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@elonsucks88 @MikeWingerii Well, as it turns out, I was told I could never be a leader in a 3 local churches of wonderful brothers and sisters because I believe women can lead. That was despite being willing to live within their complementarian frame...

@elonsucks88 @MikeWingerii Well, as it turns out, I was told I could never be a leader in a 3 local churches of wonderful brothers and sisters because I believe women can lead. That was despite being

Yes, headship is not a matter of preference or pragmatism⎯nor is it a matter of

Yes, headship is not a matter of preference or pragmatism⎯nor is it a matter of authority. Importing modern ideas of "head" to the Biblical use is exactly what complementarians claim egalitarians are

Complementarians should stop dividing the church and demonizing those faithful t

Complementarians should stop dividing the church and demonizing those faithful to God’s Word, even in disagreement. Whether women can serve as leaders, elders, or pastors is a secondary issue and shou

Rather than questioning God's Word, Egalitarians are simply questioning Compleme

Rather than questioning God's Word, Egalitarians are simply questioning Complementarians' insistence on inserting something foreign into the creation account. https://t.co/uAARF319hW

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii In that way of arguing, then men are gifted to lead o

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii In that way of arguing, then men are gifted to lead other men (excluding women and children and teenagers). Last I checked, men seem to believe they get to lead everyone as

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@MikeWingerii Authority is commanding demons to leave and they leave. Leadershi

@MikeWingerii Authority is commanding demons to leave and they leave. Leadership is service not command and control. Complementarians misunderstand leadership.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-23

@StylesMcFiles @MikeWingerii I don't hate the differences that God designed into male and female. Assuming an inner motive of hatred is not cool. I just don't think we should be forbidding what God doesn't forbid. We need those differences for a tru...

@StylesMcFiles @MikeWingerii I don't hate the differences that God designed into male and female. Assuming an inner motive of hatred is not cool. I just don't think we should be forbidding what God d

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-18

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Mike is complementarian and believes that it is the

@dantheman278 @MikeWingerii Mike is complementarian and believes that it is the man's responsibility alone to be an elder and to be the final authority in the home. https://t.co/mcCOGijq3H

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many complementarians because she isn’t a “pastor” in the t...

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many comp

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@maclellanjames @ClintHumfrey That’s a great video! If only more complementarian

@maclellanjames @ClintHumfrey That’s a great video! If only more complementarians treated women as complementary counterparts in leadership and ministry.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@garlicmofongo Hm. I was actually farming it this way to expose something in the

@garlicmofongo Hm. I was actually farming it this way to expose something in the thinking of complementarians. I don't think Adam was promoted either, but comps think God gave him authority to rule Ev

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@subq The OP was intended to get complementarians to think. When did God give Ad

@subq The OP was intended to get complementarians to think. When did God give Adam authority over Eve prior to the fall when all we have is God giving both of them authority to rule creation (not each

Ge 1:28 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-20

@TarienCole Well, I agree he wasn’t promoted. I was using this tongue-in-cheek f

@TarienCole Well, I agree he wasn’t promoted. I was using this tongue-in-cheek from a complementarian perspective. Adam was never given the responsibility to rule over Eve. Egalitarian doesn’t encour

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@KatieRedfern3 Well, I’m framing it like a complementarian. They seem to be responding by saying he was always in authority over Eve, but the text nowhere says this. So I’m showing that the complementarian version of the text seems to be giving more ...

@KatieRedfern3 Well, I’m framing it like a complementarian. They seem to be responding by saying he was always in authority over Eve, but the text nowhere says this. So I’m showing that the complement

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@Alex7Shiro That’s true. Note: only Adam was booted out of the garden. How do c

@Alex7Shiro That’s true. Note: only Adam was booted out of the garden. How do complementarians explain that? Read Ge 3:22-24.

Ge 3:22-24 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-18

@shirley_kohl Well, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I've often said that t

@shirley_kohl Well, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I've often said that this was a prophecy about how the fall would impact their relationship. God never commanded Adam to rule over Eve, but co

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT As an egalitarian, I’ve gotten along well in complementarian churches, though maybe it’s because my wife doesn’t feel led to preach or join the elders. Some comp churches won’t allow me to join the leadership team just for disagr...

