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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

Can a person unpack hard passages of Scripture using the inspired words and gram

Can a person unpack hard passages of Scripture using the inspired words and grammar without having to be charged with doing theological gymnastics?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr You are negatively framing my intentions and trying to discredit me by calling my efforts trash. But that’s not how you convince anyone of anything. How about actually engaging with...

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr You are negatively framing my intentions and trying to discredit me by calling my efforts trash. But that’s not how you convince any

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

If you find reading all this on Twitter/X hard to peruse, take a look at https:/

If you find reading all this on Twitter/X hard to peruse, take a look at https://t.co/nl8eqrPZ7C which has a treasure trove on this subject. Use the category selector on the right to select the scrip

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@MniLA_ That’s the best complement I could receive—that you are checking what I’

@MniLA_ That’s the best complement I could receive—that you are checking what I’m saying against the scriptures! Thanks for your encouragement!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@MniLA_ Take a look at https://t.co/nl8eqrPZ7C If you use the scripture index i

@MniLA_ Take a look at https://t.co/nl8eqrPZ7C If you use the scripture index in the categories on the right side you should find whatever you are looking for.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-29

RT @ryanschatz: @William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the

RT @ryanschatz: @William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the men that were called pastors (ποιμήν) in the New Testament.…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-29

@William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the men that were called pastors (ποιμήν) in the New Testament. (Hint: the only one specifically identified as a shepherd is Jesus). When you are done looking for that, look for all the me...

@William_E_Wolfe Please list the scriptures identifying all the men that were called pastors (ποιμήν) in the New Testament. (Hint: the only one specifically identified as a shepherd is Jesus). When

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@thunk_huda The reference to the law is part of the quote from what the Corinthians wrote. There were Judiazers infiltrating many of the churches at that time. The “law” is not found in scripture but in the Talmud which Jews consider the oral law—b...

@thunk_huda The reference to the law is part of the quote from what the Corinthians wrote. There were Judiazers infiltrating many of the churches at that time. The “law” is not found in scripture bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@RobertMacD0nald @smashbaals Pastors and elders/bishop/overseer are synonymous. Deacons are leaders who are not required to teach. - Name one person in the NT church in scripture who was referred to as a shepherd. - Name one person in the NT church...

@RobertMacD0nald @smashbaals Pastors and elders/bishop/overseer are synonymous. Deacons are leaders who are not required to teach. - Name one person in the NT church in scripture who was referred to

1 Tim 3:1-2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Sure, that’s fair that you don’t know me. The Bible doesn’t say we need to know thousands of years of theology, much of which has debated the meaning of this passage. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God, ...

@DDinho555 @Fahim_4real @Sa_Gwang Sure, that’s fair that you don’t know me. The Bible doesn’t say we need to know thousands of years of theology, much of which has debated the meaning of this passage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@JeffreyPHo67012 @SheShePawPaw @Stephen_Angliss The clear scripture you refer to

@JeffreyPHo67012 @SheShePawPaw @Stephen_Angliss The clear scripture you refer to from Paul has been quoted out of context and misapplied. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@MioHondaFan Do you think taking scripture out of context has any effect on anyo

@MioHondaFan Do you think taking scripture out of context has any effect on anyone? https://t.co/rBGS8Fof6Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@giantshitcomin1 @crousselle You are quoting scripture you know nothing about.

@giantshitcomin1 @crousselle You are quoting scripture you know nothing about. You really think this has anything to do with posting selfies?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pasto

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishops/elders/pastors/overseers are all interchangeable in scripture. We use the term elders and pastors. So no and yes.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders in the church. We might use them differently now, ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Th...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Acts 17:10-11⎯"The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogu

Acts 17:10-11 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals What? Obedience to

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals What? Obedience to scripture is what the scripture is sufficient for: every. good. work.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals So you want me to scour everything that was stated in the patristics to find things that they taught that are not found in scripture? I certainly could, though I have other things to do and...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals So you want me to scour everything that was stated in the patristics to find things that they taught that are not found in scripture? I cer

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something in scripture. Scripture is sufficient and the me...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals There’s nothing wrong with the patristic writings unless they are seen as adding something missing from scripture or contradicting something

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The scripture doesn’

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The scripture doesn’t list only patience. Where do you get that idea?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It says that all scripture is sufficient for every good work. There is nothing else required. It’s like all the things a soldier needs to do his job completely and fully, not just the gun....

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It says that all scripture is sufficient for every good work. There is nothing else required. It’s like all the things a soldier needs to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Believe what you want. I'm just quoting the passage. "All *scripture*...so that the servant of God may be *thoroughly equipped* for **every** good work." (NIV) Thoroughly equipped means f...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Believe what you want. I'm just quoting the passage. "All *scripture*...so that the servant of God may be *thoroughly equipped* for **ever

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The teachings passed on by word of mouth or letter are the same teachings. Not everyone had access to a copy of the letter. What evidence do you have that these refer to teachings that are...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals The teachings passed on by word of mouth or letter are the same teachings. Not everyone had access to a copy of the letter. What evidence

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.” Where does it say that they were handed down oral...

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals 1 Cor 11:2 - “Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I handed them down to you.”

1 Cor 11:2 2 Tim 3:16-17 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in the New Testament. Only two (Peter and John) self...

@OkieLibSherry @nakedpastor In this particular instance scripture says 7 men were chosen and gives their names. However, we have little details on specific people who are called deacons or elders in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-23

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Only to the traditio

@HabitualLinest @Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Only to the traditions written in scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1) so someone can be both an Apos...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking ev

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor I am not skipping scripture. I am taking every word, its grammar, the context, the purpose of the letter, the surrounding commands—everything into consideration.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16) and Peter is a contemporary of Paul. ...

