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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-23

@kevinmyoung 1 Corinthians 5:12–13 (NASB 2020): “For what business of mine is it

@kevinmyoung 1 Corinthians 5:12–13 (NASB 2020): “For what business of mine is it to judge outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? But those who are outside, God judges. Remove th

1 Corinthians 5:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-21

Another post going through the sin of Eve and how Paul was describing her as a p

Another post going through the sin of Eve and how Paul was describing her as a prototype of the deceived female teacher in Ephesus. https://t.co/gHlc43DEBQ

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-20

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be including those whom we may disagree with on seconda...

@revjeffvox @WokePreacherTV Yes, but this is just a distraction from a real problem. The splintering of the church based on minor differences shows a lack of true unity of the faith. We should be in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What do you mean by “a Judas apologist”? I have a teach...

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarchical position over, or the authority over, or the ...

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why

@pauldirks @KaeleyT One other point, if the plain reading is so clear, then why do men interpret 1 Tim 3 that a pastor can be single and without children? Is that the plain meaning?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT You make it seem that husbands and wives don’t *equally* submit to the Lord. In other words, you appear to be saying that a woman has a mediator between herself and the Lord, her husband, and that she submits to the Lord through h...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT You make it seem that husbands and wives don’t *equally* submit to the Lord. In other words, you appear to be saying that a woman has a mediator between herself and the Lord, her h

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for Calvinism which teaches that God was partial in selecting to give certain people the faith to believe and passing by th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-17

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be interested in her take on 1 Cor 14:34-35 and 1 Tim 2:11-...

@jmmooreo @danitreweek It’s unfortunate Dani saw what I said as relabeling and took offence to it on that account. I may have been provocative in how I framed my comments, but I’d sincerely be intere

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@William_E_Wolfe It is true that churches that don’t base their views on scriptu

@William_E_Wolfe It is true that churches that don’t base their views on scripture will likely become more and more progressive. That is a legitimate concern. But it doesn’t follow that the egalitar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we might see it something like the man was first follo...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Perhaps what Paul means is male priority. Supremacy is too charged and extreme for what he is proposing. I still disagree with male priority on scriptural grounds. At best, we m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-13

@JohnMoo26668690 I don’t know where you are getting your assumptions from. 1. I don’t think males should act like females or females like males. Confusing the genders by cross dressing is forbidden by scripture (Deut 22:5 “A women must not wear men...

@JohnMoo26668690 I don’t know where you are getting your assumptions from. 1. I don’t think males should act like females or females like males. Confusing the genders by cross dressing is forbidden

Deut 22:5 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 ⎯ Character qualifications for leadership; Paul doesn'

1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9 ⎯ Character qualifications for leadership; Paul doesn't forbid the single, the childless or women https://t.co/SMUaKrLevt

1 Tim 3:1-13 Titus 1:5-9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Is it a sin for a woman to pastor (shepherd) other women? Where is this sin listed in any list of sins? Regardless of the title, if she is able to shepherd her children and she can shepherd other women, why is...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Is it a sin for a woman to pastor (shepherd) other women? Where is this sin listed in any list of sins? Regardless of the title, if she is able to shepherd her

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@DickSaban1 The phrase “one wife husband” repeated for deacons and also in Titus 1 and in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” is an idiom for faithful to one’s spouse if married. Paul was not married and advocated for singleness so this cannot mean must...

@DickSaban1 The phrase “one wife husband” repeated for deacons and also in Titus 1 and in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” is an idiom for faithful to one’s spouse if married. Paul was not married and

1 Tim 5:9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek “no grounding” “obsessed” “insistant woma

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek “no grounding” “obsessed” “insistant woman’s advocate” “NOT a Christ and truth advocate” “wish to bend scripture” I guess since we are no longer talking about s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek This way of framing our difference is disingenuous. You don’t see that how you interpret this issue is through your patriarchal rubric? You split a hair on one detail in the phrase “one wife husband” and don’t...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek This way of framing our difference is disingenuous. You don’t see that how you interpret this issue is through your patriarchal rubric? You split a hair on one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Maybe you can teach me then. What does “

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Maybe you can teach me then. What does “husband of one wife” mean for deacons since the same Paul calls Phoebe a deaconness in Rom 16:1? Did Paul forget that d

Rom 16:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@AbJrogg @FeralChristineB @Conservative_BC But my brother’s wife’s second cousin

@AbJrogg @FeralChristineB @Conservative_BC But my brother’s wife’s second cousin twice removed is a doctor who did research and published papers on the subject. Oh well…I guess I’ll rip up his resear

