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@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar—insistent that he had to be the authority but the...

@TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ @grungus_4 It sounds to me that John just got lucky and so from the outside his marriage and an egalitarian one look remarkably the same. Mike Winger also said something similar

@JonByers186054 What else do they all have in common? They all use the Bible.

@StevenG57428175 Not "All scripture and the magisterium..." Not "All scripture a

@StevenG57428175 Not "All scripture and the magisterium..." Not "All scripture and forthcoming tradition..." Not "All scripture but only with the interpretation of the RCC church..."

@StevenG57428175 “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching,

@StevenG57428175 “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equippe

2Ti 3:16 general

@StevenG57428175 But then don't you have to interpret the Catechism? So then you

@StevenG57428175 But then don't you have to interpret the Catechism? So then your priest is the only one who can interpret that. So basically, the Bible is not written for the believer who Jesus said

@StevenG57428175 Whatever did the early Christians do before the pope? They alr

@StevenG57428175 Whatever did the early Christians do before the pope? They already knew which scriptures were inspired by God.

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church

@BronWen727104 Amen! Did you know that more than half of the underground church leaders in Iran are women?

@StevenG57428175 Catholic refers to the universal church. I am Catholic, but not

@StevenG57428175 Catholic refers to the universal church. I am Catholic, but not Roman Catholic. God inspired and preserved the scriptures.

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I have done something m

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I have done something more absurd by remaining conservative, believing in the full inspiration of scripture and that this means that given its

@StevenG57428175 To be deep in scripture, is to cease to be Roman Catholic.

@StevenG57428175 Jesus said that unless I eat and drink I can have no part with

@StevenG57428175 Jesus said that unless I eat and drink I can have no part with Him. I guess the RCC church believes I am not a Christian as according to Jesus I would have no part with Him.

@StevenG57428175 1. If so, then why don't they allow a confessing Christian to partake of the bread and wine as Jesus commanded? 2. The first kind of priesthood is the only one that rightfully exists in the church. 3. According to scripture, leaders...

@StevenG57428175 1. If so, then why don't they allow a confessing Christian to partake of the bread and wine as Jesus commanded? 2. The first kind of priesthood is the only one that rightfully exists

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ There's no need to say that Rachel can as it is a given that anyone qualified and teaching truth can teach. And he doesn't say Sarah cannot because he doesn't want to name her in a letter he e...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ There's no need to say that Rachel can as it is a given that anyone qualified and teaching truth can teach. And he doesn't say Sarah cannot be

@StevenG57428175 That has to be your answer or you'd leave the RCC church and yo

@StevenG57428175 That has to be your answer or you'd leave the RCC church and you can't do that. Thanks for chiming in.

@StevenG57428175 Which part of what I said was incorrect? I didn't say that the

@StevenG57428175 Which part of what I said was incorrect? I didn't say that the RCC didn't teach what you said. I said there's a problem with what they are teaching.

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I'm not trying to use trickery or manipulate you. I'm simply explaining what the inspired text says and how all the details relate in a way that makes sense of everything. It appears that peop...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I'm not trying to use trickery or manipulate you. I'm simply explaining what the inspired text says and how all the details relate in a way tha

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Except Paul's inspired grammar says "a woman" not 'women' and 'a man' not 'men.' Then in verse 14 he says 'the woman' which either refers to Eve or 'a woman' from vs 11-12. It cannot refer to E...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Except Paul's inspired grammar says "a woman" not 'women' and 'a man' not 'men.' Then in verse 14 he says 'the woman' which either refers to Ev

@StevenG57428175 Well, the idea that only baptized males can be deacons or priests or bishops has a few problems. 1. Believers are called a kingdom of priests (1Pe 2:5,9; Re 1:6;5:10;20:6). There is no longer a building that is a temple but each bel...

