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@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Us

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Usurping authority is also not really what that extremely rare word means. Are males allowed to usurp authority? https://

@JackAllLanterns @NBidnz @harmonizedgrace Okay, but the Book of Mormon mentions

@JackAllLanterns @NBidnz @harmonizedgrace Okay, but the Book of Mormon mentions God... mentioning God is not how we determine if it is part of the Bible or not.

@jabberwookie80 @harmonizedgrace Nothing in Eph 5 says "wives obey your husbands." Also...Eph 5:21 says "and subject [ὑποτάσσω, hypotasso] yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." So if we are to subject ourselves to each other, then whate...

@jabberwookie80 @harmonizedgrace Nothing in Eph 5 says "wives obey your husbands." Also...Eph 5:21 says "and subject [ὑποτάσσω, hypotasso] yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." So if we

Eph 5:21 debate

@elyie_bliss @BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace First you have to ask the question if they are misinterpreting Paul. Paul wrote half of the New Testament, so it's a bit disingenuous to discount Paul's writing. Paul clearly wrote scripture, but if you cal...

@elyie_bliss @BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace First you have to ask the question if they are misinterpreting Paul. Paul wrote half of the New Testament, so it's a bit disingenuous to discount Paul's writ

@BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace I don't see any reference to "obey" there. Any passage that says "wives...being subject [ὑποτάσσω hypotasso] to their husbands" has to be taken in light of Eph 5:21 which says "and subject [ὑποτάσσω hypotasso] yourselves...

@BBWoofield @harmonizedgrace I don't see any reference to "obey" there. Any passage that says "wives...being subject [ὑποτάσσω hypotasso] to their husbands" has to be taken in light of Eph 5:21 which

Eph 5:21 general

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua I understand the need to protect our freedoms and sovereignty as a nation, but the church is not defended by flesh and blood and the church is not weakened by women assisting defending the faith and leading as strong le...

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua I understand the need to protect our freedoms and sovereignty as a nation, but the church is not defended by flesh and blood and the church is not weakened by women assi

@Duke456521 I guess it depends on what is meant by this. What does such authori

@Duke456521 I guess it depends on what is meant by this. What does such authority entail in your opinion?

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership roles in the church is not inevitable. The church doesn’t need men with muscles and swords but humble servants who subj

@harmonizedgrace You are correct that patriarchy doesn’t mean a husband cannot o

@harmonizedgrace You are correct that patriarchy doesn’t mean a husband cannot or should not consider input or ideas from his wife but simply that he makes all the decisions and can disagree with the

@OutOfThePocket This is an interesting point I hadn’t thought of before…that his father would have passed while he was away. Perhaps Jacob thought this though that detail is not in the text. Isaac’s death is recorded much later in the Book of Genes...

@OutOfThePocket This is an interesting point I hadn’t thought of before…that his father would have passed while he was away. Perhaps Jacob thought this though that detail is not in the text. Isaac’s

Gen 35:28-29 general

@imanii4u @drbrudd Yes, you have noted a clear problem with his interpretation h

@imanii4u @drbrudd Yes, you have noted a clear problem with his interpretation here. If we instead understand v34-35 as Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ie. 1 Cor 7:1), then this re

1 Cor 7:1 general

He still says that the pastor has some "decision making and some authority"⎯I'm

He still says that the pastor has some "decision making and some authority"⎯I'm still curious what Mike thinks is unique authority relegated to the pastor. The authority is in the Word, not a fallibl

@AleahPursley Hi Aleah! Thanks for the question. The following is how inparsed

@AleahPursley Hi Aleah! Thanks for the question. The following is how inparsednout what I think Paul is getting at in Ephesians 5. Let me know if you want to explore something further. https://t.co

@liquid_danno I finally got through Payne's book. I find he says some good things and some very strange things. - His argument on 1 Cor 14:34-35 being an addition to the text⎯which does align with the idea that Paul is quoting from the Corinthian l...

@liquid_danno I finally got through Payne's book. I find he says some good things and some very strange things. - His argument on 1 Cor 14:34-35 being an addition to the text⎯which does align with t

1 Cor 14:34-35 general

This video short makes @MikeWingerii sound egalitarian. Is it true? https://t.

