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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Are you a pastor by chance?

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Are you a pastor by chance?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting q

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting qualified and capable women in leadership roles in the church because of their gender. I'm not a liberal nor a feminist.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@ortrails @trulyheisrisen @goteamcarr Where are these specific complementary roles defined in scripture? Take a look at this statement: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no o...

@ortrails @trulyheisrisen @goteamcarr Where are these specific complementary roles defined in scripture? Take a look at this statement: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children

1 Timothy 5:14 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr What you observe in your circles has nothing to do with whether the Bible teaches that women are restricted because of their sex or not. If you treat women as incapable, then what do you think you will observe i...

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr What you observe in your circles has nothing to do with whether the Bible teaches that women are restricted because of their sex or not. If you treat women as in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr I am conservative because I hold the Bible to be completely inspired in every way and authoritative. I believe the Bible teaches we are a kingdom of priests, and that includes females. 1 Peter 2:5, 9: Peter wri...

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr I am conservative because I hold the Bible to be completely inspired in every way and authoritative. I believe the Bible teaches we are a kingdom of priests, and

1 Peter 2:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@William_E_Wolfe And it's my duty to inform you that your confession is needlessly dividing Jesus' church. "Reform their practice and submit [to] the Bible" ⎯ you are asking them to submit to something we are permitted to disagree on, not the Bibl...

@William_E_Wolfe And it's my duty to inform you that your confession is needlessly dividing Jesus' church. "Reform their practice and submit [to] the Bible" ⎯ you are asking them to submit to somet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@CivicNatalist @jchasedavis Right, not everyone is a leader. There is considerable variation in complementarian circles. The point being that dividing churches because women occupy a pastoral or elder or overseer role harms the body of Christ. It ...

@CivicNatalist @jchasedavis Right, not everyone is a leader. There is considerable variation in complementarian circles. The point being that dividing churches because women occupy a pastoral or eld

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. You don’t have to agree with egalitarians. **But yo...

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. Yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@RebelDissent @rightresponsem America is not under a theocracy. If two consenting adults do things in their bedroom, you have no right to punish them for it! if they claim to be Christians, the most you can do is remove them from the church. Yes, ...

@RebelDissent @rightresponsem America is not under a theocracy. If two consenting adults do things in their bedroom, you have no right to punish them for it! if they claim to be Christians, the most

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@AlphaMasculini1 @godlywomanhood Too bad @godlywomanhood blocked me for explaining the scriptures on this. :-( Deception occurs when you don’t have sufficient experience or knowledge. Yet they both knew the commandment. Eve recounts the words of ...

@AlphaMasculini1 @godlywomanhood Too bad @godlywomanhood blocked me for explaining the scriptures on this. :-( Deception occurs when you don’t have sufficient experience or knowledge. Yet they both

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@JasonSm32486931 @ortrails @goteamcarr When I began to investigate Paul more carefully, Paul became so much better to me. What I once thought was either confusing or at worst made Christianity look bad, I know understand as the wisdom of God. Why a...

@JasonSm32486931 @ortrails @goteamcarr When I began to investigate Paul more carefully, Paul became so much better to me. What I once thought was either confusing or at worst made Christianity look b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Treating men and women as equally capable of leading is not feminism just as it is not masculism. That's why it is called egalitarian. Whether you are complementarian or egalitarian should not matter when it co...

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Treating men and women as equally capable of leading is not feminism just as it is not masculism. That's why it is called egalitarian. Whether you are complemen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@Jeffersonian77 @TheMuppetPastor @ROBERTFERDINA14 @onegospel2021 No, that was Paul correcting something the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him. 1 Corinthians 14:36 (KJV): “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men...

@Jeffersonian77 @TheMuppetPastor @ROBERTFERDINA14 @onegospel2021 No, that was Paul correcting something the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him. 1 Corinthians 14:36 (KJV): “What? came the word o

1 Corinthians 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@AdamWilkes97 @ortrails @JohnAnders44464 @goteamcarr Well, because Jesus wants H

@AdamWilkes97 @ortrails @JohnAnders44464 @goteamcarr Well, because Jesus wants His church to be unified and show love. The world is watching. And this one is embarrassing.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@sam__urai__ @morbb11 @Iajones110 @TheSkeptic4122 Maybe you read it too quickly.

