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@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Seems to me you must have some bias such that you wou

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Seems to me you must have some bias such that you would suggest Paul is not intentional with his grammar.

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Paul thought that what he was doing by persecuting this foreign sect without Judaism was what God wanted. The law says that if anyone tells you to worship another god, you should stone him (Deut 13:6-10). When the Lord acc...

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Paul thought that what he was doing by persecuting this foreign sect without Judaism was what God wanted. The law says that if anyone tells you to worship another god, you s

Deut 13:6-10 general

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Yes, Paul was regenerated based on his faith. Everyon

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Yes, Paul was regenerated based on his faith. Everyone without exception is. John the Baptist had the Holy Spirit from before birth, but his salvation too depended on his

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel I don’t know of anyone who says that faith is regener

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel I don’t know of anyone who says that faith is regeneration. Calvinists say regeneration precedes faith, so how can they be the same? Based on scripture, God regenerates bas

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history lesson. Disqualifying every movement that allowed women in leadership is important for you it seems. It doesn’t bother me because my argument isn’t based on history but on the Bible itself. Because history is not ou...

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history lesson. Disqualifying every movement that allowed women in leadership is important for you it seems. It doesn’t bother me because my argument isn’t based on history

@RevKimWChafee @NBidnz I have no problem taking it up with Moltmann as what he s

@RevKimWChafee @NBidnz I have no problem taking it up with Moltmann as what he said is not scripture. Do you agree with what I said?

@RevKimWChafee I’m egalitarian, but I don’t agree with this. While it is important to note that Jesus told Mary—a woman—to testify of the resurrection to the rest of the disciples, we should not go so far as to suggest that without Mary’s testimony,...

@RevKimWChafee I’m egalitarian, but I don’t agree with this. While it is important to note that Jesus told Mary—a woman—to testify of the resurrection to the rest of the disciples, we should not go s

The White/Flowers debate on “Does John 6:44 Teach Unconditional Election” coming up on March 7 will certainly be interesting. I too have been called a semi-Pelagian preventing me from holding any leadership position in a Reformed church. 😔 https://...

The White/Flowers debate on “Does John 6:44 Teach Unconditional Election” coming up on March 7 will certainly be interesting. I too have been called a semi-Pelagian preventing me from holding any lea

John 6:44 general

In the following I was asked for where the scripture supports the idea of second

In the following I was asked for where the scripture supports the idea of secondary doctrines. We must be careful to divide only over primary matters. https://t.co/zp6kfpOpUY https://t.co/OBmqmRPl8R

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel You are assuming Calvinism in your response. If God d

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel You are assuming Calvinism in your response. If God decides whether you are elect to faith and therefore salvation, then whether you believe or not is immaterial. Does that

We don’t want to “out” complementarians! We just want them to stop forcing egali

We don’t want to “out” complementarians! We just want them to stop forcing egalitarians out. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

Wolfe wants all SBC churches to be complementarian. He equates this with conservative values and upholding scripture, but it’s just his interpretation of secondary issues that he wants to force on all. This is not a gospel issue. It should not divi...

Wolfe wants all SBC churches to be complementarian. He equates this with conservative values and upholding scripture, but it’s just his interpretation of secondary issues that he wants to *force* on a

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Two points: 1. The 70 were prior to the church. 2. In the earliest times of the church before the incorporation of Gentiles was clear, the disciples would have defaulted to what they knew previously, so the fac...

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Two points: 1. The 70 were prior to the church. 2. In the earliest times of the church before the incorporation of Gentiles was clear, the disciples would have

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Not only did priests have to be men but also Jewish and of only one tribe (Levite) and they had to be without defect. Everything you are referring to is before the start of the church, before the resurrection a...

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Not only did priests have to be men but also Jewish and of only one tribe (Levite) and they had to be without defect. Everything you are referring to is before

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Yes, these men are listed as origins of peoples. But they are not listed as controllers or autocrats where the buck always stops. It seems the only reason in your mind for a man being selected as the origin poi...

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Yes, these men are listed as origins of peoples. But they are not listed as controllers or autocrats where the buck always stops. It seems the only reason in yo

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii Good questions. 1. Church discipline is not something done by the elders as so many seem to think. There is no explicit elder involvement in Matt 18:15-20. They could be one or more of the witnesses, but not necessari...

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii Good questions. 1. Church discipline is not something done by the elders as so many seem to think. There is no explicit elder involvement in Matt 18:15-20. They could

Matt 18:15-20 debate

@PatrickHen1776 @MikeWingerii Yes, that’s a fairly common view of complementarians and why churches in the SBC are kicking out egalitarian churches. But I don’t think @MikeWingerii goes this far…or does he? Is it that he still sees female pastors as...

