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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@avyargo @_nomadic_soul It’s pretty clear that a godly woman is not restricted f

@avyargo @_nomadic_soul It’s pretty clear that a godly woman is not restricted from serving in any capacity that God gifted her in, including overseer or elder or deacon.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@_nomadic_soul This control over the wooden box on the stage is so bizarre. Espe

@_nomadic_soul This control over the wooden box on the stage is so bizarre. Especially since this has nothing to do with the theology or teaching of the person, but simply because they are a female.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Again, you assume that the death of the body means death of the soul. Lk 23:43 - Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will be with me in Paradise." This statement suggests an...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Again, you assume that the death of the body means death of the soul. Lk 23:43 - Jesus said to the thief on the cross, "Truly, I say to you, TODAY you will b

Lk 23:43 Phil 1:23 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Jesus’ body died but His would did not

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Jesus’ body died but His would did not. If you didn’t believe the Watchtower’s teachings on the soul you would see this clearly

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@cjonesaudio @paulogia0 I use my brain A LOT as a Christian. Critical thinking i

@cjonesaudio @paulogia0 I use my brain A LOT as a Christian. Critical thinking is extremely important to me. Your entire premise depends on the non-existence of souls. Sure you want to wager that one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@cjonesaudio @paulogia0 What do I gain by casting off God? What do I gain if I g

@cjonesaudio @paulogia0 What do I gain by casting off God? What do I gain if I gain the whole world but lose my soul?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul If you don’t believe what I wrote, that’s great! But many do. The husband should act like Christ, and lay down his life for his wife like Christ did for his bride. The wife should act like Christ, and lay down her lif...

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul If you don’t believe what I wrote, that’s great! But many do. The husband should act like Christ, and lay down his life for his wife like Christ did for his bride. The

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul Christ is God, the church are humans. When someon

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul Christ is God, the church are humans. When someone thinks that the husband represents Christ and has sole authority over his wife who represents the church, this is a ve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul I have a pastor friend who said something similar

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul I have a pastor friend who said something similar—that the husband is uniquely to emulate Christ, and the wife, the church. But Phil 2:3-8 is not only for males! https:/

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@ball_dummy @William_E_Wolfe 1 Pet 2:25 refers to Jesus as the shepherd and overseer of our souls. What makes that require overseers to be only males? 1 Tim 3:1 uses “tis” which is neutral for anyone or someone. Paul doesn’t use male pronouns. 1 Ti...

@ball_dummy @William_E_Wolfe 1 Pet 2:25 refers to Jesus as the shepherd and overseer of our souls. What makes that require overseers to be only males? 1 Tim 3:1 uses “tis” which is neutral for anyone

1 Pet 2:25 1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Tim 3:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-01

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The Watchtower teaches a ‘life force’ that is gone when you die (cease to exist). The scripture indicates that our spirit lives beyond the death of our body: The belief in the spirit or soul's existence bey...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The Watchtower teaches a ‘life force’ that is gone when you die (cease to exist). The scripture indicates that our spirit lives beyond the death of our body:

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @JessicaScroggin @HwsEleutheroi This is JW teaching⎯soul sleep and recreating us from God's memory of us. That's not how it works. Our soul survives our body such that when my body dies, my soul goes to be with Jesus. My so...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @JessicaScroggin @HwsEleutheroi This is JW teaching⎯soul sleep and recreating us from God's memory of us. That's not how it works. Our soul survives our body such that when

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@_nomadic_soul They all seem to think it means that women are not supposed to te

@_nomadic_soul They all seem to think it means that women are not supposed to teach men, and some go so far as to think it means women are not to say things in any public forum which is a complete mis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-25

@_nomadic_soul For those who would like to take another look at the scriptures t

@_nomadic_soul For those who would like to take another look at the scriptures they are using to prevent women from leadership roles… https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-20

@_nomadic_soul That discrepancy between what is said and what is actually done i

@_nomadic_soul That discrepancy between what is said and what is actually done is frustrating. Also…I wish people were more open to hearing what scripture actually teaches.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the Bible means with a high view of the text and bein...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul If someone says “forget this scripture, I feel like X is right” then that is the path to apostasy. Where does it stop? However, if I’m showing what the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugating women, maybe people wouldn’t have taken that tur...

