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Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-15

The Trinity Dvd Release

The Trinity DVD is now in stock and available. Orders can be placed on our web page for MM Outreach here for US orders or here for Canadian and overseas orders or the set is available through Amazon

1 Corinthians 15:28 Hebrews 2 Psalms 2 Authority & Submission Trinity
Scripture Commentary article 2008-10-03

Women Leaders To Judge Sinful Men

It is very common for hierarchists to explain away Deborah’s position as Judge in the nation of Israel as merely a judgment by God

Isaiah 11:32 Isaiah 3:1 Isaiah 3:12 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-19

Is A Womans Voice Filthy

In the last post we talked about how there is no “law” in the Old Testament scriptures that forced women to be silent in the assembly so the reference in 1 Corinthians 14:34, 35 had to be some other “law” that forced silence on women. The “law” that silences women is found not in God’s law, but in t

1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 14:35 Acts 14 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-16

The Elusive Law

1 Corinthians 14:34, 35 has been a problem passage because of two issues that stick out like a sore thumb. The first issue is the elusive law

1 Corinthians 14:34 Genesis 3:16 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 14 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-11

Asking Right Questions

Have you ever found that your discussions with hierarchists goes nowhere fast because they say they have heard the egalitarian arguments before and they are not willing to listen to what you have to say. Perhaps we are missing an opportunity to engage them because we are wanting to teach them first

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-10

Authority Withheld From Eve

This article is a response to an article written by Matt Slick of CARM called Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority. The article is found here

Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
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 2008-05-06

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 2008-03-17

Godly Complementarians And Elvis Has Left The Building

With all the hostile name-calling tactics against egalitarians rampant on the internet, godly, peace-loving complementarians may wonder what they can do in their current position to bring peace amongst the body of Christ. I am glad you asked

Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-03-10

Circumcision The Woman And The Kinsman Redeemer

In dealing with women in ministry, the question has been asked of me, isn’t circumcision a proof that God only wants men to minister through leading and teaching since God gave the sign of circumcision for males only to his people in the Old Testament. Did God give preferential treatment to males wh

Acts 7:51 Deuteronomy 10:16 Deuteronomy 30:6 Women in Leadership
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 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 2007-07-09

Are Females Saved Just Like Males

Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:

1 Peter 3:7 Ephesians 2:14-19 Ephesians 2:19 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-15

The Case Of The Battling Proof Texts Part Two

In part one, we discussed the fact that the Bible does not contradict itself so when a complementarian has a “proof text” that is used to prove that women are not allowed to teach the Bible to men, they must also deal with the apparent contradictions of this view. Here are some of the contradiction

1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 18:26 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-13

Can Only Men Judge Right From Wrong In The Church

I read with interest Wayne Grudem’s claim that 1 Cor. 14:34 means that women are to “keep silent”regarding weighing of the oral prophecies in the assembly

1 Corinthians 6:2 1 Corinthians 6:3 Lamentations 1 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-09

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Three

In this part three of “Does God have one unique law. ” we will be discussing the last set of circumstances that set apart the “law” that complementarians say God made that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men

1 Corinthians 7:10 1 Corinthians 7:18 1 Corinthians 7:20 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-07

Does God Have One Unique Law Part Two

Complementarians have stated that God has a law that forbids godly Christian women from teaching correct biblical doctrine to men. This law, they say, is revealed in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-29

Does God Have One Unique Law Part One

If complementarians are right in their interpretation of 1 Timothy 2:12, then God must have one completely unique law. This “law” forbidding women from teaching the bible to men is not like any other law in the bible

1 Timothy 1:3 1 Timothy 2:12 Acts 17:11 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-07

Isnt The Priesthood In The Ot Proof That God Uses Only Men

> Q: Isn’t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership. After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church

Exodus 19:5-8 Exodus 19:6 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Scriptures Showing Women In The Ministry Are Missing

> Q: Why did you not list in WIM all the scriptures that show women properly leading and serving God in both the New Testament and the Old Testament

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-01-04

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order for salvation to come to the Gentiles there was a ...

