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Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-22

Equal But Different Deteriorates To An Unequal Trinity

The term “equal but different” has become a catch phrase in marriage and “women in ministry” issues as it has replaced the pre-1970’s common view of the inferiority of women. In complementarian circles the thought is that women are equal in person but different in role

Philippians 2:6 Philippians 2:7 Philippians 2:8 Women in Leadership Trinity Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-12-07

Laying A False Argument To Rest

One of the arguments that complementarians employ against women in ministry is the argument that God only used women as prophets and leaders in the Bible when there were no men available at the time. Is this really a valid argument

2 Kings 22:12 2 Kings 22:13 2 Kings 22:14 Women in Leadership 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 2007-10-25

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 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 2007-09-10

Is Pastor One Of The Spiritual Gifts

While some people consider a “Pastor” to be an office, scripture lists “Pastor” as a spiritual gift in Ephesians 4:8-11

Acts 18:25 Ephesians 4:11 Ephesians 4:8 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
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 2007-08-17

Are Womens Gifts Secondary

Last post we referenced 1 Corinthians 12:7 teaching us that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good of the body of Christ. But are women’s gifts somehow secondary

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 6:3 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 2007-07-28

Interdependence In The Lord

In our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we now come to verse 11:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-21

Shaming The Head 3

Continuing our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, we come to verse 6:

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 11 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-12

Shaming The Head 2

Several posts back we talked about how Paul shows in 1 Corinthians 11 that the head covering shamed Christ. This post will discuss why a woman without her head covering shamed her head

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-04

Paul Refutes A Faulty Tradition

In the last post we discussed that the man is the image and glory of God and Christ is his head. Why does Paul emphasize that the man is the image and glory of God but he says nothing about the woman having God’s glory

1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:8 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
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 2007-06-17

Shaming The Head 1

1 Corinthians 11:4-6 lists three “shames” and verse 7 lists two glories. Two of these shames and glories relate directly back to the “head” and one shame relates to the person themselves

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11:4 1 Corinthians 11:4-6 1 Corinthians 11
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 2007-05-02

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels i

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-22

@ronhenzel @GloryIsGods777 @GatorRob777 Faith is only one item in a list of things ‘necessary for salvation’? Ron, is a person saved when they believe—or only after they have been sanctified and glorified? You’re conflating what God does for those w...

@ronhenzel @GloryIsGods777 @GatorRob777 Faith is only one item in a list of things ‘necessary for salvation’? Ron, is a person saved when they believe—or only after they have been sanctified and glori

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-22

@GloryIsGods777 @ronhenzel @GatorRob777 Scripture doesn’t word it quite that way

@GloryIsGods777 @ronhenzel @GatorRob777 Scripture doesn’t word it quite that way, but if God states that it is through faith that one is saved and then one has faith, then it is simply God living up t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-22

@GloryIsGods777 @ronhenzel @GatorRob777 Faith is not a work or a payment: it is

@GloryIsGods777 @ronhenzel @GatorRob777 Faith is not a work or a payment: it is God’s prescribed way that His salvation is credited. “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it wa

Ro 4:3 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-06

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews

@BeRegener8ed @rightresponsem Strange, that’s not how the author to the Hebrews framed it when including Barak in the chapter on faith. The term shame wasn’t used. Barak would rather have God’s word w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-07

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her own head, because of the angels” (1Co 7:10). Since...

Dale, a woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man because God made her in His image from the man. As for head coverings, Paul states clearly that “a woman ought to have authority over her o

1Co 7:10 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-14

@slyoung687 @PastorPompu Since Adam was created in God’s image by God from the d

@slyoung687 @PastorPompu Since Adam was created in God’s image by God from the dust of the earth, He is only the glory of God. Since Eve was created in God’s image by God from Adam’s flesh and bone,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel It seems that you’re overlooking the timeline. The tea

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel It seems that you’re overlooking the timeline. The teaching, hearing, and learning in Jn 6:45 refers to prior revelation from the Father—what they already had in Moses and th

Jn 6:45 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel Yes, “taught of God” is passive—it means God is the one

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel Yes, “taught of God” is passive—it means God is the one doing the teaching. Being “taught by God” still requires hearing and learning (Jn 6:45), which are active responses.

Jn 6:45 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel When God teaches and you listen, you become one of the

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel When God teaches and you listen, you become one of the taught or learned.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six The Father and the Son are equal in all eternity, but what happened in the incarnation is Jesus set aside His glory and the right to act on His own initiative. Unless you are like the glorified Father and your wife is like the...

