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@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Yes, elders and pastors and overseers all require the

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Yes, elders and pastors and overseers all require the same things and are basically the same function. It is not about headship. Where is an elder referred to as the head of

@jsrrayburn @wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii I see. Please give me an example of w

@jsrrayburn @wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii I see. Please give me an example of what authority your elders have over you that any other believer doesn’t. Authority means that you have to do what they s

Isn’t it somewhat curious that @MikeWingerii did a 43 hour series to promote his

Isn’t it somewhat curious that @MikeWingerii did a 43 hour series to promote his soft complementarian views and people are saying that because of Mike’s teaching they became more patriarchal? 🤔 https:

@BronWen727104 @wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii There were also the 70 (or 72) sen

@BronWen727104 @wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii There were also the 70 (or 72) sent out ones. Though they were not of the 12 foundational apostles, these were still technically apostles.

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Your refusal to make your own defe

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Your refusal to make your own defence speaks volumes.

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii And the church initially rejected Gentiles and had to

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii And the church initially rejected Gentiles and had to be corrected. Paul said that after his departure, wolves would come into the church. Sounds like a setup for abuse and

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Your interpretation neglects the context, the purpose

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Your interpretation neglects the context, the purpose of Paul’s letter, his audience, his very specific grammar and words used and so you cannot in any way say that your int

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was primary for the faith it would be in the creeds. We do...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii You misunderstand me. I never once asserted female headship. Female leaders and elders, yes. Headship refers to something else in scripture in most contexts. If it was prim

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii The text and the description shows she was a leader and that she was directing others. They were to accept her, and to give her help. Why? Because she has been the benefactor of many people. This is a per...

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii The text and the description shows she was a leader and that she was directing others. They were to accept her, and to give her help. Why? Because she has

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii As God He is clearly the ‘boss’ of the universe a

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii As God He is clearly the ‘boss’ of the universe and can do as He pleases. But He does not present Himself in the incarnation and the resurrection as the boss of His brid

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Please just show me what scripture

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Please just show me what scripture you are referring to. Where does Jesus take authority over His bride?

@billyruck @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Also, Mike was encouraging people to loudly leave their egalitarian churches. Why loudly leave? If you disagree, fine. Treat it as a secondary issue. The thing is that Mike himself acts like an egalitarian in his m...

@billyruck @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Also, Mike was encouraging people to loudly leave their egalitarian churches. Why loudly leave? If you disagree, fine. Treat it as a secondary issue. The thing is t

@billyruck @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii What was uncharitable? Mike told me to repent for spreading the teaching. It was about spreading the teaching that he saw as doing great harm. Then he listed several people who acted improperly towards comps which ...

@billyruck @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii What was uncharitable? Mike told me to repent for spreading the teaching. It was about spreading the teaching that he saw as doing great harm. Then he listed severa

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Male only eldership was not in the creeds and confessions. Read the Nicene creed again. That modern churches are doing it doesn’t make it a core doctrine. It is not a core doctrine and that’s why it should not be called he...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Male only eldership was not in the creeds and confessions. Read the Nicene creed again. That modern churches are doing it doesn’t make it a core doctrine. It is not a core

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Where does it say Jesus takes auth

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Where does it say Jesus takes authority over His church?

@Whitehorse1255 @MikeWingerii In what ways does egalitarianism feminize men? I’m

@Whitehorse1255 @MikeWingerii In what ways does egalitarianism feminize men? I’m curious.

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii No, you are just reading worldly ideas into the t

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii No, you are just reading worldly ideas into the text. Head doesn’t mean “the boss of.”

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Husband of one wife doesn’t requir

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Husband of one wife doesn’t require one is married. Paul wasn’t married nor had children. So why do you think this means *must* not be female? https://t.c

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Repent? You need to do better to c

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Repent? You need to do better to convince me your view is correct…let alone that my view is sin. Please help answer my questions. 👇 https://t.co/a4moxAR19

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Why assume head means “boss” like

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Why assume head means “boss” like the world thinks? https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Now let’s read this one more caref

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Now let’s read this one more carefully, shall we? https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Yes, the Word is inspired. Which i

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Yes, the Word is inspired. Which is why you need to interpret it correctly.

