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Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-19

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2011-12-23

Merry Christmas 2

A very Merry Christmas to all who visit my blog

Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-21

First Christmas God Came Through Woman

While many say that women cannot receive from God something that will benefit men (as they believe that all wisdom that God has for humanity must come through the agency of a man) may I remind us today that the Wisdom of God brought God Himself into the world through a woman. The vessel that He used

Colossians 1:27 Colossians 1:28 Colossians 1:29 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-03

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

While this post isn’t exactly a “Women in Ministry” post, I think it does highlight the importance of men and women working together in complementary ways for the benefit of the body of Christ and for ministry to the lost. God often uses women in ways that are different than he uses men simply becau

Matthew 2:1 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:15 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-31

Slavery Still An Issue Today So Says The Wilderness Crier

I came across an excellent post written very tongue-in-cheek about the issue of slavery using all of the standard arguments against women teaching the bible to men. It is worth the read and the link is here

Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@ncksmith @MikeWingerii First, I missed the point that Brown’s own ministry was suspending his materials in the middle of the ongoing investigation. I did some digging and found a post from just before Christmas which sheds some light on Brown’s conf...

@ncksmith @MikeWingerii First, I missed the point that Brown’s own ministry was suspending his materials in the middle of the ongoing investigation. I did some digging and found a post from just befor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-24

@KarenCicco @pitchford316 @ScottRoberts Thanks for the link to Dr. Woods’ materi

@KarenCicco @pitchford316 @ScottRoberts Thanks for the link to Dr. Woods’ materials on soteriology. He’s one of my favourite teachers. Merry Christmas to you and your family! Thanks for the interacti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

RT @CoryMMarsh2: Christmas and consistent hermeneutics: If your hermeneutic dem

RT @CoryMMarsh2: Christmas and consistent hermeneutics: If your hermeneutic demands a literal fulfillment of the virgin conception (Luke 1…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2013-12-21

Win a one-of-a-kind MacBook Air and cutting edge Bible study tools from @Logos t

Win a one-of-a-kind MacBook Air and cutting edge Bible study tools from @Logos this Christmas! http://t.co/XkEOX5Skb6 via @PunchTab

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Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Kim claims Christmas is simultaneously six different pagan festivals — the internet is thick with misinformation about Christmas origins

Chapter on Christmas in Kim's book. Kim says celebrating Christmas means unknowingly worshipping pagan deities and ultimately Satan.

Joo-Cheol Kim Christmas pagan origins claims

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Refutation of the six Christmas-pagan claims: Baal was not a sun god and had no December 25 festival; Nimrod was never deified with a December birthday; Saturnalia ended before Dec 25; winter solstice is Dec 21; Mithra's Dec 25 birth is a modern myth; Sol Invictus December celebration may postdate Christian observance

Mike goes through each of Kim's six claims one by one.

church history apologetics Christmas

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Even if December 25 had pagan associations, God does not reject sincere worship of Christ offered on that day — the idea that a date determines whether God accepts prayer is biblically baseless

Mike makes the theological argument that the day of worship does not determine its validity before God.

law vs. grace Christian liberty Christmas

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Kim identifies heretics by three criteria — not observing Passover, celebrating Christmas, and having a cross — none of which relate to Jesus or the gospel

Chapter 4 of Kim's book. Pages 113, 115, and 117.

false gospel Joo-Cheol Kim Christmas

Mike Winger idea 2018-10-24

Q&A: What makes a practice 'pagan' — the distinction between historical connection and current practice

Viewer question: is it wrong for Christians to practice pagan holidays?

Christmas Origins argument Paganism

Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Jim's claim about Christmas trees: first-century Romans practiced Christmas trees, first-century Christians adopted it, and the New Testament contains a specific passage telling them to stop — but they ignored it

Fifth major claim Mike refutes — biblical origin of Christmas trees

Jeremiah 10 church history apologetics Christmas trees

Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Refutation: the only text Jim could be referring to is Jeremiah 10, written 600 years before Jesus — it describes carving a tree into an idol, not decorating a Christmas tree, and has nothing to do with New Testament Christianity or Roman practices

Mike carefully exegetes Jeremiah 10:1–5 to show what the passage actually means

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Merry Christmas 2

First Christmas God Came Through Woman

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

Slavery Still An Issue Today So Says The Wilderness Crier

@ncksmith @MikeWingerii First, I missed the point that Brown’s own ministry was suspending his materials in the middle of the ongoing investigation. I did some digging and found a post from just before Christmas which sheds some light on Brown’s conf...

