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@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Those passages only forbid if you read them in complete

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Those passages only forbid if you read them in complete isolation to the rest of Paul’s letter. You need to go learn some humility and stop teaching what you don’t understand

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie You are divisive causing division in Jesus’ church. You need to stop. "As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do with him, knowing that such a person is warped and ...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie You are divisive causing division in Jesus’ church. You need to stop. "As for a person who stirs up division, after warning him once and then twice, have nothing more to do w

Titus 3:10-11 general

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie What? I cannot quote the Bible? I’m obeying exactly wh

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie What? I cannot quote the Bible? I’m obeying exactly what Paul said and meant in its context with all details being inspired. I don’t just read 1 or 2 verses. A text taken ou

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@GetoD6812 @pastherandie You are not recognizing Paul’s command from the Lord th

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie You are not recognizing Paul’s command from the Lord that all can prophesy and all can learn. Paul’s remedy for people like you: “But if anyone does not recognize this, he i

1Co 14:38 debate

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie If you cannot read in context, how will you understand

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie If you cannot read in context, how will you understand what God intends? Think—if it is a sin for a woman to have authority, then why did God appoint Deborah as the judge and

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Actually, you don’t know what you are so confidently talking about. "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, thro...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Actually, you don’t know what you are so confidently talking about. "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, I’m completely sober. I am not a theologian of sata

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie No, I’m completely sober. I am not a theologian of satan. Lilith is not in scripture.

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie How strange. “Forbidding” what is not forbidden is actu

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie How strange. “Forbidding” what is not forbidden is actually doctrines of demons. Forbidding marriage, forbidding certain foods…and yes, forbidding godly women from teaching tr

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Wow that’s so crazy. Do you even submit to abuse?

This is absurd and clearly unscriptural since Jesus was single and passed 30 and

This is absurd and clearly unscriptural since Jesus was single and passed 30 and Paul commended others to remain single as he was. @RenOfMen https://t.co/19KcJREj6P https://t.co/qCWNspGMj3

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie First, God commanded the woman to rule, so ruling creat

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie First, God commanded the woman to rule, so ruling creation is not a sin. Leadership is not a sin. Desiring to be an overseer is a good thing.

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley My convictions on this are not suppressing the truth in

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley My convictions on this are not suppressing the truth in unrighteousness. Again, you cannot demonstrate how a godly woman teaching truth to men or pastoring is ever declared a

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley You may not feel comfortable listening to truth from a

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley You may not feel comfortable listening to truth from a female elder or pastor, yet they are not sinning any more than a black pastor would be, or a slave who is a pastor would

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Surely you realize there are things that are actually sin and then there are debatable matters, right? How can a godly woman teaching truth to a man or pastoring be a sin when it’s not stated as such and when you have clear e...

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Surely you realize there are things that are actually sin and then there are debatable matters, right? How can a godly woman teaching truth to a man or pastoring be a sin when

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley So how is it that you say somehow a godly woman teaching truth to men or pastoring is in the same category as a woman saying she is a man or wanting to change her s3x or living contrary to s3x confined to marriage which is be...

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley So how is it that you say somehow a godly woman teaching truth to men or pastoring is in the same category as a woman saying she is a man or wanting to change her s3x or livin

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every view is off limits. You know that I already said that my egalitarian church just left the RCA because they ordained same s3x pastors, right? Obviously I believe that you cannot di...

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Ron, you know that I’m not saying that every view is off limits. You know that I already said that my egalitarian church just left the RCA because they ordained same s3x pasto

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Ron, you know that this is not what I think as I have g

@ronhenzel @AleahPursley Ron, you know that this is not what I think as I have given a thorough exegesis on the passages you so confidently assume restrict women. Please show me where scripture says t

@DabDabChill Except this passage which is supposedly an authority hierarchy. And

@DabDabChill Except this passage which is supposedly an authority hierarchy. And that doesn’t tell you anything?

@pastherandie @bibleradioapp Yes, the idea that the husband and the wife are bot

@pastherandie @bibleradioapp Yes, the idea that the husband and the wife are both slave masters makes no sense. They are both servant leaders which that analogy doesn’t represent.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-23

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Ron, take off your patriarchy glasses so you can see the context of each of those passages clearly. At minimum, engaging with those who take scripture seriously but disagree with you based on Biblical precedent should give you...

@ronhenzel @carol66944 Ron, take off your patriarchy glasses so you can see the context of each of those passages clearly. At minimum, engaging with those who take scripture seriously but disagree wi

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor https://t.co/VLyu8xNnjx

@ronhenzel A creative way of getting around the text. Why is this not an option for married women? Should half the church (if all single women) all line up one by one to speak with an elder after? How inefficient is that? What if the question she ask...

