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Scripture Commentary article 2009-06-24

1 Peter 3 6 Obey

How does 1 Peter 3:5, 6 with the Bible’s use of the word “obey” affect wives and in particular women in ministry

1 Corinthians 8:6 1 Peter 1:1 1 Peter 1:10-12 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership 1 Peter 3
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 2009-05-13

Paul Women Pastors 8

This is the eighth 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 3:1 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1 Timothy 3:2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-08

Reaching Unity In The Faith Without Authoritarian Control

The picture above represents not only the “bride” of Christ held back and controlled, but women in the “bride” of Christ held back and controlled. It is a great concern to me that there are many in the body who think that authoritarian control is needed to keep people in line and to keep the unity o

Esther 15 Proverbs 18 Authority & Submission Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-21

Who Was Judge Deborah Or Barak

The story of Deborah and Barak in the book of Judges has caused many hierarchists to assign the God-given work of judge delivering the people of Israel to Barak while denying that God raised up Deborah as a deliverer. By assigning a calling to Barak that scripture never assigns, it appears that the

Isaiah 11:32 Isaiah 3:12 Judges 2:16 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-29

A Soft Place To Land

As a woman in ministry, I have struggles like everyone else, wanting to do my best for the Lord Jesus, yet finding opposition from the enemy who tries to sap my strength and take away my passion. Sometimes there isn’t even a soft place to land when places/people which have been trusted as a safe pla

Women in Leadership
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 2008-10-03

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 2008-09-28

Semi Egalitarians

USA Today has an editorial written by David P Gushee in which Mr. Gushee challenges complementarians that they are actually semi-egalitarians and they should be willing to openly acknowledge this

Isaiah 5 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-25

Are We Too Emotional

Are we really too emotional

Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-24

Forbid Not

Paul said something profound in 1 Corinthians 14:39 that goes against the grain of the hierarchical mindset. Paul said “forbid not to speak…”

1 Corinthians 14:13 1 Corinthians 14:20 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-06

Public Statement Regarding Matt Slick

Public Statement regarding the Cheryl Schatz initiated Matthew 18 meeting with Matt Slick (CARM)

1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-04

Ministry Produces Fear

Wade Burleson has produced a thought-provoking article about character assassination that comes as a result of fear. Wade writes :

Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-07

Was Eve Mistaken

In our continuing discussions on the fall of man we have dealt with the issue of Adam as guardian of the garden and the charge against Eve that she added to God’s word. In this post I will deal with the position that Eve did not sin by adding to God’s word but she was merely mistaken regarding what

Deuteronomy 12:32 Deuteronomy 4:2 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-03

Silence Of Adam Sin

In our continuing discussion about the fall of man, we have seen that there are no witnesses and no charge of sin against Eve for adding to God’s word. Therefore we must conclude without any charge of sin, that the woman did not add to God’s word

Ezekiel 33:1 Ezekiel 33:2 Ezekiel 33:3 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-20

Adam Eve Fruit Inspectors

In my last post I showed how in Genesis 1:29 God spoke to both the man and the woman directly and told them both what they were given permission to eat. This effectively destroys the argument that Adam was the one delegated to give direction to the woman regarding what she could and couldn’t eat

Genesis 1:29 Genesis 2:16 Genesis 2:9 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
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 2008-05-09

Matt Slick She They

This is a continuation of my evaluation of Matt Slick’s articles on women in ministry. Matt has been working for weeks to try to refute my interpretations

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 Amos 15 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
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 2008-01-22

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 2007-12-05

Women Teaching Mens Prejudice And Gods Glory

Many complementarians have been so used to hearing what women are not allowed to do in the body of Christ rather than what scripture says women should do as followers of Christ, that the focus has become automatically set to see restrictions when the subject of women in ministry is discussed. With t

1 Peter 2:15 1 Peter 3:10 1 Peter 3:10-12 Women in Leadership Complementarianism 1 Peter 3
Scripture Commentary article 2007-10-31

