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Scripture Commentary article 2024-08-09

Women in Places of Power in the Old Testament

Research clippings examining the Proverbs 31 woman as a public figure praised at the city gates — the seat of legal and civic authority. Argues that King Lemuel's mother was a prophet whose oracle comprises the chapter, and that the Proverbs 31 woman exercised judgment and public leadership, not merely domestic roles.

2 Kings 10:8–9 Amos 5:10 Amos 5:15 Genesis & Creation Women in Leadership Egalitarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-19

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2024-04-09

Calvinism — Research Notes (Cheryl Schatz)

Collection of 5 research notes on Calvinism, covering God's mercy to all (Romans 11:30-32), the purpose of divine mercy and compassion, Esau's election as about Messianic lineage not individual salvation (Malachi 1:2-3), and Calvin's concept of Evanescent Grace.

1 Kings 11:13 Deuteronomy 4:31 Ezekiel 39:25 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-10

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: “Women Keep Silent” (1 Cor 14:34–35)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 11 on 'women keep silent' in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Cor. 14:21 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-25

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Leaders in the New Testament (PART B)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 4 on women leaders in the New Testament (Part B)

1 Chronicles 29:6 1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 15:32 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2018-01-04

How does God harden a man’s heart?

How does God harden a man’s heart? We know that God can and does harden hearts because the Bible tells us this, but how and why does God choose to do this? And if all people are created with pre-hardened hearts as some suggest, then why is it necessary for God to harden a man’s heart? Let’s consider...

2 Chronicles 18:18–22 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Timothy 3:9 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
Scripture Commentary article 2015-05-29

Exploring the Origins of the Bible: Canon Formation in Historical, Literary, and Theological Perspective (Acadia Studies in Bible and Theology)

Emanuel Tov and Craig A. Evans — Kindle highlights from '>-'. 14 highlights.

Lev. 19:18 Biblical Authority Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2012-11-30

Did God hang babies out to dry with the rest of sinning humanity?

My last post on Judas brought up a discussion of Jesus’ words about Judas and what it would have been like for him had he not been born.

James 1:15 Jeremiah 19:4–5 Jeremiah 7:31 Soteriology Calvinism
Scripture Commentary article 2012-07-29

Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ

Robert Bowman, J. Ed Komoszewski, and Darrell L. Bock — Kindle highlights from 'Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ'. 100 highlights.

1 Cor. 15:24 1 Kings 8:27 1 Thess. 1:3 Trinity Christology Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2012-02-07

Masculine Christianity

This is part 2 of What God intended at creation and it is inspired by a recent lecture given by John Piper where he states that God’s intention for Christianity is for it to have a “ masculine feel “. After discussing John Piper’s Masculine Christianity, I will give my critique of his masculine argu

1 Corinthians 2:1 1 Timothy 2:12 2 Kings 22:3 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2012-01-08

Eph 5 Infected

In my last post, I presented one of the best sermons that I have ever heard on Ephesians 5, regarding the evidence of Spirit-filled lives for both men and women. This post is on the opposite of the Spirit-filled life which is an influx of worldly infection through male-centered pride

Luke 22:25 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-23

Another Christian Organization In Canada Has Charity Status Removed

The following article was sent to me this morning by Mabel, a follower of this blog. The pastor of the church that had its charity status removed in Canada also contacted our ministry as we went through the same kind of persecution from the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) regarding their disallowing as

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-04

Wayne Grudems An Open Letter To Egalitarians

In 1998 Wayne Grudem wrote “An Open Letter to Egalitarians,” and in the letter, he gave six questions that he said have never been satisfactorily answered

Isaiah 1 Philippians 2:7 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Trinity
Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-14

Woman Called As Missionary Has Regrets

Recently, I received an email from a woman who purchased my 4 DVD set “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” and then wrote me about the impact that the DVDs had on her

Ecclesiastes 4 Hebrews 4 Malachi 13 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-08

Reaching Unity In The Faith Without Authoritarian Control

The picture above represents not only the “bride” of Christ held back and controlled, but women in the “bride” of Christ held back and controlled. It is a great concern to me that there are many in the body who think that authoritarian control is needed to keep people in line and to keep the unity o