@KarenCicco @pitchford316 @ScottRoberts Thanks for the link to Dr. Woods’ materi

RT @CoryMMarsh2: Christmas and consistent hermeneutics: If your hermeneutic dem

Win a one-of-a-kind MacBook Air and cutting edge Bible study tools from @Logos t

Kim claims Christmas is simultaneously six different pagan festivals — the internet is thick with misinformation about Christmas origins

Even if December 25 had pagan associations, God does not reject sincere worship of Christ offered on that day — the idea that a date determines whether God accepts prayer is biblically baseless

Kim identifies heretics by three criteria — not observing Passover, celebrating Christmas, and having a cross — none of which relate to Jesus or the gospel

Q&A: What makes a practice 'pagan' — the distinction between historical connection and current practice

Jim's claim about Christmas trees: first-century Romans practiced Christmas trees, first-century Christians adopted it, and the New Testament contains a specific passage telling them to stop — but they ignored it

Refutation: the only text Jim could be referring to is Jeremiah 10, written 600 years before Jesus — it describes carving a tree into an idol, not decorating a Christmas tree, and has nothing to do with New Testament Christianity or Roman practices

Introduction: Jeremiah 10 and the Christmas tree question

Presenting the opposing argument: YouTube channel 'Truth Unedited' claims Jeremiah 10 is about Christmas trees

Anachronism: the fundamental interpretive error in reading Jeremiah 10 as being about Christmas trees

Jeremiah 10:1-2 context: 'Don't learn the ways of the nations' is not a blanket prohibition

Jeremiah 10:3-4: The craftsman detail rules out Christmas trees

Jeremiah 10:5: The passage explicitly calls the object an idol, not a tree

Psalm 115 as a parallel passage: idols have mouths but cannot speak

Jeremiah 10:6-9: The passage continues with explicit idol language, not tree language

Jeremiah 10:10-15: The climax of the passage — idols vs. the living God

Isaiah 60:13 shows God using trees to beautify his sanctuary — trees are not inherently pagan symbols

Other misapplied passages: 'prostituted themselves under every green tree' is about idols under trees, not trees themselves

Christians are not obligated either to have or to avoid Christmas trees — liberty of conscience

Online 'Christmas is pagan' content relies on unverifiable sources — zeal without knowledge

Q&A: What does a Christmas tree have to do with Jesus? Brief history of Christmas tree origin

Symbolism is assigned by the person, not inherent to the object — trees have no intrinsic spiritual meaning

What makes something a pagan custom vs. a neutral one: the test is whether it is meaningfully tied to worship of a false god

Closing: Check the context — the primary safeguard against Scripture misuse

Pastoral counsel for those with family members in the Hebrew Roots Movement — distinguish unnecessary restrictions from the deeper spiritual danger

JW argument: cross symbol is pagan; cross = apostasy for other Christians

Christmas and birthdays — Mike changed his mind about pagan origins of Christmas

Jesus's birth was celebrated — the Nativity as the premier birthday celebration

Bonus Q: Children's books on evolution — recommendations for teaching children multiple worldviews

Should Mormons Celebrate Christmas and Easter?: As a Mormon, since you'd consider us non-Christian, should we be allowed to celebrate Christmas or Easter?

Are You Casting Pearls Before Swine?: When should we apply Matthew 7:6? I ask because for Christmas, I want to give a spiritually themed gift to my unbelieving sister, who has crudely rejected the Bible and God multiple times. Should I even bother?

Bonus Q! Since Christmas is next Wednesday, what’s your favorite Christmas tradition? And what Christmas traditions would you recommend avoiding/refusing to participate in?

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