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT As an egalitarian, I’ve gotten along well in complementarian churches, though maybe it’s because my wife doesn’t feel led to preach or join the elders. Some comp churches won’t al

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@FitoPadillaVera Thanks for interacting with my breakdown of Josh’s message and your characterization of my approach. Being open to dialogue is great! I recognize complementarians want to Biblical. Yes, I could switch to Gal 3:26-28, but I think we...

@FitoPadillaVera Thanks for interacting with my breakdown of Josh’s message and your characterization of my approach. Being open to dialogue is great! I recognize complementarians want to Biblical.

Gal 3:26-28 debate

@QueenBubie01 It seems to be a natural outflow of the teaching. But I know many

@QueenBubie01 It seems to be a natural outflow of the teaching. But I know many complementarians that live like egalitarians because it obviously feels wrong to overrule your wife.

@Altheia_01 @howertonjosh Complementarian theology feeds pride. I’m just hoping

@Altheia_01 @howertonjosh Complementarian theology feeds pride. I’m just hoping more of those caught into this theology thinking it is Jesus’ intent will see that it is not.

@DMurzea Hm. Maybe I haven’t heard enough of his sermons, but for a complementarian preach, I didn’t think this was too bad. I clearly disagreed with many of his arguments (especially their one sidedness), but to be fair, he did say some very good th...

@DMurzea Hm. Maybe I haven’t heard enough of his sermons, but for a complementarian preach, I didn’t think this was too bad. I clearly disagreed with many of his arguments (especially their one sidedn

@Altheia_01 @howertonjosh Yes! Exactly! I’m surprised Josh doesn’t acknowledge t

@Altheia_01 @howertonjosh Yes! Exactly! I’m surprised Josh doesn’t acknowledge this but it’s likely because of the same overliteralization that is driving his complementarian theology.

@howertonjosh Finally, @howertonjosh I think this was a pretty good message for a complementarian. You said a few rough things and made it seem to me that egalitarians are worldly and unbiblical, but overall, if I had a complementarian friend, I thin...

@howertonjosh Finally, @howertonjosh I think this was a pretty good message for a complementarian. You said a few rough things and made it seem to me that egalitarians are worldly and unbiblical, but

“What’s your headship to look like? I’m willing to die for your blessing, protec

“What’s your headship to look like? I’m willing to die for your blessing, protection and flourishing” [19:26]. This is a nice framing for a complementarian, but being willing to die for some future o

This idea that kephale means “authority over” is not a foregone conclusion. In f

This idea that kephale means “authority over” is not a foregone conclusion. In fact, complementarian commentator Leon Morris makes this very observation in his commentary on 1Co 11:3 👇 /23 https://t.c

1Co 11:3 debate

What I noticed is that pastors that speak on male female relationships and advoc

What I noticed is that pastors that speak on male female relationships and advocate for the complementarian view spend a lot of time warming the audience up for what they are about to hear. Howerton d

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@MikeWingerii @verygayp complementarian didn’t make your list?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-01

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii ...women in leadership but are willing to work within a complementarian system and keep the peace, how is that a problem? There really was no sufficient answers to these things, but it did get this pastor to think as he ...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii ...women in leadership but are willing to work within a complementarian system and keep the peace, how is that a problem? There really was no sufficient answers to these

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, just like I'm not allowed to be a leader (eve

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii Yes, just like I'm not allowed to be a leader (ever) in 3 churches I inquired because I'm either not a Calvinist or because I'm egalitarian even though I would accept wor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-30

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The authority is not in the messenger but the mess

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii The authority is not in the messenger but the message. This is a fundamental flaw complementarians (and Origen) make in interpreting αὐθεντεῖν in the context of Paul’s le

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-15

@MikeWingerii Are you referring to complementarians?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

RT @retank: I had a great conversation with @ryanschatz about Egalitarians vs C

RT @retank: I had a great conversation with @ryanschatz about Egalitarians vs Complementarians in my latest podcast. Check it out! https:/…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

Mike has a unique kind of complementarianism which sees a requirement for males

Mike has a unique kind of complementarianism which sees a requirement for males to rule females as God’s good design but only for this life. Apparently it’s not good enough to keep going in the age t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

Fretting over when a mother has to stop teaching her male children should have b

Fretting over when a mother has to stop teaching her male children should have been a red flag 🚩 for him with the complementarian view. It’s so bizarre. https://t.co/NswgqANziG

