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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-22

@DefendTheSheep Sorry you had to go through such difficulty and distress. God ne

@DefendTheSheep Sorry you had to go through such difficulty and distress. God never intended women to be slaves and husbands to be masters.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-03

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The wife has two glories: God and her husband. Notice that Paul doesn’t say that woman ought to cover or not cover. The concern Paul is addressing is that of a wife who has an unbelievin...

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The wife has two glories: God and her husband. Notice that Paul doesn’t say that woman ought to cover or not cover. The concern Paul is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-02

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The fact that she shames her head assumes she has one, meaning this is referring to married women only. But this shaming that Paul refers to is not the same kind of spiritual shame from the garden, but someth...

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The fact that she shames her head assumes she has one, meaning this is referring to married women only. But this shaming that Paul refers to is not the same k

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-29

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Rob, the fact that the culture is confused may in fact be a result of the church being so hard nosed on gender-based restrictions. Think about it, if a girl understands that she can never be a leader because some ...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Rob, the fact that the culture is confused may in fact be a result of the church being so hard nosed on gender-based restrictions. Think about it, if a girl unders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Forbidding women completely without any regard for their giftedness, ability and specific teaching is clearly an error and the Orthodox Church has fallen prey to cultural patriarchalism like many others. Saying "but what abo...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Forbidding women completely without any regard for their giftedness, ability and specific teaching is clearly an error and the Orthodox Church has fallen prey to cultural patr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@jonedwardcroft The Bible should be understandable to all. But we need to be able to read in context. Nature is nature, it is what we can readily observe by just observing. Culture is everything that we do to change nature, like cutting hair. The IS...

@jonedwardcroft The Bible should be understandable to all. But we need to be able to read in context. Nature is nature, it is what we can readily observe by just observing. Culture is everything that

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@jonedwardcroft It’s an argument that takes the text seriously. The idea that me

@jonedwardcroft It’s an argument that takes the text seriously. The idea that men’s hair must be shorter than their wives’ or only the women must cover their heads sounds like the cultural argument. N

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@lunarCelerity Here are a few reasons. In Greek, word ordering isn’t the same as in English. There is no boldface so by putting a word first you emphasize it like bolding. Most translators are men and they come to the text with a bias towards men and...

@lunarCelerity Here are a few reasons. In Greek, word ordering isn’t the same as in English. There is no boldface so by putting a word first you emphasize it like bolding. Most translators are men and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@Aub42 Fair. It's more important once people start acting on difficult passages like this and using them to suppress women. But when you understand what it really means, you get a really great appreciation for what God wants us to understand in scrip...

@Aub42 Fair. It's more important once people start acting on difficult passages like this and using them to suppress women. But when you understand what it really means, you get a really great appreci

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-16

@haymes_joshua For me this has nothing to do with culture and everything to do w

@haymes_joshua For me this has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with a careful reading of the intent of scripture. I’m not a progressive. Only women can give birth and men are built mo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@TarienCole @ReformedRant @CherylSchatz @MikeWingerii I made no argument from cu

@TarienCole @ReformedRant @CherylSchatz @MikeWingerii I made no argument from culture. Paul's single status is nothing to do with culture. It tells me surely what he does not mean by what he writes. Y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@MereLiberty @SolaSisters @MikeWingerii Hi Kerry! Thanks for your excellent question. I believe Mike speaks like this is not a matter that makes a church into a cult. So it is still a church, but one that is doing things the wrong way...that they hav...

@MereLiberty @SolaSisters @MikeWingerii Hi Kerry! Thanks for your excellent question. I believe Mike speaks like this is not a matter that makes a church into a cult. So it is still a church, but one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @TentSpike You are presuming that the Bible substantiates your vie

@deadtosin610 @TentSpike You are presuming that the Bible substantiates your view. It is difficult to have a discussion when you are just right. Feel free to disagree but substantiate your claim.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-06

@CharmyRosewolf @MikeWingerii It is pretty difficult to fact check Mike as you h

@CharmyRosewolf @MikeWingerii It is pretty difficult to fact check Mike as you have to go buy a bunch of books to see if what he is saying about an author is properly in context, etc. But what we can

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-06

@JonKismetCalvin I wasn’t quite able to determine if you are in agreement or disagreement here. Exegesis is a difficult but necessary task. And we need to approach the text in an inductive way. I like how Kay Arthur teaches on this. Also, in order ...

