Search — Theology Explorer

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii The elders must submit to Jesus’ authority. There usually are many mature people in the fellowship who can serve as witnesses, and certain so can an elder or two. The way I’ve...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii The elders must submit to Jesus’ authority. There usually are many mature people in the fellowship who can serve as witnesses,

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom, so Jesus words only lasted for a very short time? Although He already had apostles he didn’t mention them or leadership of any kind, so his words were merely a suggestion ...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom, so Jesus words only lasted for a very short time? Although He already had apostles he didn’t mention them or leadership o

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeW

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii So no mention of apostles or leadership? Again, what’s missing? Are you saying following what Jesus said is not

@Whitehorse1255 @ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Sounds like a great story about Edwards. However, shouldn’t we just do what scripture says? Communion is both a unifying meal and a gospel proclam...

@Whitehorse1255 @ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Sounds like a great story about Edwards. However, shouldn’t we just do what scripture says? Comm

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Jesus is the one who set the process and there is no mention of elders, though elders being the most mature would make great witnesses. The witnesses confirm ever...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Jesus is the one who set the process and there is no mention of elders, though elders being the most mature woul

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii But contrary to the example you gave, the community is not responsible for dealing with the kidnapper; the police are. Jesus does not mention the elders (unless ...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii But contrary to the example you gave, the community is not responsible for dealing with the kidnapper; the polic

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The idea that it is the elders who mete out disciplinary action for unrepentant believers bypasses the instruction of Jesus in Matt 18 which says it is the 2 or 3...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The idea that it is the elders who mete out disciplinary action for unrepentant believers bypasses the instructi

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does the Bible ever speak of guarding Jesus’ table? Jesus even commanded Judas to partake and Jesus said he was a devil. Why didn't Jesus protect Judas? Yo...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does the Bible ever speak of guarding Jesus’ table? Jesus even commanded Judas to partake and Jesus said h

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii BTW, that was Jesus continuing to subject Himself to His parents when Jesus was a child. Later in Mk 3:20-21,31-35, Jesus is teaching in a house...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii BTW, that was Jesus continuing to subject Himself to His parents when Jesus was a child. Later

Mk 3:20-21 general

@FreeAme19691836 @subq @MikeWingerii Sounds good, Russell. The great commission is to make disciples and teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded his disciples. That doesn’t preclude dealing with divisive issues and helping people to know what s...

@FreeAme19691836 @subq @MikeWingerii Sounds good, Russell. The great commission is to make disciples and teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded his disciples. That doesn’t preclude dealing with

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@SKokenos @smashbaals Jesus didn’t choose any Gentile apostles either. Matt 28:18-20 tells them to make disciples of all nations “teaching them to follow all that I commanded you”—so if Jesus commanded his apostles to go and preach then those whom t...

@SKokenos @smashbaals Jesus didn’t choose any Gentile apostles either. Matt 28:18-20 tells them to make disciples of all nations “teaching them to follow all that I commanded you”—so if Jesus command

Matt 28:18-20 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-24

@KJesusChristian You are 100% right. We are not to dominate one another but to s

@KJesusChristian You are 100% right. We are not to dominate one another but to serve and love one another. And this is also what Peter and Paul's writings say. It is only those who twist their words t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-24

@KJesusChristian But they are completely misunderstanding the words of Paul and

@KJesusChristian But they are completely misunderstanding the words of Paul and Peter as they are not in disagreement with Jesus.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@UndeadOrlan Marriage is not necessary; Jesus wasn't married and the apostle Pau

@UndeadOrlan Marriage is not necessary; Jesus wasn't married and the apostle Paul advocated for singleness in 1Cor 7. What specifically is your question as I'm not certain what your concern is.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ok, let me rephrase, you are the one who believes the Bible is forbidding, just like the Pharisees and the Jewish leaders in the time of Jesus who...

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ok, let me rephrase, you are the one who believes the Bible is forbidding, just like the Pharise

@StevenMKestner In order to forbid something, scripture has to be unequivocal. Taken literally, the requirement is married with more than one child. Even Paul and Timothy don’t meet this…even Jesus couldn’t be an elder in His own church! The require...