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Well, what happens to single women who don't have a husband? I think this passage refers to how the wife often sticks with an abusive, controlling husband even though it doesn't make sense. I could be wrong, bu...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Well, what happens to single women who don't have a husband? I think this passage refers to how the wife often sticks with an abusive, controlling husband even t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek The English translations insert male pronouns likely because of the phrase "one wife husband" but the passage is not intending to say an elder must not be a woman or must not be single or must have children. Ta...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek The English translations insert male pronouns likely because of the phrase "one wife husband" but the passage is not intending to say an elder must not be a woma

1 Tim 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Can Paul who appoints elders not meet the

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Can Paul who appoints elders not meet the same standard? He is single and doesn't have children.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek This view is not my dominant identity. Where are you getting such a claim from? It’s something I’ve been commenting on a lot because it’s causing unnecessary division in the church and I have a problem with th...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek This view is not my dominant identity. Where are you getting such a claim from? It’s something I’ve been commenting on a lot because it’s causing unnecessary d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek I’m not dismissing anything. I’m exegeting this idiom in context. I think we need to first address your comment “That’s the behaviour of an egalitarian, not a Believer.” Are you suggesting I’m not a Christian...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek I’m not dismissing anything. I’m exegeting this idiom in context. I think we need to first address your comment “That’s the behaviour of an egalitarian, not a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck “You can demonstrate that you’re being honest by dealing with a single point that’s made.” - Ok. “When I’m talking with people I never assume I’m being honest.” - (scratching head) “The Pharisees thought they w...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck “You can demonstrate that you’re being honest by dealing with a single point that’s made.” - Ok. “When I’m talking with people I never assume I’m being honest.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck You are right in that the husband is the kephale of his wife (since marriage always refers back to the first marriage). The problem is that you presume kephale means authority over or rule over. It means source...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck You are right in that the husband is the kephale of his wife (since marriage always refers back to the first marriage). The problem is that you presume kephale m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@ekkiet @ChrisHohnholz Ugh...I just spent 20 minutes answering this and the response disappeared! Ok, one more time...going to copy it elsewhere just in case! Ok, you are missing some things here which prove that "the woman" in v14 cannot refer to ...

@ekkiet @ChrisHohnholz Ugh...I just spent 20 minutes answering this and the response disappeared! Ok, one more time...going to copy it elsewhere just in case! Ok, you are missing some things here wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck So where does that leave single women? I have a feeling we have a totally different idea of what leading means. Both the husband and the wife lead in different ways and different times. It is a mutual leadersh...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck So where does that leave single women? I have a feeling we have a totally different idea of what leading means. Both the husband and the wife lead in different

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-07

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Without the limitation of having men rule

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Without the limitation of having men rule over women? I don’t think you are really thinking through this carefully. Whatever are single women to do?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-07

@anahnemoo @William_E_Wolfe This is divisive!! Since when is allowing women to preach true doctrine or lead based on God’s gifting a gospel issue?! In some ways it is because of Gal 3:28 and you can be certain women were saved just like men in the ...

@anahnemoo @William_E_Wolfe This is divisive!! Since when is allowing women to preach true doctrine or lead based on God’s gifting a gospel issue?! In some ways it is because of Gal 3:28 and you can

Gal 3:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-07

@RealBrysonGray People are missing what Paul is doing in 1 Cor 14... https://t.c

@RealBrysonGray People are missing what Paul is doing in 1 Cor 14... https://t.co/0UJxaSEb7U

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

@ChrisHohnholz Except 1 Tim 2:11 says "a woman" not "women" and verse 15 says "she (singular) will be saved through the (definite) childbearing (noun) if they (the wife and husband that Paul was referring to)". One would expect verse 14 to say "but ...

@ChrisHohnholz Except 1 Tim 2:11 says "a woman" not "women" and verse 15 says "she (singular) will be saved through the (definite) childbearing (noun) if they (the wife and husband that Paul was refer

1 Tim 2:11 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

@Wbtesq @William_E_Wolfe Just because some misuse, take texts out of context and

@Wbtesq @William_E_Wolfe Just because some misuse, take texts out of context and misinterpret the Bible, it doesn’t follow that it is useless. In that case pretty much everything would be useless. T

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-04

@laurchas22 This is abuse. An elder should sit down with this man and tell him that how he is shaming the congregation is not good. What if a single mom who catches the bus is late because the bus was late? Surely there must be acceptable reasons ...

