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@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst One more question for you: 3000 people became believers on the day of Pentecost and they were constantly adding to that number. Do you believe that they were having meetings of 5000 or more on a weekly basis? Our church ...

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst One more question for you: 3000 people became believers on the day of Pentecost and they were constantly adding to that number. Do you believe that they were having meetin

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Not as a requirement. I cannot invite 200 to my home

@ymmotrojam @MattSmethurst Not as a requirement. I cannot invite 200 to my home even if I wanted to. But if 20 came and a newcomer came in the midst and all were prophesying… Today’s churches don’t f

@andrewhebert86 Paul refers to the time sequence order of the creation of Adam a

@andrewhebert86 Paul refers to the time sequence order of the creation of Adam and Eve as connected to why Adam was not deceived and Eve was. There is no hierarchy of authority present in Gen 2.

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Women are not forbidden by God to be

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Women are not forbidden by God to be pastors or to teach people including men. https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@NickQuient @VirgilWalkerOMA Yes, the church culture is very against women, so t

@NickQuient @VirgilWalkerOMA Yes, the church culture is very against women, so the pressure there is strong. In his position, he would be treated very poorly if he changed his mind.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

This is a very good point. If you going to claim that no one has an interest in

This is a very good point. If you going to claim that no one has an interest in your opinion and that you wouldn't waste our time by giving it, then the right way to proceed is to read the Bible passa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@JoelBlackford1 @shadowcrewtroll Thanks for sharing those details and the audio. I went to a pastor's conference decades ago where both John Piper and John MacArthur were speaking. After a talk by Piper, a lineup formed for Q&A and as it moved fo...

@JoelBlackford1 @shadowcrewtroll Thanks for sharing those details and the audio. I went to a pastor's conference decades ago where both John Piper and John MacArthur were speaking. After a talk by Pip

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@mr_shiplet I have been told by more than one church that either I’m not welcome into leadership given my non-Calvinist soteriology or worse, that I’m not saved as they claim I’m semi-Pelagian because I’m not a Calvinist. It is frequently divisive a...

@mr_shiplet I have been told by more than one church that either I’m not welcome into leadership given my non-Calvinist soteriology or worse, that I’m not saved as they claim I’m semi-Pelagian because

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done by the body, not by the leaders. About the conti...

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad “Women likewise…” “Likewise” (ὡσαύτως) connects these women to the previous category (i.e., overseers or deacons), just as 1Ti 3:8 uses the same word to transition to deacons. Paul highlights some special things for women bu...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad “Women likewise…” “Likewise” (ὡσαύτως) connects these women to the previous category (i.e., overseers or deacons), just as 1Ti 3:8 uses the same word to transition to deacons

1Ti 3:8 debate

What happened to the original Mike Winger who used to study the Bible and do apo

What happened to the original Mike Winger who used to study the Bible and do apologetics? Can someone bring him back please? https://t.co/lCVsXxgRAq

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Paul says that a married person’s interests are divided, so why would he then require a person to be married to be an elder? Especially given he wasn’t married? “But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried i...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Paul says that a married person’s interests are divided, so why would he then require a person to be married to be an elder? Especially given he wasn’t married? “But I want y

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Ah, you are going to try to claim that he couldn't be a 'highly respected' pharisee without being married, right? So is the requirement in 1Ti 3:2 "Must have been married at some point in time"? Paul says he is single and ne...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Ah, you are going to try to claim that he couldn't be a 'highly respected' pharisee without being married, right? So is the requirement in 1Ti 3:2 "Must have been married at

1Ti 3:2 commentary

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Really? From one comment you think I told you everything I know about Paul? If Paul meant an elder must be married, then Paul was disqualified himself. Therefore, he clearly didn’t mean this. Further, since he commended ever...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Really? From one comment you think I told you everything I know about Paul? If Paul meant an elder must be married, then Paul was disqualified himself. Therefore, he clearly

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad 100% yes. So then can you please answer my question? Is

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad 100% yes. So then can you please answer my question? Is Paul not then disqualified based on your interpretation?

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Paul is most definitely an overseer in addition to an a

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Paul is most definitely an overseer in addition to an apostle. Are you saying that Paul is disqualified because he wasn’t married?

@JamesEwen0407 @sola_chad Sure there are. I’ll link a text which lists 10 of them. BTW, the church is simply a gathering of believers. If 10 people gather and none are appointed leaders, you still have church. It is healthier to have people appointe...

