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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-19

@smashbaals No, that doesn’t work. Otherwise all of us in the church are engage

@smashbaals No, that doesn’t work. Otherwise all of us in the church are engaged and any of you who have another spouse are polygamists. This is speaking of earthly marriage. Jesus was single and P

1 Cor 7:7-8 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-16

@M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Even Jesus speaks of those who call him “Lord, Lord” and cast out many demons and do many works in HIs name and He says that He never knew them. Casting out demons is not proof one is a Christian, but also is certainly not pr...

@M_Jensen23 @smashbaals Even Jesus speaks of those who call him “Lord, Lord” and cast out many demons and do many works in HIs name and He says that He never knew them. Casting out demons is not proo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-16

@M_Jensen23 @smashbaals I’m not going to disagree with you there. The more I’m digging into this ‘apostle’ and her testimony the more the concerns are growing. If this is all she is doing, it is not a church. I was reacting to the statement that i...

@M_Jensen23 @smashbaals I’m not going to disagree with you there. The more I’m digging into this ‘apostle’ and her testimony the more the concerns are growing. If this is all she is doing, it is not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-12

@stormsrbrewing1 @CatherineMcNiel My goodness! What church is this? I struggle

@stormsrbrewing1 @CatherineMcNiel My goodness! What church is this? I struggle to find one with that description in my neighborhood

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-11

@stormsrbrewing1 @CatherineMcNiel There’s no perfect church out there as its fil

@stormsrbrewing1 @CatherineMcNiel There’s no perfect church out there as its filled with flawed individuals. But Jesus still wants us to be a part of it. Keep looking.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-09

@HotHotFire_ @Riley_Gaines_ How is that relevant here? Is X your church? 😳 In reality, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him and refuting those who are silencing women. Paul’s reply? If these men don’t listen, then they are to...

@HotHotFire_ @Riley_Gaines_ How is that relevant here? Is X your church? 😳 In reality, Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote him and refuting those who are silencing women. Paul’s r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-08

@_KililoBrian That’s not what that passage is saying. The Apostle Paul is quoti

@_KililoBrian That’s not what that passage is saying. The Apostle Paul is quoting from a letter that the Corinthians wrote to him and refuting those who are silencing half the church. So it’s the ex

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-07

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Respectfully, I think calling Kaeley’s comments “vitriol” is over the top. I know you actually agreed with her objection and are nuanced on this and a sincere complementarian, but perhaps you might have a different perspective if...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Respectfully, I think calling Kaeley’s comments “vitriol” is over the top. I know you actually agreed with her objection and are nuanced on this and a sincere complementarian, but

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-07

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not claiming to know best. I’m not claiming to be a “doctor of the church” (that usually happens once a person is long dead), and I am not claiming that you cannot test what I’m saying by scripture. And I already show...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not claiming to know best. I’m not claiming to be a “doctor of the church” (that usually happens once a person is long dead), and I am not claiming that you cannot test

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-07

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve You keep repeating yourself. The apostles had it right. I don’t know what all the “doctors” of the church all taught, but what matters is scripture. The Waldensiens were not modern and got this right in the 12th century. Is...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve You keep repeating yourself. The apostles had it right. I don’t know what all the “doctors” of the church all taught, but what matters is scripture. The Waldensiens were not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve You last statement is incorrect. And I only listed one group because all it took was to show you were factually incorrect was one group (who BTW were persecuted by the RC church for their views). Not restricting women does no...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve You last statement is incorrect. And I only listed one group because all it took was to show you were factually incorrect was one group (who BTW were persecuted by the RC churc

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve The forefathers are the apostles whom the church is built upon. They did not require only men to be pastors. I respect the Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures and conveyed that they are sufficient to be fully capable and ...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve The forefathers are the apostles whom the church is built upon. They did not require only men to be pastors. I respect the Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures and conveyed

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 You cannot speak to my motives or why I’m convinced scripture teaches egalitarian treatment of women within the church. I have no problem saying no to women. I can also say no to men. The qualifications a...

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 You cannot speak to my motives or why I’m convinced scripture teaches egalitarian treatment of women within the church. I have no problem saying no to women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 That’s not true. The church at large is not always correct. I’m not sure whether you are a Roman Catholic or not, but if you are protestant, Luther opposed the tradition of the church and protestants belie...

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 That’s not true. The church at large is not always correct. I’m not sure whether you are a Roman Catholic or not, but if you are protestant, Luther opposed

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 Which is why you cannot decide whethe

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 Which is why you cannot decide whether something is true or not based purely on church history. You have to go back to scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 Nope, you are changing the subject. Obviously you cannot fill in the blank with anything! Do you think the historical church was infallible? We were talking about qualified women being allowed to lead, pr...

