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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JackmanRobert I agree that elders are pastors in scripture. Overseer / elder / pastor are used interchangeably. I don't see elders are rulers of a church either, though them all meeting together to discuss matters of doctrine is wholly consistent wi...

@JackmanRobert I agree that elders are pastors in scripture. Overseer / elder / pastor are used interchangeably. I don't see elders are rulers of a church either, though them all meeting together to d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 What do you mean by "position of authority over a congregation"? What authority does the pastor have over you? What does he tell you to do that someone else couldn't? I'm genuinely curious. Also...we test against scripture not agains...

@JonByers186054 What do you mean by "position of authority over a congregation"? What authority does the pastor have over you? What does he tell you to do that someone else couldn't? I'm genuinely cur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins when applied to certain people. Consider the fema...

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Eph 4:11 says "And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers." Pastoring (or shepherding) is a function, not an office. And only Jesus is explicitly called a poimen in ...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Eph 4:11 says "And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers." Pastoring (or shepherding) is a function, not an office

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time profe

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time professional pastors. If we followed 1Cor 14 more closely, we would see the so often unused gifts the Holy Spirit has given f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-04

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua My opinion is based on the fact that the Bible d

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua My opinion is based on the fact that the Bible doesn’t exclude women from serving as pastors.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@Dankrightanon There's literally not a single passage that says "only men are to

@Dankrightanon There's literally not a single passage that says "only men are to be pastors." You are making things up.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-28

@smashbaals I thought seminary taught how to exposit the text. Wouldn’t every be

@smashbaals I thought seminary taught how to exposit the text. Wouldn’t every believer benefit from this? Are there not men who go to seminary who don’t plan to be pastors?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-27

@Dankrightanon First, there is no ‘command’ that only men be pastors (poimen).

@Dankrightanon First, there is no ‘command’ that only men be pastors (poimen). Second, you are assuming head means the boss of, which is not how scripture uses the term.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@maybemaybe37 @smashbaals It has nothing to do with female leaders or pastors an

@maybemaybe37 @smashbaals It has nothing to do with female leaders or pastors and women teaching truth to men.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-25

@WWUTTcom You’d be surprised how many pastors don’t know what this passage means

@WWUTTcom You’d be surprised how many pastors don’t know what this passage means. I used it when interviewing pastors and was quite shocked at the results.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-23

@cjhormes @rightresponsem Doesn’t Trump support female pastors? Also, heresy isn’t just disagreeing on debatable matters but on the primary things that unify all Christians like the nature of God, the gospel, the physical resurrection, the deity of ...

@cjhormes @rightresponsem Doesn’t Trump support female pastors? Also, heresy isn’t just disagreeing on debatable matters but on the primary things that unify all Christians like the nature of God, th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-23

@rightresponsem What about Christians who support female pastors? Would you allo

@rightresponsem What about Christians who support female pastors? Would you allow them to be sworn in to office?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-22

@dalepartridge I agree with you. And so women who are leaders and teachers and p

@dalepartridge I agree with you. And so women who are leaders and teachers and pastors shouldn’t be relegated to just children or women but be able to minister to the entire body! You made a great arg

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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 2025-02-12

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Is that th

@graceforprize @ComeBack_Yeshua @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Huh? Is that the best you’ve got? 12 Jewish male apostles yet you don’t believe all pastors have to be Jewish, right?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-11

@MikeWingerii Especially the faithful female pastors. No one mentions them…

@MikeWingerii Especially the faithful female pastors. No one mentions them…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-10

@TheHustleCritic @MikeWingerii A lot has to do with pastors dominating and not t

@TheHustleCritic @MikeWingerii A lot has to do with pastors dominating and not truly shepherding and helping others develop in their gifting.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-06

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii One more thing—Mike says that the issue of whether wom

@IsaiahofNZ @MikeWingerii One more thing—Mike says that the issue of whether women can be pastors or not is secondary despite his strong beliefs. All I’m saying is that Mike needs to treat secondary a

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Never mind the modern titles—they are made up.

@Tazorius @Keith83361 @smashbaals Never mind the modern titles—they are made up. The question is what does scripture teach related to pastors and whether there are gender-based restrictions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-30

@RonaldTill13475 @WayneShaff60221 @KaeleyT A lot of pastors and Christians seem to dismiss many scriptures. Most would likely say that they aren’t dismissing any of it, just that they are doing a poor job of interpreting and applying it. I certainly ...

