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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@RandallVaughn14 @AlanChilde36050 @Moonwood570 @5Solas2 I have a question to ask you: what authority does a pastor have? If he tells you to do something that contradicts the Bible or violates your conscience, will you listen? If he says you cannot ...

@RandallVaughn14 @AlanChilde36050 @Moonwood570 @5Solas2 I have a question to ask you: what authority does a pastor have? If he tells you to do something that contradicts the Bible or violates your co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-13

@Rach4Patriarchy Thanks for the response. This raises some questions for me as I still don’t quite understand your perspective. 1. If a husband permits or encourages his wife to write a book, does this mean he’s responsible for the teaching or auth...

@Rach4Patriarchy Thanks for the response. This raises some questions for me as I still don’t quite understand your perspective. 1. If a husband permits or encourages his wife to write a book, does t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-06

@m_james76997 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals It's a great question. Maybe the next question you ought to ask is why He only chose Jews as apostles. Are we only to have Jewish pastors and elders? What do you mean by "How does it work if she's married"? It...

@m_james76997 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals It's a great question. Maybe the next question you ought to ask is why He only chose Jews as apostles. Are we only to have Jewish pastors and elders? What do yo

Ephesians 5:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@MarlinDBJr @smashbaals Question: Do you think God still has a plan for ethnic I

@MarlinDBJr @smashbaals Question: Do you think God still has a plan for ethnic Israel, or do you think the church has replaced Israel? I’m wondering if this is colouring your comments on the Judeo-Ch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-24

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Thanks for the response and clarifications. To answer your first questions: The Bible argues that God has instituted authorities to maintain order and serve the common good. Romans 13:1-7 is a central passage that addresses this...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Thanks for the response and clarifications. To answer your first questions: The Bible argues that God has instituted authorities to maintain order and serve the common good. Roma

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-16

@bigzachus @ShieldAndCross @BrotherBoaz The question though is whether nature teaches you that long hair is a shame or whether that is cultural. Nature teaches you that arm and leg hair stops growing at a certain length, but this is not the case for...

@bigzachus @ShieldAndCross @BrotherBoaz The question though is whether nature teaches you that long hair is a shame or whether that is cultural. Nature teaches you that arm and leg hair stops growing

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-05

@DickSaban1 @BibleBashed Hi my brother Dadbod! I asked you if this was about a

@DickSaban1 @BibleBashed Hi my brother Dadbod! I asked you if this was about a professing Christian who after following Matthew 18 doesn’t repent. You didn’t answer my question.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@activity_no Great question! It certainly appears from this phrase that Paul is

@activity_no Great question! It certainly appears from this phrase that Paul is referring to males only. I deal with this question in the following. Hopefully it helps. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

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

@HDialector @pauldirks @Eric_Conn I don’t know what you think you are trying to prove. Or what my anecdotal data will prove to you no matter how many questions you ask. Yes, there are people who go

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rather, the real question is whether someone can serv...

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rat

1 Pet 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

It seems suggesting a different take on scripture is heresy to some Patriarchali

It seems suggesting a different take on scripture is heresy to some Patriarchalists. Question: isn’t blocking me taking authority over me? Is she allowed to do that in her own system? https://t.co/m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@GentlmanViking @megbasham So Paul says that if I disagree with your interpretat

@GentlmanViking @megbasham So Paul says that if I disagree with your interpretation I'm conceited and understand nothing? Why bother continuing this conversation then? Or maybe you could actually en

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr That’s a reasonable question to ask. However, we have scant evidence for any specifically named elders. Peter calls himself a “fellow elder” in 1 Pet 5:1 and John refers to himself as “the elder” in 2 John and...

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr That’s a reasonable question to ask. However, we have scant evidence for any specifically named elders. Peter calls himself a “fellow elder” in 1 Pet 5:1 and J

1 Pet 5:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@TakTik227f1 @KaitlynSchiess In vv34-35, women are referred to in third person plural; in v36, the 'you' is second person plural. The question is to the men who are silencing the women. Paul is saying "If they won't listen to my instructions about ...

@TakTik227f1 @KaitlynSchiess In vv34-35, women are referred to in third person plural; in v36, the 'you' is second person plural. The question is to the men who are silencing the women. Paul is sayi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The way you are phrasing your question—and what I know you believe about gender role linkages—leads me to believe you are asking whether men can replace a mother in child-rearing. I don’t think they can ever replac...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear The way you are phrasing your question—and what I know you believe about gender role linkages—leads me to believe you are asking whether men can replace a mother in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-31

@kimberley_7_ @GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I don’t believe the Biblical text—when carefully considered—teaches there are gender restrictions on leadership. I’m also questioning what is meant by “authority over men.” The word used in 1 Tim 2 is aut...

