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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Solid teachers I know of are Kay Arthur and Joni Eareckson Tada. My former pastor (who passed away), Ruth Blight. I think that the problem with women pastors is that in normal churches women are hel...

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Solid teachers I know of are Kay Arthur and Joni Eareckson Tada. My former pastor (who passed away), Ruth Blight. I think that the problem with wome

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-27

@numeroustimes @ms_queenbitch0 @WGCrafts3312 @dalepartridge It starts with you and your lust issue. Sit in the front row. Find ways to deal with your own issues first. Or maybe you’d be open to supporting female pastors so they can have their own se...

@numeroustimes @ms_queenbitch0 @WGCrafts3312 @dalepartridge It starts with you and your lust issue. Sit in the front row. Find ways to deal with your own issues first. Or maybe you’d be open to suppo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@theBaxterian Where is anyone called a 'pastor' in the New Testament? Where does

@theBaxterian Where is anyone called a 'pastor' in the New Testament? Where does it say "women should not be pastors"? Hm. So why restrict them from going to seminary?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@carol66944 Hm. But we still have fellowship with those who believe only men can

@carol66944 Hm. But we still have fellowship with those who believe only men can be elders and pastors, right?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@Tailfeathers_WA @QuixoteSword Mat 13:12? What are you taking away from me that I have? The fact is that some accept female elders and pastors in rejection of the text. Others, like me, carefully study and conclude that the text is consistent with f...

@Tailfeathers_WA @QuixoteSword Mat 13:12? What are you taking away from me that I have? The fact is that some accept female elders and pastors in rejection of the text. Others, like me, carefully stu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@JoshuaSethSchu1 Maybe this is a good argument for female pastors. Think about t

@JoshuaSethSchu1 Maybe this is a good argument for female pastors. Think about the only avenue women have for counseling from a pastor is from a man.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

He notes that pastors often pull back on dealing with the sins of women because

He notes that pastors often pull back on dealing with the sins of women because they don’t want to get “feminist crushed” [4:07]. Swaying his hips, says the perceived reaction to this is “you’re just

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-23

What I noticed is that pastors that speak on male female relationships and advoc

What I noticed is that pastors that speak on male female relationships and advocate for the complementarian view spend a lot of time warming the audience up for what they are about to hear. Howerton d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Sarah, please

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 Sarah, please find a male who is identified as a pastor. Please try. Let's say you find 1. Does that prove that women were not serving

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-13

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So it's ok to instruct a room full of pastors but a woman can't lead a service for 45 minutes a week? Interesting. I absolutely agree that Paul includes a reference to Adam and Eve, t...

@ThatSarahLynn @JamMom89 @Yeshua438849431 @firegirl2510 @Chad4328 So it's ok to instruct a room full of pastors but a woman can't lead a service for 45 minutes a week? Interesting. I absolutely agree

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@XianPatriot @Psalm2_12Xian @smashbaals @danielsilliman Explaining scripture is precisely what pastors and teachers do. I’d be happy to help you understand this one as well. Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him and in th...

@XianPatriot @Psalm2_12Xian @smashbaals @danielsilliman Explaining scripture is precisely what pastors and teachers do. I’d be happy to help you understand this one as well. Paul is quoting from the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii If women cannot teach or pastor men, why can’t the

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii If women cannot teach or pastor men, why can’t they teach or pastor women? That has to be explained. So they could be teachers and pastors but just not over men? That mak

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@Olrak67 @The_njp @Protestia Yes, because scripture doesn't forbid godly and com

@Olrak67 @The_njp @Protestia Yes, because scripture doesn't forbid godly and competent women from serving as pastors.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@AttorneyBrand The distribution is for the mutual benefit of all, not to have a

@AttorneyBrand The distribution is for the mutual benefit of all, not to have a hierarchy of some over others. The more pastors the church produces the more likely it is to multiply and spread out…for

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-08

@chris_z_123 @ryancduff "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ***to prepare God's people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up*** until we...

@chris_z_123 @ryancduff "It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, ***to prepare God's people for works of service, so t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-03

I don’t always agree with Stanley, and I certainly think there are many who feel that the Bible requires male-only pastors (so I don’t think that his framing of ‘politics over mission’ is accurate), but the problem is about dividing over debatable ma...

