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Scripture Commentary article 2024-03-27

Head Coverings in the Ancient Mediterranean: Research Clippings

Research clippings from Craig Keener's Dictionary of New Testament Background article on head coverings, with supplementary sources. Documents the cultural background of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16, showing that head coverings were tied to marital modesty, class status, and regional customs rather than a universal creation ordinance.

1 Cor 11:14–15 1 Cor 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Egalitarianism
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 2008-09-25

Are We Too Emotional

Are we really too emotional

Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-17

Should Comps Debate

While there has been some genuine, respectful dialog between complementarian and egalitarian scholars, more often than not, the emotions that are brought into the dialog have brought less than respectful debate. The body of Christ is meant to fight the enemy together but when some turn their weapons

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Emotionscoach The claim that egalitarian teaching harms marriage is a ridiculou

@Emotionscoach The claim that egalitarian teaching harms marriage is a ridiculous claim. Especially when he himself decides by consensus like we do. I would like to know in what way it harms marriage

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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 2025-07-06

@Emotionscoach @igarglewithfire @MikeWingerii Yes, absolutely. And Titus 3:10 "Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning" applies to what he is doing by calling people to repent of teaching secondary differences and calling people to ...

@Emotionscoach @igarglewithfire @MikeWingerii Yes, absolutely. And Titus 3:10 "Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning" applies to what he is doing by calling people to repent of tea

Titus 3:10 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Emotionscoach I plan to post a thread on this but I’ve been busy! I kept asking him to rescind his call for egalitarian teachers to repent of teaching egalitarian views of scripture. It’s divisive. Here’s what he replied to someone who asked. Pret...

@Emotionscoach I plan to post a thread on this but I’ve been busy! I kept asking him to rescind his call for egalitarian teachers to repent of teaching egalitarian views of scripture. It’s divisive.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-16

@ladies4pd This is an interesting hypothesis (from the Orthodox Church, I presume), but I don’t see anything in scripture tying kephale with the mind, the intellect, the brain or anything like that. While I might agree with you that the emotions and ...

@ladies4pd This is an interesting hypothesis (from the Orthodox Church, I presume), but I don’t see anything in scripture tying kephale with the mind, the intellect, the brain or anything like that. W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@morrisabrooks @ronhenzel What do you mean? What emotions was i using in my ques

@morrisabrooks @ronhenzel What do you mean? What emotions was i using in my questions? What emotions form the basis of my exegesis?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

RT @Emotionscoach: My ( egalitarian) response to MikeWinger’s statement that ega

RT @Emotionscoach: My ( egalitarian) response to MikeWinger’s statement that egalitarians need to repent for their teaching that is doing h…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@Emotionscoach At least I'm thankful his practice is more egalitarian. I just wi

@Emotionscoach At least I'm thankful his practice is more egalitarian. I just wish he wasn't so hostile to those who are theologically egalitarian.

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Beth Allison Barr's 'The Making of Biblical Womanhood' as a prime example of story-driven theology — the book frames the entire discussion through personal pain and church hurt.

Mistake #5: Critique of Beth Allison Barr's book

church hurt story-driven theology Beth Allison Barr
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Payne also claims most people in Paul's day believed the heart controlled the body

Mike addresses Payne's broader claim about popular belief in the ancient world.

Philip Payne Rebecca Groothuis popular ancient belief
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Q&A: How should Christians feel about the end times — fear, joy, concern?

Question from Joshua Rivera.

eschatology tribulation pre-trib / mid-trib / post-trib
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Tip 5: Make goals instead of resolutions — goals survive failure; resolutions don't

Fifth of seven tips. Mike argues against the traditional resolution framework.

practical discipleship discouragement goals vs. resolutions
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-14

John McCrae's ministry goal: counter emotionally compelling but logically weak objections; reach younger audiences with the full human (intellectual + emotional) case for Christianity

Each host shares their goals for their YouTube channel

John McCrae John McCrae What Do You Mean emotional vs. logical reasoning
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

Righteous anger is anger that is rightly caused and rightly applied; Ephesians 4:26 is the governing principle

Q from Naomi Yurkov about what righteous anger is biblically and when it applies to humans.

