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@DothanDave @MarkGrote True enough. It does appear that the sometimes arbitrary

@DothanDave @MarkGrote True enough. It does appear that the sometimes arbitrary labeling of someone as a pastor because they are male rather than specifically acknowledging the Holy Spirit’s gifting

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam The same thing could be said

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam The same thing could be said of the wife who also should be emulating Christ but refusing sex.

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I became egalitarian after about 13 years of marriage and it helped save my marriage. Paul and Peter are addressing particular issues and not saying wives are not to love and give their lives like Jesus not husbands not to su...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC I became egalitarian after about 13 years of marriage and it helped save my marriage. Paul and Peter are addressing particular issues and not saying wives are not to love and

@RisingDisciples @TruthTreasury @CherylSchatz @Joel7Richardson You realize that the “comfy, soft, western church” is only a fraction of Christian’s that will participate in the rapture, right? This is not about avoiding persecution as if we live god...

@RisingDisciples @TruthTreasury @CherylSchatz @Joel7Richardson You realize that the “comfy, soft, western church” is only a fraction of Christian’s that will participate in the rapture, right? This i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-16

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC My wife previously did not want the responsibility to lead. When I showed her that she needed to accept her own responsibility and that it wasn't a sin to lead, she grew into this and matured as a person. Treating women as e...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC My wife previously did not want the responsibility to lead. When I showed her that she needed to accept her own responsibility and that it wasn't a sin to lead, she grew into

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-15

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Yes, there is clear plural and singular combined even in

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Yes, there is clear plural and singular combined even in the same sentence. But what’s that got to do with mystery authority of males over females? Authority to do what exact

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-15

@kelcy_lowry @chimpchompchamp Misinterpretation of God's word is certainly more common than sand on the seashore these days! However, I don't think the evidence points to Eve misinterpreting or adding to (lying about) what God said. Here's why: 1⃣...

@kelcy_lowry @chimpchompchamp Misinterpretation of God's word is certainly more common than sand on the seashore these days! However, I don't think the evidence points to Eve misinterpreting or addin

@sympatheticNPC @DST_QA I’m missing this conversation due to work… but just wanted to note that authority has to be given, not inferred. No where does God give authority of the man over the woman. The naming occurs after the fall (God uses Isha bef...

@sympatheticNPC @DST_QA I’m missing this conversation due to work… but just wanted to note that authority has to be given, not inferred. No where does God give authority of the man over the woman. T

@sympatheticNPC Here’s the result of debating with GPT just now: In the context of Genesis 3:17, the phrase "listened to the voice of his wife" indeed presents a nuanced situation. Since the text does not record a direct verbal exchange between Eve ...

@sympatheticNPC Here’s the result of debating with GPT just now: In the context of Genesis 3:17, the phrase "listened to the voice of his wife" indeed presents a nuanced situation. Since the text doe

Genesis 3:17 commentary

@smashbaals Yes. We hold Christians to scripture. As for unbelievers, God will deal with them. That’s where you get this wrong. "For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? ***But those w...

@smashbaals Yes. We hold Christians to scripture. As for unbelievers, God will deal with them. That’s where you get this wrong. "For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Do you not judg

@jmmooreo Yes. Two things are going on here. Clearly they disobeyed. And from other scripture we know that Adam was held as responsible for bringing sin into the world as he was not deceived. But if only Adam **had actually listened to what Eve s...

@jmmooreo Yes. Two things are going on here. Clearly they disobeyed. And from other scripture we know that Adam was held as responsible for bringing sin into the world as he was not deceived. But

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This line of reasoning is interesting to me because on your accounting, the husband represents Jesus (who is God) and the church represents redeemed but sinful humans. This is a setup for serious abuse as all men a...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This line of reasoning is interesting to me because on your accounting, the husband represents Jesus (who is God) and the church represents redeemed but sinful human

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT A wife not doing the dishes to whatever stand

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT A wife not doing the dishes to whatever standards you set is not a sin. I’ve taken over dish duty for about a year now. And tell it to the church doesn’t require a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Thanks, I appreciate this response. I pray first that while many of us disagree, we can appreciate those who are doing their best to try to follow scripture and obey Jesus’ instructions and not bre...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote Thanks, I appreciate this response. I pray first that while many of us disagree, we can appreciate those who are doing their best to try to follow

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia The church is the only one who judges between the worship of God or not, even then, Christians don't judge the heart or motives of other professing believers. The state is not to act like the church. I...

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia The church is the only one who judges between the worship of God or not, even then, Christians don't judge the heart or motives of other professing belie

@The_Wry_Griot @BibleBashed You are accusing me of using grammar to make the who

@The_Wry_Griot @BibleBashed You are accusing me of using grammar to make the whole Bible male? Bizarre observation…

@JonnyRoot_ So a godly woman teaching true doctrine and pastoring in the truth i

@JonnyRoot_ So a godly woman teaching true doctrine and pastoring in the truth is committing a sin? What scripture says pastors are supposed to be authorities? I thought the authority was in the Wor

@MarkGrote Often when it can be either a man or a woman the male construction is the default. Paul doesn’t say “must not be a woman,” he uses a gender neutral pronoun “tis” and also he clearly doesn’t mean married as Paul advocated for singleness an...

