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@JoeAdrian256 Therefore, whether a person is single, married, with children, or with no children, is female or male is not part of the requirements or else Paul himself would be excluded, and likely Timothy, not to mention Paul advocates for everyone...

@JoeAdrian256 Therefore, whether a person is single, married, with children, or with no children, is female or male is not part of the requirements or else Paul himself would be excluded, and likely T

@JoeAdrian256 Thanks for continuing to discuss. I appreciate you pushing back and clarifying your position again. "...a married woman to be a pastor to one man..."⎯this is a curious framing of what I'm saying. I'm actually saying the person doesn't ...

@JoeAdrian256 Thanks for continuing to discuss. I appreciate you pushing back and clarifying your position again. "...a married woman to be a pastor to one man..."⎯this is a curious framing of what I

@StandAndKnox Paul was really telling this woman to stop teaching as she was tea

@StandAndKnox Paul was really telling this woman to stop teaching as she was teaching heresy. That's why she must learn quietly⎯so that she can teach the truth! Paul was not saying that she couldn't t

@StandAndKnox Paul links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So we must ask what it was about the time sequence of creation with Adam created, then animals created after Adam as well as the garden trees in Eden and Eve being created v...

@StandAndKnox Paul links the time sequence order of creation with deception. So we must ask what it was about the time sequence of creation with Adam created, then animals created after Adam as well a

@StandAndKnox Paul simply connected this wife who was deceived and her husband (

@StandAndKnox Paul simply connected this wife who was deceived and her husband (not deceived and silent, likely an elder) with the situation in Eden where Adam was informed and silent and only Eve was

@StandAndKnox Paul himself identifies as someone who was deceived and who God had mercy on. Paul spent considerable time in Ephesus but left some things undone, so he wanted Timothy to remain to stop the spread of strange doctrines. There was evident...

@StandAndKnox Paul himself identifies as someone who was deceived and who God had mercy on. Paul spent considerable time in Ephesus but left some things undone, so he wanted Timothy to remain to stop

@StandAndKnox The purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop the s

@StandAndKnox The purpose of Paul's personal letter to Timothy was to stop the spread of strange doctrines. Paul recognizes that there are those who are deceived and those who are in willful rebellion

@JoeAdrian256 Thanks, Joe. I agree that it is absolutely ok to disagree as long

@JoeAdrian256 Thanks, Joe. I agree that it is absolutely ok to disagree as long as we are sincerely following scripture. I have served in complementarian churches for about half my life and I'm curren

@dale621 @StandAndKnox Even Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies (circa 180) doesn't

@dale621 @StandAndKnox Even Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies (circa 180) doesn't claim that female elders is a heresy.

@marcminter On the one hand, I can understand your perspective because people fr

@marcminter On the one hand, I can understand your perspective because people frequently mishandle and misinterpret scripture. So you are right to be suspicious. Also, anyone who believes the Bible te

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ First, Eve's rate of conception would increase so that the world would be populated since they would die. Second, Eve wouldn't divorce her husband but would desire him (it doesn't say desire to...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ First, Eve's rate of conception would increase so that the world would be populated since they would die. Second, Eve wouldn't divorce her husb

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Since women were always able to be saved, Gal 3:28 does not teach that finally in the new covenant women could be saved and all those women before this point are eternally lost. Gal 3:28 is th...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Since women were always able to be saved, Gal 3:28 does not teach that finally in the new covenant women could be saved and all those women bef

Gal 3:28 general

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Which passage are you referring to? Gen 3:16? God didn't command Adam to rule his wife but this was a consequence of sin. I'm saying Adam didn't have to rule his wife and would have done better...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Which passage are you referring to? Gen 3:16? God didn't command Adam to rule his wife but this was a consequence of sin. I'm saying Adam didn'

Gen 3:16 debate

@JoeAdrian256 Oh...and here's someone I'm sure who think that a female pastor is

@JoeAdrian256 Oh...and here's someone I'm sure who think that a female pastor is going to hell. https://t.co/K9TwVfTKop

@JoeAdrian256 Well, that's good. But it's probably not good to say "no one" as I have met many here on X that think so. Do you think that deliberately doing what you believe the Bible teaches is a problem? If the Bible says "all liars will have thei...

