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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

No pastor, elder, overseer, apostle, deacon, prophet, or father is ever called head (kephalē) in the NT. If head simply means authority or boss, why is kephalē never used for any leader in the church? Why is a father never called the kephalē of hi...

No pastor, elder, overseer, apostle, deacon, prophet, or father is ever called head (kephalē) in the NT. If head simply means authority or boss, why is kephalē never used for any leader in the church

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Like I said, a woman in this case

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Like I said, a woman in this case gets a special grace that if her foolish vow is heard and her father or husband annuls it then she is not bound and does

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge No, scripture doesn’t say that the Father gives *

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge No, scripture doesn’t say that the Father gives *US* all authority, but Christ…*FOR* the benefit of the Church. We are not under His feet. This is clear! You cannot be w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is s

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is scripture itself. Not the so-called church fathers (BTW, Jesus said not to call yourself ‘Father’ as there is one Father)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of grace or God not electing—it’s refusal of the indiv...

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of g

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel @ArthurMooreIV “Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me” (Jn 6:45). That’s not a mere human process—it’s divine teaching that requires a real response which all are capable of. There’s no hint that this hearing and...

@ronhenzel @ArthurMooreIV “Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me” (Jn 6:45). That’s not a mere human process—it’s divine teaching that requires a real response which all are

Jn 6:45 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@collum444 Yes, I see what you are pointing to. The word “draw” (helkō) in Jn 12:32 is the same as in Jn 6:44—but the context is different. In Jn 6:44, Jesus says no one can come unless the Father draws them and v45 explains how. So the Father draws...

@collum444 Yes, I see what you are pointing to. The word “draw” (helkō) in Jn 12:32 is the same as in Jn 6:44—but the context is different. In Jn 6:44, Jesus says no one can come unless the Father dr

Jn 12:32 Jn 6:44 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ronhenzel You still don’t see it? God teaches all, but not all hear and learn.

@ronhenzel You still don’t see it? God teaches all, but not all hear and learn. Those who do listen—who believe the Father through Moses and the Prophets (Jn 5:46)—are drawn and come to the Son.

Jn 5:46 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@paulsfam4 You’re quoting Jn 6:37 as if it teaches unconditional election, but J

@paulsfam4 You’re quoting Jn 6:37 as if it teaches unconditional election, but Jesus shows no evidence of this view as we can see from just a few verses later: “Everyone who has heard and learned fro

Jn 6:37 Jn 6:45 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel It seems that you’re overlooking the timeline. The tea

@Glory2God777 @ronhenzel It seems that you’re overlooking the timeline. The teaching, hearing, and learning in Jn 6:45 refers to prior revelation from the Father—what they already had in Moses and th

Jn 6:45 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-23

@ronhenzel Not at all. Jn 6:45 doesn’t say “everyone the Father regenerates wil

@ronhenzel Not at all. Jn 6:45 doesn’t say “everyone the Father regenerates will come.” It says “everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes.” The initiative is God’s teaching. If one d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 First, don't you follow Jesus' instruction to not call anyone 'f

@JonByers186054 First, don't you follow Jesus' instruction to not call anyone 'father'? (Mat 23:9) The only ones that matter is the apostles and disciples in scripture. While church history is of som

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six The Father and the Son are equal in all eternity, but what happened in the incarnation is Jesus set aside His glory and the right to act on His own initiative. Unless you are like the glorified Father and your wife is like the...

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six The Father and the Son are equal in all eternity, but what happened in the incarnation is Jesus set aside His glory and the right to act on His own initiative. Unless you are l

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@The_Home_Six @The_Sig_ Responding to @The_Sig_, what Jesus did was not initiate

@The_Home_Six @The_Sig_ Responding to @The_Sig_, what Jesus did was not initiate but only do what the Father was doing and say what the Father was saying. So Jesus copied the Father in His own power.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon 2. Athanasius 3. Basil 4. Theodore of Mopsuestia 5. Eusebius 6. John Chrysostom “The contemporary desire to find in 1 Corinthians 11:3 a basis for the subordination of the Son to the Father has ancient roots. In respon...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon 2. Athanasius 3. Basil 4. Theodore of Mopsuestia 5. Eusebius 6. John Chrysostom “The contemporary desire to find in 1 Corinthians 11:3 a basis for the subordination of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-30

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Even if every single so-called church 'father' al

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon Even if every single so-called church 'father' all agreed with you, that doesn't mean they are correct.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-28

@The_Under_Dog94 Well, given that the Holy Spirit is called our Ezer Kenegdo, that the helper is not a lesser position is clear. Jesus also served humanity. I help my wife...she helps me. The will of the Father and Son were aligned, yet if Jesus aske...

