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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@PatrickHen1776 @MikeWingerii Yes, that’s a fairly common view of complementarians and why churches in the SBC are kicking out egalitarian churches. But I don’t think @MikeWingerii goes this far…or does he? Is it that he still sees female pastors as...

@PatrickHen1776 @MikeWingerii Yes, that’s a fairly common view of complementarians and why churches in the SBC are kicking out egalitarian churches. But I don’t think @MikeWingerii goes this far…or d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@PaulieCuddy So women preaching true doctrine or pastoring a church will go to Hell? And those like me exegeting the passages that seem to restrict them will also go there because you disagree with me? Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ...

@PaulieCuddy So women preaching true doctrine or pastoring a church will go to Hell? And those like me exegeting the passages that seem to restrict them will also go there because you disagree with me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m sorry, you want me to tell everyone I went to the following churches: - Evangelical Free - Pentecostal (PAOC) - Calvary Chapel - Non-denominational - Apostolic Church of Pentecost - Baptist (a few differe...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I’m sorry, you want me to tell everyone I went to the following churches: - Evangelical Free - Pentecostal (PAOC) - Calvary Chapel - Non-denominational - Apos

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC If you say that the fathers are the authori

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC If you say that the fathers are the authority then who interprets the fathers? So then the church interprets the fathers who interpret the apostles. So now we are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so we have internal witness that they believed they w...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC What? We know from scripture that the church is built on the Old Testament and the testimony of the 12 apostles. Peter writes that Paul’s writing is scripture, so

2 Tim 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@AlexioBasinium @jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Not sure what church you are thinking of…but I’m referring to the church at Ephesus under Paul and Timothy, or the church at Corinth, for example. For these, we go to the letters from Paul to deter...

@AlexioBasinium @jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Not sure what church you are thinking of…but I’m referring to the church at Ephesus under Paul and Timothy, or the church at Corinth, for example.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Ah, I see. Apostolic authority means the 12 apostles. Paul was chosen by Jesus, so we might argue 12+1 since the apostles chose someone to replace Judas. All that happened with the books included in the canon was...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Ah, I see. Apostolic authority means the 12 apostles. Paul was chosen by Jesus, so we might argue 12+1 since the apostles chose someone to replace Judas. All that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Interesting. First, in the first century, the concept would have been the Old Testament scriptures and the apostolic witness (whether written or not). My understanding was that sola scriptura was a literal term a...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC Interesting. First, in the first century, the concept would have been the Old Testament scriptures and the apostolic witness (whether written or not). My understa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC How does sola scriptura mean the church fat

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC How does sola scriptura mean the church fathers to you? What I mean is the Bible alone, not the so-called church fathers. The teachings of Jesus and the apostles a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I hold to sola scriptura. History is fickle and varied. See the post below for the history I researched. But fundamentally I care about the original church and the intent of the first churches as communicated in s...

@jold_92 @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I hold to sola scriptura. History is fickle and varied. See the post below for the history I researched. But fundamentally I care about the original church and the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning There are also female leaders mentioned in his epistles. Read Rom 16 again. Priscilla taught Apollos and had a church in her home and went on missionary journeys with Paul. Sure she...

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning There are also female leaders mentioned in his epistles. Read Rom 16 again. Priscilla taught Apollos and had a church in her home a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Each Sunday at our church, there is a time at the end of the message where there is a mic and we wait to see what God will say through others. We put up a slide giving the “structure” based on 1 Cor 14; ...

@KimberleeJayneW @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Each Sunday at our church, there is a time at the end of the message where there is a mic and we wait to see what God will say through others. We put up

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@Procompsvcs @DiscoverJesus3 @ronhenzel When something appears new it should make you consider carefully before accepting it. But if it’s true, it’s true regardless of how popular it was. The RC church got things wrong too and appealing to church his...

@Procompsvcs @DiscoverJesus3 @ronhenzel When something appears new it should make you consider carefully before accepting it. But if it’s true, it’s true regardless of how popular it was. The RC churc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel I’ll grant you that the word used is aner (for men). It does seem that the apostles certainly thought that Judas’ replacement should be a man. Though it is a replacing of one of the original apostles which was before the c...

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel I’ll grant you that the word used is aner (for men). It does seem that the apostles certainly thought that Judas’ replacement should be a man. Though it is a replacing of o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@ronhenzel I’m saying it was the intention from the beginning. And I’m absolutely not spreading unbiblical views! Just because you disagree and that much of church history is behind your view doesn’t mean it’s Biblically correct. Ron, the one who is...

@ronhenzel I’m saying it was the intention from the beginning. And I’m absolutely not spreading unbiblical views! Just because you disagree and that much of church history is behind your view doesn’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel It’s a great observation and question. But we can’t infer doctrine from this observation. Some reflections: - There are 12 patriarchs of Israel, so 12 seems to be important. - This was done before the formation of the ch...

