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RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Ed

RT @danitreweek: Dear Complementarian pastors, If you are outraged by Marion Edgar Budde’s comments, be outraged at the substance of what…

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is

@SimonReye @smashbaals Ok, was it the question? Let me rephrase. Not one male is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

@average_R_W_E @smashbaals John? That’s a personal letter from Paul to Timothy t

@average_R_W_E @smashbaals John? That’s a personal letter from Paul to Timothy to support him in stopping false teaching not to stop half the church from teaching the other half! https://t.co/ZQizsThB

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the Ne

@SimonReye @smashbaals Name one male who is explicitly called a pastor in the New Testament.

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In

@spriteworks @smashbaals Where are you getting that from, the Old Testament? In that case, pastors have to be Levites. All believers form a kingdom of priests. https://t.co/2crysd8yKJ

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Paul was also an overseer as well as an apostle. He also encouraged everyone that if possible they could be single like him—which would mean no one would be qualified if being married was required. The funny part is that th...

@jacob_lupton @smashbaals Paul was also an overseer as well as an apostle. He also encouraged everyone that if possible they could be single like him—which would mean no one would be qualified if bein

@rightresponsem That’s patently incorrect, but I’ll explain your observations.

@rightresponsem That’s patently incorrect, but I’ll explain your observations. The good ones don’t want to go to liberal churches and the conservative churches won’t let them lead…so they are all pro

@smashbaals Again, Smash, you are ignoring scripture. Genesis 1:28 has God com

@smashbaals Again, Smash, you are ignoring scripture. Genesis 1:28 has God commanding both the man and woman to rule (plural imperatives) with no distinction made between M + F. https://t.co/g5hdejh

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@OrtiztheBrown @autocorrect2_0 @darwintojesus The traditions that are being refe

@OrtiztheBrown @autocorrect2_0 @darwintojesus The traditions that are being referenced are what was written down. But I presume that you are suggesting that the RC or Orthodox (insert your church here

@FrLillie @ismeansis Scripture also says not to go beyond what is written. Isn't

@FrLillie @ismeansis Scripture also says not to go beyond what is written. Isn't tradition by definition something beyond what is written? https://t.co/e79KSHmlza

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In 1Co 4:6, Paul clearly shows us that we are not supposed to go beyond what is

In 1Co 4:6, Paul clearly shows us that we are not supposed to go beyond what is *WRITTEN* ⎯ this clearly excludes any oral traditions that are not already written in scripture. #SolaScriptura https:/

1Co 4:6 general

@KMD_0nline There is still a lot of cases where they are treated as second class citizens…remarkably in many churches. Just watch when a female pastor joins other male pastors in a Baptist fellowship. Watch how the men respond. But yes, women are co...

@KMD_0nline There is still a lot of cases where they are treated as second class citizens…remarkably in many churches. Just watch when a female pastor joins other male pastors in a Baptist fellowship.

@Christianous100 @lutherananswers Yes, thanks for pointing these out. This is no

@Christianous100 @lutherananswers Yes, thanks for pointing these out. This is not about head coverings as symbols of authority but uncovering our heads to symbolically show that in Christ the shame of

@Heiserite @lutherananswers And sometimes you can only get so far in one round.

@Heiserite @lutherananswers And sometimes you can only get so far in one round. Keep thinking about it. I appreciate Heiser’s discovery of what he found on this but I don’t think it’s what Paul was go

RT @ryanschatz: @lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. Ac

RT @ryanschatz: @lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will…

1Co 6:2-3 general

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to wear coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying. He says he does not have any such practice nor...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But the entire passage to this point has been discussing the tradition of head coverings… The tradition is to *wear* coverings at certain times when praying or prophesying

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Well, maybe he keeps addressing it in his next lette

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Well, maybe he keeps addressing it in his next letter. If the veil is *removed* in Christ, why would Paul be commanding that women—also ones who believe and turn to Christ—

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Maybe then you can explain to me how nature teaches you the difference in head hair length between a boy and a girl. Arm hair stops growing at a specific length. Eyebrows stop growing (until you get old!). But let the ha...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Maybe then you can explain to me how *nature* teaches you the difference in head hair length between a boy and a girl. Arm hair stops growing at a specific length. Eyebrows

@Heiserite @lutherananswers A practice of ‘contention’? Really? Were the Corinth

@Heiserite @lutherananswers A practice of ‘contention’? Really? Were the Corinthians arguing that contentions would be a practice that Paul was promoting?

