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Why marriage is included in a series about women in ministry

Have We Misunderstood ＂Wives Submit＂？ Women in Ministry part 9

Reason 2 refuted: The Bible contains extensive practical advice; specificity is about utility, not inspiration

Refuting Six and a Half Reasons Why the Bible Is Not Divinely Inspired？

Q&A: 1 Corinthians 7:12 — is Paul's 'I, not the Lord' statement inspired Scripture?

Refuting Six and a Half Reasons Why the Bible Is Not Divinely Inspired？

1 Corinthians 7: Singleness is better than marriage for kingdom service

Update - My Channel Has Been Restored! Thank you! (with Q&A)

There is no single "the one" person to marry — biblical principles guide spouse selection, not divine designation

Live Q&A - Theology, Apologetics and The Christian Life

Strategy for LGBTQ conversations with Christians: still lead with questions, then move to Scripture on God's design for marriage and sexuality

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

Millennial and Gen Z church return: life-stage markers like marriage and children are happening later or not at all, making the expected return uncertain

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

Catholic claim that marriage outside the Church is invalid is wrong — it is not sacramental but is still a real marriage; the Catholic doctrine of 7 sacraments is historically late

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 1)

Unbiblical divorce followed by the ex-spouse's remarriage: the innocent party is free to remarry, but must do heart work first

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 1)

Are marriage contracts biblical? — Yes, with wisdom; keeping one's word is a biblical principle

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)

What does the Bible teach on masturbation? — No direct address; biblical principles of lust, self-gratification, and marital fidelity apply

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)

Should two Christians who fornicated marry? — Consider it, but do not treat marriage as a required patch on the sin

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)

Is marriage a choice? 1 Corinthians 7:25-40 — singleness and marriage as two equally valid, differently good options

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 10)

Attending a believer/unbeliever wedding: Mike would likely attend while opposing the union beforehand

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 10)

Can a Christian marry a Catholic? — Gospel distinction and the unequally yoked principle

Subscriber Hangout and Q&A - LIVE!

Does intercourse constitute marriage? — No; vows before witnesses and God define marriage

Subscriber Hangout and Q&A - LIVE!

1 Corinthians 7:12-14 - Paul says "not the Lord" meaning he gives apostolic instruction without a direct quote from Jesus; believers married to unbelievers should not divorce.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)

"Sanctified" in 1 Corinthians 7:14 does not mean saved; it describes the practical, behavioral influence a believing spouse has on an unbelieving one and on the children.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)

White lies are a moral compromise; giving oneself permission for them breeds untrustworthiness. Better alternatives: honest deflection ("I don't want to talk about it") or full honesty.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)

Applying the "natural function" standard: anal intercourse is physically harmful even between a married man and woman and is therefore unnatural and prohibited.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)

Sexual passion within marriage is good and to be celebrated; the fire/fireplace metaphor: sex in marriage is beautiful like fire in a fireplace, destructive outside it.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 14)

Q9: Is it sinful to not want to marry? Singleness is a gift, not inferior to marriage

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)

The garter toss as an inappropriate sexualization of the bride — cultural critique

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)

Q19: 1 Corinthians 11:10 and Ephesians 5:23 — no biblical grounds for a husband disciplining his wife

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)

Wives submit vs. children obey — different words, different authority structures; discipline is for children not wives

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 16)

Matthew 19:12 -- Three categories of eunuchs: from birth, made by men, and self-made for the kingdom

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 20)

Jesus and Paul do not permit divorce for infertility, demonstrating marriage has value beyond procreation

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 20)

Q16: Is consulting and making decisions cooperatively with your wife permissible? Absolutely yes — the husband's headship is not about excluding his wife's input

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 22)

Wife more spiritually mature than husband — encouragement over competition

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 24)

Ephesians 5:25-32 — the mystery of marriage as a typological picture of Christ and the church, rooted in the Adam-Eve narrative.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 28)

2 Samuel 12:8 does not endorse polygamy; the phrase "I would have given you more" is a figure of speech for God's provision, not a promise of additional wives; God explicitly forbids polygamy for kings in Deuteronomy 17:17.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 28)

Couples should formalize their marriage as officially as possible rather than treating informal cohabitation as equivalent.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 31)

Summary of how far to extend the boundaries: marriage, ministry, and rest of life

Everything Women Can and Can't Do According to the Bible： Women in Ministry part 13

Tip 7: Take practical steps — lofty goals require specific, actionable commitments

A Christian Guide to New Year's Resolutions ｜ 7 Tips

The Bible is not merely informational — it calls people to live a certain way, and doing so demonstrates its truth experientially. Winger cites his marriage as an example: following biblical principles in a family culture with ~95% divorce rates resulted in a thriving ten-year marriage. The Bible's insights into human nature, psychology, and practical wisdom prove accurate when lived out.

