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@SDAFS56788141 @okamadation @Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 Dr James Tour deals with

@SDAFS56788141 @okamadation @Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 Dr James Tour deals with abiogenesis claims quite effectively. https://t.co/Tg6SKNZlwo

@Lucifymenace @Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 I definitely don’t believe that we cam

@Lucifymenace @Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 I definitely don’t believe that we came from pond scum and a lot of time and happenstance.

@Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 What do you mean that you can’t choose what you beli

@Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 What do you mean that you can’t choose what you believe? So you believe that you are evolved from pond scum? That a rock exploded and after much time, here you are? I’m so

@paulogia0 The solution has been provided for everyone including yourself. Why d

@paulogia0 The solution has been provided for everyone including yourself. Why do you keep rejecting it? When someone offers you a parachute with your name on it, why do you refuse it when the plane

@MaplesCR @presbycrusader @RealDavidReece Does your church have men speaking out

@MaplesCR @presbycrusader @RealDavidReece Does your church have men speaking out when the pastor is speaking? Do the students all speak when the professor is speaking? Paul was dealing with someone w

@pauldirks @StefB722 @KaeleyT Except that Peter wasn’t promoting patriarchal hie

@pauldirks @StefB722 @KaeleyT Except that Peter wasn’t promoting patriarchal hierarchy. https://t.co/JPge5soJWf

@christsoldier5S @BrentCGuitar @RealDavidReece Paul doesn’t condemn a woman teac

@christsoldier5S @BrentCGuitar @RealDavidReece Paul doesn’t condemn a woman teaching truth to anyone. That is absurd. And Deborah was the highest authority in the land as both a prophet and judge so i

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m still shocked that you said you would stake your life and ministry on the idea that the family is the primary way the kingdom is to grow. I mean even Pentecost shows this is not the primary way. How else do you add thousands t...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m still shocked that you said you would stake your life and ministry on the idea that the family is the primary way the kingdom is to grow. I mean even Pentecost shows this is no

@StefB722 @pauldirks @KaeleyT We both lead the family. Why does it have to be on

@StefB722 @pauldirks @KaeleyT We both lead the family. Why does it have to be only one person leading?

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Hm. If he was a time-specific command, then why is he also ok with people getting married, saying it is better to get married than to burn with passion? He also is not advocating for people to break up but to remain in the state t...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Hm. If he was a time-specific command, then why is he also ok with people getting married, saying it is better to get married than to burn with passion? He also is not advocating f

@pauldirks @KaeleyT No, as the apostle Paul says in v28, “But if you marry, you have not sinned”—which is something that one might conclude given his advocacy for being single and unencumbered. For Paul this is all about dedication to the Lord and H...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT No, as the apostle Paul says in v28, “But if you marry, you have not sinned”—which is something that one might conclude given his advocacy for being single and unencumbered. For P

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Except I am not sure Paul is saying this because he is a Eun

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Except I am not sure Paul is saying this because he is a Eunuch. I think Timothy is also single. https://t.co/GdvFKlVEyI

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wow. I have to ask one more time then—if the command is to be fruitful (physically) and have children, then in your view, the apostle Paul’s encouragement that they all remain as he was—single—is a wish to violate a commandment of...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Wow. I have to ask one more time then—if the command is to be fruitful (physically) and have children, then in your view, the apostle Paul’s encouragement that they all remain as h

@pauldirks @KaeleyT But it’s not a command given to us or then those who are sin

@pauldirks @KaeleyT But it’s not a command given to us or then those who are single are disobeying it!

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Paul actually says that he wished they were all as he was which would mean—if true—that no one in the church would be having children. He’s not overturning being fruitful and multiplying, but transforming it to building the church...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Paul actually says that he wished they were all as he was which would mean—if true—that no one in the church would be having children. He’s not overturning being fruitful and multi

@KaeleyT @pauldirks To respond to Paul, Kaeley is referring to the ‘pressure’ as

@KaeleyT @pauldirks To respond to Paul, Kaeley is referring to the ‘pressure’ as though it is a Biblical mandate for us to have children. If that was the case, then Paul’s advocation for singleness is

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase my financial well being or to fix society while i...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase

@KaeleyT @pauldirks At the same time, I also don’t want to pressure them to have

@KaeleyT @pauldirks At the same time, I also don’t want to pressure them to have children just because I want them or because of a fear of being alone when they are older. God may lay on their heart a

@KaeleyT @pauldirks I agree with Kaeley. I want all my children to have kids. I explain how they don’t have to end careers to have children and that they can work together with their spouse to find solutions together. I ensure they understand the inc...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks I agree with Kaeley. I want all my children to have kids. I explain how they don’t have to end careers to have children and that they can work together with their spouse to find so

@pauldirks @KaeleyT We certainly have a lot of M/F confusion in our culture toda

@pauldirks @KaeleyT We certainly have a lot of M/F confusion in our culture today, but I don’t really see what vacuum you are referring to except perhaps how your church has a vacuum of female leaders

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Well, that’s why we have two teachers—a mother and a father.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Well, that’s why we have two teachers—a mother and a father. And that we both are examples of what is similar and what is different and the kinds of things that are just unique to

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals And Paul never told husbands to respect their wives in Eph 5, yet you don’t deny that they ought to. Why is that? That God describes specific outcomes that are different for Adam and Eve may have more to do with Eve b...

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals And Paul never told husbands to respect their wives in Eph 5, yet you don’t deny that they ought to. Why is that? That God describes specific outcomes that are differe

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@pauldirks @KaeleyT For instance, my daughter wants to be a mother, but she also

@pauldirks @KaeleyT For instance, my daughter wants to be a mother, but she also likes hunting, figuring out how to fix the car, etc. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that and I encourage her. S

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The focus on gender roles may be part of the problem. When you tell women that their role is to be in the kitchen, you give no valid option for those who like things that boys like and everyone is unique. Clearly there are differe...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The focus on gender roles may be part of the problem. When you tell women that their role is to be in the kitchen, you give no valid option for those who like things that boys like

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-13

@smashbaals Jesus nor the apostles taught 2 or 3 and 1 and 4 applies to everyone. In fact Jesus said, “All those who take up the sword [or firearms] will perish by them” and “not by might nor by power but by My Spirit” (Zc 4:6) Paul writes that god...

@smashbaals Jesus nor the apostles taught 2 or 3 and 1 and 4 applies to everyone. In fact Jesus said, “All those who take up the sword [or firearms] will perish by them” and “not by might nor by powe

Zc 4:6 debate

@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

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Why are you speaking for me? What is it that I don’t know? Paul doesn’t claim to be a God hater but someone who was zealous as he thought this was a heretical sect growing in the Jewish faith. https://t.co/...

@AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo Why are you speaking for me? What is it that I don’t know? Paul doesn’t claim to be a God hater but someone who was zealous as he thought this was a heretic

@AletheiaHS @subq @ManassehRJones @immrbloo So you believe that Paul was a God h

@AletheiaHS @subq @ManassehRJones @immrbloo So you believe that Paul was a God hater?

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo Thanks for responding Manny. Paul w

@ManassehRJones @AletheiaHS @subq @immrbloo Thanks for responding Manny. Paul was deceived thinking that he was serving God by ridding the Jewish faith of a heretical sect growing within it. https://

@AletheiaHS @subq @ManassehRJones @immrbloo Faith doesn’t save, God saves. Paul

@AletheiaHS @subq @ManassehRJones @immrbloo Faith doesn’t save, God saves. Paul said that if Jesus wasn’t raised then our faith is in vain because it’s the object of my faith that matters. And if God

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-04

@flauridian Yes, a woman can refer to women generally but the context is how we decide whether there’s a specific woman or women in general. In this case, I’m arguing the context informs us there is a specific unnamed woman Paul has in mind. See if t...

@flauridian Yes, a woman can refer to women generally but the context is how we decide whether there’s a specific woman or women in general. In this case, I’m arguing the context informs us there is a

@ScottCross_8 @covapologetics That’s interesting. So his marriage covenant is “until death do us part” and scripture is clear that a widow(et) is free to remarry (Ro 7:2-3 applies to both), Paul even encouraging younger widows to remarry (1Ti 5:14), ...

