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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Bad complementarian argument #2: Adam's sin was 'listening to his wife' -- Mike refutes this; the problem was the content (eating the fruit), not the act of listening to a woman.

Bad complementarian arguments

bad complementarian arguments Gen 3:17 listening to wife
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Critical distinction: Genesis 2-3 is about HUSBANDS and WIVES, not men and women in general -- 'know your place' language wrongly presupposes universal female submission to all men.

Limiting the scope of the Genesis teaching

husband-wife scope Gen 2-3 universal female submission rejected
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Submission is limited to 'your own husband,' not all men

Mike distinguishes complementarianism from patriarchalism.

1 Peter 3:1 patriarchalism 1 Peter 3:1 scope of submission
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Some complementarians believe women shouldn't have authority over men in any sphere — marriage, church, or society.

Describing the range of complementarian views

complementarianism patriarchalism three spheres of authority
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Isaiah 3:12 — 'women rule over them' — used by patriarchalists to argue women as rulers is always bad in God's eyes.

Examining a key patriarchalist proof text

Isaiah 3:12 patriarchalism Isaiah 3:12 women as rulers
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Overall conclusions: egalitarians fail to make a positive case (partly by stretching Scripture); complementarians fail to rule out all women in all leadership.

Final conclusions from the study

Deborah complementarianism egalitarianism
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Definition of patriarchalism as the third position

Mike defines Christian patriarchalism and its spectrum.

patriarchalism male authority spectrum of views
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Hard patriarchalist positions on restricting women

Mike describes the most extreme patriarchalist restrictions.

patriarchalism women voting women in education
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Mike's overall conclusions: egalitarians fundamentally wrong, patriarchalists peripherally wrong

Mike gives his summary verdict on the three positions.

complementarianism egalitarianism patriarchalism
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

The big question: how far do we draw the application beyond marriage and eldership?

Mike frames the central application question of the video.

soft complementarianism patriarchalism application spectrum
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Queens had authority over men, and Romans 13:1 commands submission to them

Mike uses queens as another example against strict patriarchalism.

Romans 13:1 Romans 13:1 governmental authority Jezebel