@PatrickHen1776 @MikeWingerii Yes, that’s a fairly common view of complementarians and why churches in the SBC are kicking out egalitarian churches. But I don’t think @MikeWingerii goes this far…or d

@iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii You are exactly right. I don’t understand how Mike allo

@iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii You are exactly right. I don’t understand how Mike allows female deacons and not elders. Perhaps he can’t deny that there were female deacons like Phoebe.

@will_servant This is true. Though this letter is Paul describing how HE should act (1 Tim 3:15), so even then it’s not quite what they think. This is about Paul instructing Timothy on how to ensure the false teaching is properly dealt with which inc...

@will_servant This is true. Though this letter is Paul describing how HE should act (1 Tim 3:15), so even then it’s not quite what they think. This is about Paul instructing Timothy on how to ensure t

1 Tim 3:15 general

@ryancduff He misses Paul’s reason for writing what he did to Timothy. He doesn’t seem to recognize that since Paul mentions Eve in this context that he is referring to how God said humanity would be saved through the seed of the woman. So too this d...

@ryancduff He misses Paul’s reason for writing what he did to Timothy. He doesn’t seem to recognize that since Paul mentions Eve in this context that he is referring to how God said humanity would be

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Gen 1:28 Gen 3:16 Gen 3:16 commentary

@paulsfam4 @ABlakeWhite Rule in Gen 3:16 is not in the imperative like Gen 1:28 is when spoken of both the man and the woman. If Gen 1:28 is a command, then how is the woman to rule if the man rules her? Further, Gen 3:16 is not spoken directly to Ad...

@paulsfam4 @ABlakeWhite Rule in Gen 3:16 is not in the imperative like Gen 1:28 is when spoken of both the man and the woman. If Gen 1:28 is a command, then how is the woman to rule if the man rules h

I find it interesting when a professor claims to know what 1 Tim 2:15 says but d

I find it interesting when a professor claims to know what 1 Tim 2:15 says but doesn't allow anyone who disagree with him to object. He must be really confident. https://t.co/Pav2a7kWSk https://t.co/A

1 Tim 2:15 general

@BasteGhost @wtfcali_ @TheOnlyDSC @AmandaTylerBJC What makes your opinion relevant? And why did you skip v15? If you cannot explain that verse which is Paul's concluding summary of this passage, then what makes you think you understand the rest? God...

@BasteGhost @wtfcali_ @TheOnlyDSC @AmandaTylerBJC What makes your opinion relevant? And why did you skip v15? If you cannot explain that verse which is Paul's concluding summary of this passage, then

@ABlakeWhite Here's a diagram I created to show what's going on with 'a woman' a

@ABlakeWhite Here's a diagram I created to show what's going on with 'a woman' and 'the woman' in 1 Tim 2:11-15. https://t.co/nFcdCBmEDm

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@ABlakeWhite Here's the entire thread on 1 Tim 2:11-15. https://t.co/Re7txurXbV

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@ABlakeWhite God did not design a man to rule over his wife. How we interpret Gen 1-3 is very important to this discussion. I'm not sure how you understand the creation order in Gen 2, but God was creating animals in front of Adam such that Adam was ...

@ABlakeWhite God did not design a man to rule over his wife. How we interpret Gen 1-3 is very important to this discussion. I'm not sure how you understand the creation order in Gen 2, but God was cre

1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate

@ZachWLambert Most complementarians don’t believe that women can’t share the gospel. While I don’t agree with Zach on same sex unions, and I’m not sure how he gets his egalitarian views from 1 Tim 2:11-15 and 1 Tim 3:1-13, I agree with his conclusio...

@ZachWLambert Most complementarians don’t believe that women can’t share the gospel. While I don’t agree with Zach on same sex unions, and I’m not sure how he gets his egalitarian views from 1 Tim 2:

@Yehoshua_x27 Scripture does not prohibit female pastors/elders/overseers. https

@Yehoshua_x27 Scripture does not prohibit female pastors/elders/overseers. https://t.co/QkexDUhLnJ

@PaulieCuddy Thanks for making it clear that your choice to mute me has nothing

@PaulieCuddy Thanks for making it clear that your choice to mute me has nothing to do with the facts of scripture.

@PaulieCuddy So women preaching true doctrine or pastoring a church will go to Hell? And those like me exegeting the passages that seem to restrict them will also go there because you disagree with me? Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ...

@PaulieCuddy So women preaching true doctrine or pastoring a church will go to Hell? And those like me exegeting the passages that seem to restrict them will also go there because you disagree with me

@MikeWingerii For an exegetical response that is egalitarian that sticks to scri

@MikeWingerii For an exegetical response that is egalitarian that sticks to scripture, see the thread below. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

@MikeWingerii Hi Mike - can you confirm that a female pastor or elder is not sin

@MikeWingerii Hi Mike - can you confirm that a female pastor or elder is not sinning by occupying this office? Just confirming that this is an entirely secondary issue for you.

