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@3GNRTX Paul only refers to the time sequence of creation in relation to deception. Adam was created first and saw God creating some animals and the garden plants and trees so he couldn’t be deceived to think that the fruit of a tree made from the sa...

@3GNRTX Paul only refers to the time sequence of creation in relation to deception. Adam was created first and saw God creating some animals and the garden plants and trees so he couldn’t be deceived

@3GNRTX Rather, this is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers, deal with the consequences of the false teaching and setup the church to better manage false teaching. That statement wasn’t Paul instructing Timothy t...

@3GNRTX Rather, this is in the context of Paul leaving Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teachers, deal with the consequences of the false teaching and setup the church to better manage false teaching.

@JoeAdrian256 @MikeWingerii It is great that he invited feedback and any correct

@JoeAdrian256 @MikeWingerii It is great that he invited feedback and any correction, but what he didn’t do is interact wth egalitarians like Terran Williams and Andrew Bartlett and others that provide

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God created some animals and plants and trees in front of ...

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 Excellent! Now we are back to scripture. Paul links Adam and Eve with the time sequence of creation and deception. Since Adam was created first and God crea

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are elders and pastors, so what’s the problem here? Only those with the requisite character, maturity, demonstrated skill, s

@Tailfeathers_WA Q: “Why block me for critiquing?” A: Mt 7:6 — Ryan is a pig (unbeliever) so don’t teach him complementarian pearls or he will destroy you. How could anyone disagree with you?? A: Ep 5:11 — Ryan supporting godly women teaching truth...

@Tailfeathers_WA Q: “Why block me for critiquing?” A: Mt 7:6 — Ryan is a pig (unbeliever) so don’t teach him complementarian pearls or he will destroy you. How could anyone disagree with you?? A: Ep

Ep 5:11 Mt 7:6 debate

@MegaChurchMouse Curious you chose a verse in a passage that commends a bunch of female leaders. Question for you: could someone in a Pentecostal church quote the same verse if you try to correct their egalitarian teaching (that they have learned fo...

@MegaChurchMouse Curious you chose a verse in a passage that commends a bunch of female leaders. Question for you: could someone in a Pentecostal church quote the same verse if you try to correct the

@NathanCTrilogue @avyargo Refuting false teaching is not stirring up division! T

@NathanCTrilogue @avyargo Refuting false teaching is not stirring up division! Treating a brother like he isn’t a Christian, blocking him for critiquing you, making false allegations about my motives—

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I’ve gone through all of Mike’s 43 hours of videos on Women in Ministry and a number of the extra Q&As. And I’m still very much egalitarian. Mike’s unwillingness to engage with those that charitably disagree with hi...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I’ve gone through all of Mike’s 43 hours of videos on Women in Ministry and a number of the extra Q&As. And I’m still very much egalitarian. Mike’s unwillingness to

@FrigidusMaximus @BibleBashed I can’t speak for X algorithms…but maybe I should

@FrigidusMaximus @BibleBashed I can’t speak for X algorithms…but maybe I should ask… how precisely is it that you KNOW that it is showing up in every thread pushing “feminism”? Are these threads some

Can a complementarian/patriarchalist please explain to me why some of your men a

Can a complementarian/patriarchalist please explain to me why some of your men are so sensitive they block those who critique them? https://t.co/7ubtLgHYlZ

@Brian_Sauve An egalitarian response to Brian’s thread. https://t.co/uOQRO6rdHR

Rather, when men create unbiblical restrictions and use them to bind God’s people, it harms Jesus’ church, causing division and disunity and suppressing the work of the Holy Spirit. Brian, let’s do better than this. Let’s be more Biblical. /5 http...

Rather, when men create unbiblical restrictions and use them to bind God’s people, it harms Jesus’ church, causing division and disunity and suppressing the work of the Holy Spirit. Brian, let’s do b

Maybe if women were allowed to be theologically trained and serve as overseers, there would be better oversight of women’s small groups and Bible studies. Maybe women would see a reason for theological study if they were allowed to use it. Strange t...

Maybe if women were allowed to be theologically trained and serve as overseers, there would be better oversight of women’s small groups and Bible studies. Maybe women would see a reason for theologica

I didn’t realize that women loving their husbands required an exclusive role. Strange as I’m pretty sure both love their children. Running the affairs of the house takes a team based on gifting, skill set and interests. 2Ti 2:2 says we just need rel...

I didn’t realize that women loving their husbands required an exclusive role. Strange as I’m pretty sure both love their children. Running the affairs of the house takes a team based on gifting, skill

2Ti 2:2 general

🧵 It seems @Brian_Sauve has the secret to solve all problems in the church. 🤯 You see, if you have only male leaders, all the problems just go away. 🙄 Brian thinks that if women are part of the team, that requires a “parallel system” to be constru...

