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@ZacharyGarris But an unrepentant, willful lifestyle of sin means you are outside of the faith. Again, where—and you must provide this—is a woman speaking, teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoring EVER stated to be a sin or listed in any list of sin...

@ZacharyGarris But an unrepentant, willful lifestyle of sin means you are outside of the faith. Again, where—and you must provide this—is a woman speaking, teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoring EV

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture and you won’t find women speaking, teaching, leading...

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture an

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Thanks for reading through them. I don’t expect you to necessarily be convinced, but at least you gave it a look. The difference is that I have discovered how the scripture makes sense with this view. I...

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Thanks for reading through them. I don’t expect you to necessarily be convinced, but at least you gave it a look. The difference is that I have discovere

1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

@ZacharyGarris Firstly, I absolutely do not deny the authority of the Bible! Be

@ZacharyGarris Firstly, I absolutely do not deny the authority of the Bible! Because you disagree with me does not give you a right to claim I deny the Bible’s authority. Do you consider me in sin?

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII Where does the Bible speak of gender roles? Men and women bring

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII Where does the Bible speak of gender roles? Men and women bring different gifts, strengths and weaknesses and together they complement each other in the same roles.

@realvamphours @IssaDegen @smashbaals On the other hand, when a complementarian “exegetes” it, it’s usually them just quoting it. Many don’t even seem to recognize that Paul’s grammar and word usage is complicated in this personal instruction to Tim...

@realvamphours @IssaDegen @smashbaals On the other hand, when a complementarian “exegetes” it, it’s usually them just quoting it. Many don’t even seem to recognize that Paul’s grammar and word usage

By banning women…even from administering communion, churches have no choice but to leave these denominations. It is these denominations that are causing division. Jesus cares about the unity of His body and causing division over these matters is no...

By banning women…even from administering communion, churches have no choice but to leave these denominations. It is these denominations that are causing division. Jesus cares about the unity of His

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Now that we know what you believe,

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Now that we know what you believe, where does the Bible teach it? https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 I’m all for more faithful men! Bring them on. But those men should be humble servants. You can’t blame society on the church. Unbelievers will be unbelievers. But if they see the church blindly doing ...

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 I’m all for more faithful men! Bring them on. But those men should be humble servants. You can’t blame society on the church. Unbelievers will be unbel

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII Are you suggesting that if you are a complementarian that you ar

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII Are you suggesting that if you are a complementarian that you are immune to moral failings? Do you need me to list them for you?

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @smashbaals That response is getting tired. “The woman” is NOT Eve, but Eve is a prototype in that she was deceived while Adam was not. The situation in Ephesus mirrors that in the garden where a wife who is deceived and has left th...

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @smashbaals That response is getting tired. “The woman” is NOT Eve, but Eve is a prototype in that she was deceived while Adam was not. The situation in Ephesus mirrors that in the g

RT @ryanschatz: @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals There is this idea that God places a

RT @ryanschatz: @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals There is this idea that God places authority structures in the home and church, but that’s not…

@VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals There is this idea that God places authority structures in the home and church, but that’s not at all what He is doing. Leadership does not imply authority. Authority is in the Word, not the person. Leadership is carryi...

@VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals There is this idea that God places authority structures in the home and church, but that’s not at all what He is doing. Leadership does not imply authority. Authority is

@DrSSteele @smashbaals I studied the scripture, not history, and I didn't take a

@DrSSteele @smashbaals I studied the scripture, not history, and I didn't take a popularity vote.

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel None of

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel None of this personal stuff advances the conversation or any Biblical argument.

@DrSSteele @smashbaals I thought we go back to the Bible? Do you not adhere to

@DrSSteele @smashbaals I thought we go back to the Bible? Do you not adhere to ‘sola scriptura’?

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel No, I mean the context of the passage. I’m not interested in bending scripture or conforming it to culture. Perhaps you are not aware but it takes strength and guts to do what ...

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel No, I mean the context of the passage. I’m not interested in bending scripture or conforming it to culture. Perhaps you are no

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Scripture matters 100%! Every word, all the context, the

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Scripture matters 100%! Every word, all the context, the grammar, the author and audience⎯all of it. What parts of scripture are you ignoring?

@IssaDegen @smashbaals It's Greek words, not Hebrew. The point is who the 'she' and 'they' are referring to in 1 Tim 2:15? If we can find the answer to that and make it make sense in the context and the rest of the grammar, we can understand what P...

