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@The_Wry_Griot @ADRoblesMedia Forcing unbelievers to be Christians is not the jo

@The_Wry_Griot @ADRoblesMedia Forcing unbelievers to be Christians is not the job of the church or state. God will deal with unbelievers.

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ himself. Overseers who have a lot of experience sho...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ hi

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger “Women, if they say that they can’t submit to the proper leadership of a man, are saying they can’t follow their saviour”⎯Frank Turek. Leadership simply means one who leads the way (by example) in following Ch...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger “Women, if they say that they can’t submit to the proper leadership of a man, are saying they can’t follow their saviour”⎯Frank Turek. Leadership simply means

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia The church is the only one who judges between the worship of God or not, even then, Christians don't judge the heart or motives of other professing believers. The state is not to act like the church. I...

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia The church is the only one who judges between the worship of God or not, even then, Christians don't judge the heart or motives of other professing belie

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@Christ_Polygyny @BibleBashed More head in the patriarchy sand. Are you one of those fans of Gothard’s umbrellas within the umbrellas that do nothing? What the Bible says: “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all th...

@Christ_Polygyny @BibleBashed More head in the patriarchy sand. Are you one of those fans of Gothard’s umbrellas within the umbrellas that do nothing? What the Bible says: “For physical training is

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@Christ_Polygyny @BibleBashed Courage is a thoroughly human virtue and doesn’t depend on or require physical strength in most instances. Speaking and standing up for someone or doing what’s right and bearing the personal cost is just one of the many...

@Christ_Polygyny @BibleBashed Courage is a thoroughly human virtue and doesn’t depend on or require physical strength in most instances. Speaking and standing up for someone or doing what’s right and

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl While I am egalitarian, I also disagree with Keener on his insistence that Peter is suggesting that Christian marriages should comply with every human institution including husbands being the lord over their wives. ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl While I am egalitarian, I also disagree with Keener on his insistence that Peter is suggesting that Christian marriages should comply with every human institution in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

This is the fruit of a husband who exists to be served rather than to serve, who thinks that he doesn't have to obey the instruction "subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ" (Eph 5:21). “But Jesus called them to Himself and said, 'Y...

This is the fruit of a husband who exists to be served rather than to serve, who thinks that he doesn't have to obey the instruction "subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ" (Eph 5:21

Eph 5:21 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@smashbaals Christ will rule at the second advent. He will reign on the throne of David from Jerusalem. In the mean time, "…I [Paul] urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people, for kings and all who ...

@smashbaals Christ will rule at the second advent. He will reign on the throne of David from Jerusalem. In the mean time, "…I [Paul] urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be ma

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@woodsywomxn The woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man. Paul’s comment about women submitting to their husbands does not negate the instruction that all are to submit to one another in Eph 5:21 in the fear of Christ—that includes husba...

@woodsywomxn The woman is both the glory of God and the glory of man. Paul’s comment about women submitting to their husbands does not negate the instruction that all are to submit to one another in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@sparkobuzzer @DriverXag @ZacharyGarris This passage is such a strong corrective of the complementarian position because if women are also sons then why do they treat them as though they are not going to rule and reign with Christ one day? Are they ...

@sparkobuzzer @DriverXag @ZacharyGarris This passage is such a strong corrective of the complementarian position because if women are also sons then why do they treat them as though they are not going

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christians. Secondary ones are those that are debatable th...

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christian

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I appreciate you enc

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I appreciate you encouraging me to read my Bible. It just doesn’t move our conversation forward.

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Why use the word hea

@Pathfinder4545 @pastherandie @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Why use the word head? The husband loves and leads. Yes, but does this mean the wife doesn’t love? Clearly not. The same reason why she

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve The question is what does the text mean by head, because Paul sees Adam as the head of Eve. Kephale has a range of meaning and the meaning intended is understood by the context. In this, t...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve The question is what does the text mean by head, because Paul sees Adam as the head of Eve. Kephale has a range of meaning and the meaning

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@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reason Paul refers to the creation order is not becaus...

@pastherandie @Pathfinder4545 @ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve Yes! And from Adam’s own flesh making her literally part of his own body (which is why marriage is considered a one flesh union). The reas

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals Where does the great commission exclude women from obeying all the commands Christ gave His apostles? Also⎯suggesting someone has to communicate without speaking was a way to see what your problem is with women. Then lik...

@Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals Where does the great commission exclude women from obeying all the commands Christ gave His apostles? Also⎯suggesting someone has to communicate without speaking was a way

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I actually don't think this, but many complementarians see this as the role of the "head" of the marriage and church. For context, I am an engineer and both lead and serve an individual contributor role on projects at a...

@ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I actually don't think this, but many complementarians see this as the role of the "head" of the marriage and church. For context, I am an engineer and both lead and ser

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@GodandQountry What part of verse 21 says that males are excluded from this inst

@GodandQountry What part of verse 21 says that males are excluded from this instruction from Paul? How is this instruction not mutual? And you should be paying attention as he says we are to do it "

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Asking for the word “role” is not a poor argument. It is an appropriate question, especially since you claim that this is what the passage is all about. Is a man to have the “role” o...

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Asking for the word “role” is not a poor argument. It is an appropriate question, especially since you claim that this is what the pa

1 Tim 2:1 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Tom! What are you doing? Paul says we are to emulate Christ who subjected Himself to being made in flesh like us to serve us even to death on a cross. The admonition is to go and d...

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Tom! What are you doing? Paul says we are to emulate Christ who subjected Himself to being made in flesh like us to serve us even t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I am not advo

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I am not advocating non-Christian doctrine. BTW, Ron Henzel really likes charts with Greek on them. I just need some time to get ba

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-28

@Deigratia1985 @MikeWingerii @SimonReye @hashim_warren @Duke456521 You are making up your own definition. A heresy is a false teaching. Everyone who teaches is likely teaching something that’s false. However, a heretic (outside of the Christian fa...

@Deigratia1985 @MikeWingerii @SimonReye @hashim_warren @Duke456521 You are making up your own definition. A heresy is a false teaching. Everyone who teaches is likely teaching something that’s false

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam Earlier in the same verse, Paul says "But if they do not have self control..." Self control is a fruit of the Spirit. These carnal Christians who are still being controlled by the flesh would be better to be married than ...

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam Earlier in the same verse, Paul says "But if they do not have self control..." Self control is a fruit of the Spirit. These carnal Christians who are still being controlle

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam In the context of husbands and wives being in a sort of master-slave relationship, women being treated like property, there was a common issue here that Paul was addressing in his corrective. The wives were ob...

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam In the context of husbands and wives being in a sort of master-slave relationship, women being treated like property, there was a common issue here that Paul wa

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam Christ is the kephale of “every” man. E

@ich1ban123456 @psalm119164 @ymmotrojam Christ is the kephale of “every” man. Every man meaning every human. The source of every human. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

@ZacharyGarris @JohnnyABenson I am an egalitarian. I believe in mutual submission one to another in the body of Christ (which means wives to husbands and husbands to wives, congregants to pastors and pastors to congregants). Women are not restricte...

@ZacharyGarris @JohnnyABenson I am an egalitarian. I believe in mutual submission one to another in the body of Christ (which means wives to husbands and husbands to wives, congregants to pastors and

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@ronhenzel @Allbald2 @ZacharyGarris Ephesians 5:21 (NASB) and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. “To one another” is a reciprocal pronoun. See the Greek grammar below: The "reciprocal pronoun" is as follows: The New Testament, partic...

@ronhenzel @Allbald2 @ZacharyGarris Ephesians 5:21 (NASB) and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. “To one another” is a reciprocal pronoun. See the Greek grammar below: The "reciprocal

Ephesians 5:21 general

@ZacharyGarris This is not true. After considerable study and reflection, I believe I am following the scripture accurately by being egalitarian. I’m telling Christians how I believe the scripture is consistent with this view and how one is not vio...

@ZacharyGarris This is not true. After considerable study and reflection, I believe I am following the scripture accurately by being egalitarian. I’m telling Christians how I believe the scripture i

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam They can teach or preach in whatever capacity their gifting allows them to. What they cannot do is teach false doctrine which leads away from faith in Christ's work alone which is what the woman in Ephesus was doing. I'm ...

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam They can teach or preach in whatever capacity their gifting allows them to. What they cannot do is teach false doctrine which leads away from faith in Christ's work alone w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-25

@t_mo_land @jdenehar Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the bfear of Christ." This includes husbands subjecting themselves to their wives and pastors to their congregants. The Biblical call is mutual subjection, so whatever the...

@t_mo_land @jdenehar Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the bfear of Christ." This includes husbands subjecting themselves to their wives and pastors to their congregants. The B

Eph 5:21 commentary

This is an important point about authority in the Christian faith. 👇 https://t.c

This is an important point about authority in the Christian faith. 👇 https://t.co/vZivk8rTeh

@3HillsMinor You appear to have a problem with reading in context. You cannot i

@3HillsMinor You appear to have a problem with reading in context. You cannot ignore Eph 5:21: “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” Whatever Paul says later cannot contradi

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Eph 5:21 is pretty clear too: “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” We submit to one another. I’ve lived this way for decades of my marriage. You should try it—it work...