🧵 It seems @Brian_Sauve has the secret to solve all problems in the church. 🤯 You see, if you have only male leaders, all the problems just go away. 🙄 Brian thinks that if women are part of the tea

@BeyondZenny @Brian_Sauve So any woman serving in the capacity of a shepherd is

@BeyondZenny @Brian_Sauve So any woman serving in the capacity of a shepherd is in the same place—each is called to lead by example and preach and teach so that the Word is lifted as the authority whi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-02

@914Ann Kind of. I don’t think I have ever heard this question about the water b

@914Ann Kind of. I don’t think I have ever heard this question about the water baptism of John and the 12 apostles before.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-02

@914Ann Yeah, I’m sorry for the confusion. I meant only to focus on water baptis

@914Ann Yeah, I’m sorry for the confusion. I meant only to focus on water baptism. My question on the apostles followed the one on John the Baptist and when he was baptized.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-02

@Ashwin_Vengayil So none of the apostles were baptized either? What was the bap

@Ashwin_Vengayil So none of the apostles were baptized either? What was the baptism that the apostles were performing? Were they performing “John’s Baptism” which required re-baptism after Pentecost?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve It’s very plain? Y

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve It’s very plain? Yea, Gen 1:28, 1Co 6:2-3 and Rev 3:21 are very plain. Women are to rule as well. What hierarchy? When you help carry th

Rev 3:21 1Co 6:2-3 Gen 1:28 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve That’s the “great mystery” that Paul speaks of in Eph 5:32. One flesh means equal. We don’t deserve this at all. But look at how we are treated. We are co-heirs with Christ and share His...

@j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Reformed_Zoomer @Brian_Sauve That’s the “great mystery” that Paul speaks of in Eph 5:32. One flesh means equal. We don’t deserve this at all. But look at how we are t

Eph 5:32 debate

@ScottCross_8 @KittyMitchell7 @B_Christs_Amb @NamedWar @wolfeman2120 @TheMuppetP

@ScottCross_8 @KittyMitchell7 @B_Christs_Amb @NamedWar @wolfeman2120 @TheMuppetPastor That’s correct. Up to 10. After that it gets much more difficult. When the vast majority of people are Democrat or

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 BTW, I ju

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 BTW, I just saw this now. Do not talk to you about politics ever again? Scott, I’m just asking questions.

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 You are putting words in my mouth—I said I’m questioning the judgment and fairness of the courts who tried him. I haven’t made a claim that they are corrupt or that every jury in ...

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 You are putting words in my mouth—I said I’m questioning the judgment and fairness of the courts who tried him. I haven’t made a

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 Yes, I’m

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 Yes, I’m calling into question whether there was a fair judgment. I have no interest in wanting an abuser to escape fair judgment

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 Are you misjudging me? I said I’m questioning and looking for the evidence and asking about it. I’m not claiming the judge and jury are lying. I’m not claiming Trump always tells...

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 Are you misjudging me? I said I’m questioning and looking for the evidence and asking about it. I’m not claiming the judge and j

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 Why are t

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 Why are they liars if they are simply deciding they thing the evidence is against him? I’m questioning their judgment.

@my_square_inch @ZacharyGarris Except I don’t extract it out of its context (per

@my_square_inch @ZacharyGarris Except I don’t extract it out of its context (personal instruction to Timothy about dealing with false teachers), change its grammar to plural and then make a rule based

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL Fundamentally it’s the context that determines meaning; the range of meaning or past usage merely informs how Paul might have been using the word. So regardless, you have to go to the text in context as the final arbiter as ...

@LogicSaysBurn @Cooper9DL Fundamentally it’s the context that determines meaning; the range of meaning or past usage merely informs how Paul might have been using the word. So regardless, you have to

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 To be fai

@ScottCross_8 @wolfeman2120 @NamedWar @TheMuppetPastor @KittyMitchell7 To be fair, I don’t think RFK is voting for him either. Christians put far too much emphasis on Trump but requiring someone to b

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 3:1-13 debate

@Cooper9DL You are taking 1Ti 2:12 out of context and are treating “head” in the sense of authority or master over which is not the sense in which Paul was using the word kephale. Your comment about 1Ti 3:1-13 being directed at only men is likely due...

@Cooper9DL You are taking 1Ti 2:12 out of context and are treating “head” in the sense of authority or master over which is not the sense in which Paul was using the word kephale. Your comment about 1

@westminbaptist Except “head” is not meant as master over but as source or origi

@westminbaptist Except “head” is not meant as master over but as source or origin or initiator. The following is from a complementarian commentator. https://t.co/O5NoLuSQp2

@coramdeo1 I’m not ignoring the literary structure of Gen 1-3. That the man is created first, the woman is created from the man and she is created for the man does not imply or require that she is to be ruled by the man. Authority is given to both t...

