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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I almost agreed with your post except you said “How God chooses people is certainly a mystery.” That is of course what a good Calvinist believes but I believe that God chooses those who fear Him and gives these to Christ. ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I almost agreed with your post except you said “How God chooses people is certainly a mystery.” That is of course what a good Calvinist believes but I believe that God choos

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I see it differently. If we think that God chose us and passed over others, this can result in pride! That I boast in my weakness is the exact opposite of pride! And make no mistake, faith is an admission of weakness and ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I see it differently. If we think that God chose us and passed over others, this can result in pride! That I boast in my weakness is the exact opposite of pride! And make

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because God is drawing us and teaching us. But it is we wh...

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because G

John 6:29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-20

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be including those whom we may disagree with on seconda...

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted in salvation means that if you don’t abide in Him you will be broken off (John 15, Rom 11).

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@masonmennenga No, if your pastor destroys a Barbie house in church then perhaps

@masonmennenga No, if your pastor destroys a Barbie house in church then perhaps the focus has shifted from God to spectacle. Let’s embrace substance over show.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What do you mean by “a Judas apologist”? I have a teach...

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What d

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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 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has a specific understanding in the context of somethi...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has

1 Tim 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, I would assume that oversight means that an elder is considering what is being taught and guiding and also putting a stop to any serious false teaching. Elder oversight is for the benefit of the one teaching (and those being...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, I would assume that oversight means that an elder is considering what is being taught and guiding and also putting a stop to any serious false teaching. Elder oversight is fo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of women to not speak in the assembly in 1 Cor 14:34....

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of

1 Cor 14:34 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain under the judgment of the elders when doing so and ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she was to be in a place of permanent subordination. Wh...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she w

Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why do men interpret 1 Tim 3 that a pastor can be single and without children? Is that the plain meaning?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but mer

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but merely that the Bible does not teach that qualified women who lead and those who preach and teach true doctrine are not goi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events out of cont...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dange

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events ...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

While appreciating the beauty in cultural and ethnic differences, it’s vital to recognize that in Christ’s church, God has removed the ethnic dividing wall. Galatians 3:28 tells us, ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, fo...

While appreciating the beauty in cultural and ethnic differences, it’s vital to recognize that in Christ’s church, God has removed the ethnic dividing wall. Galatians 3:28 tells us, ‘There is neither

Galatians 3:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be wrong about this well known verse and 'it is a gif...

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be

Ephesians 2:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males pri

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males prioritized over females you’d have every right to raise an eyebrow and suggest I sounded like a complementarian. The labe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@danitreweek @jmmooreo That’s fair, though I was framing my comments more provoc

@danitreweek @jmmooreo That’s fair, though I was framing my comments more provocatively not to suggest untrue things or to accuse you of fakery but because I am honestly surprised by the wide variatio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be interested in her take on 1 Cor 14:34-35 and 1 Tim 2:11-...

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be intere

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@danitreweek It's genuinely heartening to hear about your experience with complementarians who demonstrated such respect and equality. Indeed, the very best complementarians are those who, in practice, embody an egalitarian approach. =) The challeng...

@danitreweek It's genuinely heartening to hear about your experience with complementarians who demonstrated such respect and equality. Indeed, the very best complementarians are those who, in practice

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @SchuylerTaylor4 @KaeleyT I think you have to follow and then specify all posts or all posts and replies otherwise if you don’t interact with the person you subscribed to it won’t prioritize them. I see posts from people I don’t subscribe...

@pauldirks @SchuylerTaylor4 @KaeleyT I think you have to follow and then specify all posts or all posts and replies otherwise if you don’t interact with the person you subscribed to it won’t prioritiz

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is plural masculine. How would one know that Paul is...

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not hearing a woman’s voice in this context is it coul...

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender more prominently displays these specific characterist...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender mor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed I think it’s sometimes hard for the pastors who are there 2 hours (or more) ahead and turn out the lights and lock the doors on the way out. However, it’s often more than just margining your time. For some this is their pro...

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed I think it’s sometimes hard for the pastors who are there 2 hours (or more) ahead and turn out the lights and lock the doors on the way out. However, it’s often more than jus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about God’s ways? It only contravenes patriarchy. I’m...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood The ideal, and that which the church comes back to, is one man and one woman until the death of a spouse. As for the Ark, the animals were in pairs as they needed to mate (7 pairs of clean for sacrifices) but...

