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Scripture Commentary article 2026-03-30

1 Corinthians 14 — Research Notes (Cheryl Schatz)

Collection of 5 research notes examining 1 Corinthians 14:34-36, including the eta particle argument for quotation/refutation reading, the non-existent 'law' reference, segregated seating problems, and commentary from RtNT and Bender showing contradictions with Paul's affirmation of women prophesying.

1 Cor 11:2-16 1 Cor 11:22 1 Cor 6:2 1 Corinthians 14 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2025-08-04

Women In Ministry Research Notes

Collection of 22 research notes from Cheryl Schatz's Logos notebook on women in ministry, covering head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11, kephale as source, Genesis creation narratives, Ephesians 5 mutual submission, and Craig Keener's lecture notes on women's ordination.

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-12 1 Timothy 5:21 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 11
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 2023-03-09

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Women Apostles

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 5 on whether women were apostles in the New Testament

1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 15:5 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2022-11-25

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

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

1 Cor. 12:1–30 1 Corinthians 1:11 1 Corinthians 1:16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
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 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-08

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 5-7: 1 Corinthians 14, 1 Timothy 3, Galatians 3:28

[Music] the women are to keep silent in the churches for they are not permitted to speak but are to subject themselves just as the law also says if they desire to learn anything let them ask their own husbands at home for it is improper for a woman to speak in church 1 Corinthians 14 has been a diff...

1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2017-06-07

Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free? Parts 1-2: The Designer Knows Best

[Music] oh [Music] Lord why would you give me gifts that you don't allow me to use in the church just because I'm a woman why does the bible always use the term man am I important to God [Music] too why do you love boys more than girls why am I told that I can't lead in public prayer why are there s...

1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Timothy 2:13 2 Timothy 3:16 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2017-01-29

Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture

J. Ed Komoszewski — Kindle highlights from '>-'. 18 highlights.

Biblical Authority Christology Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2015-09-04

Purposeless evil?

Calvinists often talk about “purposeless evil.” In fact, Dr. James White, a Calvinist apologist from Alpha and Omega Ministries , has stated that if God did not ordain all things including the evil actions of men, then evil has no purpose. Dr.

Acts 2:22-23 Acts 2:23 Acts 4:27–28 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
Scripture Commentary article 2015-05-29

Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible''s Authority

Jonathan Morrow — Kindle highlights from 'Questioning the Bible: 11 Major Challenges to the Bible''s Authority'. 39 highlights.

2 Corinthians 5:7 2 Peter 1:20–21 2 Timothy 3:14–15 Biblical Authority Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2014-08-04

Why are people not coming to Jesus?

Dr. James White has stated on his Dividing Line program that he wants to see how I line up the John 6 passage to show why people are not coming to Jesus. This post will summarize my view from my previous verse by verse exposition and tie in reasons for unbelief from the book of John.

1 John 4:6 1 John 5:1 2 Thess 2:10 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary article 2013-03-05

John 6:37 All that the Father gives Me will come to Me

John 6:37 (NASB) “ All that the Father gives Me will come to Me…

Acts 10:1–2 Acts 13:26 Acts 13:42–43 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary article 2013-01-03

All who are drawn come to Jesus? John 6:44

In my last post , I showed that Scripture must not be taken out of context by making the word “draw” mean “drag” in John 6:44.

Isaiah 54:13 Isaiah 55:1–3 John 3:16 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary article 2012-11-16

Was John the Baptist predestined to be saved?

In the teaching of Calvinism, there is an election to salvation for some men while the rest of mankind are created without a hope of eternal life. In this understanding God has pre-determined from eternity past that all but the elect would remain in their sin and be lost forever.

