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@Richard89885354 @DaleEstey @William_E_Wolfe The authority to make disciples of all peoples teaching them to obey everything Jesus taught His apostles is given to us all. The authority over someone to tell them what to do like to Mary or to drive a s...

@Richard89885354 @DaleEstey @William_E_Wolfe The authority to make disciples of all peoples teaching them to obey everything Jesus taught His apostles is given to us all. The authority over someone to

@DesCWilliamson @William_E_Wolfe Regardless of what was depicted the scripture i

@DesCWilliamson @William_E_Wolfe Regardless of what was depicted the scripture is the basis of the church. Jesus is the chief shepherd of His church then and now since we who believe are His body, lea

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Teach with authority? I have heard this from several pastors and I have no idea where they are getting this from. Authority to do what? Make new doctrine? Surely not. It’s the word itself that has the authority, so s...

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Teach with authority? I have heard this from several pastors and I have no idea where they are getting this from. Authority to do what? Make new doctrine? Surely not.

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Authority over the church? Where are you getting that from? That’s exactly what Jesus says is NOT to be the case. Jesus says, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones *exerci...

@Richard89885354 @William_E_Wolfe Authority over the church? Where are you getting that from? That’s exactly what Jesus says is NOT to be the case. Jesus says, "You know that the rulers of the Gentil

@ripchurch1 @William_E_Wolfe You are right, this is about service, not "titles" and positions of authority. I see you differentiate church as an organization from the gathered body of believers. All believers constitute the church. While we may organ...

@ripchurch1 @William_E_Wolfe You are right, this is about service, not "titles" and positions of authority. I see you differentiate church as an organization from the gathered body of believers. All b

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m not wresting against the text. It is fully inspired in every detail and should be taken as the author intended it. If Peter says that some things Paul writes are “hard to understand” as Paul’s contemporary, then you ...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote I’m not wresting against the text. It is fully inspired in every detail and should be taken as the author intended it. If Peter says that some things Paul writes are “har

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 general

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul was quoting many times from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1). You have to consider this possibility since what he seems to be saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 contradicts what he says in the rest of the chapter...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Paul was quoting many times from the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1). You have to consider this possibility since what he seems to be saying in 1 Cor 14:34-35 c

1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:11 debate

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…” then gives the same “restriction” of “must be one wife husband” and then in Rom 16 talks about female leaders and Phoebe who is clearly a deacon. Paul doesn’t use gendered pronouns, but things...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…” then gives the same “restriction” of “must be one wife husband” and then in Rom 16 talks about female leaders and Phoebe who is clearly a deaco

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using common sense and other passages showing women have b...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using co

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teachi

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teaching of scripture, or if you have studied it and found that it doesn't restrict women from leadership. https://t.co/skOVwk

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@DavidMa24927513 @smashbaals 1. Why didn't Paul use the usual word for authority? Can a man authentein over anyone? 2. Don't all students learn in silence? "Let a woman..." 3. Why did Paul use the singular? 4. Who is "the woman" in v14? 5. "She (sing...

@DavidMa24927513 @smashbaals 1. Why didn't Paul use the usual word for authority? Can a man authentein over anyone? 2. Don't all students learn in silence? "Let a woman..." 3. Why did Paul use the sin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-02

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Who said I’m an authority on anything? I’m just explaining the Bible and what I understand the Watchtower teaches. If you think I’m wrong, feel free to correct me. When did I say that JWs don’t believe anyon...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Who said I’m an authority on anything? I’m just explaining the Bible and what I understand the Watchtower teaches. If you think I’m wrong, feel free to correc

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-30

What is feminism, Ben? Is it women who can lead along with men? Jezebel tempted

What is feminism, Ben? Is it women who can lead along with men? Jezebel tempted Ahab to sin and rejected God’s prophets. That’s not what egalitarians are advocating! https://t.co/wJ9KY61Kvf

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-30

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi That is a very interesting answer…espe

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi That is a very interesting answer…especially given how literally you take the anaphoric theos in John 1:1.🤔 Where did I say that I have a better understandin

John 1:1 2 Cor 13:5 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

People get upset that I push so hard on the issue of women in leadership and exe

People get upset that I push so hard on the issue of women in leadership and exegeting the relevant scriptures which appear to restrict women in the New Testament. This is why.👇 https://t.co/4ZRfUab1

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

@BenZeisloft Ben, what is a feminist? Anyone who believes women are to be treate

@BenZeisloft Ben, what is a feminist? Anyone who believes women are to be treated equally when it comes to leadership…is that a feminist? Also—where is being a feminist listed in any list of sins in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@9mm_smg What's important isn't the vessel, it's the message. The authority is

