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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-07

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish but this doesn’t mean all leaders afterwards had to...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish b

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The bunch of churches you are refer

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The bunch of churches you are referring to are all the one church of Christ if they hold to the fundamentals of the faith. Male-only elders is not a found

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qu

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qualified women from leadership does not prevail as they are able to find another church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-02

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Hm. From where I come from, evangelical is contra

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Hm. From where I come from, evangelical is contrasted with the roots of Roman Catholicism, originating as a movement focused on personal faith and biblical authority ove

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-28

@UnNamedPatriot1 @acleardissent @dalepartridge Church is people not a building o

@UnNamedPatriot1 @acleardissent @dalepartridge Church is people not a building or place or time.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “cov

@dalepartridge Christians are to have self control, right Dale? Even if she “covered” more of herself, the men could still lust, right? So the only real solution is to have separate male church and f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann The laws concerning what one wears, eats and special days and seasons is done away with in Christ. Concerning morality, this depends on the government. Those who claim to be believers but who practice immorality, are...

@LostinAusten27 @taylorsschumann The laws concerning what one wears, eats and special days and seasons is done away with in Christ. Concerning morality, this depends on the government. Those who clai

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@JCalebJones @Phil_Johnson_ Mt 18 is still not being followed here, IMO. The purpose of 1 or 2 witnesses is to 'confirm every fact' (Mt 18:16), & those witnesses are to stand before the entire church if he is unrepentant (Mt 18:17). Elders that a...

@JCalebJones @Phil_Johnson_ Mt 18 is still not being followed here, IMO. The purpose of 1 or 2 witnesses is to 'confirm every fact' (Mt 18:16), & those witnesses are to stand before the entire chu

1Ti 5:20 Mt 18:16 Mt 18:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

@PurrsnicketyP I’ve read 1Co 11 which is where my OP comes from. Communion is ab

@PurrsnicketyP I’ve read 1Co 11 which is where my OP comes from. Communion is about the church remembering Jesus’ sacrifice for all of us and how it binds us together. Recognizing the body has to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

@RealElliottHope @PeterThreshwood @smashbaals The church in the first 300 years

@RealElliottHope @PeterThreshwood @smashbaals The church in the first 300 years had no temple or specific buildings to meet in. This is a fact. The temple changed from a building under the old covena

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

@JayMallow3 Perhaps some may be tempted to treat people the same way they treat the buildings. But how did the church then do it for the first 300 years of its existence? Maybe the reason we aren’t treating the people better is because we have negle...

@JayMallow3 Perhaps some may be tempted to treat people the same way they treat the buildings. But how did the church then do it for the first 300 years of its existence? Maybe the reason we aren’t t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

The focus on buildings—kindled by Constantine starting in 313AD—takes the focus

The focus on buildings—kindled by Constantine starting in 313AD—takes the focus off the fact that the new temple is every believer. Don’t be distracted by buildings—they are not the church. The peopl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership an

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership and church becomes distracted with doing what they were called to do. The focus on buildings started with Constantine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living t

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living temples of the Holy Spirit. Buildings are the way of the old temple which is no longer required.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@CherylSchatz The trumpet in 1Co 15:52 (and echoed in Revelation 4:1) is the "la

@CherylSchatz The trumpet in 1Co 15:52 (and echoed in Revelation 4:1) is the "last trumpet" for the church, signaling their gathering. The 7th trumpet in Revelation serves a different purpose, signal

Revelation 4:1 1Co 15:52 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@MikeWingerii Even if it is the church in your home 👍

@MikeWingerii Even if it is the church in your home 👍

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Yes, there has been a lot of investigation into the Artemis cult. However, Paul didn't explicitly indicate that this was driving his comments in 1Ti 2:13-15, so tying them to Artemis *is* speculation. That those who repented ...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Yes, there has been a lot of investigation into the Artemis cult. However, Paul didn't explicitly indicate that this was driving his comments in 1Ti 2:13-15, so tying them to

1Ti 2:13-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist Well, those who have additional responsibility for the proper functioning of the church should lead in this⎯by leading, I mean demonstrating the very things that all should emulate. Elders are not called to 'lord it over' ...

