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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

Another post going through the sin of Eve and how Paul was describing her as a p

Another post going through the sin of Eve and how Paul was describing her as a prototype of the deceived female teacher in Ephesus. https://t.co/gHlc43DEBQ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@1689Defrosted "That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in

@1689Defrosted "That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, and especially of those who believe” (1 Tim 4:10, NIV)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I do have an answer for each of the Calvinist proof texts. Are we going to go through them all? It’s late…I could continue after a sleep. If you are up for a while longer, take a look at a documentary I host about Judas. ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I do have an answer for each of the Calvinist proof texts. Are we going to go through them all? It’s late…I could continue after a sleep. If you are up for a while longer,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I almost agreed with your post except you said “How God chooses people is certainly a mystery.” That is of course what a good Calvinist believes but I believe that God chooses those who fear Him and gives these to Christ. ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I almost agreed with your post except you said “How God chooses people is certainly a mystery.” That is of course what a good Calvinist believes but I believe that God choos

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I see it differently. If we think that God chose us and passed over others, this can result in pride! That I boast in my weakness is the exact opposite of pride! And make no mistake, faith is an admission of weakness and ...

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I see it differently. If we think that God chose us and passed over others, this can result in pride! That I boast in my weakness is the exact opposite of pride! And make

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because God is drawing us and teaching us. But it is we wh...

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because G

John 6:29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-20

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be including those whom we may disagree with on seconda...

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted in salvation means that if you don’t abide in Him you will be broken off (John 15, Rom 11).

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@masonmennenga No, if your pastor destroys a Barbie house in church then perhaps

@masonmennenga No, if your pastor destroys a Barbie house in church then perhaps the focus has shifted from God to spectacle. Let’s embrace substance over show.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Yoinks. Thanks for this clip Kaeley! He says earlier that "Women not only can be, but must be students of Scripture. They must be catechized and discipled to be clear and disciplined thinkers, able to refute error and hold fast ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Yoinks. Thanks for this clip Kaeley! He says earlier that "Women not only can be, but must be students of Scripture. They must be catechized and discipled to be clear and discipl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@pauldirks Hoping there are more like you, Paul. 👏

@pauldirks Hoping there are more like you, Paul. 👏

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What do you mean by “a Judas apologist”? I have a teach...

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yep, there’s that line again where what complementarians view as clear Biblical teaching gets applied in a remarkably varied fashion. Dr. Dani Treweek recently explained how wonderful of a reception women had at a conference of c...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yep, there’s that line again where what complementarians view as clear Biblical teaching gets applied in a remarkably varied fashion. Dr. Dani Treweek recently explained how wonde

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarchical position over, or the authority over, or the ...

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has a specific understanding in the context of somethi...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has

1 Tim 2:11-12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, I would assume that oversight means that an elder is considering what is being taught and guiding and also putting a stop to any serious false teaching. Elder oversight is for the benefit of the one teaching (and those being...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, I would assume that oversight means that an elder is considering what is being taught and guiding and also putting a stop to any serious false teaching. Elder oversight is fo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think I may not have stated what you were meaning properly. Sorry if I misrepresented you. What I hear you saying is that both women and men submit directly to the Lord, but while husbands may take out the garbage or go get a ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I think I may not have stated what you were meaning properly. Sorry if I misrepresented you. What I hear you saying is that both women and men submit directly to the Lord, but wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of women to not speak in the assembly in 1 Cor 14:34....

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of

1 Cor 14:34 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain under the judgment of the elders when doing so and ...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Agreed and just to be specific to get agreement from PaulD, he would say that a woman can teach women and children and can share the gospel or share prophecy, but she must remain u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she was to be in a place of permanent subordination. Wh...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she w

Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why do men interpret 1 Tim 3 that a pastor can be single and without children? Is that the plain meaning?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m just finishing up your proelium series on Sex and Gender, so I am aware of your perspective and the ways in which you differ from other complementarians. I care little about the majority view as we don’t judge scripture based...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m just finishing up your proelium series on Sex and Gender, so I am aware of your perspective and the ways in which you differ from other complementarians. I care little about t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in there and Peter admits that Paul writes about things...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in th

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The exact same thing applies to your interpretation as well.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The exact same thing applies to your interpretation as well. Why don’t you take another look at a consistent, Biblically faithful, egalitarian interpretation of 1 Cor 14:34-36 and

