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@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @5cd5945b24ec495 @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Authority has to do with initiative and operating independently from the Father. Jesus submitted himself as a servant, but it is clear that He had the power to raise ...

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @5cd5945b24ec495 @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Authority has to do with initiative and operating independently from the Father. Jesus submitted himself as a servan

@JimmyParker87 @RevChrisDavis No it’s not. I agree that scripture is 100% inspir

@JimmyParker87 @RevChrisDavis No it’s not. I agree that scripture is 100% inspired and sufficient and because of this I could see that it taught mutual submission and service not males ruling and only

@revjeffvox @DDunbear @RevChrisDavis A godly woman preaching truth and serving as an elder or pastor is never listed as a sin in scripture. To prefer a man because you feel it is right is one thing; to disfellowship someone because they don’t agree ...

@revjeffvox @DDunbear @RevChrisDavis A godly woman preaching truth and serving as an elder or pastor is never listed as a sin in scripture. To prefer a man because you feel it is right is one thing;

@revjeffvox @DDunbear @RevChrisDavis S3xual assault and egalitarianism are not t

@revjeffvox @DDunbear @RevChrisDavis S3xual assault and egalitarianism are not the same thing! Show me where scripture says anywhere that a godly woman shepherding is a sin!

@Bedech_ The scripture is clearly with me concerning Deborah. You just don’t hav

@Bedech_ The scripture is clearly with me concerning Deborah. You just don’t have the guts to admit it.

@pbcmike98 The equality of the persons of God, the existence of Christ before the incarnation, that they all share the same attributes and that you have to believe that Jesus is God and honor Him as you honor the Father is very clear in scripture. T...

@pbcmike98 The equality of the persons of God, the existence of Christ before the incarnation, that they all share the same attributes and that you have to believe that Jesus is God and honor Him as y

@StevenMKestner 1Ti 3:2 says husband. If married isn’t required then how do you

@StevenMKestner 1Ti 3:2 says husband. If married isn’t required then how do you justify that this means must not be a woman?

1Ti 3:2 commentary

@VirginiaJeff3 @revjeffvox @mmmirele @RevChrisDavis This is Jesus’ church. We sh

@VirginiaJeff3 @revjeffvox @mmmirele @RevChrisDavis This is Jesus’ church. We shouldn’t make a dividing line something that Jesus doesn’t make a dividing line.

@Bedech_ I wonder what you would have done when God installed Deborah as the hig

@Bedech_ I wonder what you would have done when God installed Deborah as the highest authority in the land. Would you rebel? Did God make a mistake?

@revjeffvox @AdajosFit @RevChrisDavis A godly woman teaching true doctrine is th

@revjeffvox @AdajosFit @RevChrisDavis A godly woman teaching true doctrine is the same thing as gay marriage??

@Bedech_ How is supporting a godly woman teaching true doctrine serving satan?

@Bedech_ How is supporting a godly woman teaching true doctrine serving satan? Seriously…that’s messed up.

@StevenMKestner Do you have any elders who are not “husbands” and who have less

@StevenMKestner Do you have any elders who are not “husbands” and who have less than 2 children? https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

Article IV of the SBC Constitution states: “…while independent and sovereign in

Article IV of the SBC Constitution states: “…while independent and sovereign in its own sphere, the Convention does not claim and will never attempt to exercise any authority over any other Baptist bo

@merelyjwright @pastorpilgrim @RevChrisDavis Was Paul or Timothy a husband? 🤔 O

@merelyjwright @pastorpilgrim @RevChrisDavis Was Paul or Timothy a husband? 🤔 Or do you interpret literally just when it suits what you want?

#SBC's decision to amend in June could oust self-governing, Biblically faithful Baptist churches like FBCA that have had female leaders for 100 years and cooperated with SBC for ages. Putting debatable issues like women in leadership into a statemen...

#SBC's decision to amend in June could oust self-governing, Biblically faithful Baptist churches like FBCA that have had female leaders for 100 years and cooperated with SBC for ages. Putting debatab

@revjeffvox @RevChrisDavis It is showing that they are willing to disfellowship

@revjeffvox @RevChrisDavis It is showing that they are willing to disfellowship a productive and purportedly faithful church over a debatable matter. Barring women from being pastors should never hav

@MERC_OCULAR @laurie_guilbeau @RoCa74394915 Lilith comes from Jewish myths which are not part of scripture and which we should avoid. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship ...