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-06

I find it rather ironic how complementarians like @MikeWingerii say the Bible is

I find it rather ironic how complementarians like @MikeWingerii say the Bible is clear that women cannot hold positions of authority but even after extensive study still are working out the nuances of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@IkeLifeLike @ronhenzel @MikeWingerii How does godly women leading and teaching

@IkeLifeLike @ronhenzel @MikeWingerii How does godly women leading and teaching the truth cause harm? Seems to me it only “harms” the complementarian view but that’s not a harm.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-05

@pastherandie @ryancduff Ok. Unfortunately, I don’t find a lot of people on the

@pastherandie @ryancduff Ok. Unfortunately, I don’t find a lot of people on the patriarchal and complementarian side willing to reason through these things carefully. I think it kind of goes with the

1Ti 2:12 debate

@avyargo @bonhoefferchild @MikeWingerii You should definitely follow what you believe the Bible teaches! Don’t violate your conscience. From my perspective, I’d just appreciate it if complementarians acknowledge that not all egalitarians are rejecti...

@avyargo @bonhoefferchild @MikeWingerii You should definitely follow what you believe the Bible teaches! Don’t violate your conscience. From my perspective, I’d just appreciate it if complementarians

@ryancduff I don’t think it’s necessary to say that they are not believers. I’m actually thrilled if I can simply get complementarians to agree that I have a biblically defensible position even if they don’t agree with me. I agree that ignoring what...

@ryancduff I don’t think it’s necessary to say that they are not believers. I’m actually thrilled if I can simply get complementarians to agree that I have a biblically defensible position even if the

@bonhoefferchild @avyargo @MikeWingerii Much of the issue is with translators as

@bonhoefferchild @avyargo @MikeWingerii Much of the issue is with translators assuming complementarian ideas and male authority over females (ie. our understanding of head is not what Paul meant in hi

@ecc3_15 @MikeWingerii Sharing your egalitarian views is what he thinks is harmf

@ecc3_15 @MikeWingerii Sharing your egalitarian views is what he thinks is harmful. It is harming his complementarian church by making it seem like the Bible is egalitarian.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-25

@quackitude @smashbaals The thing is that I like the term “complementarian” as m

@quackitude @smashbaals The thing is that I like the term “complementarian” as men and women complement each other. But they add—as a requirement—that a husband is to rule his wife and by extension he

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-20

@AVER735 @peace_got @MikeWingerii No, I’m explaining what I believe the Bible ob

@AVER735 @peace_got @MikeWingerii No, I’m explaining what I believe the Bible objectively means for everyone. My presupposition was the complementarian view until I read the text more carefully.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-19

@AVER735 @MikeWingerii I didn’t say I was complementarian, I said conservative.

@AVER735 @MikeWingerii I didn’t say I was complementarian, I said conservative. I don’t believe the text teaches male authority over women and I want to conserve the meaning and intent of the text and

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to m

@slow_down_Jess @Vincent98V @cjohnsonn0311 @_AndrewHale What I said related to my family can be applied to the church. I don’t know anyone who says women can be egalitarian in the family but only comp

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-18

@Crystalisives @Qesther216821 Of course they claim to serve while being submitte

@Crystalisives @Qesther216821 Of course they claim to serve while being submitted to. Definitely it can be word games for some as they honestly behave like mutualists while using the words of compleme

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@KillmanBuck That’s a strange question. Normally I would ask whether the complem

@KillmanBuck That’s a strange question. Normally I would ask whether the complementarian thinks he is like God and his wife is like the human in the relationship, subservient to do all that the husban

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-14

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem You aren’t wrong. The problem with these patriarchalists and complementarians is that they read head and headship and immediately translate to authority and hierarchy. They can’t see ...

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem You aren’t wrong. The problem with these patriarchalists and complementarians is that they read head and headship and immediately tra

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@southfresno @smashbaals That's usually the argument I use on complementarians.

@southfresno @smashbaals That's usually the argument I use on complementarians. Let's test you. Here's my exegesis; tell me how I'm not reading it well. https://t.co/XIjnmMyTX5

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany There are many flavours of compleme

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany There are many flavours of complementarians. What is your specific flavour? How do you understand the symbolism?