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six The Father and the Son are equal in all eternity, but what happened in the incarnation is Jesus set aside His glory and the right to act on His own initiative. Unless you are l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7, God appeals to Cain’s moral agency to rule over ...

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7

Ge 4:7 Ge 2:17 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel That’s right, “gave” (Greek: edōken) is used in all those passages. But the key issue isn’t whether repentance is *from* God—Scripture clearly affirms that. The question is: does “gave” mean it is irresistibly received and ex...

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel That’s right, “gave” (Greek: edōken) is used in all those passages. But the key issue isn’t whether repentance is *from* God—Scripture clearly affirms that. The question is: d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@HeGTiSunesis Part of the difficulty with Paul’s comments is that he doesn’t explicitly state woman as also the glory of God and with Christ also as her head—one is left to deduce this as Paul seems to be noting something that a wife uniquely has as ...

@HeGTiSunesis Part of the difficulty with Paul’s comments is that he doesn’t explicitly state woman as also the glory of God and with Christ also as her head—one is left to deduce this as Paul seems t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@EManFleming @carol66944 A wife has two glories—as a human created in the image

@EManFleming @carol66944 A wife has two glories—as a human created in the image of God, she is the glory of God. Then referring back to the first creation being created from Adam’s side, she is the gl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ He was given it because He gave it up only to take it back again. “And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world existed” (Jn 17:5). Mutual submission is absolutely ...

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ He was given it because He gave it up only to take it back again. “And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world exi

Jn 17:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage always maps back to the first marriage, so we say...

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-21

@Glory2God777 Hm. But the Bible speaks as though you can either humble yourself

@Glory2God777 Hm. But the Bible speaks as though you can either humble yourself or exalt yourself. https://t.co/1OCzIvWNSX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature its

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair *nor* that hair is a woman’s glory, for hai

translates 11:14-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo On what basis do you make the claim that I'm just giving lip service & living in unbelief? I am simply saying that your claim doesn't match up with scripture. That Christ's faith is give...

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo On what basis do you make the claim that I'm just giving lip service & living in unbelief? I am simply saying that your claim doesn't mat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

Faith unites believers—not because it’s the same faith handed out—but because ou

Faith unites believers—not because it’s the same faith handed out—but because our faith has the same object: Jesus. Faith in 1Pe 1:7 is our faith in Christ, tested, refined, and resulting in glory at

1Pe 1:7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Can you

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Can you give me some idea of which churches or groups that are acceptable to you whom you would agree to fellowship with?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Is every

@AletheiaHS @CherylSchatz @Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Is every other church aside from yours false?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number of Calvinist including pastors and they don’t even believe such a thing. They even allow those who disagree on the end

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The crown symbolizes honor, glory, and authority. It represents the dignity and blessings that God bestowed upon His people as His chosen nation. This verse conveys their sense of loss, humil...

@Glory2God777 @ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo The crown symbolizes honor, glory, and authority. It represents the dignity and blessings that God bestowed upon His people as His chosen nati

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@covapologetics @subq The only instance of anyone explicitly being called pastor

@covapologetics @subq The only instance of anyone explicitly being called pastor (ποιμήν) in the NT is the following: “And when the Chief Shepherd (ποιμήν) appears, you will receive the unfading crow

1Pe 5:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Tailfeathers_WA @Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge Why doesn't the text rebuke Bara

@Tailfeathers_WA @Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge Why doesn't the text rebuke Barak for submitting to a woman and giving the glory over to a woman? Rather, Hebrew commends him for his faith. https://t.c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a subs...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair

1Co 11:14-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

There’s more going on in that picture besides the long hair. How about John the Baptist who was a Nazarite from birth and therefore never cut his hair? 🤔 "Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair *nor* t...

There’s more going on in that picture besides the long hair. How about John the Baptist who was a Nazarite from birth and therefore never cut his hair? 🤔 "Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@smashbaals "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man

@smashbaals "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a substitute for coverings." (1Co 11:14-15, I

1Co 11:14-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@Rural_mi_vet @shekenahglory v24 “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira

@Rural_mi_vet @shekenahglory v24 “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching…”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@shekenahglory "To **the one** who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pottery’ —just as I have received authority from my F...

@shekenahglory "To **the one** who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will dash them to pieces like pot

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-08

Some say that egalitarians are just letting the culture influence their view of

Some say that egalitarians are just letting the culture influence their view of scripture. Let’s take a trip down memory lane and see who is aligning more with culture, shall we? Aristotle: “Silence

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