@The_Under_Dog94 Well, given that the Holy Spirit is called our Ezer Kenegdo, that the helper is not a lesser position is clear. Jesus also served humanity. I help my wife...she helps me. The will of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-13

@Catholicizm1 I own the church fathers on Logos. I’m not Roman Catholic.

@Catholicizm1 I own the church fathers on Logos. I’m not Roman Catholic.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ He was given it because He gave it up only to take it back again. “And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world existed” (Jn 17:5). Mutual submission is absolutely ...

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ He was given it because He gave it up only to take it back again. “And now You, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world exi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ Further, the Son is given all power and authority—He is the

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ Further, the Son is given all power and authority—He is the one who judges the world, not the Father. Of course He doesn’t have authority over the Father but neither does the Fathe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ Yes the Son submits to the Father, but the Father also submits to and doesn’t overrule the Son. They are in perfect unity. The Son is equal to the Father in every way yet Im the incarnation, set aside his right to act independentl...

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ Yes the Son submits to the Father, but the Father also submits to and doesn’t overrule the Son. They are in perfect unity. The Son is equal to the Father in every way yet Im the in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-13

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ Strange. Because Jesus Himself said that the Father would su

@Vibeauxs @The_Sig_ Strange. Because Jesus Himself said that the Father would submit to the Son’s request showing that whatever the Son asked the Father would do. No damnable heresy here. Sorry to di

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals I think you are misunderstanding...the true church fathers are the 12 apostles (minus Judas Iscariot, but adding Paul). Their teaching and their testimony as recorded in scripture is all we need. Are you cla...

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals I think you are misunderstanding...the true church fathers are the 12 apostles (minus Judas Iscariot, but adding Paul). Their teaching and their testimony as

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-03

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals The church fathers are the apostles. No one after them should 'trump' Jesus' apostles as recorded in scripture. Tradition has a way of doing that as unless you verify that it is in full agreement with scriptu...

@DavidGalle94823 @HagemanJack @smashbaals The church fathers are the apostles. No one after them should 'trump' Jesus' apostles as recorded in scripture. Tradition has a way of doing that as unless yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-18

@Eric_Conn Yes, this was certainly John Knox's view. https://t.co/EGjW24mlXt Do

@Eric_Conn Yes, this was certainly John Knox's view. https://t.co/EGjW24mlXt Do you see these 'church fathers' as popes for the 'manly men'?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-15

@ChadRutter_ @smashbaals God identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and

@ChadRutter_ @smashbaals God identifies himself as the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and Jacob renamed Israel is the father of the Jews. Jesus Himself was a Jew and so were all of the apostles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Well, that’s why we have two teachers—a mother and a father.

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Well, that’s why we have two teachers—a mother and a father. And that we both are examples of what is similar and what is different and the kinds of things that are just unique to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Also, both the mother and father protect their children, both in how they raise and teach them and from dangers. To claim mothers don’t protect their children from physical harm is rediculous. Yes, men should also and ...

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Also, both the mother and father protect their children, both in how they raise and teach them and from dangers. To claim mothers don’t protect their children from phys

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-10

@stablecross I’m not arguing from silence. The evidence is he doubted that Jesus was the messiah despite receiving direct revelation from the Father. And then we have Jesus Himself saying that John was less than the least which is a contradiction as ...

@stablecross I’m not arguing from silence. The evidence is he doubted that Jesus was the messiah despite receiving direct revelation from the Father. And then we have Jesus Himself saying that John wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii They only inform us of their hermeneutic. Also, ju

@OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii They only inform us of their hermeneutic. Also, just as the Bible has to be interpreted, so do the church fathers.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@MikeWingerii ...and also, while the writings of the church fathers are helpful,

@MikeWingerii ...and also, while the writings of the church fathers are helpful, they are not what is inspired.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-23

@ymmotrojam The Greek ἐν αὐτῷ places the focus on union with Christ, not a mutua

@ymmotrojam The Greek ἐν αὐτῷ places the focus on union with Christ, not a mutual decision between Father and Son. I’m not sure where you are getting that from. This passage is about God’s plan for b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JoeAdrian256 @MikeWingerii @iheartJ37 Further, Mike raised the issue of church

@JoeAdrian256 @MikeWingerii @iheartJ37 Further, Mike raised the issue of church fathers in an open way not relating it to any specific issue. So why is it a problem to relate it to whatever issue is o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii It was really important that the Father was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself because the Father was participating—not by beating Jesus and nailing the nails in His hands and His feet—but He was act...