@StevenMKestner In order to forbid something, scripture has to be unequivocal. Taken literally, the requirement is married with more than one child. Even Paul and Timothy don’t meet this…even Jesus co

@Torncurtainorg @AngEngland @JollyStine @DustyMayT @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7

@Torncurtainorg @AngEngland @JollyStine @DustyMayT @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii Jesus also didn’t appoint Gentiles to leadership. He left a few matters for the church to work out. 😉

@corefaithbishop @johnmarkallen @MikeWingerii You are a great complementarian. K

@corefaithbishop @johnmarkallen @MikeWingerii You are a great complementarian. Keep it up! The Christ/church picture demonstrates mutual submission, not one person with the trump card over the other.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@TarienCole @MikeWingerii @JollyStine “I think men should have short hair still”

@TarienCole @MikeWingerii @JollyStine “I think men should have short hair still” How long was Jesus’ hair? How about John the Baptist who never cut his hair? Samson? Absalom? Anyone taking a Nazarite

Ac 18:18 question

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn. Indeed the 12 apostles are all Jewish males. They were appointed before the church. And description is not a prescription as Jesus may have had some symbolic reason for picking just 12 and all males. In Revelati...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn. Indeed the 12 apostles are all Jewish males. They were appointed before the church. And description is not a prescription as Jesus may have had some symbolic rea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@peace_got Saul was called a pastor? Matthew? Arguably Jesus told Peter to shepherd so you did find the only instance of a specific NT person given this task. Since the role of a pastor is what Smash seems to be concerned about, how is that proof th...

@peace_got Saul was called a pastor? Matthew? Arguably Jesus told Peter to shepherd so you did find the only instance of a specific NT person given this task. Since the role of a pastor is what Smash

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-17

@johnmarkallen @pastherandie @peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Apollos came from Alexandria. He was not part of the group of 12 in Ephesus. There is clearly a difference bet...

@johnmarkallen @pastherandie @peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Apollos came from Alexandria. He was not part of the group o

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Responsibility often comes with knowledge, ability, experience or maturity. “John answered and said, ‘A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.’” (Jn 3:27) Later, Jesus said to ...

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Responsibility often comes with knowledge, ability, experience or maturity. “John answered and said, ‘A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given h

Jn 3:27 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Adam didn’t name Eve, he recognized what God had created: Adam=Ish, Eve=Isha. Unless you believe she had two names and every woman had the same name as her? There is no hierarchy within God. That is a very...

@narrow_road_2 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Adam didn’t name Eve, he recognized what God had created: Adam=Ish, Eve=Isha. Unless you believe she had two names and every woman had the same name as her?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@nakedpastor Paul was taught by Jesus. They don’t disagree but people often misi

@nakedpastor Paul was taught by Jesus. They don’t disagree but people often misinterpret Paul.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii The Bible doesn't tell anyone to "hold authority." Women are certainly told to teach and shown to teach others. No one is called pastor in the New Testament except Jesus Himself. Anyone who forbids women from full...

@avyargo @plumlee_ann @MikeWingerii The Bible doesn't tell anyone to "hold authority." Women are certainly told to teach and shown to teach others. No one is called pastor in the New Testament except

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@covjack @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWinger

@covjack @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii If all scripture is God breathed then this is not an option. Paul was called and taught by Jesus Himself and wrote al

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@avyargo @MikeWingerii It’s not about not liking it. You are misreading these passages thinking they prohibit godly women who are gifted by God from fulfilling His calling for them. To restrict them is quenching the Holy Spirit. God does not implemen...

@avyargo @MikeWingerii It’s not about not liking it. You are misreading these passages thinking they prohibit godly women who are gifted by God from fulfilling His calling for them. To restrict them i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-14

@peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @MargMowczko @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Actually, authority to lead and teach comes directly from Jesus and is given to all in Matt 28:18-20. Leaders in the church must have characte...

@peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @MargMowczko @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Actually, authority to lead and teach comes directly from Jesus and is given to all in Matt

Matt 28:18-20 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-14

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeW

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii No one is Jesus. So that quote is evidently true. But everything Paul wrote is scripture because it was inspired

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@peace_got @JollyStine @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii The great commission doesn’t have the word “gospel” in it. Read it again. You believe women can make disciples of all nations (no restriction ...

@peace_got @JollyStine @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii The great commission doesn’t have the word “gospel” in it. Read it again. You believe women

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@pastherandie @bezalelplace @peace_got @MikeWingerii Here’s where Mike’s actions are particularly problematic. He is advocating for treating his egalitarian brothers and sisters as rebels against God. Is that not going to needlessly divide Jesus’ bod...

@pastherandie @bezalelplace @peace_got @MikeWingerii Here’s where Mike’s actions are particularly problematic. He is advocating for treating his egalitarian brothers and sisters as rebels against God.

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I don't care about what the Western world thinks. I care about what Jesus thinks since the church belongs to him. Your view of church history is skewed. Even the Waldensiens which were pre-Luther had women elder...

