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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I never got that from reading Terran. I very much

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I never got that from reading Terran. I very much appreciated the timestamps so I could watch the video and listen in context. Though I admit the most disagreement I had

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul purportedly says that a woman must not take authority over a man and uses creation to justify this. So I ask then where do Eve take authority over Adam or Adam over Eve? How then does creation justify such a stateme...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul purportedly says that a woman must not take authority over a man and uses creation to justify this. So I ask then where do Eve take authority over Adam or Adam over

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-20

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What authority was Eve taking over Adam? What does

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii What authority was Eve taking over Adam? What does her being deceived and him not being deceived have to do with her having authority or power? How is abuse of power or a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-19

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yeah, I don’t agree with Terran here. I don’t thin

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yeah, I don’t agree with Terran here. I don’t think Paul is drawing on the meaning to dominate. I don’t see how Eve was dominating Adam in Eden.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-19

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii We also cannot constrain Paul’s meaning because we found a couple of texts that used it differently. Ultimately how Paul is using the word is dependent on the context, and Paul uses Adam and Eve and the deception in the ...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii We also cannot constrain Paul’s meaning because we found a couple of texts that used it differently. Ultimately how Paul is using the word is dependent on the context, an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The idea that Paul’s use of an older word would be analogous to using King James-era English in modern speech to leverage its rich vocabulary is quite apt. It’s not about the typical audience but the precision and impact...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The idea that Paul’s use of an older word would be analogous to using King James-era English in modern speech to leverage its rich vocabulary is quite apt. It’s not about

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul’s audience in this letter is Timothy, a close partner whom he had mentored for years, and so Timothy would understand Paul’s language and intent, even if it included words with a historical connotation. Further, the...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Paul’s audience in this letter is Timothy, a close partner whom he had mentored for years, and so Timothy would understand Paul’s language and intent, even if it included

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, however, this does not prove that Paul didn't

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, however, this does not prove that Paul didn't look back to a classic form to convey the specific meaning he intended in 1Ti 2:12. Why wouldn't Paul use a common wor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Further, whatever Wolters and Winger think the word means in other contexts still does not address how Paul intends to use the word and the contextual details he draws upon, that Timothy at least must have understood Pau...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Further, whatever Wolters and Winger think the word means in other contexts still does not address how Paul intends to use the word and the contextual details he draws up

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-18

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, Winger says very clearly that context is king and believes he is examining Paul's context. I really don't recall him drawing much on chapter 1 in his interpretation of chapter 2, so I challenge him on his examinatio...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, Winger says very clearly that context is king and believes he is examining Paul's context. I really don't recall him drawing much on chapter 1 in his interpretation

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-17

@Lilywhosoever2 How am I questioning what God said? I'm highlighting a scripture

@Lilywhosoever2 How am I questioning what God said? I'm highlighting a scripture which disagrees with RC Sproul.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-16

@MeridithABlack @MikeWingerii Well, the reason I asked was because it was Mike that said that I need to repent for propagating what I believe the scripture teaches about women in pastoral ministry which disagrees with what he says it teaches—somethin...

@MeridithABlack @MikeWingerii Well, the reason I asked was because it was Mike that said that I need to repent for propagating what I believe the scripture teaches about women in pastoral ministry whi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-13

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Paul is advocating for singleness as he himself is in 1Co 7:7-8,32-34,38 and suggesting it is better. Yet translations all have 1Ti 3:2 as saying husband or “faithful to his wife.” The text is clear—it is refe...

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Paul is advocating for singleness as he himself is in 1Co 7:7-8,32-34,38 and suggesting it is better. Yet translations all have 1Ti 3:2 as saying husband or “f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-13

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Given that only two men—Peter and John—are explicitly referred to as elders in the NT (and it is self identification), I’m quite surprised Carol listed these two Old Testament women as examples of elders. Does...

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Given that only two men—Peter and John—are explicitly referred to as elders in the NT (and it is self identification), I’m quite surprised Carol listed these tw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@Eric_Conn @stephenmurray So you would also say “Whoever says he loves his broth

@Eric_Conn @stephenmurray So you would also say “Whoever says he loves his brother but willingly leaves the front door unlocked…”? “Whoever says he loves his brother but willingly lets the third worl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if yo

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if you think He did, He undid it in the church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry If it says husband but you say doesn’t h

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry If it says husband but you say doesn’t have to be a husband then on what basis are you disagreeing with the literal word in the text?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Does husband apply to a single men like

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Does husband apply to a single men like Paul and Timothy?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Why would I repent of being Biblical? Th

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry Why would I repent of being Biblical? That would go against my conscience, plain reason and scripture. https://t.co/Nz4cb7T0Jj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry That’s not what the Bible says. I missed

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry That’s not what the Bible says. I missed the “an overseer must not be a woman” part. https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry How so? You reading the same Bible as me

@StevenMKestner @carol66944 @JoelWBerry How so? You reading the same Bible as me?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Asking questions is not putting words in your mouth. I am trying to understand what you are saying or suggesting. You are Eastern Orthodox? I see. So are you allowed to disagree with what your...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Asking questions is not putting words in your mouth. I am trying to understand what you are saying or suggesting. You are Eastern Orthodox? I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals The church 'fathers' mostly seem to have an issue with female leaders. No surprise there. I just think they are wrong purely based on scripture. You think the church fathers are 100% correct i...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals The church 'fathers' mostly seem to have an issue with female leaders. No surprise there. I just think they are wrong purely based on scripture

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Thankfully you don't have the authority to proclaim anyone is outside of the faith unless what you claim agrees with what the scripture says about this. Does the scripture say that anyone who believes godl...

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Thankfully you don't have the authority to proclaim anyone is outside of the faith unless what you claim agrees with what the scripture says about this. Do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Because 'Ryan says so'? By no means!

@BaldwinOfJ @samuel_costner @WokePreacherTV Because 'Ryan says so'? By no means! I am not deferring to myself as any kind of authority. I am merely offering up what I believe is a wholly consistent ex

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-09

@benedict_usman @EH_Esq Jesus invites believers who overcome to rule with him on

@benedict_usman @EH_Esq Jesus invites believers who overcome to rule with him on His throne. Does your wife rule with you?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-09

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT The use of 'the woman' in Genesis is before she was named Eve. It is yet another tie back to her ignorance. Your comment that Eve was never referred to as 'a woman' is odd as she not a generic woman. In 1Ti 2:14, we see the an...

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT The use of 'the woman' in Genesis is before she was named Eve. It is yet another tie back to her ignorance. Your comment that Eve was never referred to as 'a woman' is odd as sh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-09

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT But that use by Paul is genius *because* of the ties to Ev

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT But that use by Paul is genius *because* of the ties to Eve—it links the specific woman in Ephesus prototypically with Eve in a lightly veiled manner. We need only to consider wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-09

@graceforprize @DBryanRhodes My wife and I always found ways to make it work. BT

@graceforprize @DBryanRhodes My wife and I always found ways to make it work. BTW, my church had Saturday evening services when we had that issue. So I don’t know what you are talking about.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@PastorMark "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8). The Greek word used here is "τις" (tis), which is a gender-neutral term ...

@PastorMark "But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8). The Greek word used he

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@EH_Esq God never intended gender hierarchies of authority. Both were commanded

@EH_Esq God never intended gender hierarchies of authority. Both were commanded to rule over creation; no one was commanded to rule over his fellow human. When Israel begged for a king it was a rejec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

Eve and Adam were both given rule over the earth. Her authority to judge and rul

Eve and Adam were both given rule over the earth. Her authority to judge and rule was always intact. So why believe women are barred from speaking or teaching? She was already empowered by God to repr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT I appreciate you are still not convinced but at least you

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT I appreciate you are still not convinced but at least you recognize that the she in v15 can’t be Eve. So you see v13-14 as a strange interjection and the subject of v15 is ‘a wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT For sure people have had—and continue to have—faulty views about Adam and Eve. Yet Paul’s intent doesn’t appear to be to address specific false teachings so much as to encourage

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT Paul’s intent in this letter is to encourage and instruct Timothy in stopping false teachers. His noting of how he was ignorant in 1Ti 1:13 and how Hymanaeus and Alexander whom he names blaspheme with knowledge in 1Ti 1:19-20 su...

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT Paul’s intent in this letter is to encourage and instruct Timothy in stopping false teachers. His noting of how he was ignorant in 1Ti 1:13 and how Hymanaeus and Alexander whom h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT So you don’t think it’s reasonable that Paul is using Eve

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT So you don’t think it’s reasonable that Paul is using Eve as a prototype for this specific wife who is teaching in Ephesus? It seems to make sense of the details. Is there a reas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@JollyStine @MargMowczko @KaeleyT I’m glad you see there is a specific Ephesian

@JollyStine @MargMowczko @KaeleyT I’m glad you see there is a specific Ephesian woman who was in mind here.😊 Yes, both are deceived: that’s the idea Paul uses to link them together this way, yet “the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@KaeleyT "But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8) Is Paul referring to widows or their children or both? The following verses describ...

@KaeleyT "But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8) Is Paul referring to widows or the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT “Marg went shopping. The woman bought shoes.” This is strange speech. We either repeat the name or use the pronoun she; ‘the woman’ is awkward. Granted, what Paul said sounds like it could be Eve, “but she was deceived and bec...

@MargMowczko @KaeleyT “Marg went shopping. The woman bought shoes.” This is strange speech. We either repeat the name or use the pronoun she; ‘the woman’ is awkward. Granted, what Paul said sounds l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Why would Ruth write it when no woman is allowed to teach men or have any kind of authority? Nevermind she can prophesy and even be in the position of Samuel (Deborah)...but alas, all the men would have burned it if...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Why would Ruth write it when no woman is allowed to teach men or have any kind of authority? Nevermind she can prophesy and even be in the position of Samuel (Debora

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Esther, Ruth, Hebrews. Bothers you that maybe a woman wrote one or all of those, eh? When you call me mental, it is the biggest encouragement because it means you are running out of things to say. If you want a hi...

@avyargo @neecygrace @MikeWingerii Esther, Ruth, Hebrews. Bothers you that maybe a woman wrote one or all of those, eh? When you call me mental, it is the biggest encouragement because it means you a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@SelectedDivine @immrbloo Don't you believe that people love the darkness becaus

@SelectedDivine @immrbloo Don't you believe that people love the darkness because God hasn't regenerated them yet...? Why doesn't the scripture say this? It says "because their works were evil."

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@_jonbowlin Outside of the NT? How about inside the NT? Malista is not being used to specify the only ones Jesus dies for but especially those who believe as they are the ones who finally benefit. All "categories" or "kinds" of men? Where do you eve...

@_jonbowlin Outside of the NT? How about inside the NT? Malista is not being used to specify the only ones Jesus dies for but especially those who believe as they are the ones who finally benefit. Al

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

@Whitehorse1255 Also, don’t you believe that Adam had authority over Eve before

@Whitehorse1255 Also, don’t you believe that Adam had authority over Eve before the fall when creation was still good and not cursed?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not with the reason being the time sequence of creation...

@garlicmofongo He seems to see both Adam and Eve as having a gendered rebellion to God in the fall. I don’t think I’ve heard that take before. Paul frames it as one being deceived and the other not w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find it rather ironic how complementarians like @MikeWingerii say the Bible is

I find it rather ironic how complementarians like @MikeWingerii say the Bible is clear that women cannot hold positions of authority but even after extensive study still are working out the nuances of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not eldership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women made in God’s image as limiting on women from autho...

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not eldership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not leadership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women made in God’s image as limiting on women from auth...

I find this statement from @MikeWingerii revealing. When someone says a woman cannot be a man I think of immutable differences not leadership. How do comps see the command for both to rule and women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii My vomit, eh? So supporting godly women t

@Calvinator8000 @avyargo @MikeWingerii My vomit, eh? So supporting godly women teaching truth is vomit? When people say things like this it makes me even more sure that I’m right.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@slow_down_Jess I have a local pastor who says I am semi-pelagian but he still sees me as a brother in Christ. He just won’t allow me to ever be in leadership…like not even in 20 years kind of thing. He’s a pretty strong Calvinist, so I don’t think t...

@slow_down_Jess I have a local pastor who says I am semi-pelagian but he still sees me as a brother in Christ. He just won’t allow me to ever be in leadership…like not even in 20 years kind of thing.

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