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@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, we are “Wet Coast” people. Which of the following umb

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, we are “Wet Coast” people. Which of the following umbrellas do you recommend is Biblical? https://t.co/HP4hJgWMoF

@William_E_Wolfe Intersectionality is a disease but egalitarianism is not. https

@William_E_Wolfe Intersectionality is a disease but egalitarianism is not. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf It’s tricky to write something comprehensively and concisely that captures everything. Here’s my attempt! The husband uses his gifts to serve his wife (as does the wife to her husband). Christ’s example of setti...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf It’s tricky to write something comprehensively and concisely that captures everything. Here’s my attempt! The husband uses his gifts to serve his wife (as does th

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender more prominently displays these specific characterist...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender mor

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf Let me ‘splain. It’s that you think the wife is not also to emulate Christ in the way that Ephesians 5 describes of the husband. Perhaps the husband is to go first but the wife treads the same path as it is the s...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf Let me ‘splain. It’s that you think the wife is not also to emulate Christ in the way that Ephesians 5 describes of the husband. Perhaps the husband is to go firs

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What specifically in a woman’s constitution makes her incapa

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What specifically in a woman’s constitution makes her incapable of (or inappropriately desiring of) leading in a church or co-leading her family with her husband or leading in some

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed BTW, I have no idea if you are muting me or not as you

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed BTW, I have no idea if you are muting me or not as you have not so much as liked any of my many comments back to you. I know you may be busy, but a “yo…point taken” once in a

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf I agree with you. Though he may claim men a

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf I agree with you. Though he may claim men are leaving for the same reasons. Oh for proper Biblical balance so we can remove this stumbling stone for good!

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf I know Paul and although I disagree with him

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf I know Paul and although I disagree with him on a few key matters he does try really hard and he listens and is often nuanced in his views. It’s hard to change one

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed I think it’s sometimes hard for the pastors who are there 2 hours (or more) ahead and turn out the lights and lock the doors on the way out. However, it’s often more than just margining your time. For some this is their pro...

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed I think it’s sometimes hard for the pastors who are there 2 hours (or more) ahead and turn out the lights and lock the doors on the way out. However, it’s often more than jus

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a higher standard. But he is not meaning that women als...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a high

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Can you outline the rest of the differences?

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual consent), if it doesn’t mean you peer into the eye...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I love that you said “persuade me”! You are right that the wife is not the type of Christ in marriage itself but that’s as far as the type goes. This type neither implies nor req

@pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf @KaeleyT The husband is a type of Christ but that doesn’t mean that the wife is not also to follow the example of Christ. There is only one Christ, not a female one for females to follow and a male one just for males to fo...

@pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf @KaeleyT The husband is a type of Christ but that doesn’t mean that the wife is not also to follow the example of Christ. There is only one Christ, not a female one for fem

@pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf @KaeleyT Paul, what is your response to this? https:/

@pauldirks @CharmyRosewolf @KaeleyT Paul, what is your response to this? https://t.co/CfGz4nbrJA

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about God’s ways? It only contravenes patriarchy. I’m...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more primary to me than whether a woman is allowed to teach ...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more prima

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood So if a man divorces his wife and marries another (not another man’s wife, but any other woman) he commits adultery. However, according to you, he doesn’t commit adultery as long as he marries another while s...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood So if a man divorces his wife and marries another (not another man’s wife, but any other woman) he commits adultery. However, according to you, he doesn’t com

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Moses permitted divorce but Jesus doesn’t. According to Steve one must be false? "Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” Jesus replie...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Moses permitted divorce but Jesus doesn’t. According to Steve one must be false? "Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certif

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Also, 1 Cor 7:3-4 says the wife has authority over the husband’s body. How does that work when you have two wives? One has to sleep alone for half of their married lives? How does she feel hearing her husba...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Also, 1 Cor 7:3-4 says the wife has authority over the husband’s body. How does that work when you have two wives? One has to sleep alone for half of their m

1 Cor 7:3-4 debate

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood The ideal, and that which the church comes back to, is one man and one woman until the death of a spouse. As for the Ark, the animals were in pairs as they needed to mate (7 pairs of clean for sacrifices) but...

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood The ideal, and that which the church comes back to, is one man and one woman until the death of a spouse. As for the Ark, the animals were in pairs as they ne

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood You are right that the New Testament mo

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood You are right that the New Testament model is monogamy. The term is literally “one wife husband” and “one husband wife” in 1 Tim ch 3 and ch 5.

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood The NASB says “And you shall not marry

@muddymothball @blitziod @godlywomanhood The NASB says “And you shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.”

@cpa_dallas @William_E_Wolfe That doesn’t need fixing but if they got there desp

@cpa_dallas @William_E_Wolfe That doesn’t need fixing but if they got there despite the Bible, then that’s what needs fixing.

