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Mike says, “Egalitarians are doing great harm to the church” and calls egalitari

Mike says, “Egalitarians are doing great harm to the church” and calls egalitarians to repent of spreading their views [4:10:30]. This is completely uncalled for! If this is a secondary issue, how c

Because if it was a sin, then the Bible would clearly outline what is and what i

Because if it was a sin, then the Bible would clearly outline what is and what is not allowed. "God is not a God of disorder, but of peace" (1Co 14:33). Despite the lack of clarity on these policies

1Co 14:33 debate

Mike says, “It is interesting that the New Testament doesn’t give us clear polic

Mike says, “It is interesting that the New Testament doesn’t give us clear policies (ie. on when women can’t speak)” [3:47:50] Indeed. Does it not occur that it might be b/c there is no gender author

Now isn't this interesting! So he is admitting that one of the impacts of comps

Now isn't this interesting! So he is admitting that one of the impacts of comps is that women don't get practice if they are afraid of sinning by speaking, teaching, praying publicly, or spiritually l

Mike says a woman can informally teach men theology, correct them, post somethin

Mike says a woman can informally teach men theology, correct them, post something to correct on social media, etc. He says that since Priscilla did it, then it's ok. [2:57:00] Mike keeps narrowing d

1Ti 2:12 commentary

Mike's comments on Deborah seem very pro egalitarian. He says that she was never

Mike's comments on Deborah seem very pro egalitarian. He says that she was never criticized or said to be in sin for her position. This is really noteworthy! So if we take Mike’s comments about Debo

So why then is he so hard on egalitarians after in the opening saying that this

So why then is he so hard on egalitarians after in the opening saying that this is fully a secondary matter and that egalitarians are Christian brothers and sisters who he has full fellowship with (ie

Mike talks about Abigail being in the right to subvert Nabal’s authority [1:42:0

Mike talks about Abigail being in the right to subvert Nabal’s authority [1:42:00] So Mike doesn't see it as unquestioning authority which is good. However, women will think 2x or 3x before they do t

Mike responds to those accusing him of bias with "I had to follow scripture." Ri

Mike responds to those accusing him of bias with "I had to follow scripture." Right, but I thought that this is what the discussion was about. [33:20] /5

🧵In his final video on Women in Ministry, @MikeWingerii frames this as a 'secondary issue'⎯which is great. Then he paradoxically demands repentance from egalitarians, accusing them of inflicting profound harm on the church for sharing their views. M...

🧵In his final video on Women in Ministry, @MikeWingerii frames this as a 'secondary issue'⎯which is great. Then he paradoxically demands repentance from egalitarians, accusing them of inflicting profo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

@ymmotrojam Paul is referencing and using the founders of the nations in the womb of their mother. This isn’t about the babies as individual persons since their mother was told that there were two nations in her womb. In that one statement it shows ...

@ymmotrojam Paul is referencing and using the founders of the nations in the womb of their mother. This isn’t about the babies as individual persons since their mother was told that there were two na

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@GuyJones1111 Technically, she would be violating what that verse says, but sinc

@GuyJones1111 Technically, she would be violating what that verse says, but since Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote and refuting it, then she's not violating scripture. https://t.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

RT @ryanschatz: 4/🧵 Exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15 (part 3) 1 Timothy 2:11-12 ⎯⎯⎯

RT @ryanschatz: 4/🧵 Exposition of 1 Tim 2:11-15 (part 3) 1 Timothy 2:11-12 ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ 4-1. Paul then switches to the singular form in verse…

1 Tim 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:11-12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children,

“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple.” (Lk 14:26, NASB) What do you suppose Jesus m

Lk 14:26 commentary

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 Joan is correct. Paul is using kephale to describe so

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 Joan is correct. Paul is using kephale to describe source relationships. Here's an exposition on 1Co 11:3. https://t.co/PoTw2iBRgT

1Co 11:3 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy @lucepeppiatt @PhilipBPayne @bethallisonbarr Thanks for the link. This is quite a long article that goes beyond what Barr said in her book. He argues that Roman society was not patriarchal. I'm not an historian, but that's ...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy @lucepeppiatt @PhilipBPayne @bethallisonbarr Thanks for the link. This is quite a long article that goes beyond what Barr said in her book. He argues that Roman society was

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@Carol52538896 @Revelation_14_7 Since I know nothing and you are the expert, exp

@Carol52538896 @Revelation_14_7 Since I know nothing and you are the expert, explain what 1Ti 2:12 means to you and how you can correct and teach a man any of the following times: https://t.co/zpKwJ2S

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Eric_

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn I see, so you believe that submission in Eph 5:21 is not reciprocal as is clearly in the text? Disagreeing with yo

Eph 5:21 debate

@Revelation_14_7 A woman is not women. Is that really so hard? Paul starts by addressing all people, then all men, then all women, then “a woman” which can either be a woman or a wife. It can be generic or specific. He makes it clear that it’s a spec...

@Revelation_14_7 A woman is not women. Is that really so hard? Paul starts by addressing all people, then all men, then all women, then “a woman” which can either be a woman or a wife. It can be gener

@Revelation_14_7 Yes, he is addressing women in verse 9. Paul knows how to use g

@Revelation_14_7 Yes, he is addressing women in verse 9. Paul knows how to use grammar and if he meant women in verse 15 he would have said so. Try again.

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn You’re kidding, right? I dont gloss over them. I explain them. Complementarians are the ones doing the glossing. Most of them don’t even feel the need to do anything more than list t...

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn You’re kidding, right? I dont gloss over them. I explain them. Complementarians are the ones doing the glossing. Most of them don’t

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s because your wife is a complementarian. And it’s working for you and so the only thing that’s a problem is i

@OnionPizza68693 Sola Scriptura, not the Bible + church history. I've been a Ch

@OnionPizza68693 Sola Scriptura, not the Bible + church history. I've been a Christian most of my life. Several changes were due to moving several times and looking for a good church since I believe

@OnionPizza68693 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn False. Did you know that making false accusation is a sin? Show me where allowing godly women to teach truth to men is said to be a sin in scripture. Where is it listed in any list of sins? HINT: it isn’t...

@OnionPizza68693 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn False. Did you know that making false accusation is a sin? Show me where allowing godly women to teach truth to men is said to be a sin in scripture. Where

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m not in unrepentant sin. You cannot even point to a single passage showing that godly women teaching truth is a sin in any context at any time in history. Are th...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m not in unrepentant sin. You cannot even point to a single passage showing that godly women teaching truth is a

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I disagree with people all the time. Believe me! We have strayed far from the text as you keep talking about how I’m sinning and rebelling against the Bible and sinn...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I disagree with people all the time. Believe me! We have strayed far from the text as you keep talking about how I’

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Poison? How is something that is not a sin considered poison? Is a premill view of the end times a sin too? Where do the councils and creeds even state women not t...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Poison? How is something that is not a sin considered poison? Is a premill view of the end times a sin too? Where

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A seared conscience is with respect to sin. Where is a godly women teaching truth to men ever listed as a sin in an

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Wow. How am I in serious error? Am I going to Hell? Where is supporting godly women teaching truth a sin that sends

@ronhenzel @DezGroves @ortrails @goteamcarr I recant my original misunderstood wording. I'm also ready to recant my shifted goalpoasted version...just as soon as you clarify whether you haven't been wrong on your interpretation of any Biblical doctri...

@ronhenzel @DezGroves @ortrails @goteamcarr I recant my original misunderstood wording. I'm also ready to recant my shifted goalpoasted version...just as soon as you clarify whether you haven't been w

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I have respe

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I have respect for what God actually established, and not some fictitious order you are importing and imposing. Slandering scriptur

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn No, you are

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn No, you are misinterpreting scripture. If what I believed was a contradiction I’d change my view.

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Since I beli

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Since I believe in mutual submission, I believe I have obligations to her that mean I should prioritize her needs over yours. So you

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn She would prefer I give her more time than you since you are unlikely to listen to anything I write here. Please explain what heresy means to you. Is it anything that we might disag...

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn She would prefer I give her more time than you since you are unlikely to listen to anything I write here. Please explain what heres

@MallardReborn @Eric_Conn I’m not the one dismissing it. I have extensively comm

@MallardReborn @Eric_Conn I’m not the one dismissing it. I have extensively commented on it explaining everything so that it all fits what Paul has been saying in his letter. If you are not dismissin

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teaching roles. The only way to know if you got it right ...

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teachin

@chris_jolliff @xTheGoodNews You're kidding! How did the pastor interpret v15? W

@chris_jolliff @xTheGoodNews You're kidding! How did the pastor interpret v15? Who is the she? Who is the they? What did Paul mean by using a definite noun, "the childbearing"?

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A heretic, huh? So a godly woman teaching truth to someone is damnable heresy? Where do you find this "sin" in any list of sins? Go ahead and look for it. You are misinterpreting the scripture. You are fr...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A heretic, huh? So a godly woman teaching truth to someone is damnable heresy? Where do you find this "sin" in any list of sins? Go ahead and look for it.

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Both my wife and I are joint leaders of our family. Figuratively as her husband and given that marriage always sources back to its definition in the first marriage, I as the husband am the source of my wif...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Both my wife and I are joint leaders of our family. Figuratively as her husband and given that marriage always sources back to its definition in the first

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Boys know how to parrot and quote. Show me you actually understand what this passage means in context. Why does Paul use singular "she"? Why does he then use plural "they"? Why does Paul use a definite no...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Boys know how to parrot and quote. Show me you actually understand what this passage means in context. Why does Paul use singular "she"? Why does he then

@powerisnotmine @joyklaprade Causing any division⎯if it is unnecessary (which means it is related to primary issues)⎯harms the body. Are you the kind of person that is into cutting off healthy body parts? Excluding churches over secondary disagreem...

@powerisnotmine @joyklaprade Causing any division⎯if it is unnecessary (which means it is related to primary issues)⎯harms the body. Are you the kind of person that is into cutting off healthy body p

@TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn First, you didn't answer my question. Rather, you listed two verses that don't say anywhere that a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin. Further, you didn't explain how they affirm that such is in fact a ...

@TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn First, you didn't answer my question. Rather, you listed two verses that don't say anywhere that a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin. Further, you didn

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s some curious exegetical work there. Mind show

@Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s some curious exegetical work there. Mind showing me where the Bible lists godly women teaching men the truth as a sin?

@joyklaprade The thing is that many do arrive at this view sincerely. Sometimes I find my goal is simply to convince complementarians that I'm not in rebellion against God's word. For them to change their view is such a major overhaul that a more mod...

@joyklaprade The thing is that many do arrive at this view sincerely. Sometimes I find my goal is simply to convince complementarians that I'm not in rebellion against God's word. For them to change t

@PestyMerc @activity_no You know what, let me give you a chance since you seem to know what you are talking about. Please explain 1Ti 2:15 to me. Just one verse. Please tell me: 1. Who is the she 2. Who are the they 3. What is Paul referring to by sa...

@PestyMerc @activity_no You know what, let me give you a chance since you seem to know what you are talking about. Please explain 1Ti 2:15 to me. Just one verse. Please tell me: 1. Who is the she 2. W

1Ti 2:15 general

1Co 7:8 1Ti 5:14 question

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos On the one hand, Paul says he wants all to remain single as he is (1Co 7:8), and in 1Ti 5:14 he is encouraging young widows to get remarried? Why do you think that is? Notice Paul says "manage their households" which is one...

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos On the one hand, Paul says he wants all to remain single as he is (1Co 7:8), and in 1Ti 5:14 he is encouraging young widows to get remarried? Why do you think that is? Notic

@Jrjacks123 @PastorMark Exactly. Maybe pastor Mark needs to learn to read script

@Jrjacks123 @PastorMark Exactly. Maybe pastor Mark needs to learn to read scripture in context since he quoted a passage that's all about widows providing for their family...or take off his patriarchy

@SpecterAndBride Adam is the origin of the human race of which Eve was the mother of all the living (except for Adam). Through Adam we all die, even if we don't sin in the likeness of Adam if that's what you mean by "federal headship." But the accou...

@SpecterAndBride Adam is the origin of the human race of which Eve was the mother of all the living (except for Adam). Through Adam we all die, even if we don't sin in the likeness of Adam if that's w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Co 11

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Co 11:1-16 is explaining the reasons for the tradition to NOT wear head coverings which represent shame for sin. 1Co 11:3 is

1Co 11:1-16 1Co 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@SpecterAndBride And the wife also loves her husband sacrificially since Christ demonstrated how we all love one another. And the husband should respect his wife, because all need respect. What Paul was saying wasn’t one sided, but to deal with spe...

@SpecterAndBride And the wife also loves her husband sacrificially since Christ demonstrated how we all love one another. And the husband should respect his wife, because all need respect. What Paul