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@nevermindlind @smashbaals So there are no male pastors that teach the same thin

@nevermindlind @smashbaals So there are no male pastors that teach the same things?

@DavidAlWilliams @hallelujahtwit @smashbaals Paul spent extended time at several churches during his missionary journeys. Not only did he spend considerable time guiding, teaching, preaching and overseeing at these churches, but he continued to foll...

@DavidAlWilliams @hallelujahtwit @smashbaals Paul spent extended time at several churches during his missionary journeys. Not only did he spend considerable time guiding, teaching, preaching and over

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals He’s just a local pastor. He doesn’t have a

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals He’s just a local pastor. He doesn’t have any worldwide fame. Shepherding a church is enough work on its own. If you feel the need to warn people, why not warn t

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals We were taking about elders/overseers/bishops/pastors not apostles. But you said Paul was an apostle and not an elder. I showed you scripture that an apostle can be both an apostle and an elder. The text literal...

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals We were taking about elders/overseers/bishops/pastors not apostles. But you said Paul was an apostle and not an elder. I showed you scripture that an apostle can

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals But my pastor agrees with me. Or is it some

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals But my pastor agrees with me. Or is it something else you want to talk about?

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Ah, so you agree then that you don’t have to

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Ah, so you agree then that you don’t have to be married to be an overseer? I will listen to the truth of God’s word even if it is spoken by a donkey. Because it i

@The_Wry_Griot @SadieMills19 @smashbaals I have no need of arguing with God as I understand His word. It took time to chew on it until I understood the details. The only forefathers that matter are Jesus and the apostles. Everything goes back to...

@The_Wry_Griot @SadieMills19 @smashbaals I have no need of arguing with God as I understand His word. It took time to chew on it until I understood the details. The only forefathers that matter ar

Acts 20:29 general

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Was Paul the husband of one wife?

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals 1 Peter 5:1 (NASB 2020): “Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder…” If Peter was both an apostle and elder, then we have a documented case of one being both. Paul was very obviously an overseer o...

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals 1 Peter 5:1 (NASB 2020): “Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder…” If Peter was both an apostle and elder, then we have a documented case of one

1 Peter 5:1 general

@wbigs2001 @eltrucker87 @smashbaals I fear that you are going to be surprised. First, you are falsely accusing me of things I didn’t even say or support. Second, people disagree on many secondary matters. Where is a woman who preaches or teaches t...

@wbigs2001 @eltrucker87 @smashbaals I fear that you are going to be surprised. First, you are falsely accusing me of things I didn’t even say or support. Second, people disagree on many secondary ma

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Brother, I’m simply using the wording you used. I’m pushing for rightly dividing truth and Biblical faithfulness. Is that a sin? Qualifications are not based on ethnicity (even though all 12 apostles were Jewish...

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Brother, I’m simply using the wording you used. I’m pushing for rightly dividing truth and Biblical faithfulness. Is that a sin? Qualifications are not based on

@wbigs2001 @eltrucker87 @smashbaals I never once advocated for anyone—male or fe

@wbigs2001 @eltrucker87 @smashbaals I never once advocated for anyone—male or female—to preach or teach false doctrine. False teachers are male too. Do I really need to show you examples?

@wbigs2001 @eltrucker87 @smashbaals Try taking off those glasses as I think they

@wbigs2001 @eltrucker87 @smashbaals Try taking off those glasses as I think they may be the impacting your vision. How in the world have you spun as immoral the idea of godly, gifted women preaching

@hallelujahtwit @smashbaals If this is crystal clear to you, then the very man t

@hallelujahtwit @smashbaals If this is crystal clear to you, then the very man that wrote this is himself excluded because he is not a husband. Does that make any sense?

@The_Wry_Griot @SadieMills19 @smashbaals Do you realize how silly that sounds?

@The_Wry_Griot @SadieMills19 @smashbaals Do you realize how silly that sounds? Praying and prophesying so that people could actually hear you was temporary until the temple was destroyed?? What does

@m_james76997 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals It's a great question. Maybe the next question you ought to ask is why He only chose Jews as apostles. Are we only to have Jewish pastors and elders? What do you mean by "How does it work if she's married"? It...

@m_james76997 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals It's a great question. Maybe the next question you ought to ask is why He only chose Jews as apostles. Are we only to have Jewish pastors and elders? What do yo

Ephesians 5:21 question

@ICouser85734 @smashbaals Nope. That’s not it. I read my Bible carefully.

@SadieMills19 @The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals Regarding the part from the commentary you provided regarding the law reference. Genesis 3:16 is not a commandment ("shall rule" is not in the imperative), it was spoken to the woman (so God wasn't giving Ada...

