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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 2008-07-17

Eve And God

One’s world view can cause one to have presuppositions that bring set patterns of reasoning that have nothing to do with the text of scripture. One of these areas is with Eve’s relationship with God and whether God placed the man in charge of her basic knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism
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
Theology verse entry

Romans 8:28-30

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 8:28-30 golden chain,foreknowledge,predestination,calling,justification,glorification,soteriology,Calvinist proof text
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Priesthood means no one mediates between you and God; this is different from teaching

Mike now builds his positive case for what priesthood means for Christians and why it does not equate to eldership.

1 Timothy 2:5 priesthood mediation 1 Timothy 2:5
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Correction for complementarians: the husband is NOT the priest of his home

Mike disagrees with many complementarians, including pastors he has respected, on this point.

headship universal priesthood of believers complementarian correction
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Sonship benefit #4: Internal relationship with God through the Holy Spirit

Mike identifies the fourth and final element of Paul's sonship teaching.

Galatians 4:6-7 circumcision Galatians 4:6-7 Holy Spirit
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Can egalitarians extend Paul's concerns to eldership status for women?

Mike frames the central challenge for the rest of the video.

eldership scope of application one in Christ
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Westfall's expansion: men cannot have primogeniture status over women based on creation order

Mike critiques Westfall's application of Galatians 3:28 to inter-human relationships.

1 Timothy 1 Corinthians 7 Ephesians primogeniture 1 Timothy 1 Corinthians 7
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Westfall's primogeniture claim vs. Paul's actual point about sonship

Mike distinguishes between Paul's meaning and Westfall's application.

Genesis 2 primogeniture Cynthia Long Westfall Genesis 2
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Westfall's two problems: exegetical (changing Paul's focus) and philosophical (importing modern concepts)

Mike identifies the twin errors in Westfall's application.

Cynthia Long Westfall critical theory feminism
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Galatians 2 is about being treated as outside Christ, not as second-class citizens within Christ

Mike sharpens the distinction between the egalitarian framing and the actual text.

Galatians 2 Galatians 2 second-class citizenship exclusion from Christ
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Mike's thesis: role differences do not violate status in Christ

Mike states his main conclusion from the video.

philosophical presuppositions role differences status in Christ
Mike Winger idea 2018-03-14

Greek word 'sozo' (saved) does not always carry theological salvation meaning — Philippians 1:19 as example

Illustrating the theological vs. dictionary meaning distinction with 'saved'

Philippians 1:19 semantic range sozo salvation
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-20

Repentance restores relationship with God, not salvific status; analogy of marriage reconciliation

Q&A: question about whether believers must live sinlessly or must continually repent.

salvation repentance sanctification
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

Q&A: How to explain to non-believers that the Holy Spirit's presence is a reason for faith

Viewer question from Cam 94.

Holy Spirit personal testimony apologetics methodology
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-07

Personal experience of God and common sense as evidence for God

Mike closes his apologetics list with experiential and intuitive arguments.

apologetics evidence for God personal experience of God
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-13

Mike's personal testimony: heard the gospel at 12, found relief in forgiveness

Viewer asking about Mike's salvation experience

salvation sanctification forgiveness
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

Mike's personal conversion testimony: depression before faith, joy and relationship with God after — and subsequent evidential verification

Q&A: Benjamin Acompo (skeptic) asks what evidence a 12-year-old Mike had at conversion beyond feelings

personal testimony experiential evidence for faith conversion experience
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-19

Virtual scholarly consensus on historical facts about Jesus: lived in Palestine, believed special relationship with God, performed astonishing deeds, taught in parables, criticized Jewish leaders, crucified under Pilate

Summarizing the bedrock facts about Jesus accepted by virtually all historians including non-Christians

scholarly consensus resurrection crucifixion of Jesus
Mike Winger idea 2019-08-07

Q&A: Did Jesus perform miracles as God or purely as a human in right relationship with God?

