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Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-07

Answering Matt Slicks Agenda On 1 Timothy 2:12

This is part 2 of answering the complementarian objections of Matt Slick on 1 Timothy 2:11-15. See part one here

1 Peter 4:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-05-06

1Tim2Objections

My article laying out the original argument showing that 1 Timothy 2:12 is a specific woman that Paul forbids from teaching is here

1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 1:13 1 Timothy 1:14 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-04-25

Partriarchy

One of the key differences between an egalitarian and a patriarchal marriage is in the area of authority and will. In a patriarchal marriage, the man is set up as the final decision maker of the home and he is given the right to make a decision for his wife even if it overrules her will

1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 7:5 Isaiah 1 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-04-12

Helpful Sites For Research On Egalitarian Views

I was also asked to have a place where we could list good blogs/web sites that promote godly views about women in ministry or issues of egalitarian marriage, etc. This post will be the permanent place to place links

Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2008-01-22

Equal But Different Deteriorates To An Unequal Trinity

The term “equal but different” has become a catch phrase in marriage and “women in ministry” issues as it has replaced the pre-1970’s common view of the inferiority of women. In complementarian circles the thought is that women are equal in person but different in role

Philippians 2:6 Philippians 2:7 Philippians 2:8 Women in Leadership Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-22

The Husband As King Over The Wife

In part two of this discussion we asked whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her. Today we continue our discussion about whether a husband is to have the position of king over his wife in their marriage

Acts 4 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Headship & Kephale Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-20

Gods Woman Is She Needy Of A Representative Priest Part 2

In part one, ( click here to read ) we discussed whether God created the woman as needed or needy. In this continuing discussion we ask whether God has ordained that a woman must have a priest in the home to represent her to God and God to her

1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:11 1 Peter 3:7 Authority & Submission Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-10

The Trinity And The Womens Issue

Just a quick update to let you all know that our ministry is working on a DVD project on the Trinity. While it isn’t directly on the women’s issue, it will deal directly with the complementarian view of the Trinity and a biblical refutation of that view

Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-03

Does Head Mean Boss When It Is Connected To The Body

This is the first in a series about marriage and the connection between marriage to women’s gifts in the church

Colossians 2:19 Genesis 2:23 Genesis 2:24 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-11-03

Mary As Gods Kind Of Woman

In conjunction with my new series on marriage started with my previous post and the question of whether a wife is to have a man take authority over her (as if her husband is required to rule her), click here to read an excellent blog article about the best example of a New Testament “God’s kind of w

Authority & Submission 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 2007-09-13

Introduction To Patriarchy

Thanks to Don Veinot, I was introduced to “Thatmom” and her podcasts. Thatmom has started a series on examining the teachings of patriarchy and patriocentricity within the homeschooling community

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Pastor Paul And Women In Ministry

Every once in awhile I link to a blog that has material that I really like. Today I want to link to a blog by Pastor Paul Burleson which has some good things about women in ministry even though Pastor Paul is “going against the flow” in the Southern Baptist Convention

Isaiah 3 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-02-27

Catching Up

Well part one of the relocation of our ministry and the move of our household has occurred and we have a two week break before we go into phase two of the move

Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
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 article 2007-01-15

Were Moving

After five years of planning, my husband and I are moving our home and ministry office 10 hours away to join Keith and Lorri MacGregor our ministry partners. There have been some challenges these last few years working together with such a long distance between us

Isaiah 10 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-12

Is There No Distinction Between Male And Female

> Q: Some feminists say that there is no distinction to be made between male and female. Is this what you believe

Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist That is quite a wild misinterpretation of Malach

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist That is quite a wild misinterpretation of Malachi’s prophecy! The idea of eternal marriage is nowhere hinted in scripture and is expressly contradicted. However, LDS c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-02

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist Of course that’s what LDS prophets teach. But this is nowhere found in the Bible. And Jesus is clear that there is no marriage in heaven (which is why I suppose LDS prophets have introduced this teaching). Not like Je...

