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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 2022-11-24

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 2 on Genesis 1-3 and whether women's submission was just a curse to be overturned

1 Corinthians 11:7-10 1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2018-03-17

Was Our Faith Purchased on the Cross as a Gift?

John Piper’s article “ For Whom did Jesus Taste Death? ” focuses on Piper’s premise that disallows Jesus from being a ransom sacrifice for all people. There are many parts of Piper’s article that I would like to address, but I will deal with them one at a time in individual posts.

1 Corinthians 15:14 1 Corinthians 15:17 1 John 1:9–10 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement

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 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 2010-03-26

Sin Nature Through Man

The question has come up on this blog about whether Adam had a sin nature at the fall that would have been passed on to all of us, and if this is an issue that is important regarding women in ministry. After all, we need to know why it is that only Adam would bring sin into the world and if all of u

1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Timothy 1:13 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-16

Putting Women In Their Place

The November 17, 2009 CBMW blog post by John Starke that we started to evaluate last post , is an amazing “piece of work” that exalts the 17th century writings of a Puritan named Richard Baxter who attempts to put women in their place. Starke continues to summarize Baxter’s writings:

1 Samuel 25:17-19 1 Samuel 25:20-28 1 Samuel 25:30-31 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse

Scripture Commentary article 2009-10-27

Woman Need Spritual Covering

## Does a woman need a human spiritual “covering”

1 Corinthians 14:20 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2009-08-14

Ask John Piper Do Some Complementarians Deny Women Opportunities

## Do Some Complementarians deny women opportunities

Colossians 14:7 Colossians 14:8 Colossians 14:9 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

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 2009-02-17

Adams Sin Imputed To Eve

One of the most bizarre teachings of CBMW is the one taught in Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in chapter 3 written by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr

Ecclesiastes 3 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

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 2008-06-20

Was Adam A Type Of Christ

Recently I received a request to post my ideas on why Adam chose to sin when he was not deceived. The writer went on to ask:

1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 3:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2008-03-10

Circumcision The Woman And The Kinsman Redeemer

In dealing with women in ministry, the question has been asked of me, isn’t circumcision a proof that God only wants men to minister through leading and teaching since God gave the sign of circumcision for males only to his people in the Old Testament. Did God give preferential treatment to males wh

Acts 7:51 Deuteronomy 10:16 Deuteronomy 30:6 Women in Leadership

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 2007-03-08

Is Adam The Representative Head Of The Human Race

Those who believe that God created a hierarchical relationship between men and women will usually state that God created Adam as the “federal head” of the human race. This “federal headship” is said to be not only physical in that all of humanity has its origin in Adam, but spiritual because of a di

1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:13 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-27

Why Was Adams Sin More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part Two

While we have seen from part one that Adam’s sin was said to have been a deliberate transgression of the covenant and as a result it was a treacherous act against God (Hosea 6:7) where does that leave the seriousness of Eve’s sin

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-22

Could The Messiah Have Been A Woman

Since God is neither male nor female, some have suggested that the Messiah could have been born a female. I would respectfully like to differ with that view

1 Corinthians 15:45 1 Samuel 15:23 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ What I quoted shows that God doesn’t contradict His former instruction. Now look at 1Nephi and consider that Lehi claims he heard God tell him to disobey a direct command from God to Jeremiah. Jeremiah said that anyone...

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ What I quoted shows that God doesn’t contradict His former instruction. Now look at 1Nephi and consider that Lehi claims he heard God tell him to disobey a direct comma

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

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

Was Our Faith Purchased on the Cross as a Gift?

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

Masculine Christianity

Sin Nature Through Man

Putting Women In Their Place

Woman Need Spritual Covering

Ask John Piper Do Some Complementarians Deny Women Opportunities

Woman Called As Missionary Has Regrets

Reaching Unity In The Faith Without Authoritarian Control

Adams Sin Imputed To Eve

King_Uzziah

Was Adam A Type Of Christ

Circumcision The Woman And The Kinsman Redeemer

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

Is Adam The Representative Head Of The Human Race

Why Was Adams Sin More Serious Than The Sin Of Eve Part Two

Could The Messiah Have Been A Woman

@BrettBreakerZ @JosephTrimmer_ What I quoted shows that God doesn’t contradict His former instruction. Now look at 1Nephi and consider that Lehi claims he heard God tell him to disobey a direct command from God to Jeremiah. Jeremiah said that anyone...

