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@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham And this: https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Since I already discussed this at length, I

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Since I already discussed this at length, I’ll link my comments in the following. Please do try to find holes in my arguments. https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes, that term together with gyne should be rendered as husband. But the phrase “one wife husband” does not mean husband, does it? Because if it did, Paul would be excluded from being an overseer despite clearly a...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes, that term together with gyne should be rendered as husband. But the phrase “one wife husband” does not mean husband, does it? Because if it did, Paul would be

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham If you believe long hair is a shame, you ha

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham If you believe long hair is a shame, you have to—must—explain how John the Baptist wasn’t a shame all his life. God set him apart specifically that way.

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham And there are many more like you who just don’t have the energy or guts to speak up and resist; instead they just do what they are told because a) they don’t want to disobey God and b) because they don’t want to c...

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham And there are many more like you who just don’t have the energy or guts to speak up and resist; instead they just do what they are told because a) they don’t want

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham This is what I have observed to be true. My daughter likes to hunt and hike and fix cars and chop wood and do guy stuff. She doesn’t like dolls. Why would I force her to follow rigid rules on what she should desir...

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham This is what I have observed to be true. My daughter likes to hunt and hike and fix cars and chop wood and do guy stuff. She doesn’t like dolls. Why would I force

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham If you love your wife like Christ loves the

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham If you love your wife like Christ loves the church, you will set aside your desires and serve her needs as more important than your own. Do you do that? This stat

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Rob, the fact that the culture is confused may in fact be a result of the church being so hard nosed on gender-based restrictions. Think about it, if a girl understands that she can never be a leader because some ...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Rob, the fact that the culture is confused may in fact be a result of the church being so hard nosed on gender-based restrictions. Think about it, if a girl unders

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham The Greek of 1Co 11:14 is not being translated correctly. Look at how the ISV translates it: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory,...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham The Greek of 1Co 11:14 is not being translated correctly. Look at how the ISV translates it: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man t

1Co 11:14 debate

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

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Your posts should be chained as I don’t know what this one is the continuation of. 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 in no way restrict elders to be male. You likely get there by reading the English not realizing that the...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Your posts should be chained as I don’t know what this one is the continuation of. 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 in no way restrict elders to be male. You likely get t

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Actually, a priest could only be a Levite male without defect. So it was not even open to males of the other 11 tribes and should they try to serve as priests they would be judged. There is no distinction made in...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Actually, a priest could only be a Levite male without defect. So it was not even open to males of the other 11 tribes and should they try to serve as priests they

Gal 3:26 general

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham The idea of gender-roles is not something that the Bible introduces. The differences are what make mixed male-female leadership teams more effective. Women think differently and men tend to get stuck in linear thi...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham The idea of gender-roles is not something that the Bible introduces. The differences are what make mixed male-female leadership teams more effective. Women think d

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham These are differences of bodily functions and no one is suggesting that a father should become a mother or a mother should become a father. We are simply asserting that there are no Biblical restrictions on leade...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham These are differences of bodily functions and no one is suggesting that a father should become a mother or a mother should become a father. We are simply assertin

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Wow, I’m glad you don’t think that hair length affects one’s eternity!! Yes, men and women are different. Complementary would be a word I might choose, but a group that thinks there is gender hierarchy co-opted t...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Wow, I’m glad you don’t think that hair length affects one’s eternity!! Yes, men and women are different. Complementary would be a word I might choose, but a grou

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is John the Baptist shamed because he was a nazarite from birth and therefore couldn’t cut his hair like Samson? Even Paul took a Nazarite vow and in numbers both men and women could take the vow. The vow involves...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is John the Baptist shamed because he was a nazarite from birth and therefore couldn’t cut his hair like Samson? Even Paul took a Nazarite vow and in numbers both

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham How interesting. I attended a Calvary Chapel church for about 7 years and a pastor friend of mine is a pastor in one right now. His pastor just preached on 1Cor 11 and noted how Chuck Smith accepted the hippies re...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham How interesting. I attended a Calvary Chapel church for about 7 years and a pastor friend of mine is a pastor in one right now. His pastor just preached on 1Cor 11

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Great article!