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Eph 5:21 is pretty clear too: “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.” We submit to one another. I’ve lived this way for

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I never said wives shouldn’t submit to their husbands, only that husbands also should submit to their wives (mutual submission): “and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.”...

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I never said wives shouldn’t submit to their husbands, only that husbands also should submit to their wives (mutual submission): “and subject you

@Christopherf6K Where is the term “role” ever mentioned in the Greek? Where does it say “leaders must not be females?” The clarity on gender restrictions in leadership is not given as you assume. Further, testifying to what Jesus previously said a...

@Christopherf6K Where is the term “role” ever mentioned in the Greek? Where does it say “leaders must not be females?” The clarity on gender restrictions in leadership is not given as you assume. F

@AlvinOchola @MikeWingerii @hashim_warren So pastors only submit to pastors? Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." This obviously doesn’t mean be obedient to, but to willingly subject yourself under another. ...

@AlvinOchola @MikeWingerii @hashim_warren So pastors only submit to pastors? Eph 5:21 says "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." This obviously doesn’t mean be obedient to,

@ChristVictorous An elder is simply someone who has exemplary and proven godly character, is able to handle the Word rightly, is capable of teaching, patient when contradicted, able to deal gently with those who contradict and correct false teaching,...

@ChristVictorous An elder is simply someone who has exemplary and proven godly character, is able to handle the Word rightly, is capable of teaching, patient when contradicted, able to deal gently wit

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called ‘teachers,’ for...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is i

Matt 23:8-10 debate

@ich1ban123456 @sailemptyskies @B_Christs_Amb The truth of the resurrection is surely a doctrine we must believe; it is fundamental to the Christian faith! Doctrine is truth and simply refers to the teachings of Christ. We see no specific person (a...

@ich1ban123456 @sailemptyskies @B_Christs_Amb The truth of the resurrection is surely a doctrine we must believe; it is fundamental to the Christian faith! Doctrine is truth and simply refers to the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

"and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." (Eph 5:21) Do pa

"and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." (Eph 5:21) Do pastors have to follow this as well? Do they subject themselves to others in their congregation “in the fear of Christ”?

Eph 5:21 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-22

@ReformedDoc @Guitardo7 @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @717edu @StevenUllmer @JasonTimerson @Chad4328 You are assuming that Jesus’ sacrifice saves through God’s decision of who to apply salvation to. That’s not how the Bible describes salvation. The only...

@ReformedDoc @Guitardo7 @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @717edu @StevenUllmer @JasonTimerson @Chad4328 You are assuming that Jesus’ sacrifice saves through God’s decision of who to apply salvation to. That’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@scorpion_bird @ChristnNitemare That makes no sense. And that’s not what Paul i

@scorpion_bird @ChristnNitemare That makes no sense. And that’s not what Paul is teaching either. https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-20

@renoomokri However, in that passage, Paul was actually quoting from the letter

@renoomokri However, in that passage, Paul was actually quoting from the letter the Corinthians’ prior letter and rebuking those silencing half the body of Christ. You are mistaken. https://t.co/WHlr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-19

@DezGroves “Christianity” doesn’t hate women. There have always been those who

@DezGroves “Christianity” doesn’t hate women. There have always been those who propagate false teaching in the church. The key is to read your Bible and discern the truth.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-18

@Peparethus @smashbaals Unfortunately those quotes are accurate and a blight on these leaders who seemed to be either ignorant or deceived about what the Bible taught about ethnic Jews. Taking Christendom as a whole represented by these leaders is n...

@Peparethus @smashbaals Unfortunately those quotes are accurate and a blight on these leaders who seemed to be either ignorant or deceived about what the Bible taught about ethnic Jews. Taking Christ

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-16

There are some that say that Saul (later known as Paul) hated Jesus and this is why he was persecuting and killing Christians. However, this is a false claim that is not supported by the details of the account and what Paul reveals about his intenti...

There are some that say that Saul (later known as Paul) hated Jesus and this is why he was persecuting and killing Christians. However, this is a false claim that is not supported by the details of t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-15

There’s a very strange and concerning movement suggesting another crusade. Is a

There’s a very strange and concerning movement suggesting another crusade. Is a postmill/amill view contributing to this? There is also a hyper focus on physical strength for Christian pastors. I f

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-14

New Testament Resurrections Events The Bible outlines a chronology of resurrect

New Testament Resurrections Events The Bible outlines a chronology of resurrection events, from the time of Christ to the end times. How many separate resurrection events can you identify in this ti

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-14

@BenZeisloft I guess Jesus and the apostles were not Christian Nationalists then

@BenZeisloft I guess Jesus and the apostles were not Christian Nationalists then.