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Scripture Commentary article 2024-09-03

Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

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

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
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 2024-02-07

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

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-10

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: “Women Keep Silent” (1 Cor 14:34–35)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 11 on 'women keep silent' in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Cor. 14:21 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-09

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

1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 15:5 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-25

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)

1 Cor. 12:1–30 1 Corinthians 1:11 1 Corinthians 1:16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-25

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

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

1 Chronicles 29:6 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 15:32 Women in Leadership Debates
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 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 1-2: The Designer Knows Best

[Music] oh [Music] Lord why would you give me gifts that you don't allow me to use in the church just because I'm a woman why does the bible always use the term man am I important to God [Music] too why do you love boys more than girls why am I told that I can't lead in public prayer why are there s...

1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Timothy 2:13 2 Timothy 3:16 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 3: Head Coverings and Authority - 1 Corinthians 11

[Music] 1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult chapter throughout church history there are some things that are hard to understand about this passage but using an understanding of the Jewish mindset will help us unravel Paul's reasoning let's start at verse three but I want you to understand that Chr...

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2015-03-24

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

Gregory Koukl — Kindle highlights from 'Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions'. 123 highlights.

Luke 20:24 Luke 20:4 Mark 2:9 Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2011-08-20

Recommendation For Wim

In July 2011, I was privileged to be a special speaker at the IMF MORE conference in Lakeville, MN. It has been an extremely busy time for me as we are still in construction of our new office and video studio, but God blessed the time we took away from our project to serve at the conference

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-14

Repost Authority Vs Submission A Biblical View Of Ephesians 522

My original 2010 post crashed because there were too many comments for my blog to handle, so I am putting up this post again so that people can read the article which is no longer available because of the crash. Thanks to one of my readers who asked me to repost

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-23

Authority Vs Submission Biblical View

Yesterday I received two polar opposite views of Ephesians 5:22 by email. One was from “NN” who has responded here in the past

Amos 21 Colossians 11 Colossians 3:18 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2010-03-21

Eve Usurped Adam Authority

In our continuing topic of common objections to women in ministry, we come to the claim that Eve usurped Adam’s authority when she spoke to the serpent. To deal with this claim, we will be looking at both the claim that Eve rebelled against Adam in the garden and the claim that God gave Adam a respo

Acts 5:1-10 Daniel 6:7 Genesis 1:26 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-16

Putting Women In Their Place

The November 17, 2009 CBMW blog post by John Starke that we started to evaluate last post , is an amazing “piece of work” that exalts the 17th century writings of a Puritan named Richard Baxter who attempts to put women in their place. Starke continues to summarize Baxter’s writings:

1 Samuel 25:17-19 1 Samuel 25:20-28 1 Samuel 25:30-31 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-18

Wayne Grudem 5

This is the part 5 of answering Wayne Grudem’s “ Open letter to Egalitarians ” and his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his fifth question, Suzanne McCarthy’s answer from the Greek and my own questions below that

1 Timothy 2:12 Amos 100 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-05

1 Cor14 Concludes

We have been going through 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, the passage that appears to silence women in the church to see how carefully Paul has constructed his words in 1 Corinthians 14:36 to contradict the silencing in verses 34 & 35. (For past articles on this topic, please see the 1 Corinthians 14 secti

1 Corinthians 14:1 1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-30

The Rest Of The Story 1 Timothy 211 15 And Matt Slick

> Proverbs 18:17 (ESV) The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-13

Would Your Arguments Have Strength Without 1 Timothy 215

> Q: It also seems that 1 Timothy 2:15 is crucial for your interpretation. The word ‘she’ is a definite point in your favor

1 Timothy 2:15 Exodus 1 Hebrews 15 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Recommendations For Wim

> Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free. ” as a whole is a very well produced and presented multi-media teaching series on the legitimacy and freedom of women to be in any ministry that God should call them to

1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-04

When I pressed him on his conclusions using the biblical text and logic—without

When I pressed him on his conclusions using the biblical text and logic—without appealing to authority—I was blocked. That matters. This is especially relevant because he didn't find the arguments h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Emotionscoach @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii And Mike also misreads these scholars a number of times. And I disagree with a number of conclusions from egalitarians, but who can blame them as they are seeing legitimate problems with the complementarian...

@Emotionscoach @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii And Mike also misreads these scholars a number of times. And I disagree with a number of conclusions from egalitarians, but who can blame them as they are s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-19

@pauldirks Hey @Grok, what do you think about these conclusions?

@pauldirks Hey @Grok, what do you think about these conclusions?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from divorcing their husbands so what Jesus said was definitely not in contradiction to the law. So your conclusions are no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Many Christians agree with my conclusions...just not always with the same reasons I use. I don't bring in Artemis as I don't see Paul referring to this cult but to Jewish myths. It matters not...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Many Christians agree with my conclusions...just not always with the same reasons I use. I don't bring in Artemis as I don't see Paul referring

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@ronhenzel @NSReicher No, he made several statements you conflate: ❌"...it's because he doesn't like the answers." ✔️+❌"Bible's really clear on these issues." ⎯ I see it clearly now, but it wasn't at first. ✔️"Thousands have...come to the same conclu...