Viewer raises a Christological claim used to support charismatic miracle theology.

Bill Johnson miracles Christology
Mike Winger idea 2020-01-29

The witness of the Holy Spirit is the primary means by which Christians know Christianity is true

Application of the knowing/showing framework to Christian epistemology

Romans 8 Romans 8 assurance of salvation epistemology
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-28

No marriage in heaven does not mean demotion — relationships will be closer and better in the resurrection

Question: Since there is no marriage in heaven, will married couples be strangers? Mike addresses Matthew 22:30.

Matthew 22:30 resurrection eschatology Matthew 22:30
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-25

Romans 8 on the Spirit crying Abba Father: relationship with the Spirit unrelated to miraculous gifts

Resource recommendation for the relational aspect of the Holy Spirit

Romans 8 Abba Father Romans 8 Holy Spirit
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Parable of the Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1-13) — a warning about authentic faith, not about percentages of saved vs. unsaved

Question from Gloria Urban about whether Matthew 25:1-13 teaches that half the church will not be saved.

Matthew 25:1-13 Holy Spirit salvation parable interpretation
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Witness of the Holy Spirit is mental/spiritual awareness of sonship, not necessarily emotional feeling; love for God is primarily volitional, not emotional

Question from "JW" about not feeling the witness of the Holy Spirit or love for God despite trusting Christ.

Romans 8:15 assurance of salvation witness of the Holy Spirit Romans 8:15
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-30

Keeping faith private: a private relationship with God signals shame or embarrassment, not genuine privacy

Question from Dusty Matthew about a friend who says faith is a private matter.

Matthew 10:33 Luke 12:9 evangelism private faith shame of the gospel
Mike Winger idea 2020-11-20

Old Testament believers were saved but lacked the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit

Question about whether Old Testament believers were born again and could be called children of God.

Acts 2 Psalm 51:11 John 14:17 David Acts 2 Abraham
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-15

Imputed righteousness does not eliminate moral obligation — it changes the basis of standing before God, not the Christian's motivation to pursue holiness

Question from John Dutton about whether imputed righteousness is biblical and whether it undermines the call to repent from sin.

Romans 3-5 Antinomianism Holiness Sanctification
Mike Winger idea 2020-12-04

How to find God: Christianity's goal is not emotional comfort but truth and relationship; reading and praying without trusting Christ is insufficient.

Question from an anonymous person (username 'it's me') who found comfort in the New Age but confusion in Christianity after 5 months of reading and prayer.

Assurance of salvation New Age spirituality Conversion and faith
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

Introduction: learning to think biblically transforms every area of life

Opening of Friday live stream Q&A session

Christian living discipleship biblical thinking
Mike Winger idea 2021-03-05

A new believer should lovingly but firmly set sexual boundaries with a girlfriend, even at the risk of losing the relationship

Responding to a 3-month-old believer whose girlfriend is hesitant to abstain from sex

obedience sexual purity Christian relationships
Mike Winger idea 2020-01-08

Good #1: Freely choosing to enter a loving relationship with God is a great good — a love potion analogy shows forced love isn't real love. Good #2: Alvin Plantinga's supralapsarianism theodicy — the Incarnation and atonement (Christ dying for those who hate him) is among the greatest conceivable acts of love, only possible in a world with sin.

Response to Q4 — goods requiring earth (love and atonement)

free will Alvin Plantinga free will
Mike Winger idea 2020-08-31

Psalm 118:24-28 contains a compressed gospel narrative: Hosanna (save now), the festival sacrifice bound to the altar (Christ crucified), and then "You are MY God" — relationship through sacrifice.

Continued Psalm 118 exposition with gospel typology

Psalm 118:24-28 songs of ascent Psalm 118:24-28 festival sacrifice hosanna
Mike Winger idea 2021-05-14

Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob are in the kingdom (Luke 13:28) despite not having the indwelling Holy Spirit — being "born again" isn't identical to Spirit-indwelling but includes it. OT saints had real relationship with God through different means.