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is it so far fetched that a conservative could believe that a godly woman could teach true doctrine or pastor a church based on a careful reading of scripture? Question: 1Co 11:14-15—does “nature” teach you that ...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Is it so far fetched that a conservative could believe that a godly woman could teach true doctrine or pastor a church based on a careful reading of scripture? Qu

1Co 11:14-15 question

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes.

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham I find it quite puzzling how someone who be

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham I find it quite puzzling how someone who believes that godly women can teach true doctrine and pastor being equated to this list. 🤔

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham You keep referring to “God’s created order”

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham You keep referring to “God’s created order” when all I see pre-fall is God commanding them both to rule (Gen 1:28). What am I missing here Rob?

Gen 1:28 question

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham I’m not sure what you are referring to abou

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham I’m not sure what you are referring to about the “natural order of creation”—you mean that the man was created first in time sequence before the woman?

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham I don’t know Rob. Just got the Bible. I have no idea why they don’t acknowledge what’s right there in the text and are willing to overlook details that don’t comport with their view. Besides, what motivation do t...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham I don’t know Rob. Just got the Bible. I have no idea why they don’t acknowledge what’s right there in the text and are willing to overlook details that don’t compo

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham So truth is determined by a popularity vote

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham So truth is determined by a popularity vote? Isn’t truth determined by looking carefully at the text and examining the details and reasons for a viewpoint? Can th

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Jesus’ body was from God. The Father is not the source of the eternal uncreated Son but of His body. Eve’s body was created from Adam’s flesh and bone. Your comment that the doctrine was never questioned until…I...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Jesus’ body was from God. The Father is not the source of the eternal uncreated Son but of His body. Eve’s body was created from Adam’s flesh and bone. Your comm

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, how does being male protect people fro

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, how does being male protect people from deception? Aren’t they protected by the truth?

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham For example, the meaning of head… https://t

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham For example, the meaning of head… https://t.co/CQoDw1cZbP

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, any chance…even 1%…that you might have

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham Rob, any chance…even 1%…that you might have misread these scriptures?

@RenOfMen @42Lives I suspect Paul wouldn’t be concerned about the statistics unless there was an increase in s3xual immorality. 1Co 7 is fairly clear that he wishes they would be like him (single), but if they are unable to control themselves, it is ...

@RenOfMen @42Lives I suspect Paul wouldn’t be concerned about the statistics unless there was an increase in s3xual immorality. 1Co 7 is fairly clear that he wishes they would be like him (single), bu

@KatieWollan2 @ryancduff The question is not why a woman can be a pastor but why she cannot be one. The scripture doesn't forbid women from serving in this capacity. Further, the idea of having a spiritual covering in her husband comes from a misread...

@KatieWollan2 @ryancduff The question is not why a woman can be a pastor but why she cannot be one. The scripture doesn't forbid women from serving in this capacity. Further, the idea of having a spir

@PastorMark Encouraging people to seek more skilled labor is reasonable; calling

@PastorMark Encouraging people to seek more skilled labor is reasonable; calling service jobs "joke jobs" is not.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Read the Bible, not the so-called post-apostolic Church

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Read the Bible, not the so-called post-apostolic Church Fathers.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Women not serving as leaders is not established BIBLICA

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Women not serving as leaders is not established BIBLICAL doctrine. I may not be welcome in the Orthodox Church, but that doesn't mean you should treat me as an unbeliever for

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I'm not promoting hyper feminists and false teaching. We are all to support one another; that is not something relegated to one s3x. The church does not emulate society but should be clear that we are all sons in Christ so th...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I'm not promoting hyper feminists and false teaching. We are all to support one another; that is not something relegated to one s3x. The church does not emulate society but sh

