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@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase my financial well being or to fix society while i...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I’m not pressuring them either way (though I think they might feel otherwise sometimes as I love children). I don’t see the need to have children to build the church or to increase

@KaeleyT @pauldirks At the same time, I also don’t want to pressure them to have

@KaeleyT @pauldirks At the same time, I also don’t want to pressure them to have children just because I want them or because of a fear of being alone when they are older. God may lay on their heart a

@KaeleyT @pauldirks I agree with Kaeley. I want all my children to have kids. I explain how they don’t have to end careers to have children and that they can work together with their spouse to find solutions together. I ensure they understand the inc...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks I agree with Kaeley. I want all my children to have kids. I explain how they don’t have to end careers to have children and that they can work together with their spouse to find so

@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

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

On what basis is a widower no longer qualified even if he has multiple believing children? A widower is able to more fully understand what others in his congregation are going through, but this disqualifies him? He loses his wife. Then he loses his...

On what basis is a widower no longer qualified even if he has multiple believing children? A widower is able to more fully understand what others in his congregation are going through, but this disqu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

This means if the pastor’s wife dies, he has to step down. He is no longer quali

This means if the pastor’s wife dies, he has to step down. He is no longer qualified! If his grown child decides to abandon the faith, the pastor has to step down. If he is married and only has one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

You are at least consistent that you see the following requirements: - male - married (cannot be single or even a widower!) - must have more than one child - all children must believe So at any point that one or more of the above stops being true,...

You are at least consistent that you see the following requirements: - male - married (cannot be single or even a widower!) - must have more than one child - all children must believe So at *any* poi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your claim that submission here flows from "lesser to greater" authority (wives to husbands, children to parents, slaves to masters) is inconsistent with Paul's pattern. The instruction to husbands to love their wives (...

@IemSparticus @harmonizedgrace Your claim that submission here flows from "lesser to greater" authority (wives to husbands, children to parents, slaves to masters) is inconsistent with Paul's pattern.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@BretArrigo @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Sentences, 3, 4, 5 and 6 sound like a working plan. Not really contesting this if that works for the both of you. We agreed to tag team once the kids were old enough to go to school as my wife is a talented ...

@BretArrigo @mtnhousewife @Matthew56193629 Sentences, 3, 4, 5 and 6 sound like a working plan. Not really contesting this if that works for the both of you. We agreed to tag team once the kids were ol

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MichelleDLesley It sounds like you are referring

@harmonizedgrace @mtnhousewife @MichelleDLesley It sounds like you are referring to 1Ti 2:12. Am I right? Are women allowed to teach male children? If so, at what point is she specifically supposed t

1Ti 2:12 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@ijac20 @RealDavidReece There's no male pronoun in 1Ti 3:4. It should read: "one

@ijac20 @RealDavidReece There's no male pronoun in 1Ti 3:4. It should read: "one who rules their own house well, having their children in submission with all reverence"⎯this requirement is not limited

1Ti 3:4 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@RealDavidReece Ah @RealDavidReece, one can quote passages without their context, but can you explain them in context? Ok, let's start with Eph 5:22-23👇 1/ Paul deliberately used hypotassō (submission) for husbands & wives, not hypakouō (obedie...

@RealDavidReece Ah @RealDavidReece, one can quote passages without their context, but can you explain them in context? Ok, let's start with Eph 5:22-23👇 1/ Paul deliberately used hypotassō (submissi

Eph 5:22-23 debate

@crusadepepe Husbands are not commanded to coerce their wives! And wives are not

@crusadepepe Husbands are not commanded to coerce their wives! And wives are not commanded to be like eternal children. It sure would have helped if Adam explained to Eve why she shouldn’t eat the fr

@harmonizedgrace The Bible doesn’t command men to coerce their wives not does it

@harmonizedgrace The Bible doesn’t command men to coerce their wives not does it command wives to be like eternal children and never make any decisions or take any responsibility.

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck The Bible doesn’t treat women as eternal children. Is

@Song_Never_Ends @TomBuck The Bible doesn’t treat women as eternal children. Is that better? Ge 1:28 calls both to rule and not only one to rule and one to submit.

Ge 1:28 debate

@GraceIsMyAnchor @TomBuck The wife is never said to obey her husband. This treat

@GraceIsMyAnchor @TomBuck The wife is never said to obey her husband. This treatment of women as eternal children is so unfortunate. Time to expose the way they’ve inserted the foreign concept of male

Egalitarian churches are not "losing their soul" if they are doing it because th

Egalitarian churches are not "losing their soul" if they are doing it because they understand scripture's true teaching. God's design for men and women is to work together as partners, not treating wo

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?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-18

@dalepartridge Nature teaches you that hair on your arms only grows to a specifi

@dalepartridge Nature teaches you that hair on your arms only grows to a specific length then stops but head hair does not stop—either on males or females. If you don’t cut hair on young children they

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii In that way of arguing, then men are gifted to lead o

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii In that way of arguing, then men are gifted to lead other men (excluding women and children and teenagers). Last I checked, men seem to believe they get to lead everyone as

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@ManiCompreshun2 @leahtrell @TheVaxScene @MikeWingerii I absolutely read Genesis to Deuteronomy as true history. While only two of those who were adults at the time of the plagues and crossing of the Red Sea went in, their children went in. Are you ...

