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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@blazefranco_ @smashbaals No, that's not what 1Ti 2:11-12 says. "A" woman is not all women, and Paul's clear and stated purpose is to stop false teaching not true teaching from anyone. There's a specific couple⎯a wife teaching heresy and her husband ...

@blazefranco_ @smashbaals No, that's not what 1Ti 2:11-12 says. "A" woman is not all women, and Paul's clear and stated purpose is to stop false teaching not true teaching from anyone. There's a speci

1Ti 2:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Where are you getting this from? There isn't a

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Where are you getting this from? There isn't a single person called "Lead Pastor" except Christ Himself (actually called the Chief Shepherd, 1Pe 5:4). Further, no one

1Pe 5:4 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-02

@122R1 @ronhenzel So women only have to avoid teaching men for 1 hour on one day

@122R1 @ronhenzel So women only have to avoid teaching men for 1 hour on one day of the week? Not sure what you meant by shepherd. Do you mean my pastor tells me what to do? You mean he quotes what s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@ronhenzel @Presbyterianon Well now, Ron. Since you are an elder (whether paid or not matters little), shouldn’t you press back on comments like these? Is it beyond your pay grade to know that in German, “schatz” means treasure? A man would call his...

@ronhenzel @Presbyterianon Well now, Ron. Since you are an elder (whether paid or not matters little), shouldn’t you press back on comments like these? Is it beyond your pay grade to know that in Ger

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@SoNotBettyOK @Elder_Barry_ Exactly.

@SoNotBettyOK @Elder_Barry_ Exactly.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, men penned scripture (though we don’t know for sure that women were not involved—ie. who wrote Hebrews, Ruth, Esther?), but the following passages from 1Peter are clear that scripture is not men making things up or propo...

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, men penned scripture (though we don’t know for sure that women were not involved—ie. who wrote Hebrews, Ruth, Esther?), but the following passages from 1Peter are clear t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@autocorrect2_0 I agree with you. And pastoring or shepherding doesn’t have to be an official appointment. You shepherd your children, and you may be a spiritual influence over your small group and care for their souls. You also may do so online. Jus...

@autocorrect2_0 I agree with you. And pastoring or shepherding doesn’t have to be an official appointment. You shepherd your children, and you may be a spiritual influence over your small group and ca

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @WayneShaff60221 @KaeleyT A lot of pastors and Christians seem to dismiss many scriptures. Most would likely say that they aren’t dismissing any of it, just that they are doing a poor job of interpreting and applying it. I certainly ...

@RonaldTill13475 @WayneShaff60221 @KaeleyT A lot of pastors and Christians seem to dismiss many scriptures. Most would likely say that they aren’t dismissing any of it, just that they are doing a poor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix These popes and bishops have erred in so man

@chronos_magnus @Canad_eh @whitxsix These popes and bishops have erred in so many ways. The only plumb line that is stable is the Bible itself. We have to look at the text and question the teachings o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan All of church history?? Where do you get that from? Are you saying no churches had female pastors or elders until modern times? Or that the ones who did always did so for the wrong reasons? The following slide is from a presentation do...

@StothersRyan All of church history?? Where do you get that from? Are you saying no churches had female pastors or elders until modern times? Or that the ones who did always did so for the wrong reaso

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@WriteTalkCreate @KaeleyT A leader is someone who acts independently on his or h

@WriteTalkCreate @KaeleyT A leader is someone who acts independently on his or her convictions and demonstrates what God wants of us. It matters not if anyone is following you as you are still a leade

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome History is not inspired, scripture is. Reality as you are describing is just what you are used to or prefer. It is not a modern 20th century invention though I admit women have been suppressed since the beginning kind of...

