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@Dayagent47 The only church history that matters is the prescriptive statements made in scripture. The rest is not inspired. You are overlooking why Jesus chose 12 male apostles and presuming it is because women are forbidden. This kind of binary th...

@Dayagent47 The only church history that matters is the prescriptive statements made in scripture. The rest is not inspired. You are overlooking why Jesus chose 12 male apostles and presuming it is b

@Dayagent47 One thing to add here is that I think there are in fact whole church

@Dayagent47 One thing to add here is that I think there are in fact whole churches and denominations who believe that the Bible clearly forbids women and they disregard it, even saying Paul didn’t wri

@dantheman278 @Thygar @MikeWingerii That’s a reasonable definition I can agree with. And that’s why women and men need to work together in leadership. It makes for decisions that have less blind spots, a more diverse set of skills and strengths among...

@dantheman278 @Thygar @MikeWingerii That’s a reasonable definition I can agree with. And that’s why women and men need to work together in leadership. It makes for decisions that have less blind spots

@Tailfeathers_WA I was surprised Mike said that women can be deacons given that

@Tailfeathers_WA I was surprised Mike said that women can be deacons given that the term “one wife husband” is stated for deacons as well as elders. https://t.co/ApHovjrnZw

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I’ve gone through all of Mike’s 43 hours of videos on Women in Ministry and a number of the extra Q&As. And I’m still very much egalitarian. Mike’s unwillingness to engage with those that charitably disagree with hi...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I’ve gone through all of Mike’s 43 hours of videos on Women in Ministry and a number of the extra Q&As. And I’m still very much egalitarian. Mike’s unwillingness to

@MikeWingerii I also find it interesting how those who advocate for male-only leadership in the church label themselves 'complementarians.’ This term suggests inclusion of both due to the complementarity of strengths rather than excluding women. I...

@MikeWingerii I also find it interesting how those who advocate for male-only leadership in the church label themselves 'complementarians.’ This term suggests inclusion of both due to the complement

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

Maybe if women were allowed to be theologically trained and serve as overseers, there would be better oversight of women’s small groups and Bible studies. Maybe women would see a reason for theological study if they were allowed to use it. Strange t...

Maybe if women were allowed to be theologically trained and serve as overseers, there would be better oversight of women’s small groups and Bible studies. Maybe women would see a reason for theologica

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

I didn’t realize that women loving their husbands required an exclusive role. Strange as I’m pretty sure both love their children. Running the affairs of the house takes a team based on gifting, skill set and interests. 2Ti 2:2 says we just need rel...

I didn’t realize that women loving their husbands required an exclusive role. Strange as I’m pretty sure both love their children. Running the affairs of the house takes a team based on gifting, skill

2Ti 2:2 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

🧵 It seems @Brian_Sauve has the secret to solve all problems in the church. 🤯 You see, if you have only male leaders, all the problems just go away. 🙄 Brian thinks that if women are part of the team, that requires a “parallel system” to be constru...

🧵 It seems @Brian_Sauve has the secret to solve all problems in the church. 🤯 You see, if you have only male leaders, all the problems just go away. 🙄 Brian thinks that if women are part of the tea

@Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @j_robert_kirk @Brian_Sauve Ok, why was Paul i

@Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @j_robert_kirk @Brian_Sauve Ok, why was Paul instructing Timothy to stop women from teaching men? Is this purpose stated anywhere else in the letter? How does this re

Rev 3:21 1Co 6:2-3 Gen 1:28 question

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve It’s very plain? Y

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve It’s very plain? Yea, Gen 1:28, 1Co 6:2-3 and Rev 3:21 are very plain. Women are to rule as well. What hierarchy? When you help carry th

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve You read scripture in snippets like there is zero context. Do you really think women are not to love sacrificially? REALLY?! Why do you suppose Paul gives what appears to be a one sided c...

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve You read scripture in snippets like there is zero context. Do you really think women are not to love sacrificially? REALLY?! Why do you s

@j_robert_kirk @Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve 1Ti 2:12 is a statement made in the context of a personal letter to Timothy in which Paul’s main concern was stopping false teaching and how to handle blaspheming false teachers differentl...

@j_robert_kirk @Reformed_Zoomer @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve 1Ti 2:12 is a statement made in the context of a personal letter to Timothy in which Paul’s main concern was stopping false teaching and h

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@riemersonck No monsters. But your patriarchal “we must rule over women” is a pr

@riemersonck No monsters. But your patriarchal “we must rule over women” is a problem.