@SadieMills19 @The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals Regarding the part from the commentary you provided regarding the law reference. Genesis 3:16 is not a commandment ("shall rule" is not in the imperative), it

Genesis 3:16 general

@SadieMills19 @The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals Thanks for sharing from a commentary yo

@SadieMills19 @The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals Thanks for sharing from a commentary you have. Here's a commentary representing my perspective. Its from Dan Nighswander and the Believers Church Bible Comme

@wbigs2001 @smashbaals What do you mean by feminism? Is godly women teaching tr

@wbigs2001 @smashbaals What do you mean by feminism? Is godly women teaching true doctrine feminism to you?

@The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals Which scripture is he citing? All I see is a claim.

@The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals Which scripture is he citing? All I see is a claim. Maybe you can show me who is called a pastor in the New Testament. Which specific male is given this title.

@edclements @smashbaals Here’s the summary of Kingdom Now teaching. See how muc

@edclements @smashbaals Here’s the summary of Kingdom Now teaching. See how much of the description you agree with. https://t.co/1VVOHvQPbd

@smashbaals -Nations honouring Christ +That occurs when Jesus returns at his second coming. To make it happen is the “Kingdom Now” error. -Abortion being banned +Abortion was a problem in the first century (live babies thrown out)—and the churc...

@smashbaals -Nations honouring Christ +That occurs when Jesus returns at his second coming. To make it happen is the “Kingdom Now” error. -Abortion being banned +Abortion was a problem in the fi

@BNGoblin61 @smashbaals Not the apostles.

@smashbaals This is unfortunate. None of these are the apostles. Shouldn’t we

@smashbaals This is unfortunate. None of these are the apostles. Shouldn’t we always be going back to the teaching of Jesus and His apostles?

@MarlinDBJr @smashbaals Question: Do you think God still has a plan for ethnic I

@MarlinDBJr @smashbaals Question: Do you think God still has a plan for ethnic Israel, or do you think the church has replaced Israel? I’m wondering if this is colouring your comments on the Judeo-Ch

@RedBeardthePat @smashbaals Yes, the man was created first and was the source of the woman, his wife. This has nothing to do with authority and everything to do with equality—they are one flesh. And you claim I’m rejecting scripture and inventing a...

@RedBeardthePat @smashbaals Yes, the man was created first and was the source of the woman, his wife. This has nothing to do with authority and everything to do with equality—they are one flesh. And

@realkorinthian @smashbaals Yes, and… Jesus is Jewish. The 12 apostles are Jewish. The early church started in Jerusalem and grew at Pentecost to many thousands of Jewish believers in Jesus. A Jew who acknowledges and trusts in Jesus alone as their ...

@realkorinthian @smashbaals Yes, and… Jesus is Jewish. The 12 apostles are Jewish. The early church started in Jerusalem and grew at Pentecost to many thousands of Jewish believers in Jesus. A Jew wh

@smashbaals Christianity is built on a Jewish foundation. The Old Testament was

@smashbaals Christianity is built on a Jewish foundation. The Old Testament was exclusively the Bible of the early church. The root into which Gentiles were grafted is Jewish.

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Because there was a problem in many marriages due to how the wife was seen almost as property or for the purpose of producing children only or taking care of the house. In this master-slave type relationship, women ...

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Because there was a problem in many marriages due to how the wife was seen almost as property or for the purpose of producing children only or taking care of the hous

RT @ryanschatz: @Urist1689 @smashbaals There are certainly instances where the F

RT @ryanschatz: @Urist1689 @smashbaals There are certainly instances where the Father submits to the Son or where His willingness to do wha…

@Urist1689 @smashbaals There are certainly instances where the Father submits to the Son or where His willingness to do whatever the Son requests is evident. 1. In John 17, Jesus prays for his own glorification, as well as for his disciples and all ...

@Urist1689 @smashbaals There are certainly instances where the Father submits to the Son or where His willingness to do whatever the Son requests is evident. 1. In John 17, Jesus prays for his own gl

@The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals I wouldn’t talk about God’s Word this way, since this is what God’s word actually means. I am merely advocating for the truth. Is it a sin for a man to learn to serve and subject himself to the needs of others (Eph 5:21)?...

@The_Wry_Griot @smashbaals I wouldn’t talk about God’s Word this way, since this is what God’s word actually means. I am merely advocating for the truth. Is it a sin for a man to learn to serve and

Eph 5:21 commentary

@Urist1689 @smashbaals Scripture has both the Father and the Son doing what each

@Urist1689 @smashbaals Scripture has both the Father and the Son doing what each requests. It is this example we follow that is the basis for subjecting ourselves to one another (Eph 5:21). https://t

Eph 5:21 general

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Verse 21 is where “submit” is and it says each

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Verse 21 is where “submit” is and it says each is to submit to one another. https://t.co/dTFPU7uoFX

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Eve didn’t take authority over Adam. That idea is nowhere in the text or even hinted in the interactions between God and Adam or Eve. Do you farm or do you do something else? Because if you just work such as at a ...