@JoeAdrian256 Well, that's good. But it's probably not good to say "no one" as I have met many here on X that think so. Do you think that deliberately doing what you believe the Bible teaches is a pr

@JonByers186054 Further, what you are claiming is the "clear" teaching of script

@JonByers186054 Further, what you are claiming is the "clear" teaching of scripture is most certainly not clear. https://t.co/XIjnmMzrMD

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching truth and shepherding is not in the same catego

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching truth and shepherding is not in the same category as someone who is marries someone of the same s*x.

@StandAndKnox Also, I'm not interpreting Paul to mean the exact opposite of what he means. I'm saying that he didn't mean what you are claiming. It is not the case that we can take any text and just make it say whatever we want. All the evidence must...

@StandAndKnox Also, I'm not interpreting Paul to mean the exact opposite of what he means. I'm saying that he didn't mean what you are claiming. It is not the case that we can take any text and just m

@StandAndKnox Hang on, I was making brunch. So what you seem to be suggesting is that saying that women are not forbidden from serving as elders means that they are elevating themselves to be first? So any woman who ends up serving as an elder⎯say in...

@StandAndKnox Hang on, I was making brunch. So what you seem to be suggesting is that saying that women are not forbidden from serving as elders means that they are elevating themselves to be first? S

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ The early church though

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ The early church thought only Jews were allowed too. Why don’t you correct Paul on that one? And especially his Gal 3:28 statement.

Gal 3:28 question

@StandAndKnox The church is not a hierarchy so you clearly got that one all twis

@StandAndKnox The church is not a hierarchy so you clearly got that one all twisted. You are making the church to be like the world.

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Ge 1:28 is where God gave commands fo

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Ge 1:28 is where God gave commands for both to rule and did not indicate any dominant one. Physical strength is not relevant to leading a church or Bible st

Ge 1:28 general

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Actually, I think you are reading you

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Actually, I think you are reading your own bias into scripture. But being male is not required for leadership. Maybe if we didn’t mess that up people wouldn

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony The early church was also all Jews. Yes, the church led by the apostles. They had to figure that one out too. It is taking a lot longer to realize their favouritism of male over female and making it seem li...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony The early church was also all Jews. Yes, the church led by the apostles. They had to figure that one out too. It is taking a lot longer to realize their fav

@109evictions That’s your wisdom? I take it you are not an elder.

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony But interpreting scripture requires t

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony But interpreting scripture requires the ability to read in context. A scripture taken out of its context is a pretext for a proof text. https://t.co/ZQizsThB

@RevBCD Why are you speaking for Jay Engel? If he supports female elders then wh

@RevBCD Why are you speaking for Jay Engel? If he supports female elders then why doesn’t he come over here and clarify why he was less careful with his words?

@Flyoverland22 Paul wrote a personal letter to Timothy (which he was aware the c

@Flyoverland22 Paul wrote a personal letter to Timothy (which he was aware the church would read and benefit from) which exhorts Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop the teaching of strange doctrines,

@Tako1Fall A woman of godly character who is able to teach and teaches the truth

@Tako1Fall A woman of godly character who is able to teach and teaches the truth with patient instruction and desires to serve as an elder should not be forbidden from doing so. God doesn’t forbid thi

@RevBCD God is no respect or of persons and if He gifts someone and they have th

@RevBCD God is no respect or of persons and if He gifts someone and they have the requisite character and ability then they should be allowed to serve. Equal consideration is what egalitarian means.

@109evictions A scripture out of context is here being used as a pretext for a p

@109evictions A scripture out of context is here being used as a pretext for a proof text. Please, sir, I have some questions arising that need your wisdom. https://t.co/a4moxAR19U

@Tako1Fall Wait, how is obeying Mt 28:18-20 good but then if you teach truth and

@Tako1Fall Wait, how is obeying Mt 28:18-20 good but then if you teach truth and disciple in that truth with a specific title or position you are rejected by God? Are titles and positions sins?

Mt 28:18-20 debate

@_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Excellent point. If God is no repertory of persons then why is whether they are female a problem? If women will judge angels too one day (1Co 6:2-3), then why is serving an elder in this life a sin for someone especially i...