@ronhenzel A creative way of getting around the text. Why is this not an option for married women? Should half the church (if all single women) all line up one by one to speak with an elder after? How

@ronhenzel Is Paul’s reference to the Berean believers and how they tested his words spoken only to the elders? Are only the elders to examine and test? If a non elder finds an inconsistency, should they be silenced simply because they are not servin...

@ronhenzel Is Paul’s reference to the Berean believers and how they tested his words spoken only to the elders? Are only the elders to examine and test? If a non elder finds an inconsistency, should t

1Co 1:13 1Co 4:21 question

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor In the following I clearly mark Paul’s usage of the contrastive ‘or’ (Greek: ἢ) in 1 Cor: 1Co 1:13 - "Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? ἢ were you baptized in the name of Paul?" 1Co 4:21 - "What do you wish...

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor In the following I clearly mark Paul’s usage of the contrastive ‘or’ (Greek: ἢ) in 1 Cor: 1Co 1:13 - "Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? *ἢ* were you baptized i

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor Here's the list of verses where Paul uses rhetorical questions and contrastive statements to address or correct ideas and behaviors within the early Christian communities showing that this is also a way of identifying forei...

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor Here's the list of verses where Paul uses rhetorical questions and contrastive statements to address or correct ideas and behaviors within the early Christian communities sh

1Co 14:34-35 general

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor While it is true that Paul often introduces quotations or topics from the Corinthians with “Περὶ δὲ” (Peri de, “Now concerning…”), he also employs rhetorical questions and contrastive arguments to distinguish his views from...

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor While it is true that Paul often introduces quotations or topics from the Corinthians with “Περὶ δὲ” (Peri de, “Now concerning…”), he also employs rhetorical questions and c

@ronhenzel @thecrazypastor https://t.co/WJXFkEK5TS

@thecrazypastor @ronhenzel This is especially since Paul clearly instructed that

@thecrazypastor @ronhenzel This is especially since Paul clearly instructed that: "For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted..." (1Co 14:31). All may learn, b

1Co 14:31 debate

@thecrazypastor @ronhenzel The only view that makes sense of this text is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1Co 7:1)⎯this is for the reasons you noted. There is no such law which could ever be reasonably interpreted to suggest th...

@thecrazypastor @ronhenzel The only view that makes sense of this text is Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1Co 7:1)⎯this is for the reasons you noted. There is no such law which

1Co 7:1 general

@ymmotrojam The 144,000 are also Jewish male virgins: “They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth. These are those w...

@ymmotrojam The 144,000 are also Jewish male virgins: “They sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

@FreeAme19691836 Hi Russell, I am using X to address specific issues, and at this time, the forbidding of women as elders and pastors is on the forefront for me. Your assumption that I care little for the salvation of others is misjudged. I ask the...

@FreeAme19691836 Hi Russell, I am using X to address specific issues, and at this time, the forbidding of women as elders and pastors is on the forefront for me. Your assumption that I care little fo

@ronhenzel BTW, those bishops became very angry at the insistence that God booby trapped humanity in order that they would fall so that they would be dependent on Him to rescue them. But this is exactly the setup they created. LDS teaching requires...

@ronhenzel BTW, those bishops became very angry at the insistence that God booby trapped humanity in order that they would fall so that they would be dependent on Him to rescue them. But this is exac

@ronhenzel As I told the LDS bishops, this would be like God placing a trap, pointing it out (so they would be tempted to go near it), so that when they got trapped, He could be their saviour and get them out of it. How would you perceive a human fa...

@ronhenzel As I told the LDS bishops, this would be like God placing a trap, pointing it out (so they would be tempted to go near it), so that when they got trapped, He could be their saviour and get

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii It’s no more wrong than for a non-Jew to

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii It’s no more wrong than for a non-Jew to be a pastor or a slave to be a pastor or a black man. Look, many pastors have problems—don’t think that just because yo

@VGuy1689 @ronhenzel Yikes! The reformed and patristics taught this doctrine of

@VGuy1689 @ronhenzel Yikes! The reformed and patristics taught this doctrine of demons from the high table of Satan? I remember that day when two LDS bishops were in my Livingroom and I was arguing a

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii This idea is a purely a work of the ficti

@CaidenHooks @carol66944 @MikeWingerii This idea is a purely a work of the fiction of your mind and tradition. It is no more true than the idea that a pastor cannot be a Gentile or a black man or a sl

@ymmotrojam @th3muse Deacons are administrative assistants, but this does not mean that they cannot teach or preach as Stephen demonstrated (and Phillip doing evangelistic preaching and miracles in Samaria). There are no hard and fast rules that a d...