@MERC_OCULAR @laurie_guilbeau @RoCa74394915 Lilith comes from Jewish myths which are not part of scripture and which we should avoid. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which

1Ti 1:4 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-08

@missnic06 There are scriptures that refer to these kinds of Jewish myths and tells us not to follow them. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith” ...

@missnic06 There are scriptures that refer to these kinds of Jewish myths and tells us not to follow them. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rathe

1Ti 1:4 general

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Jesus’ statement in Mat 26:53 highlights that He chose not to ask for divine intervention. This decision demonstrates His complete obedience and submission to the Father's will, parti...

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller Jesus’ statement in Mat 26:53 highlights that He chose not to ask for divine intervention. This decision demonstrates His complete ob

Mat 26:53 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-08

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller The concept of Jesus not fully exercising His divine attributes involves His choice to submit to human limitations and experiences, including suffering, ridicule, and ultimately death...

@Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller The concept of Jesus not fully exercising His divine attributes involves His choice to submit to human limitations and experiences, i

@teachergoose79 @KaeleyT Benny Hinn admitted that what he was doing was wrong. T

@teachergoose79 @KaeleyT Benny Hinn admitted that what he was doing was wrong. This means he is not ignorant.

@GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller I was part of a Baptist denomination for 15 years. What makes you think I’m a Judiazer? They taught that following the Mosaic laws such as circumcision were required for believers to ...

@GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller I was part of a Baptist denomination for 15 years. What makes you think I’m a Judiazer? They taught that following the Mosaic laws su

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller I think we have to be careful as faith or belief is hidden and internal. Evidences are external. Confession is an evidence. The Bible is clear that God saves those who put their faith in Him. ...

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller I think we have to be careful as faith or belief is hidden and internal. Evidences are external. Confession is an evidence. The Bible is clear

@GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Jesus was exe

@GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Jesus was executed for his claim to be the Son of God which the teachers of the law said made Him equal with God.

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Yes, sometimes it happe

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Yes, sometimes it happens immediately upon belief, and sometimes God waits for some apostles to show up to witness His moving among the Gentile

@Crystalisives This is true though female pastors have their own errors. In the

@Crystalisives This is true though female pastors have their own errors. In the end it’s not about whether one has more issues or errors than the other but the fact that some of the problems stem from

@Here4Now0829 First point to note is that no one is specifically called a pastor. Pastoring is a function not a title. We have made it a title to differentiate volunteers (elders) from paid positions (pastors). No one is also specifically called eld...

@Here4Now0829 First point to note is that no one is specifically called a pastor. Pastoring is a function not a title. We have made it a title to differentiate volunteers (elders) from paid positions

@Ericciaramela @DoulosDean68 Hm. But he is misinterpreting Paul.

@Crystalisives @DST_QA That’s right. The idea that head means authority over is

@Crystalisives @DST_QA That’s right. The idea that head means authority over is inserting our modern use of the English word back into the text.

@DST_QA @Crystalisives I’m taking how Paul is using the term kephale when referr

@DST_QA @Crystalisives I’m taking how Paul is using the term kephale when referring to the relationship between male and female. It’s never authority over. See the following commentary from a complem

1Co 11:3 debate

@DST_QA @Crystalisives If you consider a leader as one who goes before us then yes. If you consider Christ as an authority over His bride, I’d like you to show me where this is stated in scripture. Of course God is our authority and Jesus is God, so ...

@DST_QA @Crystalisives If you consider a leader as one who goes before us then yes. If you consider Christ as an authority over His bride, I’d like you to show me where this is stated in scripture. Of

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Ephesians 5 is calling both wives and husbands to the sam

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Ephesians 5 is calling both wives and husbands to the same standard of Christ. Take a look at this commentary on 1Co 11:3. https://t.co/CQoDw1dx1n

1Co 11:3 general

@DST_QA @Crystalisives The wife is never said to be the head but that is because

@DST_QA @Crystalisives The wife is never said to be the head but that is because all marriage refers back to the first marriage where Adam was the source of his wife as she was made from his flesh and

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Wives are to love their husbands as Christ loved his chur

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Wives are to love their husbands as Christ loved his church because all believers are to emulate Christ.

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Being a homemaker is not an insignificant role. As the hu

@DST_QA @Crystalisives Being a homemaker is not an insignificant role. As the husband, I do a fair portion of the "homemaking" myself. We are all to emulate Christ. Husbands are not an exception.

