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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she is not allowed to teach authoritatively as he does,...

@MikeWingerii More questions… if a man is an overseer and a woman is teaching other women scripture, how is he to oversee her teaching without listening to it? To this a pastor I know concludes she i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@MikeWingerii We could say that pastors should be Jewish males because Jesus onl

@MikeWingerii We could say that pastors should be Jewish males because Jesus only chose Jewish male apostles. And you can see where this is going…sounds a lot like the Judaizers who were spying on t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@PastorSJCamp @DaveSmith2019 @William_E_Wolfe Hi Steve. I am a long time fan of

@PastorSJCamp @DaveSmith2019 @William_E_Wolfe Hi Steve. I am a long time fan of your music. But taking these passages out of context isn’t an argument. JWs do this all the time to which the right r

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-17

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way t

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way that doesn’t contradict the grammar, context and other scripture a sin? Where is women preaching/speaking/leading/pastor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii Your summary here is a 1 minute synopsis of something Rick could state to show he is considering these texts. When he goes off to other texts⎯though they are helpful, they don't work for most complementarians as they a...

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii Your summary here is a 1 minute synopsis of something Rick could state to show he is considering these texts. When he goes off to other texts⎯though they are helpful, t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii You are right in the sense that he doesn't have to repeat the work of others, but he should explain he is not ignoring these passages and that there are other Biblically faithful interpretations which do not contradict ...

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii You are right in the sense that he doesn't have to repeat the work of others, but he should explain he is not ignoring these passages and that there are other Biblically

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood A text without a context is a pretext. And no, it is not clear as can be. 'A woman' is not 'women' (Paul knows grammar), and "A bishop cannot be a woman" would be as clear as it can be. Do you have u...

@southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood A text without a context is a pretext. And no, it is not clear as can be. 'A woman' is not 'women' (Paul knows grammar), and "A bishop cannot be a wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@5pointsMckinley A pastor is simply someone who guides and disciples a group of

@5pointsMckinley A pastor is simply someone who guides and disciples a group of believers. That this is relegated to males only and not based on character, gifting and skillset is like saying all pas

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@revjeffvox @5pointsMckinley Mike Winger responds to most of the egalitarian arguments which are poor. But the ones which are good he spends little time on and some he ignores. But he does not have an exegesis of the key passages which makes all th...

@revjeffvox @5pointsMckinley Mike Winger responds to most of the egalitarian arguments which are poor. But the ones which are good he spends little time on and some he ignores. But he does not have

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii We can certainly agree with Warren’s points on th

@Ashwin_Vengayil @MikeWingerii We can certainly agree with Warren’s points on these passages, but he has to exegete the hard passages for women in leadership, namely 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 T

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1/ Let me get this straight. This passage clearly says “husband of one wife” but you say and elder doesn’t have to be married. It says clearly “one who manages his house” and “keeps his children under cont...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1/ Let me get this straight. This passage clearly says “husband of one wife” but you say and elder doesn’t have to be married. It says clearly “one who man

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder doesn’t have to have children even though that is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The only thing being destroyed is the false teaching that elder applies only to males. There is nothing that says in 1 Tim 3 or Titus 1 that an elder must not be a woman. If you want to be wooden literal, ...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer The only thing being destroyed is the false teaching that elder applies only to males. There is nothing that says in 1 Tim 3 or Titus 1 that an elder must n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamous. Nowhere is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer 1 Tim 3:1—If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise".

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PenmanshipPlus @kjfit33 @WWUTTcom A woman preaching true doctrine and assisting

@PenmanshipPlus @kjfit33 @WWUTTcom A woman preaching true doctrine and assisting with the ministry in a pastoral role is degenerate? I don’t think you know what that word means.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Really? So where exactly does it say

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Really? So where exactly does it say “an elder must not be a woman”?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@WWUTTcom Surely Elevation and other churches have problems, but the fact that you would use the issue of women pastors as a means to get them out is abhorrent. If they have abhorrent doctrine then why not deal with that? You sound like a boy upset...

