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@BrandonABourg @PeterNDecker @sister_slay Not only that, but they constantly refer to it. In the teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), it features the statement: “God himself was once as we are now…” and discusses it as truth, ...

@BrandonABourg @PeterNDecker @sister_slay Not only that, but they constantly refer to it. In the teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), it features the statement: “God himself wa

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay If the King Follet was one of the thin

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay If the King Follet was one of the things the LDS church was built on and now they reject it, why does the LDS not change their name? Why be confusing?

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay It matters little if there were real golden plates or not. “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay It matters little if there were real golden plates or not. “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay The reason I'm exposing the false teachings of the LDS church is so that you will know the truth and trust in the true Jesus who is not the spirit brother of Lucifer, who is the uncreated creator that creat...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay The reason I'm exposing the false teachings of the LDS church is so that you will know the truth and trust in the true Jesus who is not the spirit brother o

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-26

@sister_slay The wildest misconception is that the LDS faith is Christian. Some

@sister_slay The wildest misconception is that the LDS faith is Christian. Some of the nicest, moral and family oriented people I know, but the teachings diverge from the fundamentals of Biblical Chr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-24

@mtnhousewife Exactly! Ultimately, we should all want to know if we are wrong in

@mtnhousewife Exactly! Ultimately, we should all want to know if we are wrong in something since hopefully our mutual goal is full maturity in Christ.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@nickschest @Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ"⎯it's mutual. So your comment about a "prideful woman who doesn't know how to follow" suggests a prideful man trying to force his ...

@nickschest @Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ"⎯it's mutual. So your comment about a "prideful woman who doesn't know how to fo

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop @sparkobuzzer Whether God’s Word clearly teaches something first depends on whether you have rightly divided what it says in the first place. A text out of its context is a pretext for a proof text. Why do you suppose that even Peter ack...

@Reneechop @sparkobuzzer Whether God’s Word clearly teaches something first depends on whether you have rightly divided what it says in the first place. A text out of its context is a pretext for a p

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop Going back to 1Ti 2:11-15, we now can see how Paul uses the creation order as a parallel account to a situation in Ephesus where a deceived wife teaching false doctrine and her undeceived husband is being silent and not correcting her seri...

@Reneechop Going back to 1Ti 2:11-15, we now can see how Paul uses the creation order as a parallel account to a situation in Ephesus where a deceived wife teaching false doctrine and her undeceived h

1Ti 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop Paul connects the time sequence order of creation with Eve’s deception. What we know from a careful reading of Gen 2 is that god creates Adam (2:7), then plants a garden and puts Adam in it (2:8). Then God causes the trees to supernatural...

@Reneechop Paul connects the time sequence order of creation with Eve’s deception. What we know from a careful reading of Gen 2 is that god creates Adam (2:7), then plants a garden and puts Adam in i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@sparkobuzzer Personally, when pastors or those advocating strongly for their vi

@sparkobuzzer Personally, when pastors or those advocating strongly for their views block others for disagreeing with them, this IMO is weak. I know people use blocking to manage their feed, but that’

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@Michael26576616 @tolepainter56 @oliverburdick For egalitarians, the concept is

@Michael26576616 @tolepainter56 @oliverburdick For egalitarians, the concept is mutually submissive which means both doing whatever works. I don't know what else you mean by "dominant"⎯I sure hope you

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-16

@Michael26576616 @tolepainter56 @oliverburdick That’s irrelevant. No one thinks

@Michael26576616 @tolepainter56 @oliverburdick That’s irrelevant. No one thinks like that…certainly no egalitarian that I know.

@WillYoungIII I don’t know if you have rain where you live, but where I live, on

@WillYoungIII I don’t know if you have rain where you live, but where I live, only the top umbrella matters. You can put the rest away. The husband and wife are equal leaders of their family.

@etdpl Great passage though you should start with verse 21 which speaks of mutua

@etdpl Great passage though you should start with verse 21 which speaks of mutual subjection in the fear of Christ. Do you know what Paul means by calling the husband the head of his wife? What does

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not as someone who is meant to be ‘obeyed’ then yes. I know a lot of complementarians. So long as Jesus is their example, t

@ncksmith In order to know how to apply this passage, we need to follow Paul’s a

@ncksmith In order to know how to apply this passage, we need to follow Paul’s argument through the whole chapter and even why he’s raising this in the first place.

