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@kodysamnanveth @rofbethany @BrandonGra53760 The son chose to subject Himself to

@kodysamnanveth @rofbethany @BrandonGra53760 The son chose to subject Himself to become a man and depend on the initiative of the Father. But scripture is clear that whatever Jesus asked, the Father w

@revjeffvox @FENFreeEagleNet @Protestia The amendment to disfellowship churches

@revjeffvox @FENFreeEagleNet @Protestia The amendment to disfellowship churches with female pastors didn’t pass.

Great news! Law amendment to dismember SBC churches who have female pastors was

Great news! Law amendment to dismember SBC churches who have female pastors was defeated! #sbc24

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith No, I d

@DBryanRhodes @Grump_Old_Man @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith No, I don't see Eph 5:23 referenced in the entry for Kephale. Brill DAG is more focused on Ancient Greek literature. https://t.

Eph 5:23 general

@landjax Let's say I was attending your church as a member. In this example, you

@landjax Let's say I was attending your church as a member. In this example, you are my elder. In this context, what authority do you have over me? Give me some examples. Help me to understand what yo

@landjax Please instruct me. What authority do you uniquely have as my elder ove

@landjax Please instruct me. What authority do you uniquely have as my elder over me?

@landjax Let's rephrase. What authority does the elder have over me? Let's say I'm following scripture. Can they tell me to not follow scripture and I have to obey? So then, what authority do they have? We submit to them as they are serving to help t...

@landjax Let's rephrase. What authority does the elder have over me? Let's say I'm following scripture. Can they tell me to not follow scripture and I have to obey? So then, what authority do they hav

@Nathan_hughes7 I’m not twisting scripture. Here’s the evidence: - He uses the singular instead of plural - a woman can be translated a wife depending on context - since a woman is used with a man and related to the first husband and wife, then this ...

@Nathan_hughes7 I’m not twisting scripture. Here’s the evidence: - He uses the singular instead of plural - a woman can be translated a wife depending on context - since a woman is used with a man and

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@happyhomemakerr @DFEACK1 So women will sit with Jesus on His throne but Jesus wants them restricted to never teach or have a place of authority in the church? Sitting with Jesus on His throne is being a judge along with Him. Alongside. Together wit...

@happyhomemakerr @DFEACK1 So women will sit with Jesus on His throne but Jesus wants them restricted to never teach or have a place of authority in the church? Sitting with Jesus on His throne is bei

@Nathan_hughes7 Thanks for the comments. I accept the plain reading…a woman, a s

@Nathan_hughes7 Thanks for the comments. I accept the plain reading…a woman, a specific deceived wife whose husband is not deceived but is silent. Since she has not been duly confronted, Paul shows gr

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Being subject is not one way the wi

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Being subject is not one way the wife to the husband only. Paul is not contradicting himself when he said it was reciprocal in v21. What he said later ha

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from any leadership role. Others prevent them from ser...

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Complementarians exist in quite a range. My last church only prevented women from the lead pastor role. Some prevent women from

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Head do

@Grump_Old_Man @DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Head doesn’t mean hierarchical authority over but source or origin of since marriage always refers back to the first marriage i

@landjax @Charb_izard Elders have the authority to build up not to tear down. Th

@landjax @Charb_izard Elders have the authority to build up not to tear down. They have a responsibility and a service to perform which is not to take all the important tasks for themselves. Matt 18:

Matt 18:15-20 debate

@landjax @Charb_izard The question was about who will be greatest in heaven and then Jesus gathered the 12 to explain that the greatest is the one who is the slave of all. This is about the idea of hierarchy and who has authority and how it is exerci...

@landjax @Charb_izard The question was about who will be greatest in heaven and then Jesus gathered the 12 to explain that the greatest is the one who is the slave of all. This is about the idea of hi

@smashbaals Which is why we should not forbid women from serving in whatever capacity and gifting that God gives them! We should not be needlessly dividing Jesus’ church over these secondary matters. One church has male only leadership and another ...

@smashbaals Which is why we should not forbid women from serving in whatever capacity and gifting that God gives them! We should not be needlessly dividing Jesus’ church over these secondary matters.

@DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Paul is using that term in a specific way to refer to His being the source or origin of the church which is His body. This isn’t about authority or hierarchy so the English word isn’t the best...

@DBryanRhodes @ronhenzel @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith Paul is using that term in a specific way to refer to His being the source or origin of the church which is His body. This isn’t about authori

@DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith If we are trying to establish husbands being hierarchically in authority over their wives by suggesting that she emulates the submissive church and he the ruling saviour then it absolutely does matter wh...

@DBryanRhodes @Gates_of_Derry @CalebDixonSmith If we are trying to establish husbands being hierarchically in authority over their wives by suggesting that she emulates the submissive church and he th

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany We are all to imitate Christ, not j

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany We are all to imitate Christ, not just husbands. https://t.co/JtkyGUum1Q

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Where does Christ exercise authority over His bride the church? He has all authority FOR the church, that is for our benefit. "And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over ev...

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Where does Christ exercise authority over His bride the church? He has all authority FOR the church, that is for our benefit. "And God placed all things u

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Leadership in the church is about i

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Leadership in the church is about initiative and service and is not to be like the world where leaders rule over people. What v21 says is reciprocal, one

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem I would say the authority for the man to rule over the woman wasn’t given by God, but both are equally commanded to rule. The problem with using head in English is we see it meaning ...

