@5Solas2 The Bible doesn’t restrict qualified women from preaching true doctrine

@5Solas2 The Bible doesn’t restrict qualified women from preaching true doctrine and pastoral work. Take another look. https://t.co/lwAJ5mgNRm

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching, or preaching. The real question we should be askin...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching,

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not hearing a woman’s voice in this context is it coul...

@BogdanOancea77 1. No There’s no evidence that I’m aware of that women were allowed to read Torah in first century synagogues. Teaching and preaching would be from the Torah and the reasons for not

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about God’s ways? It only contravenes patriarchy. I’m...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag A woman leading into truth and not preaching error is no where called a sin in the Bible. What does one’s biological sex have to do with teaching others about

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Just for those who may not be aware of Jo

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Just for those who may not be aware of John's stance on women preaching, here it is. https://t.co/iVvDskeZ0d

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek If you are concerned about me preaching C

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek If you are concerned about me preaching Christ and truth, here’s a sermon I preached at a friends church last summer. https://t.co/ndFJKAjotR

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women

2/23🧵Taken out of its context and strictly literally, we would have: 1. No women preaching 2. No women singing 3. No women teaching children or adults 4. No women doing anything that requires vocaliza

@masonmennenga Right, but I'm referring to Jesus in His ministry as recorded in the gospel accounts. One curious prisoner was John the Baptist who seemed to doubt that Jesus was the Messiah as John was rotting in prison while Jesus was preaching. O...

@masonmennenga Right, but I'm referring to Jesus in His ministry as recorded in the gospel accounts. One curious prisoner was John the Baptist who seemed to doubt that Jesus was the Messiah as John w

@William_E_Wolfe Isn’t it a sin to be unbiblically partial in your confession to

@William_E_Wolfe Isn’t it a sin to be unbiblically partial in your confession to exclude egalitarians? In the same way you claim to not be partial based on ethnicity should equally apply to gender. W

@tome708 @RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin A woman preaching true doctrine or acting as a pastor/elder/deacon has absolutely nothing to do with sexual immorality. It is not cancer or the seed of cancer. However, you are right that if someone is del...

@tome708 @RupertP46422908 @JustinPetersMin A woman preaching true doctrine or acting as a pastor/elder/deacon has absolutely nothing to do with sexual immorality. It is not cancer or the seed of canc

@William_E_Wolfe Did you notice that 1 Tim 2:12 is not a command? Also, what yo

@William_E_Wolfe Did you notice that 1 Tim 2:12 is not a command? Also, what you are calling sin is not listed in any sin list. Further, Paul never stopped anyone from preaching the gospel even if t

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way t

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way that doesn’t contradict the grammar, context and other scripture a sin? Where is women preaching/speaking/leading/pastor

@PenmanshipPlus @kjfit33 @WWUTTcom A woman preaching true doctrine and assisting

@PenmanshipPlus @kjfit33 @WWUTTcom A woman preaching true doctrine and assisting with the ministry in a pastoral role is degenerate? I don’t think you know what that word means.

@matt_vander1701 @nothanksnopeyno @megbasham There was singing and preaching I h

@matt_vander1701 @nothanksnopeyno @megbasham There was singing and preaching I hear too. Seems a bit churchy. I thought it was shameful for a woman to speak in the ecclesia. Seems you just make the

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their te

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their teaching and preaching gift from the pulpit so long as they are not called elder or pastor?

@AntiochBaptist_ @kimslearning @Christocentrism Never build a doctrine on such a

@AntiochBaptist_ @kimslearning @Christocentrism Never build a doctrine on such a contested verse. It uses singular pronouns, it uses a word used only once in the NT just to start. It by no means is

@William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks So the SBC wants to have a split? You cannot see any way to have your complementarian church and co-operate with a church that has a female pastor preaching true doctrine (presuming the only problem is the past...

@William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks So the SBC wants to have a split? You cannot see any way to have your complementarian church and co-operate with a church that has a female pastor preaching tru

@TheSMEAC @btgolz @RickWarren Lol. Sometimes Siri just does weird things. Anyw

@TheSMEAC @btgolz @RickWarren Lol. Sometimes Siri just does weird things. Anyways, I have many quibbles and things to say about Rick Warren over the years—but the issue at hand here is women being o

@mcadoojr @LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren These verses are highly contested for goo

@mcadoojr @LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren These verses are highly contested for good reason because there is good Biblical justification to object to the complementarian position. Where is a woman preac

@TheGayPastorTom @RupZip @RickWarren Jesus’ division was over the gospel and sin

@TheGayPastorTom @RupZip @RickWarren Jesus’ division was over the gospel and sin! How is a woman preaching and teaching true doctrine and pastoring a sin?