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel It’s a great observation and question. But we can’t infer doctrine from this observation. Some reflections: - There are 12 patriarchs of Israel, so 12 seems to be importa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@eXnihilO_ @ronhenzel So I’m saying that this is a secondary issue and that egalitarians have valid exegetical reasons for women serving along with men in leadership. Some on the other side say that egalitarians are in sin and call people to leave eg...

@eXnihilO_ @ronhenzel So I’m saying that this is a secondary issue and that egalitarians have valid exegetical reasons for women serving along with men in leadership. Some on the other side say that e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe I see. So you can’t explain it yourself? Got questions has no idea either. They don’t even get the grammar right. This article concludes: “The most likely interpretation that takes into ...

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe I see. So you can’t explain it yourself? Got questions has no idea either. They don’t even get the grammar right. This article concludes:

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@JollyStine @MegaChurchMouse @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe Yep. If you can’t

@JollyStine @MegaChurchMouse @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe Yep. If you can’t explain the culmination of Paul’s statements in verse 15, how can you say you understand verses 11 and 12?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@ronhenzel @FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel Apostle - Junia Elder/pastor - Prisc

@ronhenzel @FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel Apostle - Junia Elder/pastor - Priscilla Deacon - Phoebe Just to name a few. First and last are explicit. Priscilla is clear from what she did, being liste

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel @ronhenzel These women all played significant roles. 1. Phoebe - a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae. (Rom 16:1-2) 2. Priscilla (Prisca) - taught Apollos and worked alongside Paul; had a church in her home(Act 18:...

@FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel @ronhenzel These women all played significant roles. 1. Phoebe - a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae. (Rom 16:1-2) 2. Priscilla (Prisca) - taught Apollos and worke

Act 18:2-3 Rom 16:1-2 Rom 16:3-4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@ronhenzel @johnnylately Ok, so in the churches Paul and the apostles oversaw, women were teaching and pastoring along with men, then there were 19 centuries of suppression of women, and we have finally now realized our error and are correcting back ...

@ronhenzel @johnnylately Ok, so in the churches Paul and the apostles oversaw, women were teaching and pastoring along with men, then there were 19 centuries of suppression of women, and we have final

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel I love how we are a team on this. Why won't the church wake

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel I love how we are a team on this. Why won't the church wake up and realize that they have suppressed women for so long!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@stablecross @ronhenzel The issue is that her husband is not deceived and knows better but is not doing anything about his unsaved wife teaching false doctrine to the church. This would have been a very difficult situation for the young single Timoth...

@stablecross @ronhenzel The issue is that her husband is not deceived and knows better but is not doing anything about his unsaved wife teaching false doctrine to the church. This would have been a ve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@KimberleeJayneW Yes, and it may be that someone feels like they are disobeying their conscience by listening to a female preach and so for the sake of their conscience, they may need to attend a different church while still working through this issu...

@KimberleeJayneW Yes, and it may be that someone feels like they are disobeying their conscience by listening to a female preach and so for the sake of their conscience, they may need to attend a diff

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@KimberleeJayneW Often, complementarians complain saying “feminists are selfish and just want their way” while then advising people to leave a church that has a female pastor showing that they want their way. It’s a pity that it all comes down to a m...

@KimberleeJayneW Often, complementarians complain saying “feminists are selfish and just want their way” while then advising people to leave a church that has a female pastor showing that they want th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@KimberleeJayneW Recommending people to leave their church if they have a female pastor is not divisive? If half the church left, that’s not dividing the body? I’m egalitarian and I have no problem attending and supporting a complementarian church ...

@KimberleeJayneW Recommending people to leave their church if they have a female pastor is not divisive? If half the church left, that’s not dividing the body? I’m egalitarian and I have no problem

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

This is so divisive! Should the church be divided by male and female? Surely not

This is so divisive! Should the church be divided by male and female? Surely not! https://t.co/OTtIt2dOYf

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul Christ is God, the church are humans. When someon

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul Christ is God, the church are humans. When someone thinks that the husband represents Christ and has sole authority over his wife who represents the church, this is a ve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul I have a pastor friend who said something similar

@DodgeDeepState @_nomadic_soul I have a pastor friend who said something similar—that the husband is uniquely to emulate Christ, and the wife, the church. But Phil 2:3-8 is not only for males! https:/

Phil 2:3-8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning No, people in the pulpits. God’s word being taught. The church edifying each other. No priestly class, except the priesthood of all believers. The Bible being underst...

