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@LovesSardine @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference That’s a different issue and I’m in

@LovesSardine @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference That’s a different issue and I’m in agreement with you. Did you know that in the first century church when babies were thrown in the trash it was Christia

@DadaAlpaca @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference The facts are that these passages are difficult, not trivial, and it is because of the complexities that are there from the author that makes it like a puzzle. We do have acknowledgement from a peer of Paul...

@DadaAlpaca @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference The facts are that these passages are difficult, not trivial, and it is because of the complexities that are there from the author that makes it like a puzzl

2 Pet 3:16 general

@LovesSardine @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference Maybe this chart will help show whe

@LovesSardine @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference Maybe this chart will help show where feminism and egalitarianism differ. https://t.co/pic93TaWK7

@PerinDana @pauldirks This is like our older English use of “Sir” and “Ma’am.” “Yes, sir” and “yes, ma’am” can come off sounding slavish, but these are how each of us shows we are bending our will towards the other, not an acknowledgment that we are...

@PerinDana @pauldirks This is like our older English use of “Sir” and “Ma’am.” “Yes, sir” and “yes, ma’am” can come off sounding slavish, but these are how each of us shows we are bending our will to

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priority of women over men)—this is not good either. Do ...

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priorit

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from eg

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from egalitarians, those who don’t bar women from using the gifts God gives them just because they are females. This is not fe

@BrassVon @pauldirks @KaeleyT First, are you challenging my assertion of how women were treated in Paul’s day? Perhaps I should have said “often” as I’m sure there were exceptions. You’ve never known many men that would be willing to sacrifice thei...

@BrassVon @pauldirks @KaeleyT First, are you challenging my assertion of how women were treated in Paul’s day? Perhaps I should have said “often” as I’m sure there were exceptions. You’ve never know

@Nickidewbear @KaeleyT I think you are right in your “if…then” logic. However,

@Nickidewbear @KaeleyT I think you are right in your “if…then” logic. However, I don’t think that this is the case in the church. Maybe this will help? https://t.co/CfGz4nbrJA

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

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@XXMiskatonicXX @vozdecuervos @B1844Constance @PA_Daddoo @thatwitchyjess7 @chockabloc81139 @Sortaliber82248 @TalkDontInsult @cathworkingmom @BunchesOfStoats @EmmaJClemmons @Kaily_Bear @overload_animal

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@PastorTSheppard @Jgrey2003 @pastordmack Gen 3:16 is not a command for Adam to rule over Eve. If it was, why did God say it to Eve? "To the woman He said..." - The word "rule" is in the imperfect. It could be considered future tense. God is sayin...

@PastorTSheppard @Jgrey2003 @pastordmack Gen 3:16 is not a command for Adam to rule over Eve. If it was, why did God say it to Eve? "To the woman He said..." - The word "rule" is in the imperfect.

Gen 3:16 debate

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from re

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from repentance and faith (which require an act of the will), then this becomes a primary issue. I think there may be those wh

@William_E_Wolfe The law amendment is divisive. How is he shaming and slanderin

@William_E_Wolfe The law amendment is divisive. How is he shaming and slandering? Am I missing something? The SBC needs to stop being so divisive on secondary issues. There is no list of sins in w

@JunkerJorg4 @William_E_Wolfe While that confession does not address the role of

@JunkerJorg4 @William_E_Wolfe While that confession does not address the role of women in leadership, it does clearly outline a Calvinist soteriological perspective. Would that be used to kick out pr

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring called a sin in any list of sins? Or is it just a si...

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring cal

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr What you observe in your circles has nothing to do with whether the Bible teaches that women are restricted because of their sex or not. If you treat women as incapable, then what do you think you will observe i...

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr What you observe in your circles has nothing to do with whether the Bible teaches that women are restricted because of their sex or not. If you treat women as in

@William_E_Wolfe And it's my duty to inform you that your confession is needlessly dividing Jesus' church. "Reform their practice and submit [to] the Bible" ⎯ you are asking them to submit to something we are permitted to disagree on, not the Bibl...