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist Well, those who have additional responsibility for the proper functioning of the church should lead in this⎯by leading, I mean demonstrating the very things that all should

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 1) Agreed! Yet Paul always wrote with the understanding

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 1) Agreed! Yet Paul always wrote with the understanding that his private letters contain scripture and would also be beneficial to the church. 2) Agreed. 3) Are you suggesting

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist Jesus is the one who knows what He wants for His own church. And Jesus purposely excluded any mention of elders because it is not up to the elders to carry out church discipline, but the church. Jesus' words were not meant...

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist Jesus is the one who knows what He wants for His own church. And Jesus purposely excluded any mention of elders because it is not up to the elders to carry out church discip

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist The final say in Matt 18 for church discipline is the

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist The final say in Matt 18 for church discipline is the entire church. Elders are not even mentioned.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@carol66944 @lollyfana @RedefineApolog1 So “truth” about the oldest events in history was an obstacle that Paul was facing in this particular church? You are suggesting that 1Ti 2:13-14 is a myth without any evidence from the context to even hint at ...

@carol66944 @lollyfana @RedefineApolog1 So “truth” about the oldest events in history was an obstacle that Paul was facing in this particular church? You are suggesting that 1Ti 2:13-14 is a myth with

1Ti 2:13-14 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-17

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I showed the paradoxes which seem quite obvious to me. Yes, secondary issues can still be problems and they may even mean you will find another church *quietly*, but you can disagree and still have full fellowship. Whet...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I showed the paradoxes which seem quite obvious to me. Yes, secondary issues can still be problems and they may even mean you will find another church *quietly*, but you

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-17

@MarauderUmbreon @MikeWingerii Just saw this. No, I’m not conflating the two. Primary are the things that unite us as believers. Secondary are those things that are important but which we can still fellowship even if we are in disagreement. It might ...

@MarauderUmbreon @MikeWingerii Just saw this. No, I’m not conflating the two. Primary are the things that unite us as believers. Secondary are those things that are important but which we can still fe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-07

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Catholic means universal. This is n

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Catholic means universal. This is not the same as the “Roman” Catholic Church. I’m not denying the doctrine of the Apostolic church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-07

@DelaKram75 @Ryan_Adair_A Again, there were no pulpits in the early church. I pr

@DelaKram75 @Ryan_Adair_A Again, there were no pulpits in the early church. I presume, there were elders in every home church. What is the reason for the prohibition on preaching and teaching "from th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-07

@Ryan_Adair_A @DelaKram75 @GWFarnsworth In the first century, that was in homes

@Ryan_Adair_A @DelaKram75 @GWFarnsworth In the first century, that was in homes not in a big church building. There was no pulpit. I suppose it was “official” but not sure where you get that from. Cle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT As an egalitarian, I’ve gotten along well in complementarian churches, though maybe it’s because my wife doesn’t feel led to preach or join the elders. Some comp churches won’t allow me to join the leadership team just for disagr...

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT As an egalitarian, I’ve gotten along well in complementarian churches, though maybe it’s because my wife doesn’t feel led to preach or join the elders. Some comp churches won’t al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in the first centuries of the church. We see instead be...

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-31

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant towards His church. Yes, those who sin unrepentantly will be judged & Jesus is the judge of our works. But this is cer...

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant towards His church. Yes, those who sin unrepentantly will be judged &amp

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-26

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history of the Romans. Just wondering…did the church

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history of the Romans. Just wondering…did the church of Ephesus consist in the majority of Romans? What about Greeks and Jews?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@PuritanD71 @ronhenzel Jesus definitely subjects Himself to do what is in our best interest! How is it that you don’t know this? “… just as Christ loved the church and *gave himself up for her* to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with wat...