@jdenehar He would only be right if someone is rejecting what they believe the B

@jdenehar He would only be right if someone is rejecting what they believe the Bible clearly teaches. That’s my point.

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must be a husband or have children as Paul and Timothy didn’t meet that requirement, so this is a misreading of Paul’s inten

The only slippery slope is when you ignore or rebel against what you believe scr

The only slippery slope is when you ignore or rebel against what you believe scripture is clearly teaching or say that Paul didn’t write scripture. Paul clearly didn’t exclude women pastors. https://

@JoshWehrme90663 Paul is using an idiom for faithful if married. The male form is the default when referring to both male and female. Notice that neither Paul nor Timothy were married so Paul didn’t mean you had to be a husband. He also didn’t use ma...

@JoshWehrme90663 Paul is using an idiom for faithful if married. The male form is the default when referring to both male and female. Notice that neither Paul nor Timothy were married so Paul didn’t m

@chopchopcda_ @russle_p2 Is that what you say to your wife in a disagreement, “g

@chopchopcda_ @russle_p2 Is that what you say to your wife in a disagreement, “get behind me Satan”?

@chopchopcda_ Does a husband have the authority to tell his wife to shut up duri

@chopchopcda_ Does a husband have the authority to tell his wife to shut up during a conflict? If the husband is to love his wife as Christ loves His church, where did Christ tell His church to "shut

@MikeWingerii @noahsflood_ 1 Cor 14 speaks about all ministering. Maybe our way

@MikeWingerii @noahsflood_ 1 Cor 14 speaks about all ministering. Maybe our way of doing church which doesn’t allow the body to minister to the body that is the problem.

@NBidnz Yes, Ja 2:25 uses the term angels for the spies. The question is whether this is what Paul meant in Corinthians. So the idea is that he wants married women to cover their heads and men to uncover them because of spies? And there is no such c...

@NBidnz Yes, Ja 2:25 uses the term angels for the spies. The question is whether this is what Paul meant in Corinthians. So the idea is that he wants married women to cover their heads and men to unco

Ja 2:25 question

@thejoshualococo So you are saying Paul wants married women to cover their heads

@thejoshualococo So you are saying Paul wants married women to cover their heads so that messengers from other places won’t be offended?

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro If you are saying that this is not about the head coverings I think you are missing what Paul said at the start of the chapter: “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just a...

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro If you are saying that this is not about the head coverings I think you are missing what Paul said at the start of the chapter: “Now I praise you because you remember me in ev

@JoanBandy Are you suggesting v10 is a quotation from the Corinthians? Or is it

@JoanBandy Are you suggesting v10 is a quotation from the Corinthians? Or is it because of the spies that the woman should have authority over her own head? That seems a bit opposite what I’d expect i

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro Well for one, we have incredible access to the text in a way that was never before possible. So many more of us can examine the text in its original language with various tools and contribute meaningfully to the study of the ...

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro Well for one, we have incredible access to the text in a way that was never before possible. So many more of us can examine the text in its original language with various tool

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro Well, it is the only text that would suggest it, and that would be highly unusual that a sin would only ever be indicated in a single text. It is for sure debatable. If you are a woman visiting a church that thinks it is req...

@MJ_Nelson89 @Alex7Shiro Well, it is the only text that would suggest it, and that would be highly unusual that a sin would only ever be indicated in a single text. It is for sure debatable. If you a

@SpecterAndBride @LoammiCB @tigereyes1972 @Brian_Sauve First, the text doesn't say that a woman's long hair is her covering but that hair is given as a substitute for coverings (and both men and women generally have hair). Brian says that verse 6 gr...

@SpecterAndBride @LoammiCB @tigereyes1972 @Brian_Sauve First, the text doesn't say that a woman's long hair is her covering but that hair is given as a substitute for coverings (and both men and women

@SpecterAndBride @LoammiCB @tigereyes1972 I listened to this podcast by @Brian_Sauve and his wife Lexi. Here’s a quote I’ll respond to in a following post: [24:30] “Yes. And then some people will take this as well and they'll say, well, here you go....

@SpecterAndBride @LoammiCB @tigereyes1972 I listened to this podcast by @Brian_Sauve and his wife Lexi. Here’s a quote I’ll respond to in a following post: [24:30] “Yes. And then some people will tak