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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@jhayes1189 Every tongue will confess either due to the force of being confronted by the eternal judge of the universe or their willing submission before that time. All are made alive, yes, but the second resurrection is for the unrighteous dead who...

@jhayes1189 Every tongue will confess either due to the force of being confronted by the eternal judge of the universe or their willing submission before that time. All are made alive, yes, but the s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all sub

@dalepartridge Except for that pesky verse in Eph 5:21 that says that we all subject ourselves to one another *in the fear of Christ*. This clearly has nothing to do with intimacy. For that we have e

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@autocorrect2_0 @BronWen727104 Ah, that’s what you were getting at. Submission doesn’t mean unquestioning obedience. It also doesn’t mean you are supposed to subject yourself to physical abuse. It just means to serve his best interests. I serve my wi...

@autocorrect2_0 @BronWen727104 Ah, that’s what you were getting at. Submission doesn’t mean unquestioning obedience. It also doesn’t mean you are supposed to subject yourself to physical abuse. It jus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to submit to their husbands…but husbands also to their...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 What was the point that Paul was making? If it wasn’t that husbands are the only ones to love their wives like Christ, then maybe wives are also not the only ones to s

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@BronWen727104 @autocorrect2_0 Yes, @autocorrect2_0, I agree—its not a pass for a husband to not obey Christ. I noted this only because of your wording which suggests conditional submission. Oh, and I believe that the husband also submits to his wif...

@BronWen727104 @autocorrect2_0 Yes, @autocorrect2_0, I agree—its not a pass for a husband to not obey Christ. I noted this only because of your wording which suggests conditional submission. Oh, and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-28

@GrumpyBohemian @DracoReformans The rapture has nothing to do with persecution.

@GrumpyBohemian @DracoReformans The rapture has nothing to do with persecution. Everyone knows that the Bible promises persecution to those who seek to live godly lives. And how on earth does it caus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@NebulaPickle Don't forget v21... "Submit to one another out of reverence for C

@NebulaPickle Don't forget v21... "Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ" (Eph 5:21).

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay I have always enjoyed my conversatio

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay I have always enjoyed my conversations with the LDS missionaries… Maybe the JWs are harder as they always send an older person with the new person. LDS just

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay I never left the LDS church. I have had LDS missionaries come to my house for a few years and I knew two local bishops who lived in my area. Nice people. I was never LDS. I'm sure you can check in your book...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay I never left the LDS church. I have had LDS missionaries come to my house for a few years and I knew two local bishops who lived in my area. Nice people. I

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@TryinDaily @BrandonABourg @sister_slay Nephi and Lehi didn’t obey Jeremiah’s word that everyone—including Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel and all the true prophets and even the animals had to submit to Nebuchadnezzar. Anyone that said otherwise, Jeremiah...

@TryinDaily @BrandonABourg @sister_slay Nephi and Lehi didn’t obey Jeremiah’s word that everyone—including Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel and all the true prophets and even the animals had to submit to Neb

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

@heirofascania Here’s another relevant passage. All the true prophets submitted

@heirofascania Here’s another relevant passage. All the true prophets submitted to Nebuchadnezzar…Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, etc. https://t.co/4f0JH1qil6

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

@heirofascania But Nephi and Lehi didn’t obey Jeremiah’s word that everyone—incl

@heirofascania But Nephi and Lehi didn’t obey Jeremiah’s word that everyone—including Jeremiah and the good prophets and even the animals had to submit to Nebuchadnezzar. And anyone that said otherwis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@bibleprophecyus @JohnDavisJDLLM What about verse 21? "and subject yourselves to

@bibleprophecyus @JohnDavisJDLLM What about verse 21? "and subject yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ." So whatever the verses afterwards mean, this is not about one way submission or obe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@Reneechop For you to call me a fool and a dog and then to suggest that if I hav

@Reneechop For you to call me a fool and a dog and then to suggest that if I have a genuine interest in God’s word on this topic that I would take MacArthur’s position is a lazy attempt to shame someo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@Curi_Christian @CrossPolitic And so is Eph 5:21 which tells all to submit to ea

@Curi_Christian @CrossPolitic And so is Eph 5:21 which tells all to submit to each other. It is literally Scripture too.