@William_E_Wolfe And it's my duty to inform you that your confession is needlessly dividing Jesus' church. "Reform their practice and submit [to] the Bible" ⎯ you are asking them to submit to somet

@YoloSwag7878 @William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber By all means, share them if you want.

@YoloSwag7878 @William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber By all means, share them if you want. Again, I’m not saying you have to agree with egalitarians on this. Just that it is not an essential of the faith and

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@YoloSwag7878 @William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber You are certainly right that if someone rejects what they believe to be the plain teaching of scripture, that bodes poorly for other matters and the slope has been greased. But there are many of us who are ...

@YoloSwag7878 @William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber You are certainly right that if someone rejects what they believe to be the plain teaching of scripture, that bodes poorly for other matters and the slope ha

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber Did you forget that the church belongs to Jesus and not to the SBC or to @bartbarber? No one should be disfellowshipping anyone over something that is not a primary matter of the faith or a sin issue. The SBC has gone t...

@William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber Did you forget that the church belongs to Jesus and not to the SBC or to @bartbarber? No one should be disfellowshipping anyone over something that is not a primary matte

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@JohnPiper Judgment begins with the church. “For it is time for judgment to beg

@JohnPiper Judgment begins with the church. “For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of

1 Pet 4:17 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@Prawnter_ You are right that if you get there by going against what you see as

@Prawnter_ You are right that if you get there by going against what you see as the clear teaching of scripture, then you will do that for other things. But if you get there because of a deep underst

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall Yes, I hold to scripture. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." (Acts 2:38) But this does not mean you can baptize an infa...

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall Yes, I hold to scripture. "Peter replied, 'Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins." (Acts 2:3

Acts 2:38 debate

@JulieParker144 “She [singular, only the deceived woman is not saved] will be saved [future tense (so cannot be Eve)] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural, the woman and her husband] continue in faith, love a...

@JulieParker144 “She [singular, only the deceived woman is not saved] will be saved [future tense (so cannot be Eve)] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural, th

1 Tim 2:15 general

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 1 Tim 2:11-15 general

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess That’s not true. > In 1 Cor 14:34-35 Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting the idea that women must be silent and not actively participate. > In 1 Tim 2:11...

@TakTik227f1 @Genichiro42069 @KaitlynSchiess That’s not true. > In 1 Cor 14:34-35 Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting the idea that women must be silen

@DST_QA I think that Paul was taking into consideration the difficulties and persecutions they would face and wanted to spare them. “But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face...

@DST_QA I think that Paul was taking into consideration the difficulties and persecutions they would face and wanted to spare them. “But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries,

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Since it is so obvious to you, what does 1 Tim 2:15 mean? Look at the grammar: “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb] if they [plural] continue in faith, love and san...

@RitsuBreh @Mcn_xd Since it is so obvious to you, what does 1 Tim 2:15 mean? Look at the grammar: “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun, NOT a verb

1 Tim 2:15 question

@BaxterWilliams_ @jon_bickle I understand this thinking, except that it is in all the earliest manuscripts, so the idea that it was added is very unlikely. There's another take: Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him (ref 1 Cor 7...

@BaxterWilliams_ @jon_bickle I understand this thinking, except that it is in all the earliest manuscripts, so the idea that it was added is very unlikely. There's another take: Paul was quoting from

1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment Im not a paedo Baptist, though my pastor will baptise infants if requested. I will never request that nor recommend anyone to do that but I still go to this church. Do I think it has impac...

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment Im not a paedo Baptist, though my pastor will baptise infants if requested. I will never request that nor recommend anyone to do that but I

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanctity with moderati...

