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@dale621 @StandAndKnox Even Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies (circa 180) doesn't

@dale621 @StandAndKnox Even Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies (circa 180) doesn't claim that female elders is a heresy.

@StandAndKnox Hang on, I was making brunch. So what you seem to be suggesting is that saying that women are not forbidden from serving as elders means that they are elevating themselves to be first? So any woman who ends up serving as an elder⎯say in...

@StandAndKnox Hang on, I was making brunch. So what you seem to be suggesting is that saying that women are not forbidden from serving as elders means that they are elevating themselves to be first? S

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@RevBCD Why are you speaking for Jay Engel? If he supports female elders then wh

@RevBCD Why are you speaking for Jay Engel? If he supports female elders then why doesn’t he come over here and clarify why he was less careful with his words?

Heresy has to do with primary matters of the Christian faith. Whether women can

Heresy has to do with primary matters of the Christian faith. Whether women can be elders is not in any creed or confession of the universal church. Believing women can be elders does not place you ou

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@sum_of_thy_Word @alhakim120000 How is man referring only to the elders? Do you

@sum_of_thy_Word @alhakim120000 How is man referring only to the elders? Do you see Paul himself as an elder? And are not the elders part of the church or are they a separate group? 🤔

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And we only have Peter and John who self identify as ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as the priesthood is related to temples and there is no...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both t

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both the husband and wife may have been elders. Nothing specifies either way.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how their mother’s instructed them as children—though suc...

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

RT @CherylSchatz: Who are the 24 elders and why are they in Heaven before the fi

RT @CherylSchatz: Who are the 24 elders and why are they in Heaven before the first seal is opened?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I don’t apply critical theory and I a

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I don’t apply critical theory and I am convinced that the following are not teaching that women should not be elders or teach truth to men: 1Co 14:34-45, 11:

1Co 14:34-45 Ti 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-27

@riecker “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, n

@riecker “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock” (Ac 20:29) ⎯ the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians Elders, ~AD 57.

Ac 20:29 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

@Autumn_Armyworm @dougponder @BenMandrell @markedpodcast The scripture governs c

@Autumn_Armyworm @dougponder @BenMandrell @markedpodcast The scripture governs churches. 1Ti 3 and Tit 1 do not indicate that elders must be males unless you think they must be married men with 2 or m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

In his next post (https://t.co/RzkrAGIuu6), Ponder raises his angst stating "most insidious of all, Mandrell says, 'Let's get away from nomenclature,' by which he means the church needs to stop talking about titles (pastors and elders)." No, Mandrel...

In his next post (https://t.co/RzkrAGIuu6), Ponder raises his angst stating "most insidious of all, Mandrell says, 'Let's get away from nomenclature,' by which he means the church needs to stop talkin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-10

@I_Been_Raptured @MikeWingerii Heresy? Heresy is related to the person and work of Jesus, the nature of God, the gospel—basically the fundamentals of the faith. Whether women can teach truth or serve as elders is not a fundamental and shouldn’t be re...

@I_Been_Raptured @MikeWingerii Heresy? Heresy is related to the person and work of Jesus, the nature of God, the gospel—basically the fundamentals of the faith. Whether women can teach truth or serve

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-10

@MikeWingerii And sometimes it’s men who underestimate the Holy Spirit’s gifting

@MikeWingerii And sometimes it’s men who underestimate the Holy Spirit’s gifting and choosing when it is pastoral gifts given to women and His selecting them for elders and overseers.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@akn0187rmb @MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii Repent of what? Teaching that women can

@akn0187rmb @MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii Repent of what? Teaching that women can be elders and pastors?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@Tailfeathers_WA @MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii Ok, so will my works be burned up b

@Tailfeathers_WA @MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii Ok, so will my works be burned up but I’ll be saved or will I be cast into the lake of fire for teaching that women can teach truth to men and serve as pas

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-05

@MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii He told those who are spreading egalitarian teaching

@MtotheBWilly @MikeWingerii He told those who are spreading egalitarian teaching to repent. Specifically the idea that women can be elders / pastors. https://t.co/8Uw6UHSvFE

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Indeed! No overseer should have “wives” either. Oh, and Paul was unmarried…so he who is making the requirements is disqualified. And also, elders must have at least 2 or more believing children, so all of you elders...

