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Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-19

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2015-03-24

Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions

Gregory Koukl — Kindle highlights from 'Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions'. 123 highlights.

Luke 20:24 Luke 20:4 Mark 2:9 Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2010-04-14

T4G Comp Tied To Gospel

The 2010 Together for the Gospel conference is on right now as I write this article. The conference this year is called The Unadjusted Gospel and according to J

Colossians 14:34-35 Ephesians 4:2 Exodus 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-23

Another Christian Organization In Canada Has Charity Status Removed

The following article was sent to me this morning by Mabel, a follower of this blog. The pastor of the church that had its charity status removed in Canada also contacted our ministry as we went through the same kind of persecution from the CRA (Canada Revenue Agency) regarding their disallowing as

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-11-05

The Dark Side Of Submission

## The Dark Side of Submission

1 Peter 3:7 Isaiah 5:23 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Spiritual Abuse
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 2009-02-20

Did God Give Up On The Woman

Many people think that God was especially hard on Eve after she was deceived by the serpent in the garden. In fact hierarchists have determined that God was so hard on Eve by punishing her with a multitude of lashes for her sin, that some might get the idea that God punished the one who was deceived

Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:17 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-01

Reading The Scriptures Without A Male Bias

In the beginning God made male and female. Together they were to do God’s work on earth but unfortunately the fall happened and their work done together as equals was challenged by the man who took the sole rule for himself

1 Peter 3:3 1 Peter 3:4 1 Timothy 1:2 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-28

Women Preaching Equated With

Wade Burleson has commented on Irving Bible Church’s decision to allow women to preach the gospel to the congregation on a Sunday morning and the attacks that this church has experienced because of this decision. Wade writes:

1 Corinthians 12:21 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, the Bible calls all people—gay

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, the Bible calls all people—gay or straight—to submit our sexuality to God’s design. That includes turning from any sexual behavior outside of marriage

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

Saying that egalitarianism is a one way train to the affirmation of homosexualit

Saying that egalitarianism is a one way train to the affirmation of homosexuality is not the case if you are an egalitarian because of a careful study of scripture and not one by ignoring clear teachi

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@AndBlackburn233 @OutOfThePocket What on earth are you talking about? Demonic possession for their total sexual depravity??? A Calvinist who practices sexual depravity would be kicked out of his church! To suggest Calvinism is the basis of homosex...

@AndBlackburn233 @OutOfThePocket What on earth are you talking about? Demonic possession for their total sexual depravity??? A Calvinist who practices sexual depravity would be kicked out of his chu

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@playoncrutches @hfjohnsen @votemichelleppc You may think it’s stupid, but kids are like sponges taking in as gospel truth whatever they are told by teachers. They also respond to encouragement and peer pressure. Puberty is also a confusing time; i...

@playoncrutches @hfjohnsen @votemichelleppc You may think it’s stupid, but kids are like sponges taking in as gospel truth whatever they are told by teachers. They also respond to encouragement and p

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@realfatapollo @MACNational You don’t think that you have a right to teach your children about their sexuality? You think the state has a right to override parental instruction in this area? This is not about protecting abuse; it is about parental ...

@realfatapollo @MACNational You don’t think that you have a right to teach your children about their sexuality? You think the state has a right to override parental instruction in this area? This is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@Jason93044787 @LogunWynn @megbasham I understand that perspective. There are those who try to say the Bible is ok with homosexuality, but think about this for a moment: that is in a clear list of sins and is described in the OT in a clear manner. ...

@Jason93044787 @LogunWynn @megbasham I understand that perspective. There are those who try to say the Bible is ok with homosexuality, but think about this for a moment: that is in a clear list of si

debate
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Phyllis Trible's argument that Adam was a sexually undifferentiated 'earth creature' before Eve's creation, not male -- from 'God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality' (1978).

Egalitarian counter-argument to creation order

Phyllis Trible God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality ha adam
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Trible acknowledges naming animals is an act of dominion (p. 97 of her book) but fails to separate Eve's naming from that context.

Internal inconsistency in Trible's argument

Phyllis Trible God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality naming as dominion
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Both Belleville interpretations depend on reading 'desire' and 'rule over' as sexual/intimate -- this is the weak spot, examined through the Hebrew word 'mashal' (rule).

Testing the sexual interpretation against Hebrew word usage

mashal Gen 1:18 Gen 4:7
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

The hairstyle view: Philip Payne's interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11

Mike presents the second of five interpretive approaches.

Philip Payne kephale source meaning
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Evidence that headship is transcultural: creation order, Ephesians 5, and the danger of cultural relativism

Mike builds his case that headship is not culturally bound.

Ephesians 5:22-24 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 Ephesians 5:22-24 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 cultural hermeneutics
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-11

Q&A: Transgender identity — sin, mental illness, or both?

Viewer question asking how to categorize transgender identity given that Christians also describe it as mental illness.

sin transgender mental illness
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-17

Sexual sin is categorically worse than non-sexual sins according to 1 Corinthians 6, and comparing homosexuality to gluttony as though they are equivalent misuses the 'all sin is the same' argument.

Mike addresses a common rhetorical move in contemporary Christian discourse where sexual ethics are deflected by invoking other common sins.

