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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-28

@TheGermanicist Saying the Bible teaches contradictory doctrines and that this i

@TheGermanicist Saying the Bible teaches contradictory doctrines and that this is by new revelation makes one a false prophet. “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance wi

Is 8:20 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-18

@Valerie181225 @Balduc13679 The believers used the Old Testament as their Bible

@Valerie181225 @Balduc13679 The believers used the Old Testament as their Bible and the testimony and teachings of the apostles which were oral for several decades until they started writing them down

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals I think you are misunderstanding...the true church fathers are the 12 apostles (minus Judas Iscariot, but adding Paul). Their teaching and their testimony as recorded in scripture is all we need. Are you cla...

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals I think you are misunderstanding...the true church fathers are the 12 apostles (minus Judas Iscariot, but adding Paul). Their teaching and their testimony as

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-11

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Hm, well the example you gave of a God-hater was Paul’s testimony and he never said he was a God hater. I also wasn’t a God hater. I’m not saying God haters cannot be saved, but I’m simply asking for a Bi...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Hm, well the example you gave of a God-hater was Paul’s testimony and he never said he was a God hater. I also wasn’t a God hater. I’m not saying God hate

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Or how about the Apostle John? Is there any reason why you defer t

@Methodios007 Or how about the Apostle John? Is there any reason why you defer to Ignatius of Antioch when you have John's testimony already (who was with Christ and an eye witness)?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-07

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Also, the Bible is the final author

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Also, the Bible is the final authority, which is the testimony of Jesus and the apostles. Not those men who lived centuries later and who often changed the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@masonmennenga Curious. This is one person we have clear testimony that he is condemned, so how is he reconciled? Jesus refers to Judas as "the son of destruction" (or "perdition"), saying, "None of them perished except the son of destruction, so th...

@masonmennenga Curious. This is one person we have clear testimony that he is condemned, so how is he reconciled? Jesus refers to Judas as "the son of destruction" (or "perdition"), saying, "None of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Whatever this woman was doing Paul says "I do not permit." But we have no positive instance where authentein is used for men, so we don't know why Paul uses this extremely rare verb. A...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Whatever this woman was doing Paul says "I do not permit." But we have no positive instance where authentein is used for men, so we do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 For example, look how the following texts show that testimony is not the primary consideration in r@pe claims but circumstances. "But if in the field the man finds the girl who i...

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 For example, look how the following texts show that testimony is not the primary consideration in r@pe claims but circumstances.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-10

RT @CherylSchatz: Guys, here is the testimony of the pastor who got healed while

RT @CherylSchatz: Guys, here is the testimony of the pastor who got healed while he was teaching a Sunday School class. I posted the audio…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-25

@pastherandie @JollyStine @ronhenzel @ewarner88 @ScottCross_8 @peace_got @ymmotr

@pastherandie @JollyStine @ronhenzel @ewarner88 @ScottCross_8 @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii I think God left the original statement out of the text to challenge Complementarians and Patriarchal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@peace_got @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I see. In the Talmud says that the testimony of a woman has very little acceptance. No wonder they’d pick Mordecai. Here’s a quote from the Talmud in Sota 20a: “Rabbi Eli...

@peace_got @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I see. In the Talmud says that the testimony of a woman has very little acceptance. No wonder they’d pick Mordecai. Here’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says instead of trying to silence her? And also, please e...

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm egalitarian and that women are to be treated equal t...

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm eg

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@RevKimWChafee I’m egalitarian, but I don’t agree with this. While it is important to note that Jesus told Mary—a woman—to testify of the resurrection to the rest of the disciples, we should not go so far as to suggest that without Mary’s testimony,...

@RevKimWChafee I’m egalitarian, but I don’t agree with this. While it is important to note that Jesus told Mary—a woman—to testify of the resurrection to the rest of the disciples, we should not go s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so we have internal witness that they believed they w...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so

2 Tim 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

Another testimony of the impact of ‘hard’ complementarian teachings on marriage.

Another testimony of the impact of ‘hard’ complementarian teachings on marriage. https://t.co/fySMsErc06

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one witness. Further, church discipline is not meant fo...

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@ZacharyGarris Quick question for you. Why did Jesus send only women with the d

@ZacharyGarris Quick question for you. Why did Jesus send only women with the doctrine of the resurrection? Was He breaking the rule that women cannot teach truthful doctrine to men? They didn’t be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-14

@riseaboveideas1 @wendelltalks Eyewitness testimony is always like this. Each person notices different things. In fact, this is what investigators look for specifically ensuring witnesses don’t collude before giving their testimony. In the gospel ...

@riseaboveideas1 @wendelltalks Eyewitness testimony is always like this. Each person notices different things. In fact, this is what investigators look for specifically ensuring witnesses don’t coll

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-16

@M_Jensen23 @smashbaals I’m not going to disagree with you there. The more I’m digging into this ‘apostle’ and her testimony the more the concerns are growing. If this is all she is doing, it is not a church. I was reacting to the statement that i...

@M_Jensen23 @smashbaals I’m not going to disagree with you there. The more I’m digging into this ‘apostle’ and her testimony the more the concerns are growing. If this is all she is doing, it is not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@granato50 @RevJamesCollazo @AnthonyJMHoward @JHF46thPotus @TaylorRMarshall The

@granato50 @RevJamesCollazo @AnthonyJMHoward @JHF46thPotus @TaylorRMarshall The apostles argued for Christ as Messiah from the Old Testament. They still had a Bible, even though the eyewitness testim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@CherylSchatz Do you think that in all cases authority has to be explicitly given? We are not given the words God spoke to Eve but we can see from her testimony that God repeated the command to both of them because she says God said and uses plural ...

