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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

So you’d think this alone would mean that women would be allowed to teach from t

So you’d think this alone would mean that women would be allowed to teach from the pulpit or pastor as long as they are under a male head, but I don’t believe he thinks that as to Mike, it is about be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

Mike addresses “husband of one wife” and how women can be deacons and it not app

Mike addresses “husband of one wife” and how women can be deacons and it not apply to them. His answer?⎯ because it can only apply to men. Yup. He uses a translation that treats the reference to wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@SelectedDivine Well, right, I don't believe God predestines people to get the f

@SelectedDivine Well, right, I don't believe God predestines people to get the faith to believe, that's a Calvinist teaching. How did you get "chosen remnant" from the passage?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@RenOfMen @JaneotN @smashbaals Really? Where is "women aren't pastors" in any cr

@RenOfMen @JaneotN @smashbaals Really? Where is "women aren't pastors" in any creed or confession?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

Pastor David Allen, critical of Calvinism and not vocally critical of women in l

Pastor David Allen, critical of Calvinism and not vocally critical of women in leadership might just be the change the #SBC needs. https://t.co/uIBWNG1vwO

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

Will be interesting where Mike draws the lines for his version of complementaria

Will be interesting where Mike draws the lines for his version of complementarianism. Will he allow female deacons even though the statement “one wife husband” is stated for both elders and deacons?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy In Romans 16, Paul mentions several women whom he praises for their work and contributions to the early Christian community, highlighting their roles and leadership. Here are the women mentioned: 1. Phoebe (Ro 16:1-2) - De...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy In Romans 16, Paul mentions several women whom he praises for their work and contributions to the early Christian community, highlighting their roles and leadership. Here ar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

RT @ryanschatz: 1/🧵In light of some who believe that female pastors (and those w

RT @ryanschatz: 1/🧵In light of some who believe that female pastors (and those who support them) are in high-handed rebellion against God,…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I don't decide whether someone is suited for a role based on situational details alone. My previous church was in a bad situation, but current church is not. My previous church's situation was primarily because of a bad mal...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I don't decide whether someone is suited for a role based on situational details alone. My previous church was in a bad situation, but current church is not. My previous chu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy "It's her husband who's in leadership" Actually, the whole passage is about how she is a competent leader in everything she touches with a verse noting that her husband is also a leader. Where did you read that she has to...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy "It's her husband who's in leadership" Actually, the whole passage is about how she is a competent leader in everything she touches with a verse noting that her husband is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@Jesusmyoverseer @igarglewithfire FYI, that idea about being the head of a churc

@Jesusmyoverseer @igarglewithfire FYI, that idea about being the head of a church is nonsense too. Where is anyone ever called "head pastor" except Jesus himself? https://t.co/oSWRvhoJF7

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 I find a lot of the egalitarian materials lacking in their exegesis of the hard passages. Some they do well on, others not. I hope I can help move things forward in some small way towards a greater understanding of these pa...

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 I find a lot of the egalitarian materials lacking in their exegesis of the hard passages. Some they do well on, others not. I hope I can help move things forward in some sma

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@pl0t_sickens @OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelati

@pl0t_sickens @OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m definitely not communist. Try again. The thread was about pastor Mark’s misuse of a passage in 1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @OnionPizza68693 @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn So when Paul says subject yourselves to one another he didn’t mean husbands to wives or pastors to congregants or parents to children? And when he speaks of husban...

@baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @OnionPizza68693 @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn So when Paul says subject yourselves to one another he didn’t mean husbands to wives or pastors to congregants or p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 You can probably tell I can think for myself. I don't always fo

@OnionPizza68693 You can probably tell I can think for myself. I don't always follow what the denomination or my pastor believes.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m not in unrepentant sin. You cannot even point to a single passage showing that godly women teaching truth is a sin in any context at any time in history. Are th...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I’m not in unrepentant sin. You cannot even point to a single passage showing that godly women teaching truth is a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I find the vast majority of complementarians and Patriarchalists assume I’m not even a believer and apostate simply because I don’t think a godly woman should be pre...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I find the vast majority of complementarians and Patriarchalists assume I’m not even a believer and apostate simply

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@noahbergmann_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Was Paul’s letter written only to the male elders in Corinth? Really? “To the church of God which is in Corinth, *to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus,* saints by calling, *with all...

@noahbergmann_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Was Paul’s letter written only to the male elders in Corinth? Really? “To the church of God which is in Corinth, *to those who have been sanctif

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pastoral ministry. However, we should be reaching out ...