Isaiah 40:3 John 1:15 John 1:29 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-14

Calling God To Account

While God is Sovereign, some men believe that they can set a limit on God’s gifts. In the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s doctrinal stand, they believe that God is allowed to distribute gifts to men and women alike with the gifts listed in 1 Cor

1 Corinthians 12:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Peter 4:10 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-03-07

Why Was Eve Punished

In our discussions on Genesis, there has been one puzzling question. If Adam alone sinned willfully and the woman fell into sin through deception, then why did God punish Eve so severely for her sin

Colossians 2:15 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:15 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-25

Two Gifts Or One

The bride of Christ has been given gifts but are teacher and pastor two gifts or one

1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 14:12 Acts 4:11 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-11-10

Comp View Of 1Cor11 Mark

This post is a first. I have never before taken the writing of a complementarian and posted it on my blog

1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:13-16 1 Corinthians 11:16 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-09-19

Evaluating Schatz Seaver Debate

On July 27th, 2009 Mike Seaver and I started a ten session debate on Women in Ministry where I was able to ask Mike questions on his position, he answered my questions and then we each had one response. Mike is still considering whether he will continue with another ten sessions where Mike will ask

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-09-02

Mike Seaver Cheryl Schatz 10

## Responses to question #5

1 Corinthians 10:15 1 Corinthians 12:28 1 Corinthians 14:36 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-03

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

While this post isn’t exactly a “Women in Ministry” post, I think it does highlight the importance of men and women working together in complementary ways for the benefit of the body of Christ and for ministry to the lost. God often uses women in ways that are different than he uses men simply becau

Matthew 2:1 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:15 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-05

1 Cor14 Concludes

We have been going through 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, the passage that appears to silence women in the church to see how carefully Paul has constructed his words in 1 Corinthians 14:36 to contradict the silencing in verses 34 & 35. (For past articles on this topic, please see the 1 Corinthians 14 secti

1 Corinthians 14:1 1 Corinthians 14:12 1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-11

Pauls Ordination

This post is a separation of the post called Is ordination a requirement for a female pastor. since it was brought to my attention that the two streams of thought were too much for one post

Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:7 Ephesians 4:8 Spiritual Gifts
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 2006-12-29

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part One

One of the things that bugs me when Christians have discussions about the women’s issue is the point when they are at loggerheads regarding “proof texts”. One person says they have their “proof text” scripture and so they are not willing to listen to what the other person has to say

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So is it correct that your view on this is that it has to do with showing angels proper hierarchy between Jesus->husband->wife during prayer and prophecy (only)? This seems rather strange to me...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So is it correct that your view on this is that it has to do with showing angels proper hierarchy between Jesus->husband->wife during prayer an

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-08

@ronhenzel @ReformedDoc I am not setting up a false dichotomy. I am not saying it is either prophecy or plan. I am saying that prophecy does not automatically equal God’s decretive will. Scripture itself makes that distinction. Jesus prophesied Jeru...

@ronhenzel @ReformedDoc I am not setting up a false dichotomy. I am not saying it is either prophecy or plan. I am saying that prophecy does not automatically equal God’s decretive will. Scripture its

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist That is quite a wild misinterpretation of Malach

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist That is quite a wild misinterpretation of Malachi’s prophecy! The idea of eternal marriage is nowhere hinted in scripture and is expressly contradicted. However, LDS c

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-24

@limedoorstudio The BOM early on in 1 Nephi has God telling Nehi and Lehi to flee Jerusalem to the Americas when Jeremiah’s prophecy was that all including the wild animals and even all the faithful prophets were to submit to the king of Babylon and ...

@limedoorstudio The BOM early on in 1 Nephi has God telling Nehi and Lehi to flee Jerusalem to the Americas when Jeremiah’s prophecy was that all including the wild animals and even all the faithful p

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@McMuffin11111 @smashbaals It says “will be” saved. The Zech 13:8-9 prophecy eve

@McMuffin11111 @smashbaals It says “will be” saved. The Zech 13:8-9 prophecy even says 2/3 will die and 1/3 will be brought through tribulation and will all believe. Do you think this is referring to

Zech 13:8-9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@ronhenzel So no face to face debate? Aw. Paul’s burden in Rom 9 is not explaining why some random Gentiles go to heaven and others to hell. The prophecy Paul cites (“the older shall serve the younger,” Gen 25:23) was never fulfilled in the lifetim...

@ronhenzel So no face to face debate? Aw. Paul’s burden in Rom 9 is not explaining why some random Gentiles go to heaven and others to hell. The prophecy Paul cites (“the older shall serve the young

Gen 25:23 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-08

@JustBibleTruth @CherylSchatz Where are the qualifications listed in Ac 1:21,22 coming from? Did they come from the prophecy or from Jesus directly? The phrase “the twelve” distinguishes the apostles directly chosen by Jesus from other apostles, it...