@40tons70mph @Brian_Sauve @CovenantReform2 Nope, you are changing the subject. Obviously you cannot fill in the blank with anything! Do you think the historical church was infallible? We were talki

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-05

@doomsdayslam @CruzControl72 @OrderChristian That verse is not a generic prohibi

@doomsdayslam @CruzControl72 @OrderChristian That verse is not a generic prohibition of all woman but applies to a specific deceived woman teaching false doctrine at the church at Ephesus. https://t.c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-04

@artdafinakenya Why are you quoting this verse? Even by your own interpretation it would apply only in church. How does this apply to social media? These verses were actually a quote from the Corinthian church in their letter to Paul. Paul rebuke...

@artdafinakenya Why are you quoting this verse? Even by your own interpretation it would apply only in church. How does this apply to social media? These verses were actually a quote from the Corin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 We have no record in the New Testame

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 We have no record in the New Testament of anyone said to be the pastor or shepherd (Greek “poimen”) of any local church. No one is specifically identified

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Every baby is the result of two part

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Every baby is the result of two parties doing something. In the case of rape, the women should feel the full support of the entire church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Christ submitted to die for the church. He did what was best for us not what was best for himself. He came to serve, not to be served. The leader is the one who serves everyone. We are all to follow his...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus Christ submitted to die for the church. He did what was best for us not what was best for himself. He came to serve, not to be served. The leader is the

Philippians 2:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the source of the church (how?) He Himself being the Sav...

@DickSaban1 @Peacemaker811 @PubliusJosephus “For the husband is the source of the wife (since marriage is defined by the first couple and Eve came from Adam’s flesh and bone), as Christ also is the so

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@TruthSeekerTKS @SamuelJJack2 Paul wasn’t silencing women, but quoting from the

@TruthSeekerTKS @SamuelJJack2 Paul wasn’t silencing women, but quoting from the Judiazers in the Corinthian church who wrote what Paul quoted in vv34-35 and then Paul rebuked these men for silencing h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@LadyDemosthenes @roguebenoir For 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from Judiazers

@LadyDemosthenes @roguebenoir For 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from Judiazers in the Corinthian church who wrote this in their letter to Paul. He rebukes them for silencing half the body. Yes, re

1 Cor 14:34-35 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@OliviaTuggle81 @IndictTheReich @LEBassett Ok, well, except that this was Paul quoting from some Judiazers in the Corinthian church who wrote that in their letter to Paul (ref 1 Cor 7:1). Paul was rebuking them from silencing half the body! “What? ...

@OliviaTuggle81 @IndictTheReich @LEBassett Ok, well, except that this was Paul quoting from some Judiazers in the Corinthian church who wrote that in their letter to Paul (ref 1 Cor 7:1). Paul was re

1 Cor 7:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@activity_no I explain that passage in the following thread. The quick summary is that Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). This is a quote from their letter. His rhetoric shows he is rebuking them for silenci...

@activity_no I explain that passage in the following thread. The quick summary is that Paul is responding to things the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). This is a quote from their letter.

1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@bishopofhippos @montananmark @JohnPiper Often Bible studies don't involve all aspects of a service, but they are far more participatory than the one-way sermon setting of most churches. Mine provides time for the congregation to share in response t...

@bishopofhippos @montananmark @JohnPiper Often Bible studies don't involve all aspects of a service, but they are far more participatory than the one-way sermon setting of most churches. Mine provide

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@IdorenyinEtuk5 @Drprincessjanet @Solomon_Buchi Yes, and this is expressly what

@IdorenyinEtuk5 @Drprincessjanet @Solomon_Buchi Yes, and this is expressly what Timothy was to do with the false teachers at Ephesus which was also a problem with the church Titus was shepherding. Je

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, it goes back further than you think. The Waldensiens which were pre-Luther welcomed both men and women ministers. But history is not the greatest guide. If you are a Protesta...

@aflawedmanofGod @sailemptyskies @M_Jensen23 @ortrails @goteamcarr Well, it goes back further than you think. The Waldensiens which were pre-Luther welcomed both men and women ministers. But history

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-01

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Were women saved before the church? If Gal

@BogdanOancea77 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Were women saved before the church? If Gal 3:26-29 is just about salvation, then that implies that women, gentiles and slaves all were condemned in the Old Testame

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@JohnPiper If church was in your home, would the answer be any different?

@JohnPiper If church was in your home, would the answer be any different?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@thunk_huda The reference to the law is part of the quote from what the Corinthians wrote. There were Judiazers infiltrating many of the churches at that time. The “law” is not found in scripture but in the Talmud which Jews consider the oral law—b...