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pasto

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@Ollieman42023 @pearlythingz Take a look at the context of that passage. It's no

@Ollieman42023 @pearlythingz Take a look at the context of that passage. It's not talking about godly women not teaching men truth. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@Zealots2022 Those women are very talented. And that passage doesn't mean women

@Zealots2022 Those women are very talented. And that passage doesn't mean women cannot teach men. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@chris_jolliff @xTheGoodNews You're kidding! How did the pastor interpret v15? W

@chris_jolliff @xTheGoodNews You're kidding! How did the pastor interpret v15? Who is the she? Who is the they? What did Paul mean by using a definite noun, "the childbearing"?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@lylgrymy That's quite the attitude. But maybe brush up on what the Bible means

@lylgrymy That's quite the attitude. But maybe brush up on what the Bible means by that passage before you make a fool of yourself. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Women were elders and preachers eve

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Women were elders and preachers even before Luther as part of the Waldensiens. Church history is not how we judge truth. You have to go back to scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Boys know how to parrot and quote. Show me you actually understand what this passage means in context. Why does Paul use singular "she"? Why does he then use plural "they"? Why does Paul use a definite no...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Boys know how to parrot and quote. Show me you actually understand what this passage means in context. Why does Paul use singular "she"? Why does he then

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Name me one Gentile that Jesus orda

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Name me one Gentile that Jesus ordained? Is your pastor a Jew? There may be another reason we are not given that Jesus selected 12 male apostles. But just

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn You guys are pretty funny. You obviously don't know me very well as I extensively deal with those passages. If it were up to me and my wife would allow it, I'd spend even more time explaining them...

@EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn You guys are pretty funny. You obviously don't know me very well as I extensively deal with those passages. If it were up to me and my wife would

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@ReformedRant @PastorMark Really! So the verses before and after are referring to widows and how they should act in providing for their parents and other dependents (remember, they are widows so there’s no man involved) and you think v8 is talking ab...

@ReformedRant @PastorMark Really! So the verses before and after are referring to widows and how they should act in providing for their parents and other dependents (remember, they are widows so there

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@SpecterAndBride I've read them, but if you have one in particular we can go through it. If you get Genesis wrong, it taints your view of all these passages. Instead of viewing them as source relationships, you see everything in terms of authority an...

@SpecterAndBride I've read them, but if you have one in particular we can go through it. If you get Genesis wrong, it taints your view of all these passages. Instead of viewing them as source relation

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these passages that seem to restrict women mean? That's why I address them. But feel free to draw your own conclusions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@activity_no @PestyMerc I quote that text from Peter all the time. You realize that Peter says Paul writes some things that are hard to understand? Yet are you actually suggesting that one of the most debated passages in the Bible is "plain." It's so...

@activity_no @PestyMerc I quote that text from Peter all the time. You realize that Peter says Paul writes some things that are hard to understand? Yet are you actually suggesting that one of the most

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos On the one hand, Paul says he wants all to remain single as he is (1Co 7:8), and in 1Ti 5:14 he is encouraging young widows to get remarried? Why do you think that is? Notice Paul says "manage their households" which is one...

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos On the one hand, Paul says he wants all to remain single as he is (1Co 7:8), and in 1Ti 5:14 he is encouraging young widows to get remarried? Why do you think that is? Notic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@ile3000gt @brunodelconte @PastorMark To be honest...what would he say? "I was w

@ile3000gt @brunodelconte @PastorMark To be honest...what would he say? "I was wrong"? Frankly, I would have much more respect for someone who says that. Because we are all wrong from time to time.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@Jrjacks123 @PastorMark Exactly. Maybe pastor Mark needs to learn to read script

@Jrjacks123 @PastorMark Exactly. Maybe pastor Mark needs to learn to read scripture in context since he quoted a passage that's all about widows providing for their family...or take off his patriarchy

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@ScottCross_8 @PastorMark Don't let Mark shame you for this. He cannot even seem

@ScottCross_8 @PastorMark Don't let Mark shame you for this. He cannot even seem to read scripture in context... He quotes a passage all about WIDOWS to shame men into being required to work outside t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

It's honestly frightening to see how pastors who have taken extensive seminary training and have pastored congregations for years regularly take scripture so out of context. @PastorMark says here that if a man isn't the one out in the workforce, then...