@MarkGrote Often when it can be either a man or a woman the male construction is the default. Paul doesn’t say “must not be a woman,” he uses a gender neutral pronoun “tis” and also he clearly doesn’

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@JonKismetCalvin @ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry Hi John, I'm not sure that Artemis is something Paul is bringing into the context of 1 Timothy. Paul references: 1. v4: fables and genealogies (which cause disputes rather than ...

@JonKismetCalvin @ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry Hi John, I'm not sure that Artemis is something Paul is bringing into the context of 1 Timothy. Paul references: 1. v4: fables

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@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This is a misinterpretation of what is meant

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This is a misinterpretation of what is meant by head. We are looking at this from different basic understandings of the underpinning argument about what kephale mea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the apostle Paul means by "head" and his complete missing the mark on mutual subjection and servant leadership.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @rockyredpanda That’s sounds like a very different way of characterizing this than a sin issue. By the way, my mom used to make my sandwiches when I was younger but when I grew up I started making my own. What’s the deal with ma...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @rockyredpanda That’s sounds like a very different way of characterizing this than a sin issue. By the way, my mom used to make my sandwiches when I was younger but when I grew up

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-08

@smashbaals “Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such people as yourselves will have trouble in...

@smashbaals “Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@Forms_Respecter While I’m egalitarian, I didn’t get there because of all the things egalitarian scholars say. Sometimes they are guessing because they see women being used in the Bible in significant capacities and so they know that Paul can’t mean...

@Forms_Respecter While I’m egalitarian, I didn’t get there because of all the things egalitarian scholars say. Sometimes they are guessing because they see women being used in the Bible in significan

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **ch

@dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **character** qualifications for leadership (1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9) ⎯ Paul doesn't forbid the single, the childless or w

1 Tim 3:1-13 Titus 1:5-9 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-05

@ronhenzel It’s not about who moved, but that the straight jacket was in place to start with. Binding churches to unbiblical restrictions results in conflict and division. Of course one thinks it’s biblical and another thinks they are wrong. But it...

@ronhenzel It’s not about who moved, but that the straight jacket was in place to start with. Binding churches to unbiblical restrictions results in conflict and division. Of course one thinks it’s

@ZacharyGarris This verse is a very strong correction to Patriarchalists and complementarians because all of us—men and women—are considered sons. The 2020 version is trying to point out that these sons include males and females (the NASB still show...

@ZacharyGarris This verse is a very strong correction to Patriarchalists and complementarians because all of us—men and women—are considered sons. The 2020 version is trying to point out that these s

@ZacharyGarris I have your book—do you want me to refute it here? There is no where that says teaching men is a sin. That is not stated in 1 Tim 2:12 nor anywhere else. Teaching itself is not authoritative, the Word of God is the authority. The i...

@ZacharyGarris I have your book—do you want me to refute it here? There is no where that says teaching men is a sin. That is not stated in 1 Tim 2:12 nor anywhere else. Teaching itself is not autho

1 Tim 2:12 debate

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 No, I don’t know where you are getting this from! Any sexual relationship other than within the confines of marriage between one man and one woman is sin and would preclude someone from being qualified to...

@IIIIIJOSHIIIII @JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 No, I don’t know where you are getting this from! Any sexual relationship other than within the confines of marriage between one man and one woman is sin

@ZacharyGarris But an unrepentant, willful lifestyle of sin means you are outside of the faith. Again, where—and you must provide this—is a woman speaking, teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoring EVER stated to be a sin or listed in any list of sin...

@ZacharyGarris But an unrepentant, willful lifestyle of sin means you are outside of the faith. Again, where—and you must provide this—is a woman speaking, teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoring EV

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture and you won’t find women speaking, teaching, leading...

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture an

@ZacharyGarris Firstly, I absolutely do not deny the authority of the Bible! Be

@ZacharyGarris Firstly, I absolutely do not deny the authority of the Bible! Because you disagree with me does not give you a right to claim I deny the Bible’s authority. Do you consider me in sin?

By banning women…even from administering communion, churches have no choice but to leave these denominations. It is these denominations that are causing division. Jesus cares about the unity of His body and causing division over these matters is no...

By banning women…even from administering communion, churches have no choice but to leave these denominations. It is these denominations that are causing division. Jesus cares about the unity of His

@OrinRomine @ryancduff It doesn't say "women (plural) must not teach men (plural)" nor does it say "a woman (singular) must not teach men (plural)"⎯it says clearly "a woman/wife must not teach or 'authentein' a man/husband"⎯what this is referring to ...

@OrinRomine @ryancduff It doesn't say "women (plural) must not teach men (plural)" nor does it say "a woman (singular) must not teach men (plural)"⎯it says clearly "a woman/wife must not teach or 'aut

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@OrinRomine @ryancduff Paul is dealing with false teaching and its affects on the Ephesian church. Men were using anger in their prayers probably complaining about false teaching, women were using outward adornments to show which one was holy and sh...

