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Theology greek term

παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)

to hand over, deliver up, give over

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Theology greek term

μετάνοια (metanoia)

repentance, change of mind

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Theology greek term

μορφή (morphē)

form, essential nature (Phil 2:6-7)

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Mike's personal journey: he wanted to become egalitarian, prioritized egalitarian scholarship, read Philip Payne and Linda Belleville, but did not change his mind.

Mike's personal stance and research journey

soft complementarianism Philip Payne Linda Belleville
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Schreiner's point 3: Eve called Adam's 'ezer' (helper) -- complementarians argue this implies subordination, but Mike finds the egalitarian rebuttal strong on this point.

The 'ezer' (helper) debate

Tom Schreiner ezer kenegdo
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mike's conclusion on 'ezer': the complementarian view is weak if based on this word; it doesn't imply subordination or submission. The consistent thread is that the person being helped can't do it alone.

Mike's settled view on the 'ezer' debate

ezer Gen 2:18 changed mind
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mike's view on 'ezer kenegdo': 'helper' simply means Adam can't be fruitful alone; 'kenegdo' (corresponding to him) doesn't mean 'his equal in all ways' -- both sides overreach.

Mike's settled interpretation of 'ezer kenegdo'

ezer kenegdo Gen 2:18
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

1 Timothy 3:1-7: elder requirements are distinctly masculine

Mike reads the definitive passage on elder qualifications.

1 Timothy 3:1-7 overseer elder qualifications able to teach
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 2022-05-09

Mike's conclusion: no female apostles in the official high-leadership sense

Mike summarizes the positive data section.

women as apostles apostolic office egalitarian arguments refuted
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Pushback from previous video on female deacons and 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Mike responds to viewer objections about women as deacons.

1 Timothy 3:8-13 1 Timothy 3:8-13 deacon qualifications female deacons
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Mike's personal journey: wanted to become egalitarian but became more strongly complementarian

Mike shares his personal bias check and research journey.

soft complementarianism personal testimony
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Warning against anachronism: modern categories like 'privilege' are not in Paul's mind

Mike flags the importation of modern concepts into biblical exegesis.

anachronism privilege exegetical method
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Tom Schreiner on the fundamental purpose of Galatians 3:28

Mike cites Schreiner's succinct summary of the verse's meaning.

Galatians 3:28 Tom Schreiner Galatians 3:28 Two Views
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Philo of Alexandria: the head is the 'master limb,' the 'chief' part, like a citadel where the sovereign mind dwells

Mike cites Philo, a Jewish contemporary of Paul, on the function of the head.

Philo of Alexandria head as master limb citadel of the king
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Paul uses hypotasso for bond servants and rulers with clear obedience meaning

Mike shows Paul's consistent usage of the word submit across contexts.

Titus 2:9 Titus 3:1 hypotasso Titus 2:9 Titus 3:1
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Titus 2 as test case: 'that the word of God may not be reviled' doesn't make things merely cultural

Mike provides extended analysis of whether evangelistic purpose equals cultural binding.

Titus 2:1-10 word of God not reviled Titus 2:1-10 cultural vs transcultural
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The question: is Barak being rebuked for not stepping up as a man? Is God reminding us even with a female judge that a man should have been leading?

Interpretive question about the Barak passage

Judges 5 Barak Jael Judges 5
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

D.A. Carson's assessment of Gordon Fee's interpolation argument

Mike quotes Carson's famous evaluation of Fee's position on this passage.

Gordon Fee interpolation theory D.A. Carson
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Wednesday/off-service teaching: if a non-elder man could do it, probably a woman could too

Mike offers a practical test for non-Sunday teaching slots.

Romans 14 Romans 14 non-elder teaching test Christian liberty
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Encouragement to women pastors who have changed their minds

Mike directly addresses women currently in pastoral roles who now agree with his conclusions.

2 Kings 22-23 women pastors Philip Payne King Josiah
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Genesis 2-3 is already in Paul's mind, making Genesis 3:15 the natural next reference

Mike argues that Paul's appeal to Genesis in vv.13-14 makes a Genesis 3:15 reference in v.15 perfectly natural.

Genesis 2 Genesis 3 Genesis 3:15 Genesis 2 Genesis 3 Genesis 3:15
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Bethel's prophetic culture is social engineering — a formula developed through experimentation and exported to other churches worldwide

Mike's meta-level analysis of what Bethel is doing with prophecy

Bethel Church spiritual gifts social engineering
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Stopping the inner monologue of complaint through prayer — personal testimony and Philippians 4:8

Mike shares a personal example of applying Tip 7, and ties it to Philippians 4:8.

Philippians 4:7 Philippians 4:8 self-talk Philippians 4:7 Philippians 4:8
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Q&A: Scientology is not Christian — it is a dangerous, money-driven cult involving alien mythology

Live chat question from 'Pac-Man' about Scientology.

comparative religion Scientology cult
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

The exaltation requirement to 'love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength and neighbor as yourself' means no one meets it — creating either despair or self-deception.

Mike focuses on one specific exaltation requirement (the Great Commandment) to show that the Mormon salvific bar is humanly unachievable.