@Heiserite @lutherananswers That is correct. Would a believing husband who under

@Heiserite @lutherananswers That is correct. Would a believing husband who understands that covering for shame for sin is not something we should do in God’s presence? Who then is left? Probably more

translates 11:14-15 general

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature its

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I agree. The ISV translates 11:14-15 as: “Nature itself teaches you *neither* that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair *nor* that hair is a woman’s glory, for hai

@Heiserite @lutherananswers You are interpreting it this way, but what evidence

@Heiserite @lutherananswers You are interpreting it this way, but what evidence in the text do you have for this? In fact, Paul says in 11:16 that neither they nor the churches of God have any such p

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@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, it is for the very reasons Paul outlines that he is giving women a choice. If covering one’s head shames Christ, then surely this applies to women also. Thus married women have a dilemma as they have essentially...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, it is for the very reasons Paul outlines that he is giving women a choice. If covering one’s head shames Christ, then surely this applies to women also. Thus mar

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, in 11:5, Paul explains the cultural implic

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Actually, in 11:5, Paul explains the cultural implications for women, especially those who are married to unbelieving Jewish husbands. In 11:6, we have the permissive imper

In 11:6 in 11:5 general

In p5, Ashley explains 2Th 2: the falling away (rebellion), the restrainer (Holy Spirit in the church), and the Antichrist. Paul reassures believers Christ’s return follows the Antichrist declaring himself God in the temple. In the pre-trib rapture, ...

In p5, Ashley explains 2Th 2: the falling away (rebellion), the restrainer (Holy Spirit in the church), and the Antichrist. Paul reassures believers Christ’s return follows the Antichrist declaring hi

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But don’t we have a Biblical connection between cove

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But don’t we have a Biblical connection between covering and shame in Genesis 3? And wouldn’t covering oneself showing shame for sin in God’s presence shame Christ since Ch

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this life is less than and therefore granted by her aut...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers The “because of the angels” and “the woman should have authority over her head” are the links. There’s no “symbol of” in the Greek. Her authority to judge matters of this

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Let me re-explain Paul's reasoning. If she will judge angels, then surely she has the authority over her own head to decide whether to cover her head while praying or prophesying. It explains it quite clearly and complet...

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Let me re-explain Paul's reasoning. If she will judge angels, then surely she has the authority over her own head to decide whether to cover her head while praying or prop

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I understand that Heiser thought that this was not a

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I understand that Heiser thought that this was not applicable to today. But according to 1Co 11, an unmarried woman doesn't have a head. How does she disgrace her husband b

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Scriptural context trumps culture, Jewish oral laws

@Heiserite @lutherananswers Scriptural context trumps culture, Jewish oral laws or Greek medicine⎯scriptural context trumps everything.

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@Heiserite @lutherananswers But this is precisely the problem. When you don't de

@Heiserite @lutherananswers But this is precisely the problem. When you don't deal with Paul's own context first, why should we follow the Ancient Greek medicine argument?

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I've read ideas about how hair was sexualized in the

@Heiserite @lutherananswers I've read ideas about how hair was sexualized in the Talmud, but what does this have to do with angels? Is Paul making an argument from the Jewish oral law? But why go the

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to decide whether to cover or uncover their heads. Th...

@lutherananswers Paul already explained the angels reference. According to 1Co 6:2-3, the saints⎯which includes women⎯will judge the world and angels. If this is the case, then they should be able to

1Co 6:2-3 debate

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Ok, let's get back to something more relevant to male/female... the husband has a six pack and the musculature of an ape. But he should forgive and love his wife and "not beat down his celly" but pray for her. Great! What does this h...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Ok, let's get back to something more relevant to male/female... the husband has a six pack and the musculature of an ape. But he should forgive and love his wife and "not beat down his

@John42991250 @smashbaals The "God of the Jews" means the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You don't worship that God? He's a false god? Genesis to Micah were written in Hebrew to the Israelites. What is "most important" about being a dispensationa...