Esther 15 Proverbs 18 Authority & Submission Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-13

King_Uzziah

In an interesting blog post on Pyromaniacs the February 10th post, author Dan Phillips tries to link the rebellion of King Uzziah and his punishment of leprosy with the “unfaithful” act of women who apparently are committing treachery against God by becoming pastors. Is this really true

2 Chronicles 25:1 2 Chronicles 25:14 2 Chronicles 25:15 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-30

1 Timothy 2 Authority And The Magical Pulpit

Many people feel that the pulpit is a place for authoritative proclamation. However many people also believe that the pulpit gives a man that authority and allowing someone into the “pulpit” who isn’t allowed to exercise authority over the sheep, an authority that the pulpit gives them, is seen as a

1 Kings 4:24 1 Kings 9:23 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2
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 2007-12-07

Laying A False Argument To Rest

One of the arguments that complementarians employ against women in ministry is the argument that God only used women as prophets and leaders in the Bible when there were no men available at the time. Is this really a valid argument

2 Kings 22:12 2 Kings 22:13 2 Kings 22:14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-29

Are Gods Gifts Segregated

Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post – are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:7 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down kings, determining Pharaoh’s role in displaying His...

@carol66944 @5pur5y Yes, God’s rule is absolutely assumed throughout the OT. He exercises sovereign authority from the beginning—flooding the earth, confusing languages, raising up and bringing down k

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ Jesus is the creator of the universe and e

@McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ Jesus is the creator of the universe and evidently that means that earth is not off limits. But he is not like other kings with earthly-based authority.

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-06

@JamesDitto12 @smashbaals 1. The LXX is an important witness to how the Hebrew was understood very early. 2. The inspired text has only the consonants; vowel markings were added in the 6-10th century AD. So there is a legitimate interpretive questio...

@JamesDitto12 @smashbaals 1. The LXX is an important witness to how the Hebrew was understood very early. 2. The inspired text has only the consonants; vowel markings were added in the 6-10th century

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo "Garments were often given as presents. It was a special mark of honor to receive one that had been used by the giver, and kings sometimes showed their munificence by presenting them. (See Genesis 45:22 Changes of Raiment; 1 Sam...

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo "Garments were often given as presents. It was a special mark of honor to receive one that had been used by the giver, and kings sometimes showed their munificence by presenting

Genesis 45:22 1 Samuel 18:4 Esther 6:8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@_jonbowlin I think that Paul is listing people that these Christians may have a hard time praying for. The kings were often the ones that persecuted Christians. Christians may not well warm and fuzzy feelings about them, but they are not to be exclu...

@_jonbowlin I think that Paul is listing people that these Christians may have a hard time praying for. The kings were often the ones that persecuted Christians. Christians may not well warm and fuzzy

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@JollyStine How is Paul contrasting quiet, peaceful lives with asceticism? I was envisioning protesting or perhaps running from persecution due to rulers coming against Christians. In other words, pray for kings and those in authority so you can go a...

@JollyStine How is Paul contrasting quiet, peaceful lives with asceticism? I was envisioning protesting or perhaps running from persecution due to rulers coming against Christians. In other words, pra

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@kings_cross_nwa @SindlandOz34748 Why do you have authority now as a believer but not all believers have the same authority? Do you believe that God’s perfect order from before the fall was women being subjected to men and always under their authori...

@kings_cross_nwa @SindlandOz34748 Why do you have authority now as a believer but not all believers have the same authority? Do you believe that God’s perfect order from before the fall was women bei

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@neecygrace @pastordmack Why do you call one of the greatest kings a POS? I sus

@neecygrace @pastordmack Why do you call one of the greatest kings a POS? I suspect it was consensual. She didn’t have to bathe naked in full view of the king. That’s inviting problems.

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@LifeWithoutLack @pastordmack No one is in favor of adultery silly. Even the gre

@LifeWithoutLack @pastordmack No one is in favor of adultery silly. Even the greatest kings that ever lived have had s3xual issues…think David and Solomon.

