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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals It’s unnecessary. We all follow Jesus and the apostles

@Methodios007 @smashbaals It’s unnecessary. We all follow Jesus and the apostles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Grea

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Sure. Jesus Christ Simon Peter Andrew James (the Greater, son of Zebedee) John (brother of James) Philip Bartholomew Matthew Thomas James (the Less, son of Alphaeus) Simon t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Well my church is the church of the 12 apostles of Chr

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Well my church is the church of the 12 apostles of Christ. Is this a competition? The scriptures don’t tell me to trust you or “your church” but to trust the scripture and n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals “Your” church? Compiling the NT was taking what every

@Methodios007 @smashbaals “Your” church? Compiling the NT was taking what everyone acknowledged was scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Not really. Everything needed for every good work is i

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Not really. Everything needed for every good work is in scripture, including traditions. They are all written down.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@mountain_diva @smashbaals Which scripture explicitly calls a man a pastor (poim

@mountain_diva @smashbaals Which scripture explicitly calls a man a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@LandOnYourHome @smashbaals Except we don’t trust someone because of their pedig

@LandOnYourHome @smashbaals Except we don’t trust someone because of their pedigree, gender or qualifications. Paul commended the Berean for not taking him as an apostle just at his word but checking

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@TheBibleBunker @smashbaals Ellen G White’s theology and teaching needs to be ju

@TheBibleBunker @smashbaals Ellen G White’s theology and teaching needs to be judged according to scripture, not her gender.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@JulieCobbe @smashbaals How is serving the church a mind set in the flesh? Elder

@JulieCobbe @smashbaals How is serving the church a mind set in the flesh? Elders and pastors are slaves of Christ. At least they should be.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@HasDiscernment @smashbaals What if she serves because she understands the Bible

@HasDiscernment @smashbaals What if she serves because she understands the Bible doesn’t forbid women from serving as elders and pastors? How is this prideful?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@cityoftheplain9 @smashbaals Usually there are multiple elders in a church. Is i

@cityoftheplain9 @smashbaals Usually there are multiple elders in a church. Is it a church if you have at least one male elder??

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote

@Methodios007 @smashbaals Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote and refuting them. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-13

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has

@Area121086136 @smashbaals Yes, that’s the definition of authority. But God has not given husbands the power to give orders to his wife. Submission is not one way but mutual (Eph 5:21)—it means servin

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@fbi26526370 @Michael97999083 @smashbaals Church is not a military. We are not c

@fbi26526370 @Michael97999083 @smashbaals Church is not a military. We are not called to unquestioning obedience.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@Area121086136 @smashbaals You are interpreting the meaning of head to mean auth

@Area121086136 @smashbaals You are interpreting the meaning of head to mean authority which is not the sense in the context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a subs...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair

1Co 11:14-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals What does **NATURE** teach you? Look at your arm hair. Does it keep growing long? Now look at your head hair. Compare a boy and girl that don’t have their hair cut. Does nature teach ...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals What does **NATURE** teach you? Look at your arm hair. Does it keep growing long? Now look at your head hair. Compare a boy and girl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or head). Therefore she has the authority over her own h...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or hea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can be interpreted as prostituting herself and she ma...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice was actually *no* head coverings. Paul says “we have ***no such practice*** nor have the churches of God” (1Co 11:16).

1Co 11:16 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, I already showed that in Eph 1:22 it is not authority and not head *over* the church but showing that Jesus is primary over all things for the benefit of the church. And I already...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, I already showed that in Eph 1:22 it is not authority and not head *over* the church but showing that Jesus is primary over all t

Eph 1:22 1Co 11:3 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Reckless exeg

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Reckless exegesis? I am being very careful and have taken a long time to arrive at this position. You cannot prove carelessness…only

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actu

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actually says, “…and made Him head over all things **to** the church”—not head over the church but for the church. If Paul

Eph 1:22 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Yes, v3 and v

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Yes, v3 and v12 are consistent—it’s not about authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals More accurate

