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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

As we consider the ongoing debate over lifting restrictions on women in leadersh

As we consider the ongoing debate over lifting restrictions on women in leadership roles, especially within Christian churches, it’s worth asking: At which stage are we at in the journey toward recogn

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priority of women over men)—this is not good either. Do ...

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priorit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from eg

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from egalitarians, those who don’t bar women from using the gifts God gives them just because they are females. This is not fe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@pauldirks @PerinDana Do I think that the woman is the glory of the man? Yes, indeed! I have frequently referred to the man as the blunt part of the head which some have used to break bricks with, and the woman as the delicate parts of the face. I...

@pauldirks @PerinDana Do I think that the woman is the glory of the man? Yes, indeed! I have frequently referred to the man as the blunt part of the head which some have used to break bricks with, a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@HeidiSchlumpf I’m not a Roman Catholic, but I think this still applies. Women in the church have been treated as a sub-species of man for too long. It’s time to not suppress them from roles just because of their gender. This should be about chara...

@HeidiSchlumpf I’m not a Roman Catholic, but I think this still applies. Women in the church have been treated as a sub-species of man for too long. It’s time to not suppress them from roles just be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@MarksSara72430 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, that’s exactly right. The danger is what lurks in the heart. A woman is not dangerous just because of her beauty. Further, attraction is also in the eye of the one observing, so not everyone responds equall...

@MarksSara72430 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, that’s exactly right. The danger is what lurks in the heart. A woman is not dangerous just because of her beauty. Further, attraction is also in the eye of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rather, the real question is whether someone can serv...

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rat

1 Pet 2:5 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@radical_monk @FlanaganLovesGA Actually, verses 34-35 are a quotation from the l

@radical_monk @FlanaganLovesGA Actually, verses 34-35 are a quotation from the letter from the Corinthians that Paul is refuting. Paul is not silencing women as is clear from the rest of the chapter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@StanleyGranden Except Paul was refuting the things he was quoting from the lett

@StanleyGranden Except Paul was refuting the things he was quoting from the letter from teh Corinthians in vv34-35 (ref 1 Cor 7:1). https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-17

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 Romans 16:3–5 (NIV): “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. **Greet also the chu...

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 Romans 16:3–5 (NIV): “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Ge

Romans 16:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@ryanvisconti I came across the following on the requirements of pastors and found it quite enlightening as well. "Such requirements disqualify from service not only women, but also all men who are single; all men married but childless; all men marr...

@ryanvisconti I came across the following on the requirements of pastors and found it quite enlightening as well. "Such requirements disqualify from service not only women, but also all men who are s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@XXMiskatonicXX @vozdecuervos @B1844Constance @PA_Daddoo @thatwitchyjess7 @chockabloc81139 @Sortaliber82248 @TalkDontInsult @cathworkingmom @BunchesOfStoats @EmmaJClemmons @Kaily_Bear @overload_animal @Kingfrenvii @AWULrusPL @MarchandSurgery @PLLiber...

@XXMiskatonicXX @vozdecuervos @B1844Constance @PA_Daddoo @thatwitchyjess7 @chockabloc81139 @Sortaliber82248 @TalkDontInsult @cathworkingmom @BunchesOfStoats @EmmaJClemmons @Kaily_Bear @overload_animal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@XXMiskatonicXX @vozdecuervos @B1844Constance @PA_Daddoo @thatwitchyjess7 @chockabloc81139 @Sortaliber82248 @TalkDontInsult @cathworkingmom @BunchesOfStoats @EmmaJClemmons @Kaily_Bear @overload_animal @Kingfrenvii @AWULrusPL @MarchandSurgery @PLLiber...

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-16

@ortrails @goteamcarr Keener’s reasoning in this lecture is great. One day I ho

@ortrails @goteamcarr Keener’s reasoning in this lecture is great. One day I hope he can read my explanation for 1 cor 14:34-36 as he doesn’t seem to have considered the option of it being a quote.

1 Tim 2:11-15 1 cor 14:34-36 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from re

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from repentance and faith (which require an act of the will), then this becomes a primary issue. I think there may be those wh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@William_E_Wolfe The law amendment is divisive. How is he shaming and slanderin

@William_E_Wolfe The law amendment is divisive. How is he shaming and slandering? Am I missing something? The SBC needs to stop being so divisive on secondary issues. There is no list of sins in w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@megbasham It is fine for those who believe the pastorate should be males to keep on doing what they are doing. But they shouldn’t be kicking out other churches that disagree with their views on this. Why not? Because it’s not a primary matter of ...

