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Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-08

Debating On Women Pastors

Did you ever feel pulled in a direction you really didn’t want to go in. Well, this has been my life for the last 3 1/2 years

Colossians 6 Isaiah 4 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-09-07

Honesty And Consistency

Kerryn sent me a link to Pastor Wade Burleson’s blog regarding being intellectually honest and consistent in our beliefs

Genesis & Creation Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-29

Are Gods Gifts Segregated

Segregation is the policy or practice of separating people of different races, classes, or ethnic groups. The question for this post – are God’s gifts meant to be segregated into races, classes or ethnic groups

1 Corinthians 12:21 1 Corinthians 12:25 1 Corinthians 12:7 Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-23

Are Womens Gifts To Be Used Outside The Church

In my blog entry called “ Are women’s gifts secondary. ” I documented the complementarian teaching that women’s gifts are secondary to men’s gifts and that women to use their gifts outside the church

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:26 1 Corinthians 14:31 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-21

Witnessing On Worthy Boards

While I am working on the next post regarding spiritual gifts, have a look at a bulletin board where the majority of people are hierarchists. I have posted a topic on the need for two or three witnesses to establish a matter

Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-17

Are Womens Gifts Secondary

Last post we referenced 1 Corinthians 12:7 teaching us that the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good of the body of Christ. But are women’s gifts somehow secondary

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 12:7 1 Corinthians 6:3 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-16

Are Womens Gifts For The Common Good

Today I am starting a new set of posts on the spiritual gifts which are given to each person in the body of Christ. I would like to start with 1 Corinthians 12:7

1 Corinthians 12:7 Acts 1:13 Acts 1:14 Spiritual Gifts Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2007-08-03

Is Short Hair A Sin For A Woman

Continuing on with our verse by verse discussion through the section of 1 Corinthians 11 about women, we come to verse 13:

1 Corinthians 11:13 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:15 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-29

Where To Next

I should be done the verse-by-verse discussion on 1 Corinthians 11 (the head covering & hair issue verses) this week and I was thinking that I would move on to a discussion of God giving teachers to the body of Christ – are teachers part of the gifts of the Spirit or “offices” that must be filled by

Colossians 11 Isaiah 1 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-07-09

Are Females Saved Just Like Males

Before we continue with our verse by verse through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to share a question that Jen had who watched my clip of “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free” DVD on YouTube. She said:

1 Peter 3:7 Ephesians 2:14-19 Ephesians 2:19 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Galatians 3:28
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-30

Is There Support For Universal Male Headship

Before we continue with our verse by verse discussion through 1 Corinthians 11, I wanted to add a note about what some consider to be the universal role of male headship. In universal male headship the male is the head over every woman

1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Colossians 11 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

#More 110

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-23

Why Was The Woman Created For The Man

One question that was posed to me last week was on 1 Corinthians 11:9 regarding the creation of woman for the man. Does this mean that the woman is somehow inferior to the man because she was created for him

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:7 1 Corinthians 11:9 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-16

Paul And The Head From 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11 has been a hotly disputed passage regarding the meaning of “head”

1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:12 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2007-05-02

1 Corinthians 11 And Paul

1 Corinthians 11 has been a difficult passage because of several elements that have been hard to interpret. Some of the disputed elements are the meaning of “head” in verse 3, whether head coverings are necessary in verse 5, the woman being the glory of the man in verse 7, the reference to angels i

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:14 1 Corinthians 11:3 1 Corinthians 11
Scripture Commentary article 2007-04-17

Is God Male

Is God male in some way. Many Christians think that he is

1 Corinthians 11:12 Ephesians 3:14 Isaiah 66:13 1 Corinthians 11 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-24

Should Cbmw Fight Egalitarians

This week CBMW (the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood) released two audio tapes from the February 2007 “Different by Design” Conference held in Minneapolis Minnesota. ( ) I was amazed at the way that the gospel was connected to the gender issue in such a way that those who do not hold to pa

Exodus 4 Isaiah 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-22

We Are In Our New Home

We are mostly moved into our new home and much of our time has been spent in unpacking boxes. Our living room now feels like home since six book cases of my research and bible study books have been unpacked

Complementarianism Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2007-03-08

Is Adam The Representative Head Of The Human Race

Those who believe that God created a hierarchical relationship between men and women will usually state that God created Adam as the “federal head” of the human race. This “federal headship” is said to be not only physical in that all of humanity has its origin in Adam, but spiritual because of a di

1 Timothy 2:14 Colossians 2:11 Colossians 2:13 Genesis & Creation Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2007-02-27

