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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Extending the analogy: church authority has been abused, boss-employee relationships have been abusive — should we abolish all authority structures?

Mistake #5: Rebuttal via analogy continued

authority structures Ed Citronelli church abuse
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Overview of the egalitarian vs. complementarian debate

Mike frames the two polar opposite positions on women in ministry as context for the five views he will present.

complementarianism egalitarianism gender roles
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

View 5 analysis: The Judging Prophecy View -- Mike's preferred interpretation

Mike presents the increasingly common complementarian view that the passage restricts women from judging/testing prophecy.

church authority judging prophecy view testing prophecy
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Conclusion 10: The forbidden teaching is not false teaching but authoritative teaching

Mike clarifies what kind of teaching is restricted.

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:12 didasko authoritative teaching
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Conclusion 11: 'Teach or have authority' should not be read as 'teach in a domineering way'

Mike rejects the collapsed egalitarian reading of the two infinitives.

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:12 teach or have authority domineering interpretation
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Catholic debates always ultimately fall back to church authority / Magisterium rather than Scripture

Broader critique of Catholic apologetics methodology

church fathers sola scriptura Catholic apologetics
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

If the Catholic Church truly has Magisterial authority, the Bible is potentially dangerous since it sometimes competes with Catholic teaching

Following the logic of Magisterial authority to its conclusion

sola scriptura Magisterium church authority
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Many respected Catholic theologians openly admit purgatory is not in the Bible — it rests on church authority alone

Acknowledging the honest strand of Catholic scholarship on purgatory

sola scriptura purgatory Catholic apologetics
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

Mike's 'Refuting Catholicism' playlist on YouTube — recommended for the central issue of Church authority

Resource recommendation and self-reference

Catholic apologetics church authority papal authority
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-12

Q11: Who can perform baptism? Scripture gives no explicit rule but establishes community precedent; a parent can baptize a child

Viewer 'Skirt Bobcat' asks who is authorized to perform baptism and whether a parent can baptize their children.

Paul the Apostle church authority baptism
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-09

What is a local church and is planting under an existing church a biblical mandate?

Question from Droopy's Dad about church definition and whether church plants must be authorized by an existing church.

Ecclesiology Church planting Local church
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-12

Mandating church traditions as biblical commands is wrong; Proverbs 22:28 and Matthew 18:18 do not support it

Q8 from John Doe: A church mandates women wear dresses and men be clean-shaven using Proverbs 22:28 and Matthew 18:18 — is it biblical to mandate adherence to tradition?

Proverbs 22:28 Matthew 18:18 church authority spiritual abuse tradition vs Scripture