@MikhailSaintt @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Women sticking to the home is part

@MikhailSaintt @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Women sticking to the home is part of it. Women not leading, gifted teachers afraid to teach a male that gets a bit too old. Women who sense God’s calling

@Forms_Respecter @Brian_Sauve The patriarchy isn’t spurring it all on, but it’s

@Forms_Respecter @Brian_Sauve The patriarchy isn’t spurring it all on, but it’s definitely one motivator. My daughter likes hunting chopping down trees, not dolls. She might have been a rebel if I blo

@westminbaptist And it’s taking scripture out of context and twisting it to soun

@westminbaptist And it’s taking scripture out of context and twisting it to sound like women are slaves and their husbands are their masters and are like God. Kind of a pretty bad twist.

@nation_gale @KylePierce96 I’m just taking the details in the text, context, gra

@nation_gale @KylePierce96 I’m just taking the details in the text, context, grammar and references and drawing reasonable conclusions. Scripture doesn’t forbid godly women from teaching truth to any

@TarienCole @VCITW I don’t ignore this, just interpreting it in context. Paul do

@TarienCole @VCITW I don’t ignore this, just interpreting it in context. Paul doesn’t say women (plural) but “a woman.” And he uses a very unusual word authentein (no man is said to authentein anyone

@MariaDyck18 @GlennDavies @kdclaunch It really is a spectrum. My last church all

@MariaDyck18 @GlennDavies @kdclaunch It really is a spectrum. My last church allowed women to do everything except be lead pastor. Most churches, women lead children’s ministries and the women’s minis

@Mayo_Mingzi @kdclaunch Deborah had highest authority over everyone in Israel as God’s mouthpiece both as prophet and judge. She was just like Samuel. So your statement that “women must not have spiritual authority over men” is just false since God ...

@Mayo_Mingzi @kdclaunch Deborah had highest authority over everyone in Israel as God’s mouthpiece both as prophet and judge. She was just like Samuel. So your statement that “women must not have spir

@coramdeo1 Ok, let’s try then. How does stopping all women from preaching or te

@coramdeo1 Ok, let’s try then. How does stopping all women from preaching or teaching men have anything to do with stopping false teaching? Why would Paul write such general instructions for women i

Here he intentionally misconstrues Satan’s temptation as violating gender hierar

Here he intentionally misconstrues Satan’s temptation as violating gender hierarchy rather than Satan taking advantage of Eve’s lack of experience of God. In conclusion, Kyle has not presented any ev

1Ti 2:11-15 1Ti 3:1-13 debate

1Ti 2:11-15 addresses a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching false doctrine and her undeceived husband (likely an elder) being silent and doing nothing. What about the qualification for overseers? 1Ti 3:1-13 does not explicitly forbid wom...

1Ti 2:11-15 addresses a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching false doctrine and her undeceived husband (likely an elder) being silent and doing nothing. What about the qualification for ove

🧵 Kyle @kdclaunch attempts to show that the Bible forbids women from functioning

🧵 Kyle @kdclaunch attempts to show that the Bible forbids women from functioning pastorally. Unfortunately, he misconstrues the purpose of 1Ti 2:11-15, Paul’s intent for this personal letter to Timo

1Ti 2:11-15 general

@smashbaals If you are this careless in exegeting scripture, I’m worried about you. 1. All women are not barred from preaching. 1Ti 2:12 doesn’t say anything about preaching, refers to “a woman” (singular) and not all women, in context has to do wit...

@smashbaals If you are this careless in exegeting scripture, I’m worried about you. 1. All women are not barred from preaching. 1Ti 2:12 doesn’t say anything about preaching, refers to “a woman” (sin

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@smashbaals I don’t think you read my question very carefully. That verse is bei

@smashbaals I don’t think you read my question very carefully. That verse is being quoted out of context, says nothing about godly women preaching or teaching truth to anyone to be a sin, nor does it

@avyargo @_nomadic_soul How am I twisting it by making sense of every detail in the grammar and the context? You have accepted an interpretation that doesn’t even make sense of the history where we have women like Deborah instructing and teaching me...

@avyargo @_nomadic_soul How am I twisting it by making sense of every detail in the grammar and the context? You have accepted an interpretation that doesn’t even make sense of the history where we h

@James_AndrewRob @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Context doesn’t matter to you?

@James_AndrewRob @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Context doesn’t matter to you? It’s also pretty clear to me that this text isn’t forbidding godly women from teaching truth to anyone.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-27

@James_AndrewRob @smashbaals 1Ti 2:12 is not about women preaching or teaching t

@James_AndrewRob @smashbaals 1Ti 2:12 is not about women preaching or teaching truth. It also does not say that such preaching is a sin. https://t.co/ZQizsTh3mL

1Ti 2:12 general

But Mohler fails to recognize there are many who believe they are following scri

But Mohler fails to recognize there are many who believe they are following scripture more accurately by not forbidding women from serving as elders and pastors. /2 https://t.co/a36YWtiaIj

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-26

@FreeAme19691836 The only head of the church is Jesus. It is because men and women are created differently that we need to work together. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may p...

