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Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-05

Wayne Grudem Part 2

In my last post I copied Wayne Grudem’s “Open letter to Egalitarians”, and I listed the first question of his “Six Questions That Have Never Been Satisfactorily Answered”. Today I am posting his second question, Suzanne McCarthy’s expert Greek answer, and my own challenge after that

1 Peter 3:1 Acts 5:21 Proverbs 5:21 Ephesians 5 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-30

Neopatriarch Fails To Refute Cheryl

Some have wondered why “Chris” the complementarian stopped posting here. Apparently, he could not get his refutation of my work to stand in an interactive forum so he moved it over to a place where he could have the floor to himself

1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-12 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-23

Paul As He Pleases 9

This is the ninth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Corinthians 12:11 1 Corinthians 12:17 1 Corinthians 12:18 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-03

7 Paul Adam Accountability

This is the seventh in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 1:13 2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-04-19

Paul_And_Genesis

This is the sixth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-04-02

5 Apostle Paul They

This post is the fifth one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-02-13

King_Uzziah

In an interesting blog post on Pyromaniacs the February 10th post, author Dan Phillips tries to link the rebellion of King Uzziah and his punishment of leprosy with the “unfaithful” act of women who apparently are committing treachery against God by becoming pastors. Is this really true

2 Chronicles 25:1 2 Chronicles 25:14 2 Chronicles 25:15 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-15

They Are Sinning Through Questioning

The issue of women in ministry allows us to the opportunity to ask questions about the hard passages of scripture and to work through these passages to discover God’s intended meaning through the inspired context. But in many quarters, questioning is a “sin” that will get a reprimand from a strong a

1 Peter 5:1-3 Jeremiah 23:1 Titus 1:7 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2008-11-07

Modern Myths About The Titus 2 Woman

When the issue of women in ministry is brought up, one of the scripture passages that is used as a slam-dunk women-must-stay-in-the-home passage is Titus 2:3-5. Is this passage really about women restricted to the area of the home with cooking, cleaning and raising children, or are women allowed by

1 Timothy 3:11 1 Timothy 5:14 Esther 2 Authority & Submission Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-02

Let Her Learnor Not

In our continuing discussion of 1 Corinthians 14:34-36, we come to the problematic area of learning

1 Corinthians 14:31 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 14:34-36 1 Timothy 2 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-03

Update On Video And Home Sale

This past week has been an extremely busy one for me. I have been editing our Trinity DVD project and have gained a lot of ground by putting everything else pretty much on ignore

Women in Leadership Trinity
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-18

Eve Deceived Adam Not

For a PDF copy of this article click here Eve was Deceived pdf file

1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:6 1 Timothy 1:7 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-17

Woman Representative

This post is an answer to Matt Slicks article called “1 Timothy 2:9-15 “a woman” is representative of all women as “a man”represents all men”

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-17

Should Comps Debate

While there has been some genuine, respectful dialog between complementarian and egalitarian scholars, more often than not, the emotions that are brought into the dialog have brought less than respectful debate. The body of Christ is meant to fight the enemy together but when some turn their weapons

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-11

Only One Verse

In my continuing review of CARM and Matt Slick’s articles on women in ministry, this post is about Matt’s article titled “ Only one verse prohibits women to teach men, so it doesn’t apply to the whole church ”

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 3:15 Colossians 1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-02-17

Radio Update And Whats Up In Ministry

It’s time for an update especially since I have been so busy that I haven’t been able to post much for awhile

Isaiah 4 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-02-06

Laugh Your Way To A Better Marriage

Recently someone sent me a Youtube clip of Mark Gungor’s “Laugh your way to a better marriage”. Since we have been talking about marriage and women in ministry, I thought I would share this with you

Colossians 4 Lamentations 4 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-30

The Rest Of The Story 1 Timothy 211 15 And Matt Slick

> Proverbs 18:17 (ESV) The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 2 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-03

Is Short Hair A Sin For A Woman

Continuing on with our verse by verse discussion through the section of 1 Corinthians 11 about women, we come to verse 13:

1 Corinthians 11:13 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:15 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-08

An Update On Our Move

1 Corinthians 11 part two on the meaning of “head” is delayed for another week as our timeline for getting our home ready for sale has been pushed up. Today we signed the papers to list our home and we have until Monday to get everything in order as that is the day that the house goes on the market

Colossians 11 Romans 1 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-28

Does Husband Of One Wife Disqualify Women From Being A Pastor

I was listening to the January 26, 2007 radio program online by Matt Slick of carm. org

1 Corinthians 7:24 1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:12 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Well, yeah, that is RCC teaching.