@sam__urai__ @morbb11 @Iajones110 @TheSkeptic4122 Maybe you read it too quickly. It is meant to be thoughtfully digested. Like 1 Tim 2:11-15 for example. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@Molvonos1 @MagickMoonshot So many people quoting this verse. Was she teaching

@Molvonos1 @MagickMoonshot So many people quoting this verse. Was she teaching you or just speaking? Are you afraid of women speaking? https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@sam__urai__ @sirtayelor @morbb11 @Iajones110 @TheSkeptic4122 Right, it’s about

@sam__urai__ @sirtayelor @morbb11 @Iajones110 @TheSkeptic4122 Right, it’s about a specific deceived women in Ephesus who was teaching false doctrine. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@parcel_gary Well, because 1 Tim 2:11-15 is not a general command for all women.

@parcel_gary Well, because 1 Tim 2:11-15 is not a general command for all women. There is no restriction on women teaching truth—it’s right there in the great commission. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@SayyadinaHeresy @SpillmanThom @keirburrows @Saturniidae8 Paul refers to the creation order not to explain hierarchy or authority—otherwise animals would be over humans—but to explain why Adam wasn’t deceived and Eve was. Adam saw God creating thing...

@SayyadinaHeresy @SpillmanThom @keirburrows @Saturniidae8 Paul refers to the creation order not to explain hierarchy or authority—otherwise animals would be over humans—but to explain why Adam wasn’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@GraduatedBen @BonifaceOption Rabbinical Jews don’t read the New Testament silly. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is about a deceived woman teaching false doctrine in the church. The one passage that might highlight Jewish thinking is 1 Cor 14:34-35 which is actuall...

@GraduatedBen @BonifaceOption Rabbinical Jews don’t read the New Testament silly. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is about a deceived woman teaching false doctrine in the church. The one passage that might highlight

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@Jgrey2003 @PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Why do you think it is wrong? Paul is responding to the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1). The statement in 1 Cor 14:34-35 contradicts the inclusivity of the rest of the chapter (see v31). The referen...

@Jgrey2003 @PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Why do you think it is wrong? Paul is responding to the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1). The statement in 1 Cor 14:34-35 contradicts the inclusivity

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel? Yet just as we d...

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 son

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@Askwhyisit I have a short summary of what's going on here. It is not a general

@Askwhyisit I have a short summary of what's going on here. It is not a general statement restricting women from teaching. https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@NicolasGold1 Yep! Paul’s grammar is very specific and given this was a personal letter to Timothy (which we can learn from), there are some things that Timothy and Paul would easily understand that is harder for us. I did a thread on this passage ...

@NicolasGold1 Yep! Paul’s grammar is very specific and given this was a personal letter to Timothy (which we can learn from), there are some things that Timothy and Paul would easily understand that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Being a Berean doesn’t require agreement but eagerly listening and searching the scriptures. In the church, believers are all priests—without gender distinctions. 1.1 Pet 2:5,9: “You yourselves like living sto...

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Being a Berean doesn’t require agreement but eagerly listening and searching the scriptures. In the church, believers are all priests—without gender distinction

1 Pet 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@JeffreyPHo67012 @ortrails @goteamcarr It’s true that if they believe scripture is clear and they violate it that this portends worse things. If you haven’t heard a woman preach sound doctrine, you haven’t been around much or only hear women who are...

@JeffreyPHo67012 @ortrails @goteamcarr It’s true that if they believe scripture is clear and they violate it that this portends worse things. If you haven’t heard a woman preach sound doctrine, you h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr An Apostle is an overseer by definition. Th

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr An Apostle is an overseer by definition. They establish and plant churches and oversee their proper operation. That’s literally the point of his epistles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Really?! Only two people call themselves el

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Really?! Only two people call themselves elders…Peter and John. No one else is called an elder in the NT. And the only one called a shepherd? Jesus.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was as he is—single (1 Cor 7:7)! Paul is most definit...

@aleciajonesnow @btgolz @goteamcarr And have multiple children too, right? Yet Paul who was an overseer and wrote this requirement is single and has no kids. And to boot says he wishes everyone was

1 Cor 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@WolfePack_Dad @StefonNapier @megbasham @pastordmack Yep, my church. https://t.c

@WolfePack_Dad @StefonNapier @megbasham @pastordmack Yep, my church. https://t.co/vsUEIFzlmE

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@Prawnter_ You are right that if you get there by going against what you see as

@Prawnter_ You are right that if you get there by going against what you see as the clear teaching of scripture, then you will do that for other things. But if you get there because of a deep underst

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@tomascol @DineshDSouza There is certainly an issue with churches doing something that appears to contradict the Bible by ignoring the Bible. That can lead down a slippery slope to worse things. But what if that church gets to a different conclusio...

