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@rightresponsem Or maybe it was just Eve because she was created last and didn’t

@rightresponsem Or maybe it was just Eve because she was created last and didn’t observe God create anything and so she got tricked. Then there’s that point Paul made that the whole church might be d

2Co 11:3 general

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Are you trying to refute me by filling my screen up? Another filibustering tactic (your word)? Jesus never said that a woman cannot be an apostle (clearly Junia was one and arguably Pr...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Are you trying to refute me by filling my screen up? Another filibustering tactic (your word)? Jesus never said that a woman cannot be

@ROM_12_2 @Eric_Conn You seem like a great guy and it’s great to see you enjoy your job. However, no matter how rare it would be for a woman to take a physical job like that, it is possible and I have seen it. I don’t think that anyone should have a...

@ROM_12_2 @Eric_Conn You seem like a great guy and it’s great to see you enjoy your job. However, no matter how rare it would be for a woman to take a physical job like that, it is possible and I have

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Paul’s teaching in 1Ti 2:11-15 are specific to a wife teaching false doctrine and a husband who is informed but silent—likely an elder who refuses to stop the false teaching b/c it’s hi...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Paul’s teaching in 1Ti 2:11-15 are specific to a wife teaching false doctrine and a husband who is informed but silent—likely an elder

1Ti 2:11-15 debate

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The “they” can’

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning The “they” can’t refer to Adam and Eve as they are dead and can do nothing in the present. So you then have Paul referring to everyone

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning You are making this up since Eve is never said to authentein Adam (and the LXX is the Greek OT). She didn’t even speak to Adam or teach him in the text of Genesis 3. That Adam is prophe...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning You are making this up since Eve is never said to authentein Adam (and the LXX is the Greek OT). She didn’t even speak to Adam or teach

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Where does scripture ever say that Eve was authentein over Adam? Check the LXX if you must. She doesn’t even talk to Adam, only the serpent! Also, God doesn’t curse the man nor th...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Where does scripture ever say that Eve was authentein over Adam? Check the LXX if you must. She doesn’t even talk to Adam, only th

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Regarding your argument, you assume that God’s selective revelation contradicts His universal salvific will. However, in Acts 17:26-27, Paul states that God determined the times and pla...

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Regarding your argument, you assume that God’s selective revelation contradicts His universal salvific will. However, in Acts 17:26-27,

Acts 17:26-27 debate

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning I am not a fals

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning I am not a false teacher because I disagree with you on something non essential to the faith. And I do not believe that faith is a work

@tinytomahawk @Eric_Conn That isn’t “must be a man” or “must not be a woman”—if it means male then by the same argument it must mean must be married and v4 must mean 2 or more children who are all old enough to believe. Paul himself wouldn’t be quali...

@tinytomahawk @Eric_Conn That isn’t “must be a man” or “must not be a woman”—if it means male then by the same argument it must mean must be married and v4 must mean 2 or more children who are all old

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@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Is that th

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Is that the best you’ve got? 12 Jewish male apostles yet you don’t believe all pastors have to be Jewish, right?

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning To the peril of

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning To the peril of my soul because I believe scripture doesn't forbid a woman from teaching true doctrine to men? Who is adding to God's

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@EstablishingMan @Eric_Conn The first qualification is being a man? 1Ti 3:1 uses τὶς (anyone, someone) which is not clearly male only. 1Ti 3:2 does say “one wife husband” but seems to be clearly used as an idiom as even Paul himself wasn’t married. N...

@EstablishingMan @Eric_Conn The first qualification is being a man? 1Ti 3:1 uses τὶς (anyone, someone) which is not clearly male only. 1Ti 3:2 does say “one wife husband” but seems to be clearly used

1Ti 3:1 1Ti 3:2 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@paulogia0 Do you believe that God is a figment of my imagination? Is my claim t

@paulogia0 Do you believe that God is a figment of my imagination? Is my claim to know what you believe pretty close?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-10

@TheHustleCritic @MikeWingerii A lot has to do with pastors dominating and not t

@TheHustleCritic @MikeWingerii A lot has to do with pastors dominating and not truly shepherding and helping others develop in their gifting.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@ncksmith @MikeWingerii Mike could have cleared everything up by saying “I’m not

@ncksmith @MikeWingerii Mike could have cleared everything up by saying “I’m not calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent, but just those who make false claims about complementarians.”

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii Believing that you are faithfully following scripture is not rebellion! When you make every disagreement a matter of rebellion, you just get a fractured church with denominational explosion. We have to stick to the primary ...

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii Believing that you are faithfully following scripture is not rebellion! When you make every disagreement a matter of rebellion, you just get a fractured church with denomina

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in marriage. I’m not calling Mike to repent of sprea...

