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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-02

@Schweinzig @HwsEleutheroi I realize we disagree…but even most complementarians

@Schweinzig @HwsEleutheroi I realize we disagree…but even most complementarians wont say that women are not able to lead. Most think it’s just what God requires (which I would contend with). There a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-31

@bebookled @canonpress Please explain why we should listen to you, a woman? (ps

@bebookled @canonpress Please explain why we should listen to you, a woman? (ps: I’m egalitarian myself…I just wonder how you can justify your critique and commentary against other women who give com

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-27

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Are you a woman? I’m always curious how some of my biggest detractors are women attempting to correct and teach me that they are not allowed to teach. Just seems odd. Sometimes what seems like nonsense to s...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Are you a woman? I’m always curious how some of my biggest detractors are women attempting to correct and teach me that they are not allowed to teach. Just s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-27

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, that’s not quite right. It says wom

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, that’s not quite right. It says women cannot speak as its shameful, base, lewd. That would include all women. But the other comment is that the married o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - yes, women speaking is gender specific. But why only women? Why is their speech shameful, base, filthy? - the only ones who have to learn at home are wives. But Paul says: "For you can all prophesy one by...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - yes, women speaking is gender specific. But why only women? Why is their speech shameful, base, filthy? - the only ones who have to learn at home are wives.

1Cor 14:31 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - Not shameful to interrupt (as that wouldn’t be gender specific). - What makes married women specifically out of order for speaking? - what about single women who cannot ask their husbands? What about younger...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - Not shameful to interrupt (as that wouldn’t be gender specific). - What makes married women specifically out of order for speaking? - what about single women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@Ken_FiveSolas Well, why would Paul not want women to speak when he encouraged A

@Ken_FiveSolas Well, why would Paul not want women to speak when he encouraged ALL to seek spiritual gifts in order to benefit the WHOLE body? The key is 1 Cor 7:1 "Now for the matters you wrote abou

1 Cor 7:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@YLTAJoe No, this is just false teaching. Paul was not stopping women from teac

@YLTAJoe No, this is just false teaching. Paul was not stopping women from teaching true doctrine. The key to 1 Cor 14:34-35 is 1 Cor 7:1 "Now for the matters you wrote about..." https://t.co/0UJxaS

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@SMAMnstr39246 @FordhamOrthodox But why would Paul keep all the women silent whe

@SMAMnstr39246 @FordhamOrthodox But why would Paul keep all the women silent when in the rest of the chapter he talks about everyone using their gifts for the benefit of all? The key to this passage

1 Cor 7:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@bjoropeza1 Wouldn't it be a problem if anyone (male or female) was interrupting? What about unmarried women that don't have a husband to teach them? Didn't Paul say that "all could learn"? Why would he stop women? The key is 1 Cor 7:1 "Now for t...

@bjoropeza1 Wouldn't it be a problem if anyone (male or female) was interrupting? What about unmarried women that don't have a husband to teach them? Didn't Paul say that "all could learn"? Why wou

1 Cor 7:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@coramdeo1 @mbird12 @ivpacademic I doubt this passage has anything to do with Artemis. Well, at least Paul doesn't explain what the false teaching is. But he also doesn't tell Timothy to stop women from teaching true doctrine. The grammar is also ...

@coramdeo1 @mbird12 @ivpacademic I doubt this passage has anything to do with Artemis. Well, at least Paul doesn't explain what the false teaching is. But he also doesn't tell Timothy to stop women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@SamanthaAsia2 This passage has been taken out of context. Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching the truth. And the grammar is very specific for reasons provided in Chapter 1. And verse 15 sa...

@SamanthaAsia2 This passage has been taken out of context. Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching the truth. And the grammar is very specific f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@KJBTruth Except you are completely misinterpreting it. Remember, this was a pe

@KJBTruth Except you are completely misinterpreting it. Remember, this was a personal letter to Timothy from Paul who asked him to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@TheBerean777 What if you are taking these passages out of context? Most seem t

@TheBerean777 What if you are taking these passages out of context? Most seem to forget this was a personal letter to Timothy to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine. ht

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@ChavuraStephen Hmm. I think invoking Artemis is stretch. This discussion does

@ChavuraStephen Hmm. I think invoking Artemis is stretch. This discussion does not involve the context of this personal letter to Timothy to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@harmonizedgrace So instead of going a "women-only" Bible studies, you are going

@harmonizedgrace So instead of going a "women-only" Bible studies, you are going to Bible studies with both men and women?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-25

@William_E_Wolfe The answer to patriarchalism and feminism which are on the right and left is egalitarianism. Egalitarians understand general differences between men and women but that these do not prevent qualified women from leadership. In fact, ...

@William_E_Wolfe The answer to patriarchalism and feminism which are on the right and left is egalitarianism. Egalitarians understand general differences between men and women but that these do not p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 According to 1 Cor 14:34-35, a woman should not speak in the assembly. Paul permitted women prophesying, but some in the Corinthian church were trying to put a stop to that. “Have two or three prophets speak, and have the others pas...

