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Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-24

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 2 on Genesis 1-3 and whether women's submission was just a curse to be overturned

1 Corinthians 11:7-10 1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-20

Adam As Head Of The Family

It is common for hierarchists to say that Adam was Eve’s head not because he was her source, but because he had authority over her. While the teaching that Adam was Eve’s ruler before the fall of man is unsubstantiated, the fact that Adam was the source of Eve is foundational to the doctrine of the

Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

Finally, patriarchal structures are not part of God's original design, but are a

Finally, patriarchal structures are not part of God's original design, but are a result of human sin and societal evolution away from God's ideal (Gen 3:16). The return to God’s intended order is wha

2Cor 5:17 Gen 3:16 debate
Mike Winger idea 2018-11-14

Proverbs 19:11 — it is glorious to overlook an offense, inverting the cultural shame of not retaliating.

Fourth Proverbs passage; Mike challenges the instinct to 'get back' at someone who wrongs you.

Proverbs 19:11 grace forgiveness anger
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

The Law functions as a tutor to lead people to Christ—Sermon on the Mount sets up the gospel

Soteriological purpose of the Mosaic Law

Galatians 3:24 Galatians 3:24 Sermon on the Mount paidagogos
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-03

Q&A: If God gave us a wicked heart, can we blame him? — Shaking fist at God is foolish

Audience question on whether God bears responsibility for human sinfulness

salvation sin free will
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Distinguishing human wrath from God's wrath: selfishness vs. holiness

Mike contrasts man's anger with God's anger, using personal anecdote and Scripture.

James 1:20 Ephesians 4:26 God's wrath righteous anger James 1:20
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

God never sins in His anger; the danger is our sin provoking it

Mike shifts the frame from God's nature to humanity's accountability.

Psalm 119 Psalm 119 God's wrath human sin
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

God is angry at the wickedness of sin, not merely at how sin inconveniences us

Mike develops the nature and target of God's wrath.

God's wrath human sin divine perspective
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

God's wrath and love can both be directed at the same person simultaneously

Mike addresses personal anxiety about being the object of God's wrath.

repentance God's love God's wrath
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Three reasons people struggle with God's wrath: false dichotomy, wounded past, inflated view of human goodness

Mike diagnoses the pastoral and psychological sources of resistance to the doctrine of divine wrath.

Romans 5:8 God's wrath human sin divine holiness
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Christian worldview distinctives: personal God, imago Dei, sin, grace, salvation by faith

Comparison of Christianity's core claims against other religions

atonement imago Dei incarnation
Mike Winger idea 2019-10-02

Conclusion: Jesus is the only way because he alone paid the full price for sin; Christianity makes real sense of human suffering

Final summary and invitation

Holy Spirit atonement grace
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-15

Images are not inherently wrong — the biblical prohibition is against images used for worship, not images per se

Question from Jesper about whether Christians can have icons in the home.

Romans 1 Exodus 20:4-5 Romans 1 Idolatry Graven images
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-26

2 Corinthians 5:21 — Jesus became sin through imputation, not by sinning; understood through a Protestant doctrine of justification.

Question from "Stranger in Moscow": how can Jesus become sin if he knew no sin?

2 Corinthians 5:21 atonement imputed righteousness justification
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-30

The gospel presentation should be adapted to the individual; the content stays constant but the approach changes.

Question 13 from Steph T about how to summarize the gospel with strangers or those from different religions.

Acts 17 Paul Acts 17 evangelism
Mike Winger idea 2020-03-04

Q: Nudity in art. Mike opposes it. The argument "it's art so it's okay" fails: if a bad drawing of nudity is wrong, making it skillful doesn't change the morality. Rome and Las Vegas dress sin up beautifully. We honor the human form by covering it due to human sinfulness. Possible exception: medical textbooks.

Q&A — nudity in art

nudity in art