@megbasham It is fine for those who believe the pastorate should be males to keep on doing what they are doing. But they shouldn’t be kicking out other churches that disagree with their views on this

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring called a sin in any list of sins? Or is it just a si...

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring cal

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-15

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting q

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting qualified and capable women in leadership roles in the church because of their gender. I'm not a liberal nor a feminist.

As we consider the ongoing debate over lifting restrictions on women in leadersh

@William_E_Wolfe Unaccountable spending, mission drift…sounds like good topics. Diversity, Equity and Inclusion⎯a real issue if its referring to skin color and gender identity. Feminism (ie. priority of women over men)—this is not good either. Do ...

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference I thought you were trying to save the SBC from eg

@pauldirks @PerinDana Do I think that the woman is the glory of the man? Yes, indeed! I have frequently referred to the man as the blunt part of the head which some have used to break bricks with, and the woman as the delicate parts of the face. I...

@HeidiSchlumpf I’m not a Roman Catholic, but I think this still applies. Women in the church have been treated as a sub-species of man for too long. It’s time to not suppress them from roles just because of their gender. This should be about chara...

@MarksSara72430 @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, that’s exactly right. The danger is what lurks in the heart. A woman is not dangerous just because of her beauty. Further, attraction is also in the eye of the one observing, so not everyone responds equall...

@ThomasReeseSJ @NCRonline @HeidiSchlumpf @dearmisskate Hmm…but scripture says we are ALL priests (1 Pet 2:5,9), so the idea that women who are already priests can’t become priests is a non-issue. Rather, the real question is whether someone can serv...

@radical_monk @FlanaganLovesGA Actually, verses 34-35 are a quotation from the l

@StanleyGranden Except Paul was refuting the things he was quoting from the lett

@PubliusJosephus @Peacemaker811 @DickSaban1 Romans 16:3–5 (NIV): “Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. **Greet also the chu...

@ryanvisconti I came across the following on the requirements of pastors and found it quite enlightening as well. "Such requirements disqualify from service not only women, but also all men who are single; all men married but childless; all men marr...

@XXMiskatonicXX @vozdecuervos @B1844Constance @PA_Daddoo @thatwitchyjess7 @chockabloc81139 @Sortaliber82248 @TalkDontInsult @cathworkingmom @BunchesOfStoats @EmmaJClemmons @Kaily_Bear @overload_animal @Kingfrenvii @AWULrusPL @MarchandSurgery @PLLiber...

@XXMiskatonicXX @vozdecuervos @B1844Constance @PA_Daddoo @thatwitchyjess7 @chockabloc81139 @Sortaliber82248 @TalkDontInsult @cathworkingmom @BunchesOfStoats @EmmaJClemmons @Kaily_Bear @overload_animal @Kingfrenvii @AWULrusPL @MarchandSurgery @PLLiber...

@ortrails @goteamcarr Keener’s reasoning in this lecture is great. One day I ho

@megbasham If a church holds that there is another way to be saved aside from re

@William_E_Wolfe The law amendment is divisive. How is he shaming and slanderin

@megbasham It is fine for those who believe the pastorate should be males to keep on doing what they are doing. But they shouldn’t be kicking out other churches that disagree with their views on this. Why not? Because it’s not a primary matter of ...

@William_E_Wolfe The problem is that the SBC should never have made restricting leadership to males a statement of faith. Where is a qualified and gifted woman teaching true doctrine or pastoring called a sin in any list of sins? Or is it just a si...

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Scripture is not explicit in restricting q

@William_E_Wolfe @bartbarber Did you forget that the church belongs to Jesus and not to the SBC or to @bartbarber? No one should be disfellowshipping anyone over something that is not a primary matter of the faith or a sin issue. The SBC has gone t...

@JustinPetersMin I object because the SBC disfellowshipped them on the basis of something that should have never been listed in any statement of faith. This is Jesus’ body, not the SBC’s private kingdom!! They don’t have to agree with egalitarians,...

@jchasedavis Then there are others who after studying the scriptures more carefu

@AaronOKelley @bartbarber Whether or not women are ordained or not is not an essential of the faith! Why is this so hard to understand? You don’t need to agree with egalitarians. **However, you NEED to work with them.** This is Jesus’ body, not y...