@BogdanOancea77 According to 1 Cor 14:34-35, a woman should not speak in the assembly. Paul permitted women prophesying, but some in the Corinthian church were trying to put a stop to that. “Have tw

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Corinthians 14:29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 Where does the text say that it is disgraceful for the men? It is the men who are calling it disgraceful and shameful. It is the men who Paul is refuting. The point is not "why do these men need to be taught by women?" but "why do ...

@BogdanOancea77 Where does the text say that it is disgraceful for the men? It is the men who are calling it disgraceful and shameful. It is the men who Paul is refuting. The point is not "why do t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 Upon what basis can you claim that God doesn't call women to preach and teach for the benefit of all? Why would God gift a women for the benefit of only half of the body? To me, this seems like a limitation on the men. Men are not ...

@BogdanOancea77 Upon what basis can you claim that God doesn't call women to preach and teach for the benefit of all? Why would God gift a women for the benefit of only half of the body? To me, this

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 I'm not starting from a pre-conceived idea of egalitarianism. I was raised with the idea that women were not allowed to preach and that the leadership role was male only. The CBE article you linked makes the following comment: "In J...

@BogdanOancea77 I'm not starting from a pre-conceived idea of egalitarianism. I was raised with the idea that women were not allowed to preach and that the leadership role was male only. The CBE art

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 Wait…so women can only read from the Bible if men are not present? What are men so scared of? So if a man walks into such a group so they stop and wait for him to leave? How can women be under a male overseer if a man would then ne...

@BogdanOancea77 Wait…so women can only read from the Bible if men are not present? What are men so scared of? So if a man walks into such a group so they stop and wait for him to leave? How can wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

@BogdanOancea77 We see the answer from Jesus in Mark 7:1-13. I would think that anything that prevents people from doing what God said. In this case, preventing women from speaking and preventing women from learning prevented them from obeying what...

@BogdanOancea77 We see the answer from Jesus in Mark 7:1-13. I would think that anything that prevents people from doing what God said. In this case, preventing women from speaking and preventing wo

Mark 7:1-13 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

@BogdanOancea77 The point is that all women must be silent in the church. It doesn't say "men, women and children" because it applies only to all women. The reason that makes sense of all the evidence, as I suggest in later slides, is that a woman'...

@BogdanOancea77 The point is that all women must be silent in the church. It doesn't say "men, women and children" because it applies only to all women. The reason that makes sense of all the eviden

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

@MikeWingerii I plan to respond to Mike’s comments on the “Refutation View” which I hold and Mike’s preferred view which is the view that bars women from judging prophecy in the church. However, here is my explanation of the Refutation View which ta...

@MikeWingerii I plan to respond to Mike’s comments on the “Refutation View” which I hold and Mike’s preferred view which is the view that bars women from judging prophecy in the church. However, here

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

22/23🧵Question: How does stopping women edify the church? What does Paul have to say to those who disregard his instructions that ALL are to excel in spiritual gifts to EDIFY the church (v12) for the COMMON good (v7) and for edification (v26)? He t...

22/23🧵Question: How does stopping women edify the church? What does Paul have to say to those who disregard his instructions that ALL are to excel in spiritual gifts to EDIFY the church (v12) for the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

20/23🧵In summary: no women learning the scripture? No women giving forth the wo

20/23🧵In summary: no women learning the scripture? No women giving forth the word? NONSENSE! Adam Clarke and Sir William Ramsay both take this as Paul quoting from the Corinthians (see below): http

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

10/23🧵There is no denying the fact that the Jewish oral laws forbade women from

10/23🧵There is no denying the fact that the Jewish oral laws forbade women from speaking in the assembly. Paul never gave validity to these oral laws to form the basis of the church. https://t.co/Q2aI

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

9/23🧵The Jews were not allowed to burn God's word, but if it came down to a choi

9/23🧵The Jews were not allowed to burn God's word, but if it came down to a choice between giving scriptures into the hands of women or destroying God's word, they were told that the scriptures should

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

7/23🧵There are Jewish oral rabbinical traditions (referred to as the oral law or traditions of the elders) which are captured in the Talmud. In the Talmud, women - are blamed for the fall of man - were to be heard and seen as little as possible - no...

7/23🧵There are Jewish oral rabbinical traditions (referred to as the oral law or traditions of the elders) which are captured in the Talmud. In the Talmud, women - are blamed for the fall of man - we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

6/23🧵How could Paul be making the statement that women speaking in church is lik

6/23🧵How could Paul be making the statement that women speaking in church is like the disgrace of being a prostitute? Where is this reflected in the law?? https://t.co/ZpZYroN9Aw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

5/23🧵The law (gr:'nomos') is referenced 9 times in 1 Cor, each time referring to the Mosaic law or God's law. Where in God's law is a law that silences women in the church or synagogue? It is not found except in v34, but it cannot refer back to its...

