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Scripture Commentary article 2024-09-03

Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women

Comprehensive response to the entire Mike Winger Women in Ministry video series (Parts 1-13)

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2024-08-08

What Mike Winger Gets Wrong on What Women Can’t Do

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 13 on what women can and can't do according to the Bible

1 Corinthians 7:5 1 Timothy 2:12 Ephesians 5:21-22 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2023-03-09

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 2022-11-24

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 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 2010-07-28

Place Of Master By Law

The Bible records a law that requires men to take the place of sole master in the home. We find this law in the book of Esther chapter 1 verse 22

1 Peter 2:12 1 Peter 3:16 1 Timothy 5:14 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-24

Jimmy Carter Leaves Sbc

## What made Jimmy Carter leave the SBC

1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Complementarianism
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 2006-12-31

Slavery Still An Issue Today So Says The Wilderness Crier

I came across an excellent post written very tongue-in-cheek about the issue of slavery using all of the standard arguments against women teaching the bible to men. It is worth the read and the link is here

Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-06

@baptistvibes Also, about Elisha, in older English, one would call his senior “m

@baptistvibes Also, about Elisha, in older English, one would call his senior “my lord” which is like the word “sir”. It is a common term of respect, not a claim of slavery or total submission. Elisha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany It is completely reasonable to discuss the idea that slavery was once supported by those standing on the scripture and those who sought the emancipation of women were fighting against scripture. In fact, I...

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany It is completely reasonable to discuss the idea that slavery was once supported by those standing on the scripture and those who sought the emancipation of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@VCITW @riemersonck American slavery was the bad kind. And many believed that th

@VCITW @riemersonck American slavery was the bad kind. And many believed that the Bible supported it and emancipating slavery was anti biblical.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW Again, the one forbidding and prohibiting is the one acting like a Pharisee. Galatians 2:4: “Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to spy out our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, s...

@benjamin_d_cook @riemersonck @VCITW Again, the one forbidding and prohibiting is the one acting like a Pharisee. Galatians 2:4: “Yet because of false brothers secretly brought in—who slipped in to s

Galatians 2:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@jladamsbrown That’s right. And the Patriarchalists presumably don’t support sla

@jladamsbrown That’s right. And the Patriarchalists presumably don’t support slavery which the culture doesn’t support either. So there’s that too.

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Can you support why slavery was abolished f

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Can you support why slavery was abolished from the Bible or are you also pro slavery?

question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Popularity or history are not inspired. There are many things that were done that were not following God’s intention. For example, the first church did not accept the Gentiles. God had to guide and instruct them ...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Popularity or history are not inspired. There are many things that were done that were not following God’s intention. For example, the first church did not accept

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@kb_french I use bold and italic to try to stress things that stand out to me. Sorry if it gets in the way for you. I understand that everyone is at a different place and has different convictions. There was a time not long ago when people used the ...

@kb_french I use bold and italic to try to stress things that stand out to me. Sorry if it gets in the way for you. I understand that everyone is at a different place and has different convictions. T

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teaching roles. The only way to know if you got it right ...

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teachin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

@HebronC777 @MolderAnna26649 And the wife a slave to her husband. Mutual slaver

@HebronC777 @MolderAnna26649 And the wife a slave to her husband. Mutual slavery ☺️

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-03

@smashbaals Women are unqualified by an immutable characteristic? This sounds like going back to slavery to the law… "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery." (Gal 5...

@smashbaals Women are unqualified by an immutable characteristic? This sounds like going back to slavery to the law… "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do

Gal 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-29

Fantastic summary of the current state of the SBC by Terran Williams!  Terran co

Fantastic summary of the current state of the SBC by Terran Williams!  Terran compares the issue of women being prevented from pastoral, elder and deacon positions to how the SBC advocated for slavery

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Scripture Commentary debate point

I came across an excellent post written very tongue-in-cheek about the issue of slavery using all of the standard arguments against women teaching the bible to men. It is worth the read and the link is here

[counterargument] From: Slavery Still An Issue Today So Says The Wilderness Crier

counterargument
Theology verse entry

Galatians 5:1-6

Sections: exegesis, greek_analysis

Galatians 5:1-6 circumcision,freedom,bondage,yoke,faith working through love,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Hebrews 2:9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

Hebrews 2:9 soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,suffering,scope of atonement,tasting death
Theology verse entry

Numbers 12:1-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Numbers 12:1-15 Miriam,Aaron,tsaraat,prophetess,female leadership,WIM,egalitarian,Moses unique mediator,Deborah,Huldah,Micah 6:4
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Slave/free distinctions continued: slaves encouraged to be obedient even after conversion

Mike demonstrates that the slave/free pair also retained functional differences.

1 Corinthians 7:21-22 1 Corinthians 7:21-22 slave/free distinctions slavery in the Bible
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Male/female distinctions parallel the other pairs: differences in marriage and eldership continue

Mike applies the pattern from all three pairs.