Ephesians 2:8-9 Ephesians 2:8-9 LDS soteriology works-based salvation
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

James 2:22-23 — faith was active with works; faith was completed by works; Genesis 15:6 fulfilled in the Isaac offering

Reading James 2:22-23 with the Genesis timeline in mind

Genesis 15:6 James 2:22-23 Abraham demonstration of faith Genesis 15:6
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Q&A: apparitions of the Virgin Mary — Mike is skeptical; Catholic Marian devotion (shrines, altars) seems pagan and non-biblical

Viewer question about Catholic Marian apparitions

Catholicism Virgin Mary Marian apparitions
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-28

Livestream is framed as an exercise in loving God with the mind — building the Christian worldview intellectually

Introduction to the weekly Tuesday livestream format

apologetics Christian worldview love God with your mind
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-28

Dillahunty says he cannot think of any evidence that would convince him the resurrection happened — Mike calls this blind faith skepticism

Dillahunty's response to what evidence would change his mind

resurrection Matt Dillahunty methodological naturalism
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-29

Q&A: How do you persuade someone who refuses to engage with prophecy evidence?

Viewer asks how to get through to someone who won't listen to fulfilled prophecy arguments

Apologetics methodology Evangelism Holy Spirit's role in conversion
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 5 affirmed and answered: Fulfilled prophecy is the correct test for biblical inspiration, and the Bible passes it

The skeptic argues that an inspired Bible would contain specific, verifiable prophecies — but calls biblical prophecies 'feeble in the extreme.'

Ezekiel Matthew 24 fulfilled prophecy Ezekiel Matthew 24
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 7 (the 'half reason') addressed: The Bible does contain beautiful poetry; the Judges 19 example is a misrepresentation

The skeptic argues the Bible lacks beautiful, heart-rending poetry and cites Judges 19 (the Levite's concubine) as a counterexample of ugliness.

Genesis 1 Isaiah 53 Song of Solomon Genesis 1 Isaiah 53 Song of Solomon
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-25

Mark 13:1-4 — the disciples' question is bigger than just the temple's destruction

Opening the Mark 13 study; Mike notes the scope of what the disciples are actually asking.

Mark 13:1-4 Mark 13:1-4 temple destruction Olivet Discourse
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Christians are not under the Mosaic law — Sabbath observance is a liberty, not a requirement for salvation

Mike's rebuttal to Kim's Sabbath-as-salvation teaching.

Romans 14:5 Colossians 2:16-17 Sabbath law vs. grace Romans 14:5
Mike Winger idea 2018-09-05

The significance of fulfilled prophecy: genuine predictive prophecy is a key evidence for the divine inspiration of Scripture.

Winger explains why the prophecy debate matters before diving into specifics.

apologetics Bible prophecy inspiration of Scripture
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Winger argues Romans 1 teaches that people have been given sufficient information but may not currently believe it, because sin causes suppression and exchange of truth

Winger's counter-reading of Romans 1

Romans 1 sin general revelation Romans 1
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Winger argues 1 Kings 18 (Mount Carmel) supports evidential apologetics: Elijah offered a test and the miracle convinced the people Yahweh is God

Winger's first major Scripture argument; examination of 1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18 1 Kings 18 Mount Carmel Elijah
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Sye reframes 1 Kings 18: Elijah was not convincing people of something unknown but displaying God's glory to suppressors of truth; the event was judgment, not persuasion

Sye's counter-reading of 1 Kings 18

1 Kings 18 judgment presuppositional apologetics 1 Kings 18
Mike Winger idea 2018-11-14

Q&A: A wife navigating a husband's anger should maintain internal clarity about whether she sinned, and not accept blame she doesn't own.

Q&A on handling a spouse who struggles with anger and projects blame.

discernment marriage Q&A
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Pornography accelerates the corruption of the sexual mind — it does not cause but amplifies

Q&A question about whether pornography's proliferation promotes acceptance of homosexuality.

sexual ethics sin homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-19

Q&A: Can atheists be saved? — Romans 1 and the hardening process of rejecting God

Answering viewer Sarah Beauchamp's question about Barron's statement that even atheists can be saved

Romans 1 Romans 1:18-32 atheism conscience Romans 1
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

Q&A: Can Satan, as a non-omnipotent being, put thoughts into people's minds?

Viewer question from Joy Chintons.

John 13:2 omnipotence Satan spiritual warfare
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Rape exception — the child is not morally culpable for the father's crime; killing the child does not undo the evil

Q&A — question about whether abortion is acceptable in cases of rape

abortion human rights pro-life argument
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-13

Free will in heaven: believers will have genuine free will but no desire to sin

Viewer asking whether we will have free will in heaven

1 Corinthians 15 2 Peter 1 Corinthians 15 Greg Koukl glorification
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-13

Aseity (divine self-existence) and abstract objects: Mike denies abstract objects truly exist, resolving the problem

Viewer asking about God's aseity and how God can exist prior to abstract objects like the number one

nominalism aseity abstract objects
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-13

Metanoia encompasses both attitudinal and behavioral change; Luke 3:8 and Acts 26:20 illustrate the distinction.

Further nuance on the meaning of repentance.

Luke 3:8 Acts 26:20 Hebrews 6:1 metanoia Repentance Luke 3:8
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-14

Argument from consciousness: mind and matter are ontologically distinct; consciousness is irreducible to physical processes (the hard problem of consciousness)

John explains the argument from consciousness more fully

John McCrae John McCrae J.P. Moreland argument from consciousness
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-14

John McCrae's ministry goal: counter emotionally compelling but logically weak objections; reach younger audiences with the full human (intellectual + emotional) case for Christianity

Each host shares their goals for their YouTube channel

John McCrae John McCrae What Do You Mean emotional vs. logical reasoning
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-27

Chapter 2 of Boghossian's book is primarily about redefining terms to create cognitive filters

Mike begins his analysis of the book's chapter structure

A Manual for Creating Atheists Peter Boghossian Street Epistemology
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