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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “You are not an apostle, Ryan” Phew

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “You are not an apostle, Ryan” Phew! PS> did I claim to be one?

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Every baby is the result of two part

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Every baby is the result of two parties doing something. In the case of rape, the women should feel the full support of the entire church.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus You are just assuming your opinion. I have shown over and over that you are misconstruing the meaning of those texts. Then assuming your conclusion you assume Priscilla cannot teach a man. But it is very...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus You are just assuming your opinion. I have shown over and over that you are misconstruing the meaning of those texts. Then assuming your conclusion you as

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Christ submitted to die for the church. He did what was best for us not what was best for himself. He came to serve, not to be served. The leader is the one who serves everyone. We are all to follow his...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Christ submitted to die for the church. He did what was best for us not what was best for himself. He came to serve, not to be served. The leader is the

Philippians 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the fi…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the source of the church (how?) He Himself being the Sav...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the so

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus But Paul talks about married women "managing" their households: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no opportunity for reproach” (1 T...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus But Paul talks about married women "managing" their households: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, an

1 Timothy 5:14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to each other, then that certainly includes husbands t...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to e

Eph 5:21 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference to the anaphoric “a woman” is not any woman becaus...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference

1 Tim 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Qualifications are based on character, not one’s sex, skin color, whether they are married or not or their social status. You are reading into the requirements what you were brought up to believe. Not sur...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Qualifications are based on character, not one’s sex, skin color, whether they are married or not or their social status. You are reading into the requirem

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 Romans 16:3–5 (NIV): “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. **Greet also the chu...

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 Romans 16:3–5 (NIV): “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Ge

Romans 16:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@lynna_listens Time to bring peace to a non-sensical age-old divide which Christ

@lynna_listens Time to bring peace to a non-sensical age-old divide which Christ tore down in His church. https://t.co/vsUEIFzlmE

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@moniemon84 @Peacemaker811 @anahnemoo 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature of the language. The only phrase that seems to app...

@moniemon84 @Peacemaker811 @anahnemoo 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature o

1 Tim 3:1-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@EKHyland The saving grace for complementarians is that they believe that the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. So even though it is very easy to get out of balance, it can still work. For that reason, I think we can live in p...

@EKHyland The saving grace for complementarians is that they believe that the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. So even though it is very easy to get out of balance, it can stil

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@DST_QA We know women can be prophets elsewhere in scripture, so "you can all pr

@DST_QA We know women can be prophets elsewhere in scripture, so "you can all prophesy" would have to have "you males can all prophesy" to make it clear. Because "God is not a God of confusion, but o

1 Cor 14:33 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

What the Bible says about gender and leadership. Let's bring peace to the divid

What the Bible says about gender and leadership. Let's bring peace to the divide and work in unison with those we disagree with on secondary matters. 🧵

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@MikeWingerii Here's my exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15. Hope you find it helpful.

@MikeWingerii Here's my exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15. Hope you find it helpful. There needs to be peace brought on this issue so that it stops being a matter of division. https://t.co/dvkKdPd1sy

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-04-21

@J17apologetics Eph1:2 - “…peace from OUR God” ⎯ is this not the God of both Pau

@J17apologetics Eph1:2 - “…peace from OUR God” ⎯ is this not the God of both Paul and the faithful believing Ephesians?

Eph1:2 question
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 2:14-16

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 2:14-16 wall of partition,dividing wall,peace,one new man,Jew Gentile,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

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

Exodus 1:15-22

Sections: exegesis

Exodus 1:15-22 shiphrah,puah,hebrew midwives,civil disobedience,female courage,pharaoh,women leadership
Theology verse entry

Joshua 2:1-21

Sections: exegesis

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

2 Samuel 20:14-23

Sections: exegesis

2 Samuel 20:14-23 wise woman of abel,women leadership,wisdom,sheba revolt
Theology verse entry

Judges 4:1-24

Sections: exegesis

Judges 4:1-24 deborah,judge,prophetess,general,jael,women leadership,sisera
Theology verse entry

Judges 5:1-31

Sections: exegesis

Judges 5:1-31 deborah,song,poet,women leadership,jael
Theology greek term

δικαιόω (dikaioō)

to justify, to declare righteous

greek
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Huldah delivers a powerful prophetic word to King Josiah about judgment on Jerusalem and mercy on him personally.

Reading Huldah's prophecy in 2 Kings 22

2 Kings 22:15-20 Huldah Aimee Byrd Torah canonization
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Deborah's life fits the standard judge pattern (sin, enemy, judge raised, deliverance, peace for lifetime) and she was a rare judge who didn't blow it.

Deborah compared to other judges

judges Judges 5:31 Deborah judges judicial authority
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The wise woman of Abel Beth Maacah (2 Samuel 20:16-22) negotiated peace during a siege, representing the whole city — she exercised real political power in crisis.