Catching Up

Well part one of the relocation of our ministry and the move of our household has occurred and we have a two week break before we go into phase two of the move

Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2007-01-20

Discrimination Of Women In The Sbc Can They Teach Men At All

I have been following a blog documenting the injustice done to Dr. Sheri Klouda a professor of Hebrew who was forced out of her teaching position at the Southern Baptist Convention’s Southwestern Theological Seminary because the new President, Paige Patterson, does not believe that women should be t

Complementarianism Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2006-12-13

Can Only Men Judge Right From Wrong In The Church

I read with interest Wayne Grudem’s claim that 1 Cor. 14:34 means that women are to “keep silent”regarding weighing of the oral prophecies in the assembly

1 Corinthians 6:2 1 Corinthians 6:3 Lamentations 1 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-20

Adam As Head Of The Family

It is common for hierarchists to say that Adam was Eve’s head not because he was her source, but because he had authority over her. While the teaching that Adam was Eve’s ruler before the fall of man is unsubstantiated, the fact that Adam was the source of Eve is foundational to the doctrine of the

Headship & Kephale Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-11

Husband As The Priest Of The Home

With the push towards defining biblical manhood and womanhood, often men are pressured into a leadership role where they feel overwhelmed by their responsibilities. Probably none more stressful than the title given to them as “Priest of the home”

1 Corinthians 6:3 1 Peter 2:5 1 Peter 2:9 Authority & Submission
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-07

What Is True Headship

With all of the talk on submission of a wife, we should at least grant that submission is not related to suppression of God’s gifts. In other words if a woman is gifted to teach, her submission to her husband and her desire to honor him should not be a means to stop her from using her God-given gift

Headship & Kephale Spiritual Gifts
Scripture Commentary article 2006-10-27

Godly Women Need To Repent

My heart goes out to Pastors who are so engrained in tradition that they can easily justify sending godly women to hell. This past weekend I spoke with a Pastor from a denomination that does not believe that women are allowed to teach the bible to men

Spiritual Abuse
Scripture Commentary article 2006-09-23

Can Complementarians Agree To Disagree

I sent a copy of our DVD “Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” to the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood in February of 2006 and this summer I finally received a response

John 3:4 John 3:6 Lamentations 6:1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-07

Isnt The Priesthood In The Ot Proof That God Uses Only Men

> Q: Isn’t the fact that God only chose men for the Priesthood in the Old Testament proof that God only uses men in leadership. After all the Priesthood is equivalent to the Pastorhood in the church

Exodus 19:5-8 Exodus 19:6 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-07-02

Is There A Law That Forbids Women From Teaching Men

> Q: Isn’t there a law in 1 Timothy 2:11-15 that forbids women from teaching the Bible to men. Why are you disregarding this law

1 Timothy 2:11-15 Deuteronomy 19:15 Esther 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-04-06

Doesnt 1 Timothy 13 List Only Males As False Teachers

> Q: In WIM you say that 1 Timothy 1:3 “charge some that they teach no other doctrine” means people male or female. However isn’t the technical grammar of “some” as singular masculine

1 Timothy 1:3 2 Timothy 3:17 Acts 1 1 Timothy 2
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-19

Isnt It A Sin For A Woman To Teach Men

> Q: Doesn’t Paul’s command in 1 Timothy 2:12 for women not to teach men show that to disobey this command is a sin

1 Timothy 2:12 Colossians 1 Ecclesiastes 1 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Scriptures Showing Women In The Ministry Are Missing

> Q: Why did you not list in WIM all the scriptures that show women properly leading and serving God in both the New Testament and the Old Testament

Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-27

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry...

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for th

Eph 4:11-12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-16

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Scripture is very

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Scripture is very strict on those who are divisive. Dividing from others on non essentials harms Jesus’ body.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-03

@Latterdaytruth The passage doesn’t say Stephen saw two separate beings with physical bodies—only that he saw Jesus, who is visibly distinct in His glorified, resurrected state, standing in a position of divine authority. The text never says Stephen...

@Latterdaytruth The passage doesn’t say Stephen saw two separate beings with physical bodies—only that he saw Jesus, who is visibly distinct in His glorified, resurrected state, standing in a position

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@Vitus_oss The body of Christ is the human vessels of those who believe and cons

@Vitus_oss The body of Christ is the human vessels of those who believe and constitute the church. The bread and wine shared in the Lord’s supper (NOTE: it was a supper, not a snack), is emblematic an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee If you want to argue from authority in marriage, there is nothing but mutual authority described in 1Co 7:3-4,10-16. Paul says the same thing to both spouses. There is no hierarchy in marriage. Having authority over one’s bod...