@pastherandie @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii @JohnPiper @waynegrudem I would say the authority for the man to rule over the woman wasn’t given by God, but both are equally commanded to rule. The proble

@JamesDitto12 That means that when a spouse dies, the living one is freed from t

@JamesDitto12 That means that when a spouse dies, the living one is freed from their vow and can marry another. At the rapture, both husband and wife may be transformed alive without dying. That does

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@distinctly_Kara You are right that context is extremely important. 1Ti 2:11-12

@distinctly_Kara You are right that context is extremely important. 1Ti 2:11-12 has to do with a specific wife who is deceived and teaching heresy but her undeceived husband is not saying anything. P

1Ti 2:11-12 debate

@DBryanRhodes @reformed_cajun Peter says of Paul, "He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do t...

@DBryanRhodes @reformed_cajun Peter says of Paul, "He writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these matters. His letters contain some things that are **hard to understand,** which

2Pe 3:16 general

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany If v21 is reciprocal willing subjec

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany If v21 is reciprocal willing subjection, then whatever Paul says in the following verses cannot mean one-way subjection.

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in i

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in it because that is needlessly divisive. No one—not even the SBC—should be redefining what unifies us as Christians. It i

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of cour

@landjax No. You don’t divide as a cautionary against a possibility. But of course you already assume that female pastors are in rebellion, so what does it matter to you what they do after that? This

@sunbrightskills @JodyinKentucky @eorre_ecc Why is this the responsibility of th

@sunbrightskills @JodyinKentucky @eorre_ecc Why is this the responsibility of the elders? Elders are not supposed to control things, but to oversee things. They should only be concerned that what is b

@JodyinKentucky @sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Curriculum is simply to teach existi

@JodyinKentucky @sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Curriculum is simply to teach existing doctrine not create new doctrine. No one should be establishing new doctrine including elders.

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would depend on which doctrine as only the fundamentals of...

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would de

@Phirah79 @JamesPelton18 Still unclear - 1 Timothy is the only one being dispute

@Phirah79 @JamesPelton18 Still unclear - 1 Timothy is the only one being disputed?

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear ch

@avyargo @FDMurphy1635 Men are fathers and women are mothers (only women bear children), but what does that have to do with teaching, leading, overseeing, pastoral work?

1 Corinthians 15:35-44 debate

@CalebDixonSmith @opreterista That sounds eerily close to “what is a woman?” You mean “what kind of body?” The passage you are referring to is actually from Paul, not Jesus. It is found in 1 Corinthians 15:35-44: "But someone will ask, 'How are th...

@CalebDixonSmith @opreterista That sounds eerily close to “what is a woman?” You mean “what kind of body?” The passage you are referring to is actually from Paul, not Jesus. It is found in 1 Corinth

@DuaneGriffin62 @avyargo Amen! I can’t believe some patriarchalists appear to be

@DuaneGriffin62 @avyargo Amen! I can’t believe some patriarchalists appear to be suggesting a trans ideology!

In contrast to @MikeWingerii, CBMW, @JohnPiper and @waynegrudem see women subject to men and not teaching them FOR ALL TIMES. So perhaps the definitive complementarians and patriarchalists agree? “We think 1Ti 2:8–15 imposes two restrictions on the...

In contrast to @MikeWingerii, CBMW, @JohnPiper and @waynegrudem see women subject to men and not teaching them FOR ALL TIMES. So perhaps the definitive complementarians and patriarchalists agree? “W

1Ti 2:8 debate

@Rural_mi_vet @shekenahglory v24 “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira

@Rural_mi_vet @shekenahglory v24 “But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching…”

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Correct. Christ does not exercise a

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Correct. Christ does not exercise authority over His bride, the church.

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Where does Christ take authority ov

@BrandonGra53760 @kodysamnanveth @rofbethany Where does Christ take authority over His bride?

@Gop_firecracker Patriarchalists believe in trans idoleology ⁉️

@SindlandOz34748 Scripture cannot contradict if it is inspired. Who then is this referring to? "To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that one ‘will rule them with an iron scepter and will d...

@SindlandOz34748 Scripture cannot contradict if it is inspired. Who then is this referring to? "To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—that o

@InnovationHQ2 Amen, scripture cannot contradict. So how do you resolve them? I

@InnovationHQ2 Amen, scripture cannot contradict. So how do you resolve them? I heard @rightresponsem says that angels are males…

@subq Right, Mike thinks women being under the authority of men is only for this life in the church age. Is that what you think too? For what reason would God limit women from authoritative roles when they are just going to go all the way in the ne...

@subq Right, Mike thinks women being under the authority of men is only for this life in the church age. Is that what you think too? For what reason would God limit women from authoritative roles wh

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul ar

@JamesPelton18 @Phirah79 This is highly problematic. Which letters from Paul are inauthentic?Corinthians, Ephesians and Timothy? Any more? What about Peter, is his letter inauthentic also?

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Exhorting is to what scripture already teaches. Rebuking is to anything contrary to scripture. The authority is merely to carry out the task. Leading doesn’t mean trumping someone else who lea...

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Exhorting is to what scripture already teaches. Rebuking is to anything contrary to scripture. The authority is merely to carry out the task.

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says el

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals That passage also says elders are to receive the same benefit of Matt 18 in that an accusation should not be entertained unless brought by 2 or 3

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals What is it with this idea

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals What is it with this idea of “authoritative capacity”? Pastors have a responsibility. They don’t have the authority to just make something up bec

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, ignore the part about

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, ignore the part about women. I’m a man. Would I be in sin to preach a sermon if I don’t hold the office of pastor?

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Why is preaching authoriz

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Why is preaching authorized by the church? Why would I stop someone from Preaching the truth if God is using them and they are sound in the faith

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, there is a difference

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Ok, there is a difference between scattered interactive conversation and preparing a teaching sermon. Sure. But why is one a sin for women to per