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Scripture Commentary article 2026-03-30

1 Corinthians 14 — Research Notes (Cheryl Schatz)

Collection of 5 research notes examining 1 Corinthians 14:34-36, including the eta particle argument for quotation/refutation reading, the non-existent 'law' reference, segregated seating problems, and commentary from RtNT and Bender showing contradictions with Paul's affirmation of women prophesying.

1 Cor 11:2-16 1 Cor 11:22 1 Cor 6:2 1 Corinthians 14 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2024-09-03

Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2024-08-08

What Mike Winger Gets Wrong on What Women Can’t Do

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 13 on what women can and can't do according to the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:5 1 Timothy 2:12 Ephesians 5:21-22 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA That’s actually a great question. It is tricky to resolve as we are again creatures of habit and have become lazy and dependent on hired preachers and leaders. It may have to go through a reset t...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA That’s actually a great question. It is tricky to resolve as we are again creatures of habit and have become lazy and dependent on hired preacher

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@ministrymisfit I didn’t think about including the ‘blackballed by’ steps as I h

@ministrymisfit I didn’t think about including the ‘blackballed by’ steps as I have a few of those too. Looks like you went back and forth a few times before that. God is shaking up the institutional

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-05

@RushiXmakima I think God is shaking up the institutional church which is going

@RushiXmakima I think God is shaking up the institutional church which is going to result in the return of house churches.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals “Your sons and daughters will prophecy” "For you can *all* prophesy one by one, so that *all* may learn and *all* may be exhorted" (1Co 14:31). There were no pulpits and we only have a handful ...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals “Your sons and daughters will prophecy” "For you can *all* prophesy one by one, so that *all* may learn and *all* may be exhorted" (1Co 14:31).

1Co 14:31 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel I see many cases of women leading in various capacities in the mission field. They are translating scripture, leading house churches, counselling men and women and generally doing the hard work of discipling and putting th...

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel I see many cases of women leading in various capacities in the mission field. They are translating scripture, leading house churches, counselling men and women and generall

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-09

@nevermindlind @smashbaals You are assuming the conclusion. The great commission is to make disciples and the early churches were not mega church buildings with special pulpits but house churches. In what sense is a woman who has the requisite char...

@nevermindlind @smashbaals You are assuming the conclusion. The great commission is to make disciples and the early churches were not mega church buildings with special pulpits but house churches. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@1boreen_ye @Jessicakayanja @RobertKayanja In Paul’s day, many churches were lik

@1boreen_ye @Jessicakayanja @RobertKayanja In Paul’s day, many churches were likely house churches, not like ours today with a pulpit. Participation was much more prominent in the early church than t

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Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:10-16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:10-16 exousia,woman authority,angels,interdependence,mutual dependence,egalitarian,hair,covering,creation order,corrective,in the Lord
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Linda Belleville's claim: no lack of women leaders in the early church

Mike introduces egalitarian scholar Linda Belleville's claims about women leaders.

Romans 16:1-2 Linda Belleville Discovering Biblical Equality Two Views on Women in Ministry
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Central egalitarian claim: hosting a house church made you the leader/overseer of that church

Mike identifies this as a pervasive claim that recurs throughout egalitarian literature.

Linda Belleville hosting vs. leading overseer
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Utter Silence View Hinge 2: 1 Corinthians 11 proves women could prophesy publicly in church

Mike presents the strongest challenge to the utter silence view from within the same letter.

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11:2-6 head coverings 1 Corinthians 11:5 women prophesying
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-01

About House Churches: What do you think of the house church movement (Francis Chan)?

Q&A question: About House Churches
Pulpit research note

Gender-Segregated Seating — No Historical Evidence

The sermon's claim that men and women sat on opposite sides in the Corinthian assembly, with wives shouting questions across the room to husbands, has no credible historical or archaeological support.

1 Corinthians 14:33-35
Pulpit research note

Participatory Worship in 1 Corinthians 14:26 — The Structural Gap Brett Overlooked

Pastor Brett correctly identified the status-seeking motive behind the Corinthians' misuse of gifts but did not address the text's own positive vision: broad participatory worship where multiple membe

1 Corinthians 14:26
Pulpit research note

Podcast Q4: The Segregated Seating Problem (Impact 7/10, Reconsideration 8/10)

"You described a scenario where men and women sat on opposite sides and wives were shouting questions across the room. I looked into this and couldn't find archaeological or historical evidence for ge

1 Corinthians 14:33-35