@WWUTTcom Surely Elevation and other churches have problems, but the fact that you would use the issue of women pastors as a means to get them out is abhorrent. If they have abhorrent doctrine then w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their te

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their teaching and preaching gift from the pulpit so long as they are not called elder or pastor?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@_nomadic_soul Yes. I feel that as a man who has an understanding of these pass

@_nomadic_soul Yes. I feel that as a man who has an understanding of these passages that it is my responsibility to defend women and try my best to convince these pastors of the truth.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@_nomadic_soul I consider myself a fundamentalist Christian but I believe in the

@_nomadic_soul I consider myself a fundamentalist Christian but I believe in the equality of men and women. I also believe the scripture is inspired and inerrant and that there are Biblically sound e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen What explicit instruction says "An elder must not be a woman"? In 1 Tim 3 you have "one wife husband" but this is simply monogamous. Paul wasn't married and surely he met his own requirements. Then later...

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen What explicit instruction says "An elder must not be a woman"? In 1 Tim 3 you have "one wife husband" but this is simply monogamous. Paul wasn't married a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen The question was why would you have

@ball_dummy @zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen The question was why would you have a husband wife pastor team. P and A were leaders of some kind⎯there's a lot of things we don't get told explicitly abou

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 4/ Don't assume because someone has a different Bi

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 4/ Don't assume because someone has a different Biblically substantiated view of a Biblical passage that they are ignoring scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 1/ And you shouldn't rely on passages that you don

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 1/ And you shouldn't rely on passages that you don't fully understand. In this personal letter from Paul to Timothy, he admonishes him to remain to stop false teachers (

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@SchizoScout @adamwm89 So when the scripture says that in the church we are a ki

@SchizoScout @adamwm89 So when the scripture says that in the church we are a kingdom of priests, that refers only to the men?? Those passages are debated on very good Biblical grounds and if they ar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-15

@zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen Because both may have qualifications and calling

@zechariah1680 @thebereanmillen Because both may have qualifications and calling and they complement each other. Plus a female needing counselling doesn’t have to be alone with a male pastor, etc. R

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So let me see if I get this straight….Jesus wants His body to be divided by gender? And someone who reads his Bible and is convinced that women in his local church can be pastors is unfriendl...

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So let me see if I get this straight….Jesus wants His body to be divided by gender? And someone who reads his Bible and is convinced that wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So the SBC isn’t Jesus

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So the SBC isn’t Jesus’ church? Did Jesus say he wants only male pastors and preachers in His body?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Right. But the point is that the gender of the word

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Right. But the point is that the gender of the word doesn’t tell us that there’s a gender restriction. Also, Paul wasn’t married so the one appointing elders doesn’t meet

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "women likewise". μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα means monogamou...

@foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Yet again, have you looked at 1 Tim 3? If τις (anyone/someone) aspires to the office of ἐπισκοπῆς (overseer, feminine). Then we get a list of requirements followed by "wom

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris I’m not trying to base my doctrine on this m

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris I’m not trying to base my doctrine on this most difficult verse…just trying to explain it how it is compatible with women being elders and pastors and teachers and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren Correction.... "egalitarian churches" to be disfellowshipped. No matter what you think of Rick Warren, this decision means if you believe women can be pastors, you will not be tolerated in the SBC. Sad as its a secondar...

@William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren Correction.... "egalitarian churches" to be disfellowshipped. No matter what you think of Rick Warren, this decision means if you believe women can be pastors, you will n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@revjeffvox @thatbrian Jeff, you are the pastor that worked with me to help prev

@revjeffvox @thatbrian Jeff, you are the pastor that worked with me to help prevent division. Why would you frame this in a way that favours a schism? Is it liberal to believe that the authority is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@William_E_Wolfe Your phrasing of the comment of 'some pastors' is a nice straw

@William_E_Wolfe Your phrasing of the comment of 'some pastors' is a nice straw man. Enjoy your bonfire.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-14

@William_E_Wolfe The #SBC should have never put male only pastors as a restricti

@William_E_Wolfe The #SBC should have never put male only pastors as a restriction. The can was placed by those who formed the document.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@anahnemoo Funny. But that’s not the question. It was “what are the requiremen

@anahnemoo Funny. But that’s not the question. It was “what are the requirements for a pastor”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks We are not to unnecessarily divide the body. It doesn’t mean that we cannot believe different things. For example, as an egal, I can submit to comp leadership but I know 3 churches where I asked the p...

