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@ExtraSaltedNuts @Calvinator8000 @rightresponsem No, culture within Christian co

@ExtraSaltedNuts @Calvinator8000 @rightresponsem No, culture within Christian communities that isn’t always based on careful study of the Bible.

@ExtraSaltedNuts @rightresponsem The wife is to submit out of love and respect f

@ExtraSaltedNuts @rightresponsem The wife is to submit out of love and respect for Christ. Just that the husband is to do the same as submission in Eph 5:21 is reciprocal.

@RealDavidReece “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God” (1Co 11:3). Head is an anatomical term, not a synonym for authority. If it meant authority, why doesn’t Scri...

@RealDavidReece “But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God” (1Co 11:3). Head is an anatomical term, not a synonym for

1Co 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@RealDavidReece "Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord" (Col 3:18). The phrase “as is fitting in the Lord” reframes submission not as blind obedience but as a voluntary, Christlike humility grounded in love and respect. It re...

@RealDavidReece "Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord" (Col 3:18). The phrase “as is fitting in the Lord” reframes submission not as blind obedience but as a voluntary, Chris

Col 3:18 debate

With Christ, our service flows from love, not obligation. Paul’s challenge to wi

With Christ, our service flows from love, not obligation. Paul’s challenge to wives is to adopt this perspective—to willingly submit out of love, not fear or duty, just as they do for Christ. It’s abo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@C_del_G @Rach4Patriarchy Right. So don’t submit like slaves (they were being treated like property or slaves), but submit out of love like you do towards Jesus. How is Christ the head of the church? Here’s how: He is the Saviour of the body. He i...

@C_del_G @Rach4Patriarchy Right. So don’t submit like slaves (they were being treated like property or slaves), but submit out of love like you do towards Jesus. How is Christ the head of the church?

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils That’s not because of ‘mutual submission’—its because of false teaching concerning gender and the mishandling of the gender confused and a rejection of the scripture that says marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman. Mutual s...

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils That’s not because of ‘mutual submission’—its because of false teaching concerning gender and the mishandling of the gender confused and a rejection of the scripture that say

@ChristianJComis @drcholakov Male headship meaning male authority is a foreign i

@ChristianJComis @drcholakov Male headship meaning male authority is a foreign idea inserted into the creation account. Both are commanded to rule. Gender roles is a virus to the body of Christ. https

@jgrams90 @TomBuck Wives were treated like property so they were subjected like a slave to a master. Paul is elevating the wife to instead submit out of love like she does to Christ. That does not exclude the husband’s need to subject himself also in...

@jgrams90 @TomBuck Wives were treated like property so they were subjected like a slave to a master. Paul is elevating the wife to instead submit out of love like she does to Christ. That does not exc

I appreciate William doesn't want to encourage abuse! But if he wants to reflect

I appreciate William doesn't want to encourage abuse! But if he wants to reflect Christ's relationship with His Bride, then he should probably become an egalitarian. 😊 https://t.co/gjfH09kG1i

There are egalitarians faithful to the text. The real gymnastics is insisting on

There are egalitarians faithful to the text. The real gymnastics is insisting on gender roles that restrict some in the body of Christ from preaching, teaching, or correcting others, including males,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Perhaps the husband should be wo

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Perhaps the husband should be working out of the home so he can assist where needed.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Hm. Both the mother and the fath

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Hm. Both the mother and the father should “raise” children. That’s laying down their lives for their family. How is the husband dying by going to work?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husban

@Eric_Conn When Paul corrects something with wives, does that nullify the husband’s call to submit to all including his wife as stated in Eph 5:21⎯ “And subject yourselves *to one another* in the fea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

Everyone is called to submit to Christ directly. A wife doesn’t submit to Christ

Everyone is called to submit to Christ directly. A wife doesn’t submit to Christ by submitting to another human even if that’s her husband. https://t.co/nl3rEZ8RG9

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in th

@autocorrect2_0 Eph 5:21 has to include husbands submitting to their wives in the fear of Christ. Whatever the following verses are meaning they cannot mean that submission is one way only.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-20

@pauldirks He’s selling a KJV Bible for $59 which is a bit rediculous given it’s not copyrighted. He has the founding documents of the US attached which, while isn’t something I would do, is likely his way of declaring the Christian foundation of the...