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-19

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Hermas, Psalm 151), showing usage, not definition. F...

@BishopJaxi You’re conflating manuscripts with canon. The codices (Vaticanus, Sinaiticus, etc) are early collections, not authoritative lists. They include disputed writings (Barnabas, Shepherd of Her

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-04

@MattTravisBlog @ronhenzel @ManofGod20253 So now you've expanded the discussion to what...the whole letter to the Romans? Um, ok. But I've got to get to sleep as I fly out of Korea early tomorrow. But again, your comment "They refuse to let Paul int...

@MattTravisBlog @ronhenzel @ManofGod20253 So now you've expanded the discussion to what...the whole letter to the Romans? Um, ok. But I've got to get to sleep as I fly out of Korea early tomorrow. Bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@paulsfam4 Calvinism has been around since the Old Testament? Wow, I haven’t he

@paulsfam4 Calvinism has been around since the Old Testament? Wow, I haven’t heard that one before. How do you know that I don’t know the scriptures? You mean because I disagree with you I don’t kno

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-13

@BHarkins96928 @sola_chad Caiaphas was the High Priest at the time of Jesus’ cru

@BHarkins96928 @sola_chad Caiaphas was the High Priest at the time of Jesus’ crucifixion. Aside from being part of the Old Testament sacrificial system which doesn’t continue into the NT church, where

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-21

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua,

@ronhenzel The scriptures you quoted below are all Old Testament. Caleb, Joshua, Abraham, David all had a different spirit despite some making mistakes and sinning. https://t.co/d0iuAVwHGh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@Valerie181225 @Balduc13679 The believers used the Old Testament as their Bible

@Valerie181225 @Balduc13679 The believers used the Old Testament as their Bible and the testimony and teachings of the apostles which were oral for several decades until they started writing them down

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-16

@elondeporter @out_farther @CapturingChrist The Bereans tested Paul’s word again

@elondeporter @out_farther @CapturingChrist The Bereans tested Paul’s word against the Old Testament scriptures used by the Jews.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In that case, pastors have to be Levites. All believers form a kingdom of priests. https://t.co/2crysd8yKJ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Like the Bereans: I examine what Paul and Peter and the others sai

@Methodios007 Like the Bereans: I examine what Paul and Peter and the others said against the prior revelation in the Old Testament.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Just like the Bereans who tested what Paul said against the Old Te

@Methodios007 Just like the Bereans who tested what Paul said against the Old Testament and confirmed his teaching. I can tell the same way.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Tribe of Levi was Old Testament —there were no female priests in the old covenant. Priscilla is my favourite early church mother and apostle. If you don’t accept her, then Junia. The ecumenical councils...

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Tribe of Levi was Old Testament —there were no female priests in the old covenant. Priscilla is my favourite early church mother and apostle. If you don’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I was wondering if you can find any New Testament elder or apostle or anyone that is called a pastor. But if you want to consider the Old Testament: “While he was still talking with ...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I was wondering if you can find any New Testament elder or apostle or anyone that is called a pastor. But if you want to consider the

Ge 29:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-13

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Given that only two men—Peter and John—are explicitly referred to as elders in the NT (and it is self identification), I’m quite surprised Carol listed these two Old Testament women as examples of elders. Does...

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Given that only two men—Peter and John—are explicitly referred to as elders in the NT (and it is self identification), I’m quite surprised Carol listed these tw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

@geekyguyjay But God didn't curse the woman or the man. If you look at the test, He cursed the ground and the serpent (and the animals). The "patriarchy" culture I'm referring to isn't even from the Old Testament, it's from the time after Jesus. It'...