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages sufficiently. There are lots of puzzling details if...

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages su

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gender and socioeconomic barriers were torn down. I go...

@nakedpastor Jesus had reasons for the 12 being male but it is true that many women also were of his disciples. And yhe apostles were before the start of the church. In the church, the ethnic, gende

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe in the full inspiration of scripture and back up my...

@herschelmiller7 @DBrimzim @smashbaals The only rainbow I recognize is the one God gave to Noah. How is treating women as fully human and not a subspecies of males flying the pride flag? I believe i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-21

@TaompsonTaomson Many including men and women don’t know the scriptures well enough to teach it to others. Understanding itself is not restricted to only males. Priscilla and Aquila taught Apollos (Acts 18:27). So she clearly understood the script...

@TaompsonTaomson Many including men and women don’t know the scriptures well enough to teach it to others. Understanding itself is not restricted to only males. Priscilla and Aquila taught Apollos (

1 Tim 3:2 Acts 18:27 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-20

@Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m not advocating for tradition but for the Apostolic instructions in scripture. 2 Tim 3:16–17 (NIV): “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righte...

@Based_Byzantine @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m not advocating for tradition but for the Apostolic instructions in scripture. 2 Tim 3:16–17 (NIV): “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for tea

2 Tim 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption That was before the church was formed. Could Jesus not have had another reason for choosing 12 males? Description is not prescription. For the teaching of scripture, we have to look at the passages that deal with a...

@AmericanAccolon @BonifaceOption That was before the church was formed. Could Jesus not have had another reason for choosing 12 males? Description is not prescription. For the teaching of scripture

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@pauldirks @PerinDana I am glad that you agree there is mutual submission as that is there in the text. As for the asymmetry, I certainly see it also. I think the reason for the asymmetry is because of the cultural asymmetry that’s already there wh...

@pauldirks @PerinDana I am glad that you agree there is mutual submission as that is there in the text. As for the asymmetry, I certainly see it also. I think the reason for the asymmetry is because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@ShotClockTodd @HeidiSchlumpf If you correct me by scripture, I respond to that.

@ShotClockTodd @HeidiSchlumpf If you correct me by scripture, I respond to that. You can call me names, but that doesn’t really bother me.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@tradcathofwv @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm. I can see why Martin Luther had to nail his protests to the door. If you cannot even challenge someone by scripture because of their tradition, that doesn’t leave a lot of op...

@tradcathofwv @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm. I can see why Martin Luther had to nail his protests to the door. If you cannot even challenge someone by scripture because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rather, the real question is whether someone can serv...

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rat

1 Pet 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@marciapiper @megbasham It's hard to see what Paul was getting at in these verses on first reading. Have you ever changed your position on a passage, or are you correct in every aspect of your theology? Can the SBC not be challenged by scripture?? ...

@marciapiper @megbasham It's hard to see what Paul was getting at in these verses on first reading. Have you ever changed your position on a passage, or are you correct in every aspect of your theolo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@btgolz @megbasham You could say that to everyone who challenges your view of scripture. Why don’t you actually read and challenge my interpretation specifically? I’m claiming to be faithful to God’s word and to be holding to it. And for those who...

@btgolz @megbasham You could say that to everyone who challenges your view of scripture. Why don’t you actually read and challenge my interpretation specifically? I’m claiming to be faithful to God’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@PastorTSheppard @Jgrey2003 @pastordmack Sorry, where does scripture COMMAND wom

@PastorTSheppard @Jgrey2003 @pastordmack Sorry, where does scripture COMMAND women to be under the authority or rule of man?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@NBidnz I guess the block button doesn’t work for women when blocking male accounts. I’m pointing out how she blocked me for presenting a Biblical argument when in her system, I as a male was simply pointing out something from scripture. I wasn’t c...

@NBidnz I guess the block button doesn’t work for women when blocking male accounts. I’m pointing out how she blocked me for presenting a Biblical argument when in her system, I as a male was simply

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

RT @ryanschatz: @LogunWynn @megbasham Such an easy thing to say that one sentenc

RT @ryanschatz: @LogunWynn @megbasham Such an easy thing to say that one sentence. But it takes work to actually study the scripture to ma…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@LogunWynn @megbasham Such an easy thing to say that one sentence. But it takes work to actually study the scripture to make sure you got it right. Is it good to condemn someone for something that is not a sin? Then you ought to be careful. How i...

@LogunWynn @megbasham Such an easy thing to say that one sentence. But it takes work to actually study the scripture to make sure you got it right. Is it good to condemn someone for something that i

1 Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting q

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting qualified and capable women in leadership roles in the church because of their gender. I'm not a liberal nor a feminist.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@ortrails @trulyheisrisen @goteamcarr Where are these specific complementary roles defined in scripture? Take a look at this statement: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children, manage their households, and give the enemy no o...

@ortrails @trulyheisrisen @goteamcarr Where are these specific complementary roles defined in scripture? Take a look at this statement: “Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, have children

1 Timothy 5:14 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@jchasedavis Then there are others who after studying the scriptures more carefu

@jchasedavis Then there are others who after studying the scriptures more carefully realize we were wrong to exclude half the body of Christ from leadership opportunities. You don’t have to agree wit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-14

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. You don’t have to agree with egalitarians. **But yo...

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. Yo

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