It's honestly frightening to see how pastors who have taken extensive seminary training and have pastored congregations for years regularly take scripture so out of context. @PastorMark says here that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@PastorMark Mark, you quoted from 1Ti 5:8 like it was talking about men providing for their families. Did you not read the context? First, the text says "But if anyone does not provide for their own..." The word used in Greek is τις which means anyon...

@PastorMark Mark, you quoted from 1Ti 5:8 like it was talking about men providing for their families. Did you not read the context? First, the text says "But if anyone does not provide for their own..

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@jhart_21 @Siryoungest @fartomcshitto @mmpadellan Starting with that last verse,

@jhart_21 @Siryoungest @fartomcshitto @mmpadellan Starting with that last verse, most people unfortunately have no idea what Paul is actually meaning by that passage. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says instead of trying to silence her? And also, please e...

@Mnr_Boeloe @Alicia_Bittle_ @BarelyProt So women are not allowed to learn the faith for the purpose of explaining it or their testimony to others? Really? Why don't you just deal with what she says in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a man should pretend to be a woman, to wear a dress or adorn fake breasts or claim to bear children. This is about leade

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@csdavis81 @Truth_matters20 I’m confused…a pastor that believed that Jesus paid

@csdavis81 @Truth_matters20 I’m confused…a pastor that believed that Jesus paid it in full on the cross and this caused havoc? Ive never heard anything like that…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-23

@pbcmike98 @Guitardo7 @tchadwinder I prefer to say that there is nothing saying Adam’s *guilt* is imputed and there are scriptures explicitly saying that God does not pass on the guilt from the fathers to the sons (Ezekiel 18). What is passed on is ...

@pbcmike98 @Guitardo7 @tchadwinder I prefer to say that there is nothing saying Adam’s *guilt* is imputed and there are scriptures explicitly saying that God does not pass on the guilt from the father

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-23

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 The problem with Witherington’s assumption is that this passage is about authority of one person over another in worship. It is not. I challenge you to interpret v10. The NASB has “symbol of” but this is not in the Greek. ...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 The problem with Witherington’s assumption is that this passage is about authority of one person over another in worship. It is not. I challenge you to interpret v10. The N

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-23

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 Kephale literally refers to the head, and it is used many times in this way. But it can also be used to refer to that which is prominent or, for example the headwaters of a river (the source of the river). The same word ca...

@StothersRyan @Maheshburad1 Kephale literally refers to the head, and it is used many times in this way. But it can also be used to refer to that which is prominent or, for example the headwaters of a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-22

@man1753 Not said by Jesus, but still scripture. Except that so many misinterpre

@man1753 Not said by Jesus, but still scripture. Except that so many misinterpret it...probably one of the most misinterpreted passages of the Bible. https://t.co/zkbRDwQWIx

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-21

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify or prohibit women from serving as pastors, elders...

The following post (which @ronhenzel thought was 🔥 ), mocks the appeal egalitarians often make to consider the context behind statements made in the scripture which on the surface appear to disqualify

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@ronhenzel Ron, this is disappointing. Do I need to review again? We opened with a tweet that cast female pastors as scripturally silent, citing 1 Timothy 2:12. You jumped in, wielding John 10:19 about division as if truth itself is a sword to spli...

@ronhenzel Ron, this is disappointing. Do I need to review again? We opened with a tweet that cast female pastors as scripturally silent, citing 1 Timothy 2:12. You jumped in, wielding John 10:19 ab

John 10:19 1 Timothy 2:12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@TarienCole @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SimonReye I tend to agree that we don’t know whether Phoebe explained the letter to the Romans because it is not explicitly stated. However, the fact that you admit she is a deaconess is intriguing because 1Ti 3:12 s...

@TarienCole @TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SimonReye I tend to agree that we don’t know whether Phoebe explained the letter to the Romans because it is not explicitly stated. However, the fact that you admit s

1Ti 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel No person whether male or female is considered one of the 12 foundational Apostles upon which the church is built. Apostles after the 12 were those sent out to plant churches like Barnabas. An elder is just a deacon who serve...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel No person whether male or female is considered one of the 12 foundational Apostles upon which the church is built. Apostles after the 12 were those sent out to plant churches l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@Shusho1 @Sarah_4561 Yes, scripture interprets scripture. Revelation is one of t

@Shusho1 @Sarah_4561 Yes, scripture interprets scripture. Revelation is one of the hardest to understand if you don’t read and understand all the passages it makes allusions to and quotes.

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