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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-02

@JohnsdeSBaptist @Just_A_Man67 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii What most think is c

@JohnsdeSBaptist @Just_A_Man67 @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii What most think is clear scripture on forbidding women is just your reading your tradition into the text. Scratch an inch below the surface

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@TarienCole @MikeWingerii @JollyStine “I think men should have short hair still”

@TarienCole @MikeWingerii @JollyStine “I think men should have short hair still” How long was Jesus’ hair? How about John the Baptist who never cut his hair? Samson? Absalom? Anyone taking a Nazarite

Ac 18:18 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-10

@FancyABQ @NotTheBaptizer @deadtosin610 We recently left the Baptist church. I grew up PAOC in my teen and young adult years. Was Calvary Chapel for a while and liked that. Now we are in a church that was RCA but left and is in the process of joining...

@FancyABQ @NotTheBaptizer @deadtosin610 We recently left the Baptist church. I grew up PAOC in my teen and young adult years. Was Calvary Chapel for a while and liked that. Now we are in a church that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @TentSpike I've been to: - Evangelical Free - PAOC - Calvary Chape

@deadtosin610 @TentSpike I've been to: - Evangelical Free - PAOC - Calvary Chapel - Non-denom - ACOP - Baptist - RCA (but church left the denomination)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 I don't know...been to several. Latest is Reformed Church of Am

@OnionPizza68693 I don't know...been to several. Latest is Reformed Church of America, before that Baptist, before that ACOP, before that Calvary Chapel, before that Pentecostal, before that Evangelic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-23

@StothersRyan I appreciate your demeanour on this topic. Here’s another statement from Jesus similar to the one from John the Baptist: “Jesus answered, ‘You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason h...

@StothersRyan I appreciate your demeanour on this topic. Here’s another statement from Jesus similar to the one from John the Baptist: “Jesus answered, ‘You would have no authority over Me, unless i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@REF0RMEDBAPTIST @ronhenzel An unfortunate gymnastics boo boo, but has nothing to do with my exegesis of 1Ti 3:15. As you may be aware, often in debates, after each person presents, it can appear like the one who just presented is correct. "The fir...

@REF0RMEDBAPTIST @ronhenzel An unfortunate gymnastics boo boo, but has nothing to do with my exegesis of 1Ti 3:15. As you may be aware, often in debates, after each person presents, it can appear like

1Ti 3:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Yes, Paul was regenerated based on his faith. Everyon

@Jgallagher1958 @ronhenzel Yes, Paul was regenerated based on his faith. Everyone without exception is. John the Baptist had the Holy Spirit from before birth, but his salvation too depended on his

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m sorry, you want me to tell everyone I went to the following churches: - Evangelical Free - Pentecostal (PAOC) - Calvary Chapel - Non-denominational - Apostolic Church of Pentecost - Baptist (a few differe...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m sorry, you want me to tell everyone I went to the following churches: - Evangelical Free - Pentecostal (PAOC) - Calvary Chapel - Non-denominational - Apos

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@bwebaptist Perhaps that’s what they mean but then anyone could conceivably do t

@bwebaptist Perhaps that’s what they mean but then anyone could conceivably do that. It only is meaningful to claim your own authority when you are making your own statement or your own determination

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

@DST_QA I've believed this since around 2009 but didn't make it a big issue until the last 5 years. I was in a complementarian church (Calvary Chapel), then non-denom (egalitarian), then Baptist (mostly complementarian but shifting). In the Baptist...

@DST_QA I've believed this since around 2009 but didn't make it a big issue until the last 5 years. I was in a complementarian church (Calvary Chapel), then non-denom (egalitarian), then Baptist (mos

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@smashbaals I’ve attended: Evangelical➡️Evangelical Free, Pentecostal, Calvary Chapel➡️Non-denom➡️Apostolic Church of Pentecost, Baptist and Reformed Church of America (the church is in the midst of leaving this denomination and joining another). Th...

@smashbaals I’ve attended: Evangelical➡️Evangelical Free, Pentecostal, Calvary Chapel➡️Non-denom➡️Apostolic Church of Pentecost, Baptist and Reformed Church of America (the church is in the midst of l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-11

@bwebaptist There is no basis in Genesis for this. There is only ONE image of G

@bwebaptist There is no basis in Genesis for this. There is only ONE image of God and it isn’t divided amongst male and female but fully represented in each individual. https://t.co/9wdw07XZl1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@RatusCatholicam Thanks for coming over here and sharing your perspective! Perhaps this will help you understand me a bit better. I have a Bible study at my work where those from an Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Alliance, charismatic an...

