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Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-24

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 2 on Genesis 1-3 and whether women's submission was just a curse to be overturned

1 Corinthians 11:7-10 1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2018-01-04

How does God harden a man’s heart?

How does God harden a man’s heart? We know that God can and does harden hearts because the Bible tells us this, but how and why does God choose to do this? And if all people are created with pre-hardened hearts as some suggest, then why is it necessary for God to harden a man’s heart? Let’s consider...

2 Chronicles 18:18–22 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Timothy 3:9 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty

Scripture Commentary article 2009-08-05

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz Discussdebate Women In Ministry 4

## Are Witnesses and Repetition needed to Prove Women may not teach the Bible

1 Corinthians 11:27 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-04

@haymes_joshua @Pharaoh615 Which is the greater act of submission? Oh, dying is

@haymes_joshua @Pharaoh615 Which is the greater act of submission? Oh, dying is daily not just when some possible robber might show up some day.

question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down kings, determining Pharaoh’s role in displaying His...

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down k

debate

Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:15-20

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:15-20 garden,guard,ezer,helper,creation order,egalitarian,woman,ezer kenegdo,naming animals,no counterpart,strength

Theology verse entry

Romans 9:17-18

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 9:17-18 soteriology,sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,Pharaoh

Theology verse entry

Exodus 7:3

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Exodus 7:3 sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,Pharaoh

Theology verse entry

Romans 1:24-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Romans 1:24-28 soteriology,sovereignty,hardening,Calvinism,provisionism,judicial hardening

Theology verse entry

Romans 11:25-36

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Romans 11:25-36 Israel,olive tree,hardening,mercy to all,election,doxology,soteriology

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

Exodus 2:1-10

Sections: exegesis

Exodus 2:1-10 jochebed,miriam,moses,female agency,women leadership,exodus

Theology greek term

σκληρύνω (sklērunō)

to harden, make stubborn

greek

Theology greek term

παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)

to hand over, deliver up, give over

greek

Mike Winger idea 2020-01-29

Moses and the plague of frogs: God let Pharaoh choose the time so Pharaoh could know no one is like the Lord

Second OT narrative case study illustrating knowing vs. showing

Exodus 8:10 Moses miracles as evidence knowing vs. showing

Mike Winger idea 2020-09-25

Exodus 7: Pharaoh's magicians reproduced some of Moses's signs — two possible explanations: sleight of hand or demonic power

Q&A from Garrett De Jong about how the magicians duplicated the signs

Exodus 7 Satan Exodus 7 Pharaoh's magicians

Mike Winger idea 2020-09-25

Pharaoh's magicians' inferior reproductions reveal lesser power than Moses — turning fresh water to blood instead of reversing the Nile

Evidence that the magicians operated with limited power

Exodus 7 Exodus 7 Pharaoh's magicians demonic power

Mike Winger idea 2020-10-17

Divine hardening in John's Gospel as a challenge to Calvinist Total Depravity

Mike argues divine hardening is inconsistent with Total Depravity.

Exodus Gospel of John Calvinism Exodus

Mike Winger idea 2021-01-29

False signs and wonders: miracles do not authenticate a religion; Satan has real but limited supernatural power

Question from 'spazzy jazzy' about a Japanese friend who believes a false religion because of a miraculous healing her mother received.

Exodus 7 Mark 13:22 discernment evangelism Exodus 7

Mike Winger idea 2021-02-05

The gods of Egypt in Exodus 12:12: the plagues systematically judge the deified forces Egypt worshipped, demonstrating Israel's God controls all creation.

Question from Essoptron about the identity of the "gods of Egypt" in Exodus 12:12.

Exodus 12:12 Exodus 12:12 Ten Plagues of Egypt Egyptian gods

Mike Winger idea 2021-03-12

Are the gods of other religions real? Three views: false polytheism, Heiserian divine council, and Pauline demonic identification

Q6 from Loretta Taylor: Numbers 33:3-4 says Yahweh executed judgments on Egypt's gods — does this mean gods like Allah and Zeus are real?

1 Corinthians 10:19-20 Numbers 33:3-4 Exodus plagues Michael Heiser elohim 1 Corinthians 10:19-20

Mike Winger idea 2021-04-30

Psalm 82 gods (elohim) most likely refers to earthly rulers ironically addressed as divine beings, not literal supernatural deities.

Question 10 from RaHR17 about who the gods in Psalm 82 are; engages Michael Heiser's divine council worldview.

1 Samuel 28 John 10 Psalm 82 Michael Heiser 1 Samuel 28 John 10

Mike Winger idea 2021-10-22

Did Pharaoh in Exodus have Free Will?: I was just wondering what your thoughts were on Exodus 9: 12. Did Pharaoh have free will?

Q&A question: Did Pharaoh in Exodus have Free Will?

Pharaoh free will

Mike Winger idea 2022-05-13

How are Miracles Proof if Satan Can Also Do Them?: One of the proofs you've put forward that the Bible is from God is miracles and prophecy. If we see that Satan is also able to do miracles, like Pharaoh's magicians, then why are those things proof it’s from God?

Q&A question: How are Miracles Proof if Satan Can Also Do Them?

Satan prophecy miracles

Mike Winger idea 2023-03-17

Did God Direct Moses to Deceive Pharaoh?: Why did God tell Moses to ask Pharaoh to go "three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God" (Exodus 3: 18) if it wasn't God's intention for them to return to Egypt?

Q&A question: Did God Direct Moses to Deceive Pharaoh?

Exodus 3 Moses Exodus 3 Pharaoh

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

How does God harden a man’s heart?

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz Discussdebate Women In Ministry 4

@haymes_joshua @Pharaoh615 Which is the greater act of submission? Oh, dying is

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down kings, determining Pharaoh’s role in displaying His...

Genesis 2:15-20

Romans 9:17-18

Exodus 7:3

Romans 1:24-28

Romans 11:25-36

Exodus 1:15-22

Exodus 2:1-10

σκληρύνω (sklērunō)

παραδίδωμι (paradidōmi)

Moses and the plague of frogs: God let Pharaoh choose the time so Pharaoh could know no one is like the Lord

Exodus 7: Pharaoh's magicians reproduced some of Moses's signs — two possible explanations: sleight of hand or demonic power

Pharaoh's magicians' inferior reproductions reveal lesser power than Moses — turning fresh water to blood instead of reversing the Nile

Divine hardening in John's Gospel as a challenge to Calvinist Total Depravity

False signs and wonders: miracles do not authenticate a religion; Satan has real but limited supernatural power

The gods of Egypt in Exodus 12:12: the plagues systematically judge the deified forces Egypt worshipped, demonstrating Israel's God controls all creation.

Are the gods of other religions real? Three views: false polytheism, Heiserian divine council, and Pauline demonic identification

Psalm 82 gods (elohim) most likely refers to earthly rulers ironically addressed as divine beings, not literal supernatural deities.

Did Pharaoh in Exodus have Free Will?: I was just wondering what your thoughts were on Exodus 9: 12. Did Pharaoh have free will?

How are Miracles Proof if Satan Can Also Do Them?: One of the proofs you've put forward that the Bible is from God is miracles and prophecy. If we see that Satan is also able to do miracles, like Pharaoh's magicians, then why are those things proof it’s from God?

Did God Direct Moses to Deceive Pharaoh?: Why did God tell Moses to ask Pharaoh to go "three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God" (Exodus 3: 18) if it wasn't God's intention for them to return to Egypt?

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