@kimberley_7_ @GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I don’t believe the Biblical text—when carefully considered—teaches there are gender restrictions on leadership. I’m also questioning what is meant by “aut

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark Got questions states three possible views: First view⎯Adam was there with her 1⃣"Traditional Jewish interpretation takes this phrase to mean that Adam was with Eve the whole time she was being tempted and th...

@BrotherBoaz @ChristianJComis @PastorMark Got questions states three possible views: First view⎯Adam was there with her 1⃣"Traditional Jewish interpretation takes this phrase to mean that Adam was wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-25

@pauldirks @KaeleyT As you can see in my post, I said “no one is said to ‘authentein’ anyone”—that word is only used once and not used positively in scripture. The details I provided from Belleville are very convincing about the meaning of Authentei...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT As you can see in my post, I said “no one is said to ‘authentein’ anyone”—that word is only used once and not used positively in scripture. The details I provided from Belleville

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarchical position over, or the authority over, or the ...

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching, or preaching. The real question we should be askin...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek I’m agreeing with scripture but disagreei

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek I’m agreeing with scripture but disagreeing with interpretation. I am not questioning God’s revelation but the men who claim to be the sole determiners of the m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck What, you can’t read Gen 3:16 either? Why don’t you answer my questions then? Why didn’t God tell Adam he should rule the woman? Why were his words to Eve future not present? I don’t advocate for women forcin...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck What, you can’t read Gen 3:16 either? Why don’t you answer my questions then? Why didn’t God tell Adam he should rule the woman? Why were his words to Eve futu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@BogdanOancea77 Again, I don't believe Paul is constrained ONLY to answer questions. He is correcting their misunderstandings and statements. I don't see "your women" in v34, but "the women" (nominative, not genitive as I think would be used for "y...

@BogdanOancea77 Again, I don't believe Paul is constrained ONLY to answer questions. He is correcting their misunderstandings and statements. I don't see "your women" in v34, but "the women" (nomina

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf Paul seems to be picking out statements they make and is not answering questions most of the time. The word in 7:1 is "matters" not "questions". The quote in 7:1 is "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations wit...

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf Paul seems to be picking out statements they make and is not answering questions most of the time. The word in 7:1 is "matters" not "questions". The quote in 7:1 is "It

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf The ἢ in v36 is followed by two rhetorical questions which are obviously not true. Verses 34-35 don't contain a question (Paul is often just commenting on things they wrote), but they say things that contradict other th...

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf The ἢ in v36 is followed by two rhetorical questions which are obviously not true. Verses 34-35 don't contain a question (Paul is often just commenting on things they wr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

@Hansronsdorf @BogdanOancea77 The problem with this view is that vv34-35 are in every manuscript. They also fit well before verse 36 which uses the disjunctive “what?” And asks rhetorical questions to show that those who wrote the things in vv34-35 ...

@Hansronsdorf @BogdanOancea77 The problem with this view is that vv34-35 are in every manuscript. They also fit well before verse 36 which uses the disjunctive “what?” And asks rhetorical questions t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

@nicole_keir @William_E_Wolfe The problem with this view is that vv34-35 are in every manuscript. They also fit well before verse 36 which uses the disjunctive “what?” And asks rhetorical questions to show that those who wrote the things in vv34-35 ...

@nicole_keir @William_E_Wolfe The problem with this view is that vv34-35 are in every manuscript. They also fit well before verse 36 which uses the disjunctive “what?” And asks rhetorical questions t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-27

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, that’s not quite right. It says wom

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, that’s not quite right. It says women cannot speak as its shameful, base, lewd. That would include all women. But the other comment is that the married o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii What stands is Paul’s statements in the beginning of chapter 14 up to verses 34-35 and Paul’s questions in verse 36 that contradict verses 34 & 35. My sources were the Exegetical Dictionary of the New Test...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii What stands is Paul’s statements in the beginning of chapter 14 up to verses 34-35 and Paul’s questions in verse 36 that contradict verses 34 & 35. My sour

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

@GlennDavies @danitreweek Well, it is certainly a good question. The qualifications for deacon are the same as elder aside for "must be able to teach" and we know Phoebe is a deacon(ness). Do we know the names of the elders in Ephesus? No, they ar...

@GlennDavies @danitreweek Well, it is certainly a good question. The qualifications for deacon are the same as elder aside for "must be able to teach" and we know Phoebe is a deacon(ness). Do we kno

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

22/23🧵Question: How does stopping women edify the church? What does Paul have to say to those who disregard his instructions that ALL are to excel in spiritual gifts to EDIFY the church (v12) for the COMMON good (v7) and for edification (v26)? He t...