@ElonFan35759172 @ThomasDominus @_nomadic_soul Well if people would have shown how we can have a high view of scripture and be faithful to the text and still not crazy about suppressing and subjugatin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@Beemer251 @Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul If I could rephrase this, I would have noted that I was thinking of random people online vs those in your local church. So many random comments are made online that I don’t really take them seriously. They d...

@Beemer251 @Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul If I could rephrase this, I would have noted that I was thinking of random people online vs those in your local church. So many random comments are made onlin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul That's certainly a good point if we are talking ab

@Furly43974976 @_nomadic_soul That's certainly a good point if we are talking about someone who attends your church who is talking about you this way online. I had this happen to me. It made things

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@gray_jedi_ @_nomadic_soul If you know someone in your fellowship thinks you are a false believer, that would be hard. I experienced this too. Even Paul talks about being in danger from 'false brethren' so it is not unexpected that this can happen....

@gray_jedi_ @_nomadic_soul If you know someone in your fellowship thinks you are a false believer, that would be hard. I experienced this too. Even Paul talks about being in danger from 'false breth

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@_nomadic_soul I see. This is someone from your former church then? I've had t

@_nomadic_soul I see. This is someone from your former church then? I've had that happen to me too. I ended up having to leave that church, but we are in another one now and it is much better.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@_nomadic_soul Ok, but its online... Does that happen in church? Most people w

@_nomadic_soul Ok, but its online... Does that happen in church? Most people who hide behind a screen don't have the guts to say stuff like that in person.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-05

@Robert_S_Morley @FredoLives @_nomadic_soul Wow, the British are really good at insulting someone and sounding high class. Reminds me of the smooth sophisticated tripe against the God of the Bible that rolls off the tongue from Richard Dawkins. Nat...

@Robert_S_Morley @FredoLives @_nomadic_soul Wow, the British are really good at insulting someone and sounding high class. Reminds me of the smooth sophisticated tripe against the God of the Bible th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-04

@_nomadic_soul @shad0w_fax I love that the Bible points this out.

@_nomadic_soul @shad0w_fax I love that the Bible points this out.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-29

@ruvalum @CrazyEe33 @_nomadic_soul No one can prove how everything got here. There’s all kinds of possible explanations and observations but if you cannot repeat it in a lab you are just guessing. I happen to follow the Bible’s account of creation....

@ruvalum @CrazyEe33 @_nomadic_soul No one can prove how everything got here. There’s all kinds of possible explanations and observations but if you cannot repeat it in a lab you are just guessing. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@marauder34 @_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins Well…authorities on the other side were silenced. They said something and were fired, defrocked and kicked off social media. Which begs the question: when someone is willing to lose their job for speaking up ...

@marauder34 @_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins Well…authorities on the other side were silenced. They said something and were fired, defrocked and kicked off social media. Which begs the question: when som

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins So your contention with JM is that he made it seem l

@_nomadic_soul @AMS_Perkins So your contention with JM is that he made it seem like it was a sin not to attend church and didn't provide reasonable alternatives for those who weren't comfortable?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@Cityguy2011 @_nomadic_soul @DrFrankTurek Our equality is based on our humanity.

