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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 2009-05-03

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 2009-03-25

Round 4 Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post is the fourth 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 Thessalonians 4:16 1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-19

Round 2 Interview With Paul

This post is the second 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. While Paul gets to experience life in the 21st century, Doug, a strong complem

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 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 2009-02-02

Adam And His Ms Organ

The creation account has been used by many as a foundation to produce myths and stories. While this post will concentrate on modern day myths, it is also helpful to understand some of the historical myths about the creation of male and female

1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:7-8 1 Corinthians 11:8 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-30

Man Give Woman Self Understanding

Was the first man needed to give woman her self-understanding. According to Raymond C

Genesis 2:18 Genesis 2:22 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-01-24

The Emperor Has No Clothes

In the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood’s book Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , chapter 3 is written by Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr

2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis 3:13 Genesis 3:2-3 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
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 2008-12-29

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 2008-11-25

The Feminization Of The Church A Modern Day Fix

There has been much talk in the last few years about the “feminization” of the church. Books have been written about this “serious” problem and many men are thoroughly disgusted with seeing men outnumbered by women in the church

Complementarianism
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 2008-07-17

Eve And God

One’s world view can cause one to have presuppositions that bring set patterns of reasoning that have nothing to do with the text of scripture. One of these areas is with Eve’s relationship with God and whether God placed the man in charge of her basic knowledge

Ecclesiastes 2 Genesis 1:27 Genesis 1:28 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism
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 2008-06-20

Was Adam A Type Of Christ

Recently I received a request to post my ideas on why Adam chose to sin when he was not deceived. The writer went on to ask:

1 Corinthians 10:11 1 Timothy 2:14 Genesis 3:12 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-15

Naming Of Eve From God

This is the third response to the article by Matt Slick called “ Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority “

1 Tim. 2:12-14 Gen. 3:20 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-12

Special Authority To Adam

This is part two of the response to an article by Matt Slick of CARM called “Genesis 2, Adam and Eve, and Authority” found here

Colossians 21 Exodus 18 Genesis 1:27 Genesis & Creation Authority & Submission Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-06-07

Is Ordination A Requirement

Recently one of my blog posts has garnered some interesting comments regarding the issue of ordination. At the same time I received a request from a lady who believes that she has been called by God into ordained ministry

1 Peter 4:11 Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:7 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
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 2008-05-11

Matt Slick And Cheryl Schatz

While I am reviewing Matt Slick’s articles on women in ministry, I would like to create this post as a public debate between Matt Slick and myself so that he is allowed to express himself without the restrictions that he has placed on me but in a place where I too am unrestricted. Matt previously sa

1 Peter 4:11 Hosea 1 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 2008-01-04

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 2007-10-25

Spiritual Gifts And Authority

What has the spiritual gifts got to do with authority. It has plenty to do with God’s granting us all authority to use our gifts as representatives of God himself

1 Peter 4:10 1 Peter 4:11 Matthew 10:1 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-20

Adam As Head Of The Family

It is common for hierarchists to say that Adam was Eve’s head not because he was her source, but because he had authority over her. While the teaching that Adam was Eve’s ruler before the fall of man is unsubstantiated, the fact that Adam was the source of Eve is foundational to the doctrine of the

Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
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 2006-03-11

Recommendations For Wim

> Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free. ” as a whole is a very well produced and presented multi-media teaching series on the legitimacy and freedom of women to be in any ministry that God should call them to

1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-21

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when we in fact we have statements to the contrary: 1. ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-01

@Truth_matters20 Taken in context, Paul’s personal letter to Timothy was so that Timothy would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines. Not wanting to name the deceived woman teaching heresy since she hadn’t been c...

@Truth_matters20 Taken in context, Paul’s personal letter to Timothy was so that Timothy would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines. Not wanting to name the dece

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Why doesn’t Paul use the normal wo

@DanielleMc24097 @ThokGrararah @dalepartridge Why doesn’t Paul use the normal word for authority? Why does he use a term we find nowhere else in scripture and hardly anywhere in all antiquity? Think.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi None of that was taught by the Apostles and it is the

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi None of that was taught by the Apostles and it is the teaching of Jesus and the Apostles that is authoritative, not the so-called church fathers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi Catholic means universal. Roman Catholic, the one that

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi Catholic means universal. Roman Catholic, the one that prays to dead saints, venerates them, uses relics, believes in pergatory, etc is not the universal church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi The Council of Rome in 382 AD did not create the NT canon! It simply recognized what the Christian churches had already been using for centuries. The idea that the Catholic Church at Rome compiled the canon at that point is...

@AntiWokeEvil @BishopJaxi The Council of Rome in 382 AD did not create the NT canon! It simply recognized what the Christian churches had already been using for centuries. The idea that the Catholic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@dalepartridge What’s interesting is that the Bible commends strong liquor (Dt 14:26) and seems generally ok with alcohol consumption (Jesus producing large quantities of wine after people had been drinking for days). Yes, drunkenness is a sin. Glutt...

