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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 2024-06-19

The Debates Over 1 Timothy 2

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the debates over 1 Timothy 2:11-15

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Corinthians 12:1-11 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
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 2022-11-24

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong With Genesis 1–3: ‘Was Women’s Submission Just A Curse To Be Overturned?’

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 2 on Genesis 1-3 and whether women's submission was just a curse to be overturned

1 Corinthians 11:7-10 1 Corinthians 15:22 1 Corinthians 16:15-16 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2020-06-02

The Giving Part 2: Judas the Betrayer, a Balanced View of the Sovereignty of God

[Music] the giving is a balanced view of the sovereignty of God God's sovereignty is vitally important for us to know God yet it's God's sovereignty taught as a system of theological thought which can lead to a person reading into the biblical text an outside concept that is foreign to the writers i...

Luke 22:18 Luke 22:21 Luke 22:3 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2018-03-22

Was the death of Jesus evil? Calvinism and ordained evil

This question is often asked of those of us who do not believe that God initiates evil. If God predestined the death of Jesus, does this mean that God commanded or ordained the evil acts of men? A Calvinist website describes God’s ordaining of evil this way:

2 Corinthians 5:21 Acts 4:27-28 Acts 5:27–30 Soteriology Calvinism Atonement
Scripture Commentary article 2015-04-10

Did Jesus guard the communion table?

In our discussion of Jesus, Judas, and the first communion, a Calvinist pointed me to an article by a Calvinist author. The article was said to refute the idea that Judas was commanded to partake of the first Lord’s Supper.

1 Corinthians 11:18 1 Corinthians 11:20 1 Corinthians 11:20–21 Soteriology Calvinism Communion
Scripture Commentary article 2013-01-05

Does Matthew conflict with Luke about Judas?

In my post about Judas and the last supper, Colin Maxwell, a Calvinist responded to my post, although not responding on this blog, but on his twitter account @weeCalvin.

Luke 1:1–3 Luke 22:18 Luke 22:20–21 Soteriology Calvinism Judas
Scripture Commentary article 2010-06-21

The Humble God

In our past discussions on Ephesians 5:21-22, we have been discussing the issues of mutual submission and whether there is authority in marriage. In this post, we will discuss the foundation of humility

1 Peter 3:7 1 Peter 3:8 1 Peter 5:5 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission 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 2010-04-29

Why Let Women Lead Bible Studies

CBMW (Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) has set itself up as a go-to organization for those complementarians who have not been able to figure out from the Bible which things are allowable for women and which things are not. But does their counsel exceed the Bible

Hebrews 14 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2010-01-12

Pastor And Team In Haiti During Earthquake

I have a great concern tonight for my Pastor. Pastor Jim Reimer and two of our worship team along with a group of teens from our local high school flew into Haiti around noon today

Exodus 90 Hebrews 53 Hosea 20 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-08-19

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz Debate 6

In the last blog post Cheryl Schatz posed her third set of questions to Mike Seaver regarding their debate on women in ministry. Links to all the previous questions and responses is at the end of this post

1 Timothy 2:12 Exodus 1 Psalms 68:11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
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 2009-01-07

Was 1 Timothy 2 Written To The Church

Complementarians claim that 1 Timothy 2:12 is universally applicable because they say it was written for the church to know how to behave. According to John MacArthur, in God’s High Calling for Women part 1 , 1 Timothy was written to “set the church in order”

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:9 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-03

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

While this post isn’t exactly a “Women in Ministry” post, I think it does highlight the importance of men and women working together in complementary ways for the benefit of the body of Christ and for ministry to the lost. God often uses women in ways that are different than he uses men simply becau

Matthew 2:1 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:15 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-19

Debate Audio Between Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz

If you didn’t get a chance to hear the debate regarding women Pastors between Matt Slick of CARM and myself, you can hear it at this link

1 Timothy 2:12 Esther 18 Hosea 1 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@CalebDugan7 @paulogia0 We are given this life to seek God and put our faith in

@CalebDugan7 @paulogia0 We are given this life to seek God and put our faith in Him. When you die, you find out whether you got it right as you now see behind the curtain. No one in that realm is unsu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 Please go back to the New Testamen

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 Please go back to the New Testament, not church history. List for me specific individuals who are called pastor, elder or overseer.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 I don’t think you understand. It l

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 I don’t think you understand. It literally has no bearing because the only authority is scripture. Scripture is all we require for every good work. To go

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 I think you are mistaken. Think about it. 1Ti 3 also seems to suggest that an overseer must be a married man with more than one child all of who are believing (so they have to mature sufficiently to be ab...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 I think you are mistaken. Think about it. 1Ti 3 also seems to suggest that an overseer must be a married man with more than one child all of who are belie

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is s

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is scripture itself. Not the so-called church fathers (BTW, Jesus said not to call yourself ‘Father’ as there is one Father)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 If none of them got the correct idea that women were not forbidden from teaching truth to anyone, then they are ALL MISTAKEN. Just like everyone was confused initially about Gentiles in the church, the di...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 If none of them got the correct idea that women were not forbidden from teaching truth to anyone, then they are ALL MISTAKEN. Just like everyone was confu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 “History” is not an infallible int

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 “History” is not an infallible interpreter of scripture. Neither is popular opinion a measure or validator of truth, though we do well to be cautious when

