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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@thecrazypastor For example, Kay Arthur can most definitely preach. https://t.c

@thecrazypastor For example, Kay Arthur can most definitely preach. https://t.co/ZREovdvKTp

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning A young single man is going to interject between a husband and his wife as the husband who is not deceived and perhaps an elder is doing nothing. This is a tricky situation for Timothy and Paul ...

@katz_2022 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning A young single man is going to interject between a husband and his wife as the husband who is not deceived and perhaps an elder is doing nothing

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Paul was an apostle and absolutely functioning as an elder, overseer, and shepherd. He stayed for long periods to establish a church and then provided council and guidance by letter and future visitation. Husband and wife ...

@LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Paul was an apostle and absolutely functioning as an elder, overseer, and shepherd. He stayed for long periods to establish a church and then provided council and guidance b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@Rick07200430 @avyargo @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Overseer (bishop), elder and p

@Rick07200430 @avyargo @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn Overseer (bishop), elder and pastor are used interchangeably in the NT though pastor or shepherd is used as a function and not as an office.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@Twinjeremiah @BenZeisloft The Greek is μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα or literally "one wife husband." This phrase is stated twice, once in v2 for elders and once in v12 for deacons. The NIV translates as "faithful to his wife" but I'm asserting that this is a...

@Twinjeremiah @BenZeisloft The Greek is μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα or literally "one wife husband." This phrase is stated twice, once in v2 for elders and once in v12 for deacons. The NIV translates as "fait

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@rofbethany @kodysamnanveth @BrandonGra53760 Oh good grief. You show so little p

@rofbethany @kodysamnanveth @BrandonGra53760 Oh good grief. You show so little patience. I hope you are not an elder! https://t.co/lAzO4vKuaQ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@richstarnes @pastordmack I appreciate your stance, but not everyone feels as yo

@richstarnes @pastordmack I appreciate your stance, but not everyone feels as you do. There should be no reason that we cannot cooperate within the broader body of Christ even though different churche

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-13

@BenZeisloft 1Ti 3:1 ⎯ "...Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble tas

@BenZeisloft 1Ti 3:1 ⎯ "...Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task." Yet you make it out that if a woman wants to be an overseer she should repent. Notice how Paul doesn't say "aner"

1Ti 3:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@richstarnes @pastordmack When we are talking about Jesus' body, it feels like i

@richstarnes @pastordmack When we are talking about Jesus' body, it feels like it. Disfellowship is the gentle way of cutting off body parts?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@smashbaals The rest of us conservatives who don't think that the Bible forbids

@smashbaals The rest of us conservatives who don't think that the Bible forbids godly women from serving as pastors or elders are still here.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from servin

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from serving as pastors or from teaching truth to anyone? How do you understand Matt 28:18-20 since women are called to make discip

Matt 28:18-20 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@avyargo @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn “Likewise their wives” was a translation choice. Note “their” and “must be” are not in the Greek. The NASB says, “Likewise, women…” If ‘their wives’ is correct, why are the wives of deacons highlighted but not of ...

@avyargo @LoblollyPine73 @Eric_Conn “Likewise their wives” was a translation choice. Note “their” and “must be” are not in the Greek. The NASB says, “Likewise, women…” If ‘their wives’ is correct, wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@kodysamnanveth @BrandonGra53760 @rofbethany This is surely a problem—a husband

@kodysamnanveth @BrandonGra53760 @rofbethany This is surely a problem—a husband who sees as his role to play the part of God and his wife to play the part of humanity. I addressed this issue to a past

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@revjeffvox @FENFreeEagleNet @Protestia The amendment to disfellowship churches

@revjeffvox @FENFreeEagleNet @Protestia The amendment to disfellowship churches with female pastors didn’t pass.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

Great news! Law amendment to dismember SBC churches who have female pastors was

Great news! Law amendment to dismember SBC churches who have female pastors was defeated! #sbc24

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax Let's say I was attending your church as a member. In this example, you

@landjax Let's say I was attending your church as a member. In this example, you are my elder. In this context, what authority do you have over me? Give me some examples. Help me to understand what yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax Please instruct me. What authority do you uniquely have as my elder ove

@landjax Please instruct me. What authority do you uniquely have as my elder over me?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax Let's rephrase. What authority does the elder have over me? Let's say I'm following scripture. Can they tell me to not follow scripture and I have to obey? So then, what authority do they have? We submit to them as they are serving to help t...

@landjax Let's rephrase. What authority does the elder have over me? Let's say I'm following scripture. Can they tell me to not follow scripture and I have to obey? So then, what authority do they hav

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@happyhomemakerr @DFEACK1 So women will sit with Jesus on His throne but Jesus wants them restricted to never teach or have a place of authority in the church? Sitting with Jesus on His throne is being a judge along with Him. Alongside. Together wit...

