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@carlaskaufel I 💯 agree with your thinking here. So I’m your opinion, this is about authoritative teaching? I’m always curious to know what complementarians think are Biblically valid examples of taking authority over someone since I don’t recall th...

@carlaskaufel I 💯 agree with your thinking here. So I’m your opinion, this is about authoritative teaching? I’m always curious to know what complementarians think are Biblically valid examples of tak

@carlaskaufel I don't think I've heard that one yet. It would seem that most focus on the her tone and whether she is teaching. John Piper says you have to use a submissive tone when giving instructions to any man. But speaking itself I think is most...

@carlaskaufel I don't think I've heard that one yet. It would seem that most focus on the her tone and whether she is teaching. John Piper says you have to use a submissive tone when giving instructio

@UpTambourine That's a very interesting point! So your teaching isn't directed at him so he should either tune out or take it as "suggestions" for men. 😉 What's curious about this whole thing is that you'd expect an overseer to be able to attend the...

@UpTambourine That's a very interesting point! So your teaching isn't directed at him so he should either tune out or take it as "suggestions" for men. 😉 What's curious about this whole thing is that

@TheMuppetPastor Thanks for sharing. Just so I understand…I’m what way is the ma

@TheMuppetPastor Thanks for sharing. Just so I understand…I’m what way is the man the issue? How he responds to her teaching?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

Complementarians: If a woman is teaching true Biblical doctrine in a Bible study

Complementarians: If a woman is teaching true Biblical doctrine in a Bible study in her home and a man walks in, is she supposed to stop speaking or must he leave?🤔

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@BiblewithB @MikeWingerii This isn’t a translation issue as the text already says “a woman” and “a woman…a man”—it’s more about interpretation. People have been debating this passage for a long time as there seems to always be those who think it mean...

@BiblewithB @MikeWingerii This isn’t a translation issue as the text already says “a woman” and “a woman…a man”—it’s more about interpretation. People have been debating this passage for a long time a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@ball_dummy @William_E_Wolfe 1 Pet 2:25 refers to Jesus as the shepherd and overseer of our souls. What makes that require overseers to be only males? 1 Tim 3:1 uses “tis” which is neutral for anyone or someone. Paul doesn’t use male pronouns. 1 Ti...

@ball_dummy @William_E_Wolfe 1 Pet 2:25 refers to Jesus as the shepherd and overseer of our souls. What makes that require overseers to be only males? 1 Tim 3:1 uses “tis” which is neutral for anyone

1 Pet 2:25 1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Tim 3:1 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@judsonphillips @William_E_Wolfe Not the churches at the time of the apostles (a

@judsonphillips @William_E_Wolfe Not the churches at the time of the apostles (assuming they were following their teaching). We can’t go back to sometime in history; we have to always go back to the B

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@Richard89885354 @DaleEstey @William_E_Wolfe The authority to make disciples of all peoples teaching them to obey everything Jesus taught His apostles is given to us all. The authority over someone to tell them what to do like to Mary or to drive a s...

@Richard89885354 @DaleEstey @William_E_Wolfe The authority to make disciples of all peoples teaching them to obey everything Jesus taught His apostles is given to us all. The authority over someone to

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teachi

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teaching of scripture, or if you have studied it and found that it doesn't restrict women from leadership. https://t.co/skOVwk

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@hartgoat All this proves is that both women and men can misunderstand what the

@hartgoat All this proves is that both women and men can misunderstand what the scripture is teaching. Let me help. 👇 https://t.co/YjFKhdCvlY

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@BibGen1 No problem with men teaching true doctrine, but you missed what Paul wa

@BibGen1 No problem with men teaching true doctrine, but you missed what Paul was saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35. Hint: *verse 36* “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] o

1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-02

@terryne02461221 Reading would require correctly discerning, but yes. “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 be fully capable, equ...

@terryne02461221 Reading would require correctly discerning, but yes. “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that

2 Timothy 3:16 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-31

@JarranSainsbury @dougponder Jesus for sure ate and drank with sinners. But going to the ceremony of an unbiblical union would be something I expect he would not have attended. The same with a strip party, an orge, etc. If a person participating in s...

@JarranSainsbury @dougponder Jesus for sure ate and drank with sinners. But going to the ceremony of an unbiblical union would be something I expect he would not have attended. The same with a strip p

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @JessicaScroggin @HwsEleutheroi This is JW teaching⎯soul sleep and recreating us from God's memory of us. That's not how it works. Our soul survives our body such that when my body dies, my soul goes to be with Jesus. My so...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @JessicaScroggin @HwsEleutheroi This is JW teaching⎯soul sleep and recreating us from God's memory of us. That's not how it works. Our soul survives our body such that when

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@JTKingsFanClub @AmReformer @joe_rigney @calvinrobinson It’s puzzling. I was sur

@JTKingsFanClub @AmReformer @joe_rigney @calvinrobinson It’s puzzling. I was sure that obeying Jesus’ command to make disciples of all peoples, teaching them to obey everything He commanded His discip

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

Saying that egalitarianism is a one way train to the affirmation of homosexualit

Saying that egalitarianism is a one way train to the affirmation of homosexuality is not the case if you are an egalitarian because of a careful study of scripture and not one by ignoring clear teachi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-26

@johnpauldickson What do you mean by “teach the structures of the faith“? is not everything that we need in scripture itself accessible to everyone? 2 Timothy 3:16 states, "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcti...