Ephesians 4:26 social media righteous anger Ephesians 4:26
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

Feeling vs. conviction: feelings are emotions; convictions are firm stances on issues, though they overlap

Q from Faith Brooks about the difference between a feeling and a conviction.

discernment emotions conviction
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-18

The witness of the Spirit (Romans 8:16) — an internal truth-awareness of being God's child, not an emotion

Question from John Butterfield about what the witness of the Spirit is and how to obtain it.

Romans 8:16 Romans 8:15 Holy Spirit Romans 8:16 assurance of salvation
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-25

The soul may relate to the emotional/intellectual center — Davidic Psalms and soul language

Further speculation on the distinction between soul and spirit

Psalms Psalms anthropology psuche
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-17

Cheerful giving — the problem is the grudge, not the giving

Q from Folky about whether it is better not to give if you cannot give cheerfully.

2 Corinthians 9 Sanctification Giving 2 Corinthians 9
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Witness of the Holy Spirit is mental/spiritual awareness of sonship, not necessarily emotional feeling; love for God is primarily volitional, not emotional

Question from "JW" about not feeling the witness of the Holy Spirit or love for God despite trusting Christ.

Romans 8:15 assurance of salvation witness of the Holy Spirit Romans 8:15
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-30

Shame and guilt on the cross: Jesus experienced the full weight of all human guilt — an underappreciated dimension of atonement

Mike adds to the physical and death dimensions of what Jesus suffered.

crucifixion atonement shame
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-05

God's jealousy and anger are not sinful because jealousy and anger are not inherently sinful — only their corrupt expressions in fallen humans are.

Question from A.D. Chan about how God can be jealous or angry if these are listed as sins of the flesh in Galatians 5.

James 1 Galatians 5 Ephesians 4:26 James 1 Galatians 5 God's wrath
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-12

Q3: Is it wrong for a Christian to enjoy New Age music? Genre itself is not inherently sinful; lyrics and spiritual content matter

Viewer Linda Caswell asks whether listening to relaxing New Age piano music is wrong for a conservative Christian.

Christian liberty music and spirituality entertainment culture
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-12

Q19: Advice for spiritual apathy — do not be apathetic about your apathy; obey whether or not you feel it

Viewer Hugh Seeger asks for advice on struggling with spiritual apathy.

obedience sanctification spiritual apathy
Mike Winger idea 2021-02-12

Q20: Do we need to feel bad for sin when we repent, or is knowing it is wrong enough? Feeling is healthy but not required — emotions are the caboose of the train

Viewer Joel Larson asks whether genuine repentance requires feeling bad about sin, noting his ex-girlfriend does not feel bad about their shared sexual sin.

2 Corinthians 4 repentance sanctification Paul the Apostle
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

Forgiveness: will and emotions are separate; you can choose to forgive before your heart feels it

Responding to whether one can say words of forgiveness when the heart has not yet caught up

1 John 3:20 Christian living forgiveness walking by faith
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-12

Passion for God fading: treat it as a red flag, diagnose sin, then take outward spiritual actions to let the heart follow

Q17 from Langille Zandi: How do you counsel someone whose passion for the Lord is dying — not praying, not reading the Bible?

James 4 Revelation 2 (Ephesus) spiritual disciplines James 4 sanctification
Mike Winger idea 2021-09-03

Will Psychopaths be Judged the Same?: It has recently been scientifically proven that many psychopaths have a physical brain alteration that doesn't allow their synapses to receive the neuron chemicals for emotions such as sympathy. Oftentimes, they become violent criminals or even murderers. Will they be judged by God the same as any other person, even though they have something physiologically wrong with them?

Q&A question: Will Psychopaths be Judged the Same?
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-02

Handling our Emotions Biblically: What's the difference between suppressing our emotions vs. having self-control over our emotions? I struggle to show positive/negative emotions to God/others, and I seem to distrust God/others with my emotions.

Q&A question: Handling our Emotions Biblically
Mike Winger idea 2024-10-18

Anger at God’s Word?: Do you have any specific advice on how to deal with emotions while reading the Bible? Recently, I can’t even get through a few verses without feeling overwhelmed with anger or frustration!

Q&A question: Anger at God’s Word?
Mike Winger idea 2025-12-12

Impassability – Does God Have Emotions?: Could you help me understand impassability? I’ve heard that God doesn’t have emotions, meaning we can’t move God to “feel.” What about Deuteronomy 32: 21 which sounds like we can move God to feel things?

Q&A question: Impassability – Does God Have Emotions?

Deuteronomy 32 Deuteronomy 32