@JonKismetCalvin I wasn’t quite able to determine if you are in agreement or disagreement here. Exegesis is a difficult but necessary task. And we need to approach the text in an inductive way. I lik

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

@mvpompa @ryancduff Mike's concern for wisdom and grace seems to be related to what he refers to as 'the difficult questions,' ie. whether a mom can continue to teach her now adult son, or whether a woman can teach on a Wednesday evening meeting, or ...

@mvpompa @ryancduff Mike's concern for wisdom and grace seems to be related to what he refers to as 'the difficult questions,' ie. whether a mom can continue to teach her now adult son, or whether a w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@ReformedCaio @CherylSchatz @KaeleyT @MikeWingerii The issue in 1Ti 2:11-15 is n

@ReformedCaio @CherylSchatz @KaeleyT @MikeWingerii The issue in 1Ti 2:11-15 is not a cultural or societal issue. It has to do with a specific woman teaching false doctrine in Ephesus. I give a high le

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I'm collecting the evidence to show people that the comment that Mike favoured the egalitarian position is false. Yeah, he preferred that it would be true because then he'd avoid trouble with the culture. But his bias is pr...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy I'm collecting the evidence to show people that the comment that Mike favoured the egalitarian position is false. Yeah, he preferred that it would be true because then he'd

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn My wife is self-employed and treats patients. She would be bored staying at home everyday as our kids are all in post-secondary and taking care of themselves. Every ...

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn My wife is self-employed and treats patients. She would be bored staying at home everyday as our kids are all in po

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 I’m not aiming for alignment with the culture though the cultur

@MartinMarkLuth1 I’m not aiming for alignment with the culture though the culture sometimes gets some things correct. I am most definitely going by scripture. Try me.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Because the wife subjects to the husband unilaterally. In any disagreement, he always wins. In everything he commands, she must always obey. Scripture doesn’t command this; you are ...

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Because the wife subjects to the husband unilaterally. In any disagreement, he always wins. In everything he commands, she must alwa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn Yes, we don't want to be appealing to culture over scripture. This is an important point. If it turns out that Paul is appealing to specific circumstances⎯which depends on the context⎯then if similar circumstances exist, ...

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn Yes, we don't want to be appealing to culture over scripture. This is an important point. If it turns out that Paul is appealing to specific circumstances⎯which depends on

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-23

@ncksmith You might have missed the post I put in the thread. Paul was correctin

@ncksmith You might have missed the post I put in the thread. Paul was correcting a problem, not encouraging what was already culturally commonplace. How? Take a look 👇 https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-21

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Is it illegitimate to suggest that the temple of Artemis has something to do with why women were being told to not teach men in 1Ti 2:12? I disagree with it, but not because it is illegitimate. There reall...

@Northof50290567 @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards Is it illegitimate to suggest that the temple of Artemis has something to do with why women were being told to not teach men in 1Ti 2:12? I disagree with i

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-21

@SansFollowers @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards They may be swayed by publishers, fellow colleagues, the culture, or even church culture which doesn’t like change. They may also be persuaded by other scriptures which appear to contradict the prevailing i...

@SansFollowers @ronhenzel @aaron_p_edwards They may be swayed by publishers, fellow colleagues, the culture, or even church culture which doesn’t like change. They may also be persuaded by other scri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel I see many cases of women leading in various capacities in the mission field. They are translating scripture, leading house churches, counselling men and women and generally doing the hard work of discipling and putting th...

@AsherJacob23060 @ronhenzel I see many cases of women leading in various capacities in the mission field. They are translating scripture, leading house churches, counselling men and women and generall

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@MBurtwrites @ronhenzel Yes, it would be rather straightforward to say something

@MBurtwrites @ronhenzel Yes, it would be rather straightforward to say something like "it is forbidden" or something like this. I see Paul giving Timothy his authority to assist with the rather diffic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@stablecross @ronhenzel The issue is that her husband is not deceived and knows better but is not doing anything about his unsaved wife teaching false doctrine to the church. This would have been a very difficult situation for the young single Timoth...