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I don't care about what the Western world thinks. I care about what Jesus thinks since the church belongs to him. Your view of church history is skewed. Even the

Heb 13:20 1Pet 5:4 debate

@theologicaljoe @Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii Hi Joe - not a silly question at all. Glad to clarify. No one is specifically called a pastor, such as "Paul, the pastor of..." - Jesus is called the Chief shepherd in 1Pet 5:4 and the great sh...

@theologicaljoe @Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii Hi Joe - not a silly question at all. Glad to clarify. No one is specifically called a pastor, such as "Paul, the pastor of..." - Jesus is call

@Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii We do not see one single pastor in the N

@Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii We do not see one single pastor in the New Testament…just Jesus. Take another look.

@Crystalisives @MichaelBerg888 Jesus didn't pick people to be sure they would be respected. He picked a tax collector! lol. Jesus does things for symbolic reasons. There are 12 sons of Jacob and so there are 12 apostles = 24 elders in Revelation. Th...

@Crystalisives @MichaelBerg888 Jesus didn't pick people to be sure they would be respected. He picked a tax collector! lol. Jesus does things for symbolic reasons. There are 12 sons of Jacob and so th

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii None of the 12 were Gentiles. Is your pastor a Gentile? The early church had issues fully accepting Gentiles too…you think it was different with women? Jesus picked 12 males for a reason not given. It certainly...

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii None of the 12 were Gentiles. Is your pastor a Gentile? The early church had issues fully accepting Gentiles too…you think it was different with women? Jesus pi

@JeffreyTanCG The thief on the cross who believed and Jesus said would be in paradise with him "today" was saved without being baptized. What is necessary is being filled with the Holy Spirit which is a condition of repentance and faith. If you submi...

@JeffreyTanCG The thief on the cross who believed and Jesus said would be in paradise with him "today" was saved without being baptized. What is necessary is being filled with the Holy Spirit which is

@00strangeland @1whoconquers Except Hos 6:7 frames what Adam did as treason and scripture blames him for bringing sin and death to the human race. Jesus did not sin to save us. What God did to prepare Adam so that he wasn't deceived and to make Eve ...

@00strangeland @1whoconquers Except Hos 6:7 frames what Adam did as treason and scripture blames him for bringing sin and death to the human race. Jesus did not sin to save us. What God did to prepar

Hos 6:7 general

Please take back calling for repentance for something Egalitarians believe is ri

Please take back calling for repentance for something Egalitarians believe is right and have Biblical substantiation for; do not call for dividing our churches! For the love of God and for the sake

Assuring his listeners that he's done this before, Mike says that leaving is "just the right thing to do... to go." Does God want us to divide over secondary disagreements? No! Jesus wants His church to be unified! This does NOT mean we always agr...

Assuring his listeners that he's done this before, Mike says that leaving is "just the right thing to do... to go." Does God want us to divide over secondary disagreements? No! Jesus wants His chur

@onegospel2021 @KimberleeJayneW @deadtosin610 You said Jesus whipped. You presumed that whatever Jesus did is fair game for this issue. Or did you not? We all know that you disagree. I disagree with you. But I don't go around calling you a false tea...

@onegospel2021 @KimberleeJayneW @deadtosin610 You said Jesus whipped. You presumed that whatever Jesus did is fair game for this issue. Or did you not? We all know that you disagree. I disagree with

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one is called a pastor. Jesus is called the chief She...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one

1Pe 5:4 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii The scripture does not explicitly prohibit "women" from teaching others unless they are teaching "strange doctrines." Nowhere does Paul ever prohibit a godly woman from teaching truth to others including men. To do so would ...

@ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii The scripture does not explicitly prohibit "women" from teaching others unless they are teaching "strange doctrines." Nowhere does Paul ever prohibit a godly woman from teach

Matt 28:18-20 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@jhob97 @MikeWingerii Mike imports the idea of gender roles from other complementarians. What the Bible actually teaches is source relationships as the basis for marriage and what attitude we are to have. "Have this attitude in yourselves which ...

@jhob97 @MikeWingerii Mike imports the idea of gender roles from other complementarians. What the Bible actually teaches is source relationships as the basis for marriage and what attitude we are to h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@Grengoli @marshalldukat 2A) You only have a single verse. 1Ti 2:12: - doesn’t have a second witness confirming women should not even teach truth to men - violates the great commission where all believers are told to teach all nations everything Je...

@Grengoli @marshalldukat 2A) You only have a *single* verse. 1Ti 2:12: - doesn’t have a second witness confirming women should not even teach truth to men - violates the great commission where all bel

1Ti 2:12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Yet it seems he still reserves the right to force his will because otherwise his

Yet it seems he still reserves the right to force his will because otherwise his authority is meaningless or token only. So Mike's only objection would have to be that forcing sex is not loving her a