Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART A)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part A)

The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus

Gary R. Habermas and Michael R. Licona — Kindle highlights from 'The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus'. 110 highlights.

Wayne Grudem Part 2

In my last post I copied Wayne Grudem’s “Open letter to Egalitarians”, and I listed the first question of his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his second question, Suzanne McCarthy’s expert Greek answer, and my own challenge after that

@clementinetown @Toneskeee Being aligned in your beliefs to your spouse is very important. If my spouse was Roman Catholic or Orthodox (or not a Christian or even part of a cult group) I would not be going to the same church which would be confusing ...

@clementinetown @Toneskeee Being aligned in your beliefs to your spouse is very important. If my spouse was Roman Catholic or Orthodox (or not a Christian or even part of a cult group) I would not be

@clementinetown @Toneskeee I’ve now gone to 6 different churches from Pentecostal, Calvary Chapel, non denominational, Baptist, Reformed Church of America, and Mennonite Brethren. They’ve all had their ups and downs and had issues. None of them were...

@clementinetown @Toneskeee I’ve now gone to 6 different churches from Pentecostal, Calvary Chapel, non denominational, Baptist, Reformed Church of America, and Mennonite Brethren. They’ve all had the

@clementinetown @Toneskeee Why does it matter who is trying to get who to go to

@clementinetown @Toneskeee Why does it matter who is trying to get who to go to church?

@edclements @smashbaals Here’s the summary of Kingdom Now teaching. See how muc

@edclements @smashbaals Here’s the summary of Kingdom Now teaching. See how much of the description you agree with. https://t.co/1VVOHvQPbd

Ephesians 5:18-33

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:10-16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 1:15-18

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Colossians 2:16-19

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:10

Sections: cross_references, exegesis

κεφαλή (kephalē)

head; source/origin; preeminent one

Euodia and Syntyche: Belleville claims they were among overseers and deacons at Philippi

Mike moves to examining the case of Euodia and Syntyche in Philippians 4:2-3.

Church fathers' understanding of authenteo as 'authority'

Mike surveys how early church fathers understood and used the word authenteo.

1 Clement 5 (c. 95-97 AD) — non-apologetic, community-memory reference to Peter and Paul both suffering and dying for their faith

First extra-biblical source for Peter's (and Paul's) martyrdom

Refutation of Candida Moss's argument that "suffered unto death" in 1 Clement is not a reference to martyrdom, using Polycarp's parallel usage

Addressing a specific scholarly objection to the martyrdom reading of 1 Clement

Eight sources within the first and second centuries referencing Paul's martyrdom, per Sean McDowell; Polycarp references Paul's sufferings and those of all the Apostles

Summary of extra-biblical evidence for Paul's martyrdom

Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-250 AD, preserved in Eusebius) on two men named James: one thrown from the Temple pinnacle and beaten to death with a fuller's club, one beheaded

Additional patristic attestation of James's death, clarifying the two men named James

Additional sources confirming James's martyrdom: First Apocalypse of James, Second Apocalypse of James, Pseudo-Clementine Recognitions (c. 280 AD)

Multiple independent streams of tradition confirming James's martyrdom

Martyrdom of Peter and Paul as evidence for the sincerity of resurrection belief

McLatchie cites the willingness of the apostles to die for their testimony as evidence they genuinely believed in the resurrection.

Audience Q: Why doesn't anyone reference Tacitus on Christian persecution until the 4th century? — Multiple 1st-century sources confirm early persecution of Christians

Audience question from "Godless Engineer" about Christian persecution attestation

Evidence for early Christian persecution: (1) Multiple attestation across the entire NT — Gospels, Acts, Hebrews, James, 1 John, Peter, Revelation all attest to Christians paying a price for faith. (2) Earliest church fathers (Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp) confirm the theme. (3) Non-Christian sources (Tacitus, Suetonius) confirm persecution under Nero.

Evidence for early persecution — multiple independent sources

22..Clement of Alexandria

24..1st Clement (c. 95)