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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 2023-01-17

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 2022-11-24

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 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Part 4: 1 Timothy 2 Deception & the First Created

[Music] 1 Timothy Chapter 2 has been a difficult passage for Bible interpreters because of several hard to understand verses yet while Paul's reasoning is thought to be somewhat obscure this chapter has been seen by some as the clearest passage that says when women are not allowed to teach or to hav...

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:1 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-25

Specific Or General Woman

This post will be an expansion on the reasons why I believe that 1 Timothy 2:11-15 is about one specific woman and why a general reference to women does not line up with the grammar within the surrounding context. I will also consider the challenge to my view from the new verbal aspect theory

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:16 1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-04-14

T4G Comp Tied To Gospel

The 2010 Together for the Gospel conference is on right now as I write this article. The conference this year is called The Unadjusted Gospel and according to J

Colossians 14:34-35 Ephesians 4:2 Exodus 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2010-03-07

Why Was Eve Punished

In our discussions on Genesis, there has been one puzzling question. If Adam alone sinned willfully and the woman fell into sin through deception, then why did God punish Eve so severely for her sin

Colossians 2:15 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:15 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-12

Pastor And Team In Haiti During Earthquake

I have a great concern tonight for my Pastor. Pastor Jim Reimer and two of our worship team along with a group of teens from our local high school flew into Haiti around noon today

Exodus 90 Hebrews 53 Hosea 20 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-20

Equal In Value And Worth In Whose Eyes

One of the problems with the definitions that complementarians provide  is that the definitions aren’t complete enough on the surface to reveal the underlying hierarchical nature. However, when one pushes to get the answers to some difficult questions, the picture becomes a lot clearer

Galatians 3:28 Lamentations 1 Lamentations 3:28 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-29

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz 2

## Facing the spiritual “law” head-on from 1 Corinthians 14

1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-30

Neopatriarch Fails To Refute Cheryl

Some have wondered why “Chris” the complementarian stopped posting here. Apparently, he could not get his refutation of my work to stand in an interactive forum so he moved it over to a place where he could have the floor to himself

1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-12 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-23

Paul As He Pleases 9

This is the ninth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Corinthians 12:11 1 Corinthians 12:17 1 Corinthians 12:18 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-04-02

5 Apostle Paul They

This post is the fifth one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-18

Galatians 328 Is It Only About Salvation

According to complementarians, Galatians 3:28 is not about equality in Christ, but about all of us being in the same “boat” of salvation. The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) has made quite an effort to try to demolish Galatians 3:28 as a basis of spiritual equality outside of salvat

1 Corinthians 14:34 Exodus 3:28 Galatians 3:11 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-24

Anne Graham Lotz And 800 Pastors Shame

CBMW relates a story told by Anne Graham Lotz in the Washington Post where Mrs Lotz writes:

1 Timothy 2:12 Ephesians 4:15 John 8:32 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-30

Three Spheres Of Subordination Shrinks To Two

In my last post I pointed to USA Today’s editorial that challenged complementarians who are willing to accept a woman as the Vice President of the country, that they should admit that they are full fledged egalitarians in the realm of society, the workplace and public life

Colossians 11:7-9 Genesis 2:18 Headship & Kephale Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-14

Is Complementarianism Merely Personal Conviction

This post is a response to Randy Stinson’s article titled “ Is Complementarianism a Merely Personal Conviction. “

1 Corinthians 11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 7:14 Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-19

What Law Does Satan Agree With

I should call this post Part Four of “Does God have one unique law. ” but instead I chose to make it a “unique” post of its own

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Proverbs 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-18

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan The only sort of direct connection between egalitarian teaching and gender confusion is if you reject scripture to get an egalitarian reading. I believe scripture is clear that God made people male ...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan The only sort of direct connection between egalitarian teaching and gender confusion is if you reject scripture to get an egalitarian reading. I bel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-23

@BenColavita @onus2579 @tonyrigatonee @punishedmother You mean stop teaching gen

@BenColavita @onus2579 @tonyrigatonee @punishedmother You mean stop teaching gender confusion? Sure. Regardless of who is teaching it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion? Submission in Eph 5 isn’t blind obedience. It’s Ch...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gentiles, Christ) without any textual anchor. None of...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I’m sorry to say this, but your handling of this passage is a chaotic mix of eisegesis, grammatical confusion, and theological misdirection—jumping between metaphors (Adam, Gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@NateSchlomann Please tell me: what is the measuring standard? Is it sola script

@NateSchlomann Please tell me: what is the measuring standard? Is it sola scriptura or the Bible plus history? Is history infallible? I think you are confused. Egal and gender confusion are two compl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@thebereanmillen I think you are confusing egalitarian with gender confusion. Th

@thebereanmillen I think you are confusing egalitarian with gender confusion. These two things are completely unrelated.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-23

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi And where does the Bible ever confirm

@ronhenzel @WonderingBashir @HwsEleutheroi And where does the Bible ever confirm that it is proper to use singular and plural together to mean the same thing in the same sentence? 🤔 What confusion.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@pauldirks @KaeleyT We certainly have a lot of M/F confusion in our culture toda

@pauldirks @KaeleyT We certainly have a lot of M/F confusion in our culture today, but I don’t really see what vacuum you are referring to except perhaps how your church has a vacuum of female leaders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video in the quote tweet). However, context and Greek ...

