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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-11

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source, perhaps prominent or even first mover. I of cou...

@danitreweek This is largely because they see head meaning ‘authority over’ or ‘the boss of’ or ‘responsible for’ language when the Biblical context seems to be using it in the sense of origin, source

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-09

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Calvin didn’t understand th

@McMuffin11111 @DarkVanTil @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Calvin didn’t understand this text either. And many egalitarians disagree with me too. My view is what the apostle Paul taught. I go back to the s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA This isn’t a redefining but a going back to the source of marriage and the origin of the church as the focal point for each finding their ultimate purpose in these defining accounts. If you revi...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA This isn’t a redefining but a going back to the source of marriage and the origin of the church as the focal point for each finding their ultimat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Here’s the thing—kephale or head is still in play but it’s not about authority or control being in the hands of the so-called head. Rather, head is being used by Paul to refer to source or origin...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Here’s the thing—kephale or head is still in play but it’s not about authority or control being in the hands of the so-called head. Rather, head

1Cor 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation o

The husband as kephale (head) of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express orig

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-21

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished

Christ as kephale (head) is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished, held together. The life of the church flows from Christ as its source of spiritual life, grace, unity, and purpose. W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@JD_MWANGUHYA @LoganRamseySDG I don’t think that this is how God works. There are many errors in the church and at any rate, Calvinism wasn’t caused by them and has been around for 500 years and sourced from Augustine. I don’t know what you are talk...

@JD_MWANGUHYA @LoganRamseySDG I don’t think that this is how God works. There are many errors in the church and at any rate, Calvinism wasn’t caused by them and has been around for 500 years and sourc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

This proves the Church was not meant to be the source of new doctrine. The apos

This proves the Church was not meant to be the source of new doctrine. The apostles were entrusted to deliver the once-for-all faith (Jud 1:3). Scripture is described as sufficient for teaching, rep

2Ti 3:16 Jud 1:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@bibleprophecyus Only if you understand the way the Bible is using the term head

@bibleprophecyus Only if you understand the way the Bible is using the term head is not related to authority but source.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-20

@Kamalamaison @iamtheguardians @tmsilverman @legaltweetz 1. Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman teaching false doctrine and bringing her undeceived husband down with her (like Eve did with Adam). 2. Head doesn’t mean authority over but so...

@Kamalamaison @iamtheguardians @tmsilverman @legaltweetz 1. Paul is dealing with a specific deceived woman teaching false doctrine and bringing her undeceived husband down with her (like Eve did with

1Co 7:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop Adam doesn’t name Eve here but simply observes from her creation that

@Reneechop Adam doesn’t name Eve here but simply observes from her creation that she is from him and therefore since he is ‘ish’ she is ‘isha’—ie man and woman in Hebrew shows us the source relationsh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-15

@spshaw0bserver That’s an interesting idea, but it seems that head is not used for plants except maybe a head of garlic or heads of grain. Kephale is used for garlic though it refers to all the cloves and which is the source of seeds or new life of t...

@spshaw0bserver That’s an interesting idea, but it seems that head is not used for plants except maybe a head of garlic or heads of grain. Kephale is used for garlic though it refers to all the cloves

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus On 1 Cor 11:3 (Homily 26 on 1 Corinthians): “And the

@MariusM38610501 @faboIus On 1 Cor 11:3 (Homily 26 on 1 Corinthians): “And the head of Christ is God. That is, the headship refers to the source and the order, not to inequality of nature.”

1 Cor 11:3 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Yes, but it’s not because of the system. God defined the marriage and the church as a one flesh source relationship so we would see and treat one another rightly. That’s the ‘why’ that’s often missing here. When a leader sees himself as the...