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of a person and a statement clearly identifying them ...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 James, please provide me a list of people explicitly identified as pastor or elder or overseer in the New Testament. What I am looking for is the name of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came firs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop anyone from teaching the truth or arbitrarily all...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 We have to read 1Tim 2:11-15 in context. Paul wrote this personal letter to Timothy to exhort him to remain in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop

1Tim 2:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-21

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua,

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua, Abraham, David all had a different spirit despite some making mistakes and sinning. https://t.co/d0iuAVwHGh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@TyotoRiffle @MrCalebGrant @Mesocortical @SpringSteps @ImJackFrank @paulogia0 Be

@TyotoRiffle @MrCalebGrant @Mesocortical @SpringSteps @ImJackFrank @paulogia0 Because God was the source of light before He made the sun to be the light. The earth was made before the Sun.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BibleBashed So @BibleBashed, do you have a response to what I wrote here?

@BibleBashed So @BibleBashed, do you have a response to what I wrote here?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MikeWingerii Hannah just blocked me

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MikeWingerii Hannah just blocked me b/c of Bashed. Mike didn’t answer my questions nor did he interact with me. If you want to see my response to what he

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MikeWingerii It is an issue I’m pas

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MikeWingerii It is an issue I’m passionate about. And I look for opportunities to discuss it with others. Is that what a troll is to you?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MichelleDLesley Is that it @BibleBa

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MichelleDLesley Is that it @BibleBashed ? Not going to bash me with the Bible?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MichelleDLesley Well, hello Bible B

@BibleBashed @harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MichelleDLesley Well, hello Bible Bashed! I’m trying to invite conversation. I’m not trying to provoke her to do something she is uncomfortable with.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @BibleBashed Ok. If you don’t feel like engaging, then leave my question hanging and don’t answer. It’s ok. I am aware of @BibleBashed - there are a lot of accounts that promote patriarchy and complementarianism. @Mik...

@harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @BibleBashed Ok. If you don’t feel like engaging, then leave my question hanging and don’t answer. It’s ok. I am aware of @BibleBashed - there are a lot of accounts th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@BLeBlan68656830 @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma The critical part is what is believed about Jesus. If Jesus is created, then LDS do not teach that Jesus is the uncreated creator. Therefore, they do not believe that Jesus is the “I AM”—that He is the etern...

@BLeBlan68656830 @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma The critical part is what is believed about Jesus. If Jesus is created, then LDS do not teach that Jesus is the uncreated creator. Therefore, they do not bel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@TheBibleBunker @smashbaals Ellen G White’s theology and teaching needs to be ju

@TheBibleBunker @smashbaals Ellen G White’s theology and teaching needs to be judged according to scripture, not her gender.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@JCalebJones @Phil_Johnson_ Mt 18 is still not being followed here, IMO. The purpose of 1 or 2 witnesses is to 'confirm every fact' (Mt 18:16), & those witnesses are to stand before the entire church if he is unrepentant (Mt 18:17). Elders that a...

@JCalebJones @Phil_Johnson_ Mt 18 is still not being followed here, IMO. The purpose of 1 or 2 witnesses is to 'confirm every fact' (Mt 18:16), & those witnesses are to stand before the entire chu

1Ti 5:20 Mt 18:16 Mt 18:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Jesus shares His authority. He promises the churches in Revelation that those who overcome will sit with Him on His throne. In 1Co 6:2-3, Paul says we will judge the world and angels, demonstrating this shared author...

@Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Jesus shares His authority. He promises the churches in Revelation that those who overcome will sit with Him on His throne. In 1Co 6:2-3, Paul says we will judge the

1Co 6:2-3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@opreterista @CalebDixonSmith It seems that the heresy of Philetus and Hymanaeus was teaching a spiritual resurrection and not a physical one: "Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have departed from t...

@opreterista @CalebDixonSmith It seems that the heresy of Philetus and Hymanaeus was teaching a spiritual resurrection and not a physical one: "Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them ar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry "For you are *all sons* of God th

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry "For you are *all sons* of God through faith in Christ Jesus. ... There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither m

Gal 3:26 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry So you are egalitarian like me?

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry So you are egalitarian like me?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry What association? The treatment o

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry What association? The treatment of the wife as property? Silencing of the wife? Being the authority over the wife for as long as she lives? Yes, there i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith I love the scripture and what it means. I don’t like when people misrepresent it. “…and he is the saviour of the body” This statement is what qualifies what kephale (translate...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith I love the scripture and what it means. I don’t like when people misrepresent it. “…and he is the saviour of the body” This s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry By historical realities are you r

@CalebDixonSmith @DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry By historical realities are you referring to the apostles’ teaching or what the post apostolic church did for the next 2000 years?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith No, I d

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith No, I don't see Eph 5:23 referenced in the entry for Kephale. Brill DAG is more focused on Ancient Greek literature. https://t.

Eph 5:23 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith I have

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith I have all the lexicons, so you don't need to screen shot it. The Brill DAG shows it can also mean top or prominent, origin, or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from any leadership role. Others prevent them from ser...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Thanks for sharing this. My search didn't find that Morris was Egalitarian in the full sense of that term. It seems he was open-minded regarding women in ministry and for their...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Thanks for sharing this. My search didn't find that Morris was Egalitarian in the full sense of that term. It seems he was ope

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