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Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1-7 Colossians 3:18-19 Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1-7 Colossians 3:18-19

Video agenda: three main passages plus egalitarian pushback

Mike outlines the structure of the video.

Craig Keener Paul, Women and Wives Paul's imprisonment

Keener's conclusion: Paul wrote household codes as long-range Roman cultural defense

Mike quotes Keener's concluding summary on the cultural argument.

Craig Keener slavery objection Paul, Women and Wives

Introduction to the slavery objection

Mike introduces the final major egalitarian argument.

Craig Keener slavery objection logic same principles test

The slavery objection's logic: same reasons for submission = same rules apply

Mike explains the logical structure of the slavery objection.

Craig Keener Kevin Giles NT slavery-marriage parallel

Keener claims the NT bases slave obedience on same principles as wifely submission -- but never demonstrates this

Mike addresses the second pillar of the slavery objection.

Ephesians 5-6 Ephesians 5-6 wives vs slaves comparison slavery objection refutation

Comprehensive list of differences between wives and slaves in Scripture

Mike provides a systematic comparison.

Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Debate over who judges prophecy: prophets, elders, or everyone?

Mike addresses the objection that it was prophets, not elders, who judged prophecy.

1 Corinthians 14:29 eldership Craig Keener 1 Corinthians 14:29

Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Women can have the gift of discernment but are restricted in its public exercise during church governance

Mike addresses the objection that his view means women cannot have a spiritual gift.

1 Corinthians 12:10 1 Corinthians 12:10 gift of discernment church governance

1 Timothy 2:15 Genesis 3:15 Tom Schreiner 1 Timothy 2:15 Genesis 3:15

Schreiner's objection 1: the Messianic view requires seeing 'she' as Mary

Mike addresses Tom Schreiner's first objection to the Messianic interpretation.

1 Timothy 2:15 Incarnation Tom Schreiner 1 Timothy 2:15

Schreiner's objection 2: Paul never teaches salvation comes through the Incarnation

Mike addresses the objection that Paul doesn't elsewhere connect salvation to the birth of Christ.

1 Timothy 2:15 Tom Schreiner 1 Timothy 2:15 definite article

Schreiner's objection 3: the definite article is not strong evidence

Mike addresses the third objection regarding the article before 'childbearing.'

Romans 5:9 1 Timothy 4:16 2 Timothy 4:18 Stanley Porter Jared August future tense objection

Stanley Porter's objection: future tense 'shall be saved' doesn't work with Eve

Mike addresses Porter's argument that the future tense of sozo contradicts Eve as the subject.

1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2:15 teknogonia Messianic interpretation

Best objection to the Messianic view: teknogonia is an odd word choice for the Messiah

Mike presents what he considers the strongest push-back against his preferred view.

1 Timothy 2:13-14 Genesis 2-3 1 Timothy 2:13-14 Genesis 2-3 universal application

Conclusion 13: Based on creation and fall, applies to all churches today

Mike reaffirms the trans-cultural, trans-temporal basis of the restriction.

Mike Winger idea 2018-03-21

First problem with 2 Maccabees: the book is not accepted by the Jews, not part of Jesus's or Paul's Bible

Canon-based objection to using 2 Maccabees as proof of purgatory

Paul Jesus Apocrypha

resurrection miracles David Hume

David Hume's argument: miracles are impossible, therefore no testimony can ever establish a miracle

Beginning of the skeptics section; examination of David Hume's philosophical objection

resurrection miracles William Lane Craig

In his debate with William Lane Craig, Ehrman granted all five ALIVE facts but denied any historian can postulate miracles

Mike describes the Craig-Ehrman debate on the resurrection

resurrection Dan Barker methodological naturalism

Dan Barker's four reasons to reject the resurrection: problem of history, possible natural explanations, internal Bible contradictions, legendary growth

Overview of Barker's case against the resurrection

miracles Dan Barker historical method

Barker's 'problem of history': miracles cannot be established from historical evidence — same Humean presupposition as Ehrman

Mike analyzes Barker's first objection

resurrection Dan Barker alternate theories

Barker won't commit to a specific natural explanation because none can withstand scrutiny

Analysis of Barker's second objection — 'possible natural explanations'

resurrection Dan Barker historical method

Barker's internal contradictions objection is a red herring — the five historical facts don't depend on biblical inerrancy

Mike's critique of Barker's third objection

Markan priority Gospel origins resurrection Dan Barker

Barker's legendary growth argument cherry-picks data — each Gospel sometimes has more miraculous content, sometimes less

Mike's critique of Barker's fourth objection

New Testament resurrection historical method

Response to 'you can't use the Bible': the Bible is actually 66 documents by multiple authors over hundreds of years and is treated as historical documents by secular historians

Common objection addressed — that the resurrection case is circular because it relies on the Bible

resurrection evidential standards miracle claims comparison

Comparison to other miracle claims fails because they don't have equivalent evidence — not all miracle claims are equal

Response to the tu quoque objection: 'You don't believe in other miracle workers, why believe in Jesus?'