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals More accurately he never uses the term authority for the man over his wife.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals None of the t

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals None of the things you quoted say or mean authority. That is not the sense of the word kephale in these contexts.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creating things and so God prepared him to not be decei...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Because all m

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Because all marriage is mapped back to its origin in the first marriage. That is how we define marriage and so that is how kephale is

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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 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Teaching othe

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Teaching others is not taking authority over them though. And it would apply any human to any human not just male -> female.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assum

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assuming that being created first makes one responsible but Paul only said that the time order sequence of creation had to do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals That’s the thing—God’s ordinance is not to treat the wife like she’s an eternal child. That would stunt her growth. If women will judge angels and the world (Eph 6:2-3), then they should learn to make decisions and ...

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals That’s the thing—God’s ordinance is not to treat the wife like she’s an eternal child. That would stunt her growth. If women will judge angels and the world (Eph 6:2

Eph 6:2-3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals Why do you think that only the goals of the hus

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals Why do you think that only the goals of the husband matter? If the goals of the wife matter only because the husband decides to agree with the wife then that just emph

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needing to be stopped and educated. Not because she’s a ...

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@MacDougal434891 @codyryanyork @smashbaals It doesn’t mean that the husband alon

@MacDougal434891 @codyryanyork @smashbaals It doesn’t mean that the husband alone can work either. Read Proverbs 31 more carefully.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual, meaning also husbands to wives. Submit doesn’t mea...

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@smashbaals She’s *the* boss? No, she’s a boss, an equal partner with her husban

@smashbaals She’s *the* boss? No, she’s a boss, an equal partner with her husband.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-09

@smashbaals The Bible agrees! We can’t help but pursue the desires of the flesh

@smashbaals The Bible agrees! We can’t help but pursue the desires of the flesh which is why we need God to change us!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@GodHatesUsury @karlbeni77 @smashbaals No it doesn’t. You are ignoring Paul’s pu

@GodHatesUsury @karlbeni77 @smashbaals No it doesn’t. You are ignoring Paul’s purpose in writing to Timothy which was to deal with false teaching and those teaching it, not to stop anyone from teachin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-03

@smashbaals I think that’s Paul saying “yes, indeed.”

@smashbaals I think that’s Paul saying “yes, indeed.”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-24

@RealElliottHope @PeterThreshwood @smashbaals The church in the first 300 years

@RealElliottHope @PeterThreshwood @smashbaals The church in the first 300 years had no temple or specific buildings to meet in. This is a fact. The temple changed from a building under the old covena

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership an

@PeterThreshwood @smashbaals When the focus is on the building the leadership and church becomes distracted with doing what they were called to do. The focus on buildings started with Constantine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-23

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living t

@smashbaals The church is the people, the body of Christ, as we are all living temples of the Holy Spirit. Buildings are the way of the old temple which is no longer required.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@NIdahoPatriot @smashbaals Well, if you provide for others but leave your family

@NIdahoPatriot @smashbaals Well, if you provide for others but leave your family unprovided for I think that scripture applies. Your primary responsibility should be to your family and then others.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-11

@smashbaals @AaronInWriting Right, but leading or teaching is not what it means

@smashbaals @AaronInWriting Right, but leading or teaching is not what it means to be a man.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman I’m not your pastor. I’m also not overturning the plain meaning of the text. The plain meaning is very clear and that Paul has been quoting from the letter from the Corinthians is uncontest...

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman I’m not your pastor. I’m also not overturning the plain meaning of the text. The plain meaning is very clear and that Paul has been quoting

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman When your pastor tr

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman When your pastor tries to teach you about what the Bible says on say, the trinity, do you claim he is using word salads?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-06

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman That Paul wasn’t si

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman That Paul wasn’t silencing half the body as exemplified by statements made in the very same chapter is “word salad”? 🧐

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-05

@Darrin_Caudill @l9_a10 @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman But I don’t thi

@Darrin_Caudill @l9_a10 @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman But I don’t think that. The problem is those twisting his words to mean something he never intended. Peter talks about people who were

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