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii It was really important that the Father was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself because the Father was participating—not by beating Jesus and nailing

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii We could also say that in the spirit

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii We could also say that in the spirit Jesus was in the Father in heaven because as God, the Son was omnipresent. They are two persons but the same substance t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii Even though Jesus quoted that OT pass

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii Even though Jesus quoted that OT passage where He felt like the Father had abandoned Him, He knew that the Father had not abandoned Him because He was in Chr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii Here’s the text that shows the Father

@B_Christs_Amb @JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii Here’s the text that shows the Father is “in” Jesus. Jn 14:11 “Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@MikeWingerii I decided to not wait and ask ChatGPT to summarize your view. So it appears all you are advocating for is that it didn’t come from Calvin and that it was a clear view of the church fathers and it is an accurate and central representatio...

@MikeWingerii I decided to not wait and ask ChatGPT to summarize your view. So it appears all you are advocating for is that it didn’t come from Calvin and that it was a clear view of the church fathe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JacobPaul432 @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii I can grant that more than just Calvi

@JacobPaul432 @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii I can grant that more than just Calvinists believe it. However, it doesn’t really matter where it comes from or who primarily advocates for it. The question

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii From a high level, PSA seems to be a Calvinistic doctrine where the Father punishes the Son. I reject this and I am not one of the liberals that Mike refers to. Rather, the Father was IN Christ reconciling the world to Hi...

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii From a high level, PSA seems to be a Calvinistic doctrine where the Father punishes the Son. I reject this and I am not one of the liberals that Mike refers to. Rather, th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@MikeWingerii This is clear because people are not reading the church ‘fathers’

@MikeWingerii This is clear because people are not reading the church ‘fathers’ daily and since they are not inspired they might even change their position over time making drawing conclusions from th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

@BICBCI73 @RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @abarefootmomma We are the ones who have a beginning. We need a mother and father. Jesus did not have a beginning—only His body was prepared, but He uniquely pre-existed His body. Of course this doesn’t agree with...

@BICBCI73 @RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @abarefootmomma We are the ones who have a beginning. We need a mother and father. Jesus did not have a beginning—only His body was prepared, but He uniquely pre-ex

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the original. Paul never said that consulting the ch...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I’m reading the Bible. Not all who are protestant have it right either. The Church fathers that matter are Jesus and His apostles and the scriptures that they wrote, not some later people. Scripture...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I’m reading the Bible. Not all who are protestant have it right either. The Church fathers that matter are Jesus and His apostles and the scriptures

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Hm. Both the mother and the fath

@oneeyedsnake64 @Christianaoluf1 @dalepartridge Hm. Both the mother and the father should “raise” children. That’s laying down their lives for their family. How is the husband dying by going to work?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 No. I have scripture. I don't need the so called post-apostolic ch

@Methodios007 No. I have scripture. I don't need the so called post-apostolic church fathers. They may have written helpful things, but if all I had was the Bible I'd have all I need.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

“You should submit like Jesus submitted to His head, God the Father in Gethsemen

“You should submit like Jesus submitted to His head, God the Father in Gethsemene.” [23:50] This arrangement has the woman playing the part of “the human” and the husband the part of “God” and is why

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I was wondering if you can find any New Testament elder or apostle or anyone that is called a pastor. But if you want to consider the Old Testament: “While he was still talking with ...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 I was wondering if you can find any New Testament elder or apostle or anyone that is called a pastor. But if you want to consider the

Ge 29:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals The church 'fathers' mostly seem to have an issue with female leaders. No surprise there. I just think they are wrong purely based on scripture. You think the church fathers are 100% correct i...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals The church 'fathers' mostly seem to have an issue with female leaders. No surprise there. I just think they are wrong purely based on scripture

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@The11Hour_1776 The only church ‘fathers’ that matter are the apostles and what

@The11Hour_1776 The only church ‘fathers’ that matter are the apostles and what they taught which was captured in scripture. I’m not reading modern ideas into the text. To the text!

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