@RonaldTill13475 @WayneShaff60221 @KaeleyT A lot of pastors and Christians seem to dismiss many scriptures. Most would likely say that they aren’t dismissing any of it, just that they are doing a poor

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@kimberley_7_ @BogdanOancea77 As for your comment on Titus 2:3-5, yes women teaching other women is important just like men instructing men. Yet we all have common instruction for each other. Your comment actually shows why female pastors are such a ...

@kimberley_7_ @BogdanOancea77 As for your comment on Titus 2:3-5, yes women teaching other women is important just like men instructing men. Yet we all have common instruction for each other. Your com

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy So now this pastor blocks me for asking hi

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy So now this pastor blocks me for asking him to defend his position from scripture. Is this how pastors are to behave? You’ve got to be kidding, right? https://t.c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@dalepartridge Your wording is needlessly divisive. Where does the Bible qualify pastors with “male”? No one is even explicitly called “pastor” in the NT. And we actually have at least one example of a female shepherd—Rachael in Ge 29:9 is explicitl...

@dalepartridge Your wording is needlessly divisive. Where does the Bible qualify pastors with “male”? No one is even explicitly called “pastor” in the NT. And we actually have at least one example of

Ge 29:9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Ed

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Edgar Budde’s comments, be outraged at the substance of what…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-22

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In that case, pastors have to be Levites. All believers form a kingdom of priests. https://t.co/2crysd8yKJ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@KMD_0nline There is still a lot of cases where they are treated as second class citizens…remarkably in many churches. Just watch when a female pastor joins other male pastors in a Baptist fellowship. Watch how the men respond. But yes, women are co...

@KMD_0nline There is still a lot of cases where they are treated as second class citizens…remarkably in many churches. Just watch when a female pastor joins other male pastors in a Baptist fellowship.

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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?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@dalepartridge Many pastors like yourself have prioritized the disapproval of wo

@dalepartridge Many pastors like yourself have prioritized the disapproval of women over the discipleship of women.

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@covapologetics @fishercatMaine So you admit that this issue is unclear enough t

@covapologetics @fishercatMaine So you admit that this issue is unclear enough that there isn’t a general consensus on single pastors? Or just that you are not informed as to what the general consensu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Peter @covapologetics has informed me that the traditional Baptist view is that

Peter @covapologetics has informed me that the traditional Baptist view is that pastors whose wife dies have to step down as they become disqualified (see comment for details). Does your church disqu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teac

As for your counter argument on 1Ti 2:12, since when is Paul forbidding the teaching of *correct* doctrine by anyone to anyone? The context is stopping false teaching. Also, he says male congregants s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

A common objection to women serving as pastors cites 1 Timothy 3:2: "An overseer

A common objection to women serving as pastors cites 1 Timothy 3:2: "An overseer must be... the husband of one wife." Does this exclude women from pastoral roles? Let’s unpack this. 🧵 https://t.co/IWl

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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

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@thatssocheeky Thanks for sharing your experience, Brandi! While it wasn’t a good one, it helps people to see and understand what you were thinking and how the things you believed either helped or didn’t help. There was one post where you said that t...

@thatssocheeky Thanks for sharing your experience, Brandi! While it wasn’t a good one, it helps people to see and understand what you were thinking and how the things you believed either helped or did

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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

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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.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-26

@MikeWingerii Indeed. One of the things pastors overburden themselves with is th

@MikeWingerii Indeed. One of the things pastors overburden themselves with is that they see themselves as having to have power and exercise authority over their church rather than to guide and lead by

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-21

@lastritesbefore So he didn’t wash your pastor’s feet, right? So your pastor is not qualified to serve as a pastor? Since: a: he is not an apostle and was not directly chosen by Christ, b: he is a gentile, and c: Jesus didn’t wash his feet …is that...

@lastritesbefore So he didn’t wash your pastor’s feet, right? So your pastor is not qualified to serve as a pastor? Since: a: he is not an apostle and was not directly chosen by Christ, b: he is a ge

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@JulieCobbe @smashbaals How is serving the church a mind set in the flesh? Elder

@JulieCobbe @smashbaals How is serving the church a mind set in the flesh? Elders and pastors are slaves of Christ. At least they should be.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@HasDiscernment @smashbaals What if she serves because she understands the Bible

@HasDiscernment @smashbaals What if she serves because she understands the Bible doesn’t forbid women from serving as elders and pastors? How is this prideful?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Elders are pastors, so yes.

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Elders are pastors, so yes.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many complementarians because she isn’t a “pastor” in the t...

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many comp

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