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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@carol66944 Government doesn't restrain evil? Really? The Christian may silence

@carol66944 Government doesn't restrain evil? Really? The Christian may silence the objections of foolish people, but it doesn't stop the thief from stealing. Only the government has the authority to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-18

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Mike is complementarian and believes that it is the

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Mike is complementarian and believes that it is the man's responsibility alone to be an elder and to be the final authority in the home. https://t.co/mcCOGijq3H

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-17

@Robert_S_Morley @Protestia Well, I’m a Canadian, and my pastor doesn’t talk about Trump. So I’m not directly involved, but I do have opinions. I’m not ignoring biblically sound requirements ‘that should be expected from any human leader.’ No one is ...

@Robert_S_Morley @Protestia Well, I’m a Canadian, and my pastor doesn’t talk about Trump. So I’m not directly involved, but I do have opinions. I’m not ignoring biblically sound requirements ‘that sho

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-17

@Robert_S_Morley @Protestia Hm. I think it’s more the other way around. I think you forget that it’s not about voting in a pastor or a morally perfect leader. Trump certainly has issues and a prickly personality (especially if you want him dead or sh...

@Robert_S_Morley @Protestia Hm. I think it’s more the other way around. I think you forget that it’s not about voting in a pastor or a morally perfect leader. Trump certainly has issues and a prickly

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 I explained already that almost all of the New Testament books and

@Methodios007 I explained already that almost all of the New Testament books and letters identify the author or provide sufficient clues to know who the author is including consistency with other writ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 You only need read them and compare and test them to the OT. Like

@Methodios007 You only need read them and compare and test them to the OT. Like the Bereans who didn't appeal to any other authority. If it worked for the Bereans, it's good enough for us too.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 You mean can I go back to the original autographs and validate from the hand writing that it was the apostle himself? Obviously I cannot do that. All the books of the New Testament identify the author except for Hebrews, and 1 and 3 Joh...

@Methodios007 You mean can I go back to the original autographs and validate from the hand writing that it was the apostle himself? Obviously I cannot do that. All the books of the New Testament ident

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Well, the basis of your authority is a bishop. If he goes off base

@Methodios007 Well, the basis of your authority is a bishop. If he goes off base, do you take his word over the Bible? If not then you go back to the Bible just like me. If yes, then your authority is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Well, yes, that’s true, but I can see from scripture that these te

@Methodios007 Well, yes, that’s true, but I can see from scripture that these terms are not meant to be some sort of authority title but a position of service where the terms describe different aspect

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@BahBahBased @smashbaals I am convinced by scripture that women are not excluded

@BahBahBased @smashbaals I am convinced by scripture that women are not excluded from serving as elders or pastoral work like counselling or leadership roles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@BahBahBased @smashbaals No, I am not. Pastoring is counselling and guiding and leading by example, all things that elders, overseers or shepherds do. Females are not exempt from these roles. In fact, it is far better for a female to be counseled by ...

@BahBahBased @smashbaals No, I am not. Pastoring is counselling and guiding and leading by example, all things that elders, overseers or shepherds do. Females are not exempt from these roles. In fact,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 The Greek word πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros), which literally means "elder" is used to denote someone recognized with wisdom and the ability to lead and teach and with godly character. The term for overseer is ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos) which t...

@Methodios007 The Greek word πρεσβύτερος (presbyteros), which literally means "elder" is used to denote someone recognized with wisdom and the ability to lead and teach and with godly character. The

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 I don’t follow a church that calls themselves the right church bec

@Methodios007 I don’t follow a church that calls themselves the right church because they have an extrabiblical succession. The succession is not the problem, but the assertion that I have to follow w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Orthodoxy simply means correct doctrine. Orthopraxy means right pr

@Methodios007 Orthodoxy simply means correct doctrine. Orthopraxy means right practice. The right practice is to stick to scripture as your sole authority, not extra-biblical tradititions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-13

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has not given husbands the power to give orders to his wife. Submission is not one way but mutual (Eph 5:21)—it means servin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@Area121086136 @smashbaals You are interpreting the meaning of head to mean auth

@Area121086136 @smashbaals You are interpreting the meaning of head to mean authority which is not the sense in the context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or head). Therefore she has the authority over her own h...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, I already showed that in Eph 1:22 it is not authority and not head *over* the church but showing that Jesus is primary over all things for the benefit of the church. And I already...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, I already showed that in Eph 1:22 it is not authority and not head *over* the church but showing that Jesus is primary over all t

Eph 1:22 1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actu

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actually says, “…and made Him head over all things **to** the church”—not head over the church but for the church. If Paul

Eph 1:22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Yes, v3 and v

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Yes, v3 and v12 are consistent—it’s not about authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals More accurate

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals More accurately he never uses the term authority for the man over his wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an unbeliever with two wives is forced to divorce one if he becomes a Christian?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals None of the t

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals None of the things you quoted say or mean authority. That is not the sense of the word kephale in these contexts.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creating things and so God prepared him to not be decei...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Being the head can mean being first or given priority. It doesn’t therefore mean authority over like a master/slave. “To the Jew first then the Gentile” means the Jew is the head. Tha...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Being the head can mean being first or given priority. It doesn’t therefore mean authority over like a master/slave. “To the Jew firs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Teaching othe

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Teaching others is not taking authority over them though. And it would apply any human to any human not just male -> female.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@quackitude @pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Did I ask a malicious que

@quackitude @pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Did I ask a malicious question like “when did you stop beating your wife?”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Also, if someone is “spreading propaganda” of any kind, the *kind* and *loving* thing to do is correct them. Elders must be able to patiently correct (2Ti 4:2– “with great patience.”) Imagine someone who cam...

@pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Also, if someone is “spreading propaganda” of any kind, the *kind* and *loving* thing to do is correct them. Elders must be able to patiently correct (2Ti 4:

2Ti 4:2 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 Ok, thanks for sharin

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 Ok, thanks for sharing your perspective. Here was my self-corrective (for reference). https://t.co/1IVi0Urtvq

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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 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours later from his own flesh and bones (and not from the ...

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours lat

Ge 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply mean prominent, first, source or origin. Regarding m...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Well, yes, I think the English translation here is misleading. The English isn’t inspired and translators can have bias. No man is the head of the church except Christ—and this is because by His deat...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Well, yes, I think the English translation here is misleading. The English isn’t inspired and translators can have bias. No man is the head of the ch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii That verse doesn’t say “an elder must not be a woman”—there is no verse that says a man is allowed to authentein anyone either. Jesus said clearly that whoever wants to be the greatest should be the slave of a...

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii That verse doesn’t say “an elder must not be a woman”—there is no verse that says a man is allowed to authentein anyone either. Jesus said clearly that whoever

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @MikeWingerii There’s a word commonly used for authority, and a

@LM4819962872993 @MikeWingerii There’s a word commonly used for authority, and authentein isn’t that word. There’s clearly something else going on in Ti 2:11-15. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-07

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish but this doesn’t mean all leaders afterwards had to...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish b

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@kowloonsunday This passage is part of a larger segment (1Pe 2:13-25) that discusses submission to authorities, both civil and within the household structure, so as to live in such a way that even if accused or persecuted, one’s conduct would be a te...

@kowloonsunday This passage is part of a larger segment (1Pe 2:13-25) that discusses submission to authorities, both civil and within the household structure, so as to live in such a way that even if

1Pe 2:13-25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qu

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qualified women from leadership does not prevail as they are able to find another church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@vivicom1230123 @Riley_Gaines_ What? Did she take authority over you or just say

@vivicom1230123 @Riley_Gaines_ What? Did she take authority over you or just say something true?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@robertbrln @ClintHumfrey I think @ClintHumfrey is ok with women teaching just not holding office of elder. But if they can teach and correct (and have the requisite character and gifting) why can’t they lead? He even thinks they can be deacons who ...

@robertbrln @ClintHumfrey I think @ClintHumfrey is ok with women teaching just not holding office of elder. But if they can teach and correct (and have the requisite character and gifting) why can’t t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@maclellanjames @ClintHumfrey That’s a great video! If only more complementarian

@maclellanjames @ClintHumfrey That’s a great video! If only more complementarians treated women as complementary counterparts in leadership and ministry.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey I fail to see how there are categories being created outside of th

@ClintHumfrey I fail to see how there are categories being created outside of the Bible’s. The category is leadership, not “male” leadership.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-02

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Not all Protestants are evangelical. For example, many Anglicans, Lutherans, and Presbyterians wouldn’t identify as evangelical. I’m not saying Catholics aren’t Christians—evangelicalism simply emphasizes personal faith...

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Not all Protestants are evangelical. For example, many Anglicans, Lutherans, and Presbyterians wouldn’t identify as evangelical. I’m not saying Catholics aren’t Christia

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-02

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Hm. From where I come from, evangelical is contra

@ministrymisfit @masonmennenga Hm. From where I come from, evangelical is contrasted with the roots of Roman Catholicism, originating as a movement focused on personal faith and biblical authority ove

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@TebzSmith @Vee851010577151 @dalepartridge That’s because the religious leaders didn’t let them in. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not e...

@TebzSmith @Vee851010577151 @dalepartridge That’s because the religious leaders didn’t let them in. "Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the kingdom of

Mt 23:13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@natgrace79 "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you

@natgrace79 "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring

Ro 13:4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership an

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership and church becomes distracted with doing what they were called to do. The focus on buildings started with Constantine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist Well, those who have additional responsibility for the proper functioning of the church should lead in this⎯by leading, I mean demonstrating the very things that all should emulate. Elders are not called to 'lord it over' ...

@ymmotrojam @YourCalvinist Well, those who have additional responsibility for the proper functioning of the church should lead in this⎯by leading, I mean demonstrating the very things that all should

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-22

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Is that why Paul said for in v13, an explanatory conjun

@carol66944 @Manny_Clay1 Is that why Paul said for in v13, an explanatory conjunction to provide 'cause or reason'? So Paul used a myth to explain why he did not permit a woman to teach or authentein

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