@RatusCatholicam Thanks for coming over here and sharing your perspective! Perhaps this will help you understand me a bit better. I have a Bible study at my work where those from an Orthodox, Roman

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@thiskidsgotball @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Well… I host a Bible study where I have Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Alliance, Pentecostal and Baptists coming. We obviously don’t agree on everything, but get alon...

@thiskidsgotball @ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Well… I host a Bible study where I have Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Dutch Reformed, Alliance, Pentecostal and Baptists coming. We

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@BaptistHoldout @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr I do think this issue is harder to argue with conservatives because of this. However, you don't solve that problem by going patriarchal or by going woke. You just keep preaching the truth. We are not tal...

@BaptistHoldout @aleciajonesnow @goteamcarr I do think this issue is harder to argue with conservatives because of this. However, you don't solve that problem by going patriarchal or by going woke.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these mat...

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@steelmann777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment No, Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. "What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men] only?...

@steelmann777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment No, Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting their silencing of women. "What? came the word of God o

1 Cor 7:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@conserve1689 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment I hear what you are saying. But it really depends on how it is handled. My current church is egalitarian and they are leaving a denomination that is liberal on LGBTQ, so they are proof that ...

@conserve1689 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment I hear what you are saying. But it really depends on how it is handled. My current church is egalitarian and they are leaving a denomination

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@nathanweisser @johnsstrickland @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment Is y

@nathanweisser @johnsstrickland @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment Is your source to learn what JESUS wants of His church artificial intelligence?

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment All I’m saying is that you have two churches that do things differently and have different convictions about secondary matters so you should still be able to work together. You need to leav...

@ChristMount777 @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment All I’m saying is that you have two churches that do things differently and have different convictions about secondary matters so you should

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@johnsstrickland @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment If the church is Je

@johnsstrickland @TheSBCPlatform @BaptistPress @sbcamendment If the church is Jesus’ DNA, why do we keep trying to make each one different? Are you going to segregate in heaven too? What makes you t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus Well, you can move on. As you wish. Stop responding to me anytime. No one is forcing you to keep going. PS> I’m in a reformed church with elders. I was an elder at my previous Baptist church. You can call me ...

@JohnMoo26668690 @IssacharsNexus Well, you can move on. As you wish. Stop responding to me anytime. No one is forcing you to keep going. PS> I’m in a reformed church with elders. I was an elde

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-18

@MikeWingerii MikeW (Calvary Chapel)⎯where in the Bible do we find that God gives Adam authority over Eve? According to John the Baptist, "A person can receive only what is given them from heaven." (John 3:27) Where did God give Adam authority over...

@MikeWingerii MikeW (Calvary Chapel)⎯where in the Bible do we find that God gives Adam authority over Eve? According to John the Baptist, "A person can receive only what is given them from heaven." (

John 3:27 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-13

@masonmennenga Right, but I'm referring to Jesus in His ministry as recorded in the gospel accounts. One curious prisoner was John the Baptist who seemed to doubt that Jesus was the Messiah as John was rotting in prison while Jesus was preaching. O...

@masonmennenga Right, but I'm referring to Jesus in His ministry as recorded in the gospel accounts. One curious prisoner was John the Baptist who seemed to doubt that Jesus was the Messiah as John w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@AntiochBaptist_ @kimslearning @Christocentrism Never build a doctrine on such a

@AntiochBaptist_ @kimslearning @Christocentrism Never build a doctrine on such a contested verse. It uses singular pronouns, it uses a word used only once in the NT just to start. It by no means is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren 1/ I’m not ordained. 2/ I’ve atte

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren 1/ I’m not ordained. 2/ I’ve attended Baptist, Calvary Chapel, two Pentecostal, non-denom, Evangelical free. 3/ No one at my church reviewed my presenta

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@Christocentrism @AntiochBaptist_ I don’t think he’d be doing this if they didn’

@Christocentrism @AntiochBaptist_ I don’t think he’d be doing this if they didn’t kick him out. He’s not trying to make other complementarian SBC churches ordain women but to allow freedom.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren I have lots of things I could quibble with Warren regarding his methods and his exegesis. However, I believe his conclusions are right on this issue though I’m not sure he has done the work to thoroughly study the hard p...

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren I have lots of things I could quibble with Warren regarding his methods and his exegesis. However, I believe his conclusions are right on this issue though I’m not sure h

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Theology verse entry

John 3:16

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis

John 3:16 soteriology,atonement,unlimited atonement,Calvinism,kosmos,God's love,scope of atonement
Theology verse entry

Ephesians 1:4-5

Sections: cross_references, debate_points, exegesis, greek_analysis

Ephesians 1:4-5 soteriology,predestination,election,free will,Calvinism,provisionism,corporate election
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Contemporary relevance: SBC debate on women in leadership

Mike notes the timing of his series coincides with a major denominational debate.