Q5: If born again requires the Spirit, how are OT saints in the kingdom?

Luke 13 Abraham Isaac Jacob
Mike Winger idea 2021-07-16

How to Connect Deeply with God: I struggle deeply with feeling the presence of a relationship with God. I believe I am saved, but I had wandered far and often during my youth. To this day, I try to "imagine" my relationship with God, but I still feel estranged (mostly I think because of sinfulness). I am desperate for that deep, living connection to the Father. What can I do to get connected in relationship with Him?

Q&A question: How to Connect Deeply with God
Mike Winger idea 2021-08-13

How to Stay Close to God When We’re Slipping: How do I get better in my relationship with God? I'm slipping away, what do I do?

Q&A question: How to Stay Close to God When We’re Slipping
Mike Winger idea 2021-09-10

Learning about Biblical Heroes: Some biblical characters are heroes in the faith, but not mentioned much in the Bible (people like Enoch and Melchizedek). How can I find out more about what was so special about their relationship with God?

Q&A question: Learning about Biblical Heroes

Melchizedek Enoch
Mike Winger idea 2021-12-03

What is a Relationship with God?: What does a relationship with God look like practically?

Q&A question: What is a Relationship with God?
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-01

Winger says NO — do not follow your husband to a cult. The Bible never gives husbands spiritual authority to dictate their wife's worship. Wives have a relationship with God independent of their husbands. He also rejects the 'husband as priest of his house' teaching as unbiblical. Uses 1 Peter 3:1-6 extensively.

Q&A: Husband joined a cult teaching women go to hell for wearing makeup/trousers. Should wife submit and follow him there?

1 Peter 3:1-6 complementarianism headship complementarianism
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-24

Loving God vs. Fearing Punishment: I find that I fear Hell rather than love God. Prayer and Bible reading feel like selfishly avoiding Hell more than devotedly pursuing God. How do I stop my fear from getting in the way of my relationship with God?

Q&A question: Loving God vs. Fearing Punishment

prayer hell
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-19

How to Draw Near to God when we Feel Far: I’m far from the Lord in this moment and not very genuine. What could I do to improve my relationship with God and to be as honest as I can, be obedient to Him, and listen to His word?

Q&A question: How to Draw Near to God when we Feel Far
Mike Winger idea 2023-03-17

Warnings about False Teachings: Do warnings to Churches and believers in verses such as Jude 1:3-4 or other Epistles regarding false/heretical doctrines apply to Mormons who want a relationship with God/Jesus but are just deceived?

Q&A question: Warnings about False Teachings

Jesus Mormonism heresy
Mike Winger idea 2023-04-07

Communicating with God: How can we have a relationship with God when He doesn’t talk back?

Q&A question: Communicating with God
Mike Winger idea 2024-02-16

Is God Abusive?: Does a Christian’s relationship with God mirror what an abusive relationship would look like in other scenarios?

Q&A question: Is God Abusive?
Mike Winger idea 2024-12-27

From Intellect to Salvation: Is there a way for me to go from an intellectual belief in God to a relationship with God, or do I have to wait on Him for that?

Q&A question: From Intellect to Salvation

salvation
Mike Winger idea 2025-01-17

Helping Children Grasp the Gospel: As a pastor to the youth for so long, what would you recommend parents do with their children to help them have a personal relationship with God?

Q&A question: Helping Children Grasp the Gospel

pastoral ministry
Mike Winger idea 2021-11-01

The real authority in JW life is not the Bible but the governing body — eight men in New York City who "formulate doctrine" and whose instructions, according to Watchtower, determine your "spiritual health and relationship with God." The NWT Bible is a doctrinally distorted translation that changes key texts about Christ's deity, and members are discouraged from researching outside Watchtower sources.

JW authority structure: governing body over Scripture; the NWT as a distorted translation

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower