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ἱλασμός (hilasmos)

propitiation, atoning sacrifice

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κόσμος (kosmos)

world, created order, humanity

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χάρις (charis)

grace, unmerited favor

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κλητός (klētos)

called, invited

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δικαιόω (dikaioō)

to justify, to declare righteous

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ἀπώλεια (apōleia)

destruction, perdition, ruin

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προγινώσκω (proginōskō)

to know beforehand, to foreknow

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ποιμαίνω (poimaino)

to shepherd, to tend a flock, to pastor, to rule

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πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)

elder, older man; church overseer/leader by seniority

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γεννητής (gennetes)

procreator, begetter, one who generates life; used as an interpretation of kephalē

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אִשָּׁה (isha)

woman, wife; taken from man (ish); the female human being

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αὐθεντοῦντος (authentountos)

ruling, exercising authority (participle of authenteō, patristic usage from 4th c. AD)

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αὐθεντικός (authentikos)

original, authentic, authoritative; relating to the source or master

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αὐτοδικεῖν (autodikein)

to plead one's own cause; to act as one's own advocate (Attic Greek equivalent of authentein)

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ἄλλα (alla)

but, rather, on the contrary; strong adversative conjunction

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παραθήκη (paratheke)

deposit, trust, that which is entrusted for safekeeping; the apostolic gospel deposit

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στῦλος (stylos)

pillar, column; used metaphorically of the church as the pillar and support of truth

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ἀνδρός (andros)

of a man, man's (genitive of anēr); used in key 1 Tim 2:12 phrase authentein andros

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ἀνδρὲς Ἀθηναῖοι (andres athenaioi)

men of Athens (Acts 17:22); plural of anēr used generically for a mixed audience

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ἀδελφός (adelphos)

brother; sibling; fellow believer (used generically for brothers and sisters in Christ)

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ἐξουσίαν ἐπί (exousian epi)

authority over (accusative); directional authority phrase in Revelation

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κοινωνία (koinonia)

sharing, participation, fellowship, communion

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ἀρχή (archē)

beginning, origin, source; rule, authority, first cause

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יִנָּבְאוּ (yinnābe'û)

they will prophesy (niphal imperfect 3mp of נָבָא)

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προφητεύσουσιν (prophēteusousin)

they will prophesy (future active indicative, 3rd plural)

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נְבִיאָה (nĕbî'āh)

prophetess (feminine of נָבִיא)

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צָרַעַת (ṣāraʿat)

skin disease / ritual leprosy (Lev 13-14)

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μορφή (morphē)

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

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Mike Winger introduces his Women in Ministry series, explaining he spent months studying the topic and it hurt his YouTube channel output.

Series introduction

women in ministry series introduction
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

The series will cover all biblical issues related to women in ministry; this first video serves as an introduction to the debate.

Series introduction

women in ministry biblical scholarship
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 will address seven huge mistakes people make that prevent biblical thinking on women in ministry.

Framing the central thesis — overview of seven mistakes

seven mistakes feminism patriarchy
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Women in ministry is a secondary issue — sincere believers on both sides are still Christians, and it is not worth dividing over.

Mike's personal framing of the debate

women in ministry secondary issue Christian unity
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Despite being secondary, this issue has massive practical impact on women's ministry, marriage, church choice, and which teachers to follow.

Why this topic matters practically

women in ministry women pastors practical application
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Women as authors and book endorsements — Mike endorsed Natasha Crain's book 'Faithfully Different' and asks whether that endorsement is acceptable.

Scope of practical questions raised by this debate

Natasha Crain Faithfully Different women authors
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

The question of women as guest speakers on Sunday mornings, referencing Joni Eareckson Tada as an example.

Scope of practical questions raised by this debate

guest speakers Joni Eareckson Tada Sunday morning teaching
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Women bloggers, podcasters, and YouTubers like Alisa Childers raise the same questions — she has more impact than most pastors.

Scope of practical questions raised by this debate

complementarianism Alisa Childers women in online ministry
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Can a woman correct a man's theology? Can a woman serve communion? The uncertainty causes women to hold back even from things they could do.

Scope of practical questions raised by this debate

women correcting theology women serving communion soft complementarianism
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 2022-03-07

More has been written on women in ministry than perhaps any other issue in recent Christian scholarship.

Framing the volume of the debate

women in ministry biblical scholarship
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Series roadmap: Video 1 covers bypassing the Bible with bad logic; Video 2 covers Genesis 1-3 and whether the creation account supports male authority.

Series overview and roadmap

series roadmap Gen 1-3 creation order
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Video 6 will cover headship — whether husbands are 'head' of their wives. Egalitarians reject or redefine 'head' (kephale).

Series overview and roadmap

egalitarian scholarship kephale headship
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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

Analogy to Trinity denial: some reject the Trinity not from scripture but from a philosophical conviction that 'three in one' is impossible, then read the Bible through that lens.

Bypassing the Bible — analogy

hermeneutics Trinity philosophical 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 #3: Believing it is the 'evils of patriarchy' that must be fought — egalitarians who frame complementarians as patriarchalists use privilege/power language to bypass scripture.

Mistake #3: Evils of patriarchy

bypassing scripture patriarchy egalitarianism
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Groothuis's three qualifications — permanent, comprehensive, ontologically grounded — do not describe what complementarians actually believe or what the Bible teaches.

Mistake #4: Rebutting Groothuis's qualifications

complementarianism Rebecca Merrill Groothuis permanent subordination
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Rebuttal: women's submission is not permanent — it is limited to this life, and Christians should not view this life as their permanent state. Most Christians permanently submit to elders anyway.

Mistake #4: Rebutting 'permanent'

eldership duration of submission eternal perspective
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Rebuttal: women's submission is not comprehensive — Groothuis claims there is 'no area in which a woman has any authority, privilege, or opportunity that a man is denied,' which massively overstates complementarian claims.

Mistake #4: Rebutting 'comprehensive'

Rebecca Merrill Groothuis Discovering Biblical Equality comprehensive submission
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Many egalitarians expand male authority to its most monstrous extreme to make it intolerable, causing readers to reject complementarianism before ever reading the Bible.

Mistake #4: Egalitarian rhetorical strategy

bypassing scripture straw man argument egalitarian rhetoric
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