1 Corinthians 6 1 Corinthians 6 hierarchy of sin sexual sin
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Lauren Daigle's interview on homosexuality as a cultural moment exposing a widespread Christian struggle

Winger opens by framing the video not as an attack on Lauren Daigle, but as an opportunity to address a struggle millions of Christians share: how to answer hard cultural questions about homosexuality under pressure.

cultural pressure Christian witness homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Two reasons answering the homosexuality question feels hard: consequences and confusion

Winger identifies the two root causes that make Christians hesitate to state a biblical position on homosexuality.

persecution Christian witness consequences
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Sin concerns specific bedroom behaviors, not identity, orientation, or the relationship as a whole

Winger clarifies what he means — and what the Bible means — when calling homosexual behavior sin.

sexual ethics biblical clarity sin
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Analyzing Lauren Daigle's three non-answers: shame, tact, or genuine confusion?

Winger dissects the phrases Daigle used — 'I can't honestly answer,' 'I don't know,' 'I can't say one way or the other' — and evaluates whether they represent honest uncertainty or evasion.

accountability Christian witness shame
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Loving someone does not mean withholding truth from them — love requires honesty about sin

Winger addresses Daigle's first stated reason: 'I have too many people I love who are homosexual.'

truth love sin
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

'I'm not God' means we submit to God's declared standard, not that we withhold judgment

Winger addresses Daigle's second stated reason: 'I'm not God, so I can't say.'

Isaiah 5:20 authority homosexuality humility
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Romans 1:26-27 — the New Testament's clearest condemnation of homosexual behavior

Winger begins a brief but direct survey of key biblical passages on homosexuality, starting with Romans 1.

Romans 1:26-27 exegesis sin homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Why God cares about sexual ethics: sex is sacred and its distortion is especially dangerous

Winger addresses the common cultural objection — 'Why does God care about my sex life?'

sexual ethics marriage God's design
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 and the Greek terms for homosexual behavior — a direct condemnation with redemptive hope

Winger examines 1 Corinthians 6:9-11, which lists behaviors that disqualify people from inheriting the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Matthew Vines homosexuality 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 arsenokoitai
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Why Jesus didn't address homosexuality directly — and what he did say about marriage

Winger responds to the argument that Jesus' silence on homosexuality implies it's not a serious issue.

Genesis Matthew 19:4-6 marriage exegesis Genesis
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Homosexuality as a watershed issue — waffling on it signals accommodation of a worldly Christianity

Winger identifies the theological stakes in avoiding the question.

homosexuality compromise theological drift
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Refuting the 'temple prostitution' interpretation of Romans 1 with historical scholarship

Q&A question about whether Romans 1 only condemns exploitative or temple-based homosexuality, not loving committed same-sex relationships.

Matthew Vines Romans 1 hermeneutics homosexuality Greek exegesis
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Is homosexuality genetic? Even if it were, it wouldn't change the Christian call to self-denial

Q&A question about whether homosexuality has a genetic component and what its presence in the animal kingdom implies.

discipleship homosexuality sin nature
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Homosexuality as a canary in the coal mine for the broader attack on Christian truth

Q&A question about whether this issue signals a wider cultural assault on truth.

truth love homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Sexual sins carry a unique spiritual weight — they involve the body in a mystical union

Q&A question about whether homosexuality is 'denying Christ' and how it ranks among sins.

1 Corinthians sexual sin homosexuality 1 Corinthians
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Matthew Vines' approach to Scripture is driven by a prior commitment to affirm homosexuality, not honest exegesis

Q&A question about advocates like Matthew Vines who try to make homosexuality fit within Scripture.

Matthew Vines Romans 1 hermeneutics eisegesis false teaching
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

How to reach someone struggling with homosexuality: one-on-one honesty with genuine love

Q&A question about practical outreach to someone in a homosexual lifestyle.

evangelism pastoral care homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

Pornography accelerates the corruption of the sexual mind — it does not cause but amplifies

Q&A question about whether pornography's proliferation promotes acceptance of homosexuality.

sexual ethics sin homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-05

The real offense of the gospel is not Jesus' love but Jesus' holiness — and that is what must be proclaimed

Closing summary tying the Lauren Daigle situation back to the nature of the gospel.

repentance gospel holiness
Mike Winger idea 2019-02-13

How a Christian should deal with consuming grief over abortion

Response to a viewer involved in pro-life ministry feeling overwhelmed by abortion rulings

Philippians 4 John 16:33 abortion anxiety and prayer Philippians 4
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-13

1 Corinthians 6:9 lists sins (including homosexual practice) that preclude inheriting the kingdom; false teaching on these sins subverts the gospel.

Leanne Waters asks whether those who teach homosexual relations are okay are rejecting the true Jesus and true gospel.

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Sexual immorality 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Homosexuality
Mike Winger idea 2019-03-13

Greek terms in 1 Corinthians 6:9 absolutely refer to homosexuality; attempts to claim otherwise are propaganda.

Addressing revisionist interpretations of 1 Corinthians 6:9.

1 Corinthians 6:9 Greek lexicology Homosexuality arsenokoitai
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Strategy for LGBTQ conversations with non-Christians: start with listening, ask about their story, do not lead with the biblical sexual ethic

McDowell describes how he approaches LGBTQ questions with non-Christians

evangelism Jesus sexuality
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Strategy for LGBTQ conversations with Christians: still lead with questions, then move to Scripture on God's design for marriage and sexuality

McDowell addresses the same topic from the angle of a Christian asking

marriage discipleship LGBTQ
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Q&A: Has McDowell's strategy on LGBTQ issues changed since "A New Kind of Apologist" (2016)?

Audience question about McDowell's evolution on LGBTQ apologetics

sexuality nature vs. nurture LGBTQ
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-13

Clip 1: Anderson says he would push a button to kill every homosexual

Playing Anderson's first clip

Steven Anderson homosexuality violence
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