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-16

@ladies4pd This is an interesting hypothesis (from the Orthodox Church, I presume), but I don’t see anything in scripture tying kephale with the mind, the intellect, the brain or anything like that. While I might agree with you that the emotions and ...

@ladies4pd This is an interesting hypothesis (from the Orthodox Church, I presume), but I don’t see anything in scripture tying kephale with the mind, the intellect, the brain or anything like that. W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith I don’t see women “mimicking the church” as if men aren’t also the bride of Christ—they are. Paul calls husbands to imitate Christ and wives to submit as they do to Christ, but this isn’t rigid role coding. Paul isn’t saying husbands don’t ...

@ncksmith I don’t see women “mimicking the church” as if men aren’t also the bride of Christ—they are. Paul calls husbands to imitate Christ and wives to submit as they do to Christ, but this isn’t ri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith That’s great! We are all the bride—men too. And as the church submits

@ncksmith That’s great! We are all the bride—men too. And as the church submits to Christ (does what is best for him to their own cost and hurt), so Christ did first by example, submitting His life to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not as someone who is meant to be ‘obeyed’ then yes. I know a lot of complementarians. So long as Jesus is their example, t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@PtrCHSturgeon @WesleyLHuff Paul was deceived and thought he was serving God by

@PtrCHSturgeon @WesleyLHuff Paul was deceived and thought he was serving God by killing Christians. Because He thought He was serving God, when God revealed Himself, he submitted himself. He wasn’t be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women too. The Bible is not written only for males. Wh...

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Submitting to doesn’t mean hierarchic

@MarqueStuddock @BronWen727104 @smashbaals Submitting to doesn’t mean hierarchically underneath as in a command/control structure. That’s not the NT model. It means not always doing what you want but

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick The church obeys Christ…yes. But when it comes to subjection, this is mutual because it’s not about hierarchy. Jesus doesn’t say that He takes authority over His bride—His authority is for her benefit. She sits ...

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick The church obeys Christ…yes. But when it comes to subjection, this is mutual because it’s not about hierarchy. Jesus doesn’t say that He takes authority over His

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@FNANVG @oliverburdick If a man is godly and doesn’t have to submit to anyone th

@FNANVG @oliverburdick If a man is godly and doesn’t have to submit to anyone then why is Eph 5:21 saying that we subject ourselves to one another out of a fear of Christ? Don’t men fear Christ?

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

RT @ryanschatz: This is quite an admission! This then means that a comp can be f

RT @ryanschatz: This is quite an admission! This then means that a comp can be fully equivalent in practice to an egalitarian simply by the…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the smallest parts of grammar or the context. The only ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Mutual submission is the beauty of the Kingdom of Christ who says that to be the greatest is to be the slave of all! I don’t reject any part of scripture or even the sm

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t think you know what these words mean. You think that mutual submission between Christ and His bride means that the bride is God and Christ is a slave or something. That’s not how this works! It is an attitude of...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t think you know what these words mean. You think that mutual submission between Christ and His bride means that the bride is God and Christ is a slave or somethin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinless. What precisely is there to rule over? Does thi...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinle

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Submitting is something both do to one another. T

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Submitting is something both do to one another. The only verse that speaks of authority in the relationship is actually 1Co 7:3-4 and it is equal. Kind of messes with y

1Co 7:3-4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-10

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Jesus taught his followers to teach everyone ever

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Jesus taught his followers to teach everyone everywhere to obey everything He commanded his disciples. But you exclude women? Jesus isn’t a feminist Christ. Flipping

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-06

@baptistvibes Also, about Elisha, in older English, one would call his senior “m

@baptistvibes Also, about Elisha, in older English, one would call his senior “my lord” which is like the word “sir”. It is a common term of respect, not a claim of slavery or total submission. Elisha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-06

@baptistvibes First, Sarah only called Abraham “lord” in her private thoughts. T

@baptistvibes First, Sarah only called Abraham “lord” in her private thoughts. There is no evidence that he was her commander/authority. Especially since God old Abraham to obey Sarah in Ge 21:12 in t

Ge 21:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-02

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Moses (Mt 5:17). - He told others to do what the Pha...