Examining a more substantive example of a wise woman

2 Samuel 20:16-22 Joab 2 Samuel 20:16-22 wise woman of Abel Beth Maacah
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Closing prayer celebrating God's word including teachings on gender roles

Mike closes with a prayer of trust in scripture's teachings on gender.

closing prayer delight in God's word cultural resistance
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Hesychia: 'silence' vs. 'quiet/peaceable' semantic range

Mike examines what hesychia means in 1 Tim 2:11-12 — total silence or a peaceable disposition.

1 Timothy 2:11-12 2 Thessalonians 3:12 1 Timothy 2:2 1 Timothy 2:11-12 hesychia hesychios
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Conclusion on hesychia: women should not be kept from speaking in church

Mike applies the meaning of hesychia to practical church life.

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11 hesychia women's participation
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

Bill Johnson Q&A answer on whether God causes sickness: 'You can't give what you don't have — God doesn't have cancer, so He can't give it'

Mike plays and critiques a specific Q&A response from Bill Johnson

1 Samuel 5:6 Bill Johnson thorn in the flesh healing theology
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 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 2018-11-14

Romans 12:17-21 — do not repay evil for evil; leave vengeance to God; overcome evil with good, even toward enemies.

New Testament passage on retaliation and the theological grounding for non-retaliation.

Romans 12:17-21 anger Romans 12:17-21 repay evil
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-13

Ephesians 5:18 — "be filled with the Spirit" is a CONTRAST to being drunk with wine, not a comparison; "drunk in the Spirit" is a misreading.

Mike addresses "drunk in the Spirit" and "slain in the Spirit" claims.

Galatians 5:22-23 Ephesians 5:18 Galatians 5:22-23 Ephesians 5:18 Drunk in the Spirit
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

Mike's personal conversion testimony: depression before faith, joy and relationship with God after — and subsequent evidential verification

Q&A: Benjamin Acompo (skeptic) asks what evidence a 12-year-old Mike had at conversion beyond feelings

personal testimony experiential evidence for faith conversion experience
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-16

Extra-biblical corroboration: Luke 3 — soldiers on active duty near John the Baptist

McLatchie presents a subtle corroboration between Luke 3's soldiers and the specific military situation in the region during John the Baptist's ministry.

John the Baptist Luke 3:14 Josephus John the Baptist Herod Antipas
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-22

Acts 9:31 summary: the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria is at peace and growing -- still entirely Jewish in composition

Survey of Acts 9:31, state of the early church

Acts 9:31 Jewish believers early church Acts 9:31
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-05

Why was Jesus bound to the law? God's holiness requires punishment for sin; Jesus satisfies both justice and mercy

Q&A: Christina Hunt about why Jesus had to die

Psalm 85:10 atonement Jesus under the law holiness of God
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-30

Colossians 1:20 — 'all things' reconciled through the blood of the cross supports universal extent

Winger turns to Colossians 1:20 as a secondary passage confirming the universal extent of the atonement.

Colossians 1:20 Colossians 1:16-17 Colossians 1:21-23 reconciliation extent of atonement application of atonement
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Introduction: Isaiah 45:7 quoted as evidence God created moral evil

Opening setup of the livestream topic

Isaiah 45:7 Isaiah 45:7 Did God Create Evil moral evil
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Contextual argument: peace (shalom) vs. calamity is the correct contrast, not peace vs. moral evil

Mike moves from lexical analysis to contextual/structural analysis of the verse

Isaiah 45:7 contextual interpretation Isaiah 45:7 ra
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Historical context: Isaiah 45 is addressed to Cyrus, a pagan king — God asserting universal sovereignty

Mike examines the literary and historical setting of Isaiah 45

Isaiah 45 divine sovereignty Isaiah 45 Cyrus the Great
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Q&A: When a pastor refuses reconciliation after theological disagreement

Viewer seeks pastoral counsel on a broken relationship with a church leader.

Romans 12:18 Romans 12:18 reconciliation pastoral counsel
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Q&A: False conversion followed by genuine salvation — should the person be re-baptized?

A viewer asks about someone who was baptized during a false conversion and then genuinely saved.

assurance of salvation baptism pastoral counsel
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-28

When a Christian falsely promises healing and the person dies, address the false prophet privately in love; be present for the sick person without making promises

Question from Alex M about how to speak to someone dying of cancer whose hope was falsely raised by another Christian claiming God said the cancer would not return.

healing false prophecy pastoral care
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-28

Christians are not under the Mosaic Law including the Sabbath; they are under the law of Christ and walk by the Spirit

Question from Cetl P about why Christians do not keep the Sabbath even though it is in the moral law and written by God's finger on stone.

Galatians hermeneutics Galatians Sabbath
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