@ncksmith Yes, but it’s not because of the system. God defined the marriage and the church as a one flesh source relationship so we would see and treat one another rightly. That’s the ‘why’ that’s oft

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith The husband as kephalē of the wife symbolically links to the foundatio

@ncksmith The husband as kephalē of the wife symbolically links to the foundation of marriage by God’s design of the first marriage as a one flesh relationship. Adam’s flesh and bone is the express o

Gen 2:21-22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith Christ as kephalē is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nouris

@ncksmith Christ as kephalē is the one from whom the whole body grows, is nourished, held together. The life of the church flows from Christ as its source of spiritual life, grace, unity, and purpose.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge kephale is not meant to convey Christ’s authority. It is mean to convey that He is the source of the life of His body just like Adam was the source material that Eve was

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-04

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about power or authority over a person (more like how the wo...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about powe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is s

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is scripture itself. Not the so-called church fathers (BTW, Jesus said not to call yourself ‘Father’ as there is one Father)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came first and was the source (flesh and bone) from which E...

@Calebclind231 @JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 Head or kephale in Greek, an anatomical term, is used instead of authority or boss or decision maker because the word refers to the one who both came firs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Oh please! I haven’t destroyed Jesus’ deity or authority…what are you talking about? Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. However, His relationship with His bride is one of going first, being her source of life...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Oh please! I haven’t destroyed Jesus’ deity or authority…what are you talking about? Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. However, His relationship with His bri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ 1Cor 11:3 is about sour

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ 1Cor 11:3 is about source relationships not who is the boss of who. Jesus was very clear that His church was not to emulate how worldly leaders

1Cor 11:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@slyoung687 You’ll want to take a look at my post in the comments as my view is

@slyoung687 You’ll want to take a look at my post in the comments as my view is not that 1Co 11:3 is teaching about hierarchy but about source relationships. Here it is. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm I guess the question that really needs to be asked is whether the Bible means to use the word ‘head’ to mean ‘the boss of’ someone. Based on my reading, it’s about source relationships. God > origin of Jesus’ body, Jesus &...

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm I guess the question that really needs to be asked is whether the Bible means to use the word ‘head’ to mean ‘the boss of’ someone. Based on my reading, it’s about source rela

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon I’m citing my Bible software which shows me the source of the English translation. There is clearly and obviously no explicit pronoun here though it is inferred because of the male form of the words. But that doesn’t me...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon I’m citing my Bible software which shows me the source of the English translation. There is clearly and obviously no explicit pronoun here though it is inferred because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem What is distorted? Kephale is being used to mean sour

@path1_one @rightresponsem What is distorted? Kephale is being used to mean source or origin. Nothing being distorted as that meaning fits the context of 1Cor 11:1-16 perfectly.

1Cor 11:1-16 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What that means in context is the question. And every ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon A concordance is a fallible tool. The definitive source is the Bible and its context. The word kephale means head. It's used all over, so there's no debate on this. What

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Just because you pasted a resource that says keph

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Just because you pasted a resource that says kephale means head doesn't mean that it means authority over. The meaning of a word is defined by the context in which the a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯thus he is the source of his wife. And marriage sy...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Thanks for being honest. I agree that the husband is head *of* his wife. Your use of over presumes it means boss or authority. Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone⎯

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@path1_one @rightresponsem Christ is the source or origin of the life of the chu

@path1_one @rightresponsem Christ is the source or origin of the life of the church. This isn’t a statement about Him being the boss of the church. This is not heresy nor is it anarchy. You are mista

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

@TimRehmer @dougponder I see. So you don’t base your views on the Bible but on s

@TimRehmer @dougponder I see. So you don’t base your views on the Bible but on some external source?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-14

🧵Doug Ponder @dougponder feels that @BenMandrell, the president of Lifeway Christian Resources, got a little too egalitarian sounding in a recent interview he did on Feb 2, 2025 on the @markedpodcast and that Southern Baptists should be deeply concer...

🧵Doug Ponder @dougponder feels that @BenMandrell, the president of Lifeway Christian Resources, got a little too egalitarian sounding in a recent interview he did on Feb 2, 2025 on the @markedpodcast

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-12

@TyotoRiffle @MrCalebGrant @Mesocortical @SpringSteps @ImJackFrank @paulogia0 Be

@TyotoRiffle @MrCalebGrant @Mesocortical @SpringSteps @ImJackFrank @paulogia0 Because God was the source of light before He made the sun to be the light. The earth was made before the Sun.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head (ie. source) of Christ’s body. Nothing to do with...