@JrShines @M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Eve didn’t take authority over Adam. That idea is nowhere in the text or even hinted in the interactions between God and Adam or Eve. Do you farm or do you do somet

1 Cor 11:3 1 Cor 7:7 question

@nomorestrange @LifeWithoutLack @smashbaals There are many women who are single or widows or separated. Paul was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7:7,8,11,26,27). Are you saying that women only have a head if they are married? 1 Cor 11:3...

@nomorestrange @LifeWithoutLack @smashbaals There are many women who are single or widows or separated. Paul was single and advocated for singleness (1 Cor 7:7,8,11,26,27). Are you saying that women

@ShaneSpenc77 @DaneTilley90581 @smashbaals I’m simply dealing with the text in c

@ShaneSpenc77 @DaneTilley90581 @smashbaals I’m simply dealing with the text in context. If you want to call good exegesis gymnastics, by all means. Knock your socks off.

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1 Cor 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11:11 debate

@imaso001 @smashbaals Head can mean the one who is in charge, but it has other meanings to do with prominence or first or protruding, or source or origin. From the context, Paul is not meaning authority of one gender over another as this is very cle...

@imaso001 @smashbaals Head can mean the one who is in charge, but it has other meanings to do with prominence or first or protruding, or source or origin. From the context, Paul is not meaning author

@JrShines @smashbaals God had to greatly increase her conception since they were going to die and had to populate the earth. She will desire her husband—it doesn’t say desire to rule. God’s comment to Eve about Adam ruling over her is not an impera...

@JrShines @smashbaals God had to greatly increase her conception since they were going to die and had to populate the earth. She will desire her husband—it doesn’t say desire to rule. God’s comment

@DaneTilley90581 @ShaneSpenc77 @smashbaals There is no distinction made based on

@DaneTilley90581 @ShaneSpenc77 @smashbaals There is no distinction made based on gender related to the office of elder/pastor/overseer. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

@LifeWithoutLack @smashbaals Married women have two heads: Christ and their husb

@LifeWithoutLack @smashbaals Married women have two heads: Christ and their husband. In this sense, head means source or origin not authority.

@rbbowman7 @smashbaals The picture in the New Testament of the church is a willing subjection to rather than the idea of obedience (which can often refer to unwilling obedience). The difference is in the will. Our example is in Christ Himself who s...

@rbbowman7 @smashbaals The picture in the New Testament of the church is a willing subjection to rather than the idea of obedience (which can often refer to unwilling obedience). The difference is in

@ShaneSpenc77 @smashbaals I'm not for feminism or masculism. I believe the scri

@ShaneSpenc77 @smashbaals I'm not for feminism or masculism. I believe the scripture teaches equality of the genders in Christ, particularly in the New Testament Church.

@Bro58Tg @smashbaals I have no interest in being accepted by the world. However, it is a patriarchal system that has infected the church. Take off your patriarchy lenses and re-read these texts, studying the details of the context and the original ...

@Bro58Tg @smashbaals I have no interest in being accepted by the world. However, it is a patriarchal system that has infected the church. Take off your patriarchy lenses and re-read these texts, stu

@TetzlaffJoshua @smashbaals As Paul elaborated in 1 Tim 2:13-14, Eve was deceived but Adam who was right beside her and heard what she said to the serpent sinned with knowledge since he was created first and had experience of God creating animals and...

@TetzlaffJoshua @smashbaals As Paul elaborated in 1 Tim 2:13-14, Eve was deceived but Adam who was right beside her and heard what she said to the serpent sinned with knowledge since he was created fi

1 Tim 2:13-14 debate

@LifeWithoutLack @Ken18927033 @smashbaals You are misreading Paul through the pa

@LifeWithoutLack @Ken18927033 @smashbaals You are misreading Paul through the patriarchal lens of history. https://t.co/vsUEIFzlmE

RT @ryanschatz: @smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marri

RT @ryanschatz: @smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden…

@smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden where the wife Eve was taken from the flesh and bone of her husband Adam, the husband is said to be the source or origin of the...

@smashbaals This does not mean the authority over. Since marriage is defined by going back to the first marriage in Eden where the wife Eve was taken from the flesh and bone of her husband Adam, the

@chopchopcda_ @smashbaals Why is the burden on the male only? Both the husband and wife need to manage the home as co-labourers. Both the man and the wife strategize on division of labour for providing for the family. That may mean one agrees to w...

@chopchopcda_ @smashbaals Why is the burden on the male only? Both the husband and wife need to manage the home as co-labourers. Both the man and the wife strategize on division of labour for provid