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Scripture Commentary article 2025-08-04

Women In Ministry Research Notes

Collection of 22 research notes from Cheryl Schatz's Logos notebook on women in ministry, covering head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11, kephale as source, Genesis creation narratives, Ephesians 5 mutual submission, and Craig Keener's lecture notes on women's ordination.

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-12 1 Timothy 5:21 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2015-04-27

The context surrounding John 6

In explaining the meaning of John 6, we need to pay close attention to the context surrounding John 6 as well as the relevant context from the entire book of John. Here are some verses that are HIGHLY relevant and some questions for you to ponder.

John 10:1 John 10:14 John 10:16 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary article 2014-08-04

Why are people not coming to Jesus?

Dr. James White has stated on his Dividing Line program that he wants to see how I line up the John 6 passage to show why people are not coming to Jesus. This post will summarize my view from my previous verse by verse exposition and tie in reasons for unbelief from the book of John.

1 John 4:6 1 John 5:1 2 Thess 2:10 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking fornication is great and keep practicing it? Queue...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-07

@JRowley11 @DustyDeevers You mean like laws against murder and theft? Traffic laws? Assault? Yes, of course. However, there should be no law against fornication, lust or even changing one’s gender or requiring belief in the God of the Bible. Laws ag...

@JRowley11 @DustyDeevers You mean like laws against murder and theft? Traffic laws? Assault? Yes, of course. However, there should be no law against fornication, lust or even changing one’s gender or

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Theology verse entry

Acts 15:24-29

Sections: exegesis

Acts 15:24-29 no instruction,women,silence of apostles,Gentile restrictions,egalitarian,analogy
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

1 Timothy 3:2 — 'husband of one wife' means only men can be elders

Mike argues the elder qualifications confirm male-only eldership.

1 Timothy 3:2 elder qualifications 1 Timothy 3:2 husband of one wife
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Personal anecdote: a young woman used 'all sin is the same' to equate fornication with stealing a pencil, which prompted Mike's investigation of this doctrine.

Mike shares an early formative experience that drove him to examine this topic biblically.

1 Corinthians 6 personal testimony 1 Corinthians 6 Christian living
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-22

Acts 15:19-21 -- James decrees four abstentions for Gentiles: things contaminated by idols, fornication, what is strangled, and blood. The reason given: Moses has been preached in every city.

James's four-fold decree for Gentiles

James (brother of Jesus) Acts 15:20-21 table fellowship James (brother of Jesus) Acts 15:20-21
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

1 John 5:16-17: sin leading to death likely refers to physical death, not Catholic mortal/venial sin distinction

Q from Sarah Nordberg about the meaning of sin leading to death vs. sin not leading to death in 1 John 5:16-17.

1 John 5:16-17 atonement repentance mortal sin
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-18

Should two Christians who fornicated marry? — Consider it, but do not treat marriage as a required patch on the sin

Question from Spazzy Jazzy about rectifying fornication through marriage.

Exodus 22:16-17 Deuteronomy 22 marriage repentance fornication
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-02

Sexual sin is uniquely grave — it is a sin against one's own body in a way other sins are not

Expounding on 1 Corinthians 6:18 within the broader passage study

1 Corinthians 6:18 sexual immorality body as temple fornication
Mike Winger idea 2022-09-16

Was Sacrificing to Molech Similar to Abortion?: Was Molech child sacrifice similar to abortion in that a key purpose was to get rid of unwanted babies born (most often) of sexual sin? Ezekiel 16: 20-21(NKJV) clearly links the practice to fornication.

Q&A question: Was Sacrificing to Molech Similar to Abortion?

Ezekiel abortion Ezekiel