@laurel_prolife @Totally_Brandon @ThomasCoutouzis @ChrisHohnholz @ScottAniol @Janet_Mefferd “She [singular] will be saved [future] through the childbearing [definite article + noun] if they [plural] c

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-08

@RealDavidReece @William_E_Wolfe Paul is actually refuting something he's quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) ⎯ 1 Co 14:31 (and the rest of the chapter) are clearly inclusive of all being able to prophesy and all being able t...

@RealDavidReece @William_E_Wolfe Paul is actually refuting something he's quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ref 1 Cor 7:1) ⎯ 1 Co 14:31 (and the rest of the chapter) are clearly inclusive

1 Co 14:31 1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear Mom is more connected to the baby through the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CatholicABear Mom is more connected to the baby through the physical process. Her love and care will be evident through this connection, but that doesn’t mean she is “better” onl

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@faithwillsaveu @AlfredDolan1 @smashbaals That verse does not restrict all women

@faithwillsaveu @AlfredDolan1 @smashbaals That verse does not restrict all women from teaching, just those teaching false doctrine… https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@cwierzbicki9 Wrong letter. 1 Tim 2:15. “But she [singular, feminine] will be

@cwierzbicki9 Wrong letter. 1 Tim 2:15. “But she [singular, feminine] will be preserved [future] through the [definite article] childbearing [noun]—if they [plural] continue in faith, love, and sanc

1 Tim 2:15 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-01

@William_42318 @LPMisesCaucus @RevJacquiLewis Well, sort of. Except no one shou

@William_42318 @LPMisesCaucus @RevJacquiLewis Well, sort of. Except no one should teach unbiblical things. False doctrine is not gender specific. https://t.co/GWXXBQrZnv

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that such a person is deceived and the truth is not in ...

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that s

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@Middle_Mtn1 @William_E_Wolfe That's a good passage. But it has them discipling

@Middle_Mtn1 @William_E_Wolfe That's a good passage. But it has them discipling the nations, not forcing them to come under a "Christian nationalist" agenda. The gospel goes out and people become pa

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@DST_QA Concerning prophesy in the church, this is presupposed in 1 Cor 11:5. O

@DST_QA Concerning prophesy in the church, this is presupposed in 1 Cor 11:5. On what basis would the church be gathered and all men be excluded? Often the pastor will call someone to read the morni

1 Cor 11:5 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-25

@faithwillsaveu A qualified and gifted woman should not be prevented from preach

@faithwillsaveu A qualified and gifted woman should not be prevented from preaching true doctrine, overseeing or pastoral ministry. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgg1O

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted

@PastorMark If you didn’t save yourself, know that the same faith that resulted in salvation means that if you don’t abide in Him you will be broken off (John 15, Rom 11).

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of women to not speak in the assembly in 1 Cor 14:34....

@pauldirks @KaeleyT First of all, thank you for continuing to dialogue on this with me! It is quite rare. I really do appreciate it. I also commend you for not implementing the clear statements of

1 Cor 14:34 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gif

Ephesians 2:8 commentary

@William_E_Wolfe Intersectionality is a disease but egalitarianism is not. https

@William_E_Wolfe Intersectionality is a disease but egalitarianism is not. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender more prominently displays these specific characterist...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender mor

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about God’s ways? It only contravenes patriarchy. I’m...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more primary to me than whether a woman is allowed to teach ...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more prima

@cpa_dallas @William_E_Wolfe That doesn’t need fixing but if they got there desp

@cpa_dallas @William_E_Wolfe That doesn’t need fixing but if they got there despite the Bible, then that’s what needs fixing.

@William_E_Wolfe It is true that churches that don’t base their views on scriptu

@William_E_Wolfe It is true that churches that don’t base their views on scripture will likely become more and more progressive. That is a legitimate concern. But it doesn’t follow that the egalitar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me bu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women that are teaching false doctrines today? Is that ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-12

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 So you agree that the husband doesn’t have authority over his body? There is an exception, something he doesn’t explicitly have authority over. You