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@RealKiraDavis Care to hear an egalitarian response? https://t.co/qtZ7AtuyBE

@Markbhere2 Interested in an egalitarian response? https://t.co/qtZ7AtuyBE

@JPEisenschenk I went through the whole thing. Want to hear an egalitarian respo

@JPEisenschenk I went through the whole thing. Want to hear an egalitarian response? https://t.co/qtZ7AtuyBE

This is a secondary issue and therefore, it should be treated as secondary, and

This is a secondary issue and therefore, it should be treated as secondary, and Mike has unfortunately not handled this issue in a gracious manner towards egalitarians. /105

Mike says, “I wish there wasn’t such division and disagreement on this topic” [4

Mike says, “I wish there wasn’t such division and disagreement on this topic” [4:18:43] However, Mike is perpetuating the division by accusing egalitarians of causing great harm to the church and cal

Egalitarians are appealing to scripture. The only thing that they are throwing u

Egalitarians are appealing to scripture. The only thing that they are throwing under the bus is the idea that the Bible teaches there is authority hierarchy between male and female. And that is on scr

But it is he who has said that egalitarians are not obeying God. Mike calls ega

But it is he who has said that egalitarians are not obeying God. Mike calls egalitarians to repent [4:12:35]. Again, you don't repent of something unless it is a sin. And if we are in sin, then this

Mike himself admits he leans more towards freedom in practice which is more egal

Mike himself admits he leans more towards freedom in practice which is more egalitarian, yet he believes egals are doing great harm. He doesn't like how egals view comp control. He feels that the wor

Mike says, “Egalitarians are doing great harm to the church” and calls egalitari

Mike says, “Egalitarians are doing great harm to the church” and calls egalitarians to repent of spreading their views [4:10:30]. This is completely uncalled for! If this is a secondary issue, how c

Why then is he so hard on Egalitarians who really only slightly differ with him

Why then is he so hard on Egalitarians who really only slightly differ with him in not limiting women from speaking the Word of God as it truly is? Look at what confusion arises when you make authori

So Mike leans towards egalitarian practice because he is worried about the negat

So Mike leans towards egalitarian practice because he is worried about the negative side effects of complementarian and patriarchal tendencies to limit women. How ironic. /74

Now isn't this interesting! So he is admitting that one of the impacts of comps

Now isn't this interesting! So he is admitting that one of the impacts of comps is that women don't get practice if they are afraid of sinning by speaking, teaching, praying publicly, or spiritually l

Mike's comments on Deborah seem very pro egalitarian. He says that she was never

Mike's comments on Deborah seem very pro egalitarian. He says that she was never criticized or said to be in sin for her position. This is really noteworthy! So if we take Mike’s comments about Debo

So why then is he so hard on egalitarians after in the opening saying that this

So why then is he so hard on egalitarians after in the opening saying that this is fully a secondary matter and that egalitarians are Christian brothers and sisters who he has full fellowship with (ie

This is quite an admission! This then means that a comp can be fully equivalent

This is quite an admission! This then means that a comp can be fully equivalent in practice to an egalitarian simply by the husband deciding not to force his will and way. In this way, he can be comp

Mike says that he has never seen an egalitarian critique a "real" complementaria

Mike says that he has never seen an egalitarian critique a "real" complementarian marriage, and by this he means where the husband lays down his life for the wife. Mike says he means taking a bullet f

Mike talks about how if one doesn't follow his reasoning then you can become lik

Mike talks about how if one doesn't follow his reasoning then you can become like Pharisees. Says he’s not going too far cause he is in the middle of egalitarian on the left and patriarchy on the righ

Mike mocks the egalitarian argument that 'kephale' means source. [45:20] In epi

Mike mocks the egalitarian argument that 'kephale' means source. [45:20] In episode 8, Mike quotes from Wayne Grudem then says, "Egalitarians...you failed!" Does this sound like an unbiased response?

Mike clarifies that this is a secondary issue for him, that egalitarians are in

Mike clarifies that this is a secondary issue for him, that egalitarians are in full fellowship with him and that we shouldn't divide over this. 👏🫶[28:15] /4 https://t.co/A9UIBNONCF

Mike shows a spectrum at [13:50] with Egalitarian on the far left instead of the middle. This suggests that Mike's view is the middle view and Egalitarian is extreme left. However, Egalitarian is the mid point between extreme feminist and hyper head...

