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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-24

RT @RonSCantor: Why the church should bless Israel is very simple. Israel brough

RT @RonSCantor: Why the church should bless Israel is very simple. Israel brought the gospel to the Gentiles (Rom 15:15-27), and because of…

Rom 15:15-27 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Pastor_Gabe Do you allow Gentiles to be pastors? Also, can you point to a spec

@Pastor_Gabe Do you allow Gentiles to be pastors? Also, can you point to a specific named person in the NT who is called pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii And the church initially rejected Gentiles and had to

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii And the church initially rejected Gentiles and had to be corrected. Paul said that after his departure, wolves would come into the church. Sounds like a setup for abuse and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 If none of them got the correct idea that women were not forbidden from teaching truth to anyone, then they are ALL MISTAKEN. Just like everyone was confused initially about Gentiles in the church, the di...

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 If none of them got the correct idea that women were not forbidden from teaching truth to anyone, then they are ALL MISTAKEN. Just like everyone was confu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Were Gentiles not saved before the start of the

@TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem Were Gentiles not saved before the start of the church?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@RobChristisKing @AsherJacob23060 @smashbaals You can't be cut off unless you are already attached to the vine, so their tribes cannot be cut off unless they were already included. Is that what you believe, that the Jews and Gentiles were already in ...

@RobChristisKing @AsherJacob23060 @smashbaals You can't be cut off unless you are already attached to the vine, so their tribes cannot be cut off unless they were already included. Is that what you be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-17

RT @ryanschatz: @RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals Is Ro 11:20-22 referring t

RT @ryanschatz: @RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals Is Ro 11:20-22 referring to nations and not individual Gentiles and Jews? The Greek g…

Ro 11:20-22 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-17

@RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals In conclusion, Paul is not just warning ab

@RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals In conclusion, Paul is not just warning about Gentile nations. The Greek grammar, singular pronouns, and the direct contrast with individual Jews show he is warni

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-17

@RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals Third, Paul warns Gentiles in the same way

@RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals Third, Paul warns Gentiles in the same way Jews were warned: Jews were “broken off” as individuals for personal unbelief (v20). Gentiles can likewise be “cut of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-17

@RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals Is Ro 11:20-22 referring to nations and no

@RobChristisKing @thatdna @smashbaals Is Ro 11:20-22 referring to nations and not individual Gentiles and Jews? The Greek grammar & context show it’s about individuals. Let me show you. 🧵👇

Ro 11:20-22 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Yes, Jesus sent Paul to the Gentiles, but why do you say he only chose men? What about Priscilla who went with him on his journeys and Junia who was highly esteemed among the apostles? ...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Yes, Jesus sent Paul to the Gentiles, but why do you say he only chose men? What about Priscilla who went with him on his journeys and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome History is not inspired, scripture is. Reality as you are describing is just what you are used to or prefer. It is not a modern 20th century invention though I admit women have been suppressed since the beginning kind of...

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome History is not inspired, scripture is. Reality as you are describing is just what you are used to or prefer. It is not a modern 20th century invention though I admit wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I’m making no excuses whatsoever. I’m merely observing the amazing plan of God to include the gentiles and do it by coming after the dispersion of the Jews under Roman occupation and thereby use a non-Hebraic language which ...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I’m making no excuses whatsoever. I’m merely observing the amazing plan of God to include the gentiles and do it by coming after the dispersion of the Jews under Roman occupa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-29

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote I don't think it was to establish a uniquely Gentile

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote I don't think it was to establish a uniquely Gentile church, but to extend the church to reach the Gentiles. Right? In the same way, males first doesn't mean males only.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@DirtBoyFarms @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace Paul, James, Peter and all the apostle

@DirtBoyFarms @iheartJ37 @harmonizedgrace Paul, James, Peter and all the apostles were Jews. The uniqueness about Paul is that he is an apostle to the Gentiles. I fail to understand what your point i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

True egalitarians don’t erase all boundaries. They recognize differences between

True egalitarians don’t erase all boundaries. They recognize differences between Jews and Gentiles, slave and free, and male and female, yet understand God’s intent to unite these differences into one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-18

@9999stacker @AlypiusThe_Wild @smashbaals I'm just stating a fact... do you not

@9999stacker @AlypiusThe_Wild @smashbaals I'm just stating a fact... do you not accept that the Bible calls non-Jewish ethnic groups Gentiles?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-15

@smashbaals Hogwash! Sexist? Misogynist? He has 10 women leaders listed in Ro 1

@smashbaals Hogwash! Sexist? Misogynist? He has 10 women leaders listed in Ro 16. Racist? Isn’t Paul literally the apostle to the Gentiles?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@JimBrandyberry The root of Christianity is Jewish. A Jewish Messiah. Jewish apo

@JimBrandyberry The root of Christianity is Jewish. A Jewish Messiah. Jewish apostles. Gentiles are grafted in by faith to the one root.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@DMurzea @NeilShenvi Jesus didn't exclude Gentiles in His healing ministry. I'm

@DMurzea @NeilShenvi Jesus didn't exclude Gentiles in His healing ministry. I'm not sure what you are really trying to get at here.