@_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Excellent point. If God is no repertory of persons then why is whether they are female a problem? If women will judge angels too one day (1Co 6:2-3), then why is serving an

1Co 6:2-3 question

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins when applied to certain people. Consider the fema...

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins

@dastingfactor @ElizabethOstli1 I need someone to teach me. You seem like you kn

@dastingfactor @ElizabethOstli1 I need someone to teach me. You seem like you know what you are talking about. Can you help? https://t.co/a4moxAR19U

@fishercatMaine Absolutely. Such a distraction to focus on a title or position a

@fishercatMaine Absolutely. Such a distraction to focus on a title or position as being a sin rather than what such a person is teaching or doing.

@FavaAnthony You cannot make up what sin is. In no sense is someone who is teaching the truth but doing so as an elder or pastor sinning merely because of their position or title. Titles are not sins when applied to certain persons and positions are ...

@FavaAnthony You cannot make up what sin is. In no sense is someone who is teaching the truth but doing so as an elder or pastor sinning merely because of their position or title. Titles are not sins

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture is clear on what sin is. For example see the following images. Where does scripture call a female pastor/elder a sin or

@JoeAdrian256 If a woman in Iran is serving as a pastor and leading many to Chri

@JoeAdrian256 If a woman in Iran is serving as a pastor and leading many to Christ and discipling them, will God send her to Hell because she is teaching the truth merely because she is serving as a p

@AMalteseSailor Paul wrote 1Tim to exhort Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop t

@AMalteseSailor Paul wrote 1Tim to exhort Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop the teaching of “strange” doctrine not to stop someone from teaching the truth. https://t.co/a4moxAR19U

@AMalteseSailor No, you cannot make up sin. The Bible is clear when it comes to sin. Because if someone sins unrepentantly they are not in the kingdom of God. What you call “subverting God’s Word” is actually just careful interpretation and rightly d...

@AMalteseSailor No, you cannot make up sin. The Bible is clear when it comes to sin. Because if someone sins unrepentantly they are not in the kingdom of God. What you call “subverting God’s Word” is

@AMalteseSailor A buffoon? So you are calling me names now? Yes, unrepentant sin is certainly a primary matter, but we don't list every sin one can commit in a statement of faith, a creed or confession. Perhaps you can educate me where a female is ...

@AMalteseSailor A buffoon? So you are calling me names now? Yes, unrepentant sin is certainly a primary matter, but we don't list every sin one can commit in a statement of faith, a creed or confessi

@The_Sig_ @grungus_4 @TinaFoughty What does your authority allow you to do? What is it that you command and your wife must obey? This is what authority is 👇 "For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ...

@The_Sig_ @grungus_4 @TinaFoughty What does your authority allow you to do? What is it that you command and your wife must obey? This is what authority is 👇 "For I also am a man placed under authorit

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six That would make you the boss of your company. But what

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six That would make you the boss of your company. But what does that have to do with your family or church?

@sola_chad Faith is not a work but is contrasted with works. In fact, faith is a

@sola_chad Faith is not a work but is contrasted with works. In fact, faith is an admission of weakness and inability to save oneself and a declaration of trust and confidence in the one who is able.

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six I don’t doubt this for one minute. But is that what the

@The_Sig_ @The_Home_Six I don’t doubt this for one minute. But is that what the Bible is commanding you to be?

Heresy has to do with primary matters of the Christian faith. Whether women can

Heresy has to do with primary matters of the Christian faith. Whether women can be elders is not in any creed or confession of the universal church. Believing women can be elders does not place you ou

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@The_Sig_ @WayneShaff60221 I’m a man. And I’m not jumping through hoops to push

@The_Sig_ @WayneShaff60221 I’m a man. And I’m not jumping through hoops to push a no biblical theology. And congrats that your wife is your slave.

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@McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ Jesus is the creator of the universe and e

@McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ Jesus is the creator of the universe and evidently that means that earth is not off limits. But he is not like other kings with earthly-based authority.

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@grungus_4 @McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ When Jesus comes back He will r

@grungus_4 @McMuffin11111 @TinaFoughty @The_Sig_ When Jesus comes back He will reign together with His church from the throne of David in Jerusalem.