@geekyguyjay But God didn't curse the woman or the man. If you look at the test, He cursed the ground and the serpent (and the animals). The "patriarchy" culture I'm referring to isn't even from the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

Terran Williams in his article on Gen 1-3 writes: "The meaning of the word ‘mashal’ in 3:16 is...‘rule’. ...some complementarian scholars argue that it means ‘oppress’ or ‘rule harshly’. Rather, in its 81 occurrences in the Old Testament, it means r...

Terran Williams in his article on Gen 1-3 writes: "The meaning of the word ‘mashal’ in 3:16 is...‘rule’. ...some complementarian scholars argue that it means ‘oppress’ or ‘rule harshly’. Rather, in i

in 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla God tolerated polygamy in the Old Testament. The clear ideal is monogamy. Polygamy creates problems and marriage to one spouse is hard enough without competition and feeling like your husband has split affections and perha...

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla God tolerated polygamy in the Old Testament. The clear ideal is monogamy. Polygamy creates problems and marriage to one spouse is hard enough without competition and feelin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages While polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, it was not expressly commanded. There is a difference. God did put limits on kings (which they didn’t follow and He still tolerated): “And he shall not ac...

@kgaugelo_N @SupermomShayla @biblemarriages While polygamy was tolerated in the Old Testament, it was not expressly commanded. There is a difference. God did put limits on kings (which they didn’t fo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@onegospel2021 @MikeWingerii Yes, anything defying the Lord is a sin. But a godly woman gifted by God to pastor and who preaches the truth is not violating or ignoring any commandment. There is no such commandment. There is no imperative. It’s not l...

@onegospel2021 @MikeWingerii Yes, anything defying the Lord is a sin. But a godly woman gifted by God to pastor and who preaches the truth is not violating or ignoring any commandment. There is no su

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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 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine No women priests? That was in the Old Testament. Only

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine No women priests? That was in the Old Testament. Only Jews were priests too. The 12 apostles were all Jews. But now you don't have only Jewish pastors. Same thing for women.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-05

@BraxHunter @MikeWingerii Mike appears to have scripture on his side but he overlooks some pretty basic things to get there. Like how is God so against women in leadership when even in the Old Testament, He sends Miriam, Deborah and Huldah? These are...

@BraxHunter @MikeWingerii Mike appears to have scripture on his side but he overlooks some pretty basic things to get there. Like how is God so against women in leadership when even in the Old Testame

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn Why would you do that? What are you apologizing for? The Bible doesn’t refer to all the multitude of genders that people assume to take on, it refers to male and female. In the Old ...

@baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn Why would you do that? What are you apologizing for? The Bible doesn’t refer to all the multitude of genders that people assume to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so we have internal witness that they believed they w...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so

2 Tim 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Interesting. First, in the first century, the concept would have been the Old Testament scriptures and the apostolic witness (whether written or not). My understanding was that sola scriptura was a literal term a...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Interesting. First, in the first century, the concept would have been the Old Testament scriptures and the apostolic witness (whether written or not). My understa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-03

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Superimposing an Old Testament restriction on the N

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Superimposing an Old Testament restriction on the New Testament church—even if 90% of church history did it—doesn’t make it right.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-07

@JoshuaB21642937 @Rach4Patriarchy Yes, Jesus quoted the OT as scripture. And yes, in war you may need to take up arms. If you are a police officer, you should have a gun and you may need to use it. However, even in the Old Testament, you couldn’t...

@JoshuaB21642937 @Rach4Patriarchy Yes, Jesus quoted the OT as scripture. And yes, in war you may need to take up arms. If you are a police officer, you should have a gun and you may need to use it.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-02

@ChristOverChaos @BenZeisloft @William_E_Wolfe @RightWingWatch The early church

@ChristOverChaos @BenZeisloft @William_E_Wolfe @RightWingWatch The early church is in the Old Testament? Huh?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@smashbaals Christianity is built on a Jewish foundation. The Old Testament was

@smashbaals Christianity is built on a Jewish foundation. The Old Testament was exclusively the Bible of the early church. The root into which Gentiles were grafted is Jewish.

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