Mike shows a spectrum at [13:50] with Egalitarian on the far left instead of the middle. This suggests that Mike's view is the middle view and Egalitarian is extreme left. However, Egalitarian is the

🧵In his final video on Women in Ministry, @MikeWingerii frames this as a 'secondary issue'⎯which is great. Then he paradoxically demands repentance from egalitarians, accusing them of inflicting profound harm on the church for sharing their views. M...

🧵In his final video on Women in Ministry, @MikeWingerii frames this as a 'secondary issue'⎯which is great. Then he paradoxically demands repentance from egalitarians, accusing them of inflicting profo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@RenOfMen @michael_ronning @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @ZacharyGarris That's not at all what egalitarians think this verse means! Mothers can only be mothers and fathers, fathers, but what does that have to do with leadership roles? Patriarchalists a...

@RenOfMen @michael_ronning @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @ZacharyGarris That's not at all what egalitarians think this verse means! Mothers can only be mothers and fathers, fathers, but what does that h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I'm collecting the evidence to show people that the comment that Mike favoured the egalitarian position is false. Yeah, he preferred that it would be true because then he'd avoid trouble with the culture. But his bias is pr...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I'm collecting the evidence to show people that the comment that Mike favoured the egalitarian position is false. Yeah, he preferred that it would be true because then he'd

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I was also a bit shocked at his treatment of Bellevil

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I was also a bit shocked at his treatment of Belleville's work. He certainly is shooting both barrels at her as he sees her as foundational to the views of many egalitarians

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 I find a lot of the egalitarian materials lacking in their exegesis of the hard passages. Some they do well on, others not. I hope I can help move things forward in some small way towards a greater understanding of these pa...

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 I find a lot of the egalitarian materials lacking in their exegesis of the hard passages. Some they do well on, others not. I hope I can help move things forward in some sma

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @NotFussedLogan @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revela

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @NotFussedLogan @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m egalitarian. I’ve never been to Nebraska before, so apparently I missed it all.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Initially my wife was happy to not share the responsibility of leadership. But if she is going to judge the world and angels one day, I figured she should get some p...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Initially my wife was happy to not share the responsibility of leadership. But if she is going to judge the world a

1Co 6:2-3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@LutheranLifter I’m afraid to ask what that means. Egalitarian doesn’t mean that

@LutheranLifter I’m afraid to ask what that means. Egalitarian doesn’t mean that women become men but that women, if qualified, are not forbidden from leading. Gen 1:28 is a command given to both the

Gen 1:28 debate

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Perhaps someone can illustrate what

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Perhaps someone can illustrate what is illegitimate in the appeals to context Aaron refers to that egalitarians often do.

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards The sarcasm is certainly thick in Aaron’s post. It seems like you are offended by mockery, and righty so. I could clearly hear how ridicule and sarcasm were being used to mock egalitarians. It seems that being an egalitari...

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards The sarcasm is certainly thick in Aaron’s post. It seems like you are offended by mockery, and righty so. I could clearly hear how ridicule and sarcasm were being used to m

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Maybe you have to be egalitarian to notice the mockery? 1. The post uses a sarcastic tone to trivialize the appeal to context, suggesting it's a convenient "wildcard" used to sidestep uncomfortable biblical teachings. 2....

@ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Maybe you have to be egalitarian to notice the mockery? 1. The post uses a sarcastic tone to trivialize the appeal to context, suggesting it's a convenient "wildcard" used

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify or prohibit women from serving as pastors, elders...

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@PrayTh3Rosary @LilaGraceRose I’m egalitarian but I’m not liberal or modernist.

@PrayTh3Rosary @LilaGraceRose I’m egalitarian but I’m not liberal or modernist. I’m going back to the text. I make no appeals to my authority my friend. Blasphemy, eh? Good thing we don’t do stoning

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@ronhenzel Interesting, Ron, because I know very few egalitarians who agree with

@ronhenzel Interesting, Ron, because I know very few egalitarians who agree with me that this is about a specific woman who was teaching false doctrine in the church at Ephesus. Do you know others? Be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@DiscoverJesus3 @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @NBidnz I wouldn’t say that last statement as many have come to Christ in patriarchal and complementarian churches. As an egalitarian I have no problem working with complementarians who sincerely think this is the...

@DiscoverJesus3 @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @NBidnz I wouldn’t say that last statement as many have come to Christ in patriarchal and complementarian churches. As an egalitarian I have no problem working wit

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm egalitarian and that women are to be treated equal t...