1 Cor 14:34-36 1 Tim 2:11-15 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but mer

@GillesPaling @BogdanOancea77 I’m not asserting “theological liberalism” but merely that the Bible does not teach that qualified women who lead and those who preach and teach true doctrine are not goi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@MikeWingerii This is a great post Mike! This context serves as a critical back

@MikeWingerii This is a great post Mike! This context serves as a critical backdrop also to 1 Tim 2:11-15 which you are currently working on. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

1 Tim 2:11-15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT You make it seem that husbands and wives don’t *equally* submit to the Lord. In other words, you appear to be saying that a woman has a mediator between herself and the Lord, her husband, and that she submits to the Lord through h...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT You make it seem that husbands and wives don’t *equally* submit to the Lord. In other words, you appear to be saying that a woman has a mediator between herself and the Lord, her h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes of course. But I was speaking in context of Ephesians 5

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes of course. But I was speaking in context of Ephesians 5. The apostle Paul is offering a corrective to specific relationship issues. https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Ok, but husbands are not an authority over their wives as in

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Ok, but husbands are not an authority over their wives as in a parent over a child.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wives submitting to their husbands is in the context of the body submitting one to another, leaders to congregants included. Submitting is not about authority structures but an at

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gif

Ephesians 2:8 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

RT @ryanschatz: @danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was

RT @ryanschatz: @danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males prioritized over females you’d have every righ…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events out of cont...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dange

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events ...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

While appreciating the beauty in cultural and ethnic differences, it’s vital to recognize that in Christ’s church, God has removed the ethnic dividing wall. Galatians 3:28 tells us, ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, fo...

While appreciating the beauty in cultural and ethnic differences, it’s vital to recognize that in Christ’s church, God has removed the ethnic dividing wall. Galatians 3:28 tells us, ‘There is neither

Galatians 3:28 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be wrong about this well known verse and 'it is a gif...

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be

Ephesians 2:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@SchuylerTaylor4 @pauldirks @KaeleyT I turn on notifications but don’t turn on b

@SchuylerTaylor4 @pauldirks @KaeleyT I turn on notifications but don’t turn on beeps and sounds by changing that on my phone. So without turning on notifications I don’t think you can specify you wan

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for Calvinism which teaches that God was partial in selecting to give certain people the faith to believe and passing by th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@SchuylerTaylor4 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Do you see these? https://t.co/CYXbPIepNw

@SchuylerTaylor4 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Do you see these? https://t.co/CYXbPIepNw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males pri

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males prioritized over females you’d have every right to raise an eyebrow and suggest I sounded like a complementarian. The labe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@danitreweek @jmmooreo That’s fair, though I was framing my comments more provoc

@danitreweek @jmmooreo That’s fair, though I was framing my comments more provocatively not to suggest untrue things or to accuse you of fakery but because I am honestly surprised by the wide variatio

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be interested in her take on 1 Cor 14:34-35 and 1 Tim 2:11-...

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be intere

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@danitreweek It's genuinely heartening to hear about your experience with complementarians who demonstrated such respect and equality. Indeed, the very best complementarians are those who, in practice, embody an egalitarian approach. =) The challeng...

@danitreweek It's genuinely heartening to hear about your experience with complementarians who demonstrated such respect and equality. Indeed, the very best complementarians are those who, in practice

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @SchuylerTaylor4 @KaeleyT I think you have to follow and then specify all posts or all posts and replies otherwise if you don’t interact with the person you subscribed to it won’t prioritize them. I see posts from people I don’t subscribe...

@pauldirks @SchuylerTaylor4 @KaeleyT I think you have to follow and then specify all posts or all posts and replies otherwise if you don’t interact with the person you subscribed to it won’t prioritiz

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching, or preaching. The real question we should be askin...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Which is closer and what modifications would you make?

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Which is closer and what modifications would you make?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is plural masculine. How would one know that Paul is...

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not hearing a woman’s voice in this context is it coul...

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-16

@TimHami97610674 @BogdanOancea77 I didn’t see this somehow. Sorry for the delay! Yes I absolutely believe that God gifts irrespective of biological sex, ethnicity and social status in the body for the benefit of all! A gifted and qualified woman w...

@TimHami97610674 @BogdanOancea77 I didn’t see this somehow. Sorry for the delay! Yes I absolutely believe that God gifts irrespective of biological sex, ethnicity and social status in the body for t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Perhaps I should say “more” biblical…

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Perhaps I should say “more” biblical…

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