@9mm_smg What's important isn't the vessel, it's the message. The authority is in the Word. Let's accurately divide God's Word so we are not ashamed on that day. https://t.co/YjFKhdD3bw

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@BravinYuri So now a woman praying is exercising authority over men? What doesn'

@BravinYuri So now a woman praying is exercising authority over men? What doesn't this verse apply to? Make it your goal to accurately handle the word of truth so that on that day when we meet Him yo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

@biblebeltman Sorry if I made you feel bad about excluding women from leadership

@biblebeltman Sorry if I made you feel bad about excluding women from leadership roles.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

@nouveau_merbe Fulfilling the call to make disciples of all nations (given to *b

@nouveau_merbe Fulfilling the call to make disciples of all nations (given to *both* men and women by the authority of Christ Himself) is not saying that she is be a father.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

@nouveau_merbe Right. That’s because you see women as a subspecies of human and

@nouveau_merbe Right. That’s because you see women as a subspecies of human and view authority as originating in the vessel rather than in the Word.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@johnpauldickson I’m not sure what “with authority” means since whatever the pas

@johnpauldickson I’m not sure what “with authority” means since whatever the pastor says still has to align with God’s Word. Isn’t God’s Word the source of authority and not the human vessel? I’m al

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@susannemaynes @cindyrushton @MarkGrote @budding_author @1CynthiaHester @PaulReidcfc @kaylamarkley01 @CarrieKress @JollyStine Hi Susanne! How do you understand Deut 30:6? My understanding is that the Holy Spirit, required for circumcision of the he...

@susannemaynes @cindyrushton @MarkGrote @budding_author @1CynthiaHester @PaulReidcfc @kaylamarkley01 @CarrieKress @JollyStine Hi Susanne! How do you understand Deut 30:6? My understanding is that th

Deut 30:6 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-23

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Yes, you are correct. And saying that only men are designed for leadership would be the same—saying that no woman is capable to lead is so obviously wrong that it’s hard to understand how one can hold this position. ...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Yes, you are correct. And saying that only men are designed for leadership would be the same—saying that no woman is capable to lead is so obviously wrong that it’s ha

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It’s not selfish for men to take ALL leadership

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It’s not selfish for men to take ALL leadership roles?

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Patriarchy (ie. men taking all leadership roles)

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Patriarchy (ie. men taking all leadership roles) ≠ selfish??

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift I don’t see where this text speaks of Solomon “being the leader of strong men” or emphasizing “the way he carries himself” as it pertains to his leadership. Nor did I find concepts like “cold rational” or ...

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift I don’t see where this text speaks of Solomon “being the leader of strong men” or emphasizing “the way he carries himself” as it pertains to his leadership.

@freedom4alltime @TheMuppetPastor I agree with that. Tearing down patriarchy and replacing with matriarchy is going too far. It also seems to say that patriarchy is selfish too, hogging all the leadership and sometimes speaking opportunities…no? I...

@freedom4alltime @TheMuppetPastor I agree with that. Tearing down patriarchy and replacing with matriarchy is going too far. It also seems to say that patriarchy is selfish too, hogging all the lead

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift What stood out to you from Proverbs

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift What stood out to you from Proverbs and Song of Songs related to leadership (shepherding and oversight)?

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded from leadership because she is a female. It doesn’t...

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded fr

@bagby_abe @Protestia I’m submitting to God’s revelation in every detail exactly

@bagby_abe @Protestia I’m submitting to God’s revelation in every detail exactly as Paul intended it. Being able to read the Bible in context is required to understand the author’s intent.

1 Cor 14:36 1 Cor 7:1 general

@bagby_abe @Protestia Paul is interacting with the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). If Paul was silencing women, then he’s contradicting himself: “For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be e...

@bagby_abe @Protestia Paul is interacting with the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). If Paul was silencing women, then he’s contradicting himself: “For you can *all* prophesy one

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-21

@LearningReason @itskellydiane @SummrWrites Ok, there is certainly something going on⎯though it seems to be with the Judiazers. In Jewish contexts, if a wife were to become a Christian and then were found to be uncovered in public, this may lead to ...

@LearningReason @itskellydiane @SummrWrites Ok, there is certainly something going on⎯though it seems to be with the Judiazers. In Jewish contexts, if a wife were to become a Christian and then were

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-20

Here's a commentary on this verse from Leon Morris in the TNTC "1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary" (Vol. 7, p. 149). Morris states that kephale in LSJ is "never for the leader of a group." He believes it means 'source' (as 'head' of a r...