@Nate_Dawg_64 @Toneskeee If you want to argue from authority in marriage, there is nothing but mutual authority described in 1Co 7:3-4,10-16. Paul says the same thing to both spouses. There is no hier

1Co 7:3-4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-23

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Yes, the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of His church. My argument is not that this isn’t the case but that it doesn’t mean authority over—it means source. Adam flesh and bone what Eve was created f...

@jrdickens90 @Toneskeee Yes, the husband is the head of his wife just as Christ is the head of His church. My argument is not that this isn’t the case but that it doesn’t mean authority over—it means

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@_Nosoup4you__ @SayvilleDavid @annelikok @smashbaals Yes. Say the word ‘submit’ and instantly a boss/subordinate relationship comes to mind. That’s not what scripture is teaching since we are all one, brothers and sisters, parts of the same body. And...

@_Nosoup4you__ @SayvilleDavid @annelikok @smashbaals Yes. Say the word ‘submit’ and instantly a boss/subordinate relationship comes to mind. That’s not what scripture is teaching since we are all one,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-02

@og_BYU @Pastor_Gabe The following passage refers to the incarnation, when God prepared a body for Jesus and not before this: “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have fathered You.’” (Ps 2:7) And: ...

@og_BYU @Pastor_Gabe The following passage refers to the incarnation, when God prepared a body for Jesus and not before this: “I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, ‘You are My

Ps 2:7 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-28

RT @ryanschatz: @hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: t

RT @ryanschatz: @hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–1…

Eph 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-28

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast So again, believers in Christ are one body, Jew and Gentile alike (Eph 2:14–16; Gal 3:28). There is no second way of salvation—only through Christ. The church is not outside God’s promises but grafted into the...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast So again, believers in Christ are one body, Jew and Gentile alike (Eph 2:14–16; Gal 3:28). There is no second way of salvation—only through Christ. The church

Eph 2:14 Gal 3:28 Ro 11:17 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-28

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–16), yet Israel remains distinct in God’s plan (Ro 11:25–29). That’s not ‘another gospel’. The gospel is Christ crucified &a...

@hyde62056 @FDellarosanera @ethercoast Paul keeps both truths: the church = one body of Jew & Gentile in Christ (Eph 2:14–16), yet Israel remains distinct in God’s plan (Ro 11:25–29). That’s not ‘

Eph 2:14 Ro 11:25 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-24

@WayneVinson5 @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Exactly! And also that the body of Ch

@WayneVinson5 @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Exactly! And also that the body of Christ is now all the believers, so how you treat them is how you are treating Christ’s body. It is about the manner in wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-24

@SocietyOfStChad @WayneVinson5 @BishopJaxi Are you suggesting that ‘being answerable to the body and blood of Christ’ means those who eat in an unworthy manner are responsible for killing Jesus? 🤔 BTW, notice that it is about the manner in which one...

@SocietyOfStChad @WayneVinson5 @BishopJaxi Are you suggesting that ‘being answerable to the body and blood of Christ’ means those who eat in an unworthy manner are responsible for killing Jesus? 🤔 BT

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi It means that the Father prepared a body for Jesus:

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi It means that the Father prepared a body for Jesus: "Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: 'Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepa

Ps 40:6-8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi Well, the fact is that the church is the body of Christ, not a wafer (properly bread that is broken) which is symbolic of his body broken for us. We eat in remembrance of Him, not to have Him inside us. He doesn’t leave u...

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi Well, the fact is that the church is the body of Christ, not a wafer (properly bread that is broken) which is symbolic of his body broken for us. We eat in remembrance of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Yes, Jesus says “this is my body” but He also said “I am the door” (Jn 10:7). We are supposed to be able to understand from the context that He is speaking metaphorically. And yes, you are...

@DanielT46640724 @BertinMbokish @SocietyOfStChad @BishopJaxi Yes, Jesus says “this is my body” but He also said “I am the door” (Jn 10:7). We are supposed to be able to understand from the context tha

Jn 10:7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi Yes, He was teaching about His heavenly origin not

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi Yes, He was teaching about His heavenly origin not to eat His earthly or spirit body (BTW, He has a resurrected human body which is not the same as the human appearance yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-12

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi He didn’t say “my flesh body provides no benefit but my spirit body is life.” He is speaking metaphorically and Roman Catholics convinced themselves that unless they eat Jesus’ actual flesh through a magical process that ...

@DanielT46640724 @BishopJaxi He didn’t say “my flesh body provides no benefit but my spirit body is life.” He is speaking metaphorically and Roman Catholics convinced themselves that unless they eat J

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