@dalepartridge What’s interesting is that the Bible commends strong liquor (Dt 14:26) and seems generally ok with alcohol consumption (Jesus producing large quantities of wine after people had been dr

Dt 14:26 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-23

@rightresponsem @TomHicks2LCF @TuckerCarlson Oh, so you’re saying the Bible is N

@rightresponsem @TomHicks2LCF @TuckerCarlson Oh, so you’re saying the Bible is NOT antisemitic then? 🤨 https://t.co/n2M1Zt0JLO

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-15

@MarinaRohr2012 @ExtraSaltedNuts @FoxWayward @rightresponsem Right…but justice is that Jesus took our shame and guilt on himself. So if someone comes to Christ, I don’t think that forgiveness and mercy is immediately followed by execution. Now you ma...

@MarinaRohr2012 @ExtraSaltedNuts @FoxWayward @rightresponsem Right…but justice is that Jesus took our shame and guilt on himself. So if someone comes to Christ, I don’t think that forgiveness and merc

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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 2025-08-10

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach That’s a very creative interpretation. 1. Where does the text say God was cursing the woman? 2. Where does the text say that Eve wanted the opposite of what men want? I thought your bel...

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach That’s a very creative interpretation. 1. Where does the text say God was cursing the woman? 2. Where does the text say that Eve wanted

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@Yes_Dice @Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach You s

@Yes_Dice @Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach You seem to see something I’m not seeing. I’m the silly student and you are the teacher. Please, enlighten me.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Gen 3:16 doesn’

@Wictor2501 @DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Gen 3:16 doesn’t say “and thy desire shall be to RULE thy husband…” Why does everyone insert rule there? God prophesies that Eve won’t

Gen 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Indeed. Not to disparage all the Bible commentators over the last two thousand years but the vast majority are wrong on this issue unfortunately as many of them were wrong about the future of the n...

@DarkVanTil @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Indeed. Not to disparage all the Bible commentators over the last two thousand years but the vast majority are wrong on this issue unfortunately as

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Spurgeon, Gill and Fuller interpret head to mean authority but Paul isn’t using it that way. They view the church as a hierarchy of authority which is absolutely not what Jesus’ instructed. Yeah, ...

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Spurgeon, Gill and Fuller interpret head to mean authority but Paul isn’t using it that way. They view the church as a hierarchy of authority which

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Calvin didn’t understand th

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Calvin didn’t understand this text either. And many egalitarians disagree with me too. My view is what the apostle Paul taught. I go back to the s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Thanks! I understand your resistance. I appreciate your concern as I’m sure you are just wanting to do what is right and not support sin. Also, I appreciate your apology—apology accepted. 😊 Many who believ...

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC Thanks! I understand your resistance. I appreciate your concern as I’m sure you are just wanting to do what is right and not support sin. Also, I appreciate

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@YoungOneJosh1 @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem You interpret something purely based on sentence structure? 🤔 If your see your wife as equivalent to sin, then I guess you must master her… Maybe that’s why men are so off base on this. Song 7:10 is the...

@YoungOneJosh1 @cheryl_hanks @rightresponsem You interpret something purely based on sentence structure? 🤔 If your see your wife as equivalent to sin, then I guess you must master her… Maybe that’s

Song 7:10 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@slyoung687 Precisely. I’m not asking him to debate, but to discuss. And I’m asking him to substantiate his divisive calls to tell egalitarian teachers to repent and those who attend egalitarian churches to loudly leave and take as many others with t...

@slyoung687 Precisely. I’m not asking him to debate, but to discuss. And I’m asking him to substantiate his divisive calls to tell egalitarian teachers to repent and those who attend egalitarian churc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@slyoung687 The problem is that by actually *removing* them he is likely going to harm the sheep. He claims he isn’t pulling weeds (to avoid going against what Jesus said) but then says he removes wolves. In the meantime he has stopped teaching thro...

@slyoung687 The problem is that by actually *removing* them he is likely going to harm the sheep. He claims he isn’t pulling weeds (to avoid going against what Jesus said) but then says he removes wol

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk I agree—authentein, especially used in its verb form, is extremely r

@darylsterk I agree—authentein, especially used in its verb form, is extremely rare in all antiquity. Yet since context guides meaning, I think we can still get pretty close to the meaning by carefull

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Peter was married. Paul wasn’t. But Paul wishes that all people were like him being able to focus their entire lives on serving Christ. However, you can obviously still serve Christ even being married an...

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Peter was married. Paul wasn’t. But Paul wishes that all people were like him being able to focus their entire lives on serving Christ. However, you can

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