I don’t always agree with Stanley, and I certainly think there are many who feel that the Bible requires male-only pastors (so I don’t think that his framing of ‘politics over mission’ is accurate), b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-02

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals Paul wasn’t commanding anyone to be pas

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals Paul wasn’t commanding anyone to be pastors or elders. What are you talking about?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-19

@smashli1228 @BenZeisloft Technically, he doesn't believe women are allowed to b

@smashli1228 @BenZeisloft Technically, he doesn't believe women are allowed to be pastors or elders. I'm not sure that makes him a raging misogynist.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale In Tit 2:3-5, what in particular suggests to you that the older women are not to be teachers of men, pastors or elders? Does Paul say that they must ONLY teach younger wives? The point about them working at...

@slow_down_Jess @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale In Tit 2:3-5, what in particular suggests to you that the older women are not to be teachers of men, pastors or elders? Does Paul say that they must ONLY te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

The following comment is so over the top! If a woman being a pastor is grasping for what even Jesus didn't go after, then what are all the men who call themselves pastors doing??🤔 He thinks that we are to model one way submission, yet the Trinity i...

The following comment is so over the top! If a woman being a pastor is grasping for what even Jesus didn't go after, then what are all the men who call themselves pastors doing??🤔 He thinks that we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@smashbaals The rest of us conservatives who don't think that the Bible forbids

@smashbaals The rest of us conservatives who don't think that the Bible forbids godly women from serving as pastors or elders are still here.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from servin

@johnnybee97 @smashbaals That's right! So where did God forbid women from serving as pastors or from teaching truth to anyone? How do you understand Matt 28:18-20 since women are called to make discip

Matt 28:18-20 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@revjeffvox @FENFreeEagleNet @Protestia The amendment to disfellowship churches

@revjeffvox @FENFreeEagleNet @Protestia The amendment to disfellowship churches with female pastors didn’t pass.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

Great news! Law amendment to dismember SBC churches who have female pastors was

Great news! Law amendment to dismember SBC churches who have female pastors was defeated! #sbc24

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from any leadership role. Others prevent them from ser...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in i

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in it because that is needlessly divisive. No one—not even the SBC—should be redefining what unifies us as Christians. It i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of cour

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of course you already assume that female pastors are in rebellion, so what does it matter to you what they do after that? This

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals What is it with this idea

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals What is it with this idea of “authoritative capacity”? Pastors have a responsibility. They don’t have the authority to just make something up bec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitly stated are John and Peter and they are self proc...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals There’s no example of pastors because no one is specifically identified as pastor. There’s no example of an elder because the only two explicitl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Again, you presume things: 1. That equal opportunity must mean we should see equal representation of M/F 2. That the NT explicitly names all pastors/elders 3. That God designates leadership to b...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals Again, you presume things: 1. That equal opportunity must mean we should see equal representation of M/F 2. That the NT explicitly names all pas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name anyone who is called pastor? How about anyone spec...

@Grump_Old_Man If God’s intent was to accept Gentiles fully and have them being pastors and leaders and preachers, why wouldn’t he have captured one Gentile sermon? See how this works Grumpy? Name a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

Except fidelity to the Biblical instruction on a matter requires proper exegesis

Except fidelity to the Biblical instruction on a matter requires proper exegesis. It doesn’t matter how red your eyes glow, the Bible does not forbid godly women from serving as pastors, elders or te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@jtdxn_ Well, Stephen Wolfe’s kind of legislation appears to block those who disagree with him since he blocked me. So he doesn’t act like someone who believes in freedom of speech. Would he legislate his own particular Christian beliefs and criminal...

@jtdxn_ Well, Stephen Wolfe’s kind of legislation appears to block those who disagree with him since he blocked me. So he doesn’t act like someone who believes in freedom of speech. Would he legislate

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Mike Winger says it’s about authority as he

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Mike Winger says it’s about authority as he acknowledges that otherwise there is no reason to stop women who are gifted, skilled and capable from serving as pastor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Being a female and a pastor does NOT violate scripture! And whether affirming churches are run by women or not is immaterial. You are just repeating the stuff you were told. 1Ti 2:12 says nothing about pastors, i...