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii No. He made the spreading of the teaching a primary matter. To him it is the teaching itself that leads to harm against his view of church leadership and gender hierarchy in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

My Q1 & Ron's post 2/8: Paul's purpose⎯1Ti 3:14-15 instead of 1Ti 1:3 ? "If you leave out everything leading up to 'charge certain persons' (or 'instruct certain people') it’s easier to twist this verse into a general statement about the epistle...

My Q1 & Ron's post 2/8: Paul's purpose⎯1Ti 3:14-15 instead of 1Ti 1:3 ? "If you leave out everything leading up to 'charge certain persons' (or 'instruct certain people') it’s easier to twist thi

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 3:14-15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@KevinCanale24 @JRowley11 I have never heard asking questions a "poison gas cloud"! How is it indefensible? Ron Henzel took a stab and answered each one of my questions. So it's not indefensible. Of course I feel I have answers to those questions, b...

@KevinCanale24 @JRowley11 I have never heard asking questions a "poison gas cloud"! How is it indefensible? Ron Henzel took a stab and answered each one of my questions. So it's not indefensible. Of

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Never mind the modern titles—they are made up.

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Never mind the modern titles—they are made up. The question is what does scripture teach related to pastors and whether there are gender-based restrictions.

@Shatterhan74807 @smashbaals Actually, I believe that is a common misreading of Paul’s intention. Because if he meant “must be male” by his phrasing, then he must also mean “must be married and have two or more children who believe” meaning that not ...

@Shatterhan74807 @smashbaals Actually, I believe that is a common misreading of Paul’s intention. Because if he meant “must be male” by his phrasing, then he must also mean “must be married and have t

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals No I never said it is less than other scrip

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals No I never said it is less than other scripture! I said exactly what it says “to Timothy” (1Ti 1:2). We can learn from it. But why didn’t Paul say “to the church a

1Ti 1:2 debate

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is wh

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is what some believe means to “exercise authority over” someone. This is the only place it is used in the Bible. Why isn’t it

1Ti 2:12 debate

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Not twisting anything. Actually, I’m just untwisting what others have pretzeled in their heads. Paul never forbade anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Scripture is authoritative, not the 2x2 box in the middle o...

@Keith83361 @UndeadOrlan @smashbaals Not twisting anything. Actually, I’m just untwisting what others have pretzeled in their heads. Paul never forbade anyone from teaching truth to anyone. Scripture

@smashbaals Well, I can think of one. To prove to men that they can learn and t

@smashbaals Well, I can think of one. To prove to men that they can learn and that they can teach truth since the apostle Paul did not *ever* forbid the teaching of the truth by anyone to anyone.

@CKron421 @smashbaals When Paul just used the plural and then shifts to the singular, you ought to be asking yourself why. Then when he refers to “the woman” (definite singular) in v14 which cannot be Eve because v15 says “she will be saved (future)…...

@CKron421 @smashbaals When Paul just used the plural and then shifts to the singular, you ought to be asking yourself why. Then when he refers to “the woman” (definite singular) in v14 which cannot be

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@JRowley11 @StothersRyan Ok, but Paul doesn’t reveal a standard that runs direct

@JRowley11 @StothersRyan Ok, but Paul doesn’t reveal a standard that runs directly contrary to egalitarianism. Where are you getting this from? 1Ti 2:12?? If that’s the case, maybe you can answer som

1Ti 2:12 debate

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals All 3 of those things⎯infant baptism, baptismal regeneration and a representation of the literal sacrifice in the 'eucharist' are all provably false teachings by what we have in scripture. Whatever they held ...

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals All 3 of those things⎯infant baptism, baptismal regeneration and a representation of the literal sacrifice in the 'eucharist' are all provably false teachings

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals Nothing in the Roman Catholic teaching

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals Nothing in the Roman Catholic teachings contradicts the scriptures? That's what every cult says...JWs, LDS, etc. They all say that their teaching is the most

@DavidGalle94823 @smashbaals Sorry typo. Scripture is completely sufficient for

@DavidGalle94823 @smashbaals Sorry typo. Scripture is completely sufficient for every good work (2Ti 3:16). Why doesn’t Paul refer to scripture and unwritten traditions? He simply says "all scripture

2Ti 3:16 question

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals Also, Paul thinks that an entire church could be deceived like Eve (see 2Co 11:3). This shows unequivocally that both men and women can be deceived in the same way as Paul did not differentiate that it was only t...

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals Also, Paul thinks that an entire church could be deceived like Eve (see 2Co 11:3). This shows unequivocally that both men and women can be deceived in the same wa

2Co 11:3 general

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals I agree that God doesn't change. However, there is no such God appointed gender-roles in creation. Gen 1:28 says that both are to rule and contains imperatives (commands) to both of them. There is no command in ...