@pauldirks He’s selling a KJV Bible for $59 which is a bit rediculous given it’s not copyrighted. He has the founding documents of the US attached which, while isn’t something I would do, is likely hi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-19

@Christianous100 @Ready4Eternity The question is how does nature teach you tha

@Christianous100 @Ready4Eternity The question is how does *nature* teach you that there should be a difference in head hair length when both male and female head hair doesn’t stop growing when left to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-10

@ThatSarahLynn @_jonbowlin @MikeWingerii The scriptures are clear that Jesus died for every human without exception. Only those who put on the robe of righteousness they have been given by Christ will have their sins covered. Adam’s sin brought deat...

@ThatSarahLynn @_jonbowlin @MikeWingerii The scriptures are clear that Jesus died for every human without exception. Only those who put on the robe of righteousness they have been given by Christ will

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-08

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 reg

@Protestia If he is a member of the body of Christ, he is subject to Matt 18 regardless of his membership status with a local church.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-07

@JRowley11 @DustyDeevers Yes, once someone believes, we pass on the instructions of Jesus and His apostles. Laws and enforcing them are part of the purpose of government, but the OP (and you) seem to be suggesting treating everyone like confessing C...

@JRowley11 @DustyDeevers Yes, once someone believes, we pass on the instructions of Jesus and His apostles. Laws and enforcing them are part of the purpose of government, but the OP (and you) seem to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-26

@smashbaals …in a Christian church you mean. No reason why they can’t do that at

@smashbaals …in a Christian church you mean. No reason why they can’t do that at the Justice of the peace. Trump supports their freedom to do that b/c Trump isn’t the pastor and America isn’t the chur

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-21

@lastritesbefore So he didn’t wash your pastor’s feet, right? So your pastor is not qualified to serve as a pastor? Since: a: he is not an apostle and was not directly chosen by Christ, b: he is a gentile, and c: Jesus didn’t wash his feet …is that...

@lastritesbefore So he didn’t wash your pastor’s feet, right? So your pastor is not qualified to serve as a pastor? Since: a: he is not an apostle and was not directly chosen by Christ, b: he is a ge

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@dan_cameron99 @pauldirks @BillboardChris No, but I'm not sure what you plan to

@dan_cameron99 @pauldirks @BillboardChris No, but I'm not sure what you plan to debate on exactly. Are you wanting to debate that the secular school system should teach a Christian worldview?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@carol66944 Government doesn't restrain evil? Really? The Christian may silence

@carol66944 Government doesn't restrain evil? Really? The Christian may silence the objections of foolish people, but it doesn't stop the thief from stealing. Only the government has the authority to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-17

@PastorMark As a Christian, you cannot say who you cannot vote for. Convince no

@PastorMark As a Christian, you cannot say who you cannot vote for. Convince not coerce.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 The church is built on Jesus and the apostles, not on 12+++ (for centuries): “So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, **having been built on the found...

@Methodios007 The church is built on Jesus and the apostles, not on 12+++ (for centuries): “So then you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Whose church? Question: do you consider me to be a Christian and

@Methodios007 Whose church? Question: do you consider me to be a Christian and saved even though I’m not Eastern Orthodox?

@Methodios007 Or how about the Apostle John? Is there any reason why you defer t

@Methodios007 Or how about the Apostle John? Is there any reason why you defer to Ignatius of Antioch when you have John's testimony already (who was with Christ and an eye witness)?

