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1 Timothy 2:12-13 as New Testament commentary on Genesis 2: Paul draws on Adam being formed first as relevant to male-female relationships.

Was Women's Submission Just a Curse to Be Overturned？ Women in Ministry part 2

Rescuing the 'helper' argument: it's not the word 'ezer' but the whole flow of Genesis 2 -- Eve is made FOR Adam, which Paul interprets as implying leadership in 1 Corinthians 11:7-10.

Was Women's Submission Just a Curse to Be Overturned？ Women in Ministry part 2

Galatians 2 pushback: Peter's refusal to eat with Gentiles as social discrimination

The Egalitarian ＂Silver Bullet＂ Bible Verse： Women in Ministry part 7

God may use male leaders because it reaches the culture, not because He requires it; but the 'culture card' needs textual support.

How Women Could and Couldn’t Lead in the Old Testament： Women in Ministry part 3

Paul's apologetics in Acts — consistent use of reasoning from Scripture in synagogues demonstrates apologetics is a biblical method

The Debate Over James 2： Catholic or Protestant View

Q&A: 1 Corinthians 13:2 — 'if I have all faith but no love I am nothing' — is this faith + love = salvation?

The Debate Over James 2： Catholic or Protestant View

Reading of 1 Corinthians 3:4-15

Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory

Transition from planting/watering analogy to building analogy in 1 Corinthians 3:9-10

Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory

The foundation metaphor: Jesus Christ is the foundation; building on it = post-salvation ministry to believers

Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory

First problem with 2 Maccabees: the book is not accepted by the Jews, not part of Jesus's or Paul's Bible

Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory

Q&A — Why did none of the resurrected dead (Lazarus, etc.) speak about the afterlife?

Responding to Catholic Apologists on Purgatory

Paul before his conversion: a counterexample to Barron's 'sincere conscience' argument

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Philippians 3:4-9 — Paul counts his pre-conversion Jewish credentials as 'rubbish' compared to knowing Christ

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Philippians 3:10-11 — resurrection is found only through Christ, not through Jewish law-keeping

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Galatians 2:15-16 — even Jewish believers know that justification is by faith in Christ, not works of the law

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Romans 10:1-3 — Paul's prayer for Israel: they have zeal but not knowledge; seeking own righteousness

Ben Shapiro, a Catholic Bishop and the Gospel.

Jewish believers and Torah: Paul's principle "let him who is circumcised not seek to be uncircumcised" — Mike gives leeway to Jewish Christians observing Torah

I've Been Looking Into The Hebrew Roots Movement and Here's What I've Found So Far

"To the Jew I became a Jew" (1 Cor 9) — Paul's principle applied to engaging Hebrew Roots family members

I've Been Looking Into The Hebrew Roots Movement and Here's What I've Found So Far

Paul's legitimacy as an apostle — Mike answers a claim that Paul was not a true Jew and therefore untrustworthy

I've Been Looking Into The Hebrew Roots Movement and Here's What I've Found So Far

Q&A: Rooting youth in the person and work of Christ — requires both good theology (who Jesus is) and practical application (how to live it out)

The State of Youth Today and How to Disciple Them (Dr. Sean McDowell)

Undesigned coincidence: 1 Corinthians 4 and Acts 19 — Timothy's route to Corinth

A Bunch Of Reasons Christianity Is True： special guest Jonathan McLatchie

1 Corinthians 15 creedal tradition — early apostolic testimony to the resurrection

A Bunch Of Reasons Christianity Is True： special guest Jonathan McLatchie

Martyrdom of Peter and Paul as evidence for the sincerity of resurrection belief

A Bunch Of Reasons Christianity Is True： special guest Jonathan McLatchie

Paul as historical witness: he knew Jesus's brother James, persecuted the church, and lived in the same region and time as Jesus

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Argument: Paul's conversion is inexplicable if Jesus were fictional — he was in Jerusalem at the same time as the crucifixion

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

The dying and rising gods parallel argument fails because Paul and non-Christian sources still have to be explained independently of the Gospels

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Richard Carrier's claim that Paul only describes a Jesus in outer space, never on earth

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Romans 1:3 refutes the "outer space Jesus" claim — Paul explicitly places Jesus as a historical descendant of David born in the flesh

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Some mythicists argue "James the brother of the Lord" means a fellow believer, not a biological brother of Jesus

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Audience Q: Why doesn't anyone reference Tacitus on Christian persecution until the 4th century? — Multiple 1st-century sources confirm early persecution of Christians

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Did Paul hallucinate seeing Jesus? Hallucinations are private, not group experiences — Paul's companions also saw the light and heard the voice (Acts 9)

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Paul quotes Psalm 16:10 in Acts 13, arguing Jesus's body did not decay — therefore the resurrection was physical and bodily, not merely visionary

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Paul's resurrection theology reconstructed from 1 Corinthians 15: Christ is firstfruits; believers will be raised at Christ's coming in the same manner

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Paul's eschatology: 2 Corinthians 5:8 and Philippians 1:20-22 show an intermediate disembodied state after death, before the final bodily resurrection

