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@_nomadic_soul This control over the wooden box on the stage is so bizarre. Espe

@_nomadic_soul This control over the wooden box on the stage is so bizarre. Especially since this has nothing to do with the theology or teaching of the person, but simply because they are a female.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I'm not promoting hyper feminists and false teaching. We are all to support one another; that is not something relegated to one s3x. The church does not emulate society but should be clear that we are all sons in Christ so th...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I'm not promoting hyper feminists and false teaching. We are all to support one another; that is not something relegated to one s3x. The church does not emulate society but sh

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Forbidding women completely without any regard for their giftedness, ability and specific teaching is clearly an error and the Orthodox Church has fallen prey to cultural patriarchalism like many others. Saying "but what abo...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Forbidding women completely without any regard for their giftedness, ability and specific teaching is clearly an error and the Orthodox Church has fallen prey to cultural patr

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Just because I believe scripture doesn't forbid godly women from teaching or pastoral ministry doesn't mean that women don't mess up like men. Maybe if men supported women who were gifted and had the desire to serve in this c...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Just because I believe scripture doesn't forbid godly women from teaching or pastoral ministry doesn't mean that women don't mess up like men. Maybe if men supported women who

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie 1Ti 2:12 is not referring to pastors. It is dealing with a specific wife who is outside of orthodoxy and teaching false doctrine and her husband (likely an elder) who is not deceived is silent and saying nothing. This mimics ...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie 1Ti 2:12 is not referring to pastors. It is dealing with a specific wife who is outside of orthodoxy and teaching false doctrine and her husband (likely an elder) who is not d

1Ti 2:12 general

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Those passages only forbid if you read them in complete

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Those passages only forbid if you read them in complete isolation to the rest of Paul’s letter. You need to go learn some humility and stop teaching what you don’t understand

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Actually, you don’t know what you are so confidently talking about. "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, thro...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Actually, you don’t know what you are so confidently talking about. "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie How strange. “Forbidding” what is not forbidden is actu

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie How strange. “Forbidding” what is not forbidden is actually doctrines of demons. Forbidding marriage, forbidding certain foods…and yes, forbidding godly women from teaching tr

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley My convictions on this are not suppressing the truth in

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley My convictions on this are not suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. Again, you cannot demonstrate how a godly woman teaching truth to men or pastoring is ever declared a

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Surely you realize there are things that are actually sin and then there are debatable matters, right? How can a godly woman teaching truth to a man or pastoring be a sin when it’s not stated as such and when you have clear e...

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Surely you realize there are things that are actually sin and then there are debatable matters, right? How can a godly woman teaching truth to a man or pastoring be a sin when

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley So how is it that you say somehow a godly woman teaching truth to men or pastoring is in the same category as a woman saying she is a man or wanting to change her s3x or living contrary to s3x confined to marriage which is be...

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley So how is it that you say somehow a godly woman teaching truth to men or pastoring is in the same category as a woman saying she is a man or wanting to change her s3x or livin

@UpifLips No, this is not it. Both males and females fall into bad teaching and

@UpifLips No, this is not it. Both males and females fall into bad teaching and can cause damage. It is not because a godly woman teaches truth that the church descends into madness.

@ronhenzel @carol66944 There’s no slippery slope here as I’m merely rejecting a doctrine created by man. The idea of gender hierarchy of authority is not the teaching of the New Testament. Even in the OT, there was no sense that obeying a woman in a ...

@ronhenzel @carol66944 There’s no slippery slope here as I’m merely rejecting a doctrine created by man. The idea of gender hierarchy of authority is not the teaching of the New Testament. Even in the

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Paul is identifying two things: the time order of the cre

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Paul is identifying two things: the time order of the creation of Adam and Eve and that this was why Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. Whatever teaching you are inferring about

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-23

@ronhenzel All you have shown is that liberalism also rejects patriarchy. Egali

@ronhenzel All you have shown is that liberalism also rejects patriarchy. Egalitarian views are not themselves the “gateway drug”—rather, a liberal handling of scripture that says “X is the clear tea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@ronhenzel BTW, those bishops became very angry at the insistence that God booby trapped humanity in order that they would fall so that they would be dependent on Him to rescue them. But this is exactly the setup they created. LDS teaching requires...

@ronhenzel BTW, those bishops became very angry at the insistence that God booby trapped humanity in order that they would fall so that they would be dependent on Him to rescue them. But this is exac

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii There is no prohibition on women. You are

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii There is no prohibition on women. You are literally making up teachings of men and binding God’s people to them.

