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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-07

Video 3 will cover women in leadership in the Old Testament, including Deborah and egalitarian surveys of female leadership.

Series overview and roadmap

Judges Linda Belleville Deborah women in OT leadership
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Payne correctly refutes a bad complementarian argument that God naming the human race 'man' (adam) in Genesis 5:2 implies male leadership.

Payne identifies a weak complementarian argument

Philip Payne adam Gen 5:2
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

'Paranoid masculinity': over-regulation of gender roles in complementarian circles

Mike coins a term for a problem he sees in complementarian practice.

John Piper John Piper complementarian overcorrection Pharisaical over-regulation
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Genesis 2 recap: six indicators of Adam's pre-fall leadership over Eve.

Detailed summary of video 2 conclusions on Genesis 2

1 Timothy 2 Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:9-10 creation order pre-fall leadership 1 Timothy 2
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The OT records events in a very patriarchal culture — leaders are almost always men.

Initial perspective for approaching OT evidence

Old Testament women patriarchal culture
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Deborah is a strong case for occasional high-level female leadership in the OT by God's appointment; all other judges are male.

Introduction to the Deborah discussion

Judges judges Deborah Judges judges
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

A female leader may indicate preference for male leadership but not exclusion of female leadership; both egalitarians and complementarians stretch Deborah.

Framing the Deborah debate

Deborah complementarianism egalitarianism
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The question: is Barak being rebuked for not stepping up as a man? Is God reminding us even with a female judge that a man should have been leading?

Interpretive question about the Barak passage

Judges 5 Barak Jael Judges 5
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

In their culture it was embarrassing that a woman beat Sisera — glory to Jael, shame to Barak — but this is not God's commentary against women leaders.

Interpreting the shame in the Barak-Jael narrative

Barak Jael male leadership
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

OT pattern of male priests, apostles, elders, and husbands — but also male kings with no clear command

Mike examines the pattern of male leadership in scripture.

kings male priesthood male apostles
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Adam and Eve appeal: creation order argument (1 Tim 2:13)

Mike examines Paul's use of 'For Adam was formed first, then Eve' as the basis for his restriction.

Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 1 Timothy 2:13 creation order Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:8-9
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-01

Announcement: upcoming deep-dive study on women's roles and gender in the church

2021 ministry plans

women in ministry complementarianism egalitarianism