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@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The idea that it is the elders who mete out disciplinary action for unrepentant believers bypasses the instruction of Jesus in Matt 18 which says it is the 2 or 3...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii The idea that it is the elders who mete out disciplinary action for unrepentant believers bypasses the instructi

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does the Bible ever speak of guarding Jesus’ table? Jesus even commanded Judas to partake and Jesus said he was a devil. Why didn't Jesus protect Judas? Yo...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does the Bible ever speak of guarding Jesus’ table? Jesus even commanded Judas to partake and Jesus said h

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say that elders are to rule? Oversight, guidance, serving the body by teaching and preaching, gently correcting and guiding are not ruling. R...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Where does scripture say that elders are to rule? Oversight, guidance, serving the body by teaching and preachin

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii My goodness. Paul never tells the elders that they are to judge who can take communion. The only exception would be if someone is kicked out of...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii My goodness. Paul never tells the elders that they are to judge who can take communion. The o

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii BTW, that was Jesus continuing to subject Himself to His parents when Jesus was a child. Later in Mk 3:20-21,31-35, Jesus is teaching in a house...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii BTW, that was Jesus continuing to subject Himself to His parents when Jesus was a child. Later

Mk 3:20-21 general

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are making an assumption. How do you know I was bringing a public allegation against an elder?? I was addressing a refusal of many to partic...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are making an assumption. How do you know I was bringing a public allegation against an eld

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii What should I have apologized for? For encouraging believers to take communion when I saw them refusing it? You are willing to condemn me withou...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii What should I have apologized for? For encouraging believers to take communion when I saw them

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@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I was encouraging people to take communion as this was a pastors conference. I learned later that their local pastors were telling some that they...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I was encouraging people to take communion as this was a pastors conference. I learned later th

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I am. And this is no laughing matter. I was a speaker at a conference in India and during communion, the Spirit compelled me to speak up and say...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @LostLittleStars @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I am. And this is no laughing matter. I was a speaker at a conference in India and during comm

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-26

@ronhenzel @ScottCross_8 @ewarner88 @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Thanks. I only had to spend $11 this time to read the context. Collins himself admits that the wayyiqtol normally implies: "Genesis 2:19 seems to...

@ronhenzel @ScottCross_8 @ewarner88 @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Thanks. I only had to spend $11 this time to read the context. Collins himself admits that the wayyi

Genesis 2:19 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-26

@ewarner88 @ronhenzel @pastherandie @ScottCross_8 @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotr

@ewarner88 @ronhenzel @pastherandie @ScottCross_8 @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Genesis is not history? I’m convinced that God actually wrote at least those first chapters of Genesi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-25

@pastherandie @JollyStine @ronhenzel @ewarner88 @ScottCross_8 @peace_got @ymmotr

@pastherandie @JollyStine @ronhenzel @ewarner88 @ScottCross_8 @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii I think God left the original statement out of the text to challenge Complementarians and Patriarchal

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-25

@ronhenzel @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @ewarner88 @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Male covenantal headship is being read into the account. All that the account states is that Adam was created first in time sequence and therefore expe...

@ronhenzel @ScottCross_8 @pastherandie @ewarner88 @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Male covenantal headship is being read into the account. All that the account states is that Adam was

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii That's correct, both women and men are very convinced that only men can lead in church⎯for sure for the 2 hours church is on. Then I find the same women out corre...

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii That's correct, both women and men are very convinced that only men can lead in church⎯for sure for the 2 hours

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeW

@ronhenzel @pastherandie @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @peace_got @MikeWingerii (Says the man). Hey, Ron, what would happen perchance if your wife disagreed with you and became an egalitarian

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Do you want to follow doctrines of demons or what the Bible actually means?

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@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ok, let me rephrase, you are the one who believes the Bible is forbidding, just like the Pharisees and the Jewish leaders in the time of Jesus who...

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Ok, let me rephrase, you are the one who believes the Bible is forbidding, just like the Pharise

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are the one doing the forbidding. Did you know that there is a scripture about those who for

1Ti 4:1-3 question

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @Happy_AHeathen @JollyStine @pastherandie @

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @Happy_AHeathen @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii So the serious error that Paul left Timothy behind to fix was that godly women were teaching cor

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @Happy_AHeathen @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii But in the one case, he is saying the opposite of what you said, and in the other case he is dealing with false teaching, not telling anyone to st...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @Happy_AHeathen @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii But in the one case, he is saying the opposite of what you said, and in the other case he is dea

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii But we both believe that the Bible is inspired, right? In every word and even the grammar? I am not throwing out any part of it. Everything in com...

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii But we both believe that the Bible is inspired, right? In every word and even the grammar? I am

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @

@ymmotrojam @Happy_AHeathen @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You are framing this as a fundamental disagreement over the Bible? Wow, Tom. That certainly turn

@Aliphaire @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom is misrepresenting Paul’s words. Paul actually quoted those who though like Tom and said the following: "What? came the word of God out from you? ...