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-29

The 'dumping' rhetorical tactic: rapid-fire accusations without allowing responses

Mike identifies a debate tactic Aaron Ra uses in the opening of his video — making many rapid accusations before ever reaching substantive arguments

Apologetics methodology Debate tactics Rhetorical dumping

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-29

Objection: the Bible incorrectly classifies whales as fish (Jonah 1:17; Matthew 12:40)

Ra claims the Bible is scientifically wrong for calling the creature that swallowed Jonah a fish when whales are not fish

Jonah 1:17 Matthew 12:40 Jonah 1:17 Matthew 12:40 Biblical Hebrew - dag

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-29

Objection: bats are classified as birds in Leviticus 11 — Mike's rebuttal using Hebrew 'oph'

Ra claims the Bible incorrectly puts bats in the same category as birds in Leviticus 11

Leviticus 11 Taxonomy anachronism Bible and science Translation issues

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Clarification: the Bible claims inspiration, not dictation

The article under review assumes God 'wrote' the Bible. Mike corrects this mischaracterization before engaging the specific arguments.

biblical inspiration dictation theory verbal plenary inspiration

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Reason 6 addressed: Scientific foreknowledge in the Bible — prophecy is superior to scientific insight as apologetic evidence

The skeptic argues an inspired Bible would contain scientific knowledge humans couldn't have had (e.g., quantum mechanics, germ theory). Mike largely treats this as a restatement of Reason 5.

Genesis 1 Hebrews 11:3 Genesis 1 inspiration tests scientific foreknowledge

Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

The 'God only acts in the Middle East' meme refuted as incoherent special pleading

Between numbered reasons, the article inserts a meme claiming all of God's actions in the Bible occur in a tiny geographic circle around the Middle East, ignoring Europe, the Americas, and Asia.

geographic objection special pleading meme apologetics

Mike Winger idea 2018-08-22

Kim builds straw men to argue against — e.g., fabricating the objection that Saturday worship is cultish, then refuting it, to avoid real criticism of his actual false teachings

Kim's apologetics section in the Sabbath chapter, around page 47.

Joo-Cheol Kim Sabbath straw man argument

Mike Winger idea 2018-09-05

Ezekiel 26 text walkthrough: the prophecy uses two distinct sets of pronouns — 'he' (Nebuchadnezzar) and 'they' (multiple later nations) — specifying different actors for different actions.

This pronoun distinction is the key to properly understanding the prophecy and refuting Ra's objection.

Ezekiel 26 hermeneutics Bible prophecy Ezekiel 26

Mike Winger idea 2018-09-05

Principle for engaging skeptics: only address objections you have a genuine, thoughtful answer to; answers in public forums may serve lurkers more than the person being addressed.

Viewer question about how to decide which skeptic objections to respond to.

evangelism apologetics online ministry

biblical authority soteriology presuppositional apologetics

Winger argues his objections to presuppositionalism are biblical, not soteriological, and would hold even if he were Calvinist

Winger's clarification before asking Sye to explain presuppositionalism

Romans 11:36 epistemology presuppositional apologetics Van Til

Sye explains presuppositionalism: start with the presupposition that God exists and his Word is true; all reasoning depends on God; the 'circle' is virtuous, not vicious

Sye's core explanation of the presup method, tracing it to Van Til and Bahnson

presuppositional apologetics Jesus's apologetic method Scripture as foundation

Question from Ben Thompson: which apologetic method does Jesus use? Sye says most consistent biblical apologetic is answering every objection with Scripture

Audience Q&A on New Testament apologetic methodology

presuppositional apologetics Scripture as foundation street evangelism

The most consistent presuppositional approach is to answer every objection with Scripture; Sye admits he gets too bogged down in philosophy and wants to recover a more Scripture-centered approach

Sye's self-critique and practical apologetics