Here's a commentary on this verse from Leon Morris in the TNTC "1 Corinthians: an introduction and commentary" (Vol. 7, p. 149). Morris states that kephale in LSJ is "never for the leader of a group.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@TheMuppetPastor @michellmybell1 But according to Eph 5:21 we all subject oursel

@TheMuppetPastor @michellmybell1 But according to Eph 5:21 we all subject ourselves to each other in the fear of Christ—men to men, men to women, women to men, congregants to leaders, leaders to congr

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@EnderWender1 4️⃣ Leon Morris quotes from the LSJ: 3. It is easy to be too definite in interpreting head in this verse. We use the term often for a person in authority (cf. ‘Heads of State’), but this usage was unknown in antiquity (except for a few...

@EnderWender1 4️⃣ Leon Morris quotes from the LSJ: 3. It is easy to be too definite in interpreting head in this verse. We use the term often for a person in authority (cf. ‘Heads of State’), but thi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

Paul was not disobeying the Holy Spirit by going to Jerusalem! He was actually doing it in obedience to the prior vision God gave to him. Just because prophets were showing him what would happen to him when he went and everyone was pleading f...

Paul was not disobeying the Holy Spirit by going to Jerusalem! He was actually doing it **in obedience** to the *prior* vision God gave to him. Just because prophets were showing him what would happ

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@NotTheBaptizer @BabyBellGuy75 What does it mean to preach with authority? Can

@NotTheBaptizer @BabyBellGuy75 What does it mean to preach with authority? Can either of you give examples?

@TheMuppetPastor The word “authentein” is certainly important in this context but I argue it cannot mean ordinary authority as Paul uses other words for this, both in 1 Tim 2:2 and elsewhere. Paul picks a completely unique word which we have no evid...

@TheMuppetPastor The word “authentein” is certainly important in this context but I argue it cannot mean ordinary authority as Paul uses other words for this, both in 1 Tim 2:2 and elsewhere. Paul pi

1 Tim 2:2 debate

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a diakonos in Greek, even Jesus and Paul are. So whether or not they are leaders has to be determined by the context.

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@TheMuppetPastor “which just means that wives are to listen to their husbands and not be disrespectful” This doesn’t seem to accurately reflect this text: “But I do not allow a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet...

@TheMuppetPastor “which just means that wives are to listen to their husbands and not be disrespectful” This doesn’t seem to accurately reflect this text: “But I do not allow a woman to teach or to

@DeeGoingsGirl It is the same theology but he seems to really get the serving part. A leader who sees his primary role as serving and others in the body as part of his body isn’t commanding and abusive. He said this: “The Bible has a different co...

@DeeGoingsGirl It is the same theology but he seems to really get the serving part. A leader who sees his primary role as serving and others in the body as part of his body isn’t commanding and abusi

@TheMuppetPastor @MrsMagdaBeard Subjecting to someone doesn’t mean they are your

@TheMuppetPastor @MrsMagdaBeard Subjecting to someone doesn’t mean they are your authority. Why is that always the assumption?

@CSavedByGrace18 I’m glad that you believe women can share the gospel! The gospel is one of the most authoritative proclamations! If they can do this, why can’t godly women teach true doctrine inside the church?—yes, to other women and children, but...

@CSavedByGrace18 I’m glad that you believe women can share the gospel! The gospel is one of the most authoritative proclamations! If they can do this, why can’t godly women teach true doctrine inside

Does 1 Cor 11:3 speak of authority hierarchy? Take another look. https://t.co/IO

Does 1 Cor 11:3 speak of authority hierarchy? Take another look. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

1 Cor 11:3 debate

This is one of the reasons l've been working so hard to shed light on the passag

This is one of the reasons l've been working so hard to shed light on the passages seeming to restrict women from sharing leadership roles with men in the church and the home. https://t.co/gqEvy9tgLh

@zick_matic @CSavedByGrace18 I think being a pastor is a very difficult and often thankless job. If you do it right, you pour yourself out and try to raise up mature leaders who you hope will replace you. Unlike Joel Osteen and other famous preache...

@zick_matic @CSavedByGrace18 I think being a pastor is a very difficult and often thankless job. If you do it right, you pour yourself out and try to raise up mature leaders who you hope will replace

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@bwebaptist Perhaps that’s what they mean but then anyone could conceivably do t

@bwebaptist Perhaps that’s what they mean but then anyone could conceivably do that. It only is meaningful to claim your own authority when you are making your own statement or your own determination

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@Duke456521 I have met pastors who feel it is their job to setup a completely distinct local fellowship, so they have a right to exclude people from leadership whom they disagree with on secondary matters. However, the church belongs to Jesus. Rest...

@Duke456521 I have met pastors who feel it is their job to setup a completely distinct local fellowship, so they have a right to exclude people from leadership whom they disagree with on secondary mat

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Us

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua That doesn't refer to all women teaching men. Usurping authority is also not really what that extremely rare word means. Are males allowed to usurp authority? https://