@ManiCompreshun2 @leahtrell @TheVaxScene @MikeWingerii I absolutely read Genesis to Deuteronomy as true history. While only two of those who were adults at the time of the plagues and crossing of the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey So she can shepherd, guide, teach and correct so long as she doesn

@ClintHumfrey So she can shepherd, guide, teach and correct so long as she doesn’t have the title of elder? And only if she does this for women and little children?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-21

@Manny_Clay1 Wives are to be subject to their husbands, yes. But husbands also a

@Manny_Clay1 Wives are to be subject to their husbands, yes. But husbands also are to be subject to their wives. Wives are not like eternal children but are equal partners. Are you married by chance?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-29

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has caree

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has career goals but wanted children. We’ve got 3 and she works full time. She was off while they were young and then we tag team

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

@howertonjosh “A Christian wife respects her husband (Eph 5:33). …You respect hi

@howertonjosh “A Christian wife respects her husband (Eph 5:33). …You respect him by giving him the appropriate place in your life (one flesh priority). …in general, husbands are going to prioritize t

Eph 5:33 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-11

@JamMom89 If 1Co 11:3 had anything to do with order or hierarchy, wouldn’t Paul have said it as: God->Jesus->man->woman->children ? And wouldn’t he have used a word for authority, power or rule instead of kephale which can mean source, or...

@JamMom89 If 1Co 11:3 had anything to do with order or hierarchy, wouldn’t Paul have said it as: God->Jesus->man->woman->children ? And wouldn’t he have used a word for authority, power or

1Co 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-19

@curtisschlepp @JollyStine If you read 1Ti 3 overliterally an overseer has to be married and have at least 2 believing children. Those who read “husband” and rather than asserting married say “must be male” are not taking the text literally as they c...

@curtisschlepp @JollyStine If you read 1Ti 3 overliterally an overseer has to be married and have at least 2 believing children. Those who read “husband” and rather than asserting married say “must be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@The11Hour_1776 Oh that’s cute—I don’t know what egalitarianism is? Certainly we might disagree on what it means, but I know what it means. Treating women like they are eternal children rather than as capable of decision making and leading is a prob...

@The11Hour_1776 Oh that’s cute—I don’t know what egalitarianism is? Certainly we might disagree on what it means, but I know what it means. Treating women like they are eternal children rather than a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-07

@KaeleyT "But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8) Is Paul referring to widows or their children or both? The following verses describ...

@KaeleyT "But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." (1Ti 5:8) Is Paul referring to widows or the

1Ti 5:8 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

Fretting over when a mother has to stop teaching her male children should have b

Fretting over when a mother has to stop teaching her male children should have been a red flag 🚩 for him with the complementarian view. It’s so bizarre. https://t.co/NswgqANziG

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Who is saying “did God really say?” Let me ask you this: was Paul disqualifying himself in 1Ti 3:1-13? He said “husband” and referring to managing one’s home with multiple believing children. Paul ...

@ReformaBro @JoInAthensGa @smugbuster88 @BenZeisloft Who is saying “did God really say?” Let me ask you this: was Paul disqualifying himself in 1Ti 3:1-13? He said “husband” and referring to managing

1Ti 3:1-13 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be avoiding it because it follows from his beliefs. Ma...

@JamesGaius @Whatsinaname41 @ZacharyGarris @Eric_Conn I am unable to find anywhere where Conn explicitly says it is wrong for a mother to take authority over her adult male children, but he might be a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@Eric_Conn @ZacharyGarris Interesting— so she can teach her children…until when?

@Eric_Conn @ZacharyGarris Interesting— so she can teach her children…until when? When does teaching her male children become sinful? 12? 18? 19?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear ch

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear children), but what does that have to do with teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoral work?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ncksmith @ReadsA_lot @MikeWingerii So to be clear, the church has different roles in this age than the next? So Jesus’ bride will be sitting on His throne and judging nations and angels (which includes authority over males) in the next age, but fema...

@ncksmith @ReadsA_lot @MikeWingerii So to be clear, the church has different roles in this age than the next? So Jesus’ bride will be sitting on His throne and judging nations and angels (which includ

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@BBWoofield So now you have two possible meanings. How do you know which one applies here in Gen 3:16? In toil she shall bring forth children, yet her desire will be for her husband. Given the toil she will experience in childrearing, it is interes...