Southern Baptist Convention women in leadership debate contemporary relevance
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Teaching on a Sunday morning — the hardest case; various approaches churches take

Mike tackles the most contested ministry question.

Sunday preaching Baptist tradition ordination
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Q&A: Partial and multiple fulfillment of prophecy — the Elijah/John the Baptist example

Question from William Toy about whether Mike sees prophecy as having partial and multiple fulfillment.

John the Baptist Matthew 11:14 Malachi 4:5 prophecy interpretation Elijah John the Baptist
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-25

Partial and total fulfillment: Mike's interpretive framework for prophecy

Mike presents the first of two key background concepts before diving into Mark 13.

Isaiah 7:14 partial and total fulfillment prophetic fulfillment Elijah typology
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

John 5: Jesus gives three evidences for his identity — John the Baptist, his miracles, and OT prophecy; Winger cites this as Jesus using evidential method

Winger's argument from John 5

John 5 fulfilled prophecy evidential apologetics miracles as evidence
Mike Winger idea 2018-08-16

Sye's ultimate evidential claim: everything proves God's existence because you cannot make sense of evidence itself without God — he is 'the ultimate evidentialist'

Sye's reframing of himself as a supreme evidentialist

Galatians 3:8 John the Baptist presuppositional apologetics evidence as God-dependent Galatians 3:8
Mike Winger idea 2018-10-24

Q&A: Advice to someone leaving the Catholic Church — seek a Bible-teaching, verse-by-verse church

Viewer named Alana asks where to go after leaving Catholicism

Calvary Chapel Catholicism Church selection
Mike Winger idea 2018-11-07

Historians accept that Jesus was baptized by John as historically reliable, partly due to the criterion of embarrassment — early Christians would have had reason to explain away or omit a detail where Jesus submits to a baptism of repentance, suggesting it is not invented.

John the Baptist scholarly consensus criterion of embarrassment historical Jesus
Mike Winger idea 2018-12-12

Hebrews 10 and Mark 1:44 show that Jesus fulfilled the sacrificial system rather than rejecting or editing it

Winger addresses Zahnd's claim that Jesus 'picked a side' against sacrifice and against the Torah.

Psalm-40 Hebrews-10 Mark-1-44 atonement apologetics Jesus
Mike Winger idea 2019-01-16

John 5:31-38 — Jesus presents three specific evidences for his identity: John the Baptist, miracles, and Scripture

Mike analyzes Jesus's own self-defense in John 5 as a model of evidence-based persuasion.

John the Baptist John 5:31-39 resurrection evidence-based faith John the Baptist
Mike Winger idea 2019-04-24

Q&A: Why is church attendance dropping? Glenn Stanton's "The Myth of the Dying Church" — mainline churches are dying, not Bible-believing churches

Audience question about church decline, particularly among Millennials and Gen Z

Southern Baptist Convention Barna Research The Myth of the Dying Church
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-15

Matthew 11:13 — "All the prophets and the law prophesied until John" — indicates a new era beginning with Jesus

Additional scriptural support for the transitional nature of the Law

John the Baptist Matthew 11:13 John the Baptist Matthew 11:13 Law and prophets prophesied
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-16

Extra-biblical corroboration: Mark 10 — why Jesus taught about divorce in that context

McLatchie uses Mark 10's divorce passage to show Josephus provides context explaining why the teaching is historically plausible.

John the Baptist Mark 10:2-12 Josephus John the Baptist Herod Antipas
Mike Winger idea 2019-05-16

Extra-biblical corroboration: Luke 3 — soldiers on active duty near John the Baptist

McLatchie presents a subtle corroboration between Luke 3's soldiers and the specific military situation in the region during John the Baptist's ministry.

John the Baptist Luke 3:14 Josephus John the Baptist Herod Antipas
Mike Winger idea 2019-06-19

Guest introduction: Dr. Mike Licona, historical Jesus scholar with PhD from University of Pretoria

Guest credentials and background

Lee Strobel Mike Licona University of Pretoria
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Part 2: Introduction to the household baptism argument for infant baptism

Winger presents the paedo-baptist household baptism case charitably before critiquing it.

Acts Acts infant baptism paedobaptism
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Part 3: The circumcision-baptism parallel argument for infant baptism introduced

Winger introduces the strongest paedo-baptist argument: baptism parallels circumcision as a covenant sign.

baptism covenant circumcision
Mike Winger idea 2019-07-31

Circumcision-baptism parallel breaks down on multiple fronts: faith requirement, compulsion, and gender exclusivity

Winger extends the critique of the circumcision-baptism parallel by pressing its internal inconsistencies.

Lydia faith baptism