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@deadtosin610 @JollyStine "If anyone aspires (desires) the office of overseer, it is a fine work they desire to do"⎯ how is desiring a sin? I was told this as a man, that to desire the task of overseer showed pride. Nowhere is desiring this said to ...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine "If anyone aspires (desires) the office of overseer, it is a fine work they desire to do"⎯ how is desiring a sin? I was told this as a man, that to desire the task of overse

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Further, we don't expect the highest standard of maturity from helpers, but we do of leaders as people look up to the leaders. So it is perfectly reasonable that Paul is speaking of deacons that are leaders that must hold to...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Further, we don't expect the highest standard of maturity from helpers, but we do of leaders as people look up to the leaders. So it is perfectly reasonable that Paul is spea

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Ok, but it doesn't make sense. How is the woman and th

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Ok, but it doesn't make sense. How is the woman and the children possibly referring to the same thing? This sounds like commentators who don't want to admit that John was wri

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine No women priests? That was in the Old Testament. Only

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine No women priests? That was in the Old Testament. Only Jews were priests too. The 12 apostles were all Jews. But now you don't have only Jewish pastors. Same thing for women.

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine If every mature brother and sister desired to be an el

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine If every mature brother and sister desired to be an elder, I'd be expecting a revival to be on the verge...

@deadtosin610 @will_servant Was Paul⎯an overseer and apostle⎯the husband of one

@deadtosin610 @will_servant Was Paul⎯an overseer and apostle⎯the husband of one wife?

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine These functions are all overlapping. We use the term pastor, but this doesn't seem to be stated anywhere in the New Testament about anyone. It is a function, not a role. It seems that overseer (episkopos) and elder (presbyte...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine These functions are all overlapping. We use the term pastor, but this doesn't seem to be stated anywhere in the New Testament about anyone. It is a function, not a role. It s

@JollyStine @deadtosin610 Paul also addresses the elders in Ephesus in Ac 20:17-

@JollyStine @deadtosin610 Paul also addresses the elders in Ephesus in Ac 20:17-35, but we don't know who they all are. He doesn't call them men.

Ac 20:17-35 debate

@deadtosin610 First, if the Bible doesn't "speak against" godly women pastoring, then they are not being encouraged to sin, right? I understand if you believe that men should be pastors and do it that way in your church, but you should not be thinki...

@deadtosin610 First, if the Bible doesn't "speak against" godly women pastoring, then they are not being encouraged to sin, right? I understand if you believe that men should be pastors and do it tha

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one is called a pastor. Jesus is called the chief She...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Please show me which males are called pastors in the New Testament so we can see how many are called this and determine whether women were not called pastors. Answer: No one

1Pe 5:4 general

Titus 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1 1Ti 3:1-13 debate

@deadtosin610 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 are often mistakenly thought to forbid women from being overseers. However, the only phrase that people base this on is the idiom "one-wife-husband" used for elders and deacons. A neutral pronoun is used, "tis...

@deadtosin610 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 are often mistakenly thought to forbid women from being overseers. However, the only phrase that people base this on is the idiom "one-wife-husband" used for e

@AnonyNonni @OperHealAmerica We can get very used to only seeing men in certain roles that when a woman does it, it can feel wrong or out of place. But our feelings are not what ultimately should guide us. If the Bible doesn't prohibit a woman from b...

@AnonyNonni @OperHealAmerica We can get very used to only seeing men in certain roles that when a woman does it, it can feel wrong or out of place. But our feelings are not what ultimately should guid

@RahabTheHarlot2 @OperHealAmerica OHA says a teacher and office of overseer are very different. I asked, "In what way?" Overseers are to be able to teach and have sound character and a life consistent with the teachings...and of course desire to serv...