5/23🧵The law (gr:'nomos') is referenced 9 times in 1 Cor, each time referring to the Mosaic law or God's law. Where in God's law is a law that silences women in the church or synagogue? It is not fo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

4/23🧵In the local context, it seems clear that silent means to not speak or voca

4/23🧵In the local context, it seems clear that silent means to not speak or vocalize. It is applied to women (plural) and it applies in the context of the church. https://t.co/apPmHgixip

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

3/23🧵However, few churches if any take such a literal view. For one, there are

3/23🧵However, few churches if any take such a literal view. For one, there are clear scriptures permitting women to speak in church like in Acts 2:16 quoting from Joel 2:28-29. https://t.co/kJ9IjMKae

Acts 2:16 Joel 2:28-29 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women preaching 2. No women singing 3. No women teaching children or adults 4. No women doing anything that requires vocaliza

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

1/23🧵Exegeting 1 Cor 14:34-35. Notice that silence is within the church, it's substantiated by 'the law' which subordinates and silences women, and the reason is because their voice is disgraceful. Being rude and interrupting is a different probl...

1/23🧵Exegeting 1 Cor 14:34-35. Notice that silence is within the church, it's substantiated by 'the law' which subordinates and silences women, and the reason is because their voice is disgraceful.

1 Cor 14:34-35 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@harmonizedgrace Depends on what you mean by "fundamental" as the biology is fundamental in every cell (XY vs XX chromosomes), but men and women are equally able to lead as they are both rulers. There was no hierarchy or authority structures created...

@harmonizedgrace Depends on what you mean by "fundamental" as the biology is fundamental in every cell (XY vs XX chromosomes), but men and women are equally able to lead as they are both rulers. Ther

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@Richard56245924 @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii Only Gentiles were made equal?

@Richard56245924 @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii Only Gentiles were made equal? Why does Paul list them together with women? What about the churches Paul planted in scripture?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@Richard56245924 @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii First, you cannot possibly know that no one questioned it. Second, Timothy would have understood that Paul wasn’t stopping women from teaching the truth (for instance). Third, we follow what the Bible...

@Richard56245924 @justasbefuddled @MikeWingerii First, you cannot possibly know that no one questioned it. Second, Timothy would have understood that Paul wasn’t stopping women from teaching the trut

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@PastorMark Good point. But it makes me wonder...is it ok for women to do that?

@PastorMark Good point. But it makes me wonder...is it ok for women to do that??

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii I'm not sure what you think he meant by "role differences." Do you think its that women need to ask males for permission, or women need men to make decisions, or that women need male covering, or that a woman needs male he...

@SWoodl18571 @MikeWingerii I'm not sure what you think he meant by "role differences." Do you think its that women need to ask males for permission, or women need men to make decisions, or that women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii 1) Both men and women were made in God's image! The woman, however, is both the glory of man and the glory of God since she was made from the man. 2) Adam's sin is important because he sinned with knowledge (Eve was decei...

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii 1) Both men and women were made in God's image! The woman, however, is both the glory of man and the glory of God since she was made from the man. 2) Adam's sin is importa

1 Tim 2:14 1 Tim 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@MikeWingerii Central to the 'in house' debate on this issue has to do with whet

@MikeWingerii Central to the 'in house' debate on this issue has to do with whether one side sees the other as 'in sin' and creating division over this (ie. the SBC kicking out churches who allow wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@Cityguy2011 @_nomadic_soul @DrFrankTurek Our equality is based on our humanity.

@Cityguy2011 @_nomadic_soul @DrFrankTurek Our equality is based on our humanity. Women are not a different species! In the Genesis account, the woman was made from Adam’s flesh and bone indicating t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Huh? Jezebel? How does she seek authority over men? Ephesians 5:21 says “submit to one another in the fear of Christ.” That means men submitting to women and women submitting to men. ...

@LauraRicha42528 @_nomadic_soul @LifeWithoutLack @DrFrankTurek Huh? Jezebel? How does she seek authority over men? Ephesians 5:21 says “submit to one another in the fear of Christ.” That means men

Ephesians 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-20

@jmmooreo @brmorris “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesi

@jmmooreo @brmorris “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21, NIV). This most certainly means men to women and women to men, leaders to congregants and congregants to lead

Ephesians 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-19

@MikeWingerii This is precisely how I was able to understand that in 1 Tim 2:11-

@MikeWingerii This is precisely how I was able to understand that in 1 Tim 2:11-15 Paul was not preventing all women from teaching others (including men).

1 Tim 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-14

@MikeWingerii Paul does not say a command. He says “I do not permit” which is n

@MikeWingerii Paul does not say a command. He says “I do not permit” which is not in the imperative. Paul uses the singular. Further, since Paul is writing a personal letter to Timothy, we shouldn’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-12

@jenniferfox88 @William_E_Wolfe Yes, everyone says this is clear, but no one seems to be able to explain all the details of this passage. - Why is Paul using singular instead of plural if his instruction applies to all women? Or is it only a married...

@jenniferfox88 @William_E_Wolfe Yes, everyone says this is clear, but no one seems to be able to explain all the details of this passage. - Why is Paul using singular instead of plural if his instruct

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-11

@William_E_Wolfe Isn’t it a sin to be unbiblically partial in your confession to

@William_E_Wolfe Isn’t it a sin to be unbiblically partial in your confession to exclude egalitarians? In the same way you claim to not be partial based on ethnicity should equally apply to gender. W

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