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@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is an admonition to overseers (episkopous,

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is an admonition to overseers (episkopous, ἐπισκόπους). No one in the New Testament is specifically called an overseer, but we can infer that an elder (presbytero

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is a great passage. 1 Pet 5:1 says "I urge elders (presbyterous, Πρεσβυτέρους) among you, as your fellow elder (sympresbyteros, συμπρεσβύτερος)..." 1. Peter identifies elders (presbyters) as shepherds. 2. Peter ...

@JamesPelton18 @William_E_Wolfe This is a great passage. 1 Pet 5:1 says "I urge elders (presbyterous, Πρεσβυτέρους) among you, as your fellow elder (sympresbyteros, συμπρεσβύτερος)..." 1. Peter iden

1 Pet 5:1 general

@Crop_Ins_Guy @pastherandie @William_E_Wolfe Or perhaps just as the Judiazers cr

@Crop_Ins_Guy @pastherandie @William_E_Wolfe Or perhaps just as the Judiazers crept into the early church to “spy on their freedom,” we’ve got a new wave of…for lack of a better term…Pharisees (by thi

@imanii4u I’ve served as an elder and have spoken on several occasions, but don’

@imanii4u I’ve served as an elder and have spoken on several occasions, but don’t preach regularly (we joined a new church recently). I spoke at a friend’s church not that long ago during his series

I’m still waiting for someone to show me where someone is specifically called a pastor or shepherd (ποιμήν, poimēn) in the New Testament. The only one specifically called this is Jesus Himself. How meaningful is it to say no woman was? @William_E_...

I’m still waiting for someone to show me where someone is specifically called a pastor or shepherd (ποιμήν, poimēn) in the New Testament. The only one specifically called this is Jesus Himself. How

@pastherandie Interesting…thanks for providing this reference! I’ll have to add it to my list. BTW, the title does a good job showing that women are working together with men, which is what I think egalitarian implies. Most people nowadays use femi...

@pastherandie Interesting…thanks for providing this reference! I’ll have to add it to my list. BTW, the title does a good job showing that women are working together with men, which is what I think

@pauldirks @SpeechWrx @NancyRPearcey I see. Maybe if men weren’t so hard headed (apparently by modern neuroscience, etc), I could actually get them to interact with my analysis on the passages on women. Scripture is what we have to at foundation go ...

@pauldirks @SpeechWrx @NancyRPearcey I see. Maybe if men weren’t so hard headed (apparently by modern neuroscience, etc), I could actually get them to interact with my analysis on the passages on wome

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Junia was praised among the apostles, Priscilla led her house church together with her husband and they both went on missionary journeys with Paul. Phoebe was a deacon whom Paul commended to the believers at Rome because s...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Junia was praised among the apostles, Priscilla led her house church together with her husband and they both went on missionary journeys with Paul. Phoebe was a deacon whom

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

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote No, but the translators thought that males were only supposed to be overseers, so they used English that seems confusing. Once you realize the Greek doesn’t have male pronouns in 1 Tim 3:1-13 or Titus 1:5-9, then you start...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote No, but the translators thought that males were only supposed to be overseers, so they used English that seems confusing. Once you realize the Greek doesn’t have male prono

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 BTW, you do know that a shepherd is the same as a pastor in the New Testament, right? You may not be in any official position, but when comps allow women to function as pastors without having official titles, th...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote BTW, you do know that a shepherd is the same as a pastor in the New Testament, right? You may not be in any official position, but when comps allow women to func

@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

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote I hear that. Many who have grown up in comp churches don’t feel right about female pastors and teachers. But we do have to submit our “heart” to scripture, though if you are not comfortable, you should go with wh...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote I hear that. Many who have grown up in comp churches don’t feel right about female pastors and teachers. But we do have to submit our “heart” to scripture, though

RT @ryanschatz: @ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm

RT @ryanschatz: @ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two g…

Rom 3:10-18 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two groups: "The fool" (red) and "a righteous generation" (blue) So the statement "not even one" should say "not even one of the fo...

@ronhenzel @ErweeKoos In Rom 3:10-18, Paul is quoting from Psalm 14 and it is clear from this passage, that there are two groups: "The fool" (red) and "a righteous generation" (blue) So the statement

Rom 3:10-18 general

@CathRevert @CatholicOrca Don't all students learn in silence? Ok, sit back⎯in s

@CathRevert @CatholicOrca Don't all students learn in silence? Ok, sit back⎯in silence⎯and discover what this passage means. https://t.co/YjFKhdCvlY

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-01

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The Watchtower teaches a ‘life force’ that is gone when you die (cease to exist). The scripture indicates that our spirit lives beyond the death of our body: The belief in the spirit or soul's existence bey...

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi The Watchtower teaches a ‘life force’ that is gone when you die (cease to exist). The scripture indicates that our spirit lives beyond the death of our body:

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RT @TheMuppetPastor: @megbasham Here is my takeaway from Begg’s comments. I thi

RT @TheMuppetPastor: @megbasham Here is my takeaway from Begg’s comments. I think he’s wrong about this. The fact that he is wrong about…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-30

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Angel can refer to the created beings

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi Angel can refer to the created beings (like Michael and Gabriel) or messenger whether human or God himself. In Rev 2-3 the angels to the seven churches are l

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I think we need to first understand if

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi I think we need to first understand if you pass Paul’s test in 2 Cor 13:5⎯ Is Jesus *in* you right now?

