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@Bedech_ The scripture is clearly with me concerning Deborah. You just don’t hav

@Bedech_ The scripture is clearly with me concerning Deborah. You just don’t have the guts to admit it.

@pbcmike98 The equality of the persons of God, the existence of Christ before the incarnation, that they all share the same attributes and that you have to believe that Jesus is God and honor Him as you honor the Father is very clear in scripture. T...

@pbcmike98 The equality of the persons of God, the existence of Christ before the incarnation, that they all share the same attributes and that you have to believe that Jesus is God and honor Him as y

@MERC_OCULAR @laurie_guilbeau @RoCa74394915 Lilith comes from Jewish myths which are not part of scripture and which we should avoid. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship ...

@MERC_OCULAR @laurie_guilbeau @RoCa74394915 Lilith comes from Jewish myths which are not part of scripture and which we should avoid. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which

1Ti 1:4 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@missnic06 There are scriptures that refer to these kinds of Jewish myths and tells us not to follow them. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith” ...

@missnic06 There are scriptures that refer to these kinds of Jewish myths and tells us not to follow them. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rathe

1Ti 1:4 general

@DST_QA @Crystalisives If you consider a leader as one who goes before us then yes. If you consider Christ as an authority over His bride, I’d like you to show me where this is stated in scripture. Of course God is our authority and Jesus is God, so ...

@DST_QA @Crystalisives If you consider a leader as one who goes before us then yes. If you consider Christ as an authority over His bride, I’d like you to show me where this is stated in scripture. Of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

The only slippery slope is when you ignore or rebel against what you believe scr

The only slippery slope is when you ignore or rebel against what you believe scripture is clearly teaching or say that Paul didn’t write scripture. Paul clearly didn’t exclude women pastors. https://

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-03

@travispatriarch @LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 First: I am very frie

@travispatriarch @LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 First: I am very friendly, so you don't have to worry about that. Second, I am not advocating to violate any scripture for either men or wome

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-02

@Brandon27614871 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Yes, and many thought similar t

@Brandon27614871 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Yes, and many thought similar to him. But Luther is not writing scripture and his suggestion women had to veil to show subjection to their husbands is

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-30

@TarienCole @EnoughLight Jews were given the scriptures and responsibility first

@TarienCole @EnoughLight Jews were given the scriptures and responsibility first; this does not make them over Gentile believers. Jesus is the second Adam and the first Adam is not over Jesus.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-29

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is it so far fetched that a conservative could believe that a godly woman could teach true doctrine or pastor a church based on a careful reading of scripture? Question: 1Co 11:14-15—does “nature” teach you that ...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is it so far fetched that a conservative could believe that a godly woman could teach true doctrine or pastor a church based on a careful reading of scripture? Qu

1Co 11:14-15 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-29

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, any chance…even 1%…that you might have

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, any chance…even 1%…that you might have misread these scriptures?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@KatieWollan2 @ryancduff The question is not why a woman can be a pastor but why she cannot be one. The scripture doesn't forbid women from serving in this capacity. Further, the idea of having a spiritual covering in her husband comes from a misread...

@KatieWollan2 @ryancduff The question is not why a woman can be a pastor but why she cannot be one. The scripture doesn't forbid women from serving in this capacity. Further, the idea of having a spir

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Just because I believe scripture doesn't forbid godly women from teaching or pastoral ministry doesn't mean that women don't mess up like men. Maybe if men supported women who were gifted and had the desire to serve in this c...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Just because I believe scripture doesn't forbid godly women from teaching or pastoral ministry doesn't mean that women don't mess up like men. Maybe if men supported women who

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Sorry, where does scripture say that a wife should obey

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Sorry, where does scripture say that a wife should obey her husband? Is she a child or a slave?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, I’m completely sober. I am not a theologian of sata

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, I’m completely sober. I am not a theologian of satan. Lilith is not in scripture.

@sake_heavens @sailemptyskies @lilyswaller Is there any scripture which represen

@sake_heavens @sailemptyskies @lilyswaller Is there any scripture which represents Adam and Eve that way?