@happyhomemakerr @DFEACK1 So women will sit with Jesus on His throne but Jesus wants them restricted to never teach or have a place of authority in the church? Sitting with Jesus on His throne is bei

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from any leadership role. Others prevent them from ser...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax @Charb_izard Elders have the authority to build up not to tear down. Th

@landjax @Charb_izard Elders have the authority to build up not to tear down. They have a responsibility and a service to perform which is not to take all the important tasks for themselves. Matt 18:

Matt 18:15-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in i

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in it because that is needlessly divisive. No one—not even the SBC—should be redefining what unifies us as Christians. It i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of cour

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of course you already assume that female pastors are in rebellion, so what does it matter to you what they do after that? This

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@sunbrightskills @JodyinKentucky @eorre_ecc Why is this the responsibility of th

@sunbrightskills @JodyinKentucky @eorre_ecc Why is this the responsibility of the elders? Elders are not supposed to control things, but to oversee things. They should only be concerned that what is b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@JodyinKentucky @sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Curriculum is simply to teach existi

@JodyinKentucky @sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Curriculum is simply to teach existing doctrine not create new doctrine. No one should be establishing new doctrine including elders.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would depend on which doctrine as only the fundamentals of...

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would de

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear ch

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear children), but what does that have to do with teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoral work?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says el

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says elders are to receive the same benefit of Matt 18 in that an accusation should not be entertained unless brought by 2 or 3

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals What is it with this idea

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals What is it with this idea of “authoritative capacity”? Pastors have a responsibility. They don’t have the authority to just make something up bec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, ignore the part about

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, ignore the part about women. I’m a man. Would I be in sin to preach a sermon if I don’t hold the office of pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, there is a difference

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, there is a difference between scattered interactive conversation and preparing a teaching sermon. Sure. But why is one a sin for women to per

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That’s right! Speaking th

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That’s right! Speaking the gospel—preaching. They didn’t really have such a single pastor centric model like we have today. 1Co 14 seems clear th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitly stated are John and Peter and they are self proc...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothing to do with whether Gentiles or women are allowed...

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Evangelical Free, PAOC, C

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Evangelical Free, PAOC, Calvary Chapel, non-denim, ACOP, Baptist, RCA are all denominations I have been involved in. I was appointed an elder in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@riemersonck He picked 12 Jewish males. Is your pastor a Jewish male?

@riemersonck He picked 12 Jewish males. Is your pastor a Jewish male?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Again, no one is saying i

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Again, no one is saying it has to be 50/50, just that it is not a sin for a woman to teach or pastor or oversee. Don’t be so grumpy.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Just_A_Man67 @NicolasGold1 The issue here is you calling egalitarians prophets

@Just_A_Man67 @NicolasGold1 The issue here is you calling egalitarians prophets of Baal. When you were baptized, did you have to acknowledge the pastorate was solely for men?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Grumpy, not a single pers

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Grumpy, not a single person is specifically identified as “pastor” so your argument falls flat. https://t.co/WrhPnz2cIL

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals That there are more men d

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals That there are more men does nothing to show that a female pastor is sinning by serving in this capacity.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Again, you presume things: 1. That equal opportunity must mean we should see equal representation of M/F 2. That the NT explicitly names all pastors/elders 3. That God designates leadership to b...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Again, you presume things: 1. That equal opportunity must mean we should see equal representation of M/F 2. That the NT explicitly names all pas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Where is a slave’s preach

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Where is a slave’s preaching highlighted? Where is a slave called an elder or pastor? The same questions you ask of women can be asked of slaves

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Here4Now0829 @sssssss09775798 “One wife husband” is an idiom not a requirement for them to be married men. Paul wasn’t married and is most definitely an overseer, and Timothy doesn’t appear to be married either. “If a MAN desire…” is a bad translat...

@Here4Now0829 @sssssss09775798 “One wife husband” is an idiom not a requirement for them to be married men. Paul wasn’t married and is most definitely an overseer, and Timothy doesn’t appear to be mar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Here4Now0829 Oh that’s cute. Let’s start with the list of men called pastor in

@Here4Now0829 Oh that’s cute. Let’s start with the list of men called pastor in the New Testament. If you can’t find any, that might shed light on the answer to your question.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man Why don’t you tell me how 1Ti 3:11 only speaks about the wives of

@Grump_Old_Man Why don’t you tell me how 1Ti 3:11 only speaks about the wives of deacons and not the wives of elders given that “one wife husband” is stated for both?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man So the wives of elders have no restrictions? They can be filthy h

@Grump_Old_Man So the wives of elders have no restrictions? They can be filthy heathens?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name anyone who is called pastor? How about anyone spec...

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

Except fidelity to the Biblical instruction on a matter requires proper exegesis

Except fidelity to the Biblical instruction on a matter requires proper exegesis. It doesn’t matter how red your eyes glow, the Bible does not forbid godly women from serving as pastors, elders or te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@pastordmack Well said Dwight!

@pastordmack Well said Dwight!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@neecygrace @pastordmack It is certainly possible that Bathsheba had nothing to do with this whatsoever and her ritual bathing was private from literally everyone except the king and that all women were bathing in the nude visible to the king. David...

@neecygrace @pastordmack It is certainly possible that Bathsheba had nothing to do with this whatsoever and her ritual bathing was private from literally everyone except the king and that all women we

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