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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals If the levite males led simply because they slaughtered the idolators, then what about Jael who drove a tent peg through Sisera’s head? I’ll read your article and respond separately but you still haven’t shown me where in...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals If the levite males led simply because they slaughtered the idolators, then what about Jael who drove a tent peg through Sisera’s head? I’ll read your article and respond

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge About battles... Barak followed Deborah into battle and a woman killed Sisera. And he was commended for his faith because Deborah was the voice of God to him. At any rate, this isn't about the military...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge About battles... Barak followed Deborah into battle and a woman killed Sisera. And he was commended for his faith because Deborah was the voice of God t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@IiiPaulus @smashbaals Barak is a hero because he was even willing to listen to

@IiiPaulus @smashbaals Barak is a hero because he was even willing to listen to a woman because she was the mouthpiece of God. Barak humbled Himself and didn’t covet the honor of killing Sisera for hi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii It is from God so that you would see that b

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii It is from God so that you would see that being a woman in authority is not a sin. What Deborah said applied to Jael who put a tent peg through Sisera’s temple, n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@rofbethany @CherylSchatz 1. God doesn’t qualify Deborah by her husband. Referring to her husband does not “qualify” her by him. What specific role does her husband play in her decisions and statements? 2. Barak didn’t fail. Barak was willing to hum...

@rofbethany @CherylSchatz 1. God doesn’t qualify Deborah by her husband. Referring to her husband does not “qualify” her by him. What specific role does her husband play in her decisions and statement

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@btgolz @michael_ronning @freedom4alltime @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists There’s nothing that says God chose Deborah to Israel’s shame. You are adding this to the account. Barak didn’t want to go without Deborah, so a woman received the...

@btgolz @michael_ronning @freedom4alltime @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists There’s nothing that says God chose Deborah to Israel’s shame. You are adding this to the account. Barak didn’t w

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Theology verse entry

Judges 4:1-24

Sections: exegesis

Judges 4:1-24 deborah,judge,prophetess,general,jael,women leadership,sisera
Theology verse entry

Judges 5:1-31

Sections: exegesis

Judges 5:1-31 deborah,song,poet,women leadership,jael
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Deborah gives commands to Barak and the troops as a prophet/leader — egalitarians argue she is 'the leader of leaders.'

Deborah's prophetic commands to military leaders

Judges 4:6-7 Deborah Barak Judges 4:6-7
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Did Deborah command Barak? She relayed God's command ('has not the Lord commanded you?') but Judges 4:14 shows her using her own words more forcefully.

Analyzing the nature of Deborah's authority over Barak

Judges 4:6 Judges 4:14 Deborah Barak prophetic authority
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Barak's refusal to go without Deborah and his rebuke — 'the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.'

The Barak-Deborah exchange in Judges 4:8-10

Judges 4:8-10 Deborah Barak Sisera
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

The question: is Barak being rebuked for not stepping up as a man? Is God reminding us even with a female judge that a man should have been leading?

Interpretive question about the Barak passage

Judges 5 Barak Jael Judges 5
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Aimee Byrd argues Barak's insistence on Deborah coming was 'wise and full of faith,' not cowardly — Mike disagrees.

Aimee Byrd's reinterpretation of Barak's request

Judges 4:8-9 Barak Aimee Byrd Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Byrd claims Deborah's words about a woman getting the honor are not a rebuke — Barak wasn't after his own glory.

Byrd's spin on the shame element

Judges 5 Deborah Barak Aimee Byrd
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

In their culture it was embarrassing that a woman beat Sisera — glory to Jael, shame to Barak — but this is not God's commentary against women leaders.

Interpreting the shame in the Barak-Jael narrative

Barak Jael male leadership
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Deborah as the chief counter-example to patriarchalist restrictions

Mike presents a detailed analysis of Deborah as judge.

Judges 2:16 Judges 2:18 Judges 4-5 Deborah Barak Judges 2:16
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-25

Sexual content in any media is a hard redline for Christians; violence is treated differently in Scripture

Distinguishing sexual content from violent content in media evaluation

Judges 4 Judges 4 Christian ethics video games