@Methodios007 Those who follow Christ and the teaching of His apostles. That inc

@Methodios007 Those who follow Christ and the teaching of His apostles. That includes you too—if that’s what you follow. But you claim there are other traditions outside of scripture without any justi

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Grea

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Greater, son of Zebedee) John (brother of James) Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James (the Less, son of Alphaeus) Simon t

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Well my church is the church of the 12 apostles of Chr

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Well my church is the church of the 12 apostles of Christ. Is this a competition? The scriptures don’t tell me to trust you or “your church” but to trust the scripture and n

@JulieCobbe @smashbaals How is serving the church a mind set in the flesh? Elder

@JulieCobbe @smashbaals How is serving the church a mind set in the flesh? Elders and pastors are slaves of Christ. At least they should be.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have two heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or head). Therefore she has the authority over her own h...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or hea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can be interpreted as prostituting herself and she ma...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an unbeliever with two wives is forced to divorce one if he becomes a Christian?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii I know little about the Orthodox C

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii I know little about the Orthodox Church but I know some Romanian friends who found Christ outside of the Orthodox Church and had to leave that church so s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine. We need to seek to follow as closely as we can what was laid as a foundation by Christ and the apostles. I believe we

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Well, yes, I think the English translation here is misleading. The English isn’t inspired and translators can have bias. No man is the head of the church except Christ—and this is because by His deat...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Well, yes, I think the English translation here is misleading. The English isn’t inspired and translators can have bias. No man is the head of the ch

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The bunch of churches you are refer

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The bunch of churches you are referring to are all the one church of Christ if they hold to the fundamentals of the faith. Male-only elders is not a found

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-02

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Not all Protestants are evangelical. For example, many Anglicans, Lutherans, and Presbyterians wouldn’t identify as evangelical. I’m not saying Catholics aren’t Christians—evangelicalism simply emphasizes personal faith...

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Not all Protestants are evangelical. For example, many Anglicans, Lutherans, and Presbyterians wouldn’t identify as evangelical. I’m not saying Catholics aren’t Christia

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@JimBrandyberry The root of Christianity is Jewish. A Jewish Messiah. Jewish apo

@JimBrandyberry The root of Christianity is Jewish. A Jewish Messiah. Jewish apostles. Gentiles are grafted in by faith to the one root.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “cov

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “covered” more of herself, the men could still lust, right? So the only real solution is to have separate male church and f

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann The laws concerning what one wears, eats and special days and seasons is done away with in Christ. Concerning morality, this depends on the government. Those who claim to be believers but who practice immorality, are...

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann The laws concerning what one wears, eats and special days and seasons is done away with in Christ. Concerning morality, this depends on the government. Those who clai

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living t

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living temples of the Holy Spirit. Buildings are the way of the old temple which is no longer required.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Yes, there has been a lot of investigation into the Artemis cult. However, Paul didn't explicitly indicate that this was driving his comments in 1Ti 2:13-15, so tying them to Artemis is speculation. That those who repented ...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Yes, there has been a lot of investigation into the Artemis cult. However, Paul didn't explicitly indicate that this was driving his comments in 1Ti 2:13-15, so tying them to

1Ti 2:13-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@erniedavidson61 @masonmennenga The majority of Christians don't agree with the

@erniedavidson61 @masonmennenga The majority of Christians don't agree with the Bible?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-17

@The_njp @MikeWingerii Whether the office of elder is limited to males only or n

@The_njp @MikeWingerii Whether the office of elder is limited to males only or not is secondary. Primary are things that unify all Christians and also matters of sin. Egalitarians are not sinning pure

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-07

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Here is the full context of that part of the cathechism: "Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, 'hell'—Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek—because those who are there ar...

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Here is the full context of that part of the cathechism: "Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, 'hell'—Sheol in Hebre

commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@quackitude @TimAAmor That point about swords into plowshares is a specific statement about a specific time. Does Jesus desire Christian’s to start wars? Definitely not. We clearly see Jesus’ response and the apostles’ response to oppression in the f...

@quackitude @TimAAmor That point about swords into plowshares is a specific statement about a specific time. Does Jesus desire Christian’s to start wars? Definitely not. We clearly see Jesus’ response