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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 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2023-03-10

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: “Women Keep Silent” (1 Cor 14:34–35)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 11 on 'women keep silent' in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35

1 Cor 14:35-36 1 Cor. 14:21 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 14 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 2023-01-17

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: Male Headship: Is It Really Biblical?

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 8 on male headship and whether it is really biblical

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2014-08-11

Calvinism: Who chooses? The Shepherd or the sheep?

This post is in response to Dr. James White from his August 5, 2014 podcast where he gave several challenges about the answers I posted on my blog post “Why are people not coming to Jesus?” Dr.

Deuteronomy 30:19 Deuteronomy 31:12 John 6:37 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2012-07-29

Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ

Robert Bowman, J. Ed Komoszewski, and Darrell L. Bock — Kindle highlights from 'Putting Jesus in His Place: The Case for the Deity of Christ'. 100 highlights.

1 Cor. 15:24 1 Kings 8:27 1 Thess. 1:3 Trinity Christology Apologetics
Scripture Commentary article 2012-02-07

Masculine Christianity

This is part 2 of What God intended at creation and it is inspired by a recent lecture given by John Piper where he states that God’s intention for Christianity is for it to have a “ masculine feel “. After discussing John Piper’s Masculine Christianity, I will give my critique of his masculine argu

1 Corinthians 2:1 1 Timothy 2:12 2 Kings 22:3 Ephesians 5 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2011-06-05

Prohibit Teaching A Man

Some egalitarians suggest that the object “a man” in 1 Timothy 2:12 should rightfully be connected to only one verb “authentein” and that the infinitive form of the verb “to teach” was not meant to be connected to the object “man”

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-05-14

Calling God To Account

While God is Sovereign, some men believe that they can set a limit on God’s gifts. In the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s doctrinal stand, they believe that God is allowed to distribute gifts to men and women alike with the gifts listed in 1 Cor

1 Corinthians 12:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Peter 4:10 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2010-03-07

Why Was Eve Punished

In our discussions on Genesis, there has been one puzzling question. If Adam alone sinned willfully and the woman fell into sin through deception, then why did God punish Eve so severely for her sin

Colossians 2:15 Genesis 3:14 Genesis 3:15 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2010-02-09

Womens Speaking Dishonors Men

Another common objection to women in ministry is the claim that when women speak and lead publicly it dishonors men

Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:12 Nahum 4:11 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-21

First Christmas God Came Through Woman

While many say that women cannot receive from God something that will benefit men (as they believe that all wisdom that God has for humanity must come through the agency of a man) may I remind us today that the Wisdom of God brought God Himself into the world through a woman. The vessel that He used

Colossians 1:27 Colossians 1:28 Colossians 1:29 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-16

Does The Husband Alone Have Divine Wisdom

In a recent CBMW blog article, John Starke recounts Richard Baxter’s instructions for the Christian family. (Richard Baxter was a 17th century Puritan)

Proverbs 31:10 Proverbs 31:10-12 Proverbs 31:11 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-16

Putting Women In Their Place

The November 17, 2009 CBMW blog post by John Starke that we started to evaluate last post , is an amazing “piece of work” that exalts the 17th century writings of a Puritan named Richard Baxter who attempts to put women in their place. Starke continues to summarize Baxter’s writings:

1 Samuel 25:17-19 1 Samuel 25:20-28 1 Samuel 25:30-31 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-12

How A Passion For Ministry Almost Cost C Michael Patton His Marriage

Today I read a blog post that really touched my heart because it showed the importance of mutual decision-making instead of unilateral decisions by the husband (the male trump card). I have asked and received permission from Michael Patton to post this on my blog

1Tim. 5:8 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-12-08

Comp Spiritual Abuse

Can complementarianism ever be considered spiritual abuse. Before we can discuss this, we need to know what spiritual abuse is

Acts 4:23 Hosea 1 Matthew 23:1-2 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-10-27

Woman Need Spritual Covering

## Does a woman need a human spiritual “covering”

1 Corinthians 14:20 1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-03

Womens Preaching Affirmed

I recently came across a blog article by Pastor Brian Mann who although he is a complementarian, admits that God affirms women’s preaching. Mann writes:

Isaiah 4:1-2 Proverbs 1:20-21 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-23

Paul As He Pleases 9

This is the ninth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Corinthians 12:11 1 Corinthians 12:17 1 Corinthians 12:18 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-25

Round 4 Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post is the fourth one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-27

Ortlund Obscuring The Nature Of Male And Female

In our discussion of CBMW’s book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , continuing on in chapter 3 in the writings of Raymond C. Ortlund Jr

1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 3 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-07

Modern Myths About The Titus 2 Woman

When the issue of women in ministry is brought up, one of the scripture passages that is used as a slam-dunk women-must-stay-in-the-home passage is Titus 2:3-5. Is this passage really about women restricted to the area of the home with cooking, cleaning and raising children, or are women allowed by

1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 5:14 Esther 2 Authority & Submission Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-06

Public Statement Regarding Matt Slick

Public Statement regarding the Cheryl Schatz initiated Matthew 18 meeting with Matt Slick (CARM)

1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-25

Satan The Liar 2

We have been looking at Jesus’ words in John 8:44 which says that there is no truth in satan. We are comparing this to satan’s words through the serpent in Genesis 3:5 and God’s words in Genesis 3:22

