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Theology verse entry

Revelation 21:14

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Revelation 21:14 apostolate,twelve,foundation,Paul,Matthias,scriptural fence
Theology verse entry

1 Peter 3:1-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Peter 3:1-9 submission,wives,husbands,Sarah,mutual-honor,egalitarian,context,obedience,intimidation
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 8:6

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 8:6 lordship,Jesus,authority,husbands,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Luke 24:1-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Luke 24:1-26 resurrection witnesses,women,testimony,unbelief,commission,egalitarian,prejudice
Theology verse entry

Matthew 28:5-10

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Matthew 28:5-10 resurrection,women witnesses,commission,angels,Jesus,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 1:26-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 1:26-28 creation,dominion,co-equal,image of God,male and female,egalitarian,gender roles,imago dei,equality
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 5:14

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 5:14 oikodespotein,household ruler,women authority,younger widows,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Matthew 25:14-30

Sections: exegesis

Matthew 25:14-30 talents,stewardship,accountability,spiritual gifts,burying gifts,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:24

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:24 one flesh,marriage,leaving,cleaving,union
Theology verse entry

Colossians 3:18-19

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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

1 Corinthians 14:33-37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 14:33-37 interpolation,textual criticism,silence,quotation,Western text,women speaking,women silent,Corinthian quotation,oral law,Pharisees,rhetorical refutation,eta particle,women in ministry,egalitarian,complementarian debate
Theology verse entry

Acts 1:16-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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

John 17:12

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

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

John 12:32

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 12:32 soteriology,sovereignty,drawing,Calvinism,provisionism,universal atonement
Theology verse entry

Romans 8:28-30

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 8:28-30 golden chain,foreknowledge,predestination,calling,justification,glorification,soteriology,Calvinist proof text
Theology verse entry

Romans 11:25-36

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

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

Matthew 23:37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Matthew 23:37 resistible grace,God's desire,human will,Jerusalem,soteriology
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:17-34

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

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

Joshua 2:1-21

Sections: exegesis

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

1 Corinthians 15:28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 15:28 eschatology,subjection,Son,Trinity,EFS,mediatorial kingdom,subordinationism,hypotasso
Theology verse entry

Philippians 2:5-11

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
Theology verse entry

John 5:18-23

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 5:18-23 Son equal to Father,John 5,EFS,Trinity,divine prerogatives,honor Son as Father,isos,subordinationism
Theology verse entry

John 17:5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 17:5 pre-incarnate glory,Son,Father,equality,EFS,Trinity,eternal equality,high priestly prayer
Theology greek term

οἰκοδεσποτεῖν (oikodespotein)

to rule the household, to be master of the house

greek
Theology greek term

ἐπιτρέπω (epitrepo)

to permit, to allow, to entrust

greek
Theology greek term

ἀντίλυτρον (antilytron)

ransom, substitute ransom price

greek
Theology greek term

κλητός (klētos)

called, invited

greek
Theology greek term

ἀπώλεια (apōleia)

destruction, perdition, ruin

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Jesus chose apostles unlikely to be culturally accepted

Mike argues Jesus did not choose apostles based on cultural acceptability.

Matthew/tax collector Jesus' choice of apostles Matthew/tax collector Galilean fishermen
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Women traveled with Jesus and supported him financially

Mike cites biblical evidence that women were already traveling with Jesus.

Matthew 27:55-56 women following Jesus Matthew 27:55-56 women supporting Jesus financially
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Rebuttal: marriage is not merely a human institution -- Genesis, Jesus, and Paul all ground it in God

Mike dismantles the 'human construct' argument with multiple scriptures.

Genesis 1-2 Ephesians 5:31-32 Romans 13:1 Genesis 1-2 Ephesians 5:31-32 Romans 13:1
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Principle: caring about witness doesn't make behavior merely cultural

Mike draws the general principle from the Titus 2 analysis.

Matthew 5:16 witness and transcultural commands Matthew 5:16
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

D.A. Carson: every NT use of this particle in analogous constructions reinforces what precedes it

Mike presents Carson's comprehensive conclusion about the Greek particle.

Matthew 20:15 D.A. Carson e/eta (disjunctive particle) Thayer's lexicon
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Jesus' use of Sabbath examples to push back against over-application

Mike draws a parallel between Jesus pushing back on Pharisees' Sabbath rules and gender role over-application.

John 7:23 Matthew 12 John 7:23 Matthew 12 Sabbath healing
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Linda Belleville's argument: elders don't have authority anyway

Mike addresses the egalitarian claim that NT church leaders had no special authority.

Hebrews 13:17 Matthew 18 1 Corinthians 5 Nympha argument from silence exousia
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Introduction and livestream setup

Janet asks Mike to analyze a JW article on Christ's second coming

Jehovah's Witnesses Second Coming 1914 invisible return doctrine
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW article's core claim about Matthew 25:31-33

The JW article cites Matthew 25:31-33 as evidence for Christ's second coming

Matthew 25:31-33 Matthew 25:31-33 Judgment of the nations Throne of glory
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW article's proof-texting strategy: the 'composite sign'

JW argument begins with Matthew 24:7-14 as the 'composite sign'

Matthew 24:7-14 Matthew 24:7-14 Proof-texting Composite sign
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24 context: Temple destruction and two distinct questions

Understanding what Jesus is actually answering

Matthew 24:1-8 Matthew 24:1-8 Temple destruction AD 70
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:7-14 describes inter-advent period, not end-time

Clarifying what the 'composite sign' actually refers to

Matthew 24:7-14 Matthew 24:7-14 Inter-advent period Church history
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

The abomination of desolation: Matthew 24:15 with Daniel 9, 11, 12

The actual sign that marks the beginning of the end-times

Matthew 24:15 Daniel 9 Daniel 11 Matthew 24:15 Abomination of desolation Daniel 9
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:23-26: False Christ warnings and the hidden advent claim

Addressing the JW argument that the second coming could be hidden

Matthew 24:23-26 Matthew 24:23-26 False Messiahs Visible coming
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:27-28: Lightning metaphor for visible return

Jesus describes the visibility of his coming

Matthew 24:27-28 Matthew 24:27-28 Lightning metaphor Visible return
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Matthew 24:29-31: Cosmic signs, universal visibility, gathering of the elect

The actual events accompanying Jesus' return

Matthew 24:29-31 Zechariah 12:10 Universal visibility Matthew 24:29-31 Cosmic signs
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW misconception #1: Clouds represent judgment/hiddenness

JW misinterpretation of 'clouds' in Matthew 24:30

Matthew 24:30 Clouds of heaven Matthew 24:30 Visibility debate
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Proof text #2: Matthew 28:6 and the empty tomb

Evidence that the tomb was genuinely empty

Matthew 28:6 Matthew 28:6 Empty tomb Bodily resurrection
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

Q&A: Matthew 24:34 and 'this generation'

Clarifying the referent of 'generation' in Jesus' statement

Matthew 24:34 Matthew 24:34 This generation Referent clarification
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Examining 'Jesus-only' theology on its own terms: if we take only Jesus' three-and-a-half years, did he teach full present-tense prosperity? Matthew 26:11 — 'The poor you will always have with you'

Mike tests Bethel's Jesus-only hermeneutic against actual teachings of Jesus

Matthew 26:11 Bill Johnson hermeneutics prosperity gospel
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Matthew 6:10 ('on earth as it is in heaven') is the central practical scripture of Bethel's theology — they interpret it as God manifesting heaven's conditions on earth right now

Mike identifies and challenges Bethel's key proof text for their present-kingdom expectations

Matthew 6:10 Bill Johnson Matthew 6:10 kingdom of God
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