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren So your view is that you are not supposed to listen to a woman preaching true doctrine or prophesying the truth. Am I correct? That this is what Paul means? And he could not have a specific couple in mind wi...

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren So your view is that you are not supposed to listen to a woman preaching true doctrine or prophesying the truth. Am I correct? That this is what Paul means?

1 Timothy 2:11-15

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Philippians 1:15-18

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Titus 2:3-5

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1 Timothy 3:1-4

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1 Peter 2:5-9

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σῴζω (sozo)

to save

πρεσβύτερος (presbuteros)

elder, older man; church overseer/leader by seniority

Luke 8:1-3: Women traveled with Jesus like the apostles but were not apostles

Mike cites a key passage showing women's proximity to Jesus.

Decision to focus analysis on Cynthia Westfall's chapter in Discovering Biblical Equality

Mike explains why he chose Westfall's work as the primary egalitarian argument to engage.

Mike's assessment: 'Recovering from Biblical Manhood and Womanhood' preaches well but continually distorts the text; egalitarian scholars' handling of Scripture drove him deeper into complementarianism.

Overall assessment of Byrd's book and the egalitarian case

Teaching on a Sunday morning — the hardest case; various approaches churches take

Mike tackles the most contested ministry question.

JW article's proof-texting strategy: the 'composite sign'

JW argument begins with Matthew 24:7-14 as the 'composite sign'

Matthew 24:7-14 describes inter-advent period, not end-time

Clarifying what the 'composite sign' actually refers to

Todd White's refusal to call people to repentance — arguing that is the Holy Spirit's job — is critiqued using Revelation 22:17: 'the Spirit and the bride say come,' showing the bride (the church) also calls people to Christ.

Critique of Todd White's evangelism methodology regarding repentance.

Harold Camping's 1994 prediction: when it failed, he claimed it was 'spiritual' — the Holy Spirit left all denominations

Camping's first major public end-times prediction was 1994. His response to failure set a pattern.

James 2:18 — misunderstood verse: James is voicing an objector's position and then rejecting it, not affirming works over faith

Interpreting the difficult verse 18 of James 2

The most consistent presuppositional approach is to answer every objection with Scripture; Sye admits he gets too bogged down in philosophy and wants to recover a more Scripture-centered approach

Sye's self-critique and practical apologetics

Why preach if God knows who goes to heaven or hell? Sye: God ordains means as well as ends — preaching is the means God uses; not knowing which are sheep, we preach to all

Classic Calvinist answer to the objection against evangelism under determinism

Sye on gentleness in street evangelism: acknowledges he has been too harsh but argues critics who call him harsh rarely show him how to do it better; invites correction with examples

Audience question about Sye's demeanor in street evangelism

Q&A: Advice to someone leaving the Catholic Church — seek a Bible-teaching, verse-by-verse church

Viewer named Alana asks where to go after leaving Catholicism

Ehrman claims Apollonius engaged in an 'itinerant preaching ministry' like Jesus, but shortly after leaving home Apollonius took a five-year vow of silence, communicating only with head gestures. He did not primarily preach; he traveled meeting famous people and engaged in philosophical dialogues. This is not a parallel to Jesus's preaching ministry.

Matthew 10:23 — 'Son of Man comes' refers to Jesus's first coming during the disciples' mission trip, not the Second Coming

Q&A: question about a verse that appears to predict Jesus would return before the disciples finished preaching in Israel.

Walking as Jesus walked does not mean obeying the OT law — it could equally mean itinerant preaching only to Jews, or staying in Israel, which no one applies literally

Mike challenges the 119 Ministries use of 1 John 2:6 ("walk as he walked") by following the logic consistently.

Nicene and Apostles' Creed: Mike affirms them but would add content on repentance

Viewer asking about the Nicene and Apostles' Creed

1 Clement 5 (c. 95-97 AD) — non-apologetic, community-memory reference to Peter and Paul both suffering and dying for their faith

First extra-biblical source for Peter's (and Paul's) martyrdom

Catalog of additional sources for Peter's martyrdom: Apocalypse of Peter, Ascension of Isaiah, Acts of Peter, Apocryphon of James, Dionysius of Corinth, Tertullian, Muratorian Canon

Demonstrating that Peter's martyrdom is attested by multiple independent streams of tradition

Q&A: Why is church attendance dropping? Glenn Stanton's "The Myth of the Dying Church" — mainline churches are dying, not Bible-believing churches

Audience question about church decline, particularly among Millennials and Gen Z

Millennial and Gen Z church return: life-stage markers like marriage and children are happening later or not at all, making the expected return uncertain

McDowell addresses the question of whether lapsed young people will return

Why mainline churches are dying: no meaningful difference from wider culture gives people no reason to attend

McDowell gives the bottom-line diagnosis for mainline church decline