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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Genesis 1:26-28 read and analyzed: the Hebrew word 'adam' refers to mankind (male and female), not just the male.

Genesis 1 analysis -- the creation passage

adam Gen 1:26-28 mankind terminology
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Egalitarian argument: 'fellow worker' (synergos) and 'labor' (kopiao) mean leadership

Mike identifies a major branch of egalitarian argumentation about Pauline terminology.

Linda Belleville Craig Keener synergos
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Women were church planters and evangelists; laboring 'in the gospel' points to evangelism

Mike draws positive conclusions about women's ministry scope from the terminology.

Priscilla Aquila women evangelists
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Elder, overseer, bishop, and presbyter are all the same biblical role

Mike clarifies terminology before discussing eldership requirements.

overseer episkopos elder
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

The term 'pastor' is used in confusing ways; may describe deacon-level work

Mike distinguishes between the biblical office and modern church usage.

pastor vs. elder vs. deacon church terminology
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Deacons do whatever is needed as official church representatives; the 'pastor' label confusion

Mike completes his deacon definition.

pastor vs. elder vs. deacon church terminology deacon authority
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Connection between critical theory terminology and egalitarian arguments

Mike notes the language of modern feminism and critical theory appearing in egalitarian scholarship.

presuppositions critical theory feminism
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Davids sees 'holy women approved by God' as merely cultural approval, which contradicts the text

Mike identifies internal contradictions in Davids' reading.

1 Peter 3:5 Peter Davids holiness terminology 1 Peter 3:5
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener on Paul 'avoiding' the words obey and rule -- argument from absent words

Mike addresses the claim that Paul deliberately avoided stronger terms.

Craig Keener argument from absence obey/rule terminology
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Keener redefines wife's submission as 'only respect' based on Ephesians 5:33

Mike critiques a second redefinition of key terminology.

Ephesians 5:33 Craig Keener hypotasso Ephesians 5:33
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Conclusion on Greek words: cloth coverings are overwhelmingly indicated

Mike summarizes the Greek evidence.

cloth covering conclusion Greek terminology hair-up view refuted
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

The distinctiveness of the complementarian label as explicitly Christian

Mike explains why he prefers the term complementarian over patriarchal.

complementarianism terminology
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Using pastor as catch-all title creates a slippery slope toward egalitarianism

Mike warns about the practical consequences of loose terminology.

slippery slope title confusion church terminology
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Recommendation: use Elder and Deacon as church titles, or Pastor synonymous with Elder

Mike gives practical church governance recommendations.

elder deaconess deacon
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Husbands are NOT the priests of their wives — priesthood of all believers

Mike pushes back against a common complementarian phrase.

1 Peter 2:9 priesthood of all believers husband as priest Reformation
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-07

Q&A: Distinction between a 'weak brother' (Romans 14) and a 'lukewarm brother' — the weak brother thinks something sinful that isn't; the lukewarm brother's love for God is waning.

Viewer question from TruthWatch about terminology from a previous video on being on fire for the Lord.

Romans 14 Revelation 3 lukewarm Romans 14 Revelation 3 weak brother
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-10

Shannon's question: if faith is trust with evidence, isn't it knowledge? Mike argues knowledge and faith can coexist

Q&A on the epistemology of faith

faith and knowledge epistemology of faith trust and allegiance
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Q&A: "Messianic" is a synonym for "Christian"—every believer in Jesus is messianic in the biblical sense

Response to audience question about non-Jews identifying as Messianic

Messianic Messianic Judaism completed Jew
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-17

Limited Atonement — Mike firmly rejects it

Third point of TULIP addressed.

James White John Owen James White Calvinism TULIP
Mike Winger idea 2020-10-23

Jesus did not come to "dismantle systems of oppression" — projecting modern political terminology onto Jesus creates an idol

Question from Steph T about the claim that Jesus came to dismantle systems of oppression.

hermeneutics social justice impartiality
Mike Winger idea 2021-01-29

Releasing healing into the atmosphere -- unbiblical charismatic terminology rooted in crowd control rather than Scripture

Question from John Richardson about the biblical basis for Christians releasing healing into the atmosphere.

Luke 5:17 discernment Benny Hinn charismatic movement
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-23

The cross provides salvation benefits that are already secured but not yet fully experienced; eternal life is a present possession with a future fullness.

Q2 from Felicia: a previous video said some things are "provided on the cross but not fully finished" — isn't deliverance from the enemy's power finished per Colossians 1:13 and Acts 26:18?

Colossians 1:13 Acts 26:18 atonement eternal life the great exchange
Mike Winger idea 2021-04-30

The youths mauled by bears in 2 Kings 2 were not small children but likely young adult men mocking Elisha's prophetic authority.

Question 20 from That One Christian about the children mauled in 2 Kings 2.

2 Kings 2 prophetic authority word study Elisha
Mike Winger idea 2020-02-19

Terms like "zygote," "fetus," and "embryo" are used to dehumanize the child in the womb, just as dehumanizing labels were used in other human rights atrocities. Mike shares his college experience debating his professor on these terms.

Dehumanization through terminology

dehumanization abortion euphemisms
Mike Winger idea 2019-11-06

Isaiah 52:15 — "he shall sprinkle many nations" — uses sacrificial terminology (sprinkling blood on the altar). Multiple ancient translations confirm "sprinkle" over "startle." The Septuagint of Isaiah 53 is unreliable in several key places.

Debate over "sprinkle" vs. "startle" in Isaiah 52:15 and the Septuagint problem

Isaiah 52:13-15 Isaiah 52:13-15 Septuagint reliability sacrificial terminology