@John42991250 @smashbaals The "God of the Jews" means the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. You don't worship that God? He's a false god? Genesis to Micah were written in Hebrew to the Israelites. Wh

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@MyronBourne @Rach4Patriarchy Who said anything about authority? Where does the

@MyronBourne @Rach4Patriarchy Who said anything about authority? Where does the husband take authority over the wife in scripture? Do you emulate Jesus? Because He never for ed His will even on those

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT BTW, headship doesn’t automatically mean oppression as the claim is that the husband is to emulate Jesus (which is strange because all believers are being conformed to Christ). Anyways, when did Jesus ever force His will on anyone? W...

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT BTW, headship doesn’t automatically mean oppression as the claim is that the husband is to emulate Jesus (which is strange because all believers are being conformed to Christ). Anyway

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Well, fear can certainly be an issue, but I have no fear. I’m si

@MICAH_SIXEIGHT Well, fear can certainly be an issue, but I have no fear. I’m simply encouraging everyone to understand what ‘head’ means scripturally and not assume modern usage is what the Bible int

@joyousmon @Rach4Patriarchy Biblical submission isn’t about hierarchy but about

@joyousmon @Rach4Patriarchy Biblical submission isn’t about hierarchy but about looking out for and serving the interests of another at the expense of your own wants and desires.

@Rach4Patriarchy I am egalitarian and have no problem with women submitting to t

@Rach4Patriarchy I am egalitarian and have no problem with women submitting to their husbands. I just think that their husbands also submit to them.

@GodsPatriut @smashbaals So did the apostle Paul worship a different God before

@GodsPatriut @smashbaals So did the apostle Paul worship a different God before Jesus revealed Himself to him? If so, where does the scripture ever frame it as them worshipping a different God?

@kanarymine2 @smashbaals The Talmud is their traditions. The authority is scrip

@kanarymine2 @smashbaals The Talmud is their traditions. The authority is scripture. Why do you suggest that I ‘worship’ Talmudists? How bizarre!

@_TheWildPursuit @smashbaals I’m not passive; I’m masculine. I have courage too

@_TheWildPursuit @smashbaals I’m not passive; I’m masculine. I have courage too (which, BTW, isn’t only a characteristic of males). Supporting qualified and godly women in leadership and not forbiddi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-17

@Christianous100 @ReformedSteven @RevKimWChafee That’s right. I’m not questionin

@Christianous100 @ReformedSteven @RevKimWChafee That’s right. I’m not questioning Christ’s lordship as God but the demand that a husband is the lord of his wife (meaning that he is to be her ruler rat

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@Christianous100 @ReformedSteven @RevKimWChafee The NET Bible translator notes also leans towards creditors: 29 tc The Hebrew text appears to read literally, “My people, his oppressors, he deals severely, and women rule over them.” The correct text ...

@Christianous100 @ReformedSteven @RevKimWChafee The NET Bible translator notes also leans towards creditors: 29 tc The Hebrew text appears to read literally, “My people, his oppressors, he deals seve

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@paulogia0 The solution has been provided for everyone including yourself. Why d

@paulogia0 The solution has been provided for everyone including yourself. Why do you keep rejecting it? When someone offers you a parachute with your name on it, why do you refuse it when the plane

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@smashbaals This shows that you are judging by mere appearances rather than the

@smashbaals This shows that you are judging by mere appearances rather than the content. What does it matter if someone wants to pronounce Jesus using Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ ?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@ministrymisfit I didn’t think about including the ‘blackballed by’ steps as I h

@ministrymisfit I didn’t think about including the ‘blackballed by’ steps as I have a few of those too. Looks like you went back and forth a few times before that. God is shaking up the institutional

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@pastherandie Does the Nazarene church differ significantly from the others?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@smashbaals Smash doesn’t read his Bible very carefully except to stroke his bia

@smashbaals Smash doesn’t read his Bible very carefully except to stroke his biases… https://t.co/UvMRA0MdYh