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

1 Thessalonians 4: Jesus will "bring with him" the dead in Christ, whose spirits are reunited with raised bodies — a transformer/transformative resurrection

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Summary: Paul taught physical/bodily resurrection; hallucination theory fails; Paul was not grieving Jesus's death — he was glad Jesus was dead before his conversion

Real Historian Responds to ＂Jesus Was a Myth＂ Claims

Paying a discipler is wrong; a paywall on discipleship disqualifies the discipler

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 6)

Near-death / heaven-visiting accounts: deep skepticism warranted; Paul's 2 Corinthians 12 model shows the right posture is silence, not book tours

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 6)

Philippians 1:19-23 — context of Paul in prison writing about life vs. death

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Philippians 1:23 — "my desire is to depart and be with Christ" refutes soul sleep

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Paul's tension between ministry and being with Christ only makes sense if death means immediate presence

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Colossians — New Testament prohibition against borrowing pagan or Old Covenant practices

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Complementarianism vs. chauvinism — Paul's teaching on women roles is not male chauvinism

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Galatians 3:23 — the Law as guardian/nanny: imprisoned under law until Christ

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

Paul rebuked Peter publicly in Galatians 2 because his behavior impacted the whole community

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 11)

Paul's snakebite in Acts is a fulfillment of divine protection -- validating the gospel message, not a prescription

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 11)

2 Corinthians 12:2 -- Paul's reference to the third heaven and its Jewish cosmological background

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 11)

Jesus commends voluntary singleness (making oneself a eunuch for the kingdom) — therefore a blanket command for every person to have children cannot be right.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 15)

Romans 10:1-4 refutes the idea that Jews can be saved apart from Jesus: Paul's heart's desire is that his Jewish kinsmen be saved — meaning they currently are not — despite their genuine zeal for God.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 15)

1 Corinthians 7:3-5 establishes mutual bodily authority in marriage and implicitly rules out polygamy

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

Dave, I agree with you. What Mike said in response to Cheryl’s question is logically inconsistent and incoherent for someone holding his view. And I tried posting the following questions to his websit...

Kay, I tried posting my comments on Mike’s site a second time, and if I read the message that popped up, I think it went through but will be posted later. And I think your are correct in your assessm...

Seasonedgrace, As far as ordination, I do believe that it is good to have a body confirm the maturity that they see in us but it isn’t necessary. A pastor is a pastor not because he/she has been orda...

Welcome Ramona, You said > however, when the instructions for the Garden were given, she was not yet created The very first time that the instructions were given what they could eat is found in Gen...

> Paul also places himself under this requirement as he establishes in 2 Cor. 13:1 that his third visit to the Corinthians meets the requirement of the two or three witnesses in order to establish a f...

pinklight, I believe that Paul was especially talking about the issue of sin since he said in 2 Cor 13:2 > 2 Corinthians 13:2 (NASB95) > 2I have previously said when present the second time, and ...

Oh, what makes things feel foggy sometimes is that a second witness which determines a fact can be given by the same person (like Paul in 2 Co 13:1) rather than a second person, hence my question on t...

Hey “H”, Yes, I understand what you mean. I was told by a Pastor when I first produced my DVD series that I would have no hope of changing the die-hard complementarians and the die-hard egalitarians ...

My take is that God has given them what they seek, they get the fruits of their doctrine when doing the opposite could save them from it.  It is not about who can teach, for Paul says ANY can. It is ...

I really look forward to a series about the husband and wife relationship. A marriage can be so beautiful and wonderful when both parties serve each other in love as Jesus Christ thought us. I’m not ...

Thank you for your question. In 1 Corinthians 14:36 Paul is referring to a letter from the Corinthians that he has been answering throughout 1 Corinthians. Verses 34 and 35 of chapter 14 are a quote f...

Hello again Cheryl. I’m really enjoying reading your stuff. Regarding headship, I completely agree with what you have said about attitudes of husband and wife. I however, have noted some other thin...

TL, Once again GREAT comments! These are also my thoughts and I will bring build on this in my next post on how to understand Paul. Blessings, Cheryl...

Hi Cheryl. Thanks so much for the work you have done on the issues with women in ministry and marriage. This is my first time here at “strive to enter” and it has been a great help to me, for I have e...

You are correct in the gifts that a woman may possess, but the qualifications are very clear in the work of an elder and deacon. Paul instructed the older women to teach the younger women and children...

Ramon, Then of course we must also exclude any men whose wives have died. They too are unqualified because they are no longer husbands. I am sure that you tell all of the pastors who are not fathers...

Ladies I think we made have missed the point a little. Please forgive me for putting in my two cents as well. Understand first that I do not dominate my wife nor is she subject to me. However, Paul sa...

Cheryl, Let me get right into it. The qualifications for elder are quite clear and leave no room for what ifs. Furthermore, there is to be a plurality of elders in each church. (1 Tim 5:17 and Titus...

@Ramon (just in case you come back to this article and its comments) The qualifications for elders and deacons in the Greek New testament are by no means for men only. In fact they are completely gen...

Marg, It would be unneccesary for me to read anything other than the scriptures. If you are saying it is gender neutral it would be clearly stated in the scriptures. Paul was very specific when he ga...