@Cityguy2011 @_nomadic_soul @DrFrankTurek Our equality is based on our humanity. Women are not a different species! In the Genesis account, the woman was made from Adam’s flesh and bone indicating t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek I don't disagree with you, but we're talking about what Paul wrote and you seem to be avoiding admitting things I pointed out from Paul's text that are right in front of you. Once you ad...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek I don't disagree with you, but we're talking about what Paul wrote and you seem to be avoiding admitting things I pointed out from Paul's

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Wait, so you agre

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Wait, so you agree that the word submit is not after "wives" in verse 22? So you admit that this isn't some sort of hierarchical arrange

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Or Isaiah? At le

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Or Isaiah? At least we have an early copy of something written by Paul. Don't you think that's more relevant than a Hebrew manuscript i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Here's an actual early Greek manuscript (P46) from Romans 12, something written by Paul. https://t.co/saOXJexSY6 Pretty clear there's no punctuation or spacing. You have to be great and...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Here's an actual early Greek manuscript (P46) from Romans 12, something written by Paul. https://t.co/saOXJexSY6 Pretty clear there's no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek That's the Hebrew

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek That's the Hebrew Old Testament...

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Ok, Arthur, you are showing your ignorance here. Ephesians was written by Paul in the New Testament. See the dots under "subject yourselves" in verse 22? That means it's not in the Gre...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Ok, Arthur, you are showing your ignorance here. Ephesians was written by Paul in the New Testament. See the dots under "subject yourse

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Verse 22 doesn’t have the verb submit in it. Check it out. So if verse 21 is true then verse 22 CANNOT mean that wives are like the slaves of their husbands. That’s actually how the cu...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Verse 22 doesn’t have the verb submit in it. Check it out. So if verse 21 is true then verse 22 CANNOT mean that wives are like the sla

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Huh? Jezebel? How does she seek authority over men? Ephesians 5:21 says “submit to one another in the fear of Christ.” That means men submitting to women and women submitting to men. ...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Huh? Jezebel? How does she seek authority over men? Ephesians 5:21 says “submit to one another in the fear of Christ.” That means men

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @DrFrankTurek The only connection with God’s order was deception. At least that’s how Paul parses Gen 1-3 in 1 Tim 2:11-15. It’s not about authority. It’s about a man who had been given knowledge completely failing ...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @DrFrankTurek The only connection with God’s order was deception. At least that’s how Paul parses Gen 1-3 in 1 Tim 2:11-15. It’s not about authority. It’s about a ma

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@_nomadic_soul Church is about people. It is very understandable how you feel. I recently got pushed out of a church and 3 that I looked into won't ever allow me into leadership because I am egalitarian. The church I'm now going to seems focused o...

@_nomadic_soul Church is about people. It is very understandable how you feel. I recently got pushed out of a church and 3 that I looked into won't ever allow me into leadership because I am egalita

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@_nomadic_soul There weren't "denominations" back then. The church (ie. the believers) met in homes. A city probably had only one, so not like you had a choice like today. Heb 10:24-25: "And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward ...

@_nomadic_soul There weren't "denominations" back then. The church (ie. the believers) met in homes. A city probably had only one, so not like you had a choice like today. Heb 10:24-25: "And let

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@_nomadic_soul Church being a "building" or a specific denomination isn't what is important. Meeting regularly with a group of believers that adhere to the fundamentals of the faith and with elders where you are challenged and cared for is important...

@_nomadic_soul Church being a "building" or a specific denomination isn't what is important. Meeting regularly with a group of believers that adhere to the fundamentals of the faith and with elders w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@LittleOlMe97 @_nomadic_soul @Protestia Having a parent present especially in the early years is very important. My wife and I did shift work to accommodate this so we both had experience taking care of the kids and were able to avoid using childcar...

@LittleOlMe97 @_nomadic_soul @Protestia Having a parent present especially in the early years is very important. My wife and I did shift work to accommodate this so we both had experience taking care

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@_nomadic_soul Yes. I feel that as a man who has an understanding of these pass

@_nomadic_soul Yes. I feel that as a man who has an understanding of these passages that it is my responsibility to defend women and try my best to convince these pastors of the truth.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@_nomadic_soul I consider myself a fundamentalist Christian but I believe in the

@_nomadic_soul I consider myself a fundamentalist Christian but I believe in the equality of men and women. I also believe the scripture is inspired and inerrant and that there are Biblically sound e

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