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii There are no commands about a hierarchy of author

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii There are no commands about a hierarchy of authority between the husband and wife or between an elder and any other Christian. The authority is in the Word of God not a

@jsrrayburn @MikeWingerii Have you read Rom 14? There are things that are not sin unless you believe they are. So I guess you should keep listening to only men. The rest of us don’t have that conviction. And I have scripture to back me up. Sinning u...

@jsrrayburn @MikeWingerii Have you read Rom 14? There are things that are not sin unless you believe they are. So I guess you should keep listening to only men. The rest of us don’t have that convicti

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii Read Romans 14. There are things that are seconda

@wife2sirhusband @MikeWingerii Read Romans 14. There are things that are secondary that you are NOT to judge your brother on as being in sin.

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii It is not a sin for a woman to teach true doctrin

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii It is not a sin for a woman to teach true doctrine to men or serve as a shepherd over people.

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about power or authority over a person (more like how the wo...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about powe

@RyanBea64600306 @MikeWingerii I think scripture is clear too, yet I come to a d

@RyanBea64600306 @MikeWingerii I think scripture is clear too, yet I come to a different conclusion than Mike. https://t.co/Q6qHKxDVwU

@MikeWingerii Thinking about the WIM series again? A reminder I pushed back on your call for egalitarians to repent. Repenting of what I believe the scripture really teaches would go against my conscience. Telling people they should loudly leave th...

@MikeWingerii Thinking about the WIM series again? A reminder I pushed back on your call for egalitarians to repent. Repenting of what I believe the scripture really teaches would go against my consc

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-02

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Moses (Mt 5:17). - He told others to do what the Pha...

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Mo

Jn 19:11 Mt 22:21 Mt 23:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-02

@DefiantLs 5. He turned His gaze to the establishment and said “F* you Pontius Pilate.” FALSE. Jesus told Pilate that His kingdom was not of this world. Jesus encouraged Pilate that if he was on the side of truth he would listen to Him. Jesus said ...

@DefiantLs 5. He turned His gaze to the establishment and said “F* you Pontius Pilate.” FALSE. Jesus told Pilate that His kingdom was not of this world. Jesus encouraged Pilate that if he was on the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-01

@rankheresy The problem is what she is preaching not that she is a woman doing

@rankheresy The problem is *what* she is preaching not that she is a woman doing it. Men teach the same thing too.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-01

@xforumuk @travismsnow The Hebrew OT is the Masoretic Text which uses the plural of heavens in Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11. We also have a fragment of Gen 1:1 from the Dead Sea Scrolls that also has heavens plural. We translate singular because our thinkin...

@xforumuk @travismsnow The Hebrew OT is the Masoretic Text which uses the plural of heavens in Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11. We also have a fragment of Gen 1:1 from the Dead Sea Scrolls that also has heavens

Ex 20:11 Gen 1:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-01

@xforumuk @travismsnow No, the JPS is still a translation. The Greek is also a t

@xforumuk @travismsnow No, the JPS is still a translation. The Greek is also a translation done by Hebrew scribes too. All it means is that some translations remove the plural for heavens which is *de

@xforumuk @travismsnow I’m using Logos Bible software. Your first link was from the Septuagint which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew text. In that case, both Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11 are consistent in the Greek using the singular heaven. But the ...

@xforumuk @travismsnow I’m using Logos Bible software. Your first link was from the Septuagint which is the Greek translation of the Hebrew text. In that case, both Gen 1:1 and Ex 20:11 are consisten

Ex 20:11 Gen 1:1 debate

@faboIus Well the intention was to represent what we all are unified on across e

@faboIus Well the intention was to represent what we all are unified on across every church and that which if you don’t believe then you are not Christian. But I find churches are using “Statement of

No one should have ever made it a matter of a confession of FAITH that only male

No one should have ever made it a matter of a confession of FAITH that only males can be elders. That’s where the division started for the SBC. Wolfe is an agent of that seed of division sown years

@xforumuk @travismsnow Plants growing on Day 3 without the sun is only illogical

@xforumuk @travismsnow Plants growing on Day 3 without the sun is only illogical if God is not capable of sustaining life without natural means. But Scripture consistently shows God sustains life dir

@xforumuk @travismsnow Genesis uses distinct verbs for create vs assign function. If the sun already existed, Genesis wouldn’t say “God made the two great lights… and placed them…” (Ge 1:16-17). The verb asah (“made”) here is consistent with creativ...