@CherylSchatz Do you think that in all cases authority has to be explicitly given? We are not given the words God spoke to Eve but we can see from her testimony that God repeated the command to both

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-18

@MikeWingerii @sparrowsperch The early church preached from the Old Testament an

@MikeWingerii @sparrowsperch The early church preached from the Old Testament and the eyewitness testimony of the apostles and those who saw what Jesus did.

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Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:11-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:11-15 specific woman,deception,authenteo,grammar,perfect tense,future tense,anaphoric,egalitarian,ephesus,teknogonia,singular plural,historical perfect,verbal aspect,paul as pattern
Theology verse entry

Psalm 109:8

Sections: cross_references, exegesis, greek_analysis

Psalm 109:8 apostolate,office,episkope,Matthias,Judas,replacement
Theology verse entry

Luke 24:1-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Luke 24:1-26 resurrection witnesses,women,testimony,unbelief,commission,egalitarian,prejudice
Theology verse entry

John 20:15-17

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

John 20:15-17 Mary Magdalene,resurrection,commission,apostola apostolorum,witness,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 2:15-20

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 2:15-20 garden,guard,ezer,helper,creation order,egalitarian,woman,ezer kenegdo,naming animals,no counterpart,strength
Theology verse entry

1 Corinthians 11:2-9

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Corinthians 11:2-9 kephale,head covering,source,origin,authority,man woman,glory,image,aner gyne,egalitarian,Trinity,hierarchy,husband,wife,creation
Theology verse entry

Romans 5:12-19

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Romans 5:12-19 original sin,Adam,last Adam,representative,federal headship,sin through one man,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

Genesis 5:2

Sections: debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 5:2 Adam,named them,male and female,image,humanity,egalitarian
Theology verse entry

1 Timothy 2:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

1 Timothy 2:1-7 prayer,intercession,one mediator,ransom,antilytron,false teaching,Ephesus,universalism of scope,paraggelia,herald,apostle,teacher,egalitarian,soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,mediation
Theology verse entry

Genesis 3:1-7

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Genesis 3:1-7 temptation,fall,serpent,deception,sin,silence of adam
Theology verse entry

Acts 18:24-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 18:24-26 Priscilla,Aquila,Apollos,women teaching,egalitarian,correction of doctrine
Theology verse entry

John 6:43-45

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 6:43-45 soteriology,drawing,teaching,irresistible grace,Calvinism,provisionism,taught by God
Theology verse entry

Acts 1:16-26

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Acts 1:16-26 Judas,betrayal,foreknowledge,sovereignty,prophecy fulfillment,predestination,free will,apostolate,Matthias,Paul,twelve,lot,human initiative
Theology verse entry

Numbers 12:1-15

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Numbers 12:1-15 Miriam,Aaron,tsaraat,prophetess,female leadership,WIM,egalitarian,Moses unique mediator,Deborah,Huldah,Micah 6:4
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Mike's personal journey: wanted to become egalitarian but became more strongly complementarian

Mike shares his personal bias check and research journey.

soft complementarianism personal testimony
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

Submission in 1 Peter is not exclusively for evangelism of unsaved husbands

Mike argues against reducing wifely submission to an evangelism strategy.

1 Peter 3:1 1 Peter 3:1 evangelism Lee Strobel
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

J.M. Ross quote: we must accept unanimous manuscript testimony

Mike quotes Ross on the obligation to accept what all manuscripts attest.

manuscript evidence J.M. Ross scholarly bias
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Various approaches to women speaking on Sundays: interview format, guest speaker, testimony, non-teaching topics

Mike describes different ways churches navigate this question.

Joni Eareckson Tada women on Sundays interview format
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Church fathers' understanding of authenteo as 'authority'

Mike surveys how early church fathers understood and used the word authenteo.

Chrysostom Irenaeus authenteo
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Additional church fathers and their testimony on 1 Tim 2:12

Mike provides further patristic evidence for how authenteo was understood in the early church.

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:12 authenteo church fathers
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Ancient translations of 1 Tim 2:12: how authenteo was rendered

Mike examines how the earliest Bible translations rendered authenteo, providing important evidence for its meaning.

authenteo Coptic translation Gothic translation
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Mike's personal disappointment with egalitarian arguments

Mike shares his personal experience studying both sides of the debate.

intellectual honesty personal testimony egalitarian arguments
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Personal note: health issues, family crisis, and love for both sides

Mike shares personal context for the video's long production time.

Christian unity personal testimony love across disagreement
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Personal testimony: Mike was raised as a Mormon; this evidence would have been world-shattering to him

Mike's personal background and emotional investment in the argument

Mike Winger Mormonism personal testimony
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-07

Q&A: Mike shares his own experience witnessing apparent miracles, including a cancer that disappeared after prayer — while acknowledging the difficulty of definitive verification.

Viewer question from Cas asking if Mike has personally witnessed miracles.

prayer healing personal testimony
Mike Winger idea 2017-12-27

Stopping the inner monologue of complaint through prayer — personal testimony and Philippians 4:8

Mike shares a personal example of applying Tip 7, and ties it to Philippians 4:8.

Philippians 4:7 Philippians 4:8 self-talk Philippians 4:7 Philippians 4:8