Here's Me Using the Bible to Prove the Bible

Proverbs 27:4 — anger and wrath are intensifying forces that cause a person to overreact and become a caricature of themselves.

A Calm and Biblical View of Anger

Ephesians 4:26 — 'be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger' is about harboring anger in your own heart, not about resolving every marital dispute before bed.

A Calm and Biblical View of Anger

Wrath (Colossians 3:8) is the outward expression of anger — the outburst; James 1:19 commands slow speech as the antidote.

A Calm and Biblical View of Anger

Malice (Colossians 3:8) is bottled-up anger that becomes a twisted, bitter lens through which a person sees someone — the opposite of wrath.

A Calm and Biblical View of Anger

Q&A: A wife navigating a husband's anger should maintain internal clarity about whether she sinned, and not accept blame she doesn't own.

A Calm and Biblical View of Anger

Why God cares about sexual ethics: sex is sacred and its distortion is especially dangerous

Lauren Daigle and the Homosexuality Question

Why Jesus didn't address homosexuality directly — and what he did say about marriage

Lauren Daigle and the Homosexuality Question

Q&A: Polygamy is inherently sinful; one-flesh marriage precludes a second wife by definition

Did Jesus Die on a Cross or a Stake？ Here's the Evidence.

Polygamy is a real but sin-laden marriage; the moral complexity for a polygamist who converts precludes a simple answer

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 2)

Sexual deprivation of a spouse is a sin — each spouse's body belongs to the other in marriage

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

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

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

Love in marriage means giving yourself to your spouse regardless of desire — selfless love, not feeling-dependent love

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

Lust toward others outside marriage diminishes desire for your spouse — exclusivity of sexual attention is essential

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

Desire is nice but not required for loving action in marriage

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

Being too submissive is a real and dangerous failure — biblical submission has limits defined by obedience to God

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 17)

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 ...

TL, Excellent, excellent comments!! I would like to “paint” a picture just like this in the next DVD series. Marriage has been so misunderstood when the complementarians make it an issue of authority...

Welcome Molly! I agree with your summary and I also think that we need to do more to expose the ungodly pressures that have been placed on men who have been taught that they are to be a priest over t...

I would love to see a DVD teaching on different false doctrines concerning marriage 🙂 Oh and if you make it, please put at least one more language on the DVD, Spanish for example 🙂...

Hi Martin, Well the DVD on marriage is in the works in the research stage. It may be a few years for production. I certainly will consider putting another language on the DVD. That would involve need...

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...

Hey Cheryl. Interesting that the pivotal scripture in relation to authority structure in the marriage has not been discussed, I bring it to light in this post and invite commentary \*\*\*Ephesians 5...

Tarun, Again, welcome and thanks for posting. > You said: I was not trying to imply that the Husband “is” the Saviour/Lord and God of his wife.That is a role that only Christ can fulfill. However ev...

Tarun, Two equal partners listening to and preferring one another – that’s marriage. God commanded Abraham to obey Sarah and if God’s command to obey is something that makes one the follower and the...

Cheryl, Sure, I’ll be happy to copy into the marriage post when it comes up but I’d just like to reply to your last post and I’ll leave it at that – Thanks. (c)Gen 21:12 ESV But God said to Abraham,...

There’s a website called Christians for Biblical Equality. I’m not affiliated with them. I mention it because they have outstanding scholarly articles about the passages used in the debate regarding w...

Tarun, As I said most of this can be discussed in the marriage post, so I won’t answer in this post. A couple of quick comments regarding what you said and we shall both leave this for the next set: ...

@Ramon I didn’t answer your question. Marriage is the union between the husband and wife. I wouldn’t say that “family is the union between the husband and wife”. A family can include many more peopl...

PS. Did Paul really intend to omit the requirement for faithfulness in marriage for women deacons? Given the parallel nature of the verse directed specifically to women, with the verses to men just be...

Kristen, Thanks for your imput. It is not uncommon for Paul to divert for a moment from his logical argument (as seen in verse 11) and then return to the original thought (verse 12). There is no exeg...

Mark said: “I am still interested to know why you think ’one woman man’ is generic (and thus includes female overseers) and yet why Paul needs to single out ’gyne’ in verse 11 since in your own admi...

Kay, Just for you…not all comps believe what you have said, that is too much of a generalisation. Some comps do see the somewhat inconsistency in saying a woman can be in civil leadership/authority a...

“Similarly in 1 Cor 11 he uses the creational order to highlight why he believes a women should cover her head and not disgrace her head. Same thing in Eph 5 about marriage. He is using the” Mark, ...

Kay, It’s the principle that doesn’t change, not the practice. The practice will change from culture to culture. The priciple in both texts is one of male leadership whether that is in the marriage o...

Okay, believe it or not I have a bit of spare time today and I read Mark’s comment. I must answer. Mark, You are doing a switch and bait. You are talking about a principle and then redefining it so...