@StevenG57428175 Well, the idea that only baptized males can be deacons or priests or bishops has a few problems. 1. Believers are called a kingdom of priests (1Pe 2:5,9; Re 1:6;5:10;20:6). There is

1Pe 2:5 Re 1:6 debate

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ But the wisdom that Paul gave to Timothy in order to deal with strange doctrines spreading through the Ephesian church is important for us today. It is included because it was from the Apostle ...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ But the wisdom that Paul gave to Timothy in order to deal with strange doctrines spreading through the Ephesian church is important for us toda

@RoninOfChrist @RevKimWChafee Well, if we are going to talk about Roman Catholic practices, we will have a lot more to disagree with. Much of the things the RC church teaches today developed over a long period of time which makes sense because the RC...

@RoninOfChrist @RevKimWChafee Well, if we are going to talk about Roman Catholic practices, we will have a lot more to disagree with. Much of the things the RC church teaches today developed over a lo

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ Actually, we are different. I never once called those who didn't believe the way I did on this reprobates and occultists and call them to repent. In fact, I'm attending a complementarian church even today although I dis...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ Actually, we are different. I never once called those who didn't believe the way I did on this reprobates and occultists and call them to repent. In fact, I'm attending

@JonByers186054 What? Jesus affirmed the Genesis model of mutual unity in marriage. He taught that Moses’ regulations were concessions, but God’s intent from creation was always lifelong, one-flesh union, not domination or dismissal. I won't repent ...

@JonByers186054 What? Jesus affirmed the Genesis model of mutual unity in marriage. He taught that Moses’ regulations were concessions, but God’s intent from creation was always lifelong, one-flesh un

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Repent of what? I am dealing with the text in good faith attempting to explain all the details in context. Why would I ever repent of trying to deal faithfully with the text? I think I'm start...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Repent of what? I am dealing with the text in good faith attempting to explain all the details in context. Why would I ever repent of trying to

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ That's not his teaching. The only place you find this is in 1Ti 2:12 and it is in a personal letter address to Timothy with the purpose of stopping strange doctrines (1Ti 1:3). Paul's purpose f...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ That's not his teaching. The only place you find this is in 1Ti 2:12 and it is in a personal letter address to Timothy with the purpose of stop

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 2:12 general

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not redefining kephale to mean something else. I'm asking of each text what sense the author intended by using this word. What makes you think that Jesus' intention is to be the 'boss of' His bride? Jesus is the cr...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not redefining kephale to mean something else. I'm asking of each text what sense the author intended by using this word. What makes you think that Jesus' intention

@Forms_Respecter You cannot attach ordaining someone who is ostensibly living in sinful life with a woman who's only sin is that she is teaching truth as an elder. Yes, someone who says Paul meant its only men and then ignores it is in dangerous sit...

@Forms_Respecter You cannot attach ordaining someone who is ostensibly living in sinful life with a woman who's only sin is that she is teaching truth as an elder. Yes, someone who says Paul meant it

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ So Paul is referring to the leadership of the Cor

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ So Paul is referring to the leadership of the Corinthian and Galatian churches. Did you forget? I am not a new convert, silly. I have been a believer since I was a teen

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed the text a single time. Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians, right? Or did YOU dismiss this fact from 1Cor 7:1? Did you know that quotation marks are not...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed the text a single time. Paul was quoting from the letter from the Corinthians, right? Or did *YOU* dismiss this fact from 1

1Cor 7:1 question

@JonByers186054 You cannot even provide a single quote from these occultist teac

@JonByers186054 You cannot even provide a single quote from these occultist teachings so we can evaluate if I agree with it. Nonsense.

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ LOL! So if we have male only leadership, look and how protective it was: “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ.” (2Co...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ LOL! So if we have male only leadership, look and how protective it was: “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astr

2Co 11:3 debate

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen and obey? Why can women teach other women and ch...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen

@subq @haymes_joshua He's not talking about mutualism or egalitarianism. Why wou

@subq @haymes_joshua He's not talking about mutualism or egalitarianism. Why would I enter this debate?