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Mo

Jn 19:11 Mt 22:21 Mt 23:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-29

@racheljwelcher This is a great question. I think it’s likely because those who refuse fellowship see 1Ti 2:12 as an explicit command against women teaching in positions of authority, and disobeying an explicit command is seen as worse than misinterp...

@racheljwelcher This is a great question. I think it’s likely because those who refuse fellowship see 1Ti 2:12 as an explicit command against women teaching in positions of authority, and disobeying a

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-27

@DawnTreloa22996 @DrFrankTurek As I was reading the Book of Mormon, in the first bit I realized that Nephi and Lehi (I hope I remembered who it was correctly) were being told to leave for America which was expressly forbidden by Jeremiah. Jeremiah sa...

@DawnTreloa22996 @DrFrankTurek As I was reading the Book of Mormon, in the first bit I realized that Nephi and Lehi (I hope I remembered who it was correctly) were being told to leave for America whic

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@Admiraldrake8 @autocorrect2_0 Indeed. And the husband submits by laying down is

@Admiraldrake8 @autocorrect2_0 Indeed. And the husband submits by laying down is life for her.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love each other (duh!) why would you say that they don...

@JamesPelton18 @autocorrect2_0 This is why I asked the question in the way that I did. I asked why only husbands were said to love. Given that you now conclude that both husbands and wives are to love

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Interesting. I wonder what else Paul could get away with which he doesn’t have to abide by but everyone else does. Also curious that he encourages everyone else to be single like he is (1Co 7:8). If everyone listened, n...

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Interesting. I wonder what else Paul could get away with which he doesn’t have to abide by but everyone else does. Also curious that he encourages everyone else to be si

1Co 7:8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann I see. In that case, is Paul qualified to be an el

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann I see. In that case, is Paul qualified to be an elder given he is unmarried and has no physical children?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)?

@MissionaryJC3 @NateSchlomann Where are you getting that from? Pastors (poimen)? Which males are specifically called poimen in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked up about the woman being the only one who submits i...

@that_foot_is_me And yet people like Mike Winger, while using this lingo, choose to not make decisions unless they are both in agreement. So he is functionally egalitarian. Why do they get so worked u

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 I didn’t leave out v9. I just didn’t pretend it overrules v8. Jesus literally says Moses “permitted” divorce—he doesn’t say God commanded or affirmed it. The Greek word in Mt 19:8 is ἐπέτρεψεν (epetrepsen), which means “allowed” or “...

@JonByers186054 I didn’t leave out v9. I just didn’t pretend it overrules v8. Jesus literally says Moses “permitted” divorce—he doesn’t say God commanded or affirmed it. The Greek word in Mt 19:8 is

Mt 19:8 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen and obey? Why can women teach other women and ch...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What does "in a position of authority" mean? The scripture is the authority. Can the pastor tell me something other than what scripture already says and I have to listen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching "strange doctrines" (1Ti 1:3) needs to be silen

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching "strange doctrines" (1Ti 1:3) needs to be silent *and learn*. With full submission because she was teaching heresy! That's why Paul says "She will be saved..." because

1Ti 1:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@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
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@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.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-18

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm What does it mean then to submit to someone?

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm What does it mean then to submit to someone?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm Obedience? I presume you are married. Can you tell me w

@n0lI73_7Im3r3 @morgonnm Obedience? I presume you are married. Can you tell me what things you command your wife that she must obey against her will?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7, God appeals to Cain’s moral agency to rule over ...

@Glory2God777 @Jetrpg @ronhenzel Humans were created to obey or disobey (Ge 2:17). Their choice to sin implies they had the capacity to choose, a trait not shared with animals in Scripture. In Ge 4:7

Ge 4:7 Ge 2:17 general