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Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-19

Debate Audio Between Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz

If you didn’t get a chance to hear the debate regarding women Pastors between Matt Slick of CARM and myself, you can hear it at this link

1 Timothy 2:12 Esther 18 Hosea 1 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-29

Are Gods Gifts Segregated

Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post – are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:7 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-23

Are Womens Gifts To Be Used Outside The Church

In my blog entry called “ Are women’s gifts secondary. ” I documented the complementarian teaching that women’s gifts are secondary to men’s gifts and that women to use their gifts outside the church

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14:31 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
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 2007-07-01

The Man Is The Image And Glory Of God

Last post we discussed how the head covering shamed Christ. Before we carry on with 1 Corinthians 11:5 in our verse by verse discussion, I want to skip over to verse 7 to discuss the second reason that a man is not to have his head covered and this has to do with honoring his head

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11:7 2 Corinthians 3:18 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-02

Is There A Law That Forbids Women From Teaching Men

> Q: Isn’t there a law in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 that forbids women from teaching the Bible to men. Why are you disregarding this law

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Deuteronomy 19:15 Esther 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-04-06

Doesnt 1 Timothy 13 List Only Males As False Teachers

> Q: In WIM you say that 1 Timothy 1:3 “charge some that they teach no other doctrine” means people male or female. However isn’t the technical grammar of “some” as singular masculine

1 Timothy 1:3 2 Timothy 3:17 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2
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 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz What are you being cut off of then? Paul is speaking to the Gentiles and saying they will be cut off just like the natural branches, the Jews, those who also didn’t continue in faith. “…if...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz What are you being cut off of then? Paul is speaking to the Gentiles and saying they will be cut off just like the natural branches, the Je

Ro 11:22 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Paul is specificall

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Paul is specifically writing to Gentile believers. The “you” is Gentile believers… “But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles…” (Ro 11:13)

Ro 11:13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz This is patently and probably false. Paul 👉 “They were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; for if God did not spare the natural branc...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz This is patently and probably false. Paul 👉 “They were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz If these warnings were “designed by the devil,” then Paul and the author of Hebrews were unwitting servants of Satan. Surely not! “These things happened as examples for us, so that we woul...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz If these warnings were “designed by the devil,” then Paul and the author of Hebrews were unwitting servants of Satan. Surely not! “These t

1Co 10:6 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Their garments and shoes perished with them in the desert as none of those who were over 20 who saw the things God did and rebelled in the desert entered the promised land. Were those scri...

@autocorrect2_0 @Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz Their garments and shoes perished with them in the desert as none of those who were over 20 who saw the things God did and rebelled in the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-10

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 You cannot save you

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 You cannot save yourself. You dont add to the work of Christ. But you must remain in Him until the end to be saved. The scripture is abunda

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-21

@iheartJ37 @MatthewDoyle4 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I think I agree that I’d prefer someone employ what they learned and share their arguments rather than just a book recommendation. Yet that book is pretty comprehensive though I haven’...

@iheartJ37 @MatthewDoyle4 @JoeAdrian256 @dalepartridge @ostrachan I think I agree that I’d prefer someone employ what they learned and share their arguments rather than just a book recommendation. Yet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@SavedbygraceIII @JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn Matthew He tu was confused by this passage too. First, teaching itself has not authority as the Bereans demonstrated—it is the content, if true, that has authority. Second, if women can teach at home, at w...

@SavedbygraceIII @JohnJoh26521652 @Eric_Conn Matthew He tu was confused by this passage too. First, teaching itself has not authority as the Bereans demonstrated—it is the content, if true, that has a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 This passage from Hebrews clarifies that one can be enlightened, taste the heavenly gift of salvation and become partakers of the Holy Spirit and still fall away and yes, lose what they exp...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 This passage from Hebrews clarifies that one can be enlightened, taste the heavenly gift of salvation and become partakers of the Holy Spir

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 If the faith of Hymenaeus and Alexander was “shipwrecked” does this mean they are still considered saved? If so, why doesn’t Paul just bench them in the church? Why does he kick them out if...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 If the faith of Hymenaeus and Alexander was “shipwrecked” does this mean they are still considered saved? If so, why doesn’t Paul just benc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Where are you getting this permanence from? The Holy Spirit is always a seal of the future promises of God. Can a seal not be broken? Scripture says: if we deny Him, He will deny us. Do y...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Where are you getting this permanence from? The Holy Spirit is always a seal of the future promises of God. Can a seal not be broken? Scri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So are you saying there is no such thing as falling away from the faith? Or are you just saying that anyone who falls away or sins unrepentantly was never truly a believer? If the latter, w...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So are you saying there is no such thing as falling away from the faith? Or are you just saying that anyone who falls away or sins unrepent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Jesus and the apostles talk in such a way as to not presume someone is eternally saved (and can’t be lost) just because they made a profession. Do you believe Ananias and Sapphira went pea...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Jesus and the apostles talk in such a way as to not presume someone is eternally saved (and can’t be lost) just because they made a profess

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Also, John 15 speaks about cutting off branches that are not abiding and therefore not producing fruit. So they might have produced some fruit but then stopped abiding. Galatians talks abo...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Also, John 15 speaks about cutting off branches that are not abiding and therefore not producing fruit. So they might have produced some fr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Ok, this is better. So you admit that you still sin? I still fail daily and I’m working on improving where I’m falling short. This is part of sanctification (not salvation). Yes, Jesus cove...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Ok, this is better. So you admit that you still sin? I still fail daily and I’m working on improving where I’m falling short. This is part