@RahabTheHarlot2 @OperHealAmerica OHA says a teacher and office of overseer are very different. I asked, "In what way?" Overseers are to be able to teach and have sound character and a life consistent

Titus 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 general

@OperHealAmerica 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 do not prohibit women from being eld

@OperHealAmerica 1Ti 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9 do not prohibit women from being elders or overseers. https://t.co/QkexDUhLnJ

@OperHealAmerica @RahabTheHarlot2 In what way precisely? So a woman can all her

@OperHealAmerica @RahabTheHarlot2 In what way precisely? So a woman can all her life be the voice of God to people by giving instruction to the king and judging matters and giving prophecies, but cann

@OperHealAmerica The Bible does not forbid women from being pastors or elders. h

@OperHealAmerica The Bible does not forbid women from being pastors or elders. https://t.co/zgtqLeTHX9

@KimberleeJayneW I'm not sure I know anyone who sees pastoral work as a physical job of taking a stick to wolves. Are you suggesting that if a woman was the pastor, that a beefy male-wolf would force his way in the front door and take over the church...

@KimberleeJayneW I'm not sure I know anyone who sees pastoral work as a physical job of taking a stick to wolves. Are you suggesting that if a woman was the pastor, that a beefy male-wolf would force

@JJacobs63985241 @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz @pastherandie @jdpritchett @MikeWi

@JJacobs63985241 @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz @pastherandie @jdpritchett @MikeWingerii Haha... well, I wasn't referring to sexual unions. I was meaning exclusively male leadership groups (like elder c

@rofbethany How is it not a secondary issue? You even disagree with Mike, a comp

@rofbethany How is it not a secondary issue? You even disagree with Mike, a complementarian. God's judgment is not heavy upon us because of God's gifting and calling on godly women to pastor churches

@veradearxh How is supporting godly female pastors who teach true doctrine hurti

@veradearxh How is supporting godly female pastors who teach true doctrine hurting the church?

@Themostbased098 @MikeWingerii Why would I turn away from supporting godly femal

@Themostbased098 @MikeWingerii Why would I turn away from supporting godly female pastors if I am convinced scripture doesn't forbid them?

@FatherForgiv3Me So you are complementarian? Is supporting female pastors a sin? Are we to repent of something that is not sin? Apparently I'm causing "great harm" just by sharing my egalitarian views and supporting female pastors. Where is this eve...

@FatherForgiv3Me So you are complementarian? Is supporting female pastors a sin? Are we to repent of something that is not sin? Apparently I'm causing "great harm" just by sharing my egalitarian views

@MackDonahue Except we repent for sin, not for disagreeing on a secondary matter

@MackDonahue Except we repent for sin, not for disagreeing on a secondary matter. Supporting female pastors is not a "sin". If it is, where is it listed as a sin in scripture?

@Themostbased098 @MikeWingerii You don't REPENT of secondary issues. It's like saying to repent of your amillenialism or repent of drinking wine in moderation. When we use that word, it means wrong was done, that sin was committed. I want Mike to exp...

@Themostbased098 @MikeWingerii You don't REPENT of secondary issues. It's like saying to repent of your amillenialism or repent of drinking wine in moderation. When we use that word, it means wrong wa

@MikeWingerii Thanks for chiming in. I certainly want to accurately represent wh

@MikeWingerii Thanks for chiming in. I certainly want to accurately represent what you are saying here. What sin or wrongdoing are egalitarians committing? We are doing great harm by supporting female

@GinaACleveland @MikeWingerii Hey, I disagree with Mike and I don't think he hat

@GinaACleveland @MikeWingerii Hey, I disagree with Mike and I don't think he hates women. He simply thinks that only men can be elders and speak "authoritatively." That's not the same as saying he hat

@pastorchaset @MikeWingerii What was a game changer about the last one?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-07

@slstruik Ok. So you are a complementarian? You think that a godly woman preaching the word "authoritatively" is a sin? Or you think supporting female pastors is a sin? Please show me where scripture says its a sin. You can't point to 1Ti 2:12 as th...

@slstruik Ok. So you are a complementarian? You think that a godly woman preaching the word "authoritatively" is a sin? Or you think supporting female pastors is a sin? Please show me where scripture

1Ti 2:12 debate

@Christ_like_ish @NotTheBaptizer @ryancduff @onegospel2021 That's right. Paul wa

@Christ_like_ish @NotTheBaptizer @ryancduff @onegospel2021 That's right. Paul was an overseer if we've ever met one and he was single. That tells us that whatever is being said here does not mean marr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-07

@AverageSc0t No, this is not what MW meant. Perhaps you should watch that video again and pretend for a moment that you were an egalitarian that had good, solid Biblical support for the idea that godly women are not prohibited from teaching truth to ...