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Being a female and a pastor does NOT violate scripture! And whether affirming churches are run by women or not is immaterial. You are just repeating the stuff you

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii No, having a male pastor does not prevent a

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii No, having a male pastor does not prevent a church from being deceived or going astray or twisting scripture. Female pastors is not the test of soundness in the f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I’m not dumbing it down. I’m highlighting t

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I’m not dumbing it down. I’m highlighting the real issue and it is not female pastors. The issue has to do with character qualifications, gifting, soundness in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Like I said, it only matters whether someone rejects what they think the scripture is clearly teaching. And there are not a lot of denominations not having issues these days. History doesn’t trump Biblical truth, and the ...

@BahBahBased @MikeWingerii Like I said, it only matters whether someone rejects what they think the scripture is clearly teaching. And there are not a lot of denominations not having issues these day

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are elders and pastors, so what’s the problem here? Only those with the requisite character, maturity, demonstrated skill, s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-04

@Dayagent47 As much as I love JM, unless I’m convinced that the Bible forbids female pastors, I’m not rebelling against the Bible. Maybe I’m confused, maybe I’m wrong in my interpretation, but rebelling against the Bible is not a valid charge. The B...

@Dayagent47 As much as I love JM, unless I’m convinced that the Bible forbids female pastors, I’m not rebelling against the Bible. Maybe I’m confused, maybe I’m wrong in my interpretation, but rebelli

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-31

@TonyMor52435077 @masonmennenga If we sat down for coffee, I could tell you stories about church behaviour, that of leaders and pastors. Again, my point is not that there are people failing—there are many, but that this is not the basis on which I b...

@TonyMor52435077 @masonmennenga If we sat down for coffee, I could tell you stories about church behaviour, that of leaders and pastors. Again, my point is not that there are people failing—there are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-27

But Mohler fails to recognize there are many who believe they are following scri

But Mohler fails to recognize there are many who believe they are following scripture more accurately by not forbidding women from serving as elders and pastors. /2 https://t.co/a36YWtiaIj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Believing what scripture actually means leads to loss of biblical authority? What are you even talking about? I am not advocating for homos3xual pastors. Your assuming these are conflated is quite telling. I'm ...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Believing what scripture actually means leads to loss of biblical authority? What are you even talking about? I am not advocating for homos3xual pastors. Your as

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-12

@Torncurtainorg @NateSchlomann Luther wasn’t contesting female pastors. My point

@Torncurtainorg @NateSchlomann Luther wasn’t contesting female pastors. My point was that his objections could be responded to in the same way: history says the RCC is right. I’m not arguing based on

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-11

@NateSchlomann The “doctrine” of male only elders and pastors should never have

@NateSchlomann The “doctrine” of male only elders and pastors should never have been added to a statement of faith. "But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@revjeffvox @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis Accurately dividing scripture is also important, and to conflate female pastors with liberal social justice and DEI is unjustified. The only way that happens is when peop...

@revjeffvox @ScottCross_8 @Sean_M_Dennis @DrSampler @andreacavie @RevChrisDavis Accurately dividing scripture is also important, and to conflate female pastors with liberal social justice and DEI is u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@revjeffvox @RevChrisDavis It is showing that they are willing to disfellowship

@revjeffvox @RevChrisDavis It is showing that they are willing to disfellowship a productive and purportedly faithful church over a debatable matter. Barring women from being pastors should never hav

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@Crystalisives This is true though female pastors have their own errors. In the

@Crystalisives This is true though female pastors have their own errors. In the end it’s not about whether one has more issues or errors than the other but the fact that some of the problems stem from

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-06

@Here4Now0829 First point to note is that no one is specifically called a pastor. Pastoring is a function not a title. We have made it a title to differentiate volunteers (elders) from paid positions (pastors). No one is also specifically called eld...

@Here4Now0829 First point to note is that no one is specifically called a pastor. Pastoring is a function not a title. We have made it a title to differentiate volunteers (elders) from paid positions

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

The only slippery slope is when you ignore or rebel against what you believe scr

The only slippery slope is when you ignore or rebel against what you believe scripture is clearly teaching or say that Paul didn’t write scripture. Paul clearly didn’t exclude women pastors. https://

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