@David_Timothy17 @MikeWingerii Then why is he calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent? Why is he recommending female pastors to resign? Why is he advising his followers who go to egalitarian churches to leave loudly and take others wi...

@David_Timothy17 @MikeWingerii Then why is he calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent? Why is he recommending female pastors to resign? Why is he advising his followers who go to egali

@scottspeig @lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii You are certainly allowed to come to your own conclusion on a debatable matter like this. Yet Mike as probably the most influential complementarian at this time told egaliatarians to repent of spreading their ...

@scottspeig @lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii You are certainly allowed to come to your own conclusion on a debatable matter like this. Yet Mike as probably the most influential complementarian at this tim

@ryantylervo @MikeWingerii Curious what I said that you interpreted as rude? Mike misunderstood my comment as I wasn’t clear enough. I already knew he supports female deacons. As for “speaking for Mike,” his teaching is public and I don’t need his ...

@ryantylervo @MikeWingerii Curious what I said that you interpreted as rude? Mike misunderstood my comment as I wasn’t clear enough. I already knew he supports female deacons. As for “speaking for M

@MikeWingerii @th3muse About your comments about my speaking for you. I’m summarizing from the many hours I’ve listened to your teaching on this subject. Just as one can comment on or summarize what an author has written, I am doing nothing different...

@MikeWingerii @th3muse About your comments about my speaking for you. I’m summarizing from the many hours I’ve listened to your teaching on this subject. Just as one can comment on or summarize what a

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Yes. The tendency is to look at clear scriptures which seem to include women even at the highest levels having authority over men, teaching men, etc., but then a few passages later which seem to contradict or have some de...

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Yes. The tendency is to look at clear scriptures which seem to include women even at the highest levels having authority over men, teaching men, etc., but then a few passa

@lunarCelerity @pastherandie @MikeWingerii You are right that something doesn't sit right with how he seems to speak of egalitarians as brothers and sisters but then calls them to repent of spreading the teaching. If they refuse to repent, wouldn't t...

@lunarCelerity @pastherandie @MikeWingerii You are right that something doesn't sit right with how he seems to speak of egalitarians as brothers and sisters but then calls them to repent of spreading

@benkrake @MikeWingerii Sure, debating and teaching the correct Biblical view of alcohol is important. Notice that forbidding alcohol is not the correct view but one shared by those of weak conscience. Paul speaks about not doing anything to cause a ...

@benkrake @MikeWingerii Sure, debating and teaching the correct Biblical view of alcohol is important. Notice that forbidding alcohol is not the correct view but one shared by those of weak conscience

@StevenMKestner @MikeWingerii No because any s3xual relationship outside of the confines of a marital relationship between a man and a woman is sin. It is clearly listed as such. Show me where a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin, or where ...

@StevenMKestner @MikeWingerii No because any s3xual relationship outside of the confines of a marital relationship between a man and a woman is sin. It is clearly listed as such. Show me where a god

@benkrake @MikeWingerii If it is secondary then that means it is a debatable issue and is not a matter of sin. So we need to treat it that way and truly learn to tolerate those we disagree with on debatable matters. Where is a godly women teaching t...

@benkrake @MikeWingerii If it is secondary then that means it is a debatable issue and is not a matter of sin. So we need to treat it that way and truly learn to tolerate those we disagree with on deb

@pastherandie @lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii And Hawk, please show me one place in

@pastherandie @lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii And Hawk, please show me one place in scripture where a godly woman teaching truth to men or shepherding people (including males) is ever called a sin.

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Mike has had a long time to correct or clarify his definition of secondary. As best as I can tell, to him it's a matter of perceived severity, not sin. He thinks that egalitarian teaching greatly harms marriage. How does ...

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Mike has had a long time to correct or clarify his definition of secondary. As best as I can tell, to him it's a matter of perceived severity, not sin. He thinks that egal

@GlennDavies @MikeWingerii Calling those who disagree on secondary matters to repent of spreading those teachings and acting on them is not a minor thing. Mike (and I suppose you) will continue to hear from me until he re-evaluates his hard stance (...

@GlennDavies @MikeWingerii Calling those who disagree on secondary matters to repent of spreading those teachings and acting on them is not a minor thing. Mike (and I suppose you) will continue to he

@MikeWingerii Ok. So then why are you so authoritative against egalitarian teach

@MikeWingerii Ok. So then why are you so authoritative against egalitarian teaching when you yourself admit it is secondary? 🤨 https://t.co/VVIU7usYT3

"Thank you for refusing to proclaim, with any authority, less or more than what Scripture says."⎯@MikeWingerii Something you yourself might want to consider related to your call for egalitarians to repent of the teaching and others to loudly leave t...