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning No, people in the pulpits. God’s word being taught. The church edifying each other. No priestly class, except the pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtr

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Are you one of those people who reads verses like Matt 18:20 to mean that Jesus shows up when churche

Matt 18:20 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe I see. So you won

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe I see. So you won’t commit even hypothetically? Sounds like bias to me.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@CMoore52615 Well we agree then, though there seems to be significant variation

@CMoore52615 Well we agree then, though there seems to be significant variation church to church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe So if Hebrews was

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe So if Hebrews was written by Priscilla, would that make any difference to you? Just asking hypothetically.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@militeschr87363 Interesting response! Thanks for sharing. So her husband cannot hear her teach under any circumstances then? Let’s say the congregation that meets at church is small, say 20. And they all come together at Sally’s house mid week to h...

@militeschr87363 Interesting response! Thanks for sharing. So her husband cannot hear her teach under any circumstances then? Let’s say the congregation that meets at church is small, say 20. And the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@shawnRwillson So do you think that also shouldn’t apply if a woman is speaking

@shawnRwillson So do you think that also shouldn’t apply if a woman is speaking in church, teaching from the pulpit? Or is it a danger because in the case she would mean to include men in her teaching

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@freedom4alltime You are certainly right that we have narcissistic and self-serv

@freedom4alltime You are certainly right that we have narcissistic and self-serving women…and MEN in the church. It affects both, I’m afraid. Let’s all grow up and mature in Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@freedom4alltime Yes, this is a problem, but it isn’t due to one gender⎯ and yes

@freedom4alltime Yes, this is a problem, but it isn’t due to one gender⎯ and yes the older women should be involved in mentoring the younger ones, older men mentoring the younger. Yet the gifts are al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@PastorBenMarsh I like how you are thinking Ben! I am going to have to remember this. The next time a pastor gets up, he should say “Hi, my name is Bob, and I’m one of the slaves at this church.” Imagine! Paul refers to himself as a servant of Chri...

@PastorBenMarsh I like how you are thinking Ben! I am going to have to remember this. The next time a pastor gets up, he should say “Hi, my name is Bob, and I’m one of the slaves at this church.” Imag

Romans 1:1 Philippians 1:1 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@itsHillaryJane Ah, I think I understand you. So it's the presence of the elders that essentially makes the difference? So a woman cannot teach with elders or perhaps all elders and the communion dishes present? But elders oversee the church and it w...

@itsHillaryJane Ah, I think I understand you. So it's the presence of the elders that essentially makes the difference? So a woman cannot teach with elders or perhaps all elders and the communion dish

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@UpTambourine Thanks for clarifying. I totally agree with you, yet I'm egalitarian. Yes, the teacher is held to a higher standard. But that would be irrespective if they taught in the pulpit or a home bible study. Let's try this. You belong to a sma...

@UpTambourine Thanks for clarifying. I totally agree with you, yet I'm egalitarian. Yes, the teacher is held to a higher standard. But that would be irrespective if they taught in the pulpit or a home

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@itsHillaryJane Would you consider the church as any group gathering of believer

@itsHillaryJane Would you consider the church as any group gathering of believers, or something that happens in a special building at a particular time?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@UpTambourine I see. So you see a woman speaking truth from the Bible at the fro

@UpTambourine I see. So you see a woman speaking truth from the Bible at the front during a regularly scheduled church service as exercising authority over males?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@MegaChurchMouse @CatherineMcNiel @ScottCross_8 @William_E_Wolfe What if Hebrews

@MegaChurchMouse @CatherineMcNiel @ScottCross_8 @William_E_Wolfe What if Hebrews was written by Priscilla but unnamed because the Jewish males would really struggle with it if they knew this fact? Wo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@CatherineMcNiel @ScottCross_8 @MegaChurchMouse @William_E_Wolfe Sounds like an

@CatherineMcNiel @ScottCross_8 @MegaChurchMouse @William_E_Wolfe Sounds like an interesting book!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@ScottCross_8 @MegaChurchMouse @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe Yes, women with

@ScottCross_8 @MegaChurchMouse @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe Yes, women with the requisite character and ability to teach can serve as elders. The rest should copy their character and godliness.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@CatherineMcNiel @MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @William_E_Wolfe He seems to think

@CatherineMcNiel @MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @William_E_Wolfe He seems to think he’s the teacher handing out assignments. 🤷‍♂️

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@gardellap @BaptizeFeminism @William_E_Wolfe There is a time when will reign and that is at the second coming when He will reign from Jerusalem. He did say to Peter in Matt 16:18 “…I will build My church” But you are absolutely right that Jesus tau...

@gardellap @BaptizeFeminism @William_E_Wolfe There is a time when will reign and that is at the second coming when He will reign from Jerusalem. He did say to Peter in Matt 16:18 “…I will build My ch

Matt 16:18 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-07

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe Who wrote Hebrews

@MegaChurchMouse @JollyStine @CatherineMcNiel @William_E_Wolfe Who wrote Hebrews?

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