@OrinRomine @ryancduff Paul is dealing with false teaching and its affects on the Ephesian church. Men were using anger in their prayers probably complaining about false teaching, women were using ou

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christians. Secondary ones are those that are debatable th...

@taxpayer0011 I see. Where is a godly woman preaching true doctrine ever listed in any list of sins in scripture? Is it in one of the creeds? Primary doctrines are those that define us as Christian

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-03

@GlennDavies @KaeleyT @PrestonSprinkle Thanks for the feedback. I don't know you except that we've had a few conversations, we live in the same area and I also know nothing of how you run your church. So you have to take my comments as responding t...

@GlennDavies @KaeleyT @PrestonSprinkle Thanks for the feedback. I don't know you except that we've had a few conversations, we live in the same area and I also know nothing of how you run your church

@lastadolphin @IvanIvez440026 @Brian_Sauve Interesting take. I sense you are not advocating for blind authority to obedience, but simply using healthy sexual (marital) relationships to show how the man’s strength if harnessed appropriately is exactl...

@lastadolphin @IvanIvez440026 @Brian_Sauve Interesting take. I sense you are not advocating for blind authority to obedience, but simply using healthy sexual (marital) relationships to show how the m

@IvanIvez440026 @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve Let's test this theory out, shall we?

@IvanIvez440026 @lastadolphin @Brian_Sauve Let's test this theory out, shall we? Here's a command: stop suppressing women. I'm a man. I'm an elder. Will you listen? Or are you just not doing what

@ThandaM2 @lukepwilliams @Brian_Sauve This idea that the husband is to represent God and the wife to represent humans is pretty serious because we are all flawed individuals. Anyone that thinks that they have the role of God in someone's life and ca...

@ThandaM2 @lukepwilliams @Brian_Sauve This idea that the husband is to represent God and the wife to represent humans is pretty serious because we are all flawed individuals. Anyone that thinks that

@RushiXmakima @MaryThurma27729 I agree with you that the church as it is especially in the west is unnecessarily fractured. I had a pastor tell me that I was welcome to become a member but since I disagreed with him on Calvinism, I would not be allo...

@RushiXmakima @MaryThurma27729 I agree with you that the church as it is especially in the west is unnecessarily fractured. I had a pastor tell me that I was welcome to become a member but since I di

@ronhenzel The only meaning I'm twisting is the one you seemed to shoehorn into the text. Eve will be saved...if they continue in faith...? Who is the they? I think we have to take how Paul was using his words and not try to twist them to mean som...

@ronhenzel The only meaning I'm twisting is the one you seemed to shoehorn into the text. Eve will be saved...if they continue in faith...? Who is the they? I think we have to take how Paul was usi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

@DST_QA I've believed this since around 2009 but didn't make it a big issue until the last 5 years. I was in a complementarian church (Calvary Chapel), then non-denom (egalitarian), then Baptist (mostly complementarian but shifting). In the Baptist...

@DST_QA I've believed this since around 2009 but didn't make it a big issue until the last 5 years. I was in a complementarian church (Calvary Chapel), then non-denom (egalitarian), then Baptist (mos

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

Our culture has messed with pronouns (see Dawkins’ post below for a she/they problem), but the Bible shouldn’t have this problem! In this case, it’s the verbs that are singular and plural. Houston, do we have a problem? 🤔 Can you answer my questi...

Our culture has messed with pronouns (see Dawkins’ post below for a she/they problem), but the Bible shouldn’t have this problem! In this case, it’s the *verbs* that are singular and plural. Houston

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

In 1 Tim 2:15, who are the “she” and the “they” referring to? Options: 1. A generic woman / all women 2. Eve / all women 3. Women* / all women 4. A specific woman / her and her husband 5. Something else? *Note: some translations change the singula...

In 1 Tim 2:15, who are the “she” and the “they” referring to? Options: 1. A generic woman / all women 2. Eve / all women 3. Women* / all women 4. A specific woman / her and her husband 5. Something

1 Tim 2:15 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-30

@ronhenzel @ortrails @goteamcarr This commentator has no idea who the "she" and "they" are, misses Paul's reference to the 'seed of the woman, Eve' (ie. the childbearing⎯definite singular noun), and is hypothesizing about home roles. Paul is writing...

@ronhenzel @ortrails @goteamcarr This commentator has no idea who the "she" and "they" are, misses Paul's reference to the 'seed of the woman, Eve' (ie. the childbearing⎯definite singular noun), and i

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Asking for the word “role” is not a poor argument. It is an appropriate question, especially since you claim that this is what the passage is all about. Is a man to have the “role” o...

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Asking for the word “role” is not a poor argument. It is an appropriate question, especially since you claim that this is what the pa

1 Tim 2:1 debate

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Except for si

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Except for single women who Paul said shouldn’t seek to get married (1 Cor 7). Are they left lost and in danger of deception because

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Now isn’t that interesting. So now it is disrespectful to use someone’s teaching on grammar if it supports my interpretation of another passage? 🤔 Listen, I know he doesn’t agree wi...

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Now isn’t that interesting. So now it is disrespectful to use someone’s teaching on grammar if it supports my interpretation of anot