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m sorry, you want me to tell everyone I went to the following churches: - Evangelical Free - Pentecostal (PAOC) - Calvary Chapel - Non-denominational - Apostolic Church of Pentecost - Baptist (a few differe...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m sorry, you want me to tell everyone I went to the following churches: - Evangelical Free - Pentecostal (PAOC) - Calvary Chapel - Non-denominational - Apos

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Correct, the Greek has no commas and yes context determine the meaning—and your proposed meaning is meaningless. Terry, today I’m telling you that your proposed meaning is meaningless. I’m not telling it to y...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Correct, the Greek has no commas and yes context determine the meaning—and your proposed meaning is meaningless. Terry, today I’m telling you that your propos

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@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Ah, I see. So it’s only the Watchtower “scholars” who are scholars. Now you are being clear. As long as you continue to trust in the faulty scholarship of the Watchtower, you will continue in false teachings...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Ah, I see. So it’s only the Watchtower “scholars” who are scholars. Now you are being clear. As long as you continue to trust in the faulty scholarship of th

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I got it from Jesus. The idea that all

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I got it from Jesus. The idea that all Bible scholars believe this is a parable is patently false. https://t.co/U8WgoAgACm

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The passage where Jesus emphasizes the necessity of believing that He is the "I am" is found in John 8:24: "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am, you wil...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The passage where Jesus emphasizes the necessity of believing that He is the "I am" is found in John 8:24: "Therefore I said to you that you will die in your

John 8:24 general

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi So long as you keep following the Watchtower’s twisting of scripture you will not be able to see or believe what scripture actually teaches. Again—you must believe that God became man, that Jesus came in the...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi So long as you keep following the Watchtower’s twisting of scripture you will not be able to see or believe what scripture actually teaches. Again—you must b

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi It doesn’t exist in that wording. Jesus said paradise. Jesus said “TODAY”. The thief would be there with Him “TODAY”. The dead go to Hades. Scripture says in Acts 2:27 that Jesus went into Hades but was not a...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi It doesn’t exist in that wording. Jesus said paradise. Jesus said “TODAY”. The thief would be there with Him “TODAY”. The dead go to Hades. Scripture says in

Acts 2:27 debate

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The only thing that contradicts the Word is the Watchtower. If you trusted the Word alone you would believe as I believe. Instead you believe an organization and their teachings, an organization who doesn’t ...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The only thing that contradicts the Word is the Watchtower. If you trusted the Word alone you would believe as I believe. Instead you believe an organization

Lk 23:43 Phil 1:23 commentary

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Again, you assume that the death of the body means death of the soul. Lk 23:43 - Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with me in Paradise." This statement suggests an...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Again, you assume that the death of the body means death of the soul. Lk 23:43 - Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will b

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m not speaking on my own authority.

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m not speaking on my own authority. Just read the passage.

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Jesus’ body died but His would did not

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Jesus’ body died but His would did not. If you didn’t believe the Watchtower’s teachings on the soul you would see this clearly

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I believe what scripture says about Jesus. John 1:1,14 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen hi...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I believe what scripture says about Jesus. John 1:1,14 - "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God... *And the Word bec

John 1:1 general

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Right, he would be there too. But Jesu

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Right, he would be there too. But Jesus said *today.* You can’t escape what Jesus said just because you believe the Watchtower teaching on non-existence when

Matt 18:20 1 Tim 2:11-15 question

@TheWatchman1963 @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Th

@TheWatchman1963 @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning That certainly helped explain 1 Tim 2:11-15. You seem to be an expert in reading the obvious texts. What is meant in Matt

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC 1. Paul uses the singular for gune and aner in 1 Tim 2:12 when he has been using the plural just before this. Why? 2. Paul uses the genitive for aner which means the man belongs to someone. Why would Paul use the...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC 1. Paul uses the singular for gune and aner in 1 Tim 2:12 when he has been using the plural just before this. Why? 2. Paul uses the genitive for aner which means

1 Tim 2:12 commentary

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC If you say that the fathers are the authori

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC If you say that the fathers are the authority then who interprets the fathers? So then the church interprets the fathers who interpret the apostles. So now we are

@JohnPaulLeeDe @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I love it when people give me the mental gymnastics trope. It’s not an argument but an attempt to discredit me. Come on—is that all you got? How do you make sense of Paul’s grammar? The “man” in v12 is in t...

@JohnPaulLeeDe @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I love it when people give me the mental gymnastics trope. It’s not an argument but an attempt to discredit me. Come on—is that all you got? How do you make

@D3mosth3n3s @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I see. I’m not, but how is that relevan

@D3mosth3n3s @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I see. I’m not, but how is that relevant? At any rate, Rabbinical Judaism would likely not be arguing for inclusion of women in leadership and teaching or pre