@lilyswaller You are right to ask questions like this. The scriptures indicate t

@lilyswaller You are right to ask questions like this. The scriptures indicate that the time order of creation has something to do with one being deceived and the other not. Targeting the one that can

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Ron, you know that this is not what I think as I have g

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Ron, you know that this is not what I think as I have given a thorough exegesis on the passages you so confidently assume restrict women. Please show me where scripture says t

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Note: I’m not saying that your church needs to become e

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Note: I’m not saying that your church needs to become egalitarian either as that would go against your conscience and convictions about scripture.

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley What if they believe scripture teaches differently than

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley What if they believe scripture teaches differently than you do in this area? Can they not continue following their convictions as my church is?

@GetoD6812 Yes. And I’m not “lefttoid”—I believe scripture is inspired in all th

@GetoD6812 Yes. And I’m not “lefttoid”—I believe scripture is inspired in all that it says including the grammar and specific word choices.

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Ron, take off your patriarchy glasses so you can see the context of each of those passages clearly. At minimum, engaging with those who take scripture seriously but disagree with you based on Biblical precedent should give you...

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Ron, take off your patriarchy glasses so you can see the context of each of those passages clearly. At minimum, engaging with those who take scripture seriously but disagree wi

@ronhenzel All you have shown is that liberalism also rejects patriarchy. Egali

@ronhenzel All you have shown is that liberalism also rejects patriarchy. Egalitarian views are not themselves the “gateway drug”—rather, a liberal handling of scripture that says “X is the clear tea

@ronhenzel This is not necessarily true. As an egalitarian, I believe I am following inspired scripture more closely than when I was a comp. That said, if the belief is that the Bible is clearly against women in leadership and one purposely goes aga...

@ronhenzel This is not necessarily true. As an egalitarian, I believe I am following inspired scripture more closely than when I was a comp. That said, if the belief is that the Bible is clearly agai

@USNVetDad @DoulosDean68 Did you not notice that the same verse you used to show

@USNVetDad @DoulosDean68 Did you not notice that the same verse you used to show that racial segregation has no basis in scripture also says “no male and female”?

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii Yes, you’ve learned something from someon

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii Yes, you’ve learned something from someone else. Not from scripture.

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii Don’t force your conscience from a poor r

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii Don’t force your conscience from a poor reading of scripture on others.

@StanfieldBrent1 @ronhenzel Quite the silly question. Of course scripture is tru

@StanfieldBrent1 @ronhenzel Quite the silly question. Of course scripture is true, and yes this is referring to Jesus, the one whom revealed Himself to man in the form of a man walking in the garden a

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii This idea is a purely a work of the ficti

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii This idea is a purely a work of the fiction of your mind and tradition. It is no more true than the idea that a pastor cannot be a Gentile or a black man or a sl

@TruthTellinMan @TulipPatriot Where do you think it makes the most sense for the city to come down upon given that the scriptures say that Jesus will be installed on the throne of David? “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High....

@TruthTellinMan @TulipPatriot Where do you think it makes the most sense for the city to come down upon given that the scriptures say that Jesus will be installed on the throne of David? “He will be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-11

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Yes. The tendency is to look at clear scriptures which seem to include women even at the highest levels having authority over men, teaching men, etc., but then a few passages later which seem to contradict or have some de...

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii Yes. The tendency is to look at clear scriptures which seem to include women even at the highest levels having authority over men, teaching men, etc., but then a few passa

@pastherandie @lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii And Hawk, please show me one place in

@pastherandie @lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii And Hawk, please show me one place in scripture where a godly woman teaching truth to men or shepherding people (including males) is ever called a sin.

@peace_got @MikeWingerii So for you, you feel guilty listening to a godly woman

@peace_got @MikeWingerii So for you, you feel guilty listening to a godly woman preach the truth of scripture such that you feel like you are sinning and need to repent yourself?

@StevenMKestner @MikeWingerii But I believe this on the basis of scripture and t

@StevenMKestner @MikeWingerii But I believe this on the basis of scripture and that scripture does not exclude or prohibit someone on the basis of their biology but on their soundness in the faith, th

"Thank you for refusing to proclaim, with any authority, less or more than what Scripture says."⎯@MikeWingerii Something you yourself might want to consider related to your call for egalitarians to repent of the teaching and others to loudly leave t...