@BBWoofield So now you have two possible meanings. How do you know which one applies here in Gen 3:16? In toil she shall bring forth children, yet her desire will be for her husband. Given the toil

Gen 3:16 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I suppose you think I’ve never read this passage before? How does this passage exclude women? Does it forbid single men? Men without children (plural)? Even if you read that it’s referring to men (even thou...

@Grump_Old_Man @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I suppose you think I’ve never read this passage before? How does this passage exclude women? Does it forbid single men? Men without children (plural)? Even

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 I’m well known? Wow, I’m humbled. Wh

@baste_goblin @StephenStaedtl1 @DelaKram75 I’m well known? Wow, I’m humbled. Where on earth did you get that I’m a s0domite defender? I’m married for 27 years to one wife and have 3 adult children.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-03

I didn’t realize that women loving their husbands required an exclusive role. Strange as I’m pretty sure both love their children. Running the affairs of the house takes a team based on gifting, skill set and interests. 2Ti 2:2 says we just need rel...

I didn’t realize that women loving their husbands required an exclusive role. Strange as I’m pretty sure both love their children. Running the affairs of the house takes a team based on gifting, skill

2Ti 2:2 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-30

@MariaDyck18 @GlennDavies @kdclaunch It really is a spectrum. My last church all

@MariaDyck18 @GlennDavies @kdclaunch It really is a spectrum. My last church allowed women to do everything except be lead pastor. Most churches, women lead children’s ministries and the women’s minis

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@StevenMKestner Do you have any elders who are not “husbands” and who have less

@StevenMKestner Do you have any elders who are not “husbands” and who have less than 2 children? https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must be a husband or have children as Paul and Timothy didn’t meet that requirement, so this is a misreading of Paul’s inten

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-29

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham This is what I have observed to be true. My daughter likes to hunt and hike and fix cars and chop wood and do guy stuff. She doesn’t like dolls. Why would I force her to follow rigid rules on what she should desir...

@KaeleyT @PastorRobMonroe @megbasham This is what I have observed to be true. My daughter likes to hunt and hike and fix cars and chop wood and do guy stuff. She doesn’t like dolls. Why would I force

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-17

The Bible nowhere argues that the authority that parents have over children extends into adulthood. Gen 2:24 clearly shows that a man leaves his mother and father and cleaves to his wife showing that there is a clear break from parental authority and...

The Bible nowhere argues that the authority that parents have over children extends into adulthood. Gen 2:24 clearly shows that a man leaves his mother and father and cleaves to his wife showing that

Gen 2:24 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@ronhenzel As I told the LDS bishops, this would be like God placing a trap, pointing it out (so they would be tempted to go near it), so that when they got trapped, He could be their saviour and get them out of it. How would you perceive a human fa...

@ronhenzel As I told the LDS bishops, this would be like God placing a trap, pointing it out (so they would be tempted to go near it), so that when they got trapped, He could be their saviour and get

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@NicolasGold1 I should have made that an option. But as children, what does nat

@NicolasGold1 I should have made that an option. But as children, what does nature teach you? Nature teaches that arm hair and eyebrows stop growing at a specific length but hair on the scalp continu

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@ronhenzel Especially in the context where we have two anarthrous nouns. How do we decide? What is Paul intending in the context? Why not the personal pronoun? How is a generic woman saved through ‘the childbearing’ when not all women bear children...

@ronhenzel Especially in the context where we have *two* anarthrous nouns. How do we decide? What is Paul intending in the context? Why not the personal pronoun? How is a generic woman saved through ‘

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@smashbaals @bornagainbrett So that’s the only reason people go to seminary, huh

@smashbaals @bornagainbrett So that’s the only reason people go to seminary, huh? They don’t just want to be better theologians and interpreters of the word? Even in your view, what about women teachi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I am fully capable of answering anything you want to talk about. But to be fair, you didn't answer my question and I think I deserve answers. Was Paul disqualified since he was not married (ie. not a husband) a...

@peace_got @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I am fully capable of answering anything you want to talk about. But to be fair, you didn't answer my question and I think I deserve answers. Was Paul disqualif

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@NotTheBaptizer @joyklaprade @MikeWingerii Disagreeing with you is not just twisting scripture. Disagreeing is not lying. I’m explaining the reasons why I hold my views and you don’t agree with said reasons which is your prerogative. But you choose t...

@NotTheBaptizer @joyklaprade @MikeWingerii Disagreeing with you is not just twisting scripture. Disagreeing is not lying. I’m explaining the reasons why I hold my views and you don’t agree with said r