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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authori

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Notice in the ONLY passage that discusses authority in the context of the relationship between the husband and wife, it says that each does NOT have authority. https://t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love each other (duh!) why would you say that they don...

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Yes, I agree with all that, yet leaders are held to a higher standard. We are not to lay hands on someone who is new in the faith as they may become conceited. And they must be able to teach and be patient i...

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Yes, I agree with all that, yet leaders are held to a higher standard. We are not to lay hands on someone who is new in the faith as they may become conceite

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Agreed that there are certainly no ge

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Agreed that there are certainly no gender-based roles. But there is the office of elder/overseer and deacon for which gifting alone is not sufficient. The in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii God's choice was clearly the apostle

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii God's choice was clearly the apostle Paul. And all 12 apostles were also Jewish (not a single one was a Gentile). We don't say "explain why no Gentile was co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii The restrictions are related to character and ability (and teaching truth rather than heresy). The qualifications are not based on ethnicity, socioeconomic status, male or female, age, size, whether or not o...

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii The restrictions are related to character and ability (and teaching truth rather than heresy). The qualifications are not based on ethnicity, socioeconomic s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii 'a woman' and 'a man' can also be 'a wife' and 'a husband'⎯and because of 'the woman' in 1Ti 2:14 which cannot refer to Eve because of 'she will be saved' in v15 which cannot apply to Eve who is dead⎯this is...

@JamesGi27467089 @carol66944 @MikeWingerii 'a woman' and 'a man' can also be 'a wife' and 'a husband'⎯and because of 'the woman' in 1Ti 2:14 which cannot refer to Eve because of 'she will be saved' in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@JamesGi27467089 1 Timothy is a personal letter telling Timothy how to deal with

@JamesGi27467089 1 Timothy is a personal letter telling Timothy how to deal with false teachers—not to stop truth-tellers: “remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@JamesGi27467089 Yes, the Spirit inspired Paul, and it was preserved for the Chu

@JamesGi27467089 Yes, the Spirit inspired Paul, and it was preserved for the Church. But 1 Timothy was written to Timothy—some instructions are clearly specific to him, though we still learn from what

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

As James requested, let's look at the summary chart he provided which lists 'Ega

As James requested, let's look at the summary chart he provided which lists 'Egalitarian Claims' and Mike Winger's refutation. 🧵 https://t.co/pmxAVu4Dj5

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how their mother’s instructed them as children—though suc...

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@JamesGi27467089 I’m quite happy when complementarians allow more and more freedom to women to take more influential positions. If it is only a denial of the title but allowing them to teach others including men and provide pastoral counseling, and l...

@JamesGi27467089 I’m quite happy when complementarians allow more and more freedom to women to take more influential positions. If it is only a denial of the title but allowing them to teach others in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@JamesGi27467089 Nice to have the summary of Mike’s very long video including ti

@JamesGi27467089 Nice to have the summary of Mike’s very long video including timestamps. I’ll bookmark for later…thanks! I would like to respond to his egalitarian criticisms as I believe he is inco

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-06

@JamesDitto12 @smashbaals 1. The LXX is an important witness to how the Hebrew was understood very early. 2. The inspired text has only the consonants; vowel markings were added in the 6-10th century AD. So there is a legitimate interpretive questio...

@JamesDitto12 @smashbaals 1. The LXX is an important witness to how the Hebrew was understood very early. 2. The inspired text has only the consonants; vowel markings were added in the 6-10th century

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-15

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist Martin Luther was so focused on salvation being by faith that he overreacted to James calling it “an epistle of straw” yet he never removed it completely. Similarly with Hebrews, Jude and Revelation—he never removed the...

