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@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugating women, maybe people wouldn’t have taken that tur...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugatin

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@Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Peter admits that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand. I’m not saying “I don’t feel like Paul means” women are subjugated under men, I’m saying I read the fine details and think I now know what he me...

@Bob_LeeIII @ortrails @goteamcarr Peter admits that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand. I’m not saying “I don’t feel like Paul means” women are subjugated under men, I’m saying I rea

2 Peter 3:16 commentary

RT @ryanschatz: @ortrails @goteamcarr In this first letter from Paul to Timothy,

RT @ryanschatz: @ortrails @goteamcarr In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not t…

@Beemer251 @Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul If I could rephrase this, I would have noted that I was thinking of random people online vs those in your local church. So many random comments are made online that I don’t really take them seriously. They d...

@Beemer251 @Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul If I could rephrase this, I would have noted that I was thinking of random people online vs those in your local church. So many random comments are made onlin

@ortrails @DavidMGreen16 @goteamcarr The 12 male disciples were chosen before the church began. They were also all Jewish. But once the church was formed, the barriers on the basis of ethnicity, gender and socioeconomic status were removed. That m...

@ortrails @DavidMGreen16 @goteamcarr The 12 male disciples were chosen before the church began. They were also all Jewish. But once the church was formed, the barriers on the basis of ethnicity, gen

@joekanyou @AlamoRememberer @RGIII In 1 Cor 11:7, Paul is not saying that a wife is not also the glory of God, but she is both the glory of God and of her husband. Paul is explaining the basis for the tradition of removing head coverings when prayin...

@joekanyou @AlamoRememberer @RGIII In 1 Cor 11:7, Paul is not saying that a wife is not also the glory of God, but she is both the glory of God and of her husband. Paul is explaining the basis for th

1 Cor 11:7 debate

@joekanyou @AlamoRememberer @RGIII For sure there are more passages to discuss and you have raised many of the usual ones that are used to suggest women are subordinate to men. Let’s see if I can address the ones you have listed here briefly. First...

@joekanyou @AlamoRememberer @RGIII For sure there are more passages to discuss and you have raised many of the usual ones that are used to suggest women are subordinate to men. Let’s see if I can add

1 Cor 14:34-36 general

@ortrails @goteamcarr Some of these passages are very difficult. Remember what Peter said about Paul? “[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, wh...

@ortrails @goteamcarr Some of these passages are very difficult. Remember what Peter said about Paul? “[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters c

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@kevinmyoung But it is what my saviour and Lord left me to so that I would have everything I need to do every good work. “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so t...

@kevinmyoung But it is what my saviour and Lord left me to so that I would have everything I need to do every good work. “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, f

@anahnemoo This is frankly ridiculous. All are commanded by the authority of God to make disciples of all nations...and women are included. If God gifts a woman with a pastoral heart and a gifting for teaching and she is sound in the faith and qual...

@anahnemoo This is frankly ridiculous. All are commanded by the authority of God to make disciples of all nations...and women are included. If God gifts a woman with a pastoral heart and a gifting f

@GodisGreat2022 This is emphasizing source relationships. Paul is helping the Corinthians to understand the reasons behind the traditions he passed down and which they are dutifully following. Because there are some exceptions⎯such as when a wife b...

@GodisGreat2022 This is emphasizing source relationships. Paul is helping the Corinthians to understand the reasons behind the traditions he passed down and which they are dutifully following. Becau

@rabinahakin Yes, wives should submit to their husbands⎯not as owners or overlords, but as unto the Lord⎯with that same love and affection. But the "submit" is actually in verse 21: "...and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." ...

@rabinahakin Yes, wives should submit to their husbands⎯not as owners or overlords, but as unto the Lord⎯with that same love and affection. But the "submit" is actually in verse 21: "...and subject y

@ortrails @goteamcarr Yes! It should be based on gifting and desire. If God gifted her in that fellowship and she desired the role of overseer, then she should not be prevented or else that would be working against the Holy Spirit who chooses to gi...

@ortrails @goteamcarr Yes! It should be based on gifting and desire. If God gifted her in that fellowship and she desired the role of overseer, then she should not be prevented or else that would be

@godlywomanhood 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 apply to males only is μι...

@godlywomanhood 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 o

1 Tim 3:1-13 general

@ortrails @goteamcarr I find it sad that this church left a co-operation with th

@ortrails @goteamcarr I find it sad that this church left a co-operation with the SBC. I'm sure the SBC has its own issues in other areas, but we need to learn to work with each other despite our dif

@ortrails @goteamcarr In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine. Paul talks about two types of false teachers: the deceived and those who are not. H...

@ortrails @goteamcarr In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine. Paul talks about two types of fals

@EKHyland The saving grace for complementarians is that they believe that the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. So even though it is very easy to get out of balance, it can still work. For that reason, I think we can live in p...

@EKHyland The saving grace for complementarians is that they believe that the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. So even though it is very easy to get out of balance, it can stil