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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 2024-07-10

Jesus explains that leadership is serving and not about being served (which is h

Jesus explains that leadership is serving and not about being served (which is how the world sees leadership). Mt 20:25-28: "But Jesus called them to Himself and said, ‘You know that the rulers of th

Mt 20:25-28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@harduppp @RevKimWChafee @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @Tibbetburritoo @IAmNOTALao

@harduppp @RevKimWChafee @TxPlainZoomer @LaMonteMom @Tibbetburritoo @IAmNOTALao @WomnOfValor If you want that, Gal 3:26-28 seems pretty clear. Is your pastor Jewish, or are now Gentiles allowed to be

Gal 3:26-28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-17

@Flyoverland22 Jesus’ reason for choosing 12 Jewish males as his 12 apostles wasn’t communicated. It would be equally bad to presume that no Gentiles should be leaders because the first 12 were only Jewish or to limit to the first 12 when Jesus clear...

@Flyoverland22 Jesus’ reason for choosing 12 Jewish males as his 12 apostles wasn’t communicated. It would be equally bad to presume that no Gentiles should be leaders because the first 12 were only J

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax @Charb_izard No one is to authentein anyone. Men are not to “exercise authority over” other believers. Where are you getting that from? "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and t...

@landjax @Charb_izard No one is to authentein anyone. Men are not to “exercise authority over” other believers. Where are you getting that from? "Jesus called them together and said, 'You know that t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothing to do with whether Gentiles or women are allowed...

@riemersonck Now you are getting my point. There were Romans and other Gentiles that feared God yet Jesus didn’t pick them. Maybe he had a reason for picking those 12 Jewish males and that has nothin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Where is a slave’s preach

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Where is a slave’s preaching highlighted? Where is a slave called an elder or pastor? The same questions you ask of women can be asked of slaves

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name anyone who is called pastor? How about anyone spec...

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man Capturing sermons in the book of Acts is not how we determine pro

@Grump_Old_Man Capturing sermons in the book of Acts is not how we determine prohibitions. The early church was still working through accepting Gentiles. How many Gentile sermons does the Bible reco

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Popularity or history are not inspired. There are many things that were done that were not following God’s intention. For example, the first church did not accept the Gentiles. God had to guide and instruct them ...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Popularity or history are not inspired. There are many things that were done that were not following God’s intention. For example, the first church did not accept

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Yes, sometimes it happe

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller Yes, sometimes it happens immediately upon belief, and sometimes God waits for some apostles to show up to witness His moving among the Gentile

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@Torncurtainorg @AngEngland @JollyStine @DustyMayT @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7

@Torncurtainorg @AngEngland @JollyStine @DustyMayT @Crystalisives @Gabe_Torrez7 @MikeWingerii Jesus also didn’t appoint Gentiles to leadership. He left a few matters for the church to work out. 😉

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@carol66944 @EkIesou @ronhenzel The point that Gal 3:28 was “still a long ways off” is not because Paul didn’t already believe this. Paul’s entire ministry was focused on the Gentiles so that was clearly known by Paul. Why do you think he didn’t know...

@carol66944 @EkIesou @ronhenzel The point that Gal 3:28 was “still a long ways off” is not because Paul didn’t already believe this. Paul’s entire ministry was focused on the Gentiles so that was clea

Gal 3:28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-12

@peace_got @JoanBandy @CharmyRosewolf @pastherandie @MikeWingerii Order means ti

@peace_got @JoanBandy @CharmyRosewolf @pastherandie @MikeWingerii Order means time sequence not hierarchy of authority. I mean animals were made before Adam and they don’t rule him. The Jews were firs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii None of the 12 were Gentiles. Is your pastor a Gentile? The early church had issues fully accepting Gentiles too…you think it was different with women? Jesus picked 12 males for a reason not given. It certainly...