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not trying to read the text in light of the 21st century. On that note, you have to be careful in thinking that the term 'head' means 'the boss of' as we use it today. That may in fact not at all be how the author o...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I'm not trying to read the text in light of the 21st century. On that note, you have to be careful in thinking that the term 'head' means 'the boss of' as we use it toda

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed any

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ I haven't dismissed anything. My arguments are derived from the text and context. That's what exegesis is all about, sir.

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ You don't refute an argument by just listing scriptures but by explaining scripture and showing how it is consistent with the context and other scripture. I haven't yet brought in 'extra biblical narratives' but have st...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ You don't refute an argument by just listing scriptures but by explaining scripture and showing how it is consistent with the context and other scripture. I haven't yet

@JonByers186054 My view is that the scripture teaches that in Christ, there is no longer a dividing wall of hostility between male and female. We are all "sons" in Christ and therefore have the benefit of sons. God created equal counterparts (Ge 1:28...

@JonByers186054 My view is that the scripture teaches that in Christ, there is no longer a dividing wall of hostility between male and female. We are all "sons" in Christ and therefore have the benefi

Ge 1:28 general

@Forms_Respecter When people get baptized, do you think that they should have to

@Forms_Respecter When people get baptized, do you think that they should have to acknowledge Jesus as Lord...and that elders must only be males? If not, then how is this primary? Will all those who th

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What do you mean by teaching scripture in a corporate setting? Do you mean that someone who teaches scripture is always 100% correct? Is being a male preventative of heretical teaching? If you label everyone you disagr...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What do you mean by teaching scripture in a corporate setting? Do you mean that someone who teaches scripture is always 100% correct? Is being a male preventative of her

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I've been married in an egalitarian marriage for nearly 29 years with 3 grown children that are all following the Lord. If my views destroy society, how do you explain my own experience? Maybe society is reacting to th...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ I've been married in an egalitarian marriage for nearly 29 years with 3 grown children that are all following the Lord. If my views destroy society, how do you explain m

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ All my interpretations are coming directly from the text of scripture, in its original context and considering the author's stated purpose, audience and even treating the grammar in every detail as inspired. Your ad ho...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ All my interpretations are coming directly from the text of scripture, in its original context and considering the author's stated purpose, audience and even treating th

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why is this 'the most ridiculous interpretation'? I'm simply taking all the details in their context and putting them together. As for 1Co 14:34-35, you are neglecting to recall that Paul is r...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why is this 'the most ridiculous interpretation'? I'm simply taking all the details in their context and putting them together. As for 1Co 14:

1Co 14:34-35 commentary

@Bigfoot_253 These are not fundamentals of the faith. When you get baptized, you

@Bigfoot_253 These are not fundamentals of the faith. When you get baptized, you don't say, "I believe in Jesus as Lord...and that only men can be elders." Only the essentials are put in the creeds.

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent. A sticky situation for the young single Timothy,...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ No, Paul wrote it. It’s

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ No, Paul wrote it. It’s inspired. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@Crystalisives @subq What’s curious is that Paul thought the entire Cori thuan church could be deceived like Eve. If the whole church was run by men that means men are deceived like Eve. Curious. “But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by...

@Crystalisives @subq What’s curious is that Paul thought the entire Cori thuan church could be deceived like Eve. If the whole church was run by men that means men are deceived like Eve. Curious. “Bu

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ 1Cor 11:3 is about sour

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ 1Cor 11:3 is about source relationships not who is the boss of who. Jesus was very clear that His church was not to emulate how worldly leaders

1Cor 11:3 general

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Paul did.

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why can’t you debate on

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why can’t you debate on the merit of the ideas? What does egalitarian have to do with Unitarian which is a clear heresy?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes. But then it makes

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes. But then it makes more sense of the text than anything else I've heard. And I disagree with most egalitarians as I think their arguments h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Cor 7) would mean there would be no leaders if every...

@LovesSardine The Greek is "one woman man" or "one wife husband" but being married cannot be a requirement or Paul himself would be disqualified and his encouraging everyone to be single like him (1Co