@ScottCross_8 @covapologetics That’s interesting. So his marriage covenant is “until death do us part” and scripture is clear that a widow(et) is free to remarry (Ro 7:2-3 applies to both), Paul even

1Ti 5:14 Ro 7:2-3 debate

@subq @covapologetics He is overliteralizing the passage. Paul himself wasn’t ma

@subq @covapologetics He is overliteralizing the passage. Paul himself wasn’t married and would be DQ’d by his reading. So would Jesus! And so now I’m curious to find out how many Particular Baptist

@covapologetics Why are you saying I think being a ‘husband’ is irrelevant? I sa

@covapologetics Why are you saying I think being a ‘husband’ is irrelevant? I said that Paul’s idiom describes faithful if married and monogamous. You can be monogamous even if you are not married as

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Your view assumes gender is the key difference, but Paul’s focus is on character

Your view assumes gender is the key difference, but Paul’s focus is on character qualifications, not a categorical distinction. ‘Likewise’ strengthens inclusion, connecting women to deacons and mainta

If women were entirely excluded from church leadership or service roles, Paul co

If women were entirely excluded from church leadership or service roles, Paul could have specified it. Instead, ‘likewise’ supports the idea that women are included in the qualifications being discuss

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teac

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teaching of *correct* doctrine by anyone to anyone? The context is stopping false teaching. Also, he says male congregants s

1Ti 2:12 debate

Yes, male specific terms do not always include women. Yet you admit that they can include women depending on the context. That is in fact my argument here, that in the context and aligned with the neutral syntax, Paul is not making a male-specific re...

Yes, male specific terms do not always include women. Yet you admit that they can include women depending on the context. That is in fact my argument here, that in the context and aligned with the neu

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Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encou

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encouraging them to become disqualified from being elders and deacons? Paul says that those who are single have more time to

1Co 7:7-8 question

Paul acts as a bishop over multiple churches, writing them letters (multiple in

Paul acts as a bishop over multiple churches, writing them letters (multiple in several cases) and gets involved in everything a pastor would do. And the fact that you admit the apostle Peter is also

Paul was clearly both an apostle and an overseer. His letters are pastoral (esp 1Co, 2Co and Gal), he ministered in Ephesus for ~3 yrs (Ac 20:31). He was not there merely to plant a church and appoint elders, but spent significant time shepherding,...

Paul was clearly *both* an apostle and an overseer. His letters are pastoral (esp 1Co, 2Co and Gal), he ministered in Ephesus for ~3 yrs (Ac 20:31). He was not there merely to plant a church and appoi

Ac 20:31 debate

You are absolutely correct that while there is gender inclusive language, we cannot ignore any gender-specific qualifications and we have to read Paul carefully and precisely—this I have done as I am aiming to make sense of the syntax and all relevan...

You are absolutely correct that while there is gender inclusive language, we cannot ignore any gender-specific qualifications and we have to read Paul carefully and precisely—this I have done as I am

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then

As stated previously, if ἄνδρα can apply to any person in certain contexts, then given Paul’s gender-agnostic syntax in 1Ti 3 and Tit 1 and his own singleness, he is clearly not requiring marriage but

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

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Paul isn’t addressing the millennium in 1Co 15:23-26

@_jonbowlin @slow_down_Jess Paul isn’t addressing the millennium in 1Co 15:23-26⎯he’s addressing the resurrection.

1Co 15:23-26 general

@twitchypreacher It simply shows how a word used for male can be inclusive and g

@twitchypreacher It simply shows how a word used for male can be inclusive and given Paul isn’t married, married male is clearly inclusive of single men so this isn’t about being married or male.

@twitchypreacher Yet saying “must be a married male” would exclude Paul himself

@twitchypreacher Yet saying “must be a married male” would exclude Paul himself not to mention Jesus! And if you say that apostles have less requirements than elders, on what basis would such a claim

@covapologetics Hm. Your response seems pretty boilerplate. What refutation make

@covapologetics Hm. Your response seems pretty boilerplate. What refutation makes sense of Paul not using any male pronouns or not explicitly excluding women? Did you also read the following? https://

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic Where is an elder ever said to authentein anyone? The context is false teaching, not teaching truth. You are presuming that Paul isn’t allowing the teaching of truth but that contradict...

@Enigmaticx24479 @RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic Where is an elder ever said to authentein anyone? The context is false teaching, not teaching truth. You are presuming that Paul isn’t

Mt 28:18-20 debate