@tomascol @DineshDSouza There is certainly an issue with churches doing something that appears to contradict the Bible by ignoring the Bible. That can lead down a slippery slope to worse things. But

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Women being pastors is never listed in any l

@btgolz @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr Women being pastors is never listed in any list of sins nor is it forbidden in scripture. We have to rightly divide scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@Christocentrism Isn't that what an overseer means? Someone who oversees the te

@Christocentrism Isn't that what an overseer means? Someone who oversees the teaching and theology of the church? It doesn't mean oppressive control, but to help bring correction and assistance wher

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@iamgandaalf @Ajiboyeyemiade @jon_d_doe Oh, I like your stop sign! It seems clear because you are reading it in English and assuming a patriarchal mindset, which the translators also assumed for the most part. Take another look. I go through all t...

@iamgandaalf @Ajiboyeyemiade @jon_d_doe Oh, I like your stop sign! It seems clear because you are reading it in English and assuming a patriarchal mindset, which the translators also assumed for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@DoomguyN7 @pastordmack People keep using that verse....I do not think it means

@DoomguyN7 @pastordmack People keep using that verse....I do not think it means what you think it means. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@TheMuppetPastor FYI⎯people are misconstruing 1 Tim 2:11-15. Take another look.

@TheMuppetPastor FYI⎯people are misconstruing 1 Tim 2:11-15. Take another look. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. Paul says that those who do not recognize that the things which he writes are the Lord's commandment should be ...

@PastorTSheppard @pastordmack Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. Paul says that those who do not recognize that the things whi

1 Cor 7:1 see 14:31 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr The 12 disciples were chosen before the start of the church. Being first doesn't mean leadership was exclusively Jewish men. Paul said Junia was included with those who were outstanding among the apostles. Wh...

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr The 12 disciples were chosen before the start of the church. Being first doesn't mean leadership was exclusively Jewish men. Paul said Junia was included with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@SolaScriptura98 @ortrails @goteamcarr Yes, people forget that even contemporaries of Paul found some things he wrote hard to understand. Give it another 2000 years, a different cultural context, a culture that struggles to read contextually and thi...

@SolaScriptura98 @ortrails @goteamcarr Yes, people forget that even contemporaries of Paul found some things he wrote hard to understand. Give it another 2000 years, a different cultural context, a c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall By apostolic I understand the teaching of the apostles, not the Roman Catholic magisterium: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts...

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall By apostolic I understand the teaching of the apostles, not the Roman Catholic magisterium: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellows

Acts 2:42 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@JoshuaSethSchu1 @ortrails @goteamcarr The main concern I have is when they come to this conclusion by ignoring or rejecting passages like 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Cor 14:34-36, 1 Tim 3:1-13, and 1 Cor 11:1-16. I think other scriptures are positive towards ...

@JoshuaSethSchu1 @ortrails @goteamcarr The main concern I have is when they come to this conclusion by ignoring or rejecting passages like 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Cor 14:34-36, 1 Tim 3:1-13, and 1 Cor 11:1-1

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr I'm not sure what you meant by "qualified men...who would not have been Paul or Peter"? The qualifications for elders and deacons are the same aside from elders need to be able to teach. They are character qua...

@JohnAnders44464 @ortrails @goteamcarr I'm not sure what you meant by "qualified men...who would not have been Paul or Peter"? The qualifications for elders and deacons are the same aside from elders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these mat...

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@CrtchtyMilenial @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr I understand it as “spiritual murder” as this is based on its usage outside the Bible (it’s only used this one time in the New Testament) as I can see the linkage to what happened with Eve and Adam w...

@CrtchtyMilenial @Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr I understand it as “spiritual murder” as this is based on its usage outside the Bible (it’s only used this one time in the New Testament) as I can se

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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 2023-09-11

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr It’s not super secret. It’s just hard because we are 2000 years later and this is a letter from Paul to Timothy (so they both know what is being talked about), Paul’s grammar is very specific, and he is not n...

@fat_brownie @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr It’s not super secret. It’s just hard because we are 2000 years later and this is a letter from Paul to Timothy (so they both know what is being talked about)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@moniemon84 @Peacemaker811 @anahnemoo 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature of the language. The only phrase that seems to app...

@moniemon84 @Peacemaker811 @anahnemoo 1 Tim 3:1-13 has often been difficult to interpret because male pronouns are inserted in the English translations, so most don't realize the non-specific nature o

1 Tim 3:1-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Ok, that picture is really cute! I’m going to keep that one. Hey, I’m not doing what many egalitarians have in the past. I’m sorry that you have seen so many bad arguments. I think I have an explanation that...

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Ok, that picture is really cute! I’m going to keep that one. Hey, I’m not doing what many egalitarians have in the past. I’m sorry that you have seen so many

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the Bible means with a high view of the text and bein...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the

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