Galatians 3:28 creation order eldership Galatians 3:28
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Video agenda: three main passages plus egalitarian pushback

Mike outlines the structure of the video.

Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1-7 Colossians 3:18-19 Titus 2:5 1 Peter 3:1-7 Colossians 3:18-19
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Alternative egalitarian view: Paul meant authority imbalance but only for that culture

Mike addresses the 'cultural binding' interpretation of Ephesians 5.

internal contradiction Craig Keener cultural binding
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Introduction to the slavery objection

Mike introduces the final major egalitarian argument.

Craig Keener slavery objection Paul, Women and Wives
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

The slavery objection's logic: same reasons for submission = same rules apply

Mike explains the logical structure of the slavery objection.

Craig Keener slavery objection logic same principles test
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Two reasons Keener connects slavery and marriage: ancient codes and NT parallels

Mike identifies the two pillars of the slavery-marriage connection.

Craig Keener household codes slavery-marriage parallel
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener gives only one ancient source (Aristotle's Politics) for slavery-marriage connection

Mike investigates Keener's evidence from ancient household codes.

Craig Keener Aristotle household codes
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Aristotle actually distinguishes between reasons for female submission and slave obedience

Mike analyzes Aristotle's actual text on the slavery-marriage connection.

Aristotle Politics (Aristotle) deliberative faculty
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Aristotle quote: 'the free man rules over the slave after another manner from that in which the man rules over the female'

Mike finds a decisive Aristotle quote that refutes the slavery-marriage parallel.

Aristotle Politics (Aristotle) different bases for authority
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener claims the NT bases slave obedience on same principles as wifely submission -- but never demonstrates this

Mike addresses the second pillar of the slavery objection.

Craig Keener Kevin Giles NT slavery-marriage parallel
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Biblical justifications for wifely submission vs slave obedience are completely different

Mike lists the actual biblical reasons for each and compares them.

Titus 2:5 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 11:3 creation order Titus 2:5 1 Corinthians 14:34
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Biblical reasons for slave obedience: purely situational, not creation-grounded

Mike examines what the NT actually says about why slaves should obey.

Ephesians 6:5-8 Titus 2:9-10 Ephesians 6:5-8 Titus 2:9-10 slavery not creation-grounded
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Key difference: slaves told to get free if possible; wives never told to escape marriage

Mike identifies the most decisive difference between the two relationships.

1 Corinthians 7:21 1 Corinthians 7:23 1 Corinthians 7:21 1 Corinthians 7:23 slavery vs marriage
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

God views slavery as bad throughout Scripture; marriage as good and God-ordained

Mike contrasts the biblical evaluation of slavery vs marriage.

Exodus narrative Exodus narrative slavery in Scripture marriage as God-ordained
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Comprehensive list of differences between wives and slaves in Scripture

Mike provides a systematic comparison.

Ephesians 5-6 Ephesians 5-6 wives vs slaves comparison slavery objection refutation
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Internal contradiction in egalitarian interpretations: mutual submission AND cultural binding cannot both be true

Mike identifies a fundamental tension in the egalitarian case.

internal contradiction Craig Keener mutual submission vs cultural binding
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Analysis of Micah 6:4: the Hebrew word for 'lead' has God as the subject, not Miriam — Belleville stretches the text.

Rebutting Belleville's first claim about Miriam

Micah 6:4 Linda Belleville Miriam Septuagint
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-24

Q&A: Black Hebrew Israelites are a cult that exploits black history with slavery

Viewer asks if Mike will debunk the Black Hebrew Israelites

Israel Black Hebrew Israelites Cults
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-12

Zahnd deliberately misrepresents Exodus 21 on slavery to children at a youth camp in order to discredit the Bible

Winger plays and responds to a video clip of Zahnd describing how he used Exodus 21:20–21 at a youth camp to provoke students into rejecting the Bible's moral authority.

Exodus-21 hermeneutics discernment apologetics
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Abraham Lincoln's anti-slavery argument applied analogously to abortion — differences do not justify denying rights

Historical parallel between pro-slavery arguments and pro-choice arguments about arbitrary distinctions

reductio ad absurdum abortion human rights
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-23

Abortion and slavery — both involve culturally hardened consciences that must be awakened; the church must keep speaking

Closing remarks comparing the cultural blindness around abortion to historical blindness around slavery

repentance cultural engagement Christian ethics
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Q&A: Mosaic Law on servants — corporal punishment was permitted; killing or maiming a servant freed them; Winger defends this as reasonable in historical context

Response to a question about slavery and beating in the OT law

Leviticus servant laws slavery in the OT Leviticus servant laws corporal punishment
Mike Winger idea 2020-09-04

Evidence for the Exodus exists and is growing; Inspiring Philosophy preparing a detailed video on the topic

Continued response on OT historical reliability, specifically the Exodus.

Exodus biblical inerrancy Exodus archaeology
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