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii None of the 12 were Gentiles. Is your pastor a Gentile? The early church had issues fully accepting Gentiles too…you think it was different with women? Jesus pi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

@Pilgrim_2023 Thanks for asking. Jacob and Esau represent two nations. God prefe

@Pilgrim_2023 Thanks for asking. Jacob and Esau represent two nations. God preferred Israel over the Gentiles yet they are reconciled into one new man in the church in the the end and are not kept sep

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

@MisterClip And what is the plain text? Jacob and Esau represent two peoples: Is

@MisterClip And what is the plain text? Jacob and Esau represent two peoples: Israel and the Gentiles. In the church, both groups become one new man. https://t.co/VrBJybh6H2

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

@FutureHOF3 Those that do not belong to Him are those who do not respond to the truth that He has revealed to them. Jacob and Esau represent two peoples (as God told Rebecca) and one day they will be reconciled. This idea culminates in the church whi...

@FutureHOF3 Those that do not belong to Him are those who do not respond to the truth that He has revealed to them. Jacob and Esau represent two peoples (as God told Rebecca) and one day they will be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@SimonReye @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @TarienCole The early church still got a few things wrong. It got the Gentiles wrong and needed correction on that several times. In Acts 6, they are just doing what comes natural to them—picking men. You cannot take a...

@SimonReye @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @TarienCole The early church still got a few things wrong. It got the Gentiles wrong and needed correction on that several times. In Acts 6, they are just doing what co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-18

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Jesus spoke clearly against the kind of authority it seems people are advocating for. It is against that authority over anyone. “The kings of the Gentiles *exercise lordship* over them; and those who *exercise authority* over ...

@ronhenzel @LynnCDell2 Jesus spoke clearly against the kind of authority it seems people are advocating for. It is against that authority over anyone. “The kings of the Gentiles *exercise lordship* o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Description doesn’t imply prescription. Just as Paul didn’t seem to think Peter was the uncorrectable pope and publicly rebuked him when he strayed by treating the Gentiles differently when the Judiazers were present, I think s...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Description doesn’t imply prescription. Just as Paul didn’t seem to think Peter was the uncorrectable pope and publicly rebuked him when he strayed by treating the Gentiles diff

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Jesus also came as a Jew. All His apostles were Jewish. Yet we don’t have only Jewish male pastors and elders. Remember how they were confused on that in the early church too and how God had to show them that the Gentiles were ...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Jesus also came as a Jew. All His apostles were Jewish. Yet we don’t have only Jewish male pastors and elders. Remember how they were confused on that in the early church too an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Two points: 1. The 70 were prior to the church. 2. In the earliest times of the church before the incorporation of Gentiles was clear, the disciples would have defaulted to what they knew previously, so the fac...

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Two points: 1. The 70 were prior to the church. 2. In the earliest times of the church before the incorporation of Gentiles was clear, the disciples would have

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of the law, the gospel and Christian liberty and iss...

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Authority over the church? Where are you getting that from? That’s exactly what Jesus says is NOT to be the case. Jesus says, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones *exerci...

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Authority over the church? Where are you getting that from? That’s exactly what Jesus says is NOT to be the case. Jesus says, "You know that the rulers of the Gentil

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos The point wasn’t that the God fearing Gentiles were already saved! The point is that God appointed to eternal life those who feared him by sending Paul and Barnabas to preach the gospel to them. “God fearers” is not just a use...

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos The point wasn’t that the God fearing Gentiles were already saved! The point is that God appointed to eternal life those who feared him by sending Paul and Barnabas to preach th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

Ron, that statement in Acts 13:48 is not explicit as you suggested it might be because Paul couldn't list only the God fearers since it is clear from the context that this referred to the Gentiles that followed God and were proselytes but not yet bel...

Ron, that statement in Acts 13:48 is not explicit as you suggested it might be because Paul couldn't list only the God fearers since it is clear from the context that this referred to the Gentiles tha

Acts 13:48 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-28

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus to stop false teaching not to stop females from t...

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus

1 Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-15

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Why is this always about authority order? Do you think that because the order is Jew first then Gentile that Jews have authority over Gentiles? "For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings ...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Why is this always about authority order? Do you think that because the order is Jew first then Gentile that Jews have authority over Gentiles? "For I am not ashamed of the g

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC The doctrine that came out of this was set out by the Apostles⎯James, Paul, Peter, but it was also agreed to by the WHOLE church. James was the leader in this judgment but in verse 22 it was the whole church which inclu...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC The doctrine that came out of this was set out by the Apostles⎯James, Paul, Peter, but it was also agreed to by the WHOLE church. James was the leader in this judgment b

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