@JustBibleTruth @CherylSchatz Where are the qualifications listed in Ac 1:21,22 coming from? Did they come from the prophecy or from Jesus directly? The phrase “the twelve” distinguishes the apostle

Ac 1:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@carol66944 @ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst So then if this is nothing more than the other times in the chapter where Paul tells the other to be silent, if a woman has a prophecy or scripture or song or…, can she speak? Because I haven’t yet gone to a ch...

@carol66944 @ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst So then if this is nothing more than the other times in the chapter where Paul tells the other to be silent, if a woman has a prophecy or scripture or song or…,

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-20

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst But isn’t v34-35 just addressing married women interr

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst But isn’t v34-35 just addressing married women interrupting with questions? What if the woman has a prophecy or a scripture to share?

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@sstaedtler98 @BenGuptill @sola_chad I disagree. There are different forms of pr

@sstaedtler98 @BenGuptill @sola_chad I disagree. There are different forms of prophecy and explaining the meaning of the text is one of them. That doesn’t mean that prophecy is not meant to be tested!

1Co 14:29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 If everyone is expected to learn, then that means questions may be asked. I don’t know about you, but I don’t learn unless I ask questions. Asking questions is not the same as prophecy, etc., but t...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 If everyone is expected to learn, then that means questions may be asked. I don’t know about you, but I don’t learn unless I ask questions. Asking

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Trying to make 1Ti 2:15 into typology of Christ overrides Paul’s grammar and context. The verse speaks of a specific woman’s salvation contingent on “they” (she and her husband?) continuing in faith. It’s practical hope, not h...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Trying to make 1Ti 2:15 into typology of Christ overrides Paul’s grammar and context. The verse speaks of a specific woman’s salvation contingent on “they” (she and her husband

1Ti 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@bibleprophecyus @JeffYoungerShow So then what does head mean? https://t.co/bfn9

@bibleprophecyus @JeffYoungerShow So then what does head mean? https://t.co/bfn9yq1jcI

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@bibleprophecyus @emilyjashinsky If this means authority over, ever wonder why '

@bibleprophecyus @emilyjashinsky If this means authority over, ever wonder why 'head' is not used of anyone else like any apostle, pastor, bishop, elder, etc? https://t.co/bfn9yq1jcI

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@bibleprophecyus @JohnDavisJDLLM What about verse 21? "and subject yourselves to

@bibleprophecyus @JohnDavisJDLLM What about verse 21? "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." So whatever the verses afterwards mean, this is not about one way submission or obe

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@bibleprophecyus Only if you understand the way the Bible is using the term head

@bibleprophecyus Only if you understand the way the Bible is using the term head is not related to authority but source.

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@CoreyJMahler An egalitarian view of M & F does not deny creation. It emphasizes Gen 1:28 where God commands both to rule not the prophecy God made *to Eve* after the fall that Adam would rule over her. Again, fair that you disagree, but I’m not ...

@CoreyJMahler An egalitarian view of M & F does not deny creation. It emphasizes Gen 1:28 where God commands both to rule not the prophecy God made *to Eve* after the fall that Adam would rule ove

Gen 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ The prophecy portion was that Eve would desire her husband. There are things God said would change. Increasing her rate of conception is not a judgment. That she would toil because of how many ...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ The prophecy portion was that Eve would desire her husband. There are things God said would change. Increasing her rate of conception is not a

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Then, in Gen 3:16, after the Fall, God says to E

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Then, in Gen 3:16, after the Fall, God says to Eve, "your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you." This reads like a prophecy of what will happen

Gen 3:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-16

@out_farther @elondeporter @CapturingChrist Not only does the Bible say it is inspired by God, but it proves it by what it says, how it says it, its consistency both internally and across different books and letters, authors and spanning many centuri...

@out_farther @elondeporter @CapturingChrist Not only does the Bible say it is inspired by God, but it proves it by what it says, how it says it, its consistency both internally and across different bo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals I agree that God doesn't change. However, there is no such God appointed gender-roles in creation. Gen 1:28 says that both are to rule and contains imperatives (commands) to both of them. There is no command in ...

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals I agree that God doesn't change. However, there is no such God appointed gender-roles in creation. Gen 1:28 says that both are to rule and contains imperatives (c

Ge 3:16 Gen 1:28 debate
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