God called me to give of my time, my money and my talents to help Jehovah’s Witnesses find the truth about the real Jesus Ch

Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-30

The Rest Of The Story 1 Timothy 211 15 And Matt Slick

> Proverbs 18:17 (ESV) The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-29

Are Gods Gifts Segregated

Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post – are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:7 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-17

Are Womens Gifts Secondary

Last post we referenced 1 Corinthians 12:7 teaching us that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good of the body of Christ. But are women’s gifts somehow secondary

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 6:3 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-28

Interdependence In The Lord

In our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we now come to verse 11:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-21

Shaming The Head 3

Continuing our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we come to verse 6:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-09

Are Females Saved Just Like Males

Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:

1 Peter 3:7 Ephesians 2:14-19 Ephesians 2:19 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-04

Paul Refutes A Faulty Tradition

In the last post we discussed that the man is the image and glory of God and Christ is his head. Why does Paul emphasize that the man is the image and glory of God but he says nothing about the woman having God’s glory

1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-06-23

Home At Last

We are in our new home, although we have not yet finished unloading our trailer and our new home is still full of boxes needing to be unpacked. We were one day late in arriving as the tires on our trailer were overheating and the first tire exploded within an hour after we started on our final move

Acts 1 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-27

1 Corinthians 113 And Head

In the last post I summarized the foundational points from chapter 10 that is necessary to the understanding of chapter 11. If you haven’t read it already, it can be read by clicking here

1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Corinthians 11 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-08

Is Adam The Representative Head Of The Human Race

Those who believe that God created a hierarchical relationship between men and women will usually state that God created Adam as the “federal head” of the human race. This “federal headship” is said to be not only physical in that all of humanity has its origin in Adam, but spiritual because of a di

1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:13 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2007-02-27

Catching Up

Well part one of the relocation of our ministry and the move of our household has occurred and we have a two week break before we go into phase two of the move

Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-28

Does Husband Of One Wife Disqualify Women From Being A Pastor

I was listening to the January 26, 2007 radio program online by Matt Slick of carm. org

1 Corinthians 7:24 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:12 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-15

Were Moving

After five years of planning, my husband and I are moving our home and ministry office 10 hours away to join Keith and Lorri MacGregor our ministry partners. There have been some challenges these last few years working together with such a long distance between us

Isaiah 10 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-02

What Does 1 Timothy 211 15 Mean

I was challenged to present my view of 1 Timothy 2:11-15 on another blog and I thought it would be good to summarize my view on my own blog. Here is the teaching from “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free

1 Timothy 1:11-15 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-11

Husband As The Priest Of The Home

With the push towards defining biblical manhood and womanhood, often men are pressured into a leadership role where they feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Probably none more stressful than the title given to them as “Priest of the home”

1 Corinthians 6:3 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-07

What Is True Headship

With all of the talk on submission of a wife, we should at least grant that submission is not related to suppression of God’s gifts. In other words if a woman is gifted to teach, her submission to her husband and her desire to honor him should not be a means to stop her from using her God-given gift

Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@sourpatchlyds @MikeWingerii That husband already is her head. God doesn’t tell

@sourpatchlyds @MikeWingerii That husband already is her head. God doesn’t tell him to be her head or lead her. 1Co 11:3 also isn’t about hierarchical relationships. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@Impactingright @MikeWingerii When he says that husbands are to love their wives

@Impactingright @MikeWingerii When he says that husbands are to love their wives as Christ loves the church he is not saying that only husbands love in this way. We are all called to emulate Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-22

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Starting at v9 Paul is speaking about widows. He wan

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Starting at v9 Paul is speaking about widows. He wants younger widows to get remarried so that they may have children and spend their time managing their households. Why wo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when we in fact we have statements to the contrary: 1. ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So is it correct that your view on this is that it has to do with showing angels proper hierarchy between Jesus->husband->wife during prayer and prophecy (only)? This seems rather strange to me...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So is it correct that your view on this is that it has to do with showing angels proper hierarchy between Jesus->husband->wife during prayer an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Ok. Is the wife not also to l

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Ok. Is the wife not also to love her husband as Jesus loves his church? Isn't she also to love God and her neighbour as herself? What makes loving un

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@amacarthur @ryancduff @MikeWingerii I don't mind you going fishing and replying later. But are you suggesting that husbands ruling over their wives is correct because of survivorship bias? I just don't understand how you are connecting the analogy a...

@amacarthur @ryancduff @MikeWingerii I don't mind you going fishing and replying later. But are you suggesting that husbands ruling over their wives is correct because of survivorship bias? I just don

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@amacarthur @ryancduff @bwillems1000 @MikeWingerii Yes, there are women who beli

@amacarthur @ryancduff @bwillems1000 @MikeWingerii Yes, there are women who believe their husbands should rule over them and that women should be quiet. Maybe this is why they aren't here arguing thei

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii It at least seems to me that

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii It at least seems to me that in this discussion that it is the husband’s will that is chief over that of his wife. Is that at least what you believe?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@TabeStorm @MikeWingerii My OP was meant to point out that the Bible is stating

@TabeStorm @MikeWingerii My OP was meant to point out that the Bible is stating a fact and not commanding the husband to be the head. But my question is why do we think head means authority over? Lea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@amacarthur @ryancduff @MikeWingerii Can I ask if you are suggesting that the hu

@amacarthur @ryancduff @MikeWingerii Can I ask if you are suggesting that the husband is the engine/cockpit and his wife expendable like the wings, tail and cargo area? 😲

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and whether kephale means ruling before we are concerned wi...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and wheth

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii God never commands a husband

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii God never commands a husband to rule his wife. Gen 1:28 has the imperative and both are to rule with neither ruling over the other.

Gen 1:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So husbands are told to love their wives, where was it

@TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So husbands are told to love their wives, where was it that they are told to lead them? And do you think that we are not all supposed to love like Christ loves the church? Or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

Mike claims that men are told to lead their families and to be the head, but the

Mike claims that men are told to lead their families and to be the head, but the text doesn't seem to say this. A husband just is the kephale, or head. There's nothing to be: he is by the fact that h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-09

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Paul instructs Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone else. A certain deceived wife who was teaching heresy (whose husband was n...

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Paul instructs Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone else. A certain deceived

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@carol66944 Our maker is Eve's husband??

@carol66944 Our maker is Eve's husband??

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-30

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands no such thing. Clearly Paul in his personal letter ...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Head means source as Adam’s flesh and bone is the source material for Eve’s creation. Notice how in the NT no one is the head of anyone except the husband of the wife, so if head means the boss or authority over, th...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Head means source as Adam’s flesh and bone is the source material for Eve’s creation. Notice how in the NT no one is the head of anyone except the husband of the wif

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Hey @Grok, what’s your answer? Fix my typo as

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Hey @Grok, what’s your answer? Fix my typo as I meant to say “even though the husband was NOT deceived”.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge I meant “even though he (her husband) is not

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge I meant “even though he (her husband) is not deceived”. Whoops.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Hey, why are you importing your meaning for head in

@RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Hey, why are you importing your meaning for head into the Biblical text? Think about it. If head means boss, why is it only used of a husband to his wife? Why is no pastor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor commanding him to rule her. God doesn’t say Eve ...

@UncutDomination @RustyGremlin @dalepartridge Nowhere does God command the woman to submit to her husband. There is no imperative in the text you quoted and no submit. God wasn’t speaking to Adam nor

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