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist Of course that’s what LDS prophets teach. But this is nowhere found in the Bible. And Jesus is clear that there is no marriage in heaven (which is why I suppose LDS pro

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@elderthorkell @schism What specifically in the theology is far better? God tells us that in heaven there is no marriage and Paul says our marriage vows are until death and not past that (Rom 7:1-2). So you just want to believe something else? Why ...

@elderthorkell @schism What specifically in the theology is far better? God tells us that in heaven there is no marriage and Paul says our marriage vows are until death and not past that (Rom 7:1-2).

Rom 7:1-2 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee I’m glad you acknowledge that authority in the most intimate aspects of marriage is fully mutual. However, I believe that this passage is not just a side note on what is otherwise a husband’s domain. The verb exousiazō (“to ...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee I’m glad you acknowledge that authority in the most intimate aspects of marriage is fully mutual. However, I believe that this passage is not just a side note on what is other

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Your first point was that you are arguing from authority and submission, and I responded to that. You said: “And submitting to one another is elaborated in three relationships, only one of which (marriage) people try to say ...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee Your first point was that you are arguing from authority and submission, and I responded to that. You said: “And submitting to one another is elaborated in three relationship

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee If you want to argue from authority in marriage, there is nothing but mutual authority described in 1Co 7:3-4,10-16. Paul says the same thing to both spouses. There is no hierarchy in marriage. Having authority over one’s bod...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee If you want to argue from authority in marriage, there is nothing but mutual authority described in 1Co 7:3-4,10-16. Paul says the same thing to both spouses. There is no hier

1Co 7:3-4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Scripture says Adam wasn’t deceived. That’s why he is he

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Scripture says Adam wasn’t deceived. That’s why he is held responsible. And yes, Adam is the head, but head can also mean source and clearly marriage is established as a one fl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals Read 1Cor 7. There’s no one way submission in marria

@deafwatchman58 @smashbaals Read 1Cor 7. There’s no one way submission in marriage. Head doesn’t mean the boss or the authority over the wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@annelikok @smashbaals As for marriage, there is teaching from Paul on authority

@annelikok @smashbaals As for marriage, there is teaching from Paul on authority in marriage and it is completely mutual. See 1Cor 7. Why would Paul’s words not convey hierarchy if it is required?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in ma

@electri29693332 @SayvilleDavid @smashbaals Yes there is mutual submission in marriage. Look, if you go to the only chapter that speaks about authority over each souse in marriage it is completely mut

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@SayvilleDavid @_Nosoup4you__ @annelikok @smashbaals The relationship between a husband and a wife and the use of head reflects how they are connected. Marriage is defined by the first marriage where Eve literally came from the flesh and bone of Adam...

@SayvilleDavid @_Nosoup4you__ @annelikok @smashbaals The relationship between a husband and a wife and the use of head reflects how they are connected. Marriage is defined by the first marriage where

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the head of anyone. It is only the husband to his wife. M...

@CS_Bodan @smashbaals No, head isn’t about authority or hierarchy but about source relationships. This is why a pastor or apostle or prophet or any kind of leader in the church is never called the hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-12

@LizzieMarbach Husbands are the head of their wife. Where does scripture say "...of the household"? Being head of his wife symbolically maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh and bone of Adam making Adam her 'source.' This defi...

@LizzieMarbach Husbands are the head of their wife. Where does scripture say "...of the household"? Being head of his wife symbolically maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-15

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Not merely as a boss as there is a romantic part to marriage that doesn’t exist in a work relationship, but the part that would be the same is when there is disagreement you have to do what the boss ...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan Not merely as a boss as there is a romantic part to marriage that doesn’t exist in a work relationship, but the part that would be the same is when t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage always maps back to the first marriage in Genesis wher...

