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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 2008-03-17

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 2008-01-04

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 2007-10-31

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 2007-09-08

Debating On Women Pastors

Did you ever feel pulled in a direction you really didn’t want to go in. Well, this has been my life for the last 3 1/2 years

Colossians 6 Isaiah 4 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

#More 110

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

Why Was The Woman Created For The Man

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-21

Freeing Sisters In The Southern Baptist Convention

Wade Burleson has a great new post on women called “ Are The Sisters Free to Function. ” It is an article written by Jon Zens

Complementarianism
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 2025-10-20

@OlarJL @BishopJaxi No council ever promulgated a 66 book canon. The early church recognized the same 27 books of the NT we have today, but the OT canon was never dogmatically fixed until the Council of Trent in 1546, which added the deuterocanonical...

@OlarJL @BishopJaxi No council ever promulgated a 66 book canon. The early church recognized the same 27 books of the NT we have today, but the OT canon was never dogmatically fixed until the Council

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-22

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley That’s an interesting bit of information which may bias your examination of this issue! I agree with your concerns. And while you see a connection, I’m egalitarian and I’m telling you that these issues are not connecte...

@wilson_mar11767 @AndyStanley That’s an interesting bit of information which may bias your examination of this issue! I agree with your concerns. And while you see a connection, I’m egalitarian and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done by the body, not by the leaders. About the conti...

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

Some claim regeneration didn’t exist—or wasn’t permanent—before the church. Yet

Some claim regeneration didn’t exist—or wasn’t permanent—before the church. Yet Dt 30:6, Jer 31, and Saul’s changed heart show otherwise. What changed in the NT wasn’t the possibility of inner transf

Dt 30:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-29

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks again for your detailed response. I’ll address each point in a separate post. 1Co 15:45 is frequently misunderstood. First—This verse compares origins, not transformations at resurrection. Paul explicitly quote...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks again for your detailed response. I’ll address each point in a separate post. 1Co 15:45 is frequently misunderstood. First—This verse compares origins, not tran

Gen 2:7 1Co 15:45 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Paul didn’t need to name her as Paul spent years in Ephesus and related a situation he left unaddressed for Timothy and in his personal letter he only needed to provide enough information for Timothy to clearly identify ...

@Grump_Old_Man @Peacemaker811 Paul didn’t need to name her as Paul spent years in Ephesus and related a situation he left unaddressed for Timothy and in his personal letter he only needed to provide e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@stablecross Jesus didn't give John any new information but simply repeated what

@stablecross Jesus didn't give John any new information but simply repeated what He clearly was doing in fulfillment of scripture and then said "blessed is anyone who does not take offence at Me" (Mt

Mt 11:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

You can’t discount a prohibition that doesn’t exist, right? I’m not suggesting

You can’t discount a prohibition that doesn’t exist, right? I’m not suggesting that *any* information is being discounted. The question that needs to be asked is whether Paul is anywhere excluding o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@SladeTheGuy @RetailRudy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma We do not have information in

@SladeTheGuy @RetailRudy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma We do not have information in the Bible about the creation of the angels. We have information about the creation of humans and nothing at all even hi

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 On what basis do you believe the 66 books we have now are scriptur

@Methodios007 On what basis do you believe the 66 books we have now are scripture? You believe it because you think that this information was accurately passed down for 2000 years? How would you know

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 How was I spreading misinformation? Even if I was, a link to the law or an article showing how tight the voting regulations are should help anyone who thinks I’m right to draw the correct con...

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 How was I spreading misinformation? Even if I was, a link to the law or an article showing how tight the voting regulations are should help a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 You are now repeating yourself and not adding anything new to your argument. How is taking Paul's explanation seriously "devotion" to genealogies and myths promoting speculation? Paul doesn't add new information to Ge 2-3, b...

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 You are now repeating yourself and not adding anything new to your argument. How is taking Paul's explanation seriously "devotion" to genealogies and myths promoting speculat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It contains no new information from a genealogical pers

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 It contains no new information from a genealogical perspective as Genesis is 100% clear on this. There is absolutely no speculation *whatsoever* on the order of creation.

general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-22

@ryancduff @MarkGrote I think we are so driven by decontextualized snippets of information that it has infected how we read our Bibles. We read it as a collection of sayings rather than—in this case—letters written to a person into a context with spe...

@ryancduff @MarkGrote I think we are so driven by decontextualized snippets of information that it has infected how we read our Bibles. We read it as a collection of sayings rather than—in this case—l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@MrTheSnig What "extra biblical" information did I introduce? You know that mean

@MrTheSnig What "extra biblical" information did I introduce? You know that means going outside of the Bible, right? I literally stuck to ONLY what is in the text and paid attention to all the details

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@pastherandie @ScottCross_8 @pastordmack Executive Order 13526, signed by President Obama, states: “The authority to classify information originally may be exercised only by the President and, in the performance of executive duties, by the Vice Pres...

@pastherandie @ScottCross_8 @pastordmack Executive Order 13526, signed by President Obama, states: “The authority to classify information originally may be exercised only by the President and, in the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-29

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Jesus’ body was from God. The Father is not the source of the eternal uncreated Son but of His body. Eve’s body was created from Adam’s flesh and bone. Your comment that the doctrine was never questioned until…I...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Jesus’ body was from God. The Father is not the source of the eternal uncreated Son but of His body. Eve’s body was created from Adam’s flesh and bone. Your comm

debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ron, the text is explicit: 1 person, the 2-3 persons, then the entire church. The 2-3 witnesses serve as people who anyone in the church can confirm. the facts wi...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ron, the text is explicit: 1 person, the 2-3 persons, then the entire church. The 2-3 witnesses serve as people

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@ronhenzel Ok, so this is not new information to you? So I will walk through examples where you don't have complementarian blinders on to prove that who it applies to is clear in each case. While it appears you are not ready to walk back your comment...

@ronhenzel Ok, so this is not new information to you? So I will walk through examples where you don't have complementarian blinders on to prove that who it applies to is clear in each case. While it a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel It’s a great observation and question. But we can’t infer doctrine from this observation. Some reflections: - There are 12 patriarchs of Israel, so 12 seems to be important. - This was done before the formation of the ch...

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel It’s a great observation and question. But we can’t infer doctrine from this observation. Some reflections: - There are 12 patriarchs of Israel, so 12 seems to be importa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” since it is referring to a wi...

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 a

1 Tim 5:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning What informat

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning What information is absent? Paul doesn’t want to name a deceived woman in his letter. How might he refer to her so that Timothy wou

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@DeeGoingsGirl There’s only two who are listed as elders in the New Testament: P

@DeeGoingsGirl There’s only two who are listed as elders in the New Testament: Peter identifies as a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1-5) and John (2 John, 3 John). If this is the case, then we are not given

1 Peter 5:1-5 general
Scripture Commentary debate point

In the last article we saw that God gave additional information to Adam and his wife regarding what they were allowed to eat and God gave freedom for them to be fruit inspectors as he gave them a test to know what was good food. In another post we will talk more about Eve’s words to the serpent and

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