@ymmotrojam @th3muse Deacons are administrative assistants, but this does not mean that they cannot teach or preach as Stephen demonstrated (and Phillip doing evangelistic preaching and miracles in Sa

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @th3muse Of course you have to say this if you don’t accept females as deacons. The facts are: - Paul uses the feminine διάκονον - Paul is commending her to the church she is moving to as a leader - She is to be received as...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @th3muse Of course you have to say this if you don’t accept females as deacons. The facts are: - Paul uses the feminine διάκονον - Paul is commending her to the church she i

@MikeWingerii @kjvchurches How can you say the feminine form diakonon wasn’t available when Paul uses the feminine in Rom 16:1 for Phoebe? Your comment makes absolutely no sense. I reviewed your notes on episode 4 where you state “The Greek word dia...

@MikeWingerii @kjvchurches How can you say the feminine form diakonon wasn’t available when Paul uses the feminine in Rom 16:1 for Phoebe? Your comment makes absolutely no sense. I reviewed your note

Rom 16:1 question

@David_Timothy17 @MikeWingerii Then why is he calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent? Why is he recommending female pastors to resign? Why is he advising his followers who go to egalitarian churches to leave loudly and take others wi...

@David_Timothy17 @MikeWingerii Then why is he calling those who spread egalitarian teaching to repent? Why is he recommending female pastors to resign? Why is he advising his followers who go to egali

@CurtisKack @MikeWingerii @th3muse Interesting read of Mike’ comment. I think you may be right as he doesn’t want to respond to criticism of his position on female elders despite others like Terran Williams and Andrew Bartlett taking the time to revi...

@CurtisKack @MikeWingerii @th3muse Interesting read of Mike’ comment. I think you may be right as he doesn’t want to respond to criticism of his position on female elders despite others like Terran Wi

@Sim_Cekiso @MikeWingerii I didn’t claim that. My comment could have been worded

@Sim_Cekiso @MikeWingerii I didn’t claim that. My comment could have been worded clearer. My point being he agrees with women deacons because of Pheobe without any requirements for them since he think

1Ti 3:11-13 general

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii I will stop as soon as Mike retracts his call for egal

@scottspeig @MikeWingerii I will stop as soon as Mike retracts his call for egalitarians to repent, his advice for female pastors to step down and his recommendation that their churches be divided—all

@onegospel2021 @MikeWingerii Ever thought about what benefit your comments like

@onegospel2021 @MikeWingerii Ever thought about what benefit your comments like this bring? I’m not seeing much. Don’t you realize that Mike advised all female pastors to step down and find another j

@th3muse @KylePierce96 Apologies for any misunderstanding. Mike is a complementarian who believes women cannot occupy the role of elder/pastor or act or speak in a manner which could be interpreted as her being an elder or pastor. I am egalitarian a...

@th3muse @KylePierce96 Apologies for any misunderstanding. Mike is a complementarian who believes women cannot occupy the role of elder/pastor or act or speak in a manner which could be interpreted as

@th3muse Sorry I wasn’t more. clear. I’m egalitarian. Mike is complementarian. M

@th3muse Sorry I wasn’t more. clear. I’m egalitarian. Mike is complementarian. Mike and I agree that women can be deacons. But Mike does so because of Pheobe not because of 1Ti 3:11-13.

1Ti 3:11-13 debate

@KylePierce96 @th3muse Hmm. I knew that Mike believes women can be deacons and didn’t say he didn’t. But my response given @th3muse’s question wasn’t as clear as it could have been. Sorry for the confusion. Mike believes women can be deacons because...

@KylePierce96 @th3muse Hmm. I knew that Mike believes women can be deacons and didn’t say he didn’t. But my response given @th3muse’s question wasn’t as clear as it could have been. Sorry for the conf

1Ti 3:11-13 debate

@MikeWingerii @th3muse Question for @MikeWingerii: if 1Ti 3:1-13 doesn’t apply t

@MikeWingerii @th3muse Question for @MikeWingerii: if 1Ti 3:1-13 doesn’t apply to female deacons then where are the requirements for female deacons? Genuinely curious.

1Ti 3:1-13 question

@ryantylervo @MikeWingerii Curious what I said that you interpreted as rude? Mike misunderstood my comment as I wasn’t clear enough. I already knew he supports female deacons. As for “speaking for Mike,” his teaching is public and I don’t need his ...

@ryantylervo @MikeWingerii Curious what I said that you interpreted as rude? Mike misunderstood my comment as I wasn’t clear enough. I already knew he supports female deacons. As for “speaking for M