@JamesEwen0407 @sola_chad Sure there are. I’ll link a text which lists 10 of them. BTW, the church is simply a gathering of believers. If 10 people gather and none are appointed leaders, you still ha

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Now if we look at 1Ti 3:1-7, we see: - Nothing forbidding women from serving, - Nothing forbidding singles or the childless, - There aren’t even any male pronouns. So I fail to understand why people forbid qualified, gifted ...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Now if we look at 1Ti 3:1-7, we see: - Nothing forbidding women from serving, - Nothing forbidding singles or the childless, - There aren’t even any male pronouns. So I fail

1Ti 3:1-7 general

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Well, the epistles don’t forbid women from serving as elders or teaching truth to anyone. I asked the question b/c of the claim that the NT doesn’t list any F pastors so clearly they weren’t allowed. My response was there ar...

@robotcop1984 @sola_chad Well, the epistles don’t forbid women from serving as elders or teaching truth to anyone. I asked the question b/c of the claim that the NT doesn’t list any F pastors so clea

@LukeBennerE @sola_chad Yes, pastors are overseers. Now what about the question

@LukeBennerE @sola_chad Yes, pastors are overseers. Now what about the question I asked? What specific males are called ‘pastor’ in the New Testament so we can know whether it is meaningful if no woma

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ…” (Eph 4:11–12) If all are equippe...

@BronWen727104 “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the building up of the

Eph 4:11 general

@Mischakatja @3AngelsWatchman No, it says “Adam was NOT deceived”—nowhere in scripture is Adam described as being deceived. And the reason has to do with the time sequence order in which they were created. I cover this in the following thread startin...

@Mischakatja @3AngelsWatchman No, it says “Adam was NOT deceived”—nowhere in scripture is Adam described as being deceived. And the reason has to do with the time sequence order in which they were cre

@bannedpastor 1Ti 2:12 has nothing to do with feminism. Paul wrote a personal le

@bannedpastor 1Ti 2:12 has nothing to do with feminism. Paul wrote a personal letter to Timothy to so he would instruct certain people to stop spreading strange doctrines, not YJ stop anyone from teac

1Ti 2:12 general

@slyoung687 It’s really unfortunate as I think we could have has a good discussi

@slyoung687 It’s really unfortunate as I think we could have has a good discussion on this. But he has hardened himself on women in ministry and strangely sees me harming my marriage by treating my wi

@JEM_Books @sola_chad @ElleRulavage If Paul was responding to questions from the church at Ephesus, then why does he write his letter only to Timothy? And why doesn't he mention anything about Artemis? I take a different view which I think sticks mor...

@JEM_Books @sola_chad @ElleRulavage If Paul was responding to questions from the church at Ephesus, then why does he write his letter only to Timothy? And why doesn't he mention anything about Artemis

Today I responded to @VirgilWalkerOMA who I thought posted a good article showing why he went from egalitarian to complementarian. Yes, it's not good to believe something on feelings alone. That's why we need to study 1Ti 2:12 in context. Hope you f...

Today I responded to @VirgilWalkerOMA who I thought posted a good article showing why he went from egalitarian to complementarian. Yes, it's not good to believe something on feelings alone. That's why

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@VirgilWalkerOMA Ever wondered why Paul forbids women from teaching men and havi

@VirgilWalkerOMA Ever wondered why Paul forbids women from teaching men and having elder authority only in a personal letter to Timothy and not in any letters to the churches? Here are some questions

@VirgilWalkerOMA Many think that authentein means the authority an elder has, yet why would Paul use such an obtuse hapax legomenon to refer to normal elder authority is quite strange. Linda Belleville shows that there was an Attic understanding this...

@VirgilWalkerOMA Many think that authentein means the authority an elder has, yet why would Paul use such an obtuse hapax legomenon to refer to normal elder authority is quite strange. Linda Bellevill

@VirgilWalkerOMA Since this is a personal letter specifically to Timothy who has

@VirgilWalkerOMA Since this is a personal letter specifically to Timothy who has extensive experience with Paul and spent time together with him at Ephesus, then all that is required is that Timothy k

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-11

@113Nihonium @parryfencer @Mitchell0000 @HiFromMichaelV @VividProwess Did you just read those verses by themselves, or did you read them in context? Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote and refuting it: “What? came the word of God ...

@113Nihonium @parryfencer @Mitchell0000 @HiFromMichaelV @VividProwess Did you just read those verses by themselves, or did you read them in context? Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians w

1Cor 14:36 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-11

@GrouchoG @MrsCMFrancis @theclassicwife You can find more about this passage in

@GrouchoG @MrsCMFrancis @theclassicwife You can find more about this passage in the following. https://t.co/NGWOMj0PiQ

@Curi_Christian If I only had a penny for everyone who quoted 1Ti 2:12 out of co

@Curi_Christian If I only had a penny for everyone who quoted 1Ti 2:12 out of context!! Paul writes Timothy so that he would instruct certain ones to stop teaching strange doctrine, not to stop anyon

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@PhoGroyper @dianahenryart @BeSaintly What Paul would say to those who think wom

@PhoGroyper @dianahenryart @BeSaintly What Paul would say to those who think women should be silent in the church: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?” (1C

1Cor 14:36 question

@Classicist9999 @nosoup4knowles And if you recall, Paul was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter, a letter we don't have access to. He quotes from it, but there are no quotes in the original manuscripts. To the men who think th...

@Classicist9999 @nosoup4knowles And if you recall, Paul was responding to things the Corinthians wrote in their letter, a letter we don't have access to. He quotes from it, but there are no quotes in

@Classicist9999 @nosoup4knowles Speaking about someone who hasn't read his Bible carefully, you might want to read those verses you so confidently quoted more carefully before you embarrass yourself further. Paul write his letter to Timothy so that ...

@Classicist9999 @nosoup4knowles Speaking about someone who hasn't read his Bible carefully, you might want to read those verses you so confidently quoted more carefully before you embarrass yourself f

@jayTheory1987 @rankheresy Ok, but if you are going to quote the Bible, you shou

@jayTheory1987 @rankheresy Ok, but if you are going to quote the Bible, you should read it more carefully. First, about 1Ti 2:12... https://t.co/XIjnmMyTX5

1Ti 2:12 debate

@a_muqadashaql_i @SingAtTheGates @DavidEdgington Yes, the Bible is crystal clear. Paul wrote to Timothy to exhort him to instruct certain persons to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop the teaching of truth by anyone to anyone. Yep, I'm read...

@a_muqadashaql_i @SingAtTheGates @DavidEdgington Yes, the Bible is crystal clear. Paul wrote to Timothy to exhort him to instruct certain persons to stop teaching strange doctrines, not to stop the te

in 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 1Cor 14:36 question

@ProtestantFred @Protestia Paul's quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote

@ProtestantFred @Protestia Paul's quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him (1 Cor 7:1) and refuting what they said in 14:34-35: “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unt

@GrigulisSylvia @bunniferated @DrMJ_1580 @PastorDeberny Paul is quoting from the

@GrigulisSylvia @bunniferated @DrMJ_1580 @PastorDeberny Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Cor 7:1). https://t.co/NGWOMj0PiQ

1Cor 7:1 general

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 If everyone is expected to learn, then that means questions may be asked. I don’t know about you, but I don’t learn unless I ask questions. Asking questions is not the same as prophecy, etc., but t...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 If everyone is expected to learn, then that means questions may be asked. I don’t know about you, but I don’t learn unless I ask questions. Asking

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Carolyn, how is v34-35 for our benefit? How is it for the benefit of married women who have questions? 14:34-35 differs significantly from v26-31, and in fact, conflicts with it. V31 is clear: “For ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Carolyn, how is v34-35 for our benefit? How is it for the benefit of married women who have questions? 14:34-35 differs significantly from v26-31, a

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 How does it benefit the body

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 How does it benefit the body to silence married women in every church from asking questions? I would ask questions.

@residentreformr @David_wthebeard Rom 3:11 is quoting from Ps 14 and Ps 53. Do you think Paul is taking those passages out of context which clearly refer to “all those fools who say there is no God”? Look at the rest of Ps 14. Can you find any who d...

@residentreformr @David_wthebeard Rom 3:11 is quoting from Ps 14 and Ps 53. Do you think Paul is taking those passages out of context which clearly refer to “all those fools who say there is no God”?

Rom 3:11 commentary

1Co 9:13-14 1Co 9:9 general

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 1Co 9:9 “You shall not muzzle an ox…” 1Co 9:13-14 Temple workers eat from temple offerings forming the basis for the direction that those who proclaim the gospel should get their living from it. Pa...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 1Co 9:9 “You shall not muzzle an ox…” 1Co 9:13-14 Temple workers eat from temple offerings forming the basis for the direction that those who procla

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Why should only the married women subject themselves? That makes no sense. If the problem was that people were asking questions and interrupting the pastor’s sermon, then Paul’s instruction would be...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Why should only the married women subject themselves? That makes no sense. If the problem was that people were asking questions and interrupting the

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 First, it’s not conjecture if Paul himself says “Now for the matters you wrote about…” (7:1). I’m using Paul’s explicit statement and the fact we clearly see other places he quotes from their letter...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 First, it’s not conjecture if Paul himself says “Now for the matters you wrote about…” (7:1). I’m using Paul’s explicit statement and the fact we cl

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church” (14:35)? Where does the law ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Since the purpose of the gathering is for mutual edification, why silence questions, and second why silence only questions from married women? Paul also says “For you can all speak” but just 1 at a ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Since the purpose of the gathering is for mutual edification, why silence questions, and second why silence only questions from married women? Paul

contradicts 14:31 1Co 7:1 and 14:34-35 general

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Yes, I’m taking what Paul sa

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 Yes, I’m taking what Paul said in 1Co 7:1 and looking for where he may be quoting what they wrote, and 14:34-35 absolutely contradicts 14:31 (for ex