@ronhenzel @NSReicher No, he made several statements you conflate: ❌"...it's because he doesn't like the answers." ✔️+❌"Bible's really clear on these issues." ⎯ I see it clearly now, but it wasn't at

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@MikeWingerii This is clear because people are not reading the church ‘fathers’

@MikeWingerii This is clear because people are not reading the church ‘fathers’ daily and since they are not inspired they might even change their position over time making drawing conclusions from th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge Society does not fall apart when women lead well

@Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge Society does not fall apart when women lead well and/or teach true doctrine to people (including men). I don't know where you are getting your conclusions from, but I th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-23

@carol66944 @CherylSchatz @Crystalisives You seem willing to connect even the most remote texts with little direct connection except one word and then say someone is speculating by taking reasonable conclusions from Genesis while *staying* in Genesis...

@carol66944 @CherylSchatz @Crystalisives You seem willing to connect even the most remote texts with little direct connection except one word and then say someone is speculating by taking reasonable c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-23

@carol66944 @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz That is correct. It is not an explicit statement. However, the scripture isn’t pablum, but rather meat and we are supposed to chew on it and draw reasonable conclusions from the text. This is a reasonable conc...

@carol66944 @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz That is correct. It is not an explicit statement. However, the scripture isn’t pablum, but rather meat and we are supposed to chew on it and draw reasonable co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@nation_gale @KylePierce96 I’m just taking the details in the text, context, gra

@nation_gale @KylePierce96 I’m just taking the details in the text, context, grammar and references and drawing reasonable conclusions. Scripture doesn’t forbid godly women from teaching truth to any

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

Because Kyle gets the context and purpose of the letter wrong and misunderstands

Because Kyle gets the context and purpose of the letter wrong and misunderstands how the time sequence of creation relates to deception, his conclusions do not follow from the text but promote patriar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@SpecterAndBride Spurgeon did not consider the context in his conclusions. Why d

@SpecterAndBride Spurgeon did not consider the context in his conclusions. Why do angels only care about praying and prophesying? Why do they only care about covering in a church building? Why do they

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-12

@Torncurtainorg @NateSchlomann Would the Roman Catholic Church not have used the

@Torncurtainorg @NateSchlomann Would the Roman Catholic Church not have used the same argument against Martin Luther’s objections? My conclusions are based on scripture and plain reason.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ronhenzel Yeah, so I really do love Wallace, but it doesn’t mean all his conclusions are right. “A woman” is generic until we hit v14 where we clearly see the anaphoric use of the article. There’s nothing in Wallace’s Greek Grammar Beyond the Basic...

@ronhenzel Yeah, so I really do love Wallace, but it doesn’t mean all his conclusions are right. “A woman” is generic until we hit v14 where we clearly see the anaphoric use of the article. There’s n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@zacharydparks @ReformedCaio @MikeWingerii I can show you videos showing that Mike was complementarian before he hardened his position. What he wasn't was dogmatic about it. He told people to draw their own conclusions and shared that his was complem...

@zacharydparks @ReformedCaio @MikeWingerii I can show you videos showing that Mike was complementarian before he hardened his position. What he wasn't was dogmatic about it. He told people to draw the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

@CharmyRosewolf He does encourage people to check him and says several times tha

@CharmyRosewolf He does encourage people to check him and says several times that he is not the authority, but it sure doesn't seem this way in his conclusions. The last video made this really clear t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these passages that seem to restrict women mean? That's why I address them. But feel free to draw your own conclusions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@pastherandie @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii That is right! There’s no need to appeal to someone’s authority, their PhD, if they had one or the lengthy nature of their published work. One simply needs to consider the reasons behind their conclusions, ...

@pastherandie @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii That is right! There’s no need to appeal to someone’s authority, their PhD, if they had one or the lengthy nature of their published work. One simply needs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

So faithful men have a fatal weakness? Unfaithful women (ie godly women who preach true doctrine or pastor a fellowship) are kryptonite to the complementarian supermen. This goes to show why getting your doctrine right is so important before drawin...

So faithful men have a fatal weakness? Unfaithful women (ie godly women who preach true doctrine or pastor a fellowship) are kryptonite to the complementarian supermen. This goes to show why getting

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-02

@MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Well, Paul's Greek leads me to my conclusions. He chooses not to use male pronouns but rather τις which means "anyone" or "someone." Further, he doesn't exclude women but says "women likewise..." Forbidding ...

@MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Well, Paul's Greek leads me to my conclusions. He chooses not to use male pronouns but rather τις which means "anyone" or "someone." Further, he doesn't exclu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor No. Just reading my Bible. Do you read you

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor No. Just reading my Bible. Do you read your Bible too, or just base your conclusions on the teachings of men?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren I have lots of things I could quibble with Warren regarding his methods and his exegesis. However, I believe his conclusions are right on this issue though I’m not sure he has done the work to thoroughly study the hard p...

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren I have lots of things I could quibble with Warren regarding his methods and his exegesis. However, I believe his conclusions are right on this issue though I’m not sure h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2018-08-21

@MrNicholls77 @JuditKitty @RichardDawkins Better to teach kids the difference between evidence and interpretations of the evidence, how to spot assumptions and judge based on arguments instead of conclusions. Kids also need to understand what a worl...

@MrNicholls77 @JuditKitty @RichardDawkins Better to teach kids the difference between evidence and interpretations of the evidence, how to spot assumptions and judge based on arguments instead of conc

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