"Thank you for refusing to proclaim, with any authority, less or more than what Scripture says."⎯@MikeWingerii Something you yourself might want to consider related to your call for egalitarians to r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-06

@CherylSchatz @DougLundy7 @jamesdpeavy @salvationarmy Agreed. I don’t understand

@CherylSchatz @DougLundy7 @jamesdpeavy @salvationarmy Agreed. I don’t understand how they can purely spiritualize what are clear physical acts in scripture though they are correct that these are not r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-02

@kennyinnes @ronhenzel Exactly. And without a single command in scripture as to

@kennyinnes @ronhenzel Exactly. And without a single command in scripture as to when we are to disregard the commands Paul gives to eagerly desire to prophecy and to not forbid tongues, cessationists

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-02

@JohnsdeSBaptist @Just_A_Man67 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii What most think is c

@JohnsdeSBaptist @Just_A_Man67 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii What most think is clear scripture on forbidding women is just your reading your tradition into the text. Scratch an inch below the surface

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-02

@UrMomChoseLife @GyolaNevada @MikeWingerii If in fact they ignored clear scriptu

@UrMomChoseLife @GyolaNevada @MikeWingerii If in fact they ignored clear scripture to get there, I understand that sentiment. However, what you say is “clear” is actually just your tradition that you

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@Whitehorse1255 @ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Sounds like a great story about Edwards. However, shouldn’t we just do what scripture says? Communion is both a unifying meal and a gospel proclam...

@Whitehorse1255 @ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Sounds like a great story about Edwards. However, shouldn’t we just do what scripture says? Comm

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say that elders are to rule? Oversight, guidance, serving the body by teaching and preaching, gently correcting and guiding are not ruling. R...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say that elders are to rule? Oversight, guidance, serving the body by teaching and preachin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@FreeAme19691836 @subq @MikeWingerii Sounds good, Russell. The great commission is to make disciples and teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded his disciples. That doesn’t preclude dealing with divisive issues and helping people to know what s...

@FreeAme19691836 @subq @MikeWingerii Sounds good, Russell. The great commission is to make disciples and teach them to obey everything Jesus commanded his disciples. That doesn’t preclude dealing with

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@marcelciencia @smashbaals I believe all scripture is inspired and useful for...

@marcelciencia @smashbaals I believe all scripture is inspired and useful for...every good work. I'm not picking and choosing. What on earth are you talking about?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@pastherandie @ymmotrojam @914Ann @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals Well, no, it’

@pastherandie @ymmotrojam @914Ann @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals Well, no, it’s just all these made up yard sticks that get defined by men who try their best to obey commands that the scripture isn’

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@pastherandie @ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals I don’t blame Ron and Tom for trying hard to find a way for the complementarian view to fit scripture. Hopefully one day they will see more clearly. Unfortunately, men don’t have a lot of mot...

@pastherandie @ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals I don’t blame Ron and Tom for trying hard to find a way for the complementarian view to fit scripture. Hopefully one day they will see more c

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-26

@freemarketeer1 @DustyMayT @MikeWingerii What is a gross mischaracterization? Women are to be subordinate in the church in that if they feel called to teach (the authoritative scripture) or serve as a pastor, they have to remain subordinate to men (i...

@freemarketeer1 @DustyMayT @MikeWingerii What is a gross mischaracterization? Women are to be subordinate in the church in that if they feel called to teach (the authoritative scripture) or serve as a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-24

@TheMuppetPastor @ryancduff @ScottCross_8 @GinaACleveland You don’t evaluate som

@TheMuppetPastor @ryancduff @ScottCross_8 @GinaACleveland You don’t evaluate something by your experience; you evaluate it by scripture.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@ryanh71879 Not sure I understand where you were going with that last statement

@ryanh71879 Not sure I understand where you were going with that last statement but I agree with you. I believe the scriptures but not the nonsense from this post I was criticizing.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-23

@ThomasA28460230 Hm. I’ve already carefully studied the scripture. Lots of peopl

@ThomasA28460230 Hm. I’ve already carefully studied the scripture. Lots of people offering corrections. How about pick 1? Not a fan of DMs. I want things to be public.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-22

@RyanMessano Huh? Lukewarm? Because I disagree with you on the basis of scripture itself? A godly women who speaks true doctrine, teaches it or pastors is not in rebellion to God. You cannot make up prohibitions. Prohibiting things that God doesn't p...

@RyanMessano Huh? Lukewarm? Because I disagree with you on the basis of scripture itself? A godly women who speaks true doctrine, teaches it or pastors is not in rebellion to God. You cannot make up p