@johnpauldickson What do you mean by “teach the structures of the faith“? is not everything that we need in scripture itself accessible to everyone? 2 Timothy 3:16 states, "All Scripture is God-breat

2 Timothy 3:16 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@ymmotrojam @NeilShenvi @MikeWingerii There’s a tonne of writing on these passages and through it all would take more than a year. And yes, correcting false teaching is important though you have to first establish what the text does say. If your ex...

@ymmotrojam @NeilShenvi @MikeWingerii There’s a tonne of writing on these passages and through it all would take more than a year. And yes, correcting false teaching is important though you have to f

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I interpret these scriptures in context showing they are not about preventing a godly woman from teaching true doctrine to anyone, including men. Why do you think men need to be p...

@VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I interpret these scriptures in context showing they are not about preventing a godly woman from teaching true doctrine to anyone,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

It’s a challenging passage, but it doesn’t take THAT long to show how 1 Tim 2:11

It’s a challenging passage, but it doesn’t take THAT long to show how 1 Tim 2:11-15 isn’t forbidding women from teaching true doctrine to men—you just have to stick with the scripture. https://t.co/My

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-24

@TheMuppetPastor After this we are told fierce wolves will come so trusting in future church patterns and teaching is not wise. Everything goes back to the apostles’ teaching. Acts 20:29-30: "I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come i...

@TheMuppetPastor After this we are told fierce wolves will come so trusting in future church patterns and teaching is not wise. Everything goes back to the apostles’ teaching. Acts 20:29-30: "I know

Acts 20:29-30 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-23

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor The earliest church was the ones documented in scripture. We have to go back to those and the apostles’ teaching concerning how those churches should operate, not to the example of later churches who could misundersta...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor The earliest church was the ones documented in scripture. We have to go back to those and the apostles’ teaching concerning how those churches should operate, not to t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

Another testimony of the impact of ‘hard’ complementarian teachings on marriage.

Another testimony of the impact of ‘hard’ complementarian teachings on marriage. https://t.co/fySMsErc06

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded from leadership because she is a female. It doesn’t...

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded fr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

@ymmotrojam @Soteriology101 It appears you're mixing up two different concepts as "testing the spirits." John's discussion focuses on discerning heart attitudes, whereas Jesus addresses testing the spirits. Isn't it the case that Jesus is concerned ...

@ymmotrojam @Soteriology101 It appears you're mixing up two different concepts as "testing the spirits." John's discussion focuses on discerning heart attitudes, whereas Jesus addresses testing the s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-15

🧵It seems I missed Ron’s nuanced argument that Dt 30:11 is demonstrating Total Inability, not teaching it. I’m not sure why that difference is so important. But here is how one can conclude that Dt 30:11 contradicts Total Inability, like @Soteriology...

🧵It seems I missed Ron’s nuanced argument that Dt 30:11 is demonstrating Total Inability, not teaching it. I’m not sure why that difference is so important. But here is how one can conclude that Dt 30

Dt 30:11 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Us

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Usurping authority is also not really what that extremely rare word means. Are males allowed to usurp authority? https://

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-07

@susannemaynes I think the problem I have seen is that pastors believe they have

@susannemaynes I think the problem I have seen is that pastors believe they have a responsibility to set the official teaching uniquely for their church. This allows them to filter out anyone they di

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but thank God had the scriptures explained to me more a...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

Reading 1 Tim 2:11-15 carefully in context we see that Paul’s focus is Timothy and how he ought to be have in the Church of God in handling false teaching. Read chapter 1⎯how Paul refers to the purpose of stopping false teachers and their teaching f...

Reading 1 Tim 2:11-15 carefully in context we see that Paul’s focus is Timothy and how he ought to be have in the Church of God in handling false teaching. Read chapter 1⎯how Paul refers to the purpo

1 Tim 2:11-15 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@BiffSport @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning The only reason you say it is a twisting is because you are looking it from the pretzel of your own view which has women forbidden from teaching with men present! We know scripture ha...

@BiffSport @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning The only reason you say it is a twisting is because you are looking it from the pretzel of your own view which has women forbidden fro

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-03

@tome835 @igarglewithfire The teaching anyone is to come under is that of the Bi

@tome835 @igarglewithfire The teaching anyone is to come under is that of the Bible, not that of any fallible man. Every one’s teaching ought to be compared to the Bible.

@MrRoyMcAvoy @kelcy_lowry @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Are you suggesting I’m a false convert because I demonstrate a scriptural basis for godly women teaching true doctrine and pastoring? This is not a fundamental of the Christian faith. Can you poi...