@AverageSc0t No, this is not what MW meant. Perhaps you should watch that video again and pretend for a moment that you were an egalitarian that had good, solid Biblical support for the idea that godl

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-06

Why do I feel like the pastor is trying to speak to me anonymously in his preach

Why do I feel like the pastor is trying to speak to me anonymously in his preaching? https://t.co/1BYlEy8v6r

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-06

@slow_down_Jess So you got your answer? Yes, I believe the Bible does not prohib

@slow_down_Jess So you got your answer? Yes, I believe the Bible does not prohibit godly women from teaching true doctrine, pastoring or leading a church. https://t.co/k7jgeStWmx

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-06

Did you see this clip?👀 Mike claims supporting women pastors harms the church & that “egalitarians almost without fail vilify 'Biblical marriage’ as immoral and oppressive.” Yet, he himself called these secondary issues then calls us to repent...

Did you see this clip?👀 Mike claims supporting women pastors harms the church & that “egalitarians almost without fail vilify 'Biblical marriage’ as immoral and oppressive.” Yet, *he himself* cal

@Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Mike frequently has a lot of good things to say. It’s mainly just this one subject that he seems to have a chip on his shoulder about. He seems to want to take down egalitarians and is evangelistic about his complementari...

@Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Mike frequently has a lot of good things to say. It’s mainly just this one subject that he seems to have a chip on his shoulder about. He seems to want to take down egalit

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "The Lord said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now go; I will help you speak an...

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "The Lord said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Who makes them deaf or mute? Who gives them sight or makes them blind? Is it

Ex 4:11-12 question

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "Then the Lord r

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, 'I have put my words in your mouth.'" (Jer 1:9)

Jer 1:9 general

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "I will raise up

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "I will raise up for them a prophet like you from among their fellow Israelites, and I will put my words in his mouth. He will tell them

Deut 18:18 general

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human word, but as it actually is, the word of God, w...

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "And we also thank God continually because, when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it **not as a human

1Thes 2:13 debate

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "For prophecy ne

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy

2Pet 1:21 debate

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "For prophecy ne

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN "For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy

2 Pet 1:21 debate

@TheMuppetPastor @BackItUp1990 @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN Precisely. The c

@TheMuppetPastor @BackItUp1990 @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN Precisely. The content. The authority is in the word itself, not the vessel bearing it.

@TheMuppetPastor @BackItUp1990 @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN I think it was P

@TheMuppetPastor @BackItUp1990 @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN I think it was Priscilla.

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN You mean man held the pen? “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may ...

@BackItUp1990 @TheMuppetPastor @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN You mean man held the pen? “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in r

2Ti 3:16 question

@TheMuppetPastor @BackItUp1990 @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN And a good case

@TheMuppetPastor @BackItUp1990 @SquatchyWildMan @JenResistedAGN And a good case can be made for the anonymous author of Hebrews was a woman.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

@OK_JayW @tracygrubbs @MikeWingerii Where is the verse that says that godly wome

@OK_JayW @tracygrubbs @MikeWingerii Where is the verse that says that godly women teaching or pastoring is a sin? Where is it in any list of sins?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

@JustinH31123559 You are welcome! I really want to bring peace to this issue, so

@JustinH31123559 You are welcome! I really want to bring peace to this issue, so I'm trying hard to fairly represent Mike on his points and highlight the inconsistencies. I really hope it helps the br

Mike speaks to women pastors who he advises to step down, to honour God, to make

Mike speaks to women pastors who he advises to step down, to honour God, to make the required change, and respond to what God has revealed through his extensive video series. [4:16:00] /102

To call it sin without evidence of a sin is actually forcing his own conscience

To call it sin without evidence of a sin is actually forcing his own conscience onto others. He is holding back women and is therefore himself part of the problem. People wonder why there are not more

Can a woman not speak with authority that if you repent and believe the gospel,

Can a woman not speak with authority that if you repent and believe the gospel, you will be saved? Does she have to continually defer to a pastor for such things? We have to think about what that spea

Mike says, “women should be involved in everything that isn’t functioning as an

Mike says, “women should be involved in everything that isn’t functioning as an elder does in teaching authority” [4:06:43] /90