@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timothy for the purpose of encouraging him in his role...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it w

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals So you want me to scour everything that was stated in the patristics to find things that they taught that are not found in scripture? I certainly could, though I have other things to do and...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals So you want me to scour everything that was stated in the patristics to find things that t

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is saying that this specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine is to receive instruction quietly with submissiveness. She is to be corrected and to submit to correction. P...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is saying that this specific deceived woman who is teaching false doctrine is to rece

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something in scripture. Scripture is sufficient and the me...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The scripture doesn’

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It says that all scripture is sufficient for every good work. There is nothing else required. It’s like all the things a soldier needs to do his job completely and fully, not just the gun....

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It says that all scripture is sufficient for every good work. There is nothing else requi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals But it doesn't say w

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Believe what you want. I'm just quoting the passage. "All *scripture*...so that the servant of God may be *thoroughly equipped* for **every** good work." (NIV) Thoroughly equipped means f...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Believe what you want. I'm just quoting the passage. "All *scripture*...so that the serv

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The teachings passed on by word of mouth or letter are the same teachings. Not everyone had access to a copy of the letter. What evidence do you have that these refer to teachings that are...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The teachings passed on by word of mouth or letter are the same teachings. Not everyone h

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.” Where does it say that they were handed down oral...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to th

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in the New Testament. Only two (Peter and John) self...

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on sp

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Only to the traditio

@HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Teaching does not make one a male.

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor I laughed at that one! Another keeper I’m going to save! Yeah, I have long tweets…sorry, it takes time to explain these things because people are so steeped in traditions. Jesus talks about the teachings of man ...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor I laughed at that one! Another keeper I’m going to save! Yeah, I have long tweets…sorry, it takes time to explai

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Who’s the they? What does explaining more a

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor No. Just reading my Bible. Do you read you

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Why are you laughing? The only thing that matters is the Greek. We haven’t lost that. The NASB is pretty good at getting to the original, but if you want the word by word, here it is. “They…explained” (plural)....

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Why are you laughing? The only thing that matters is the Greek. We haven’t lost that. The NASB is pretty good a

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The reason the husband is said to be the kehpale of the wife is because of Adam and Eve ⎯ Eve was created from Adam as her source. Adam was created first. But authority doesn’t come from being created first or el...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The reason the husband is said to be the kehpale of the wife is because of Adam and Eve ⎯ Eve was created from Ada

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Priscilla doesn’t rule over Aquila and Aquila doesn’t rule over Priscilla. You are not understanding my view. Here’s the passage: Acts 18:24–26 (NASB 2020): 24 Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, a...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor Priscilla doesn’t rule over Aquila and Aquila doesn’t rule over Priscilla. You are not understanding my view. He

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed before her husband, Aquila, showing she was the mo...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Prisc

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1) so someone can be both an Apos...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking ev

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Word of God. But Paul is quoti

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problems, traveled from church to church preaching and te...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He w

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts this. There’s no quotes in the original manuscripts so you have to infer quotes from the context. ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul here is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians—go back to 1 Cor 7:1 to see where he starts

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot generalize something that Paul doesn’t generalize. He left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers ...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor But not all women teach false doctrine and there are men who also teach false doctrine. We cannot ge

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and committing spiritual murder over her husband who is not deceived by is silent. Paul uses Adam an Eve as p...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The reason here is because there is a woman who is deceived who is teaching false doctrine and commit

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or origin of Eve thus giving the grounding for marria...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor This isn’t about whether you like a male over a female teacher. You likely would see the problem with “I prefer a white male over a black male preacher” or “I prefer a wealthy person over a poor perso...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor This isn’t about whether you like a male over a female teacher. You likely would see the problem wit

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Here’s a short summary of what

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor If this means a deacon must be

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office. It is also used of Jesus and Paul calls himself a servant. All Christians are servants also. So th...

@DanielvsBabylon @AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor That snip says that the word is also used for deacon/deaconess which is an office.

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16) and Peter is a contemporary of Paul. ...

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Pau

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages sufficiently. There are lots of puzzling details if...

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is

Why did the apostles choose 7 males and did not include women to lead in the dis

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. *Cultural Norms:* The norms ...

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn I don’t know what you think you are trying to

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Correct.

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Do I know everything they are doing at uni? No. They would 100% tell me…? Yes. They wouldn’t hide it from me? No. Because I’m understanding? Well, I am forgiving. Because I’d have no problem with it? No, I’d ...

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Do I know everything they are doing at uni? No. They would 100% tell me…? Yes. They wouldn’t hide it from me? No

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Yes. 100% sure.

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn Well, I guess he said many and not all. My da

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daug

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gender and socioeconomic barriers were torn down. I go...

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the star

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he and Timothy are aware of is going on and Paul is addressing it. This is not general instructions f...

@mad_gnatter @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul says “I do not permit”—why would he phrase it that way? The truth is that some circumstance that both he

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14:33b-35 is a quote from their letter and Paul’s refutes those silencing women (v36). Paul’s instruct...

@Nickerdooodle @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter to him (1 Cor 7:1). 1 Cor 14

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe in the full inspiration of scripture and back up my...

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subsp

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (see the Greek). If we are to subject ourselves to each other, then that certainly includes husbands t...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @FlRST_BLOOD Eph 5:21 says “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” “Subject” is in v21, not v22 (se

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m asking you to justify your words. Paul’s reference to the anaphoric “a woman” is not any woman becaus...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus I’m not asking you to justify Paul’s words (Paul did not restrict women because they were females); I’m as

@ronhenzel The Bible doesn’t teach that we are unable to respond to the gospel, just that we cannot save ourselves. Calling for help is not saving yourself! Notice how Calvinists have to resort to reformed systematics to support their theology? I ...

@ronhenzel The Bible doesn’t teach that we are unable to respond to the gospel, just that we cannot save ourselves. Calling for help is not saving yo

@pauldirks How ironic that they are likely also pro-abortion and think that they