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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 2017-06-08

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 5-7: 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 3, Galatians 3:28

[Music] the women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not permitted to speak but are to subject themselves just as the law also says if they desire to learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home for it is improper for a woman to speak in church 1 Corinthians 14 has been a diff...

1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @The_Sig_ @TinaFoughty Perhaps there is some application in the context of a church in that you do not support your adult children who are living in unrepentant sin. A person who refuses to judge their children simply b/c they are thei...

@JamesPelton18 @The_Sig_ @TinaFoughty Perhaps there is some application in the context of a church in that you do not support your adult children who are living in unrepentant sin. A person who refuse

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says el

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says elders are to receive the same benefit of Matt 18 in that an accusation should not be entertained unless brought by 2 or 3

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine For example, Paul says stuff like this in reference to the apostles: Gal 2:6: “But from those who seemed to be something—*whatever they were, it makes no difference to me;* God shows personal favoritism to no man—for those ...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine For example, Paul says stuff like this in reference to the apostles: Gal 2:6: “But from those who seemed to be something—*whatever they were, it makes no difference to me;*

Gal 2:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ronhenzel Since when does Paul defer to how the apostles esteem certain individuals? “But from those who were of considerable repute [ie. the other apostles] (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism)—well, those who were o...

@ronhenzel Since when does Paul defer to how the apostles esteem certain individuals? “But from those who were of considerable repute [ie. the other apostles] (what they were makes no difference to m

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Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 5:21

Sections: exegesis

1 Timothy 5:21 bias,partiality,leaders,impartiality,egalitarian
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-01

Q&A: Having favorites is not the same as favoritism — favoritism is the sinful distortion of justice based on preference, not the innocent preference itself

Question from Christian Harold Harrison about favorites and favoritism in sports

sin ethics Christian living
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-11

Biblical justice requires impartiality; modern social justice errs by elevating group rights over equal standards

Response to viewer Kara Gordon asking whether caring for the marginalized should look different for a Christian than secular socialism or communism.

Exodus 23:2-3 Leviticus 19:15 abortion social justice biblical justice
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

God's choices of Jacob, Abraham, Moses, prophets — not favoritism but purposive grace for non-salvific roles

Question from Ryder Ness, a "struggling Calvinist," about divine favoritism in biblical election.

Isaiah 6 Romans 9 Genesis 25 election Moses Abraham
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-29

Biblical framework: impartiality in judgment (no favoritism for rich or poor), all humans of one blood in God's image, individual sin/accountability, Scripture as the authority over lived experience. CRT is incompatible with Christianity on every core tenet.

The biblical response to CRT

Leviticus 19:15 image of God image of God biblical justice
Mike Winger idea 2021-05-14

God's impartiality doesn't mean equal circumstances — disabilities, poverty, and wealth may serve God's glory rather than being about what people deserve. Jesus healed the man born blind "for the glory of God," not as punishment for sin.

Q3: How is God impartial when people have such different lives?

John 9 Jesus John 9
Mike Winger idea 2023-12-01

Is God a Biased Hypocrite?: Aren't we saved when we do our best to live Godly lives? Otherwise, God is a biased hypocrite who plays favoritism. We're to be perfect as He is! Other logic is a fallacy, thus false teaching.

Q&A question: Is God a Biased Hypocrite?