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome History is not inspired, scripture is. Reality as you are describing is just what you are used to or prefer. It is not a modern 20th century invention though I admit wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

RT @ryanschatz: @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons

RT @ryanschatz: @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely y…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@ThePastorBurris Unlimited atonement, reconciliation limited to those whose fait

@ThePastorBurris Unlimited atonement, reconciliation limited to those whose faith is in Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 This passage from Hebrews clarifies that one can be enlightened, taste the heavenly gift of salvation and become partakers of the Holy Spirit and still fall away and yes, lose what they exp...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 This passage from Hebrews clarifies that one can be enlightened, taste the heavenly gift of salvation and become partakers of the Holy Spir

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@autocorrect2_0 @MiscreaRichard Yes and interpreting scripture is something that can be tested. If the HS reveals what a passage means to you then it will stand the text of examination. There have been a number of times where I felt as if the HS gave...

@autocorrect2_0 @MiscreaRichard Yes and interpreting scripture is something that can be tested. If the HS reveals what a passage means to you then it will stand the text of examination. There have bee

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@soothkeep It seems to me that Paul’s understanding of discerning the body is how we treat other believers. You are right that this is very frequently misunderstood. Even in my current church, the pastor refers to the bread as though we are feeding o...

@soothkeep It seems to me that Paul’s understanding of discerning the body is how we treat other believers. You are right that this is very frequently misunderstood. Even in my current church, the pas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@mennodarren I find that’s most of the things I changed on—things I just nodded

@mennodarren I find that’s most of the things I changed on—things I just nodded along to listening in church. I’m convinced we are meant to dig deeply into the word ourselves. Church has become far t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@kimberley_7_ @BogdanOancea77 As for your comment on Titus 2:3-5, yes women teaching other women is important just like men instructing men. Yet we all have common instruction for each other. Your comment actually shows why female pastors are such a ...

@kimberley_7_ @BogdanOancea77 As for your comment on Titus 2:3-5, yes women teaching other women is important just like men instructing men. Yet we all have common instruction for each other. Your com

Titus 2:3-5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks w

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks women are not to be elders. And no, the Bible doesn’t say that. That’s not what Paul is saying in 1Ti 2:12. https://t.co

1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@UnsafeMedia @ksorbs Yeah, I got that too as an elder at my church. I also disag

@UnsafeMedia @ksorbs Yeah, I got that too as an elder at my church. I also disagreed.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@ashestoashes80 Because the verse says literally “one wife husband” or “husband

@ashestoashes80 Because the verse says literally “one wife husband” or “husband of one wife”—if this is about being male, then it means that elders also have to be married. I argue against both.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii So you don’t tolerate secondary differences? I

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii So you don’t tolerate secondary differences? I tolerated my former male-only led church on this issue. Do you think it is a sin for a female to serve as a pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@BornAgainMissy Now isn’t that interesting! “All scripture is God breathed…” —bu

@BornAgainMissy Now isn’t that interesting! “All scripture is God breathed…” —but He didn’t use his own hand and pen so God didn’t “write” it. This dear pastor already blocked me for asking him to su

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy The dear pastor can start here. https://t.

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy The dear pastor can start here. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy So now this pastor blocks me for asking hi

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy So now this pastor blocks me for asking him to defend his position from scripture. Is this how pastors are to behave? You’ve got to be kidding, right? https://t.c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy Are you a pastor and you are not cognizant

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy Are you a pastor and you are not cognizant that you have to interpret scripture and how easy it is to take a text out of context?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@danitreweek This is the first time I have heard of ordination to deacon roles.

@danitreweek This is the first time I have heard of ordination to deacon roles. I suspect most Americans that are talking about ordination are thinking of the full time pastorate.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@dalepartridge Your wording is needlessly divisive. Where does the Bible qualify pastors with “male”? No one is even explicitly called “pastor” in the NT. And we actually have at least one example of a female shepherd—Rachael in Ge 29:9 is explicitl...

@dalepartridge Your wording is needlessly divisive. Where does the Bible qualify pastors with “male”? No one is even explicitly called “pastor” in the NT. And we actually have at least one example of

Ge 29:9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@deensreggin @smashbaals Everyone who learns should learn quietly. Just look at any classroom. What Paul is dealing with in 1Ti 2:12 is not someone doing what men ought to but wife of likely an elder who is teaching false doctrine and he is silent an...