@laurchas22 This is abuse. An elder should sit down with this man and tell him that how he is shaming the congregation is not good. What if a single mom who catches the bus is late because the bus w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-04

@transvangelical @masonmennenga Thanks for the civil conversation and sharing your views. 1. I'm not sure why you think I'm privileged. People increasingly hate Christians and in my country (Canada), even reading my Bible can be considered a hate c...

@transvangelical @masonmennenga Thanks for the civil conversation and sharing your views. 1. I'm not sure why you think I'm privileged. People increasingly hate Christians and in my country (Canada)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-02

@ronhenzel @SonicReformati1 Also...who is the pastor guarding the table from? Sinners? Unbelievers? Jesus died for us while we were yet in our sin and most were unbelievers. The Lord's table should be an open invitation. It is the gospel message...

@ronhenzel @SonicReformati1 Also...who is the pastor guarding the table from? Sinners? Unbelievers? Jesus died for us while we were yet in our sin and most were unbelievers. The Lord's table shoul

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-29

@ruvalum @CrazyEe33 @_nomadic_soul No one can prove how everything got here. There’s all kinds of possible explanations and observations but if you cannot repeat it in a lab you are just guessing. I happen to follow the Bible’s account of creation....

@ruvalum @CrazyEe33 @_nomadic_soul No one can prove how everything got here. There’s all kinds of possible explanations and observations but if you cannot repeat it in a lab you are just guessing. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-27

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, that’s not quite right. It says wom

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii No, that’s not quite right. It says women cannot speak as its shameful, base, lewd. That would include all women. But the other comment is that the married o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-27

@SpiritofourLord @lukeappleton Do you understand this? Paul uses “the woman” in

@SpiritofourLord @lukeappleton Do you understand this? Paul uses “the woman” instead of “Eve.” “She (singular) will be saved (future tense, ie can’t be Eve) through the (definite article) childbeari

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Ah, thanks. I learned a new term today. “A fortiori = with greater reason or more convincing force.” You are right—I’m not saying Paul is using “nomos” for rabbinical traditions but that he is quoting from t...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Ah, thanks. I learned a new term today. “A fortiori = with greater reason or more convincing force.” You are right—I’m not saying Paul is using “nomos” for r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@AdamPage85 This is a case study of what Paul may have been addressing in 1 Cor

@AdamPage85 This is a case study of what Paul may have been addressing in 1 Cor 14, though the screaming and emotional frenzy makes it another level.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - Not shameful to interrupt (as that wouldn’t be gender specific). - What makes married women specifically out of order for speaking? - what about single women who cannot ask their husbands? What about younger...

@OccamsBraiser @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii - Not shameful to interrupt (as that wouldn’t be gender specific). - What makes married women specifically out of order for speaking? - what about single women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@SMAMnstr39246 @FordhamOrthodox But why would Paul keep all the women silent whe

@SMAMnstr39246 @FordhamOrthodox But why would Paul keep all the women silent when in the rest of the chapter he talks about everyone using their gifts for the benefit of all? The key to this passage

1 Cor 7:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@Shshshahawn @pearlythingz You need to read this passage in context and make sen

@Shshshahawn @pearlythingz You need to read this passage in context and make sense of the grammar, the personal details Paul shares with Timothy, the reference to Adam and Eve and "she (singular) will

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@AliciaRushton7 I totally agree. Unfortunately, it seems it is because people a

@AliciaRushton7 I totally agree. Unfortunately, it seems it is because people are misinterpreting some very tricky passages like 1 Tim 2:11-15. https://t.co/LPisirHz38

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@KJBTruth Except you are completely misinterpreting it. Remember, this was a pe

@KJBTruth Except you are completely misinterpreting it. Remember, this was a personal letter to Timothy from Paul who asked him to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@kevinmyoung Wait…that’s the explicit instruction in Matt 18 for church discipli

@kevinmyoung Wait…that’s the explicit instruction in Matt 18 for church discipline. So it would seem that it depends on whether the person is in unrepentant sin or not.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-21

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii 1) Does Paul say the woman is not also the glory of God? No. 2) No, rather since Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone Adam's transgression applies to all humanity. Adam's sin was different than Eve's; God considered i...

@calandgrant @MikeWingerii 1) Does Paul say the woman is not also the glory of God? No. 2) No, rather since Eve was made from Adam's flesh and bone Adam's transgression applies to all humanity. Ada

Hosea 6:7 debate