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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Series roadmap: Video 1 covers bypassing the Bible with bad logic; Video 2 covers Genesis 1-3 and whether the creation account supports male authority.

Series overview and roadmap

series roadmap Gen 1-3 creation order
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Both egalitarians and complementarians agree that Genesis 1-3 is theologically foundational for understanding male-female relationships.

Establishing common ground between the two sides

Gen 1-3 Discovering Biblical Equality Mary Conway
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Conclusion on primogeniture: early readers of Genesis would very likely have understood Adam as having higher authority due to being made first; Genesis 2 is the rule, not the exception.

Mike's tentative conclusion on creation order

Gen 2 primogeniture original audience
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Cynthia Long Westfall's use of Galatians 3:28 as an interpretive rule

Mike introduces Westfall's argument as representative of how egalitarians leverage the verse.

Galatians 3:28 creation order Galatians 3:28 interpretive framework
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-08

Biblical cosmology should not be assumed to match ancient Near Eastern flat-earth cosmology just because surrounding cultures believed it; Genesis radically demythologizes creation compared to the Enuma Elish

Response to question about Hebraic cosmology and the flat-earth interpretation

Genesis 1 hermeneutics Genesis 1 demythologization
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

Parallelomania: ancient Near Eastern parallels (flood, creation) do not prove the Bible borrowed; similarities are explained by common events or themes

Q from Folky about how to respond to claims that the OT is not true because the Bible copied surrounding cultures (flood, Exodus).

Genesis 1 Genesis 1 biblical inerrancy Enuma Elish
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-20

Genesis 1-11 genre: separating science from exegesis; evaluating young earth, Walton, and William Lane Craig's archetypal history view

Question about the creation account in Genesis and young earth creationism vs. modern science.

Genesis 1-11 John Walton hermeneutics Adam and Eve young earth creationism
Mike Winger idea 2021-07-02

About the 24 Elders: Who are the 24 elders? They are not mentioned in the creation account. Are they a collection of people such as Enoch, Moses, etc.?

Q&A question: About the 24 Elders

elder qualifications Moses creation
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-01

About YEC & “Mockers”: How do you interpret 2 Peter 3:4 (in context)?I’ve heard Young Earth Creationists compare the mockers to people who say rates like erosion or radioactive decay are unchanging and deny the biblical creation account.

Q&A question: About YEC & “Mockers”

Peter creation
Mike Winger idea 2024-12-27

Genesis: Different Views: What are the different interpretations that different Christians have about the book of Genesis and the creation accounts?

Q&A question: Genesis: Different Views

Genesis creation Genesis