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@WizardTraveling In addition Paul is adding in Kings in that he is saying to pray for ALL men EVEN kings and EVEN the false teachers. This is an extension of the whole (all men) with specific people picked out for a reason, but it doesn’t have anythi...

@WizardTraveling In addition Paul is adding in Kings in that he is saying to pray for ALL men EVEN kings and EVEN the false teachers. This is an extension of the whole (all men) with specific people p

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@WizardTraveling Kings are not classes of men. What Paul is saying here is that Kings are not picked out because they are a class of men that God has picked to be saved, but that Kings are important SO THAT we may lead a tranquil and quiet life. The ...

@WizardTraveling Kings are not classes of men. What Paul is saying here is that Kings are not picked out because they are a class of men that God has picked to be saved, but that Kings are important S

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages While polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, it was not expressly commanded. There is a difference. God did put limits on kings (which they didn’t follow and He still tolerated): “And he shall not ac...

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages While polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, it was not expressly commanded. There is a difference. God did put limits on kings (which they didn’t fo

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@peace_got @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii Avoid Deborah because she shows a woman can be the voice of God to everyone in the theocracy of Israel before there was kings? Right….you are just pointing to how important sh...

@peace_got @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii Avoid Deborah because she shows a woman can be the voice of God to everyone in the theocracy of Israel before there was kings?

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Jesus spoke clearly against the kind of authority it seems people are advocating for. It is against that authority over anyone. “The kings of the Gentiles *exercise lordship* over them; and those who *exercise authority* over ...

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Jesus spoke clearly against the kind of authority it seems people are advocating for. It is against that authority over anyone. “The kings of the Gentiles *exercise lordship* o

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@JTKingsFanClub @AmReformer @joe_rigney @calvinrobinson It’s puzzling. I was sur

@JTKingsFanClub @AmReformer @joe_rigney @calvinrobinson It’s puzzling. I was sure that obeying Jesus’ command to make disciples of all peoples, teaching them to obey everything He commanded His discip

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@smashbaals Christ will rule at the second advent. He will reign on the throne of David from Jerusalem. In the mean time, "…I [Paul] urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people, for kings and all who ...

@smashbaals Christ will rule at the second advent. He will reign on the throne of David from Jerusalem. In the mean time, "…I [Paul] urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be ma

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@dougponder Elders are not meant to “rule” because they are not kings over the c

@dougponder Elders are not meant to “rule” because they are not kings over the church. They are servants carrying out a task and given a responsibility. They “care” for the Lord’s church.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus Many people and cults can say that about many passages. The only way to know whether my interpretation is correct is to test it against the scripture. I’ve worked to take all details in the rel...

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus Many people and cults can say that about many passages. The only way to know whether my interpretation is correct is to test it against the scri

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus I go through 1 Tim 2:11-1

@AntGrayLiving @skolvikings @KPalms21 @farmingandJesus I go through 1 Tim 2:11-15 thoroughly here. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Theology verse entry

Genesis 21:9-12

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 21:9-12 Sarah,Abraham,authority,obedience,women-leadership,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 1:26-28

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 1:26-28 creation,dominion,co-equal,image of God,male and female,egalitarian,gender roles,imago dei,equality
Theology verse entry

Proverbs 31:10-31

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Proverbs 31:10-31 excellent wife,wisdom,commerce,public teaching,economic independence,egalitarian,women leadership
Theology verse entry

Acts 9:15

Sections: exegesis

Acts 9:15 chosen instrument,Paul,calling,gifts not segregated,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Judges 4:4-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Judges 4:4-9 Deborah,judge,prophetess,woman leader,Barak,Israel,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:1-7 prayer,intercession,one mediator,ransom,antilytron,false teaching,Ephesus,universalism of scope,paraggelia,herald,apostle,teacher,egalitarian,soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,mediation
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 1:4-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 1:4-5 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,corporate election
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 1:26-31

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

1 Corinthians 1:26-31 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,boasting,faith vs works
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