@schism Joseph Smith’s statement sounds humble, but unfortunately it is rebellio

@cgore @smashbaals Well, since this was a personal letter to Timothy whom Paul spent years with at Ephesus, all that matters is that Timothy understood who Paul was referring to. Paul writes in ch 1 that some are deceived and are shown mercy (1:13,16...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge If you just repeat yourself and don’t respond to what I’m pointing out and asking, then you are not working to convince me. You are simply trying to “take authority” over me and force me to agree with your faulty interp...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the smallest parts of grammar or the context. The only ...

@StandAndKnox The purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop the s

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii Believing that you are faithfully following scripture is not rebellion! When you make every disagreement a matter of rebellion, you just get a fractured church with denominational explosion. We have to stick to the primary ...

In p5, Ashley explains 2Th 2: the falling away (rebellion), the restrainer (Holy Spirit in the church), and the Antichrist. Paul reassures believers Christ’s return follows the Antichrist declaring himself God in the temple. In the pre-trib rapture, ...

@pushforgorilla @subq @harmonizedgrace Adam’s mistake wasn’t simping, it was rebellion. Since you are referring to Adam simping, don’t you mean Ge 3:17, that Adam listened to the voice of his wife? Why did God say that he listened to her voice when ...

@harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife I’m not trying to turn wives against their husbands! I think you are confusing me with some kind of feminist you have seen around here. Again, I am a ‘mutualist’—meaning both mutually laying down their rights to serve o...

Rather than rebellion against creation, true egalitarians actually go back to an

Rebellion to God is never good. But William pre-supposes that God's design is ge

Since the scripture doesn't actually teach male gender roles related to position

@peace_got @Protestia That was my point: you can either be in rebellion to what you believe the text says, or like me, actually following what the text teaches as I have shown it does not forbid female elders. You don’t have to agree with my interpr...

RT @iheartJ37: @wadelentz @wadelentz, even if someone believes a female pastor i

@rofbethany @BrandonGra53760 Rejecting what you say scripture says about this se

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not with the reason being the time sequence of creation...

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Women shaved their heads in rebellion? Paul is asking women to cover their heads because of their former rebellion? Wow. I thought I heard it all. There was no such practice of covering in the churches b...

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals No, a woman who God gifts to teach or p

@Flyoverland22 It would seem that in holding to what they believe the scriptures to teach they are invoking a male domination and blessing it with “its scriptural”—and worse, if you don’t agree you are in rebellion to God and need to repent. This de...

@MarnerJoshua Ok, well all the best to you and your church. Just don't treat your brothers and sisters who disagree on this issue as in rebellion to God. It's nowhere listed as a sin in any list of sins and we have women in positions of authority by ...

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of cour

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals You keep repeating yourself thinking that if you keep saying this that it means women preachers are in sin. Feel free to only have male preachers, but you need to give grace to include faithful ...

@RyanMessano Huh? Lukewarm? Because I disagree with you on the basis of scripture itself? A godly women who speaks true doctrine, teaches it or pastors is not in rebellion to God. You cannot make up prohibitions. Prohibiting things that God doesn't p...

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii The original purpose of this thread was not to convert you to an egalitarian. It was asking comps to not treat us as in rebellion to God and to not divide our chu...

@ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Paul had to deal with people like you in Galatians. It is no different to suggest godly female pastors are in rebellion to God which clearly means they are unsaved than to suggest men needed to be circumcised to be...

@peace_got @MikeWingerii He is free to sincerely believe and practice complementarian views but not to divide egalitarian churches and treat them like they are in rebellion because they simply practice freedom. Read Romans 14. Mike said this is seco...

@peace_got @JoanBandy @CharmyRosewolf @pastherandie @MikeWingerii You sound like you are not really open on this issue at this time. It’s ok to go to a complementarian church and not worry about this issue. What I’d like to minimally accomplish here ...

@Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii You seem like a good complementarian of

@NarnianAttorney @MikeWingerii No, you aren't understanding. We disagree with complementarians, not with God. If I was in rebellion against God, I would repent. You are treating this issue as primary. And this is the problem I have with Mike's advic...

RT @ryanschatz: 1/🧵In light of some who believe that female pastors (and those w

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