This video short makes @MikeWingerii sound egalitarian. Is it true? https://t.co/K3Fsn8u7VG

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-11

No. There’s no Biblical mandate for the wife to “obey” her husband like childre

No. There’s no Biblical mandate for the wife to “obey” her husband like children obey their parents. https://t.co/4Y79Q7Kq0i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-11

@harmonizedgrace Where does the Bible say the wife is to “obey” the husband?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-11

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MalcangiSarah No, not the way I read scripture. Like I said, I don’t think they always do the right thing but they are the one democratic nation in the midst of nations that all want them exterminated from the planet. And I think ...

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MalcangiSarah No, not the way I read scripture. Like I said, I don’t think they always do the right thing but they are the one democratic nation in the midst of nations that all wan

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-10

RT @ryanschatz: @MikeWingerii Why should you apologize when someone is offended?

RT @ryanschatz: @MikeWingerii Why should you apologize when someone is offended? People were offended in the Bible—even by things Jesus sa…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-10

@MikeWingerii Why should you apologize when someone is offended? People were offended in the Bible—even by things Jesus says. What Biblical precedence do you find for apologizing if you did nothing wrong? Here’s the example from Jesus: "But Jesus...

@MikeWingerii Why should you apologize when someone is offended? People were offended in the Bible—even by things Jesus says. What Biblical precedence do you find for apologizing if you did nothing

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-09

@_anandacaseyy I have a thread on this topic (see below) and more in my highligh

@_anandacaseyy I have a thread on this topic (see below) and more in my highlights under my profile if you find that helpful. For what it’s worth, the vast majority of complementarians and most patri

@susannemaynes I think the problem I have seen is that pastors believe they have

@susannemaynes I think the problem I have seen is that pastors believe they have a responsibility to set the official teaching uniquely for their church. This allows them to filter out anyone they di

@susannemaynes In the one church where I sat down with the pastor, this idea was used as a rite only allowed for official pastors, not just males. They had a male intern pastor and he wasn’t allowed to speak authoritatively either, though he will be...

@susannemaynes In the one church where I sat down with the pastor, this idea was used as a rite only allowed for official pastors, not just males. They had a male intern pastor and he wasn’t allowed

@paulogia0 There’s a difference between purchasing a fully paid for gift card an

@paulogia0 There’s a difference between purchasing a fully paid for gift card and giving it to every human being and then cashing it in. Jesus says that He died for Judas too. But Judas didn’t belie

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Tim 2:15 general

@th3muse @Angela46951592 I agree, though 1 Cor 11:1-16 is a pretty close second.

@th3muse @Angela46951592 I agree, though 1 Cor 11:1-16 is a pretty close second. Perhaps this will help re: 1 Tim 2:15. https://t.co/UnZDiv7mdx

@_anandacaseyy Mutual submission… "and subject yourselves to one another in the

@_anandacaseyy Mutual submission… "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ” (Eph 5:21).

Eph 5:21 general

@AaronInWriting I thought this just refers to those who are in full time ministr

@AaronInWriting I thought this just refers to those who are in full time ministry and receive their living from it, not that they are more right or better than someone else in the body of Christ.

commentary

Let’s say that a pastor speaks what he thinks is God’s intended meaning “with au

Let’s say that a pastor speaks what he thinks is God’s intended meaning “with authority” but upon reading the text and reflecting on it you recognize that he is off base and incorrect. Should you obe

This idea of authoritative preaching comes up a lot in complementarian circles. But what does it mean? In 1 Pet 4:11 we read "Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking actual words of God…" If it isn’t our personal opinion, shouldn’t we AL...

This idea of authoritative preaching comes up a lot in complementarian circles. But what does it mean? In 1 Pet 4:11 we read "Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking actual words of God…"

1 Pet 4:11 question

@Generally_aware @RealStevenDC @ryancduff If you admit deacons, and deacons are

@Generally_aware @RealStevenDC @ryancduff If you admit deacons, and deacons are also described as “one wife husbands” (1 Tim 3:12), then why can’t they be elders?

1 Tim 3:12 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

In Numbers 11:29, Moses said, "Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, t

In Numbers 11:29, Moses said, "Would that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them!" This was in response to the concern that some who were prophesying away fr

Numbers 11:29 general

RT @ryanschatz: @MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by i

RT @ryanschatz: @MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However,…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, there are only two people explicitly called elders in...

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, the

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one witness. Further, church discipline is not meant fo...