@deensreggin @smashbaals Everyone who learns should learn quietly. Just look at any classroom. What Paul is dealing with in 1Ti 2:12 is not someone doing what men ought to but wife of likely an elder

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Ed

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Edgar Budde’s comments, be outraged at the substance of what…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the Ne

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@Vysler @smashbaals That passage is in the context of Paul writing a personal letter to Timothy telling him he was leaving him in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine not to stop half the church from teaching the truth to the o...

@Vysler @smashbaals That passage is in the context of Paul writing a personal letter to Timothy telling him he was leaving him in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine not to sto

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In that case, pastors have to be Levites. All believers form a kingdom of priests. https://t.co/2crysd8yKJ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Paul was also an overseer as well as an apostle. He also encouraged everyone that if possible they could be single like him—which would mean no one would be qualified if being married was required. The funny part is that th...

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Paul was also an overseer as well as an apostle. He also encouraged everyone that if possible they could be single like him—which would mean no one would be qualified if bein

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@KMD_0nline There is still a lot of cases where they are treated as second class citizens…remarkably in many churches. Just watch when a female pastor joins other male pastors in a Baptist fellowship. Watch how the men respond. But yes, women are co...

@KMD_0nline There is still a lot of cases where they are treated as second class citizens…remarkably in many churches. Just watch when a female pastor joins other male pastors in a Baptist fellowship.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to *wear* coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying. He says he does *not* have any such practice nor...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to *wear* coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-19

@_TheWildPursuit @smashbaals I’m not passive; I’m masculine. I have courage too

@_TheWildPursuit @smashbaals I’m not passive; I’m masculine. I have courage too (which, BTW, isn’t only a characteristic of males). Supporting qualified and godly women in leadership and not forbiddi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Can you please repeat point 2 ag

@ReformedSteven @Christianous100 @RevKimWChafee Can you please repeat point 2 again? You are quoting a passage—can you provide it precisely? Is it Lord over the church or lord over all things for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@pastherandie Does the Nazarene church differ significantly from the others?

@pastherandie Does the Nazarene church differ significantly from the others?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@MaplesCR @presbycrusader @RealDavidReece Does your church have men speaking out

@MaplesCR @presbycrusader @RealDavidReece Does your church have men speaking out when the pastor is speaking? Do the students all speak when the professor is speaking? Paul was dealing with someone w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Eve was created from his flesh and bone. The husband...

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Hm. If he was a time-specific command, then why is he also ok with people getting married, saying it is better to get married than to burn with passion? He also is not advocating for people to break up but to remain in the state t...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Hm. If he was a time-specific command, then why is he also ok with people getting married, saying it is better to get married than to burn with passion? He also is not advocating f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Do you think women should be allowed to be pasto

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Do you think women should be allowed to be pastors? How about elders? How about leaders in the church? How about ruling their homes?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@dalepartridge Many pastors like yourself have prioritized the disapproval of wo

@dalepartridge Many pastors like yourself have prioritized the disapproval of women over the discipleship of women.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-12

@BeanofChrist Verses that don’t make the point? My point was about God fearers and whether God gives these to Christ or God haters. If we take your ‘clear passages’ in their immediate and the greater context of scripture, regenerating a person befor...

@BeanofChrist Verses that don’t make the point? My point was about God fearers and whether God gives these to Christ or God haters. If we take your ‘clear passages’ in their immediate and the greater

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-11

@BeanofChrist No, God revealed Himself and convicted me of sin but scripture doesn’t say He gives me faith to believe and passes over the rest who also hear the word and are convicted by the Holy Spirit. God doesn’t save people before they are saved...

@BeanofChrist No, God revealed Himself and convicted me of sin but scripture doesn’t say He gives me faith to believe and passes over the rest who also hear the word and are convicted by the Holy Spir

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number of Calvinist including pastors and they don’t even believe such a thing. They even allow those who disagree on the end

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being created in God’s image which means that humans possess u...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being create

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