2 Cor 13:5 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-28

@Pastor_ChrisH @HwsEleutheroi @Soteriology101 @The_Idol_Killer You think he bloc

@Pastor_ChrisH @HwsEleutheroi @Soteriology101 @The_Idol_Killer You think he blocked me simply because I didn’t have any substance in my argument?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

So faithful men have a fatal weakness? Unfaithful women (ie godly women who preach true doctrine or pastor a fellowship) are kryptonite to the complementarian supermen. This goes to show why getting your doctrine right is so important before drawin...

So faithful men have a fatal weakness? Unfaithful women (ie godly women who preach true doctrine or pastor a fellowship) are kryptonite to the complementarian supermen. This goes to show why getting

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@ymmotrojam @NeilShenvi @MikeWingerii There’s a tonne of writing on these passages and through it all would take more than a year. And yes, correcting false teaching is important though you have to first establish what the text does say. If your ex...

@ymmotrojam @NeilShenvi @MikeWingerii There’s a tonne of writing on these passages and through it all would take more than a year. And yes, correcting false teaching is important though you have to f

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

It’s a challenging passage, but it doesn’t take THAT long to show how 1 Tim 2:11

It’s a challenging passage, but it doesn’t take THAT long to show how 1 Tim 2:11-15 isn’t forbidding women from teaching true doctrine to men—you just have to stick with the scripture. https://t.co/My

1 Tim 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-24

@TheMuppetPastor After this we are told fierce wolves will come so trusting in future church patterns and teaching is not wise. Everything goes back to the apostles’ teaching. Acts 20:29-30: "I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come i...

@TheMuppetPastor After this we are told fierce wolves will come so trusting in future church patterns and teaching is not wise. Everything goes back to the apostles’ teaching. Acts 20:29-30: "I know

Acts 20:29-30 general

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@TheMuppetPastor Yes, the early church of the New Testament is what we have the

@TheMuppetPastor Yes, the early church of the New Testament is what we have the apostles’ instructions on. And what they are doing well with commendations and also not doing well with consequent corr

@Christosalithos @TheMuppetPastor This may be true but you don’t have to listen

@Christosalithos @TheMuppetPastor This may be true but you don’t have to listen to everything someone tells you. We didn’t want someone else raising our kids so we found a way to make it work.

@Christosalithos @TheMuppetPastor That is a very productive and busy woman. Mig

@Christosalithos @TheMuppetPastor That is a very productive and busy woman. Might I suggest the husband do some mopping, dishes and cooking? If the home is a shared responsibility, other family memb

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor The earliest church was the ones documented in scripture. We have to go back to those and the apostles’ teaching concerning how those churches should operate, not to the example of later churches who could misundersta...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor The earliest church was the ones documented in scripture. We have to go back to those and the apostles’ teaching concerning how those churches should operate, not to t

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor I find it interesting when I go to the text and

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor I find it interesting when I go to the text and explain it that this is when people bow out. Ok.

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor You realize this was written in Greek, not English, right? All those male pronouns are not in the Greek text but inferred by the translators. If the statement is that an elder must be the “husband of one wife” and yo...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor You realize this was written in Greek, not English, right? All those male pronouns are not in the Greek text but inferred by the translators. If the statement is that

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor I look at 1 Tim 3:1-13 here. https://t.co/ePcJnO

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor I look at 1 Tim 3:1-13 here. https://t.co/ePcJnOBWU0

1 Tim 3:1-13 general

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Do you think the apostle Paul was “the husband o

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Do you think the apostle Paul was “the husband of one wife”?

@Christosalithos @TheMuppetPastor Well, I’m not sure who you are talking about. Maybe there’s people who feel trapped. My wife is a physio and is extremely good at what she does. We raised 3 children without grandparents near us and without childc...

@Christosalithos @TheMuppetPastor Well, I’m not sure who you are talking about. Maybe there’s people who feel trapped. My wife is a physio and is extremely good at what she does. We raised 3 childr

@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 seems not all men are designed with the requi

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It seems not all men are designed with the requisite humility.

@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 Sounds kinda biased. No wonder why feminists ge

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Sounds kinda biased. No wonder why feminists get all bothered.

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

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

@TheMuppetPastor @freedom4alltime Yes, though I don’t think you can lump everyon

@TheMuppetPastor @freedom4alltime Yes, though I don’t think you can lump everyone into the same group as discontents. There are always those who push things too far.

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift Attractive people get the benefit of the doubt? Isaiah 53:2⎯ “He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, **nothing in ...

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift Attractive people get the benefit of the doubt? Isaiah 53:2⎯ “He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no bea

Isaiah 53:2 question

@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.

@AlexisDeT @TheMuppetPastor God: “But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His wonderful light” (1 Peter 2:9) And also G...

@AlexisDeT @TheMuppetPastor God: “But you are a chosen people, **a royal priesthood,** a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of Him who called you out of darkness i

1 Peter 2:9 debate

@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 @SpeechWrx @theknightshift Perhaps before swallowing the red pill when it comes to Bible interpretation, consider the context carefully. That should result in rightly dividing scripture and bypassing the problems where someone belie...

@TheMuppetPastor @SpeechWrx @theknightshift Perhaps before swallowing the red pill when it comes to Bible interpretation, consider the context carefully. That should result in rightly dividing script

@TheMuppetPastor What does it mean “in church”? The church is the people. How many people gathered is “the church”? The English translations of the relevant NT passages does “seem” to prevent females, but upon careful study, I believe we got this ...

@TheMuppetPastor What does it mean “in church”? The church is the people. How many people gathered is “the church”? The English translations of the relevant NT passages does “seem” to prevent femal

@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

@TheMuppetPastor Do you equate egalitarian with “modern feminism”?