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking fornication is great and keep practicing it? Queue...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-18

@wichman_matthew That's funny. You do realize there were no denominations in the

@wichman_matthew That's funny. You do realize there were no denominations in the early church, right? https://t.co/EybPHST9ot

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo "In very wealthy families guests were actually provided wi

@AletheiaHS @immrbloo "In very wealthy families guests were actually provided with 'wedding clothes' (Matthew 22:12)," Gower, R., & Wight, F. (1987). The new manners and customs of Bible times. Mo

Matthew 22:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-22

@chris_jolliff @ThePastorBurris @CherylSchatz @IsaacGr66057889 @wichman_matthew Yes, calling someone to repent implies they are sinning and one cannot sin and not repent and be saved. We don't repent of secondary issues. You can proclaim the same gos...

@chris_jolliff @ThePastorBurris @CherylSchatz @IsaacGr66057889 @wichman_matthew Yes, calling someone to repent implies they are sinning and one cannot sin and not repent and be saved. We don't repent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

RT @ryanschatz: @Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife No. Lot’s ri

RT @ryanschatz: @Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife No. Lot’s righteousness was not able to save anyone. If you don’t belie…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife No. Lot’s righteousness was

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife No. Lot’s righteousness was not able to save anyone. If you don’t believe the following texts, what more can be said? Even Moses tried to offer him

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Sigh. Did they believe the message because of the message or just because Cornelius did? They were already God-fearers…does that matter? Why didn’t Lot’s sons-in-law believe? Why did so many follow...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Sigh. Did they believe the message because of the message or just because Cornelius did? They were already God-fearers…does that matter? Why didn’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Matthew, why are you so resi

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Matthew, why are you so resistant? What doctrine are you holding onto that you cannot acknowledge the obvious?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Say what? Did you say “*they

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Say what? Did you say “*they* believed”? What did Cornelius do? Did he preach to them? Baptized them? Or were they just saved because Cornelius bel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Well, it’s taking a while this time. 😊 How did Noah save his family? What did his family do? What did some in Lot’s family not do? What did Lot’s wife do? How did Cornelius save his household? How...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Well, it’s taking a while this time. 😊 How did Noah save his family? What did his family do? What did some in Lot’s family not do? What did Lot’s w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Honestly, I’m not going to e

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Honestly, I’m not going to embarrass you if you admit when you are wrong. I’ll respect you.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife The one we are told about here is where: - everyone in the household was God-fearing - everyone in the household heard the gospel - everyone in the household believed - and everyone in the household...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife The one we are told about here is where: - everyone in the household was God-fearing - everyone in the household heard the gospel - everyone in the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Matthew, read it again—everyone heard the word and everyone believed and everyone was baptized. Who was saved without hearing, believing or being baptized? If they were saved *by his belief* then ...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Matthew, read it again—everyone heard the word and everyone believed and everyone was baptized. Who was saved without hearing, believing or being b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife …by their *own* choice to be

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife …by their *own* choice to believe. Surely you jest, right? Do you actually think people are saved against their will? 🤔

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife There is no such thing as vicarious salvation! Salvation is only by individual faith. Are you a Calvinist by chance? Perhaps you believe this meant God predestined his household, but then that woul...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife There is no such thing as vicarious salvation! Salvation is only by individual faith. Are you a Calvinist by chance? Perhaps you believe this meant

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Two strikes. Anything else?

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Two strikes. Anything else? It means anyone who believes the Words of the gospel spoken to him—including his household if they believe, and they we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Remember that many Egyptians

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Remember that many Egyptians joined the Israelites in the Exodus by even then we find out from their actions that they didn’t really believe—it was

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Only those who believed went

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Only those who believed went in the Ark. Noah didn’t take his family into the boat against their will. And anyone else could have joined them if the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Now you are conflating physi

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Now you are conflating physically preserved and spiritually saved? Remember that the husbands of Lot’s daughters who were included but didn’t belie

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife “A believing man was sufficient for salvation of his entire household”?? You are kidding, right? No one could save anyone by himself believing. Also, just because you use the umbrellas doesn’t mea...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife “A believing man was sufficient for salvation of his entire household”?? You are kidding, right? No one could save anyone by himself believing. Al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (anthropos) or believers if he means that Christ is ...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Uh… but it says every man (andros, singular) in the context of a passage that mentions a woman (gynaikos, singular). Why doesn’t Paul say people (a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Her cover and every woman’s cover whether married or not (if even that is the meaning of ‘head’) is Christ. What is the point of the passage saying that the head of all males is Christ? Wouldn’t an...

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Her cover and every woman’s cover whether married or not (if even that is the meaning of ‘head’) is Christ. What is the point of the passage saying

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Hey, you are the best kind o

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Hey, you are the best kind of complementarian. Keep it up brother! As long as you are serving and not about being served, I don’t care what you bel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Yes, Jn 1:1. And what is you

@BretArrigo @Matthew56193629 @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Yes, Jn 1:1. And what is your point? The Word created humans: male and female, and commanded them *both* to rule.

Jn 1:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife And the text is explicitly d

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife And the text is explicitly defining head relationships between God, Christ, man and woman. So this cannot be related to counting only men.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Is this a new kind of umbrel

@Matthew56193629 @BretArrigo @sher_qw @mtnhousewife Is this a new kind of umbrella that requires umbrellas underneath? Does the first umbrella work…or not?

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