@thunk_huda The reference to the law is part of the quote from what the Corinthians wrote. There were Judiazers infiltrating many of the churches at that time. The “law” is not found in scripture bu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@sisi_siki_ For those who are concerned that the Bible says women must be silent in church, not teach or not be in positions of responsibility—this is not at all what Paul meant by what he wrote. In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul was quoting from the Corinthi...

@sisi_siki_ For those who are concerned that the Bible says women must be silent in church, not teach or not be in positions of responsibility—this is not at all what Paul meant by what he wrote. In

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@MAClark85 I don’t think you understand the point of tongues and prophecy. I don’t think people were madly recording everything everyone said in the Corinthian church to put in into a collection of prophecies in the Bible. Prophecy is also explaini...

@MAClark85 I don’t think you understand the point of tongues and prophecy. I don’t think people were madly recording everything everyone said in the Corinthian church to put in into a collection of p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@bannedby Well, they are the ones separating from me…at least this particular person, especially if he treats me as an atheist. Most of my Calvinist pastor friends would let me be a member of their church, but just won’t let me be a leader. I’m als...

@bannedby Well, they are the ones separating from me…at least this particular person, especially if he treats me as an atheist. Most of my Calvinist pastor friends would let me be a member of their c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@Bellisima_2004 @Holistic_Voyeur You are welcome. It is unfortunate when people

@Bellisima_2004 @Holistic_Voyeur You are welcome. It is unfortunate when people are stuck in their traditions and don’t allow themselves or their church or denomination to recognize their misundersta

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@RobertMacD0nald @smashbaals Pastors and elders/bishop/overseer are synonymous. Deacons are leaders who are not required to teach. - Name one person in the NT church in scripture who was referred to as a shepherd. - Name one person in the NT church...

@RobertMacD0nald @smashbaals Pastors and elders/bishop/overseer are synonymous. Deacons are leaders who are not required to teach. - Name one person in the NT church in scripture who was referred to

1 Tim 3:1-2 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-26

@Exceptional05 That passage has to do with a specific deceived woman at the chur

@Exceptional05 That passage has to do with a specific deceived woman at the church of Ephesus who has left orthodoxy and her husband who was not deceived is silent, just like the prototypical couple i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals That's what it has b

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals That's what it has become to be, but all have the precise same requirements scripturally. Whether one is over multiple churches or over one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals All churches have bi

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals All churches have bishops because its the same as elder/overseer/pastor.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders in the church. We might use them differently now, ...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals Bishop/overseer (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos) and elder (πρεσβύτερος, presbyteros) are used interchangeably in scripture when speaking of leaders i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to ascertain what Paul meant by what he said to Timo...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals It was a personal letter of instruction and encouragement to Timothy which we can benefit from. But in order to benefit from it, we have to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-24

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timothy for the purpose of encouraging him in his role...

@Based_Byzantine @HabitualLinest @Booksbyjess__ @smashbaals I’m taking what Paul said very seriously, in the context of the letter, understanding it was a personal correspondence between Paul and Timo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed before her husband, Aquila, showing she was the mo...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @nakedpastor The Spirit disagrees with you then because the Spirit clearly gifts women to be able to teach and shepherd. Priscilla taught Apollos. Priscilla’s name was listed

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow elder (1 Peter 5:1) so someone can be both an Apos...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @nakedpastor No one is called the “head” of any church. There is no lead pastor/shepherd indicated in scripture except Jesus (1 Peter 5:4). Also, Peter calls himself a fellow

1 Peter 5:1 1 Peter 5:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problems, traveled from church to church preaching and te...

@blackmamba_btc @AEQEA @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor The same statement is made for overseers. Paul was most definitely an apostle and an overseer. He wrote letters, appointed elders, dealt with problem

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or origin of Eve thus giving the grounding for marria...

@AEQEA @blackmamba_btc @BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor Paul wasn’t advocating for a hierarchy of authority. He was talking about Jesus being the source or origin of His church and Adam being the source or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (2 Pet 3:16) and Peter is a contemporary of Paul. ...

@Hallucinator33 @DinosaurLes @Richard56245924 @churchofengland Yes, I’m not claiming Paul’s writings are not scripture. But Peter also notes that Paul writes some things that are hard to understand (

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages sufficiently. There are lots of puzzling details if...

@Hallucinator33 @churchofengland I am contesting this interpretation. I am not denying scripture as you are claiming. Anyone who says that “Paul is explicitly clear” hasn’t studied these passages su

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. *Cultural Norms:* The norms ...

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likel

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