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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@Eric_Conn Every cell in my body has XY chromosomes. I have a wife and 3 adult c

@Eric_Conn Every cell in my body has XY chromosomes. I have a wife and 3 adult children. I’m a masculine man. And I still think competent gifted women should not be prevented from being leaders in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Do you think women should be allowed to be pasto

@HebronC777 @AJMxya @smashbaals Do you think women should be allowed to be pastors? How about elders? How about leaders in the church? How about ruling their homes?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@pauldirks @KaeleyT We certainly have a lot of M/F confusion in our culture toda

@pauldirks @KaeleyT We certainly have a lot of M/F confusion in our culture today, but I don’t really see what vacuum you are referring to except perhaps how your church has a vacuum of female leaders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-09

@ManassehRJones @subq And yet I believe. Strange, eh? The religious leaders could not believe⎯the scripture you shared with me in Jn 12 said that⎯yet I DO believe. How am I being hardened when I already believe? Are you sure you don't want to go to ...

@ManassehRJones @subq And yet I believe. Strange, eh? The religious leaders could not believe⎯the scripture you shared with me in Jn 12 said that⎯yet I DO believe. How am I being hardened when I alrea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Well, even Peter said his church doesn’t agree wi

@Crystalisives @covapologetics Well, even Peter said his church doesn’t agree with his view on these things, but I also have the same questions. Even the leadership of my church which is egalitarian c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

If women were entirely excluded from church leadership or service roles, Paul co

If women were entirely excluded from church leadership or service roles, Paul could have specified it. Instead, ‘likewise’ supports the idea that women are included in the qualifications being discuss

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Church leadership isn’t about being the sole decision-maker, a *president* or restricting service if the person is only able to have one child. God gifts and calls people to serve, and they should be allowed and recognized by the body, not restricted...

Church leadership isn’t about being the sole decision-maker, a *president* or restricting service if the person is only able to have one child. God gifts and calls people to serve, and they should be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

I appreciate you allow for women in ministry, but you disallow them to be elders or deacons—leaders. And they cannot teach truth to males (adults only? What about teens?) Priscilla taught Apollos, so teaching men truth is not forbidden of women. An ...

I appreciate you allow for women in ministry, but you disallow them to be elders or deacons—leaders. And they cannot teach truth to males (adults only? What about teens?) Priscilla taught Apollos, so

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@ScottCross_8 I heard a church was focusing on making leadership proportionate t

@ScottCross_8 I heard a church was focusing on making leadership proportionate to the mix of ‘races’ in the congregation. Sounds like a great idea until you realize that by staring at race you inevita

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Scripture calls us to judge leaders by their character, not their gender. Women

Scripture calls us to judge leaders by their character, not their gender. Women are clearly among those who have been gifted by God and called to lead and not excluded based on their gender. Let's not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Paul’s focus in 1Ti 3:2 is on character, developed by anyone regardless of immut

Paul’s focus in 1Ti 3:2 is on character, developed by anyone regardless of immutable characteristics⎯leaders being faithful and above reproach. The cultural idiom "a one-woman man" reflects this. It’s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Let's not forget that the NT contains examples of women in ministry such as: Pho

Let's not forget that the NT contains examples of women in ministry such as: Phoebe: deacon (Ro 16:1), Junia: apostle (Ro 16:7), and Priscilla: a teacher of Apollos (Ac 18:26). In fact, Ro 16 lists 1

Ac 18:26 Ro 16:1 Ro 16:7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

Paul’s main concern is the moral character of leaders. The phrase addresses mono

Paul’s main concern is the moral character of leaders. The phrase addresses monogamy and faithfulness to one’s spouse. It does not exclude women but ensures that leaders are above reproach in their re

1Ti 3:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-29

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote Hm. I thought family proceeded the church? At any rate, if what you are saying is the case, then we need to make sure that what we think is the way the church is setup is actually what God intended. Did God intend only Je...

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote Hm. I thought family proceeded the church? At any rate, if what you are saying is the case, then we need to make sure that what we think is the way the church is setup is a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii I have not seen Zahnd’s debate with Brown. I’m conce

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii I have not seen Zahnd’s debate with Brown. I’m concerned at what Mike says and how he frames things. He said I had to repent of spreading the teaching that women can be eld

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @BretArrigo @mtnhousewife Oh please! You are ignorant if

@Matthew56193629 @R5Y79 @BretArrigo @mtnhousewife Oh please! You are ignorant if you don’t think that there is a such thing as team leadership! The leader gave us His mandate and we are all following

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell I didn’t say that men are not leader

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell I didn’t say that men are not leaders, I said that their wives lead with them!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell Teams consist of leaders taking on different responsibilities and then reporting back so collectively they can make decisions. Some have a CEO type leader. In the church, that leader’s will is accessed thro...

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell Teams consist of leaders taking on different responsibilities and then reporting back so collectively they can make decisions. Some have a CEO type leader.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing

@Matthew56193629 @mtnhousewife Yes, you are correct that monogamy and producing godly offspring is God’s intention for marriage. Paul shows this by requiring monogamy and faithfulness for leaders. Yet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry Our current church started as reformed (part of the RCA) but is now attached to Vision Ministries here in Canada. They are egalitarian, but sometimes as leadership act very authoritarian. So there are still remnants of bad theology of ...

@MaineMinistry Our current church started as reformed (part of the RCA) but is now attached to Vision Ministries here in Canada. They are egalitarian, but sometimes as leadership act very authoritaria

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-16

@MaineMinistry What you are stating as “clear Biblical principles” in that women

@MaineMinistry What you are stating as “clear Biblical principles” in that women are not to be leaders or elders is absolutely not clear. You have convinced yourself that these are the clear principle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-15

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii While we Protestant’s don’t technically have a pope, some get pretty close to this in how they treat certain leaders (Timothy Keller, Rick Warren, Martin Luther, John Calvin, Charles Spurgeon, Billy Graham, etc). What is ...

@MaineMinistry @MikeWingerii While we Protestant’s don’t technically have a pope, some get pretty close to this in how they treat certain leaders (Timothy Keller, Rick Warren, Martin Luther, John Calv

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

There are far too many divisions in today’s churches. Many churches have entrenched systems pushed by leadership and little opportunities for its members to minister to each other. Others are outright promoting sin. Others are abusing their members...

There are far too many divisions in today’s churches. Many churches have entrenched systems pushed by leadership and little opportunities for its members to minister to each other. Others are outrigh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-10

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Not if the woman isn’t teaching false doctrine. And also, if another prophet is moved to speak the first should “keep silent”… (whether male or female). No one is to be “in authority” over others; leaders are...

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Not if the woman isn’t teaching false doctrine. And also, if another prophet is moved to speak the first should “keep silent”… (whether male or female). No on

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge Huldah’s example also shows a prophetes

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge Huldah’s example also shows a prophetess with authority. In 2Ki 22:14-20, the king’s men seek her guidance rather than that of any male prophet. This demonstra

2Ki 22:14-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge While some prophetesses in Scripture ma

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge While some prophetesses in Scripture may not have held leadership roles over men, Deborah clearly did, as evidenced by her leadership over Barak and her role i

Jdg 4:8-9 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge Being a judge in Israel clearly meant e

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge Being a judge in Israel clearly meant exercising leadership, including resolving disputes and guiding the people in God’s ways. She also commanded Barak in the

Jdg 4:6-7 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-09

@PatrickHen1776 @harmonizedgrace We are equal partners like Adam and Eve were be

@PatrickHen1776 @harmonizedgrace We are equal partners like Adam and Eve were before the fall. Like how the NT church should see male and female—we need both as leaders as they each bring different gi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge Feminism hasn't destroyed the church. The fact that a woman leads well or teaches true doctrine to men will never destroy the church. There is no command that leadership belongs only to males. Head is a...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge Feminism hasn't destroyed the church. The fact that a woman leads well or teaches true doctrine to men will never destroy the church. There is no comman

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Tailfeathers_WA @Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge The point was that church histor

@Tailfeathers_WA @Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge The point was that church history is not what we use to determine whether Jesus or His apostles restricted women from leadership or teaching truth to me

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-04

RT @ryanschatz: @pauldirks @KaeleyT What if male leaders be male and female lead

RT @ryanschatz: @pauldirks @KaeleyT What if male leaders be male and female leaders be female and you have an all around well rounded minis…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-04

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What if male leaders be male and female leaders be female an

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What if male leaders be male and female leaders be female and you have an all around well rounded ministry that doesn’t shoehorn women into being a complete replica of a man with a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@MikeWingerii There also appears to be a rising number of men who feel that lead

@MikeWingerii There also appears to be a rising number of men who feel that leadership roles in the church are exclusive to males only.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-02

@GWreformed1689 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge Jesus was a leader. He didn't come to command, but to serve. He asked people what they wanted Him to do for them, or if they wanted to be healed. He never overruled their will. He also said He came to s...

@GWreformed1689 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge Jesus was a leader. He didn't come to command, but to serve. He asked people what they wanted Him to do for them, or if they wanted to be healed. He nev

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-15

@smashbaals Hogwash! Sexist? Misogynist? He has 10 women leaders listed in Ro 1

@smashbaals Hogwash! Sexist? Misogynist? He has 10 women leaders listed in Ro 16. Racist? Isn’t Paul literally the apostle to the Gentiles?

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii How is it 'more egalitarian'? Scripture commands us a

@thomas1sams @MikeWingerii How is it 'more egalitarian'? Scripture commands us all to love. If men struggle more with love, why doesn't this exclude them from leadership? See how this works?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@Whitehorse1255 @MikeWingerii That they have different 'expression' when it come

@Whitehorse1255 @MikeWingerii That they have different 'expression' when it comes to leadership doesn't mean that one is allowed to be a leader or elder and the other is not.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@MikeWingerii Interesting you frame gender roles as coming from a dictionary def

@MikeWingerii Interesting you frame gender roles as coming from a dictionary definition. No such definition for male-only authority or leadership exists.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-25

@MikeWingerii If you lovingly discuss matters and she is not convinced, authorit

@MikeWingerii If you lovingly discuss matters and she is not convinced, authority says she has to comply because of the authority. This is not true leadership. Leadership is serving by example.

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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.

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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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@BahBahBased @smashbaals I am convinced by scripture that women are not excluded

@BahBahBased @smashbaals I am convinced by scripture that women are not excluded from serving as elders or pastoral work like counselling or leadership roles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an unbeliever with two wives is forced to divorce one if he becomes a Christian?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Being the head can mean being first or given priority. It doesn’t therefore mean authority over like a master/slave. “To the Jew first then the Gentile” means the Jew is the head. Tha...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Being the head can mean being first or given priority. It doesn’t therefore mean authority over like a master/slave. “To the Jew firs

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-07

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish but this doesn’t mean all leaders afterwards had to...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish b

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qu

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qualified women from leadership does not prevail as they are able to find another church.

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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.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-05

@ClintHumfrey I fail to see how there are categories being created outside of th

@ClintHumfrey I fail to see how there are categories being created outside of the Bible’s. The category is leadership, not “male” leadership.

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