@jerryfourroux That’s actually the direction Bruce Ware took, the author of CBMW stuff and the following: One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life (2015). It became known as Eternal Functional Subord...

@jerryfourroux That’s actually the direction Bruce Ware took, the author of CBMW stuff and the following: One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life (20

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals How many heads does the church have? Show me one i

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals How many heads does the church have? Show me one instance in scripture where a pastor or elder is called kephale of his church. Didn’t find one? Now please explain why n

@Reneechop @MindlessNotion @WesleyLHuff Well, I’m certainly glad that no one her

@Reneechop @MindlessNotion @WesleyLHuff Well, I’m certainly glad that no one here believes this. Did you know this is what John Piper teaches? https://t.co/sJ1RdFR6il

@MindlessNotion @WesleyLHuff Knowing the outcome doesn’t predetermine it or mean that God made it happen. This kind of knowing isn’t really knowing anything and negates God’s omniscience. This is because it says He pulls the strings of every molecul...

@MindlessNotion @WesleyLHuff Knowing the outcome doesn’t predetermine it or mean that God made it happen. This kind of knowing isn’t really knowing anything and negates God’s omniscience. This is bec

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Paul says it was because he wasn’t de

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Paul says it was because he wasn’t deceived not because of being the boss. Culpability goes to the one who knows better but does nothing, not because he was

@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

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals How do you know this exactly? Can you list each of t

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals How do you know this exactly? Can you list each of the men called pastor or elder in the New Testament? What are their names and where were they called pastor/elder/oversee

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals First, that men are physically stronger man mean they are more suited to plowing fields, but what does that have to do with teaching? Women cannot teach others? Second, the fall happened because Eve was deceived and Adam ...

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals First, that men are physically stronger man mean they are more suited to plowing fields, but what does that have to do with teaching? Women cannot teach others? Second, th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@killsecularism @bjjfulcrum @smashbaals Gen 1:28 says to them both to rule. Th

@killsecularism @bjjfulcrum @smashbaals Gen 1:28 says to *them* both to rule. That was God’s creation and it was very good. I don’t know what Bible you are reading…

Gen 1:28 general

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii You are reading that “the instruct

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii You are reading that “the instructions” to do what the Prov 31 woman did came from him but that is nowhere in this text. What she did was never qualified

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @MikeWingerii @JonByers186054 Jon is pretty adamant that he thin

@biblemarriages @MikeWingerii @JonByers186054 Jon is pretty adamant that he thinks I’m a heretic and hellbound so I’m not sure he wants to engage further on this topic. But who knows…

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Christ is King, yes. And where does He seat His church? Under His feet or together with Him on His throne? Nowhere does it say that Jesus takes authority OVER His bride, but that His authority is for the BENEFIT of His...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Christ is King, yes. And where does He seat His church? Under His feet or together with Him on His throne? Nowhere does it say that Jesus takes authority OVER His bride

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t think you know what these words mean. You think that mutual submission between Christ and His bride means that the bride is God and Christ is a slave or something. That’s not how this works! It is an attitude of...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t think you know what these words mean. You think that mutual submission between Christ and His bride means that the bride is God and Christ is a slave or somethin

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge No I’m not living under satanic deception. You don’t know what you are even talking about! Good thing you are not the operator of the ovens! Yes, Christ is King! He has authority over all—FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CHURCH...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge No I’m not living under satanic deception. You don’t know what you are even talking about! Good thing you are not the operator of the ovens! Yes, Christ is King! He ha

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge If you think I am possessed by the antichrist, I’

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge If you think I am possessed by the antichrist, I’m not sure you even know what that is! Re-read what I wrote. How is Jesus subjugating His bride when it is for the bene

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-07

@NiceanRick @JackmanRobert Did Adam know his wife before he knew her?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-06

@baptistvibes Now, if Jesus says, “Do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers…Nor are you to be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ” (Mt 23:8-10), then HOW MUCH MORE would this apply to cal...