Genesis 3:22 Genesis 3:5 John 8:44 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2008-04-12

Helpful Sites For Research On Egalitarian Views

I was also asked to have a place where we could list good blogs/web sites that promote godly views about women in ministry or issues of egalitarian marriage, etc. This post will be the permanent place to place links

Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-03-27

To Diane Sellner Of Carm

**October 2008 addition Note: A public statement regarding Diane Sellner’s role in the public attacks against me is at

Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-20

Gods Woman Is She Needy Of A Representative Priest Part 2

In part one, ( click here to read ) we discussed whether God created the woman as needed or needy. In this continuing discussion we ask whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her

1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:11 1 Peter 3:7 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-08

The Priority Of The Message Over The Messenger

While I am working on my next post about the spiritual gifts and the place of the Pastor, I would like to link to one more blog post this time by Pastor Paul Burleson. Lin brought attention to this wonderful article about the importance of God’s message over the messenger, called “ The foolishness o

Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-08

Debating On Women Pastors

Did you ever feel pulled in a direction you really didn’t want to go in. Well, this has been my life for the last 3 1/2 years

Colossians 6 Isaiah 4 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-02

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels i

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-29

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part One

One of the things that bugs me when Christians have discussions about the women’s issue is the point when they are at loggerheads regarding “proof texts”. One person says they have their “proof text” scripture and so they are not willing to listen to what the other person has to say

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Paul knew that what he was writing was scripture. His contemporary, Peter, demonstrates this clearly: “…just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Paul knew that what he was writing was scripture. His contemporary, Peter, demonstrates this clearly: “…just as also our beloved brother Paul, accord

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Peter admits some things Paul writes are hard to understand: “And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as a...

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Peter admits some things Paul writes are hard to understand: “And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, acc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and pol

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and police. But in His church, there’s no pope and leaders are simply those with character, experience and wisdom and abilities

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk In Wisdom of Solomon 12:6, authentas is used (the accusative plural noun form), whereas in 1Ti 2:12, authentein is a present active infinitive verb form. They are related, and I do agree with you that there is a sense of murder here which...

@darylsterk In Wisdom of Solomon 12:6, authentas is used (the accusative plural noun form), whereas in 1Ti 2:12, authentein is a present active infinitive verb form. They are related, and I do agree w

Solomon 12:6 1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii That is correct. So the husband is

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii That is correct. So the husband is missing this grace of his wife’s wisdom that could be his. This is not about authority but about grace.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ But the wisdom that Paul gave to Timothy in order to deal with strange doctrines spreading through the Ephesian church is important for us today. It is included because it was from the Apostle ...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ But the wisdom that Paul gave to Timothy in order to deal with strange doctrines spreading through the Ephesian church is important for us toda

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@109evictions That’s your wisdom? I take it you are not an elder.

@109evictions That’s your wisdom? I take it you are not an elder.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@109evictions A scripture out of context is here being used as a pretext for a p

@109evictions A scripture out of context is here being used as a pretext for a proof text. Please, sir, I have some questions arising that need your wisdom. https://t.co/a4moxAR19U

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

You don’t want to see…but God reveals the Prov 31 wife working in the public sph

You don’t want to see…but God reveals the Prov 31 wife working in the public sphere—buying fields, planting vineyards, trading goods, managing workers, and speaking wisdom with kindness. Nowhere in s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge Huldah’s example also shows a prophetes

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge Huldah’s example also shows a prophetess with authority. In 2Ki 22:14-20, the king’s men seek her guidance rather than that of any male prophet. This demonstra

2Ki 22:14-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

A short article from a pastor friend with great wisdom about taking care in what

A short article from a pastor friend with great wisdom about taking care in what we say, how we say it and when to speak and when to be silent. https://t.co/h1pTD4oQcl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 No. The Mormons/LDS teach I'm missing another gospel witness of Jesus' dealings in America. They presume the Bible and add to it with the BOM, the Pearl of Great Price, the Doctrines and Covenants, Word of Wisdom, etc. Once you accept J...

@Methodios007 No. The Mormons/LDS teach I'm missing another gospel witness of Jesus' dealings in America. They presume the Bible and add to it with the BOM, the Pearl of Great Price, the Doctrines and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 The Greek word πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros), which literally means "elder" is used to denote someone recognized with wisdom and the ability to lead and teach and with godly character. The term for overseer is ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) which t...

@Methodios007 The Greek word πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros), which literally means "elder" is used to denote someone recognized with wisdom and the ability to lead and teach and with godly character. The

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Peter affirmed them as scripture. "Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of th...

@Methodios007 Peter affirmed them as scripture. "Bear in mind that our Lord’s patience means salvation, just as our dear brother Paul also wrote you with the wisdom that God gave him. He writes the s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@masonmennenga The purpose is to avoid a situation where you could be accused of

@masonmennenga The purpose is to avoid a situation where you could be accused of doing something immoral and have no witnesses. It’s more wisdom than a hard rule. For example, look what happened with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-15

@Song_Never_Ends @abigailswisdom @Eric_Conn No one said you can’t teach them wha

@Song_Never_Ends @abigailswisdom @Eric_Conn No one said you can’t teach them what you think the Bible teaches.

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