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Women gifted for ministry hold back in complementarian churches due to fear

Women Leaders in the New Testament： Women in Ministry part 4

Preview of upcoming topics: apostles, universal priesthood, prophecy, spiritual gifts, NT Wright's arguments

Women Leaders in the New Testament： Women in Ministry part 4

Preview of next video: prophecy argument, gifts arguments, universal priesthood

Were Women Apostles in the New Testament？ Women in Ministry part 5

Romans 12:6-8 — teaching and leading are listed as spiritual gifts alongside gifts women clearly have

Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian： Women in Ministry part 6

1 Peter 4:10-11 — 'whoever speaks' includes all speaking gifts and all are meant to be used

Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian： Women in Ministry part 6

Gifts do not seem gender-specific; leadership and teaching could be gifts women have

Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian： Women in Ministry part 6

Romans 12:6-8 revisited — women were in every gift category except teaching/leading; it is arbitrary to exclude them from those two

Things I Didn't Know as a Complementarian： Women in Ministry part 6

Preview of NT topics: Were women apostles, elders, deacons, teachers? Do female prophets mean women can be elders? Does God's gifting of women mean no role restrictions?

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

Women having influence is not a problem — influence is not the same as eldership

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

Upcoming video topic: exposing false teaching within charismatic Christianity — abuse of the spiritual gifts framework

I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True

Root cause of New Age adoption: absence of Holy Spirit necessitates manufactured methods

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 7)

"The Anointing" — biblical basis is real but the charismatic formulaic packaging of it is concerning

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 9)

Plan according to your God-given gifts, not just desires or vague calling

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 23)

Mike's charitable assessment: he believes Bill Johnson and Kris Vallotton are probably saved, and that real miracles and healings do come from the movement

Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.

How Bill Johnson started the prophetic in Weaverville: asking people around a table 'what do you think Jesus would say?' then declaring they had just prophesied

Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.

Bethel's prophetic training exercise: pair off, give a 'word of knowledge' about your partner, then celebrate whether right or wrong — the goal is creating a risk-taking culture, not accurate prophecy

Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.

Bethel's prophetic culture is social engineering — a formula developed through experimentation and exported to other churches worldwide

Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.

Closing exhortation: don't pull back from healing, prophecy, or the Spirit because of Bethel's errors — the hunger of their movement reveals a real need the church should meet genuinely

Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically.

Modern prophecy is not equivalent to Scripture: not all prophecy becomes canonical; personal/local words from God are not universal obligations on the whole church.

Refuting Atheist Video： Bible Prophecy part 2

Face-to-face with God as the referent of "the perfect" in 1 Corinthians 13

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

1 Corinthians 13:10-12 is the primary cessationist proof-text in the cessationism vs. continuationism debate.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Cessationism defined: miraculous gifts belonged to the apostolic era only, served a unique founding purpose, and ceased before the canon closed.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Verse-by-verse: v. 8 — love never ends; three gifts (prophecy, knowledge, tongues) will pass away; the context is clearly the spiritual gifts of 1 Cor 12-14.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Main point of 1 Cor 13: love, not gifts, is the permanent priority; pursuit of love must exceed pursuit of spiritual gifts.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Winger's own position: open but not normative — he agrees with cessationists on apostleship and a likely reduction of healing gifts, but rejects full cessationism.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

The cure for hyper-charismatic abuse is not cessationism but the biblical regulative norms already given in 1 Cor 12-14 for how gifts function in the church.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Personal testimony: Winger reports a small number of personal experiences he believes were genuine prophetic insights that subsequently proved true.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Q&A: Tongues in 1 Cor 14 are actual languages; tongues always requires genuine linguistic communication; "groaning" in Romans 8 is distinct from the gift of tongues.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Winger's church practice: open to Spirit-prompted words but does not structure services around spiritual gifts; anti-normative posture.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Views on gifts are often driven more by experience than Scripture; the exegetical case against cessationism from 1 Cor 13 is strong but trajectory arguments for cessationism are weak.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Resource recommendation for documented modern miracles: Craig Keener's two-volume work "Miracles" provides medical/testimonial evidence catalogued by a respected scholar.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

Can a person speak in tongues without having the gift of tongues? Possibly — but Romans 8 groaning is distinct: it is heart-pouring to God, not a spiritual gift requiring impartation.

Does This Verse Teach Cessationism？ And a Bit On Bethel. 1 Cor 13_10-12

1 Corinthians 13:10 does not teach cessationism — the perfect refers to seeing Christ face to face at the second coming, not the completion of Scripture

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 3)

Should we command healing (like Peter in Acts 3:6) or pray to God for healing? — Pray with faith; commanding is not a universal prescription

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 4)

Parable of the Talents: the main point is investing what God has given you for his kingdom

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 5)

Spiritual gifts are discerned by what you are good at, not merely what excites you

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 5)

Discovering gifts requires doing everything first and then observing where you excel

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 5)

1 Corinthians 14:22 — tongues are a sign for unbelievers only when interpreted; the apparent contradiction explained

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 12)

Q14: Is the authority Jesus gave the 12 and 70 disciples different from spiritual gifts? Mike distinguishes pre-Pentecost authority from post-Pentecost Spirit-enabled gifts

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 22)

Ephesians 4:7-16 overview: gifts given to the church equip saints toward unity.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 31)

Intercessory prayer may be connected to the spiritual gift of faith (1 Corinthians 12:9) — a Spirit-given burden to pray persistently for specific people or situations beyond normal prayer discipline.

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 33)

What are the “Best Spiritual Gifts”?: What do you think Paul is referring to in 1 Corinthians 12: 31 when he says to desire "the best gifts"?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 74)

Why are Tongues Only Prevalent in Some Denominations?: Why is speaking in tongues so common in specific church denominations, but virtually never happens in others? What does this say about other spiritual gifts?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 80)

Do Our Spiritual Gifts Ever Change?: As believers, are we given a static set of spiritual gifts, or are our gifts more dynamic in nature so that God adds to and/or subtracts from them according to our season of life or our maturity in Him?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 86)

Are there Additional Spiritual Gifts?: Are there more spiritual gifts than those talked about in the Bible?

20 Questions with Pastor Mike (Episode 92)

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“Under Much Grace”, Yes, Amen! The fact that it was the sons who inherited in the Old Testament and Christ has made us all sons gives us the reason that we all are joint heirs with Christ. Those who ...

Lin, In my next post you will see clearly how women’s gifts are downgraded by complementarians. The Titus 2 passage is not applicable to the spiritual gifts that we are talking about since the “teach...

Debroah Gill has a DVD on Spiritual Gifts, which I found very insightful....

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Ryan, Thanks son for the reminder that dealing with Christians is sometimes akin to skillfully dealing with the cults where you must win them to truth in a loving and non-combative way. I do have to ...

You may wish to check out what Deborah Gill has to say on spiritual gifts. She has a DVD that is very good. My understanding is that the only “office” is one of the 12, which is why Judas needed to b...

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Cheryl, I listened to the debate earlier today while driving and I was absolutely appalled at Matt’s behavior towards you. In spite of his adamant disagreement with your biblical egalitarianism, such...

If I may… Nobody here is saying “Waaa, I wanna teach!” What we are saying is that one half of the Body is telling the other half what they cannot do, and it has nothing at all to do with the gifting ...

ccanuk said: > Paul wasn’t saying that if someone has a different view they shouldn’t be recognized, he was saying that if someone wants to be a prophet or speak in tongues they need to acknowledge w...

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