@William_E_Wolfe It is true that churches that don’t base their views on scriptu

@William_E_Wolfe It is true that churches that don’t base their views on scripture will likely become more and more progressive. That is a legitimate concern. But it doesn’t follow that the egalitar

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we might see it something like the man was first follo...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we m

RT @ryanschatz: @pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, I think you are suggesting that the ma

RT @ryanschatz: @pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, I think you are suggesting that the male gender represents Christ and the female gender represent…

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, I think you are suggesting that the male gender represents Christ and the female gender represents humanity and so any confusion of what you see as a direct connection of gender to the gospel impacts the gospel itself. Yet,...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Paul, I think you are suggesting that the male gender represents Christ and the female gender represents humanity and so any confusion of what you see as a direct connection of gen

@KaeleyT @pauldirks There is a feminist movement that is very clearly hostile to males perhaps reactionary to patriarchy. And of course the patriarchists can often be seen as hostile to women, often upset when any of them do things that they don’t t...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks There is a feminist movement that is very clearly hostile to males perhaps reactionary to patriarchy. And of course the patriarchists can often be seen as hostile to women, often

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to lay down their lives for their wives. It’s not about going to work (which men can easily treat as an escape from proble

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, Christ sacrificed to save His bride but His bride consists of both men and women who are in turn called to lay down their lives for one another. Laying down one’s life is not a gendered requirement. And women sacrifice thei...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, Christ sacrificed to save His bride but His bride consists of both men and women who are in turn called to lay down their lives for one another. Laying down one’s life is not

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus What do you define a false teacher to be?

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus Well, you can move on. As you wish. Stop responding to me anytime. No one is forcing you to keep going. PS> I’m in a reformed church with elders. I was an elder at my previous Baptist church. You can call me ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus Well, you can move on. As you wish. Stop responding to me anytime. No one is forcing you to keep going. PS> I’m in a reformed church with elders. I was an elde

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 In Genesis 1:26-28, the rulership over creation is given to them both. “Let them rule”. “Multiply,” “subdue” and “rule” are all in the plural form. Nothing of this is stated in chapter 2. God nowhere says that Ada...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 In Genesis 1:26-28, the rulership over creation is given to them both. “Let them rule”. “Multiply,” “subdue” and “rule” are all in the plural form. Nothing of this

Genesis 1:26-28 general

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 God uses the term curse multiple times in Genes

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 God uses the term curse multiple times in Genesis 3. Does God not know how to say “cursed are you Eve?” He doesn’t do it.

@JohnMoo26668690 @ChristOverChaos The history of feminism is a fundamental of Christianity?? Wowzers. I merely suggested a possible reason for the reaction in our culture. I’m not denying feminism shares claims some things in common with egalitari...

@JohnMoo26668690 @ChristOverChaos The history of feminism is a fundamental of Christianity?? Wowzers. I merely suggested a possible reason for the reaction in our culture. I’m not denying feminism

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me bu

@JohnMoo26668690 That wasn’t Paul…he was quoting (and refuting) the Corinthians.

@JohnMoo26668690 That wasn’t Paul…he was quoting (and refuting) the Corinthians. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I read my Bible very carefully. I believe it is fully inspired even down to the grammatical details. I suggested another possible reason our culture is having gender issues is because abuse of patriarchy. What...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I read my Bible very carefully. I believe it is fully inspired even down to the grammatical details. I suggested another possible reason our culture is having g

Gen 3:16 debate

@JohnMoo26668690 “Paul would laugh at you” It’s actually the other way around. Paul writes in 1 Cor 14:36: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) Paul uses plural masculine for “you” in the above ve...

@JohnMoo26668690 “Paul would laugh at you” It’s actually the other way around. Paul writes in 1 Cor 14:36: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] only?” (KJV) Pa

1 Cor 14:36 question

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Cor 11:3 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I am aware of 1 Tim 2:11-15 and 1 Cor 11:1-16. I have exegeted 1 Tim 2:11-15 in the attached thread. I have already taught through 1 Cor 11:1-16…I just haven’t had time to put it up on Twitter yet. Coming soon. But it is cle...

@JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I am aware of 1 Tim 2:11-15 and 1 Cor 11:1-16. I have exegeted 1 Tim 2:11-15 in the attached thread. I have already taught through 1 Cor 11:1-16…I just haven’t had time to put

@JohnMoo26668690 I don’t know where you are getting your assumptions from. 1. I don’t think males should act like females or females like males. Confusing the genders by cross dressing is forbidden by scripture (Deut 22:5 “A women must not wear men...

@JohnMoo26668690 I don’t know where you are getting your assumptions from. 1. I don’t think males should act like females or females like males. Confusing the genders by cross dressing is forbidden

Deut 22:5 general

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber The argument is that Judiazers have infiltrated the churches (an example is in Gal 2:4-5 related to circumcision). They see the chaos in the Corinthian service and are likely shocked by the women that a...

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber The argument is that Judiazers have infiltrated the churches (an example is in Gal 2:4-5 related to circumcision). They see the chaos in the Corinthian

Gal 2:4-5 general

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vital to consider the historical context. The patri...

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vi

@JohnMoo26668690 That’s rediculous and completely false. Why would you fight ag

@JohnMoo26668690 That’s rediculous and completely false. Why would you fight against a Biblical worldview of the church? Don’t you know about feminism? Egalitarianism is not feminism! https://t.co/4

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women that are teaching false doctrines today? Is that ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband doesn’t have authority over his body? There is an exception, something he doesn’t explicitly have authority over. You

@thescottbarber Paul is refuting the idea from the letter the Corinthians wrote

@thescottbarber Paul is refuting the idea from the letter the Corinthians wrote to Paul (1 Cor 7:1). Paul is actually encouraging women to participate. I go through all the details here. https://t.c

1 Cor 7:1 general

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber What would the disjunctive be used if Paul was emphasizing the statement in v35? Paul is clearly refuting v34-35 which contradict what Paul was saying in the rest of the chapter that “all could prophesy” ...

@Veritas1646 @samuel_costner @thescottbarber What would the disjunctive be used if Paul was emphasizing the statement in v35? Paul is clearly refuting v34-35 which contradict what Paul was saying in