"Thank you for refusing to proclaim, with any authority, less or more than what Scripture says."⎯@MikeWingerii Something you yourself might want to consider related to your call for egalitarians to r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-02

@ronhenzel @kennyinnes Further, why cease with only prophecy and not also with t

@ronhenzel @kennyinnes Further, why cease with only prophecy and not also with the teaching gift? If we no longer see as in a mirror dimly (1Co 13:12) and the partial is gone and the full has come, th

1Co 13:12 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii Why ar

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii Why are you protecting the flock from godly women teaching truth?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii That has to do with false teaching. My point was that you are stopping women from teaching true doctrine. Then you said some men have to be silenced too. Then I sh...

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii That has to do with false teaching. My point was that you are stopping women from teaching true doctrine. Then yo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@SnapThatGinger @TerranWilliams4 He did say Egalitarians are fellow believers and should be treated as such, and then told us to repent of “the teaching” and advised those who agree with Mike to leave their egalitarian churches “loudly” and take othe...

@SnapThatGinger @TerranWilliams4 He did say Egalitarians are fellow believers and should be treated as such, and then told us to repent of “the teaching” and advised those who agree with Mike to leave

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say that elders are to rule? Oversight, guidance, serving the body by teaching and preaching, gently correcting and guiding are not ruling. R...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say that elders are to rule? Oversight, guidance, serving the body by teaching and preachin

@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

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I was encouraging people to take communion as this was a pastors conference. I learned later that their local pastors were telling some that they...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I was encouraging people to take communion as this was a pastors conference. I learned later th

@DustyMayT @CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Whether he was lying or his i

@DustyMayT @CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Whether he was lying or his intentions is not the primary concern. Do you know his inner motives? The false teaching is the concern and his clear la

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal This is the problem with Hinn and Copeland and all of these teachers—when they say that God told them something, most often you should be ready to hear something false. If the whole church rejected the false t...

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal This is the problem with Hinn and Copeland and all of these teachers—when they say that God told them something, most often you should be ready to hear somethin

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Except you are not judging his false teaching or false prophecy but the manner and authenticity of his recanting that specific teaching. It wasn’t done in a convincing way to you, so you claim he lied. Whethe...

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Except you are not judging his false teaching or false prophecy but the *manner and authenticity* of his recanting that specific teaching. It wasn’t done in a c

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal No one can ever know the details of some

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal No one can ever know the details of someone’s heart motives. However, not teaching it again is a significant detail often overlooked.

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal As for your comment about his “9 member

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal As for your comment about his “9 member godhead” teaching which is obviously false, he retracted it and hasn’t taught it since. https://t.co/9fMLxNkC2s

@FreeAme19691836 @MikeWingerii Hi Russell—the urgency I have on this issue with Mike is because he is calling egalitarians to repent of sharing/acting on the teaching, and his call for those who disagree to loudly leave their churches. That is not a ...

@FreeAme19691836 @MikeWingerii Hi Russell—the urgency I have on this issue with Mike is because he is calling egalitarians to repent of sharing/acting on the teaching, and his call for those who disag

@ymmotrojam @Wictor2501 @SpringSteps @TulipPatriot That verse was actually direc

@ymmotrojam @Wictor2501 @SpringSteps @TulipPatriot That verse was actually directed at Timothy “the you” (second person singular)—how *Timothy* ought to behave in order to deal with the issues surroun

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals As believers, they are all qualified to learn discernment and should judge and since the Holy Spirit is with all believers, they should be treated as those who can have valid response to a te...

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals As believers, they are all qualified to learn discernment and should judge and since the Holy Spirit is with all believers, they should be tr

1Co 11:13 question

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals There is an authority to serve the body by teaching, but it is not a hierarchy of authority over the body, but an authority of service. The elders are at the bottom⎯serving and pouring out th...

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals There is an authority to serve the body by teaching, but it is not a hierarchy of authority over the body, but an authority of service. The e

Matt 18:15-20 debate

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals Yes, teaching and cor

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals Yes, teaching and correcting false doctrine is an important function of the elders. But testing and discerning are meant for all believers, n

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals Ron, how are single women, widows, women with unbelieving husbands and women with husbands that know less than them to learn? All women are not allowed to ask questions. Therefore, all the ...

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @kriesese @smashbaals Ron, how are single women, widows, women with unbelieving husbands and women with husbands that know less than them to learn? All women are

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@pastherandie @ymmotrojam @914Ann @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals Well, no, it’

@pastherandie @ymmotrojam @914Ann @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals Well, no, it’s just all these made up yard sticks that get defined by men who try their best to obey commands that the scripture isn’