22/23🧵Question: How does stopping women edify the church? What does Paul have to say to those who disregard his instructions that ALL are to excel in spiritual gifts to EDIFY the church (v12) for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

21/23🧵1 Cor 14:36 starts with the Greek letter ἢ. The Exegetical Dictionary of the NT gives this as an example of a rhetorical question we are expected to answer 'no' to. The Concise Greek_English Dictionary agrees listing ἢ as a 'disjunctive conju...

21/23🧵1 Cor 14:36 starts with the Greek letter ἢ. The Exegetical Dictionary of the NT gives this as an example of a rhetorical question we are expected to answer 'no' to. The Concise Greek_English D

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@Richard56245924 @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii First, you cannot possibly know that no one questioned it. Second, Timothy would have understood that Paul wasn’t stopping women from teaching the truth (for instance). Third, we follow what the Bible...

@Richard56245924 @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii First, you cannot possibly know that no one questioned it. Second, Timothy would have understood that Paul wasn’t stopping women from teaching the trut

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@marauder34 @_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins Well…authorities on the other side were silenced. They said something and were fired, defrocked and kicked off social media. Which begs the question: when someone is willing to lose their job for speaking up ...

@marauder34 @_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins Well…authorities on the other side were silenced. They said something and were fired, defrocked and kicked off social media. Which begs the question: when som

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

In trying to answer a question about 1 Tim 2:11-15, I've made an attempt to comp

In trying to answer a question about 1 Tim 2:11-15, I've made an attempt to compress the explanation into a shorter post. You might find this helpful. https://t.co/owi1JZUELv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-18

@WillQuestions @MikeWingerii Yes, he does name her. But where does the Bible te

@WillQuestions @MikeWingerii Yes, he does name her. But where does the Bible tell us that means he has authority over her since it isn’t written that God gave him authority over her? Kind of importa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-24

@_JustWriting @TomBuck @DaveSmith2019 Paul writes “I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man…”. Some questions: - Why does Paul say “I do not” instead of “God doesn’t”? - When Paul clearly knows how to use the plural of women in v...

@_JustWriting @TomBuck @DaveSmith2019 Paul writes “I do not permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man…”. Some questions: - Why does Paul say “I do not” instead of “God doesn’t”? - When Paul

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin But then why wasn’t he named? Let me ask you a qu

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin But then why wasn’t he named? Let me ask you a question: if it turned out to be Prisca, would you accept the book of Hebrews or burn it?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@JacobMillerAHA @MikeWingerii @cgp42 If it was, then elders would all be in unre

@JacobMillerAHA @MikeWingerii @cgp42 If it was, then elders would all be in unrepentant sin. The question was whether only males can do it. The obvious answer is ‘of course not.’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-18

@MikeWingerii That phrasing isn’t great, I agree. But the question is still the

@MikeWingerii That phrasing isn’t great, I agree. But the question is still there… at what point must a woman stop teaching her male child because it becomes a sin to do so?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she is not allowed to teach authoritatively as he does,...

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii The view that restricts a person from a position because of gender

@MikeWingerii The view that restricts a person from a position because of gender comes with all kinds of difficult to answer questions. So the response that you quoted from that all men should teach

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen The question was why would you have

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen The question was why would you have a husband wife pastor team. P and A were leaders of some kind⎯there's a lot of things we don't get told explicitly abou

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz The questions to be answered are: 1/ what does the creation order have to do with deception, and 2/ are there any authority of the man over the woman conveyed by those present (God, Adam, Eve, the Serpent). No one...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz The questions to be answered are: 1/ what does the creation order have to do with deception, and 2/ are there any authority of the man over the woman conveyed by th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@anahnemoo Funny. But that’s not the question. It was “what are the requiremen

@anahnemoo Funny. But that’s not the question. It was “what are the requirements for a pastor”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren Or feel free to ask questions. Or

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren Or feel free to ask questions. Or you can send me your email and I’ll send you a brief summary I sent to a pastor friend on 1 Tim 2.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren This is difficult to do over twitter. I can, but I don’t have the paid account. Unless you want to ask a specific question? Here is a series I taught at my church. In session #2 on 1 Tim, I also discu...

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren This is difficult to do over twitter. I can, but I don’t have the paid account. Unless you want to ask a specific question? Here is a series I taught a

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> Q: Some feminists say that there is no distinction to be made between male and female. Is this what you believe

[general] From: Is There No Distinction Between Male And Female

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Scripture Commentary debate point

> Q: Isn’t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership. After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church

[general] From: Isnt The Priesthood In The Ot Proof That God Uses Only Men

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In dealing with women in ministry, the question has been asked of me, isn’t circumcision a proof that God only wants men to minister through leading and teaching since God gave the sign of circumcision for males only to his people in the Old Testament. Did God give preferential treatment to males wh

[general] From: Circumcision The Woman And The Kinsman Redeemer

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