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one wi

@JillSmi60526171 @godlywomanhood MacArthur is a humble man who seems to sincerel

@JillSmi60526171 @godlywomanhood MacArthur is a humble man who seems to sincerely believe that women should not preach or teach with men present. He’s wrong though. I go through the relevant texts i

@CSavedByGrace18 @Obleo_1 @Ken_FiveSolas Agree with the language but I would lik

@CSavedByGrace18 @Obleo_1 @Ken_FiveSolas Agree with the language but I would like to challenge you on John’s views on women preachers. https://t.co/kIiNFgXT9C

@WomnOfValor It depends on what you mean by this. Holding to the intended meaning of the Bible especially with respect to the foundation beliefs concerning the gospel, sin and the nature of God and man would certainly not be immature because these a...

@WomnOfValor It depends on what you mean by this. Holding to the intended meaning of the Bible especially with respect to the foundation beliefs concerning the gospel, sin and the nature of God and m

@AngEngland The first slide makes it appear I’m against women speaking, but I’m

@AngEngland The first slide makes it appear I’m against women speaking, but I’m showing how this is a false view and how Paul is liberating women from being silenced.

@JeffreyPWiesner Sounds like you are simply referring to caring well for our fam

@JeffreyPWiesner Sounds like you are simply referring to caring well for our family and guests. Hospitality shouldn’t be a half effort, yet someone’s best should be acceptable or help teach them so t

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals Generally speaking you are right that religions are as numerous as cultures. However, the Bible transcends all cultures. Don’t assume that America is a Christian Nation or that its political leaders or even the popular pr...

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals Generally speaking you are right that religions are as numerous as cultures. However, the Bible transcends all cultures. Don’t assume that America is a Christian Nation or

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but thank God had the scriptures explained to me more a...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but t

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 No, if you do not repent, you will lose your salvation. Salvation is by faith and someone who claims to be a Christian but refuses to submit to God is a liar and the truth is not in him. This may so...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 No, if you do not repent, you will lose your salvation. Salvation is by faith and someone who claims to be a Christian but refuses to submit to God i

@ManuelMencia11 @CSavedByGrace18 They believe things that I think the scripture doesn’t teach, but when it comes to the fundamentals of the gospel, they believe the same as me. I’ll give you an example. They will preach the gospel to all just as I ...

@ManuelMencia11 @CSavedByGrace18 They believe things that I think the scripture doesn’t teach, but when it comes to the fundamentals of the gospel, they believe the same as me. I’ll give you an examp

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals If you don’t base your actions on scripture, I can se

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals If you don’t base your actions on scripture, I can see why you don’t care. This was just me reflecting on something we often overlook in Genesis. I wasn’t suggesting that

@AndBlackburn233 @OutOfThePocket What on earth are you talking about? Demonic possession for their total sexual depravity??? A Calvinist who practices sexual depravity would be kicked out of his church! To suggest Calvinism is the basis of homosex...

@AndBlackburn233 @OutOfThePocket What on earth are you talking about? Demonic possession for their total sexual depravity??? A Calvinist who practices sexual depravity would be kicked out of his chu

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do is explain these hard passages. And I believe I ha...

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do i

@at_M_J_F_ @heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC Rather, I’m working hard to demonstrate what the plain meaning of the text is by carefully considering everything in the grammar, context and how Paul applies it in his own life. When Paul is clear in Galatia...

@at_M_J_F_ @heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC Rather, I’m working hard to demonstrate what the plain meaning of the text is by carefully considering everything in the grammar, context and how Paul applies

Tit 1:5-9 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate

@MikeWingerii Finally, most complementarians see 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 as clearly requiring male leadership. But if this is the case: - Why does Paul use τὶς in v1 which means “someone” or “anyone”? Why didn’t he specify a male, or ἀνήρ? - I...

@MikeWingerii Finally, most complementarians see 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 as clearly requiring male leadership. But if this is the case: - Why does Paul use τὶς in v1 which means “someone” or “any

As @MikeWingerii stated in his video series, how we see Genesis 2-3 is 99% of the debate! Mike sees Paul’s deliberate connection of the creation order with deception, but why isn’t he willing to entertain the idea that Adam wasn’t deceived because o...

As @MikeWingerii stated in his video series, how we see Genesis 2-3 is 99% of the debate! Mike sees Paul’s deliberate connection of the creation order with deception, but why isn’t he willing to ente