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood The ideal, and that which the church comes back to, is one man and one woman until the death of a spouse. As for the Ark, the animals were in pairs as they ne

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood You are right that the New Testament mo

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood You are right that the New Testament model is monogamy. The term is literally “one wife husband” and “one husband wife” in 1 Tim ch 3 and ch 5.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we might see it something like the man was first follo...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to lay down their lives for their wives. It’s not about going to work (which men can easily treat as an escape from proble

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus Well, you can move on. As you wish. Stop responding to me anytime. No one is forcing you to keep going. PS> I’m in a reformed church with elders. I was an elder at my previous Baptist church. You can call me ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus Well, you can move on. As you wish. Stop responding to me anytime. No one is forcing you to keep going. PS> I’m in a reformed church with elders. I was an elde

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 In Genesis 1:26-28, the rulership over creation is given to them both. “Let them rule”. “Multiply,” “subdue” and “rule” are all in the plural form. Nothing of this is stated in chapter 2. God nowhere says that Ada...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 In Genesis 1:26-28, the rulership over creation is given to them both. “Let them rule”. “Multiply,” “subdue” and “rule” are all in the plural form. Nothing of this

Genesis 1:26-28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I read my Bible very carefully. I believe it is fully inspired even down to the grammatical details. I suggested another possible reason our culture is having gender issues is because abuse of patriarchy. What...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I read my Bible very carefully. I believe it is fully inspired even down to the grammatical details. I suggested another possible reason our culture is having g

Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 “Paul would laugh at you” It’s actually the other way around. Paul writes in 1 Cor 14:36: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) Paul uses plural masculine for “you” in the above ve...

@JohnMoo26668690 “Paul would laugh at you” It’s actually the other way around. Paul writes in 1 Cor 14:36: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) Pa

1 Cor 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber The argument is that Judiazers have infiltrated the churches (an example is in Gal 2:4-5 related to circumcision). They see the chaos in the Corinthian service and are likely shocked by the women that a...

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber The argument is that Judiazers have infiltrated the churches (an example is in Gal 2:4-5 related to circumcision). They see the chaos in the Corinthian

Gal 2:4-5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband doesn’t have authority over his body? There is an exception, something he doesn’t explicitly have authority over. You

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@thescottbarber Paul is refuting the idea from the letter the Corinthians wrote

@thescottbarber Paul is refuting the idea from the letter the Corinthians wrote to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is actually encouraging women to participate. I go through all the details here. https://t.c

1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber What would the disjunctive be used if Paul was emphasizing the statement in v35? Paul is clearly refuting v34-35 which contradict what Paul was saying in the rest of the chapter that “all could prophesy” ...

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber What would the disjunctive be used if Paul was emphasizing the statement in v35? Paul is clearly refuting v34-35 which contradict what Paul was saying in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Paul starts out "Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task" not "males that aspire" but "whoever" which is the word τις You cannot take a statement about monogamy and then apply "must be male" as Paul says "...

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Paul starts out "Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task" not "males that aspire" but "whoever" which is the word τις You cannot take a statement about mon

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 How can you say it is exclusionary to men and not a

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 How can you say it is exclusionary to men and not also excluding unmarried men? The statement you are drawing on to say it is exclusionary to men says husband.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@JonnyRoot_ This is what happens when you get creative with the words said. When you insert words into the mouth of Joseph that are not in scripture you risk saying something that gives the wrong view of Jesus. And it seems people are studying The ...

@JonnyRoot_ This is what happens when you get creative with the words said. When you insert words into the mouth of Joseph that are not in scripture you risk saying something that gives the wrong vie

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek I posted it because you keep referring to it so we might as well allow people to decide for themselves. Whether its beautiful or accurate exegesis, you will have to decide for yourself. I respond to his exeges...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek I posted it because you keep referring to it so we might as well allow people to decide for themselves. Whether its beautiful or accurate exegesis, you will hav

1 Cor 14:34-36 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 @WillEhrendreich Nowhere in Genesis 1-3 do we see any of the persons present acting as if they are aware of an authority hierarchy. God didn't tell Adam he had authority over Eve. Eve didn't behave like she underst...

@JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 @WillEhrendreich Nowhere in Genesis 1-3 do we see any of the persons present acting as if they are aware of an authority hierarchy. God didn't tell Adam he had autho

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely you agree that women are also gifted to teach. So you must think they can teach children and other women? What makes men so un...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely you agree that women are also gifted to teach. So you must think they can tea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 If the requirement "one wife husband" is the same for both elders and deacons and females can be deacons, then on that basis there is no restriction females cannot be elders. Leadership leads to Christ and His Word; it i...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 If the requirement "one wife husband" is the same for both elders and deacons and females can be deacons, then on that basis there is no restriction females cannot be elde

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

1 Cor 14:34-36 ⎯ Paul refutes Judaizers infiltrating Corinthian church. https://

1 Cor 14:34-36 ⎯ Paul refutes Judaizers infiltrating Corinthian church. https://t.co/0UJxaSEb7U

1 Cor 14:34-36 general
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