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist Martin Luther was so focused on salvation being by faith that he overreacted to James calling it “an epistle of straw” yet he never removed it completely. Similarly with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@SDAFS56788141 @okamadation @Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 Dr James Tour deals with

@SDAFS56788141 @okamadation @Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 Dr James Tour deals with abiogenesis claims quite effectively. https://t.co/Tg6SKNZlwo

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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 2024-10-18

RT @DrJamesTour: James Tour Responds to Claims of Origin of Life Scientists #abi

RT @DrJamesTour: James Tour Responds to Claims of Origin of Life Scientists #abiogenesis #chemistry #sciencedebate https://t.co/6TEunb0cad

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Grea

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Greater, son of Zebedee) John (brother of James) Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James (the Less, son of Alphaeus) Simon t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@Northof50290567 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning That doesn’t mean

@Northof50290567 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning That doesn’t mean that James still doesn’t choose to interpret the text differently. I’m just showing that my interpretation is consistent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@maclellanjames @ClintHumfrey That’s a great video! If only more complementarian

@maclellanjames @ClintHumfrey That’s a great video! If only more complementarians treated women as complementary counterparts in leadership and ministry.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The idea that Paul’s use of an older word would be analogous to using King James-era English in modern speech to leverage its rich vocabulary is quite apt. It’s not about the typical audience but the precision and impact...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The idea that Paul’s use of an older word would be analogous to using King James-era English in modern speech to leverage its rich vocabulary is quite apt. It’s not about

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@JamesEwen0407 Pastoring is a function though we use it for those in full time m

@JamesEwen0407 Pastoring is a function though we use it for those in full time ministry who are acting as overseers. Pastor, elder, bishop/overseer can all be used interchangeably.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-01

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like that? Any description of them wearing the priestly ...

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 In the Bible, no one specifically—not even a male⎯is identified as a pastor. Only two are explicitly called an elder and they are self identified—Peter and John. What does it matter what the church did after the NT? Are ...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 In the Bible, no one specifically—not even a male⎯is identified as a pastor. Only two are explicitly called an elder and they are self identified—Peter and John. What doe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn Not if you are egalitarian

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn Not if you are egalitarian because of scripture instead of by ignoring it. https://t.co/a36YWtiaIj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn It’s not that you are correct that the one who is both more capable and available and able should protect when the thieves arrive that one or two times in your life. But it doesn’t mean that shod ...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn It’s not that you are correct that the one who is both more capable and available and able should protect when the thieves arrive that one or two

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be avoiding it because it follows from his beliefs. Ma...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Whatsinaname41 @JamesGaius @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I actually think that Patriarchalists should be allowed to follow their beliefs and conscience on this debatable matter. Some women are patriarchal and we shouldn’t force them to be otherwise. Bu...

@Whatsinaname41 @JamesGaius @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I actually think that Patriarchalists should be allowed to follow their beliefs and conscience on this debatable matter. Some women are patriarcha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@JamesDitto12 That means that when a spouse dies, the living one is freed from t

@JamesDitto12 That means that when a spouse dies, the living one is freed from their vow and can marry another. At the rapture, both husband and wife may be transformed alive without dying. That does

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@Phirah79 @JamesPelton18 Still unclear - 1 Timothy is the only one being dispute

@Phirah79 @JamesPelton18 Still unclear - 1 Timothy is the only one being disputed?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@JamesDitto12 Yes, no marriage, but still male and female and still a church. An

@JamesDitto12 Yes, no marriage, but still male and female and still a church. And Jesus is married to His bride. Question: does Jesus take authority over His bride? Are there roles that only He perfo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul ar

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul are inauthentic?Corinthians, Ephesians and Timothy? Any more? What about Peter, is his letter inauthentic also?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Writerwhsmith @JamesPelton18 This is absolutely correct! It is a word used in the verb form only once in the New Testament and only 8 other times in antiquity. It is extremely rare and one would wonder why Paul chose this specific word to mean norma...

@Writerwhsmith @JamesPelton18 This is absolutely correct! It is a word used in the verb form only once in the New Testament and only 8 other times in antiquity. It is extremely rare and one would wond

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@JamesPelton18 Except Paul is refuting those he is quoting from the letter the C

@JamesPelton18 Except Paul is refuting those he is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote. And in 1Ti 2:11-12, Paul is dealing with a specific wife in Ephesus who is teaching false doctrine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@James_AndrewRob @i0wa_Guy @smashbaals Yes, but leading is not a sin. Otherwise

@James_AndrewRob @i0wa_Guy @smashbaals Yes, but leading is not a sin. Otherwise God wouldn’t have chosen Deborah to be the highest authority in the land (like Samuel).