@IssaDegen @smashbaals It's Greek words, not Hebrew. The point is who the 'she' and 'they' are referring to in 1 Tim 2:15? If we can find the answer to that and make it make sense in the context and

1 Tim 2:15 commentary

@CameronGunn1863 @twigsally @smashbaals This is a strange argument for someone s

@CameronGunn1863 @twigsally @smashbaals This is a strange argument for someone supposedly wanting everyone to follow the Bible. Does one's opinions matter based on where they are from or based on scr

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Where is gender role in the text? If its ordained by God, role should be there as that's what everyone thinks is so important. Primacy means that it's the males that must do all the leading, preaching, judging doctrine, overs...

@DrSSteele @smashbaals Where is gender role in the text? If its ordained by God, role should be there as that's what everyone thinks is so important. Primacy means that it's the males that must do a

@OrinRomine @ryancduff It doesn't say "women (plural) must not teach men (plural)" nor does it say "a woman (singular) must not teach men (plural)"⎯it says clearly "a woman/wife must not teach or 'authentein' a man/husband"⎯what this is referring to ...

@OrinRomine @ryancduff It doesn't say "women (plural) must not teach men (plural)" nor does it say "a woman (singular) must not teach men (plural)"⎯it says clearly "a woman/wife must not teach or 'aut

@OrinRomine @ryancduff Paul is dealing with false teaching and its affects on the Ephesian church. Men were using anger in their prayers probably complaining about false teaching, women were using outward adornments to show which one was holy and sh...

@OrinRomine @ryancduff Paul is dealing with false teaching and its affects on the Ephesian church. Men were using anger in their prayers probably complaining about false teaching, women were using ou

@tradwifetoday @taxpayer0011 @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel Of cours

@tradwifetoday @taxpayer0011 @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel Of course I believe in the plain words of the Bible. I believe what they plainly mean **in context**.

@WybrowRobb @FGHart @DardoSergio @autocorrect2_0 I assume you’d agree that Paul

@WybrowRobb @FGHart @DardoSergio @autocorrect2_0 I assume you’d agree that Paul doesn’t permit you to take his words out of context? https://t.co/Y0IdPyu8TO

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christians. Secondary ones are those that are debatable th...

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christian

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel That is

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel That is a true statement. There is only one preacher in the photo.

@tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel You might want to look

@tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel You might want to look at his post again, because you'll observe 1 female preacher in that photo.

@oddlyadding @BrassVon @pauldirks @KaeleyT I think he meant property, as in for women who were their property. He disagrees — I think he is saying that men fight to defend the woman they love perhaps proving that it’s not about treating them as prop...

@oddlyadding @BrassVon @pauldirks @KaeleyT I think he meant property, as in for women who were their property. He disagrees — I think he is saying that men fight to defend the woman they love perhaps

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I appreciate you enc

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I appreciate you encouraging me to read my Bible. It just doesn’t move our conversation forward.

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Why use the word hea

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Why use the word head? The husband loves and leads. Yes, but does this mean the wife doesn’t love? Clearly not. The same reason why she

@pastherandie @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve Leading is possible but this doesn’t mean authority over or the boss of or the final decision maker. Jesus says the greatest leader is the greatest slave. Ideally both lead in an equal partnership according ...

@pastherandie @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve Leading is possible but this doesn’t mean authority over or the boss of or the final decision maker. Jesus says the greatest leader is the greatest slave. Id

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve The question is what does the text mean by head, because Paul sees Adam as the head of Eve. Kephale has a range of meaning and the meaning intended is understood by the context. In this, t...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve The question is what does the text mean by head, because Paul sees Adam as the head of Eve. Kephale has a range of meaning and the meaning

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reason Paul refers to the creation order is not becaus...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reas

@pastherandie @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve This is actually the one instance where authority over the spouse is even mentioned! (I know of no other reference) "The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise the...

@pastherandie @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve This is actually the one instance where authority over the spouse is even mentioned! (I know of no other reference) "The wife does not have authority over he

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

@TeregianKunta @pauldirks @KaeleyT Wow, I just saw this! Thanks for the feedback. Hope you stick around and view some of my other posts on this subject. I hope to cover all the relevant passages…just finishing up 1 Cor 11:1-16, but got interrupted...