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Indeed! No overseer should have “wives” either. Oh, and Paul was unmarried…so he who is making the requirements is disqualified. And also, elders must have at least

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@onedayatatimeLB @ymmotrojam @smashbaals I think that some biblical instructions like this are less explicit to test our discernment. Take 1Ti 3:2—those who insist “an elder must be male” overlook that just a few verses later (1Ti 3:4-5), elders are...

@onedayatatimeLB @ymmotrojam @smashbaals I think that some biblical instructions like this are less explicit to test our discernment. Take 1Ti 3:2—those who insist “an elder must be male” overlook th

1Ti 3:2 1Ti 3:4-5 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is wh

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Also, in 1Ti 2:12 the term authentein is what some believe means to “exercise authority over” someone. This is the only place it is used in the Bible. Why isn’t it

1Ti 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@StothersRyan All of church history?? Where do you get that from? Are you saying no churches had female pastors or elders until modern times? Or that the ones who did always did so for the wrong reasons? The following slide is from a presentation do...

@StothersRyan All of church history?? Where do you get that from? Are you saying no churches had female pastors or elders until modern times? Or that the ones who did always did so for the wrong reaso

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

RT @ryanschatz: @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons

RT @ryanschatz: @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely y…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks w

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks women are not to be elders. And no, the Bible doesn’t say that. That’s not what Paul is saying in 1Ti 2:12. https://t.co

1Ti 2:12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@ashestoashes80 Because the verse says literally “one wife husband” or “husband

@ashestoashes80 Because the verse says literally “one wife husband” or “husband of one wife”—if this is about being male, then it means that elders also have to be married. I argue against both.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Do you think women should be allowed to be pasto

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Do you think women should be allowed to be pastors? How about elders? How about leaders in the church? How about ruling their homes?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number

@Glory2God777 @AletheiaHS @ManassehRJones @subq @immrbloo I see. I know a number of Calvinist including pastors and they don’t even believe such a thing. They even allow those who disagree on the end

I appreciate you allow for women in ministry, but you disallow them to be elders or deacons—leaders. And they cannot teach truth to males (adults only? What about teens?) Priscilla taught Apollos, so teaching men truth is not forbidden of women. An ...

I appreciate you allow for women in ministry, but you disallow them to be elders or deacons—leaders. And they cannot teach truth to males (adults only? What about teens?) Priscilla taught Apollos, so

I’m merely suggesting that in order to clearly restrict elders to only males, the text should explicitly exclude women which it doesn’t. 1Ti 3:11 says “Women likewise…”—Even if we presume v1-10 is for males, this statement shows the same requirement...

I’m merely suggesting that in order to clearly restrict elders to only males, the text should explicitly exclude women which it doesn’t. 1Ti 3:11 says “Women likewise…”—Even if we presume v1-10 is fo

1Ti 3:11 general

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encou

Further, by encouraging people to remain single (1Co 7:7-8,32-35), is Paul encouraging them to become disqualified from being elders and deacons? Paul says that those who are single have more time to

1Co 7:7-8 question

Paul was clearly both an apostle and an overseer. His letters are pastoral (esp 1Co, 2Co and Gal), he ministered in Ephesus for ~3 yrs (Ac 20:31). He was not there merely to plant a church and appoint elders, but spent significant time shepherding,...