@xforumuk @travismsnow Genesis uses distinct verbs for create vs assign function. If the sun already existed, Genesis wouldn’t say “God made the two great lights… and placed them…” (Ge 1:16-17). The

Ge 1:16-17 general

RT @OutOfThePocket: Denominationalism forces leaders to interpret Scripture thro

RT @OutOfThePocket: Denominationalism forces leaders to interpret Scripture through the lens of tradition and frameworks. Don’t be a denomi…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-30

@usuallypregnant This could also be a picture of an egalitarian family. My wife

@usuallypregnant This could also be a picture of an egalitarian family. My wife stayed at home for the first several years of our kids’ lives before going back to work and we tag teamed taking care of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-30

@dalepartridge Also, note how Paul applies how Eve was deceived to the whole Corinthian church (which includes many men): “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and pur...

@dalepartridge Also, note how Paul applies how Eve was deceived to the whole Corinthian church (which includes many men): “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your mi

2Co 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-30

@dalepartridge Men are 2x more likely to emotionally manipulate and seduce others into affairs. That’s a real stat. By your logic, it’s why men shouldn’t lead churches, rule in government, make high-stakes leadership decisions, or vote. They are m...

@dalepartridge Men are 2x more likely to emotionally manipulate and seduce others into affairs. That’s a real stat. By your logic, it’s why men shouldn’t lead churches, rule in government, make high

@racheljwelcher This is a great question. I think it’s likely because those who refuse fellowship see 1Ti 2:12 as an explicit command against women teaching in positions of authority, and disobeying an explicit command is seen as worse than misinterp...

@racheljwelcher This is a great question. I think it’s likely because those who refuse fellowship see 1Ti 2:12 as an explicit command against women teaching in positions of authority, and disobeying a

1Ti 2:12 debate

Genesis 19:1 Hebrews 1:3 debate

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek You wrote: “If an angel can materialize in human form as they did throughout Scripture and eat food in Genesis 19:1–3, then Jesus, who is now greater than angels in Hebrews 1:3, 4, could definitely do the same.” First—...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek You wrote: “If an angel can materialize in human form as they did throughout Scripture and eat food in Genesis 19:1–3, then Jesus, who is now greater than angels in Hebr

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Your quoted 1 Pe 3:18 “He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” You said “He wasn’t simply resuscitated in the same fleshly body.” However, the Greek construction supports reading ‘made alive by ...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Your quoted 1 Pe 3:18 “He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” You said “He wasn’t simply resuscitated in the same fleshly body.” However, the G

1 Pe 3:18 debate

Gen 2:7 1Co 15:45 general

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks again for your detailed response. I’ll address each point in a separate post. 1Co 15:45 is frequently misunderstood. First—This verse compares origins, not transformations at resurrection. Paul explicitly quote...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Thanks again for your detailed response. I’ll address each point in a separate post. 1Co 15:45 is frequently misunderstood. First—This verse compares origins, not tran

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek I’m saying they are not Christians beca

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek I’m saying they are not Christians because they don’t follow the Biblical definition of a Christian defined by the Bible and reflected in the Nicene Creed.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek No, I’m not the gate keeper. The Bible

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek No, I’m not the gate keeper. The Bible is the standard.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek No, that’s not quite it. This council did not define for the first time what Christians believed up to 325 AD. They are presenting on paper what was already believed by all Christians. There were those who did...

@CrackaNyc @IndianaBrunner @DrFrankTurek No, that’s not quite it. This council did not define for the first time what Christians believed up to 325 AD. They are presenting on paper what was already be