Let’s clear up confusion about whose faith is inferred in 1Pe 1:7. Does it mean 'our faith in Christ' or 'the faith of Christ'? @AletheiaHS says it’s Christ’s faith given to believers (see his video

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

If the Bible doesn't teach gender roles, then it doesn't follow that gender is f

If the Bible doesn't teach gender roles, then it doesn't follow that gender is fluid. There's no connection to the two. Egalitarians who rightly divide the Word reject gender roles and gender confusi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals I take Paul’s words as fu

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals I take Paul’s words as fully inspired, so my “opinion” isn’t to disregard Paul. Yes, God is not the author of confusion. The confusion comes fro

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes and I follow what is clear in black and white. Absolutely, Jesus is not the author of confusion! He would certainly not appoint Deborah as judge and prophet and the highest authority in all the land if it were...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Yes and I follow what is clear in black and white. Absolutely, Jesus is not the author of confusion! He would certainly not appoint Deborah as judge and prophet an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-02

@914Ann Yeah, I’m sorry for the confusion. I meant only to focus on water baptis

@914Ann Yeah, I’m sorry for the confusion. I meant only to focus on water baptism. My question on the apostles followed the one on John the Baptist and when he was baptized.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-11

@KylePierce96 @th3muse Hmm. I knew that Mike believes women can be deacons and didn’t say he didn’t. But my response given @th3muse’s question wasn’t as clear as it could have been. Sorry for the confusion. Mike believes women can be deacons because...

@KylePierce96 @th3muse Hmm. I knew that Mike believes women can be deacons and didn’t say he didn’t. But my response given @th3muse’s question wasn’t as clear as it could have been. Sorry for the conf

1Ti 3:11-13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals Paul is quoting a full quote from the Corinthians as he told the Corinthians that God is not a God of confusion. Then he shows the confusion. And then he rebukes the two verses and the pridef...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @pastherandie @kriesese @smashbaals Paul is quoting a full quote from the Corinthians as he told the Corinthians that God is not a God of confusion. Then he shows the confusion.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@reformedbapty @ReformedCaio @MikeWingerii Egalitarianism is nothing of the sort as gender confusion. You don't know what you are talking about. And you are right... in Mike's 11.5 hour video he covered his interpretation of 1Ti 2:11-15 in about 11 ...

@reformedbapty @ReformedCaio @MikeWingerii Egalitarianism is nothing of the sort as gender confusion. You don't know what you are talking about. And you are right... in Mike's 11.5 hour video he cove

1Ti 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Why then is he so hard on Egalitarians who really only slightly differ with him

Why then is he so hard on Egalitarians who really only slightly differ with him in not limiting women from speaking the Word of God as it truly is? Look at what confusion arises when you make authori

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

I think Mike overly complicates things and this results in much confusion and di

I think Mike overly complicates things and this results in much confusion and difference between what one comp church feels is right from another. It doesn't resolve all the problems. /55

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ymmotrojam Again, you are making up this whole idea of formal/informal, and it only causes confusion, especially when you tie it to sin. Further, Paul's instruction was actually NOT to cover one's head. That includes women. Except if a woman is m...

@ymmotrojam Again, you are making up this whole idea of formal/informal, and it only causes confusion, especially when you tie it to sin. Further, Paul's instruction was actually NOT to cover one's h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ymmotrojam This makes this prohibition very confusing. If you have a gathering that is studying scripture and communing together and women can speak and share, but in the case of a full gathering they have to be silent or otherwise be in rebellion ...

@ymmotrojam This makes this prohibition very confusing. If you have a gathering that is studying scripture and communing together and women can speak and share, but in the case of a full gathering th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@DST_QA We know women can be prophets elsewhere in scripture, so "you can all pr

@DST_QA We know women can be prophets elsewhere in scripture, so "you can all prophesy" would have to have "you males can all prophesy" to make it clear. Because "God is not a God of confusion, but o

1 Cor 14:33 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, I think you are suggesting that the male gender represents Christ and the female gender represents humanity and so any confusion of what you see as a direct connection of gender to the gospel impacts the gospel itself. Yet,...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, I think you are suggesting that the male gender represents Christ and the female gender represents humanity and so any confusion of what you see as a direct connection of gen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Paul is showing source relationships in 1 Co

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Paul is showing source relationships in 1 Cor 11, not hierarchical authority structures. He is explaining the reasons for the traditions they are following which a

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