Paul was clearly *both* an apostle and an overseer. His letters are pastoral (esp 1Co, 2Co and Gal), he ministered in Ephesus for ~3 yrs (Ac 20:31). He was not there merely to plant a church and appoi

Ac 20:31 debate

You can’t discount a prohibition that doesn’t exist, right? I’m not suggesting

You can’t discount a prohibition that doesn’t exist, right? I’m not suggesting that *any* information is being discounted. The question that needs to be asked is whether Paul is anywhere excluding o

@voyavolver1 @MikeWingerii Heresy has to do with serious deviation from foundati

@voyavolver1 @MikeWingerii Heresy has to do with serious deviation from foundational teachings of the faith, not just differences on non-essentials like the method of baptism, end times doctrines, whe

@twitchypreacher Yet saying “must be a married male” would exclude Paul himself

@twitchypreacher Yet saying “must be a married male” would exclude Paul himself not to mention Jesus! And if you say that apostles have less requirements than elders, on what basis would such a claim

@RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic No, that doesn't work at all. You presume that elders are supposed to be doing what Paul says shouldn't be done in 1Ti 2:12. Further, since when was Paul saying that anyone wasn't to teach truth to anyon...

@RamiThePaladin @MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic No, that doesn't work at all. You presume that elders are supposed to be doing what Paul says shouldn't be done in 1Ti 2:12. Further, since when was Paul

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic And they were off on whether women could be elder

@MikeWingerii @TheHustleCritic And they were off on whether women could be elders.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@ClairmontVII @KaeleyT My previous church never ever shared elders’ minutes with

@ClairmontVII @KaeleyT My previous church never ever shared elders’ minutes with anyone but the government.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii I have not seen Zahnd’s debate with Brown. I’m conce

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii I have not seen Zahnd’s debate with Brown. I’m concerned at what Mike says and how he frames things. He said I had to repent of spreading the teaching that women can be eld

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry Yes, we are called to submit to our elders, but they are also to

@MaineMinistry Yes, we are called to submit to our elders, but they are also to submit to the rest of the body. Elders are called to be servants, not rulers!

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry That church went non-denominational and merged with another local church which had a female lead pastor. Eventually, they hired a new pastor. To cut to the chase, I lasted about 2 years and in a meeting of the pastor, elders and deacon...

@MaineMinistry That church went non-denominational and merged with another local church which had a female lead pastor. Eventually, they hired a new pastor. To cut to the chase, I lasted about 2 years

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry What you are stating as “clear Biblical principles” in that women

@MaineMinistry What you are stating as “clear Biblical principles” in that women are not to be leaders or elders is absolutely not clear. You have convinced yourself that these are the clear principle

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem No, this is not true. (1) There are no male pronouns in 1Ti 3:1-13 for example. Why is that? (2) The requirements for deacons is the same as elders—still no “must be male” or “must not be female.” (3) 1Co 14:34-35 is ...

@JasonAlexa12387 @rightresponsem No, this is not true. (1) There are no male pronouns in 1Ti 3:1-13 for example. Why is that? (2) The requirements for deacons is the same as elders—still no “must be m

1Co 14:34-35 1Ti 3:1-13 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

Complementarians should stop dividing the church and demonizing those faithful t

Complementarians should stop dividing the church and demonizing those faithful to God’s Word, even in disagreement. Whether women can serve as leaders, elders, or pastors is a secondary issue and shou

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@elonsucks88 @MikeWingerii Many churches will not allow women to serve as elders

@elonsucks88 @MikeWingerii Many churches will not allow women to serve as elders or pastors.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@GWreformed1689 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge Elders are a separate function b

@GWreformed1689 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge Elders are a separate function because they are to specifically called to teach and correct false doctrine. The authority is in the Word of God.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@GWreformed1689 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge If you believe that elders are the greatest, then by Jesus' own words, the greatest ought to be the slave of all. "But it is not this way among you; rather, whoever wants to become prominent among you ...

@GWreformed1689 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge If you believe that elders are the greatest, then by Jesus' own words, the greatest ought to be the slave of all. "But it is not this way among you; ra

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-08

@CWadeBaker @Protestia Where does Mt 18:15-20 refer to elders?

Mt 18:15-20 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii I suspected that. Where does the Bible say that women ca

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii I suspected that. Where does the Bible say that women cannot be elders? Are you thinking of 1Ti 3:2? https://t.co/4GUOXr1fL9

1Ti 3:2 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii Thanks. There are differences between men and women, bot

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii Thanks. There are differences between men and women, both physical and emotional. But not so different that they both cannot lead or that women should be excluded from serving