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@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.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@Dasugo @m_james76997 @MikeWingerii Anyone who is able and in a place where they have the power/ability to help. A male who isn't a father is can help too, right? These passages are mostly about those who are judges and in places of authority who are...

@Dasugo @m_james76997 @MikeWingerii Anyone who is able and in a place where they have the power/ability to help. A male who isn't a father is can help too, right? These passages are mostly about those

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@m_james76997 @MikeWingerii I clearly meant *other* fathers and husbands being r

@m_james76997 @MikeWingerii I clearly meant *other* fathers and husbands being responsible to rescue or defend the fatherless.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-06

@CherylSchatz @DougLundy7 @jamesdpeavy @salvationarmy Agreed. I don’t understand

@CherylSchatz @DougLundy7 @jamesdpeavy @salvationarmy Agreed. I don’t understand how they can purely spiritualize what are clear physical acts in scripture though they are correct that these are not r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-31

@Trentofthenorth @Unashamed_Chuck @JamesDitto12 On what basis do you make such a

@Trentofthenorth @Unashamed_Chuck @JamesDitto12 On what basis do you make such a claim? Male authority over women is an idea imported into the text by men.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-31

@Unashamed_Chuck @JamesDitto12 Yes, the man is the head, but not in the way that you think. This is not about authority over or rule over but, sourcing marriage back to the very first marriage and its basis in the origin of the woman from Adam’s fles...

@Unashamed_Chuck @JamesDitto12 Yes, the man is the head, but not in the way that you think. This is not about authority over or rule over but, sourcing marriage back to the very first marriage and its

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub So you demonstrated that there are males who appear to be elders like Titus, Timothy and James, but we don’t have a letter written to or about a woman? What about 2John 1,5 (elect lady) and vs 13 (chosen sister)? Also, w...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub So you demonstrated that there are males who appear to be elders like Titus, Timothy and James, but we don’t have a letter written to or about a woman? What about 2John 1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen James does know some Greek. I wanted to find some

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen James does know some Greek. I wanted to find someone who disagreed with me who could explain what I was seeing. I’ll see if I can find another Greek technician explainin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@EkIesou @ronhenzel James appears to be having grammar issues right now… At any rate, his teaching on the anaphoric use of the article is solid and it most certainly could be applied to this case. He chooses not to for whatever reason. Paul’s shift...

@EkIesou @ronhenzel James appears to be having grammar issues right now… At any rate, his teaching on the anaphoric use of the article is solid and it most certainly could be applied to this case. He

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-14

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii James also appears to ignore 1T 1. Why does he start at chapter 2? He also fails to see how his view of Paul’s teaching would be substantiated in the Old Testamen...

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii James also appears to ignore 1T 1. Why does he start at chapter 2? He also fails to see how his view of Paul’s t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-14

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii He also said 1Ti 3:15 was about how “one ought to behave” but the context shows clearly that Paul is showing Timothy how *he* ought to behave to deal with the fal...

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii He also said 1Ti 3:15 was about how “one ought to behave” but the context shows clearly that Paul is showing Tim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-14

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii I’m sure there are people who demote Paul as you say, but I don’t and I’m fully egalitarian. I put that video from James White on my list of things to respond to ...

@peace_got @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @5pur5y @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii I’m sure there are people who demote Paul as you say, but I don’t and I’m fully egalitarian. I put that video fr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-12

@CharmyRosewolf @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Whew! Thank goodness you escaped the inspired English KJV-O crowd. They are so legalistic about this translation it's crazy. Mark Ward wrote a fantastic book on this topic... "Authorized: The Us...

@CharmyRosewolf @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Whew! Thank goodness you escaped the inspired English KJV-O crowd. They are so legalistic about this translation it's crazy. Mark Ward wrote a fa

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