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Forbidding women completely without any regard for their giftedness, ability and specific teaching is clearly an error and the Orthodox Church has fallen prey to cultural patriarchalism like many others. Saying "but what abo...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Forbidding women completely without any regard for their giftedness, ability and specific teaching is clearly an error and the Orthodox Church has fallen prey to cultural patr

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Just because I believe scripture doesn't forbid godly women from teaching or pastoral ministry doesn't mean that women don't mess up like men. Maybe if men supported women who were gifted and had the desire to serve in this c...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Just because I believe scripture doesn't forbid godly women from teaching or pastoral ministry doesn't mean that women don't mess up like men. Maybe if men supported women who

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Oh, I forgot that the Orthodox Church is just correct i

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Oh, I forgot that the Orthodox Church is just correct in everything. My bad. Continue following whatever you think is best then.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I didn't read about Deborah from feminist websites, but

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I didn't read about Deborah from feminist websites, but from opening my Bible and reading what it says and then using my mind to think about it.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I see. So you don't get to think for yourself? You just

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie I see. So you don't get to think for yourself? You just follow your church into the errors they keep repeating forever? You are not supposed to follow and repeat errors.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Deborah was the authority of God over an entire nation by God's own will (just like Samuel was). Therefore, a woman in a position of authority is not a sin as you assume. Your simple assumptions are clearly wrong, but it seem...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Deborah was the authority of God over an entire nation by God's own will (just like Samuel was). Therefore, a woman in a position of authority is not a sin as you assume. Your

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, you still have it wrong. Wives are to love their husbands too and the way that Christ loved is by serving to the uttermost. Wives are not called to be slaves of their husbands but to reciprocate the same service⎯though ev...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, you still have it wrong. Wives are to love their husbands too and the way that Christ loved is by serving to the uttermost. Wives are not called to be slaves of their husb

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Sorry, where does scripture say that a wife should obey

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Sorry, where does scripture say that a wife should obey her husband? Is she a child or a slave?

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie 1Ti 2:12 is not referring to pastors. It is dealing with a specific wife who is outside of orthodoxy and teaching false doctrine and her husband (likely an elder) who is not deceived is silent and saying nothing. This mimics ...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie 1Ti 2:12 is not referring to pastors. It is dealing with a specific wife who is outside of orthodoxy and teaching false doctrine and her husband (likely an elder) who is not d

1Ti 2:12 general

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Where does the Bible tell wives to "obey" their husband

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Where does the Bible tell wives to "obey" their husbands?

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Where does the Bible explicitly tell women not to be pa

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Where does the Bible explicitly tell women not to be pastors?

@Dasugo @m_james76997 @MikeWingerii Anyone who is able and in a place where they have the power/ability to help. A male who isn't a father is can help too, right? These passages are mostly about those who are judges and in places of authority who are...

@Dasugo @m_james76997 @MikeWingerii Anyone who is able and in a place where they have the power/ability to help. A male who isn't a father is can help too, right? These passages are mostly about those

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No one is saying that wives shouldn't submit to their husbands, just that husbands should also submit to their wives because it is mutual. No one is ignoring the Bible. It's called reading in context. A text without the con...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No one is saying that wives shouldn't submit to their husbands, just that husbands should also submit to their wives because it is mutual. No one is ignoring the Bible. It's

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie If the Orthodox Church doesn’t bend the knee to satan a

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie If the Orthodox Church doesn’t bend the knee to satan as you say, why believe a doctrine of demons?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie My apologies…I didn’t recognize the typo. Deleting my c

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie My apologies…I didn’t recognize the typo. Deleting my comment. But women are not forbidden to have authority over men just like Deborah wasn’t forbidden but appointed to have

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie That is false doctrine. And using it to treat believers as not part of his church is divisive. "As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that suc...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie That is false doctrine. And using it to treat believers as not part of his church is divisive. "As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice,