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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@etrade601 @KaeleyT I agree with you. Bad leaders come in al flavours, male and

@etrade601 @KaeleyT I agree with you. Bad leaders come in al flavours, male and female. I’m an egalitarian and think that women and men working together without some gender-hierarchy constraint in le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-29

@Crystalisives @brianaxelm Absolutely. There is still quite a bit of variation a

@Crystalisives @brianaxelm Absolutely. There is still quite a bit of variation as some are soft complementarian and some are full on patriarchalists. But when I visit comp. churches, my wife gets stra

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome Well, I’ve most certainly considered the context and it seems Paul explicitly tells us that it was for Timothy to stop “certain ones from teaching strange doctrines” (1Ti 1:3) not to stop half the body from teaching the ot...

@PubliusJosephus @MWWatHome Well, I’ve most certainly considered the context and it seems Paul explicitly tells us that it was for Timothy to stop “certain ones from teaching strange doctrines” (1Ti 1

1Ti 1:3 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

RT @ryanschatz: @rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority t

RT @ryanschatz: @rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority to encourage all to lead with courage and conviction. Includ…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority to encourage all

@rightresponsem I’m going to exercise my patriarchal authority to encourage all to lead with courage and conviction. Including women. Because I’m a man of course.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

RT @ryanschatz: @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons

RT @ryanschatz: @PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Yes, the difference between deacons and elders is that elders must be able to teach. Surely y…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-28

@ThePastorBurris Unlimited atonement, reconciliation limited to those whose fait

@ThePastorBurris Unlimited atonement, reconciliation limited to those whose faith is in Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Where are you getting this permanence from? The Holy Spirit is always a seal of the future promises of God. Can a seal not be broken? Scripture says: if we deny Him, He will deny us. Do y...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Where are you getting this permanence from? The Holy Spirit is always a seal of the future promises of God. Can a seal not be broken? Scri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Jesus and the apostles talk in such a way as to not presume someone is eternally saved (and can’t be lost) just because they made a profession. Do you believe Ananias and Sapphira went pea...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Jesus and the apostles talk in such a way as to not presume someone is eternally saved (and can’t be lost) just because they made a profess

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Also, John 15 speaks about cutting off branches that are not abiding and therefore not producing fruit. So they might have produced some fruit but then stopped abiding. Galatians talks abo...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Also, John 15 speaks about cutting off branches that are not abiding and therefore not producing fruit. So they might have produced some fr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Ok, this is better. So you admit that you still sin? I still fail daily and I’m working on improving where I’m falling short. This is part of sanctification (not salvation). Yes, Jesus cove...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 Ok, this is better. So you admit that you still sin? I still fail daily and I’m working on improving where I’m falling short. This is part

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-27

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking fornication is great and keep practicing it? Queue...

@Rick07200430 @wichman_matthew @CherylSchatz @autocorrect2_0 So if you change your mind, do you keep doing it? If you thought fornication was great and you change your mind, do you continue thinking f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-26

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I’m making no excuses whatsoever. I’m merely observing the amazing plan of God to include the gentiles and do it by coming after the dispersion of the Jews under Roman occupation and thereby use a non-Hebraic language which ...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody I’m making no excuses whatsoever. I’m merely observing the amazing plan of God to include the gentiles and do it by coming after the dispersion of the Jews under Roman occupa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@pauldirks @Particular_Drew Can you define federal head? I’ve only heard Adam sp

@pauldirks @Particular_Drew Can you define federal head? I’ve only heard Adam spoken of in those terms, not Abraham.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@soothkeep It seems to me that Paul’s understanding of discerning the body is how we treat other believers. You are right that this is very frequently misunderstood. Even in my current church, the pastor refers to the bread as though we are feeding o...

@soothkeep It seems to me that Paul’s understanding of discerning the body is how we treat other believers. You are right that this is very frequently misunderstood. Even in my current church, the pas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Finally, the NT’s use of Greek wasn’t a deviation from

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Finally, the NT’s use of Greek wasn’t a deviation from Jewish tradition but an extension of it. Like the LXX, it ensured that God’s message could reach the world, a key goal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Jesus likely spoke Aramaic, but He lived in a multilin

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Jesus likely spoke Aramaic, but He lived in a multilingual world where Greek was common, especially for interactions beyond Jewish audiences. His message being preserved in G

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Further, there’s no evidence the gospels were written

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Further, there’s no evidence the gospels were written in Hebrew. The earliest manuscripts are in Greek, and the NT shows deliberate use of Greek grammar, vocabulary, and rhet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody The Hebrew Bible itself was translated into Greek (the

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody The Hebrew Bible itself was translated into Greek (the LXX) centuries before Christ, because many Jews no longer spoke Hebrew. NT writers often quoted the LXX, showing Greek

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Wow, can’t say I’ve heard anyone argue this way before. Greek was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire, widely spoken by Jews in the diaspora and in Judea. The NT authors—being bilingual—wrote in Greek to reach a broader a...

@elemayohoh @HolyHomebody Wow, can’t say I’ve heard anyone argue this way before. Greek was the lingua franca of the Roman Empire, widely spoken by Jews in the diaspora and in Judea. The NT authors—b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@kimberley_7_ @BogdanOancea77 As for your comment on Titus 2:3-5, yes women teaching other women is important just like men instructing men. Yet we all have common instruction for each other. Your comment actually shows why female pastors are such a ...

@kimberley_7_ @BogdanOancea77 As for your comment on Titus 2:3-5, yes women teaching other women is important just like men instructing men. Yet we all have common instruction for each other. Your com

Titus 2:3-5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks w

@SledgeTX1776 @MikeWingerii That “dude” agrees with you mostly. He just thinks women are not to be elders. And no, the Bible doesn’t say that. That’s not what Paul is saying in 1Ti 2:12. https://t.co

1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@UnsafeMedia @ksorbs Yeah, I got that too as an elder at my church. I also disag

@UnsafeMedia @ksorbs Yeah, I got that too as an elder at my church. I also disagreed.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@karsten_boom @MikeWingerii Why? This post to Mike is because I want complementarians and egalitarians to get along better. I’ve been a part of complementarian churches and supported them, but he encourages people to leave their egalitarian churches ...

@karsten_boom @MikeWingerii Why? This post to Mike is because I want complementarians and egalitarians to get along better. I’ve been a part of complementarian churches and supported them, but he enco

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@ashestoashes80 Because the verse says literally “one wife husband” or “husband

@ashestoashes80 Because the verse says literally “one wife husband” or “husband of one wife”—if this is about being male, then it means that elders also have to be married. I argue against both.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usurp authority” (are men even allowed to do that?) an...

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii This has to be read in context as it is easy to misinterpret Paul’s intent. Paul’s use of specific grammar (singular instead of plural), the word authentein for “usur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii So you don’t tolerate secondary differences? I

@noblama @slstruik @MikeWingerii So you don’t tolerate secondary differences? I tolerated my former male-only led church on this issue. Do you think it is a sin for a female to serve as a pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@aarondgarrett Part of the problem is that the churches that support women tend to be liberal (not all of them, but many). Unless women are trained and included with men, you will get a higher proportion being off. One I find is really solid is Kay ...

@aarondgarrett Part of the problem is that the churches that support women tend to be liberal (not all of them, but many). Unless women are trained and included with men, you will get a higher proport

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-25

@KeggerAgain Imagine you inserted someone from another ethnicity into your statement, and instead of a woman, you felt uncomfortable with a black man leading the church. That’s the kind of thing I’m trying to point out. Male or female or your ethnici...

@KeggerAgain Imagine you inserted someone from another ethnicity into your statement, and instead of a woman, you felt uncomfortable with a black man leading the church. That’s the kind of thing I’m t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Since you feel compelled to state that my view is a doctrine of demons—a view that frees women to serve without restrictions beyond character qualifications and ability—perhaps you should familiarize yourself with what char...

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Since you feel compelled to state that my view is a doctrine of demons—a view that frees women to serve without restrictions beyond character qualifications and ability—perh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Well, in that case, maybe you can be a bit more graci

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Well, in that case, maybe you can be a bit more gracious and not say that I’m using Satan’s tactics? https://t.co/SfUR9uEjdL

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@SolaScripturaT @BornAgainMissy Why shame on me? Do you know what Paul’s reasons

@SolaScripturaT @BornAgainMissy Why shame on me? Do you know what Paul’s reasons mean? If you do, tell me what time sequence order of creation has to do with why Adam wasn’t deceived but Eve was. Do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@joyklaprade If it helps, I did a thread on what “husband of one wife” means. Yo

@joyklaprade If it helps, I did a thread on what “husband of one wife” means. You might find it helpful. https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@BornAgainMissy Now isn’t that interesting! “All scripture is God breathed…” —bu

@BornAgainMissy Now isn’t that interesting! “All scripture is God breathed…” —but He didn’t use his own hand and pen so God didn’t “write” it. This dear pastor already blocked me for asking him to su

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy The dear pastor can start here. https://t.

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy The dear pastor can start here. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy So now this pastor blocks me for asking hi

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy So now this pastor blocks me for asking him to defend his position from scripture. Is this how pastors are to behave? You’ve got to be kidding, right? https://t.c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @Autumn_Armyworm @BornAgainMissy Church leaders affirmed what the peo

@ImRevAlan @Autumn_Armyworm @BornAgainMissy Church leaders affirmed what the people generally knew to be scripture. You simply have to read the texts and you can tell by reading them.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@Autumn_Armyworm @ImRevAlan @BornAgainMissy I’m not a progressive though. But I

@Autumn_Armyworm @ImRevAlan @BornAgainMissy I’m not a progressive though. But I am also more interested in knowing and following scripture than some tradition that is followed simply because grandpa t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy Are you a pastor and you are not cognizant

@ImRevAlan @PFKHealth @BornAgainMissy Are you a pastor and you are not cognizant that you have to interpret scripture and how easy it is to take a text out of context?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan If she agrees with me and sees how the whole of the context and grammar does not forbid women from speaking, then the only one with the problem are guys like yourself. Thus: “What? came the word of God out from you [males]...

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan If she agrees with me and sees how the whole of the context and grammar does not forbid women from speaking, then the only one with the problem are guys like yourself. Thus

1Co 14:36 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

In Paul’s day, there may have only been a handful of copies of his letters, so t

In Paul’s day, there may have only been a handful of copies of his letters, so they would have to memorize what was written and share the contents by word of mouth. Prior to that, Paul would have been

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ImRevAlan @BornAgainMissy Paul’s grammar is “a woman…the woman” showing that th

@ImRevAlan @BornAgainMissy Paul’s grammar is “a woman…the woman” showing that there’s a specific woman intended. Further, where is this ultimatum you are referring to?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Well, actually, all that this is proof of is that some women let themselves be controlled by feelings and lose connection to the facts. The rampant immigration has caused an immense amount of harm with people coming in and ...

@ymmotrojam @PaulaYScanlan Well, actually, all that this is proof of is that some women let themselves be controlled by feelings and lose connection to the facts. The rampant immigration has caused an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-24

@danitreweek This is the first time I have heard of ordination to deacon roles.

@danitreweek This is the first time I have heard of ordination to deacon roles. I suspect most Americans that are talking about ordination are thinking of the full time pastorate.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@KayKasper263927 @dalepartridge Was Jacob’s wife Rachel (Ge 29:9) who was a shep

@KayKasper263927 @dalepartridge Was Jacob’s wife Rachel (Ge 29:9) who was a shepherd a transgender? 🤔

Ge 29:9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@dalepartridge Your wording is needlessly divisive. Where does the Bible qualify pastors with “male”? No one is even explicitly called “pastor” in the NT. And we actually have at least one example of a female shepherd—Rachael in Ge 29:9 is explicitl...

@dalepartridge Your wording is needlessly divisive. Where does the Bible qualify pastors with “male”? No one is even explicitly called “pastor” in the NT. And we actually have at least one example of

Ge 29:9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@BornAgainMissy Great! Now challenge him on one of his RC dogmas and he will mak

@BornAgainMissy Great! Now challenge him on one of his RC dogmas and he will make sure you understand that tradition is the only way we can know for sure what scripture teaches. PS: i disagree with hi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@prejoal @smashbaals No, Paul isn’t emphasizing the Jewish traditions of subjecting their wives but ensuring that in the congregation people weren’t all speaking at the same time and that they were not speaking in foreign tongues without interpretati...

@prejoal @smashbaals No, Paul isn’t emphasizing the Jewish traditions of subjecting their wives but ensuring that in the congregation people weren’t all speaking at the same time and that they were no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@deensreggin @smashbaals Everyone who learns should learn quietly. Just look at any classroom. What Paul is dealing with in 1Ti 2:12 is not someone doing what men ought to but wife of likely an elder who is teaching false doctrine and he is silent an...

@deensreggin @smashbaals Everyone who learns should learn quietly. Just look at any classroom. What Paul is dealing with in 1Ti 2:12 is not someone doing what men ought to but wife of likely an elder

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-23

@philip_1689 @smashbaals Then you should be able to explain the meaning of Paul’

@philip_1689 @smashbaals Then you should be able to explain the meaning of Paul’s climatic statement in 1Ti 2:15. How do you explain Paul’s shift from singular to plural, “she…they” and his use of the

1Ti 2:15 question
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