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Scripture Commentary debate point

Kerryn sent me a link to Pastor Wade Burleson’s blog regarding being intellectually honest and consistent in our beliefs

[counterargument] From: Honesty And Consistency

counterargument
Scripture Commentary debate point

Very few people quickly admit their beliefs are wrong

[general] From: Changing_Views

general
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 1:13-16

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 1:13-16 mercy,ignorance,pattern,hybristEs,paul,blasphemer,persecutor,violent aggressor,deception,egalitarian,restoration
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

Numbers 15:27-31

Sections: exegesis

Numbers 15:27-31 intentional sin,unintentional sin,high hand,defiance,Eve,Adam,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 3:14-19

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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
Theology verse entry

John 6:27

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:27 soteriology,giving,future promise,bread of life,Calvinism,provisionism
Theology verse entry

John 6:28-29

Sections: debate_points, exegesis

John 6:28-29 soteriology,work of God,belief,faith as response,Calvinism,provisionism
Theology verse entry

John 6:37

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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

John 6:38-40

Sections: debate_points, exegesis

John 6:38-40 soteriology,will of the Father,eternal life,belief,universal scope,Calvinism,provisionism
Theology verse entry

John 6:43-45

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 6:43-45 soteriology,drawing,teaching,irresistible grace,Calvinism,provisionism,taught by God
Theology verse entry

John 6:63

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:63 soteriology,spirit gives life,flesh profits nothing,words of Jesus,Calvinism,provisionism
Theology verse entry

John 6:64-65

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 6:64-65 soteriology,unbelief,foreknowledge,granting,connection,Calvinism,provisionism
Theology verse entry

2 Corinthians 5:14-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

2 Corinthians 5:14-15 soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,scope of atonement,substitutionary death
Theology verse entry

Hebrews 2:9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

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

Ephesians 2:8-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 2:8-9 soteriology,grace,faith,salvation,Calvinism,gift of God,purchased faith,works
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 1:4-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 1:4-5 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,corporate election
Theology verse entry

Romans 9:16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

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

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,boasting,faith vs works
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 greek term

τεκνογονία (teknogonia)

the childbearing

greek
Theology greek term

ὑβριστής (hybristEs)

insolent aggressor / violent transgressor

greek
Theology greek term

ὑποτύπωσις (hupotyposis)

pattern, prototype, example, outline

greek
Theology greek term

πιστεύω (pisteuō)

to believe, trust, have faith in

greek
Theology greek term

ἀπώλεια (apōleia)

destruction, perdition, ruin

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

The biggest problem in the women in ministry debate is that people have rules that bypass scripture entirely, preventing biblical thinking.

Framing the central thesis of this video

women in ministry bypassing scripture presuppositions
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Mike transitions to the main content: many people bypass the Bible on women in ministry, holding views based on philosophical beliefs rather than scripture.

Transition to main content — bypassing the Bible

bypassing scripture presuppositions
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Mistake #2: Believing women in ministry is simply a result of the evils of feminism.

Mistake #2: Evils of feminism

bypassing scripture feminism complementarianism
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Mistake #6: Thinking submission is inherently evil — submission was not a bad word in biblical culture, though it is in modern culture.

Mistake #6: Submission is inherently evil

submission cultural assumptions 1 Pet 5:5
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Three commitments: (3) Mike will not be 'God's PR department' — he will not avoid truths or fail to confront false beliefs to make Christianity palatable.

Three things Mike will NOT do in this series

God's PR department biblical submission intellectual honesty
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Payne also claims most people in Paul's day believed the heart controlled the body

Mike addresses Payne's broader claim about popular belief in the ancient world.

Philip Payne Rebecca Groothuis popular ancient belief
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Galen: the brain dwells in the head 'like the great king' in an acropolis; most people believed the head contained all senses like guards of a king

Mike presents Galen's own words about the head's function and what ordinary people believed.

medical argument rebuttal popular ancient belief Galen
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Multiple problems with reading Ephesians 5 as cultural defense

Mike lists remaining issues with the cultural-bowing interpretation.

Ephesians 5 Ephesians 5 cultural bowing Josephus parallel
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Summary of video 1: removing obstacles and presuppositions that cause people to bypass the Bible on this topic.

Recap of previous videos in the series

women in ministry presuppositions hermeneutics
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

The refutation view creates internally contradictory beliefs about the Corinthians

Mike argues the refutation view requires believing contradictory things about Corinthian church practice simultaneously.

1 Corinthians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Corinthian church practices internal consistency
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Three beliefs to honor God: what God says about men and women is true, good, and needful

Mike lays out the foundational attitudes one should have entering this study.

hermeneutics methodology cultural rebellion
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-10

JW doctrine: God dissolved Jesus' body

Core JW belief about Jesus' post-resurrection state

Spirit resurrection Resurrection body Manifestation bodies
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

The papyri are pagan Egyptian funerary texts — specifically the 'Book of Breathings' — belonging to a man named Hor

What Egyptologists actually found the papyri to contain

Book of Abraham Joseph Smith Papyri Book of Breathings
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-07

Slow-motion playback of the fifth video confirms the heel of the 'longer' leg moves backward rather than the 'shorter' leg growing forward — the apparent lengthening is caused by the other leg shifting.

Final frame analysis of the fifth healing video.

Todd White healing fraud leg lengthening
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-07

Q&A: Mark 7:32-34 and Jesus spitting/making mud — Mike lacks a definitive interpretation but shares a missionary anecdote about a tribe that attributed magical powers to shamans' spit, making Jesus' spitting highly significant for them.

Viewer question from TruthandGrace about the theological significance of Jesus using spit in healing.

Mark 7:32-34 John 9 hermeneutics Mark 7:32-34 John 9
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Reason 1: Every generation assumes it is the last generation

First of seven reasons people fall for end-times predictions.

Calvary Chapel eschatology last generation fallacy
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Teaser: upcoming livestream critiquing the 'Mother God' cult active in Southern California and worldwide

Closing segment. Mike previews future content.

apologetics cult Mother God
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Church selection advice: evaluate a church by both its statement of faith and whether it actually lives out those beliefs

Q&A response to a viewer in the Bay Area asking how to find a good church.

Calvary Chapel church selection statement of faith
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Joseph Smith teaches that God lived on another earth, was born, lived, died, and was resurrected — just like Jesus — before becoming God.

Continuation of the King Follett Sermon quote, extending the doctrine that God was once a man by drawing an explicit parallel with the life of Jesus.

Joseph Smith God was once a man King Follett Sermon
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

After encountering doctrinal challenges, Mormon missionaries are isolated with older Mormons who reinforce their beliefs — a process Mike calls 'brainwashing.'

Mike describes the social reinforcement mechanism that keeps Mormon missionaries from processing the doctrinal challenges they encounter.

Mormon missions Mormon doctrinal awareness social reinforcement
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Q&A: Most Mormons are not convinced by intellectual arguments — they are committed emotionally through 'testimony,' an emotionally validated belief experience.

Viewer question: 'What would Mike suggest to say to a Mormon to convince them that Christianity is truth?'

epistemology Mormon testimony burning in the bosom
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:19 — 'Even demons believe and shudder' — intellectual assent alone is not saving faith

Verse-by-verse analysis of James 2:19

James 2:19 dead faith saving faith James 2:19
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Saving faith is not mere intellectual belief — it is living faith that results in works

Defining saving faith vs. intellectual assent

dead faith saving faith living faith
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Contrast between demons (believe and tremble) and the easy-believer (believes and boasts) — the worse of the two

Pastoral application — comparing dead faith to demonic belief

James 2:19 dead faith easy believism James 2:19
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