@stablecross @ronhenzel The issue is that her husband is not deceived and knows better but is not doing anything about his unsaved wife teaching false doctrine to the church. This would have been a ve

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning No, people in the pulpits. God’s word being taught. The church edifying each other. No priestly class, except the priesthood of all believers. The Bible being underst...

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning No, people in the pulpits. God’s word being taught. The church edifying each other. No priestly class, except the pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Is that so! VoicesInHisHead: The Bible is plain. Just read the English. Them: Uh…it was written in Hebrew and Greek. VoicesInHisHead: what? You thin...

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @katsandhearts @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Is that so! VoicesInHisHead: The Bible is plain. Just read the English. Them: Uh…it was written in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@colinsmo While it is possible, there is no explicit mention by Paul about the A

@colinsmo While it is possible, there is no explicit mention by Paul about the Artemis cult. Rather than reject egalitarian views because of one detail that might be off, maybe we can go back and talk

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@freedom4alltime There is certainly an unhealthy feminism in the culture. No disagreement there. That’s why I think egalitarian is a better term. It speaks of freeing females to be whatever God calls and gifts them to, but it also means they are equa...

@freedom4alltime There is certainly an unhealthy feminism in the culture. No disagreement there. That’s why I think egalitarian is a better term. It speaks of freeing females to be whatever God calls

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@zick_matic @CSavedByGrace18 I think being a pastor is a very difficult and often thankless job. If you do it right, you pour yourself out and try to raise up mature leaders who you hope will replace you. Unlike Joel Osteen and other famous preache...

@zick_matic @CSavedByGrace18 I think being a pastor is a very difficult and often thankless job. If you do it right, you pour yourself out and try to raise up mature leaders who you hope will replace

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-14

@NBidnz @JackAllLanterns @harmonizedgrace Ah, that makes sense now. Although it

@NBidnz @JackAllLanterns @harmonizedgrace Ah, that makes sense now. Although it is a pagan idea, it has also become part of church culture from early times.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals Generally speaking you are right that religions are as numerous as cultures. However, the Bible transcends all cultures. Don’t assume that America is a Christian Nation or that its political leaders or even the popular pr...

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals Generally speaking you are right that religions are as numerous as cultures. However, the Bible transcends all cultures. Don’t assume that America is a Christian Nation or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@smashbaals Curious…but my reading of Genesis 2:24 sounds counter cultural to the complementarian view: "For this reason **a man shall leave** his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." (Gen 2:24) The ma...

@smashbaals Curious…but my reading of Genesis 2:24 sounds counter cultural to the complementarian view: "For this reason **a man shall leave** his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; an

Genesis 2:24 Gen 2:24 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-02

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ That’s not what 1 Tim 2:12 means. One has to base their interpretation on the context. Every time I deal with someone from a cult—almost without fail—their bad readings of scripture come from rea...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ That’s not what 1 Tim 2:12 means. One has to base their interpretation on the context. Every time I deal with someone from a cult—almost without

1 Tim 2:12 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-02

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ The idea that godly women are *not* prevented from teaching true doctrine or caring for God’s people is what all the cults believe ?? According to 1 Tim 4:1-5, it seems that Paul says that *forbid...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ The idea that godly women are *not* prevented from teaching true doctrine or caring for God’s people is what all the cults believe ?? According to

1 Tim 4:1-5 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-02

@holytensionhub @holytension Great article! I agree that we shouldn’t need to know Greek to understand the meaning of the text. I think this is primarily because of how important context is and which is sufficient to guide the interpretation of the...

@holytensionhub @holytension Great article! I agree that we shouldn’t need to know Greek to understand the meaning of the text. I think this is primarily because of how important context is and whic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-20

@ich1ban123456 @sympatheticNPC @DST_QA @ymmotrojam Just because Paul is dealing with a specific concern in the marital relationship doesn’t mean that he is affirming the already culturally acceptable idea that the husband is the master over his wife....