@PuritanD71 @ronhenzel Jesus definitely subjects Himself to do what is in our best interest! How is it that you don’t know this? “… just as Christ loved the church and *gave himself up for her* to ma

Eph 5:25-27 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@ronhenzel Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every man should submit himsel

@ronhenzel Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every man should submit himself to every woman in the church like he does to his wife (or vice versa)! That doesn’t mean that a husband ranks above h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@jontheharris @carol66944 @ronhenzel That’s rediculous. Think about it. Do you b

@jontheharris @carol66944 @ronhenzel That’s rediculous. Think about it. Do you believe you are to lay your life down for your wife as Christ did for His church? Isn’t that the ultimate form of submis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@ronhenzel “relationships in the church” So how are Christians to treat one ano

@ronhenzel “relationships in the church” So how are Christians to treat one another once they step outside the Sunday meeting place? What if those two same Christians stepped into their home which th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@DeeGoingsGirl Thanks for reading! I feared it was too long for most. I already

@DeeGoingsGirl Thanks for reading! I feared it was too long for most. I already got a request from someone who attends Josh’s church to do the same thing for his first message in the series.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@amandafromtx @Naddildeaux Hm. I personally don’t see a problem with those jeans

@amandafromtx @Naddildeaux Hm. I personally don’t see a problem with those jeans. They look normal to me. He’s not the type to wear a suit as is the case for most of these young hip “relevant” preache

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@amandafromtx @shelt27467831 Ugh! Nothing like transparency to show that they are acting above board. Even my small sub 200 person church used the same tactic to avoid having to explain the real reasons why they let the associate pastor go. Supposedl...

@amandafromtx @shelt27467831 Ugh! Nothing like transparency to show that they are acting above board. Even my small sub 200 person church used the same tactic to avoid having to explain the real reaso

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

This certainly applies to the military. But why does he think that in the church

This certainly applies to the military. But why does he think that in the church and the home there’s rank? Jesus spoke directly to this: “If anyone desires to be first, he shall be last of all and s

Mk 9:35 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

The passage he reads from says “of which He is the Savior” but he doesn’t seem t

The passage he reads from says “of which He is the Savior” but he doesn’t seem to note the significance of this is relation to the head metaphor (kephale). This is all about Jesus as the source of li

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

He says the power that the wife has is that “where [her] family and her husband

He says the power that the wife has is that “where [her] family and her husband ends up is largely influenced by [her]—that’s the power [she] has” [13:29]. He then refers to a quip Winston Churchill’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

“I refuse to rob the women of our church of the discipleship they need to grow o

“I refuse to rob the women of our church of the discipleship they need to grow out of fear” [6:31]. This is great! More preachers should speak what they believe is true instead of caving because of f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-20

@BrandonGra53760 @CherylSchatz @ReformedCaio @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii @ProvisionistP @slow_down_Jess @1984_nate How would these scriptures not apply universally? Are you saying that people who don’t like someone should just form another church a...

@BrandonGra53760 @CherylSchatz @ReformedCaio @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii @ProvisionistP @slow_down_Jess @1984_nate How would these scriptures not apply universally? Are you saying that people who do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-10

@iaincaradoc @ProjectLincoln Make the church great again by not forbidding anyon

@iaincaradoc @ProjectLincoln Make the church great again by not forbidding anyone from teaching the truth to anyone. https://t.co/XIjnmMzrMD

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@totalgenius777 @MikeWingerii I suppose, though we have in Priscilla someone who

@totalgenius777 @MikeWingerii I suppose, though we have in Priscilla someone who taught Apollos more accurately, and someone who is shown as more prominent than her husband, who led a home church and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@danitreweek I get that same sense from Greear—that stating specifically those t

@danitreweek I get that same sense from Greear—that stating specifically those three words was a gospel issue. Since I didn’t want to not include all who were marginalized, then I became part of the m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@DMurzea @NeilShenvi I was. And I was deeply concerned about unity! This was one

@DMurzea @NeilShenvi I was. And I was deeply concerned about unity! This was one issue that was threatening the unity of the church. Now think about how you are responding to me right now! How you li

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@DMurzea @NeilShenvi We have a Biblical example of a similar thing that was happ

@DMurzea @NeilShenvi We have a Biblical example of a similar thing that was happening in the early church. The Gentiles were being forced to become Judiazed or be excluded. Paul didn't say "Gentile Li

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@Darrin_Caudill @l9_a10 @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman But I don’t thi

@Darrin_Caudill @l9_a10 @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman But I don’t think that. The problem is those twisting his words to mean something he never intended. Peter talks about people who were

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Is the Danvers statement inspired? I

@WagnerJere47288 @humanvideogamer @RenOfMen Is the Danvers statement inspired? I believe in only two genders. I believe marriage is between one man and one woman. I don’t believe the Bible teaches gen

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