@MrRoyMcAvoy @kelcy_lowry @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Are you suggesting I’m a false convert because I demonstrate a scriptural basis for godly women teaching true doctrine and pastoring? This is not

@JonnyRoot_ Did you realize that forbidding what God does not forbid is referred to by Paul as “doctrines of demons” (1 Tim 4:1-5)? There is nothing in scripture forbidding a godly woman from teaching true doctrine to anyone, nor from being a sheph...

@JonnyRoot_ Did you realize that forbidding what God does not forbid is referred to by Paul as “doctrines of demons” (1 Tim 4:1-5)? There is nothing in scripture forbidding a godly woman from teachi

1 Tim 4:1-5 question

@lastadolphin @brambonius @PSSanborn @EarthyLilly Everyone as we mature should be aiming to lead in some capacity in order to fulfill the great commandment Jesus gave to all to “make disciples of all nations…teaching them to follow all that I command...

@lastadolphin @brambonius @PSSanborn @EarthyLilly Everyone as we mature should be aiming to lead in some capacity in order to fulfill the great commandment Jesus gave to all to “make disciples of all

Matt 28:18-20 question

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ The idea that godly women are not prevented from teaching true doctrine or caring for God’s people is what all the cults believe ?? According to 1 Tim 4:1-5, it seems that Paul says that *forbid...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ The idea that godly women are *not* prevented from teaching true doctrine or caring for God’s people is what all the cults believe ?? According to

1 Tim 4:1-5 question

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Who am I mocking? My typic

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Who am I mocking? My typical manner is to deal with the teaching in a dispassionate way, not to mock people.

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ You have not once “contended” with me. You only say I’m wrong and comment on my character and motives. Maybe if you actually contended with me we would get somewhere? Ah, but you are not allowed...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ You have not once “contended” with me. You only say I’m wrong and comment on my character and motives. Maybe if you actually contended with me we

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-28

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus to stop false teaching not to stop females from t...

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus

1 Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-22

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick As for “I do not permit” being temporary or universal and the nature of authentein being positive because teaching can only be positive, Mike missed the forest for the trees. As Mike clearly proclaimed after his 4.5 hour di...

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick As for “I do not permit” being temporary or universal and the nature of authentein being positive because teaching can only be positive, Mike missed the forest for the trees.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-22

@MarkGrote While Artemis was important in Ephesian life, I highly doubt that this was the problem in the church since: - Paul’s preaching resulted in the new believers abandoning Artemis almost like it was the mark of what a Christian was - Paul ment...

@MarkGrote While Artemis was important in Ephesian life, I highly doubt that this was the problem in the church since: - Paul’s preaching resulted in the new believers abandoning Artemis almost like i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia It’s not crystal clear. In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him and in 1 Tim 2:11-15 he is pointing out a situation that he left Timothy behind in Ephesus to deal...

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia It’s not crystal clear. In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him and in 1 Tim 2:11-15 he is pointing out a situat

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @kelcy_lowry @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii Unfortunately he didn’t steelman the view that there was a particular deceived woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine whose husband (likely an elder or respected person) was being si...

@JeremyMBauman @MarkGrote @kelcy_lowry @hamillaaron @MikeWingerii Unfortunately he didn’t steelman the view that there was a particular deceived woman in Ephesus teaching false doctrine whose husband

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia A heretic is someone who teaches contrary to the essentials of the faith. A heretic is not someone you disagree with on a non essential, but is a non Christian. Please tell me⎯what council or creed ass...

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia A heretic is someone who teaches contrary to the essentials of the faith. A heretic is not someone you disagree with on a non essential, but is a non Ch

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@JonnyRoot_ So a godly woman teaching true doctrine and pastoring in the truth i

@JonnyRoot_ So a godly woman teaching true doctrine and pastoring in the truth is committing a sin? What scripture says pastors are supposed to be authorities? I thought the authority was in the Wor

@ZacharyGarris I have your book—do you want me to refute it here? There is no where that says teaching men is a sin. That is not stated in 1 Tim 2:12 nor anywhere else. Teaching itself is not authoritative, the Word of God is the authority. The i...

@ZacharyGarris I have your book—do you want me to refute it here? There is no where that says teaching men is a sin. That is not stated in 1 Tim 2:12 nor anywhere else. Teaching itself is not autho

1 Tim 2:12 debate

@ZacharyGarris But an unrepentant, willful lifestyle of sin means you are outside of the faith. Again, where—and you must provide this—is a woman speaking, teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoring EVER stated to be a sin or listed in any list of sin...

@ZacharyGarris But an unrepentant, willful lifestyle of sin means you are outside of the faith. Again, where—and you must provide this—is a woman speaking, teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoring EV

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture and you won’t find women speaking, teaching, leading...

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture an

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @smashbaals That response is getting tired. “The woman” is NOT Eve, but Eve is a prototype in that she was deceived while Adam was not. The situation in Ephesus mirrors that in the garden where a wife who is deceived and has left th...

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @smashbaals That response is getting tired. “The woman” is NOT Eve, but Eve is a prototype in that she was deceived while Adam was not. The situation in Ephesus mirrors that in the g