@FreeAme19691836 The only head of the church is Jesus. It is because men and women are created differently that we need to work together. “But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy natio

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@pauldirks Are you suggesting that what Moses permitted was nor right? Was horrendous for the family and women? “They said, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send his wife away.' But Jesus said to them, 'Because of your ha...

@pauldirks Are you suggesting that what Moses permitted was nor right? Was horrendous for the family and women? “They said, 'Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send his wife

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn You took a text out of its context and the improperly applied it to another text. What appears to be driving your interpretation is a disdain for egalitarianism. The equal treatment of women was practiced by th...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn You took a text out of its context and the improperly applied it to another text. What appears to be driving your interpretation is a disdain for egalitarianism.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn If you are “going off scripture” then where does scripture say anything negative about Deborah’s leadership? You are interpreting and spinning it that way but that is not what scripture says. Isa 3 is not at all...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn If you are “going off scripture” then where does scripture say anything negative about Deborah’s leadership? You are interpreting and spinning it that way but tha

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-23

@BenZeisloft Ok, so on balance considering all that Paul said, is it better for

@BenZeisloft Ok, so on balance considering all that Paul said, is it better for women to be married or single and focused on the things of the Lord?

@DefendTheSheep Sorry you had to go through such difficulty and distress. God ne

@DefendTheSheep Sorry you had to go through such difficulty and distress. God never intended women to be slaves and husbands to be masters.

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn The rule that only men are to lead is what

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn The rule that only men are to lead is what you import. So it’s not easiest for women to love their husbands? It doesn’t counter the ‘curse’ to love? Men need res

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Paul advocated for singleness for those wh

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Paul advocated for singleness for those who were able. If only married women are able to fully obey scripture then this goes against Paul’s commendations. https:/

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Do women also submit to Christ or only ind

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Do women also submit to Christ or only indirectly through their husbands?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@plew_samuel @SpecterAndBride Doing what you are told? So don’t you think it would be important first to determine what precisely you are being told before you attempt to do it? After all, Paul is arguing against head coverings. He is simply explai...

@plew_samuel @SpecterAndBride Doing what you are told? So don’t you think it would be important first to determine what precisely you are being told before you attempt to do it? After all, Paul is arg

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@AceFreeman1234 @SpecterAndBride But Paul wasn’t referring to that, was he? Else women would be all covered head to toe which also presumes that a cloth prevents angels from seeing things (why wouldn’t the roof of the church or one’s home prevent the...

@AceFreeman1234 @SpecterAndBride But Paul wasn’t referring to that, was he? Else women would be all covered head to toe which also presumes that a cloth prevents angels from seeing things (why wouldn’

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@SpecterAndBride Spurgeon did not consider the context in his conclusions. Why d

@SpecterAndBride Spurgeon did not consider the context in his conclusions. Why do angels only care about praying and prophesying? Why do they only care about covering in a church building? Why do they

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

@DebbieM246 Yes, that’s the response I’m looking for. And Paul goes out of His w

@DebbieM246 Yes, that’s the response I’m looking for. And Paul goes out of His way to highlight the women who led Timothy into the truth from the beginning. Disappointing that this even needs pointin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

@OrthodoxBarbie Great article! “Men and women, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers should not be framed as competitors in ministry or the home. The 93% myth is used to accuse men of failing in their spiritual duties and to accuse women of usurpi...

@OrthodoxBarbie Great article! “Men and women, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers should not be framed as competitors in ministry or the home. The 93% myth is used to accuse men of failing in th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-12

@CherylSchatz "The woman will be saved by faith and works b/c faith without work

@CherylSchatz "The woman will be saved by faith and works b/c faith without works is dead" "The chief work of a woman is child bearing" Wowzers. Sorry all you single women. And why did Paul advise an

@revjeffvox @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis

@revjeffvox @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis Why on earth are males prevented from the ministry of women? What is so wrong with a man that he cannot learn from a wom

@revjeffvox @JollyStine @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis This is a clear misapplication of the context of Paul’s letter. He is not teaching that all women are not to teach men, but that a specific woman—who is teach...

@revjeffvox @JollyStine @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis This is a clear misapplication of the context of Paul’s letter. He is not teaching that all women are not to

@revjeffvox @MCJazzer @Knocksious @AdajosFit @RevChrisDavis Scripture does not s

@revjeffvox @MCJazzer @Knocksious @AdajosFit @RevChrisDavis Scripture does not say that women are not to be called elder or pastor or hold this office. And it certainly doesn’t make it a sin for them

@pbcmike98 The equality of the persons of God, the existence of Christ before the incarnation, that they all share the same attributes and that you have to believe that Jesus is God and honor Him as you honor the Father is very clear in scripture. T...

@pbcmike98 The equality of the persons of God, the existence of Christ before the incarnation, that they all share the same attributes and that you have to believe that Jesus is God and honor Him as y