Spiritual Gifts A Means For Obedience

This is the last in our series about spiritual gifts and here we discover that spiritual gifts are a means for our obedience

1 Corinthians 14:1 Matthew 25:14 Matthew 25:15 1 Corinthians 14 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-23

Debating Women In Ministry Round 2

On Wednesday September 26, 2007 I will be having round number 2 with Matt Slick on the issue of women in ministry. We will be dealing with 1 Timothy 2 and the issues of whether “a woman” is a specific woman in Ephesus or whether Paul is prohibiting all Christian women from teaching men (or some vari

Isaiah 5 Numbers 2 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-10

Debate With Matt Slick Scheduled

Regarding my previous post about debating with Matt Slick about women in ministry, I spoke to the producer of his radio program (Faith and Reason) tonight and she has set the date of Wednesday, September 19th for me to call in for the debate

Isaiah 6 Women in Leadership Debates
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 2007-01-20

Discrimination Of Women In The Sbc Can They Teach Men At All

I have been following a blog documenting the injustice done to Dr. Sheri Klouda a professor of Hebrew who was forced out of her teaching position at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Southwestern Theological Seminary because the new President, Paige Patterson, does not believe that women should be t

Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-13

Wasnt The Garden Created Before Adam Was Created

> Q: Doesn’t Genesis 2:8 simply say that God had already planted a garden and then put man into it after he was formed. Don’t the following verses then go on to describe what the garden was composed of, not a sequential account of the garden being formed after the man

Genesis 2:19 Genesis 2:8 Ruth 90 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-22

Thankfully, the Bible doesn’t teach this. God elects what is to become of those

Thankfully, the Bible doesn’t teach this. God elects what is to become of those who trust in Christ but not who will have faith. Faith is not a work. It is an expression of weakness to save oneself an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@Here_s_Hoping “Please trust us”… He seems like a nice man, but this is not why you follow someone. Even the apostle Paul never said such things and appealed to his volunteer hours as the basis of trust. “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, sh...

@Here_s_Hoping “Please trust us”… He seems like a nice man, but this is not why you follow someone. Even the apostle Paul never said such things and appealed to his volunteer hours as the basis of tr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But then who are the 'they'? It is 'she will...if they <do things>'? What if these women were weaving jewelry into their hair to try to show who to trust because of the false teaching spreading. Paul didn't want them ...

@BronWen727104 @Paula_333 But then who are the 'they'? It is 'she will...if they <do things>'? What if these women were weaving jewelry into their hair to try to show who to trust because of th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay What you are describing is clearly grace + works. In the Bible, faith is contrasted with works. Grace is a gift given to every single human but it must be accepted. If you are human, you qualify! Faith is ...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay What you are describing is clearly grace + works. In the Bible, faith is contrasted with works. Grace is a gift given to every single human but it must be a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay The reason I'm exposing the false teachings of the LDS church is so that you will know the truth and trust in the true Jesus who is not the spirit brother of Lucifer, who is the uncreated creator that creat...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay The reason I'm exposing the false teachings of the LDS church is so that you will know the truth and trust in the true Jesus who is not the spirit brother o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

Instead of preserving the truth, it creates a parallel authority structure that

Instead of preserving the truth, it creates a parallel authority structure that can override Scripture. And this leads many sincere people to trust in a system rather than in Christ alone. This is w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

This proves the Church was not meant to be the source of new doctrine. The apos

This proves the Church was not meant to be the source of new doctrine. The apostles were entrusted to deliver the once-for-all faith (Jud 1:3). Scripture is described as sufficient for teaching, rep

2Ti 3:16 Jud 1:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@contra__culture @realbethelquote What’s strange is that these men tend to be go

@contra__culture @realbethelquote What’s strange is that these men tend to be good at exegesis on other topics. Certain topics are handled very poorly somehow. Fundamentally though people need to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel @Tailfeathers_WA Ron, you’re equating “granting faith” with “causing trust” in a deterministic sense—but Paul doesn’t say that in Php 1:29 or Ro 12:3. Php 1:29 isn’t about God giving faith to unbelievers. It’s about believers being grante...