@Aliphaire @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom is misrepresenting Paul’s words. Paul actually quoted those who though like Tom and said the foll

1Co 14:36 question

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom, I’ll go to the church without leaders who believe that they as men are the only ones who the word came to and the only ones who the word comes forth from. I...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom, I’ll go to the church without leaders who believe that they as men are the only ones who the word came to a

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I just read "Hard Sayings of the Bible," by Walter C. Kaiser Jr, Peter H Davids, FF Bruce, Manfred T. Brauch from 1996. The part on 1Co 14:34-35 does not propose...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii I just read "Hard Sayings of the Bible," by Walter C. Kaiser Jr, Peter H Davids, FF Bruce, Manfred T. Brauch fro

1Co 14:34-35 debate

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeW

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii No, they are there to teach us something. No sharpie required. The fact that Paul is refuting what these Judiaze

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You said it was dishonouring to say Paul was quoting from the Corinthians (well, likely the Judiazers who infiltrated them like the church at Galatia). How is tha...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You said it was dishonouring to say Paul was quoting from the Corinthians (well, likely the Judiazers who infilt

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You know that Paul is quoting from the Corinthians elsewhere too, right? It’s dishonouring to the Holy Spirit for Paul to quote them and to correct them? Why are ...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii You know that Paul is quoting from the Corinthians elsewhere too, right? It’s dishonouring to the Holy Spirit fo

@JollyStine @ymmotrojam @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii The vi

@JollyStine @ymmotrojam @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii The view that Paul is silencing unruly women in all the churches doesn’t make sense of the details in these verses. The only v

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Wow, Ron, you think everyone always agrees? So you agree with all complementarians? Mike Winger thinks women can be deacons. About 1Co 14:34-45. Philip Payne thinks these vers...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Wow, Ron, you think everyone always agrees? So you agree with all complementarians? Mike Winger thinks women can be deacons.

1Co 14:34-45 debate

@ymmotrojam @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom, you are putting artificial constraints on the text. Why does Paul have to give women permission separately when his instructions are meant for all? "For you can ALL proph...

@ymmotrojam @JollyStine @pastherandie @ronhenzel @peace_got @MikeWingerii Tom, you are putting artificial constraints on the text. Why does Paul have to give women permission separately when his instr

1Co 14:31 question

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Ron, this is not a defeater of my assertion that “the woman” is an anaphoric reference to “a woman.” Without v14 and the article, we would have more reason to consider vs11-12 ...

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Ron, this is not a defeater of my assertion that “the woman” is an anaphoric reference to “a woman.” Without v14 and the artic

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@ScottCross_8 @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii What Ron said is disingenuous. He knows that this has nothing to do with beginner Greek. I can even show Dr Wallace saying that the article is not required to poi...

@ScottCross_8 @ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii What Ron said is disingenuous. He knows that this has nothing to do with beginner Greek. I can even show Dr Wall

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Your s

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Your statement that I’m making a beginner Greek mistake is disingenuous. You should take it back, Ron, because I know that you

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii From Dr. Wallace in Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: “Most individualizing articles will be anaphoric in a very broad sense. That is, they will be used to point out something t...

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii From Dr. Wallace in Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: “Most individualizing articles will be anaphoric in a very broad sense. T

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Ron, y

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Ron, you *absolutely know* that what I’m explaining works. This has nothing to do with “beginner Greek” because the same idea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii If you see the anaphoric use of the article in v14 point to gyne in vs11-12 then this tells us Paul means a specific woman, especially in context to 1Ti 1:2. Yes, Eve does “dou...

@ronhenzel @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii If you see the anaphoric use of the article in v14 point to gyne in vs11-12 then this tells us Paul means a specific woman, es

1Ti 1:2 commentary

@peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii That’s what we are debating. Some think the reason is because women are more emotional or more easily deceived. You agree tha...

@peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii That’s what we are debating. Some think the reason is because women are mor

@peace_got @nsraban Deborah was no less than Samuel. She was clearly the highest

@peace_got @nsraban Deborah was no less than Samuel. She was clearly the highest authority in the land. Her authority applied in all areas as she was God’s representative. How in the world does Debor

marks 1:20 mercy 1:16 debate

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii But Paul may be sparing putting her name for all time in his letter which he knows will form scripture. Paul speaks about tho...

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii But Paul may be sparing putting her name for all time in his letter which h

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii This assumes that authentein is the normal word for authority. Why would Paul use such a rare word for this when commonly und...

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii This assumes that authentein is the normal word for authority. Why would Pa

1T 2:2 debate

@peace_got Saul was called a pastor? Matthew? Arguably Jesus told Peter to shepherd so you did find the only instance of a specific NT person given this task. Since the role of a pastor is what Smash seems to be concerned about, how is that proof th...

@peace_got Saul was called a pastor? Matthew? Arguably Jesus told Peter to shepherd so you did find the only instance of a specific NT person given this task. Since the role of a pastor is what Smash

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-17

@Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @peace_got @BeUrKey @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @

@Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @peace_got @BeUrKey @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Your first point is exactly right! Why do you think Paul is referr

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-17

@johnmarkallen @pastherandie @peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Apollos came from Alexandria. He was not part of the group of 12 in Ephesus. There is clearly a difference bet...

@johnmarkallen @pastherandie @peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Apollos came from Alexandria. He was not part of the group o

@Robert_S_Morley @peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastheran

@Robert_S_Morley @peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Except Apollos was accurate in what he said. He was trained in the scriptur

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Hmm. I don’t see that. I see Paul using the Adam and Eve as prototypes of this particular married couple in Ephesus. This see...

@Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @peace_got @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Hmm. I don’t see that. I see Paul using the Adam and Eve as prototypes of t

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Mor

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii The Greek Orthodox are not infallible interpreters of the Bible. Are you Gr

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Mor

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii There is no such prohibition. Paul never used the normal word for authority

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Mor

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Doesn't matter what the world believes. Scripture doesn't agree with this.

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Mor

@peace_got @MargMowczko @AlistairRobert7 @JollyStine @pastherandie @Robert_S_Morley @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii I only want to believe what the Bible teaches.