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Theology greek term

ὡσαύτως (hosautos)

likewise, in the same manner

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Theology greek term

ὑπακούω (hypakouō)

to listen to, to hearken, to obey

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Theology greek term

πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)

elder, older man; church overseer/leader by seniority

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Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

1 Timothy 3:8-13: deacon requirements with the key question of verse 11 -- wives or women deacons?

Mike turns to the definitive passage on deacon qualifications.

1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 3:8-13 women deacons 1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 3:8-13
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Argument for women deacons: the word 'likewise' creates a three-part structure (elders, deacons, women)

Mike builds the case for reading verse 11 as female deacons.

1 Timothy 3:11 women deacons 1 Timothy 3:11 hosautos (likewise)
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

The word 'deaconess' didn't exist yet; Paul used 'gunaikas' because no feminine term was available

Mike explains why Paul didn't use a feminine deacon term.

1 Timothy 3:11 church history 1 Timothy 3:11 diakonos
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Three areas of women's authority: (3) over husband's body — 1 Corinthians 7:3-5

Mike presents conjugal rights as a domain of shared authority.

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 conjugal rights mutual authority
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-25

Mark 13:28-31 — the fig tree parable and 'this generation' interpreted as the generation that sees the signs

Mike addresses the key contested phrase 'this generation will not pass away.'

Mark 13:28-31 this generation Mark 13:28-31 fig tree parable
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-12

Zahnd's idol: a universalist Jesus who saves devout Muslims regardless of belief, contradicting Christ's own words

Winger reads Zahnd's 'Becky and Belkis' thought experiment from page 142 of the book, in which a devout Muslim woman is contrasted with a mean American Christian woman.

John-14-6 Luke-13-3 discernment salvation apologetics
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-12

Jesus's own words affirm future divine vengeance and judgment — directly refuting Zahnd's 'Jesus closes the book on vengeance' thesis

Winger compiles multiple Gospel and Pauline texts that show Jesus and the New Testament affirming coming divine judgment.

Luke-11-32 Luke-13 Luke-21-22 judgment apologetics Jesus
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Romans 1:26-27 — the New Testament's clearest condemnation of homosexual behavior

Winger begins a brief but direct survey of key biblical passages on homosexuality, starting with Romans 1.

Romans 1:26-27 exegesis sin homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-16

Objection: anthropic principle — we shouldn't be surprised we live in a life-permitting universe

McLatchie addresses the anthropic objection to the fine-tuning argument.

John Leslie Jonathan McLatchie apologetics objections cosmic fine-tuning
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

1 Corinthians 7:13-16 — children are "holy" through a believing parent but this has nothing to do with baptism

Winger examines another verse used by some to support infant baptism.

1 Corinthians 7:13-16 sanctification infant baptism 1 Corinthians 7:13-16
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Paul's instructions on tongues and prophecy require self-control, proving the Spirit does not override the person's will

Continuing the argument against slain in the Spirit using 1 Corinthians 14 as evidence

1 Corinthians 14 1 Corinthians 14:32 1 Corinthians 14 1 Corinthians 14:32 prophecy
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-08

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 establishes mutual bodily authority in marriage and implicitly rules out polygamy

Reading and exposition of 1 Corinthians 7 on conjugal rights

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 Paul 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 conjugal rights
Pulpit research note

Commentary: God Never Said She Would Want to "Overpower" Her Husband

At 11:31, Ardavanis claims that God tells Eve she is going to want to "overpower her husband" and "subvert God's design," and calls this "one of the most timeless wars waged in culture." ### God Says

Genesis 3:16; 1 Corinthians 7:3-5
Pulpit research note

"If Any Man" — τις Is Gender-Neutral, and 1Ti 3 Does Not Exclude Women

At 14:32, he claims that one of the qualifications for a pastor is "most noticeably" that the elder be a man, which he states is THE consistent pattern of male leadership established in Ge and seen th
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