@megbasham @bartbarber Rather, @bartbarber ⎯ please justify why you are dividing Jesus’ body based on something that is not the basis of our faith and is not listed in a list of sins in scripture. You don’t have to agree with egalitarians. **But yo...

@NateSchlomann It is the SBC who has gone too far and made a secondary issue into a primary issue to divide over. It should never have been done. The church is Jesus’ body and Jesus cares about unity. When you carelessly divide His body, you cause...

@megbasham The SBC adding secondary matters into its statement of faith (even though done years ago) is causing harm to the body of Christ. The church belongs to Jesus and Jesus cares about unity in His body. When we divide over matters that are no...

@AlphaMasculini1 @godlywomanhood Too bad @godlywomanhood blocked me for explaining the scriptures on this. :-( Deception occurs when you don’t have sufficient experience or knowledge. Yet they both knew the commandment. Eve recounts the words of ...

It seems suggesting a different take on scripture is heresy to some Patriarchali

@trulyheisrisen @ortrails @goteamcarr Treating men and women as equally capable of leading is not feminism just as it is not masculism. That's why it is called egalitarian. Whether you are complementarian or egalitarian should not matter when it co...

@Jeffersonian77 @TheMuppetPastor @ROBERTFERDINA14 @onegospel2021 No, that was Paul correcting something the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him. 1 Corinthians 14:36 (KJV): “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [men...

@Shahmadrid0912 And another passage being misread. Paul is actually quoting from things the Corinthians wrote to him in their letter and refuting them. 1 Corinthians 14:36 (KJV): “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [...

@TmarianG @Pontifex Or maybe people forgot that Paul was quoting things from the

@SvenVerbeet @parcel_gary @redjellydonut Wow, not what Paul is saying. He is re

@watchdog150 @JennaEllisEsq You should take another look because Paul is actually quoting from the Corinthian letter and refuting where they said women should be silenced. Seriously. 1 Corinthians 14:36 (KJV): What? came the word of God from you [m...

@Mikanojo @om1nator @masonmennenga You got Paul all wrong. Paul’s quoting from the Corinthians who wrote him a letter (see 1 Cor 7:1) and refuting those who were silencing women. “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto you [...

@FMummert Except if you are going to quote from the Bible, you should probably k

@aizolol @MagickMoonshot Why do people keep quoting from 1 Tim 2:12 to try to ke

@sam__urai__ @morbb11 @Iajones110 @TheSkeptic4122 Maybe you read it too quickly.

@Molvonos1 @MagickMoonshot So many people quoting this verse. Was she teaching

@SayyadinaHeresy @SpillmanThom @keirburrows @Saturniidae8 Paul refers to the creation order not to explain hierarchy or authority—otherwise animals would be over humans—but to explain why Adam wasn’t deceived and Eve was. Adam saw God creating thing...

@godlywomanhood Ok, but the husband and wife both submit to each other. Submit

@TKFTGuillotine @NEAT0QUEEN 1 Tim 2:11-15 is not about stopping all women from s

@shaneoid77 @MelonieMac Why do non-Christians quote this verse to silence women?

@GraduatedBen @BonifaceOption Rabbinical Jews don’t read the New Testament silly. 1 Tim 2:11-15 is about a deceived woman teaching false doctrine in the church. The one passage that might highlight Jewish thinking is 1 Cor 14:34-35 which is actuall...

@GentlmanViking @megbasham So Paul says that if I disagree with your interpretat

@hungus14 @AngelaPaxtonTX I’m a man. I don’t need to be silent. But Paul wasn’

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel? Yet just as we d...

@GingerSnapKid Paul never treated women as liabilities or subordinates to all ma

@Askwhyisit I have a short summary of what's going on here. It is not a general

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr Being a Berean doesn’t require agreement but eagerly listening and searching the scriptures. In the church, believers are all priests—without gender distinctions. 1.1 Pet 2:5,9: “You yourselves like living sto...

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@AaronOKelley @bartbarber Whether or not women are ordained or not is not an essential of the faith! Why is this so hard to understand? You don’t need to agree with egalitarians. However, you NEED to work with them. This is Jesus’ body, not y...

@samurai @morbb11 @Iajones110 @TheSkeptic4122 Maybe you read it too quickly.