@ronhenzel @Tailfeathers_WA Ron, you’re equating “granting faith” with “causing trust” in a deterministic sense—but Paul doesn’t say that in Php 1:29 or Ro 12:3. Php 1:29 isn’t about God giving faith

Php 1:29 Ro 12:3 Php 1:29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@sola_chad Faith is not a work but is contrasted with works. In fact, faith is a

@sola_chad Faith is not a work but is contrasted with works. In fact, faith is an admission of weakness and inability to save oneself and a declaration of trust and confidence in the one who is able.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-02

@Unique95185 @rightresponsem Yes and aspiring to serve as an overseer is a good

@Unique95185 @rightresponsem Yes and aspiring to serve as an overseer is a good thing. “It is a trustworthy statement: if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work they desire to do

1Ti 3:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @Eric_Conn As for Jdg 4:6-9, the first thing to note is that Deborah was the very Word of God in the land as both prophet and judge, so Barak was to submit to her word. Second, that he said he would only go if God’s prophet went with him sh...

@Vibeauxs @Eric_Conn As for Jdg 4:6-9, the first thing to note is that Deborah was the very Word of God in the land as both prophet and judge, so Barak was to submit to her word. Second, that he said

Jdg 4:6-9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Faith is not wh

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Faith is not what Paul is referring to in Eph 2:8 but salvation. We access salvation through our faith which is an admission of our wea

Eph 2:8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Ashleyhays2089 You are certainly correct in your observations. Yet I don’t trust even when someone puts their hand on the Bible. God has clearly allowed Trump into office a second time. How this all plays out given the times we are living in will b...

@Ashleyhays2089 You are certainly correct in your observations. Yet I don’t trust even when someone puts their hand on the Bible. God has clearly allowed Trump into office a second time. How this all

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being created in God’s image which means that humans possess u...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo The Bible does not explicitly state that humans have faith in things because they are made in God’s image. However, several passages imply that being create

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-24

@IiiPaulus @ScottRoberts That's not quite how it works. Faith is an admission of

@IiiPaulus @ScottRoberts That's not quite how it works. Faith is an admission of weakness and transference of trust to the one who is able. Faith is not a gift, salvation is. Gifts have to be accepted

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@NewestPapa @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 “…both wives and husbands are instruc

@NewestPapa @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 “…both wives and husbands are instructed to act **in the same way** as Jesus did. This isn't about gender roles but about embodying a Christian attitude of h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@HaveYouHeardBro @MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii As for your message on your profile⎯yes Jesus died for the sins of all humanity, but we must repent and turn from our sin and serving ourselves as lord of our lives and entrust ourselves to Jesus, and His...

@HaveYouHeardBro @MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii As for your message on your profile⎯yes Jesus died for the sins of all humanity, but we must repent and turn from our sin and serving ourselves as lord of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-11

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ The issue with the Calvinist rendering is that it is coercive. The presumption is that no one would want to trust Jesus and that God has to in fact force people by overriding their "totally depraved" bend to not...

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ The issue with the Calvinist rendering is that it is coercive. The presumption is that no one would want to trust Jesus and that God has to in fact force people

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Calvinists (including many wonderful Purititans) misread th

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Calvinists (including many wonderful Purititans) misread the Bible on anthropology. Whatever then does it mean that humans are made in the image of God if they have no ability to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@RealDavidReece “The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life” (Prov 31:11-12) The same could be said that "the heart of his wife safely trusts him; so she will ...

@RealDavidReece “The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life” (Prov 31:11-12) The same could be said that "the

Prov 31:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-20

@pauldirks Faith is an admission of inability and trusting someone who is able instead of oneself. You don't need to be regenerate to call out for help. The scripture states clearly that salvation is by faith. Salvation is not by election but throug...

@pauldirks Faith is an admission of inability and trusting someone who is able instead of oneself. You don't need to be regenerate to call out for help. The scripture states clearly that salvation is

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