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm eg

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@RevKimWChafee @ChrisPorter22 What?! You muted me? I'm egalitarian and a vocal a

@RevKimWChafee @ChrisPorter22 What?! You muted me? I'm egalitarian and a vocal advocate for women in leadership! Does that mean I cannot disagree with Moltmann's choice of words or I'll earn a mute?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@RevKimWChafee I’m egalitarian, but I don’t agree with this. While it is important to note that Jesus told Mary—a woman—to testify of the resurrection to the rest of the disciples, we should not go so far as to suggest that without Mary’s testimony,...

@RevKimWChafee I’m egalitarian, but I don’t agree with this. While it is important to note that Jesus told Mary—a woman—to testify of the resurrection to the rest of the disciples, we should not go s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

We don’t want to “out” complementarians! We just want them to stop forcing egali

We don’t want to “out” complementarians! We just want them to stop forcing egalitarians out. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@PatrickHen1776 @MikeWingerii Yes, that’s a fairly common view of complementarians and why churches in the SBC are kicking out egalitarian churches. But I don’t think @MikeWingerii goes this far…or does he? Is it that he still sees female pastors as...

@PatrickHen1776 @MikeWingerii Yes, that’s a fairly common view of complementarians and why churches in the SBC are kicking out egalitarian churches. But I don’t think @MikeWingerii goes this far…or d

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@ZachWLambert Most complementarians don’t believe that women can’t share the gospel. While I don’t agree with Zach on same sex unions, and I’m not sure how he gets his egalitarian views from 1 Tim 2:11-15 and 1 Tim 3:1-13, I agree with his conclusio...

@ZachWLambert Most complementarians don’t believe that women can’t share the gospel. While I don’t agree with Zach on same sex unions, and I’m not sure how he gets his egalitarian views from 1 Tim 2:

1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@MikeWingerii For an exegetical response that is egalitarian that sticks to scri

@MikeWingerii For an exegetical response that is egalitarian that sticks to scripture, see the thread below. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad First I want to ask—do you just listen to everything that comes from the pulpit as though it was the gospel truth or do you test it against scripture? I hope the latter. I realize you agree with Mike. S...

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad First I want to ask—do you just listen to everything that comes from the pulpit as though it was the gospel truth or do you test it against scripture? I

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Egalitarian

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Egalitarianism is the same thing as not requiring leaders to be Jewish males. If you have a Gentile pastor, then you would be follo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Doctrines of Rad watched Mike’s vid

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Doctrines of Rad watched Mike’s video and concludes “I’d happily err on his side as opposed to sinning against the Lord.” It would seem that Mike needs to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@Procompsvcs @ronhenzel And how is that? I accept my complementarian and patriarchal brothers, but those that I have inquired with won’t allow me to be a leader as long as I’m egalitarian not continue my Bible study groups. And some say I’m a heretic...

@Procompsvcs @ronhenzel And how is that? I accept my complementarian and patriarchal brothers, but those that I have inquired with won’t allow me to be a leader as long as I’m egalitarian not continue

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@eXnihilO_ @ronhenzel So I’m saying that this is a secondary issue and that egalitarians have valid exegetical reasons for women serving along with men in leadership. Some on the other side say that egalitarians are in sin and call people to leave eg...

@eXnihilO_ @ronhenzel So I’m saying that this is a secondary issue and that egalitarians have valid exegetical reasons for women serving along with men in leadership. Some on the other side say that e

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@Son_of_James_ @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii @pastherandie Thanks for saying that! This is a step in the right direction. I don't expect you to become egalitarian, but if you have a respect for the opposing view and that it has solid consistent argum...

@Son_of_James_ @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii @pastherandie Thanks for saying that! This is a step in the right direction. I don't expect you to become egalitarian, but if you have a respect for the op

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@MikeWingerii @JonKismetCalvin @DoctrinesofRad @pastherandie I don't always get

@MikeWingerii @JonKismetCalvin @DoctrinesofRad @pastherandie I don't always get your memes, Mike. I don't think this has anything to do with the fertility goddess Artemis either, and I'm egalitarian,

1 Tim 2:15 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@ronhenzel @johnnylately There's a modern feminist movement that is more about f

@ronhenzel @johnnylately There's a modern feminist movement that is more about female supremacy. In order not to be confused with that, I would rather stick with egalitarian. Thanks for your understan