@coramdeo1 I’m not ignoring the literary structure of Gen 1-3. That the man is created first, the woman is created from the man and she is created for the man does not imply or require that she is to

This quote is a complete misrepresentation of scripture. The husband is like God

This quote is a complete misrepresentation of scripture. The husband is like God and the wife is like humanity to be governed and ruled by God? Yeah, nothing possibly could go wrong here…🙄 https://t.c

@Trentofthenorth @kdclaunch The command was first given to Adam, then later to both Adam and Eve (Eve’s quoting God has Him speaking to plural persons). Adam called her “woman” or “Isha” as she came out of “Ish”—it’s a functional association and has...

@Trentofthenorth @kdclaunch The command was first given to Adam, then later to both Adam and Eve (Eve’s quoting God has Him speaking to plural persons). Adam called her “woman” or “Isha” as she came

@LogicSaysBurn Paul said it had to do with the time sequence order of creation w

@LogicSaysBurn Paul said it had to do with the time sequence order of creation which had a connection to why one was deceived and the other was not. Your idea that this has anything to do with authori

@Cooper9DL Yes, quite serious. A godly woman teaching truth to people (including

@Cooper9DL Yes, quite serious. A godly woman teaching truth to people (including men) is never listed in any list of sins. Prove me wrong.

Because Kyle gets the context and purpose of the letter wrong and misunderstands

Because Kyle gets the context and purpose of the letter wrong and misunderstands how the time sequence of creation relates to deception, his conclusions do not follow from the text but promote patriar

1Ti 2:11-15 1Ti 3:1-13 debate

1Ti 2:11-15 addresses a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching false doctrine and her undeceived husband (likely an elder) being silent and doing nothing. What about the qualification for overseers? 1Ti 3:1-13 does not explicitly forbid wom...

1Ti 2:11-15 addresses a specific situation of a deceived wife teaching false doctrine and her undeceived husband (likely an elder) being silent and doing nothing. What about the qualification for ove

While it is true that mankind was given authority over the rest of creation, the woman was uniquely created from Adam’s flesh and bone whereas the other animals were individually created from the dust. This shows there is no hierarchy between the ma...

While it is true that mankind was given authority over the rest of creation, the woman was uniquely created from Adam’s flesh and bone whereas the other animals were individually created from the dust

The second mistake is missing that Paul is referring to the time sequence of creation not gender hierarchy. Since Adam was created first and observed God creating he was prepared for the temptation of the serpent and could not be deceived. Eve was c...

The second mistake is missing that Paul is referring to the time sequence of creation not gender hierarchy. Since Adam was created first and observed God creating he was prepared for the temptation o

@BeardedPresby @CherylSchatz Sure says something when you basically quote John 3

@BeardedPresby @CherylSchatz Sure says something when you basically quote John 3:16 and people think it is blasphemy. You need to unravel your Calvinist indoctrination. Believe me, it will make much

John 3:16 general

@smashbaals I don’t think you read my question very carefully. That verse is bei

@smashbaals I don’t think you read my question very carefully. That verse is being quoted out of context, says nothing about godly women preaching or teaching truth to anyone to be a sin, nor does it

@AaronCReale However, if we are going to pick various characteristics, since are all unique individuals, in the limit, you have one “kind” for each individual which is obviously silly. God doesn’t determine salvation by statistics and characteristic...

@AaronCReale However, if we are going to pick various characteristics, since are all unique individuals, in the limit, you have one “kind” for each individual which is obviously silly. God doesn’t de

@WizardTraveling Kings are not classes of men. What Paul is saying here is that Kings are not picked out because they are a class of men that God has picked to be saved, but that Kings are important SO THAT we may lead a tranquil and quiet life. The ...

@WizardTraveling Kings are not classes of men. What Paul is saying here is that Kings are not picked out because they are a class of men that God has picked to be saved, but that Kings are important S

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-28

@James_AndrewRob @smashbaals 1Ti 2:12 is not about women preaching or teaching t

@James_AndrewRob @smashbaals 1Ti 2:12 is not about women preaching or teaching truth. It also does not say that such preaching is a sin. https://t.co/ZQizsTh3mL

1Ti 2:12 general

@TarienCole Being able to track people? All it takes is one meeting with the pastor and one question…he can then add them to the list. I suppose if the person is just visiting and not attending regularly then that could be treated differently. Even s...

@TarienCole Being able to track people? All it takes is one meeting with the pastor and one question…he can then add them to the list. I suppose if the person is just visiting and not attending regula

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-28

The main issue I have with membership is that it is different from membership in the body of Christ. When you treat the church as having two classes of people by adding secondary requirements in addition to Jesus’ requirements, churches are being nee...

The main issue I have with membership is that it is different from membership in the body of Christ. When you treat the church as having two classes of people by adding secondary requirements in addit

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-27

@CWatermanTX @pauldirks @pjspartner @KaeleyT Sorry I wasn’t more clear. Paul’s q

@CWatermanTX @pauldirks @pjspartner @KaeleyT Sorry I wasn’t more clear. Paul’s question appears to be “What would you do if you were a leader in Nazi Germany?”—not what would you do if you were on the