@TeregianKunta @pauldirks @KaeleyT Wow, I just saw this! Thanks for the feedback. Hope you stick around and view some of my other posts on this subject. I hope to cover all the relevant passages…ju

@GlennDavies @KaeleyT @PrestonSprinkle Thanks for the feedback. I don't know you except that we've had a few conversations, we live in the same area and I also know nothing of how you run your church. So you have to take my comments as responding t...

@GlennDavies @KaeleyT @PrestonSprinkle Thanks for the feedback. I don't know you except that we've had a few conversations, we live in the same area and I also know nothing of how you run your church

@GlennDavies @KaeleyT @PrestonSprinkle I actually don’t think that the complementarian view leads to oppression of women necessarily. I have been part of several complementarian churches and they typically just reserved the lead pastoral role for a...

@GlennDavies @KaeleyT @PrestonSprinkle I actually don’t think that the complementarian view leads to oppression of women *necessarily.* I have been part of several complementarian churches and they ty

@smashbaals Men can literally: - Engage in unprotected sex, often avoiding its consequences - Consume porn, fueling the objectification of women - Claim authority over women, yet shirk responsibility for societal outcomes And when called to the car...

@smashbaals Men can literally: - Engage in unprotected sex, often avoiding its consequences - Consume porn, fueling the objectification of women - Claim authority over women, yet shirk responsibility

@lastadolphin @IvanIvez440026 @Brian_Sauve Interesting take. I sense you are not advocating for blind authority to obedience, but simply using healthy sexual (marital) relationships to show how the man’s strength if harnessed appropriately is exactl...

@lastadolphin @IvanIvez440026 @Brian_Sauve Interesting take. I sense you are not advocating for blind authority to obedience, but simply using healthy sexual (marital) relationships to show how the m

@IvanIvez440026 @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve In a relationship, the husband and wi

@IvanIvez440026 @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve In a relationship, the husband and wife lead; children follow.

@IvanIvez440026 @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve Let's test this theory out, shall we?

@IvanIvez440026 @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve Let's test this theory out, shall we? Here's a command: stop suppressing women. I'm a man. I'm an elder. Will you listen? Or are you just not doing what

@Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals Where does the great commission exclude women from obeying all the commands Christ gave His apostles? Also⎯suggesting someone has to communicate without speaking was a way to see what your problem is with women. Then lik...

@Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals Where does the great commission exclude women from obeying all the commands Christ gave His apostles? Also⎯suggesting someone has to communicate without speaking was a way

@eclctve @Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals I like your response, I just don't think do

@eclctve @Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals I like your response, I just don't think dogmatic teaching is in view here. I don't listen to someone because they are dogmatic, I listen because they are communi

@jeanlesar @smashbaals It sounds like in your church, women are not trained to b

@jeanlesar @smashbaals It sounds like in your church, women are not trained to be good theologians and teachers. How is that working out? It also seems you don't have much exposure to women outside

@ThandaM2 @SarahHOC @lukepwilliams @Brian_Sauve By reading in context and not ju

@ThandaM2 @SarahHOC @lukepwilliams @Brian_Sauve By reading in context and not just blindly taking the English word in your own context, you will see that Paul is referring to source and origin, not au

@TexasSpiderpig @Dioko1462 @Brian_Sauve I've studied what the scripture says rel

@TexasSpiderpig @Dioko1462 @Brian_Sauve I've studied what the scripture says related to kephale. I don't study commentaries to understand it, not a friend, not YouTube. For an anon account you seem

@ronhenzel Why on earth does Paul need a generic woman when he could just make t

@ronhenzel Why on earth does Paul need a generic woman when he could just make the grammar simple and say "women will be saved through childbearing if they continue..."?

@ronhenzel I did see this before, but after re-reading it, I see that these study notes do catch that salvation from deception due to the false teaching is mentioned. This is good. He does point out the reference back to Gen 3:15, the seed of the w...

@ronhenzel I did see this before, but after re-reading it, I see that these study notes do catch that salvation from deception due to the false teaching is mentioned. This is good. He does point out

Gen 3:15 debate

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi If Paul has in mind a template which he uses to interject in a discussion of a particular woman, he most certainly can use the article in this way. I have contacted Wallace in the past...would you like me to reach out to hi...

@ronhenzel @HwsEleutheroi If Paul has in mind a template which he uses to interject in a discussion of a particular woman, he most certainly can use the article in this way. I have contacted Wallace