@ich1ban123456 @sympatheticNPC @DST_QA @ymmotrojam Just because Paul is dealing with a specific concern in the marital relationship doesn’t mean that he is affirming the already culturally acceptable

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@dougponder The driving force behind egalitarianism is not the culture but “for

@dougponder The driving force behind egalitarianism is not the culture but “for you are all sons” (Gal 3:26). If all sons—*now* (present active)—and all includes women and men, then who are you to di

Gal 3:26 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel No, I mean the context of the passage. I’m not interested in bending scripture or conforming it to culture. Perhaps you are not aware but it takes strength and guts to do what ...

@taxpayer0011 @tradwifetoday @DrCurtisFreeman @BethMooreLPM @DukeChapel No, I mean the context of the passage. I’m not interested in bending scripture or conforming it to culture. Perhaps you are no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

@Brian_Sauve This is extremely divisive. You are blaming apostasy on women? Cultural decline due to “unchecked feminine sensibilities”? Because the husband fails to take control over his wife and make all the decisions? Doesn’t it occur to you th...

@Brian_Sauve This is extremely divisive. You are blaming apostasy on women? Cultural decline due to “unchecked feminine sensibilities”? Because the husband fails to take control over his wife and m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-01

Our culture has messed with pronouns (see Dawkins’ post below for a she/they problem), but the Bible shouldn’t have this problem! In this case, it’s the *verbs* that are singular and plural. Houston, do we have a problem? 🤔 Can you answer my questi...

Our culture has messed with pronouns (see Dawkins’ post below for a she/they problem), but the Bible shouldn’t have this problem! In this case, it’s the *verbs* that are singular and plural. Houston

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 Rather, it is those in the church that say God prefers one biological sex over the other (even though He saves both) that may in fact be the impetus causing much of the cultural backlash and overshoot. But at any rate, I d...

@ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 Rather, it is those in the church that say God prefers one biological sex over the other (even though He saves both) that may in fact be the impetus causing much of the cult

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize Being able to teach is a gift. It not only declares, but explains and helps make difficult concepts easier to understand and digest. Teachers also help refute false teaching. If God chose women to tell the men, then the problem isn’...

@graceforprize Being able to teach is a gift. It not only declares, but explains and helps make difficult concepts easier to understand and digest. Teachers also help refute false teaching. If God

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@clbolt Yes, that’s right. If a woman has the requisite godly character traits listed in 1 Tim 3 and God has gifted her to teach or pastor and has placed the desire on her for this difficult role, she should not be excluded simply because she is a w...

@clbolt Yes, that’s right. If a woman has the requisite godly character traits listed in 1 Tim 3 and God has gifted her to teach or pastor and has placed the desire on her for this difficult role, sh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-21

@baste_goblin You keep throwing around that cult term to try to discredit me, but technically it refers to those who deny the fundamentals of the faith. Whether women can preach or teach or lead, or the specifics of one’s interpretation of 1 Tim 2:1...

@baste_goblin You keep throwing around that cult term to try to discredit me, but technically it refers to those who deny the fundamentals of the faith. Whether women can preach or teach or lead, or

1 Tim 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-07

@doomsdayslam @BibleBashed I totally agree with what you wrote. I don’t apply modern social norms when trying to interpret scripture. But if the Bible says something and we find agreement somewhere in culture (not that culture is monolithic or stat...

@doomsdayslam @BibleBashed I totally agree with what you wrote. I don’t apply modern social norms when trying to interpret scripture. But if the Bible says something and we find agreement somewhere

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-20

@MariusM38610501 @MikeWingerii I agree, yet he doesn’t explicitly identify what the source of the issues are or tie them to Artemis cult activities somehow getting into the church. What we see in 1 Timothy is: 1. Myths and Endless Genealogies (1:4)...

@MariusM38610501 @MikeWingerii I agree, yet he doesn’t explicitly identify what the source of the issues are or tie them to Artemis cult activities somehow getting into the church. What we see in 1 T

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