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@jchrisland @RickWarren If someone knows better he names them and hands them over to satan to be taught not to blaspheme. Someone who is ignorant needs to be treated more gently. And in this personal letter to Timothy, both Paul and Timothy would k...

@jchrisland @RickWarren If someone knows better he names them and hands them over to satan to be taught not to blaspheme. Someone who is ignorant needs to be treated more gently. And in this persona

@jchrisland @RickWarren Paul is very specific. He says “a woman” not “women” and “a man” not “all men.” From chapter 1 we understand that Timothy is to remain in Ephesus to stop FALSE teachers not women…and we find out there are two types: ignorant...

@jchrisland @RickWarren Paul is very specific. He says “a woman” not “women” and “a man” not “all men.” From chapter 1 we understand that Timothy is to remain in Ephesus to stop FALSE teachers not w

@MadJorgen @RickWarren My goodness! This is a secondary issue! Don’t you have

@MadJorgen @RickWarren My goodness! This is a secondary issue! Don’t you have the humility to recognize you may not be correctly interpreting every passage? Even Peter said in 2 Pet 3:16 that Paul

2 Pet 3:16 debate

@Vicar0fChrist @gdianenelson @RickWarren One reason why there needs to be both female and male pastors is that women who need counselling don’t put male pastors into compromising situations. But what you seem to be saying is that males are restricte...

@Vicar0fChrist @gdianenelson @RickWarren One reason why there needs to be both female and male pastors is that women who need counselling don’t put male pastors into compromising situations. But what

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1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:2 1Ti3:2 question

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can simply mean monogamous. Notice “manage their househ...

@HwsEleutheroi Why is the first usage of “overseer” in 1 Tim 3:1 feminine while in 1 Tim 3:2 it is masculine? “One man woman” (1Ti3:2) or “one woman man” (1Ti5:9) has the emphasis on “one” and can si

@HwsEleutheroi Where does Paul say “an elder must not be a woman”? Why does Pau

@HwsEleutheroi Where does Paul say “an elder must not be a woman”? Why does Paul use the term “tis” instead of “aner” in his requirements? If an elder must be married, how is it that one who appoint

@MikeWingerii I don’t think Rick is big on exegesis. However, Belleville has done an excellent job in “Lexical Fallacies in Rendering authentein in 1 Timothy 2:12: BDAG in Light of Greek Literary and Nonliterary Usage.” Also, Paul has other words h...

@MikeWingerii I don’t think Rick is big on exegesis. However, Belleville has done an excellent job in “Lexical Fallacies in Rendering authentein in 1 Timothy 2:12: BDAG in Light of Greek Literary and

1 Timothy 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2022-09-05

@meganjanehaney @HwsEleutheroi According to Ephesians 5:21, we are all supposed

@meganjanehaney @HwsEleutheroi According to Ephesians 5:21, we are all supposed to submit to one another…pastors to congregants, women to men, men to women, children to parents, parents to children.

Ephesians 5:21 debate

RT @larryelder: #MAGARepublicans

Scripture Commentary tweet 2022-02-16

RT @JustinTrudeau: When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid di

RT @JustinTrudeau: When a government starts trying to cancel dissent or avoid dissent is when it’s rapidly losing its moral authority to go…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2020-06-16

RT @NeilShenvi: Me: We need to begin our conversations by agreeing that we won't

RT @NeilShenvi: Me: We need to begin our conversations by agreeing that we won't silence each other with accusations of "white fragility" o…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2020-06-12

RT @NeilShenvi: When it comes to #CriticalRaceTheory, the evangelical church is

RT @NeilShenvi: When it comes to #CriticalRaceTheory, the evangelical church is taking the final exam on a subject it didn't study. https:…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2019-12-05

RT @CherylSchatz: Are women pastor’s shameful? Answering John MacArthur’s charge

RT @CherylSchatz: Are women pastor’s shameful? Answering John MacArthur’s charge for women pastors to “Go home” https://t.co/qJIMmOJ0en #be…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2019-05-03

@RTB_HRoss There are two distinct literal definitions of Hebrew almah in Isa 7:14: young woman or virgin. Science tells us that babies don’t come from virgins. The Jews of His day referred to Jesus as an illegitimate child. Which interpretation do...

@RTB_HRoss There are two distinct literal definitions of Hebrew almah in Isa 7:14: young woman or virgin. Science tells us that babies don’t come from virgins. The Jews of His day referred to Jesus

Isa 7:14 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2019-04-27

@RTB_HRoss So God creating the world in 6 literal days is the Bible’s greatest e

@RTB_HRoss So God creating the world in 6 literal days is the Bible’s greatest embarrassment?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2019-01-21

@RTB_HRoss @onceblindorg @aigkenham Sucks when the Bible contradicts your book,

@RTB_HRoss @onceblindorg @aigkenham Sucks when the Bible contradicts your book, but better to make ‘A Matter of Days, 3rd Ed’ than to continue to promote false ideas.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2018-12-04

@RTB_HRoss @chuckgaff @bvmcode God clearly was referring to the limit on mankind

@RTB_HRoss @chuckgaff @bvmcode God clearly was referring to the limit on mankind in the flood because of sin. It wasn’t because the majority of sin comes from the elderly, but was a deadline to the f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2018-12-03

@RTB_HRoss @WeAreHAVANI ...because we all know how sinful the elderly are...espe

@RTB_HRoss @WeAreHAVANI ...because we all know how sinful the elderly are...especially when they get past 110 years old...yikes! https://t.co/g4jtrB6x7W

Scripture Commentary tweet 2018-12-03

@chuckgaff @RTB_HRoss @bvmcode This interpretation makes the Bible appear to con

@chuckgaff @RTB_HRoss @bvmcode This interpretation makes the Bible appear to contain another failed prediction and make God out to be against tolerating the oh so sinful elderly instead of the people

Scripture Commentary tweet 2016-03-27

RT @PastorMark: I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will l

RT @PastorMark: I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live...Do you believe this? – Jesus Christ https://t.co/lqBB…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2013-12-08

Win a MacBook Pro & a @Logos library w/ 2,500 resources from @FBCJaxPC! Grea

Win a MacBook Pro & a @Logos library w/ 2,500 resources from @FBCJaxPC! Great for #pastors & #students. http://t.co/4Uuon61Tl1 via @PunchTab

Scripture Commentary tweet 2013-10-29

RT @piratechristian: Why Context, Context, Context Is So Vital For Sound Biblica

RT @piratechristian: Why Context, Context, Context Is So Vital For Sound Biblical Exegesis http://t.co/rIicehTvWD

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2012-03-10

To Paul Copan - How was Saul to understand God when He told him to utterly destr

To Paul Copan - How was Saul to understand God when He told him to utterly destroy the Amalakites? Wasn't God being literal #ApologeticsCC12

Scripture Commentary tweet 2011-05-25

@PastorMark "Every Christian who prays is functionally a Calvinist..." - not unl

@PastorMark "Every Christian who prays is functionally a Calvinist..." - not unless you are praying that God will change the heart of ppl.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2010-08-27

Show @Logos icon & celebrate Mac Bible Software launch. You could win: MacBook P

Show @Logos icon & celebrate Mac Bible Software launch. You could win: MacBook Pro, iMac, iPad or 100 other prizes! http://bit.ly/cUlBfV

Scripture Commentary tweet 2010-04-25

@STRtweets My family had to leave because of problems with the pastor #strtalk