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Well, yeah, that is RCC teaching. But it’s not Biblical teaching. Baptism also doesn’t leave a mark!!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-28

@magnolia0469 @PrayTheRosary12 Every time we read Mark 14:9 and the account we f

@magnolia0469 @PrayTheRosary12 Every time we read Mark 14:9 and the account we fulfill what that passage says. Why do you say all churches are in apostasy? If that were the case, then Jesus’ own word

Mark 14:9 Mt 16:18 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem As for “right at the door,” It’s like saying, “You can hear the knock; the arrival is certain and close.” In Hebrew thought, “at the door” often marks a decisive point as in Gen 4:7 (“sin is crouching at the door”) or...

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem As for “right at the door,” It’s like saying, “You can hear the knock; the arrival is certain and close.” In Hebrew thought, “at the door” often marks a decisive point

Gen 4:7 Jas 5:9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem If you can’t see your view is probably incorrect, I’m not sure what else can be done. I will try… If the second coming already happened in AD 70, then several prophecies Jesus and the apostles gave must have failed: ...

@MarkAnthonyNel4 @rightresponsem If you can’t see your view is probably incorrect, I’m not sure what else can be done. I will try… If the second coming already happened in AD 70, then several prophec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-03

@AshFarms The four gospel accounts are a great place to start, but you can also

@AshFarms The four gospel accounts are a great place to start, but you can also read from different parts together. For example, reading Matthew but also Genesis and a Psalm. There are reading plans t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Sealing is not perm

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Sealing is not permanent in this life. It simply means that you are marked by God and He indwells you, but if you grieve Him and leave Him,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion? Submission in Eph 5 isn’t blind obedience. It’s Ch...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, even in the comp framework, submission has clear limits—wives shouldn’t submit to sin. So why assume mutual submission means parents obey their child’s confusion?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, you said “God gives distinct, complementary roles…” and “Roles are not oppressive—they’re ordained.” Where are you getting “role” from? It’s not even in the New Testament Greek text. Also, roles are fungible in no...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley Mark, you said “God gives distinct, complementary roles…” and “Roles are not oppressive—they’re ordained.” Where are you getting “role” from? It’s not even in the New Te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

@pjgurry @carol66944 Actually, since Paul clearly shows submission is mutual, for this reason we know that whatever he says after Eph 5:21 is not about authority or hierarchy. I recently responded to another thread involving Andy Stanley, Mike Winge...

@pjgurry @carol66944 Actually, since Paul clearly shows submission is mutual, for this reason we know that whatever he says after Eph 5:21 is not about authority or hierarchy. I recently responded to

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

🧵Mark, unlike Mike Winger (@MikeWingerii), you’re actually engaging with the text.👏 Mike calls mutual submission a “trick,” but Peter warns us not to twist Paul’s words to mean what he never meant (2Pe 3:15–16). Paul taught mutual submission not ge...

🧵Mark, unlike Mike Winger (@MikeWingerii), you’re actually engaging with the text.👏 Mike calls mutual submission a “trick,” but Peter warns us not to twist Paul’s words to mean what he never meant (2

2Pe 3:15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@MarkWood282212 @sola_chad Can you show me the scripture where he is called ‘pas

@MarkWood282212 @sola_chad Can you show me the scripture where he is called ‘pastor’?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But the passage says they sh

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But the passage says they should ask their husbands at home, which is markedly different from “subject themselves to IF/THEN cues for silence in ver

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 For 1Cor 14:34-35, we know that Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in a prior letter (see 1Cor 7:1). There are no quotation marks in the original Greek so we have to infer what Paul ...

@KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 For 1Cor 14:34-35, we know that Paul is responding to things that the Corinthians wrote to him in a prior letter (see 1Cor 7:1). There are no quotation marks in

1Cor 14:34-35 1Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@SteveK49779 @Godly_Gov @Truth_matters20 The days in Genesis are clearly marked

@SteveK49779 @Godly_Gov @Truth_matters20 The days in Genesis are clearly marked by a period of darkness followed by a period of light. Darkness the length of years would be catastrophic to life. The s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@SteveK49779 @Truth_matters20 I’ve never heard that explanation before. He repeated, “And there was evening and there was morning, the [nth] day.” The creation days were marked by a period of darkness followed by a period of light, not Moses’ days. ...

@SteveK49779 @Truth_matters20 I’ve never heard that explanation before. He repeated, “And there was evening and there was morning, the [nth] day.” The creation days were marked by a period of darkness

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 No, that's not it. Paul is clearly responding to things that the Corinthians wrote (see 1Co 7:1), but there are not quotation marks in the Greek manuscript, so you have to infer the quotes. 1Co 14:34-35 clearly stand out from the rest of t...

@Paula_333 No, that's not it. Paul is clearly responding to things that the Corinthians wrote (see 1Co 7:1), but there are not quotation marks in the Greek manuscript, so you have to infer the quotes.

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 7:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@The_War_Within_ @MikeWingerii That's cute. There are false prophets in the NT and no one stones a single one, so obviously something is different in the NT. We are told to mark and avoid those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the te...

@The_War_Within_ @MikeWingerii That's cute. There are false prophets in the NT and no one stones a single one, so obviously something is different in the NT. We are told to mark and avoid those who c

Ro 16:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-01

@MarkGrote I’m suggesting that we don’t call people to repent of believe differe

@MarkGrote I’m suggesting that we don’t call people to repent of believe differently than us on the non-essentials. But if we sin and don’t repent, we are kicked out of the church. If the person hasn

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-01

@MarkGrote From someone who hasn’t repented from Mike Winger’s calls for egalita

@MarkGrote From someone who hasn’t repented from Mike Winger’s calls for egalitarians to stop spreading egalitarian teaching, I think it depends on what you are referring to. Have some examples?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@WillYoungIII None of the lower umbrellas are needed. Seems like man trying to m

@WillYoungIII None of the lower umbrellas are needed. Seems like man trying to make sense of God’s design but missing the mark. Did you read my post I shared? What does kephale (head) mean?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@NasarCefas @ChristKing79265 @oliverburdick Yes, Moses was writing things down which is why we call the first 5 books the Books of Moses. I'm simply suggesting that the first 3 chapters of Genesis don't give us that marker (ie. "God said to Moses, wr...

@NasarCefas @ChristKing79265 @oliverburdick Yes, Moses was writing things down which is why we call the first 5 books the Books of Moses. I'm simply suggesting that the first 3 chapters of Genesis don

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar—insistent that he had to be the authority but the...

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed the text a single time. Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians, right? Or did *YOU* dismiss this fact from 1Cor 7:1? Did you know that quotation marks are not...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed the text a single time. Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians, right? Or did *YOU* dismiss this fact from 1

1Cor 7:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem You mean Paul does n

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem You mean Paul does not allow that woman in Ephesus to teach heresy? Her husband, likely an elder, was doing and saying nothing—remarkably ju

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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 The canon wasn’t “decided” by councils—it was rec

@elondeporter @CapturingChrist The canon wasn’t “decided” by councils—it was recognized by God’s people based on divine marks. That’s how we know which books are truly Scripture. Not by decree, but b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

@Autumn_Armyworm @dougponder @BenMandrell @markedpodcast The scripture governs c

@Autumn_Armyworm @dougponder @BenMandrell @markedpodcast The scripture governs churches. 1Ti 3 and Tit 1 do not indicate that elders must be males unless you think they must be married men with 2 or m

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