@JoeAdrian256 @iheartJ37 @dalepartridge @ostrachan @farmingandJesus Yes, the husband is the head of his wife but that has nothing to do with being her boss or having authority over her. Marriage alwa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Marriage is not like the army and the husband is not the superior officer. BTW, why is it that in the only place in the NT that talks about authority between a husband and his wife, the authority ...

@McMuffin11111 @BahBahBased @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Marriage is not like the army and the husband is not the superior officer. BTW, why is it that in the only place in the NT that talks about author

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@ryancduff I know. Yet here’s the catch: they think that head means the authorit

@ryancduff I know. Yet here’s the catch: they think that head means the authority over, the boss of, the one that makes all the decisions. Yet ‘head’ is only used in the context of marriage and never

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@Here4Now0829 Well said. What I find curious about Mike is that he says that an egalitarian view is harmful to marriages…but he makes decisions in his marriage based on consensus just like me. I wish I could corner him in a room and press him on thi...

@Here4Now0829 Well said. What I find curious about Mike is that he says that an egalitarian view is harmful to marriages…but he makes decisions in his marriage based on consensus just like me. I wish

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA This isn’t a redefining but a going back to the source of marriage and the origin of the church as the focal point for each finding their ultimate purpose in these defining accounts. If you revi...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA This isn’t a redefining but a going back to the source of marriage and the origin of the church as the focal point for each finding their ultimat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, the Bible calls all people—gay

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Yes, the Bible calls all people—gay or straight—to submit our sexuality to God’s design. That includes turning from any sexual behavior outside of marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation o

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express orig

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@slyoung687 As I had mentioned in the past, he chooses to decide by consensus, just like how egalitarian marriages make decisions. So he is functionally egalitarian and “the authority” by label only…or so it would seem. Read the following and the po...

@slyoung687 As I had mentioned in the past, he chooses to decide by consensus, just like how egalitarian marriages make decisions. So he is functionally egalitarian and “the authority” by label only…o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@slyoung687 It’s really unfortunate as I think we could have has a good discussi

@slyoung687 It’s really unfortunate as I think we could have has a good discussion on this. But he has hardened himself on women in ministry and strangely sees me harming my marriage by treating my wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Emotionscoach The claim that egalitarian teaching harms marriage is a ridiculou

@Emotionscoach The claim that egalitarian teaching harms marriage is a ridiculous claim. Especially when he himself decides by consensus like we do. I would like to know in what way it harms marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people who see kephale as meaning leader over or boss of o...

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus Apparently that had to do with refuting those who saw God being the head of Christ as them not being of the same nature. Chrysostem is refuting that idea. There are people w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Yes, but it’s not because of the system. God defined the marriage and the church as a one flesh source relationship so we would see and treat one another rightly. That’s the ‘why’ that’s often missing here. When a leader sees himself as the...

@ncksmith Yes, but it’s not because of the system. God defined the marriage and the church as a one flesh source relationship so we would see and treat one another rightly. That’s the ‘why’ that’s oft

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith It means that you are to remember that your wife, while she is from another family, is one flesh with you in marriage. Just as Eve wasn’t created separately from the dust but from Adam’s flesh and bone, so you should see her and treat her a...

@ncksmith It means that you are to remember that your wife, while she is from another family, is one flesh with you in marriage. Just as Eve wasn’t created separately from the dust but from Adam’s fle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith The husband as kephalē of the wife symbolically links to the foundatio

@ncksmith The husband as kephalē of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express o

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and bone and Jesus provide life to His church. But he...

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referring to doesn’t mean the authority over or boss of. I...

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referrin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@Gates_of_Derry @colinsmo Someone who advocates for plural marriages is clearly doing something that is not promoted in the New Testament. 1Ti 3:2 can’t mean that an overseer must be married (Paul was single) or male but it certainly means monogamous...

@Gates_of_Derry @colinsmo Someone who advocates for plural marriages is clearly doing something that is not promoted in the New Testament. 1Ti 3:2 can’t mean that an overseer must be married (Paul was

1Ti 3:2 debate
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