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks We are not to unnecessarily divide the body. It doesn’t mean that we cannot believe different things. For example, as an egal, I can submit to comp le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris 3/ “The second type of submission (type II) is one that comes from personal relationships and is often based on love or compassion. In this second type, submission is the voluntary giving up of power in order to t...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris 3/ “The second type of submission (type II) is one that comes from personal relationships and is often based on love or compassion. In this second type, submission

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren Or feel free to ask questions. Or

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren Or feel free to ask questions. Or you can send me your email and I’ll send you a brief summary I sent to a pastor friend on 1 Tim 2.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-13

@William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks So the SBC wants to have a split? You cannot see any way to have your complementarian church and co-operate with a church that has a female pastor preaching true doctrine (presuming the only problem is the past...

@William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks So the SBC wants to have a split? You cannot see any way to have your complementarian church and co-operate with a church that has a female pastor preaching tru

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren @megbasham @AmReformer Ok, then deal with the issue

@William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren @megbasham @AmReformer Ok, then deal with the issue that is sin separate from the other issue that is not sin (ie. women preachers, teachers and pastors)

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Do you see how Paul says “I praise you…for h

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Do you see how Paul says “I praise you…for holding to the traditions just as I passed them onto you” (vs2) and then “BUT I want you to realize…” (vs3) ⎯ they don’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@TheSMEAC @btgolz @RickWarren Lol. Sometimes Siri just does weird things. Anyw

@TheSMEAC @btgolz @RickWarren Lol. Sometimes Siri just does weird things. Anyways, I have many quibbles and things to say about Rick Warren over the years—but the issue at hand here is women being o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@William_E_Wolfe Liberals (those who ignore God’s Word) and egalitarians are not one and the same. If the SBC didn’t want this to come to a head, they probably shouldn’t kick out churches simply for allowing women to preach true doctrine and pastor....

@William_E_Wolfe Liberals (those who ignore God’s Word) and egalitarians are not one and the same. If the SBC didn’t want this to come to a head, they probably shouldn’t kick out churches simply for

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@michaelfrost6 Not defending RW but these passages are notoriously difficult and

@michaelfrost6 Not defending RW but these passages are notoriously difficult and these are very good sound Biblical reasons for understanding them as not restricting all women. But avoiding these scr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (3) Yes, everyone is a servant, even Jesus, Paul, etc.

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (3) Yes, everyone is a servant, even Jesus, Paul, etc. so it can apply to everyone and not only those appointed for non-elder leadership. So how would Paul have to refer to P

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (1) He is an apostle who appoints elders. And he most

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (1) He is an apostle who appoints elders. And he most definitely served in an overseer capacity though over multiple churches. So you are saying that one who appoints elders

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi Also, why do you think the Holy Spirit inspired the following details: 1Tim3:8 - deacons likewise… 1Tim3:11 - women likewise… 1Tim3:12 - deacons must be… ὡσαύτως: “a marker of similarity that approximates identity, (in) the ...

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi Also, why do you think the Holy Spirit inspired the following details: 1Tim3:8 - deacons likewise… 1Tim3:11 - women likewise… 1Tim3:12 - deacons must be… ὡσαύτως: “a marker o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (2) Both elders and deacons are said to be the “husband

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (2) Both elders and deacons are said to be the “husband of one wife” though Paul wasn’t married and in Rom 16:1 Phoebe (is referred to as a deaconess. “Husband of one wife” i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-12

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren Learn to work with people that disagree with you on secondary matters which are not matters of sin. The SBC shouldn’t have baked male only pastors into the agreement but we’ve also learned a lot along the way so they sho...

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren Learn to work with people that disagree with you on secondary matters which are not matters of sin. The SBC shouldn’t have baked male only pastors into the agreement but

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