@CaptainDavidA @rigginout @smashbaals I agree that God doesn't change. However, there is no such God appointed gender-roles in creation. Gen 1:28 says that both are to rule and contains imperatives (c

Ge 3:16 Gen 1:28 debate

@DavidGalle94823 @smashbaals Scripture is completely sufficient for every good w

@DavidGalle94823 @smashbaals Scripture is completely sufficient for every good work (2Ti 3:16). Why doesn’t Paul refer to scripture and you written and differing traditions?

2Ti 3:16 question

@smashbaals Smash reminds me of how the early Jewish leaders persecuted true bel

@smashbaals Smash reminds me of how the early Jewish leaders persecuted true believers. Good grief! This is not something that should divide people. And Smash, do a better job of reading your Bible!

@ronhenzel @NSReicher No, he made several statements you conflate: ❌"...it's because he doesn't like the answers." ✔️+❌"Bible's really clear on these issues." ⎯ I see it clearly now, but it wasn't at first. ✔️"Thousands have...come to the same conclu...

@ronhenzel @NSReicher No, he made several statements you conflate: ❌"...it's because he doesn't like the answers." ✔️+❌"Bible's really clear on these issues." ⎯ I see it clearly now, but it wasn't at

@DanNewcomb1 @ronhenzel I'm not arguing from the perspective of the world. I'm arguing from the perspective of God's intention for His church against the way the world and particularly religions including the Christian church has operated for a very ...

@DanNewcomb1 @ronhenzel I'm not arguing from the perspective of the world. I'm arguing from the perspective of God's intention for His church against the way the world and particularly religions inclu

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and its meaning is defined by the context in how Paul...

@CovenantReform2 @ronhenzel I believe every word of scripture. You are falsely accusing me of lying. The word in 1Co 11:3 is kephale which means head. The word is different than authority or boss and

1Co 11:3 debate

@CovenantReform2 @jdleggcan @Peacemaker811 I 💯 believe the Bible… Every. Single.

@CovenantReform2 @jdleggcan @Peacemaker811 I 💯 believe the Bible… Every. Single. Word.

@CovenantReform2 I’m not trying to gut Ro 9:13 of its intended meaning. I’m simp

@CovenantReform2 I’m not trying to gut Ro 9:13 of its intended meaning. I’m simply asking a question to get people to think of what meaning would make it not contradict other scripture. I believe the

Ro 9:13 general

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, you are correct. Many false prophets do exactly this. Prophets carried the death penalty for false prophecy because of this. When God inspires someone to write scripture, it is self-evident, internally consistent, and no...

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, you are correct. Many false prophets do exactly this. Prophets carried the death penalty for false prophecy because of this. When God inspires someone to write scripture,

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage always maps back to the first marriage, so we say...

@EManFleming While it is true that man is the glory of God, the woman is also the glory of God since she is the same flesh as man. But the woman (ie. Eve) is also the glory of man (ie. Adam). Marriage

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head (ie. source) of Christ’s body. Nothing to do with...

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head

@EManFleming When God said to Adam “because you listened to the voice of your

@EManFleming When God said to Adam “because you listened to the *voice* of your wife” God was stating that Adam was not unaware of the conversation. She never spoke to Adam, but to the serpent. Yet Ad

@Jskellinton78 I still don’t know what that means. You are just making statements. I’m backing up my view with a careful exegesis of scripture. Where is one human to rule over another ever the intention of Ge 1:28? Both the man and the woman are to ...

@Jskellinton78 I still don’t know what that means. You are just making statements. I’m backing up my view with a careful exegesis of scripture. Where is one human to rule over another ever the intent

Ge 1:28 commentary

@avyargo Asking serious questions of the text and taking every word and contextu

@avyargo Asking serious questions of the text and taking every word and contextual detail seriously is “mental gymnastics”? Paul would have commended me just like he did to the Bereans.

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@mtnhousewife Yes, I believe you are understanding Jesus rightly. And there’s al

@mtnhousewife Yes, I believe you are understanding Jesus rightly. And there’s also the following verses. https://t.co/rmh6NWAfxV

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives?? Our family believes this and we are married and...

@RonaldTill13475 @KaeleyT @WayneShaff60221 What are you taking about? Saying that a husband is not the authority over his wife and that women can lead along with men in the church destroys their lives

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m certainly not. But I don’t believe head means authori...

@seditiouslibel2 @rightresponsem So God’s will involves violating His created order? Wouldn’t God be aware of His own created order and follow it? Who says a woman is the head of her husband? I’m cer

@StothersRyan I might even offer a kidney to get older manuscripts…especially if

@StothersRyan I might even offer a kidney to get older manuscripts…especially if there was any doubt in what we have. But we have no reason to doubt what we have in 1 Tim. I’m not doubting scripture.