@EManFleming Next, the woman is made from the flesh and bone of Adam, thus Adam is the head (ie. source) of Eve. Finally, the next significant event is the origin of Christ’s humanity—God is the head

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-31

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is the source of his wife. Our marriage simply maps ...

@StothersRyan @Peacemaker811 No one should be the ruler or authority over their spouse period. And the husband is the head of the wife because marriage goes back to Eden where Adam’s flesh and bone is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage reflects Adam and Eve in Eden and Adam’s flesh an...

@TheRednartso @HolyHomebody You assume ‘head’ means authority or boss, but in Scripture, it often means ‘source.’ Christ is the source of His body’s life. The husband is head of his wife as marriage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-20

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or r

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT I don’t see scripture saying that head means authority over or ruler over but source of because marriage always maps back to the first marriage where Eve came from the flesh and bone o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-17

@HarrowingDell @Eric_Conn Head in the Bible in these contexts means source not a

@HarrowingDell @Eric_Conn Head in the Bible in these contexts means source not authority of.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Eve was created from his flesh and bone. The husband...

@seditiouslibel2 @_samuelbrady @RealDavidReece A pastor is never called the head. Jesus is called the head b/c as the saviour of His church He is the source of her life. Adam is called the head b/c Ev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Source, origin, originator, one who goes first…something along that lines. Adam was created first and Eve created from him showing he was her source. Christ is the source of the church as shown by being the sa...

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Source, origin, originator, one who goes first…something along that lines. Adam was created first and Eve created from him showing he was her source. Christ is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Why are we reading puritans when we should be reading scrip

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Why are we reading puritans when we should be reading scripture to understand God’s intent? Did God not make Himself abundantly clear or must He outsource interpretation of His w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@ostrachan That Adam is the head of Eve is uncontested. What is contested is what is meant by that simple anatomical word. Does it mean 'authority of' or 'boss of' like we use it today? Or does it mean something like first or origin or source? I beli...

@ostrachan That Adam is the head of Eve is uncontested. What is contested is what is meant by that simple anatomical word. Does it mean 'authority of' or 'boss of' like we use it today? Or does it mea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

@C_del_G @Rach4Patriarchy Right. So don’t submit like slaves (they were being treated like property or slaves), but submit out of love like you do towards Jesus. How is Christ the head of the church? Here’s how: He is the *Saviour* of the body. He i...

@C_del_G @Rach4Patriarchy Right. So don’t submit like slaves (they were being treated like property or slaves), but submit out of love like you do towards Jesus. How is Christ the head of the church?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

Egalitarians embrace God’s original design, focusing on the text’s details. They

Egalitarians embrace God’s original design, focusing on the text’s details. They recognize ‘head’ refers to the origin or source, not authority over, in describing relationships. https://t.co/Rh1SZart

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

From the very beginning, "head" is illustrated as origin of or source of, not au

From the very beginning, "head" is illustrated as origin of or source of, not authority over. In the original creation, both are given equal authority as both are human and the same flesh. There are n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-28

@autocorrect2_0 @jess_ann_pin They are the head, but Biblically, this doesn’t mean authority over. It means source or origin in most cases. We cannot assume how we use this word to mean “the boss” is how the Bible intends it to be used in most cases....

@autocorrect2_0 @jess_ann_pin They are the head, but Biblically, this doesn’t mean authority over. It means source or origin in most cases. We cannot assume how we use this word to mean “the boss” is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or head). Therefore she has the authority over her own h...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours later from his own flesh and bones (and not from the ...

@LM4819962872993 @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning In Ge 1:28 God commanded both the man and the woman to rule over creation. The fact that Adam was created first on day 6 and Eve hours lat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply mean prominent, first, source or origin. Regarding m...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Also, head (kephale in Greek) doesn’t mean “authority over”—that meaning is being inferred as we use the word head in that way. But it could simply me

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