@baptistvibes Now, if Jesus says, “Do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers…Nor are you to be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ” (Mt 23

Mt 23:8-10 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Now let’s read this one more caref

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Now let’s read this one more carefully, shall we? https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-01

@xforumuk @travismsnow The Hebrew OT is the Masoretic Text which uses the plural of heavens in Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11. We also have a fragment of Gen 1:1 from the Dead Sea Scrolls that also has heavens plural. We translate singular because our thinkin...

@xforumuk @travismsnow The Hebrew OT is the Masoretic Text which uses the plural of heavens in Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11. We also have a fragment of Gen 1:1 from the Dead Sea Scrolls that also has heavens

Ex 20:11 Gen 1:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-01

@xforumuk @travismsnow No, the JPS is still a translation. The Greek is also a t

@xforumuk @travismsnow No, the JPS is still a translation. The Greek is also a translation done by Hebrew scribes too. All it means is that some translations remove the plural for heavens which is *de

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-31

@xforumuk @travismsnow I’m using Logos Bible software. Your first link was from the Septuagint which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew text. In that case, both Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11 are consistent in the Greek using the singular heaven. But the ...

@xforumuk @travismsnow I’m using Logos Bible software. Your first link was from the Septuagint which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew text. In that case, both Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11 are consisten

Ex 20:11 Gen 1:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-31

@xforumuk @travismsnow Plants growing on Day 3 without the sun is only illogical

@xforumuk @travismsnow Plants growing on Day 3 without the sun is only illogical if God is not capable of sustaining life without natural means. But Scripture consistently shows God sustains life dir

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-31

@xforumuk @travismsnow Genesis uses distinct verbs for create vs assign function. If the sun already existed, Genesis wouldn’t say “God made the two great lights… and placed them…” (Ge 1:16-17). The verb asah (“made”) here is consistent with creativ...

@xforumuk @travismsnow Genesis uses distinct verbs for create vs assign function. If the sun already existed, Genesis wouldn’t say “God made the two great lights… and placed them…” (Ge 1:16-17). The

Ge 1:16-17 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-29

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek You wrote: “If an angel can materialize in human form as they did throughout Scripture and eat food in Genesis 19:1–3, then Jesus, who is now greater than angels in Hebrews 1:3, 4, could definitely do the same.” First—...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek You wrote: “If an angel can materialize in human form as they did throughout Scripture and eat food in Genesis 19:1–3, then Jesus, who is now greater than angels in Hebr

Genesis 19:1 Hebrews 1:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love each other (duh!) why would you say that they don...

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I see. So you use a leash just not very frequentl

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann I see. So you use a leash just not very frequently because she knows her place? Or are you one of those who barks about patriarchal authority but lives like an egalita

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@ronhenzel @BakCuzOfElon @ProtestantFred @Protestia No. But I do take Paul serio

@ronhenzel @BakCuzOfElon @ProtestantFred @Protestia No. But I do take Paul seriously when he says “Now concerning the things about which you wrote…” (1Co 7:1).

1Co 7:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel Why not just let the text speak for itself? You’re free to hold to a theological system, but you can’t accuse someone of misreading Scripture when they’re simply refusing to insert a theological category—like “effectual grace”—into a word...

@ronhenzel Why not just let the text speak for itself? You’re free to hold to a theological system, but you can’t accuse someone of misreading Scripture when they’re simply refusing to insert a theol

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel You just confirmed that no Greek lexicon defines helkō in Jn 6:44 as

@ronhenzel You just confirmed that no Greek lexicon defines helkō in Jn 6:44 as “effectual grace.” That was the question. You’ve now acknowledged that “effectual grace” is a theological term, not a le

Jn 6:44 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel μανθάνω means: • to learn, • to understand, • to acquire knowledge or skill through instruction or experience. It refers to an active process by the learner. While someone can teach you (διδάσκω), no one can learn fo...

@ronhenzel μανθάνω means: • to learn, • to understand, • to acquire knowledge or skill through instruction or experience. It refers to an active process by the learner. While so

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 Let me guess? You were expecting to easily corner me with a poor

@JonByers186054 Let me guess? You were expecting to easily corner me with a poor argument but since that didn’t work, you are going to bow out? You know who also uses the Bible? JWs and Mormons.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church leaders in Iran are women?