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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-03

@Mosleya62Mosley @dannolane @Rach4Patriarchy Amen. And Jesus (or the apostles)

@Mosleya62Mosley @dannolane @Rach4Patriarchy Amen. And Jesus (or the apostles) didn’t bar women from leadership. Don’t make up your own rules.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-03

@BenZeisloft Are all your leaders Jewish males like the apostles? Right. I did

@BenZeisloft Are all your leaders Jewish males like the apostles? Right. I didn’t think so. https://t.co/4tYGBalq90

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-03

@William_E_Wolfe Right. I forgot all of the apostles died in sword fights defen

@William_E_Wolfe Right. I forgot all of the apostles died in sword fights defending their congregations.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-02

@reformedstateom @LordRanglican @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference @ScottAniol What Biblical duty? Are you aware of what the Bible says about cowards? It is not cowardly to be willing to die. Jesus did it. The apostles did it. Revelation 21:8 (NASB ...

@reformedstateom @LordRanglican @William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference @ScottAniol What Biblical duty? Are you aware of what the Bible says about cowards? It is not cowardly to be willing to die. Jesus did

Revelation 21:8 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-02

@BenZeisloft @William_E_Wolfe Vomit? I quoted him. I am asking for the example

@BenZeisloft @William_E_Wolfe Vomit? I quoted him. I am asking for the example of the first century church and the apostles. Self defence right? Am I misinterpreting him?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference @ScottAniol “…if we fail to act in the call to arms then we are cowards.” The first century church had all its apostles aside from 1 martyred and many Christians hung on crosses and used as torches. Show me where any ...

@William_E_Wolfe @G3Conference @ScottAniol “…if we fail to act in the call to arms then we are cowards.” The first century church had all its apostles aside from 1 martyred and many Christians hung o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@BNGoblin61 @smashbaals Not the apostles.

@BNGoblin61 @smashbaals Not the apostles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-01

@smashbaals This is unfortunate. None of these are the apostles. Shouldn’t we

@smashbaals This is unfortunate. None of these are the apostles. Shouldn’t we always be going back to the teaching of Jesus and His apostles?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-27

RT @ryanschatz: @BenZeisloft If the apostle Paul saw your posts, I think he woul

RT @ryanschatz: @BenZeisloft If the apostle Paul saw your posts, I think he would write something like the following to you: "Likewise, I…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-27

@BenZeisloft If the apostle Paul saw your posts, I think he would write something like the following to you: "Likewise, I urge men to present themselves not with excessive displays of muscularity or feats of strength, as if godliness were a matter o...

@BenZeisloft If the apostle Paul saw your posts, I think he would write something like the following to you: "Likewise, I urge men to present themselves not with excessive displays of muscularity or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-25

@Cadogan_Barde @The_Wry_Griot @Brian_Sauve You realize that no children were there waiting for the apostle Paul also, right? All singles male or female have the same issue. The vast majority don’t make the role of CEO…and probably don’t want it eit...

@Cadogan_Barde @The_Wry_Griot @Brian_Sauve You realize that no children were there waiting for the apostle Paul also, right? All singles male or female have the same issue. The vast majority don’t m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-14

@GregThornberg This is the Apostle Paul's response to those who are "arrogant towards the [natural] branches": “But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the...

@GregThornberg This is the Apostle Paul's response to those who are "arrogant towards the [natural] branches": “But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-08

@sanothomas 1 Cor 14:34-35 is actually the Apostle Paul quoting from a letter he received from the Corinthians; Paul is rebuking those men who are silencing half of the body: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [men] o...

@sanothomas 1 Cor 14:34-35 is actually the Apostle Paul quoting from a letter he received from the Corinthians; Paul is rebuking those men who are silencing half of the body: “What? Came the word of G

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 14:36 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-08

@_KililoBrian That’s not what that passage is saying. The Apostle Paul is quoti

@_KililoBrian That’s not what that passage is saying. The Apostle Paul is quoting from a letter that the Corinthians wrote to him and refuting those who are silencing half the church. So it’s the ex

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-07

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve You keep repeating yourself. The apostles had it right. I don’t know what all the “doctors” of the church all taught, but what matters is scripture. The Waldensiens were not modern and got this right in the 12th century. Is...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve You keep repeating yourself. The apostles had it right. I don’t know what all the “doctors” of the church all taught, but what matters is scripture. The Waldensiens were not

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-06

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve The forefathers are the apostles whom the church is built upon. They did not require only men to be pastors. I respect the Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures and conveyed that they are sufficient to be fully capable and ...

@ArmoryOC @Brian_Sauve The forefathers are the apostles whom the church is built upon. They did not require only men to be pastors. I respect the Holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures and conveyed

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

Why did the apostles choose 7 males and did not include women to lead in the dis

Why did the apostles choose 7 males and did not include women to lead in the distribution of food to the Hellenistic widows in Acts 6? https://t.co/jJmnP3Gb9W

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-22

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likely Chose Only Men: 1. *Cultural Norms:* The norms ...

@BrotherBoaz @nakedpastor I have been working on some reasons why the apostles selected only men for this role in the early church. Here are some of my thoughts at this point. Reasons Why They Likel

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@pauldirks @PerinDana The Apostle’s teaching to each gender is not inseparably tethered to patriarchal hierarchy. Here’s what we see Peter aiming at in his first letter. The central theme of 1 Peter is the embodiment of faith in daily life, a faith...

@pauldirks @PerinDana The Apostle’s teaching to each gender is not inseparably tethered to patriarchal hierarchy. Here’s what we see Peter aiming at in his first letter. The central theme of 1 Peter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-18

@madlabrador_ @The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf I believe in the Church founded by Chri

@madlabrador_ @The_Lilion @HeidiSchlumpf I believe in the Church founded by Christ and based on the teachings of the Apostles. I’m just going back further than you are…past the corruption.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-13

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 sons of Jacob, 12 tribes of Israel? Yet just as we d...

@CovenantReform2 @SophieLuther83 @GingerSnapKid The apostles were selected before the start of the church. Maybe Jesus had some other reason why He chose 12 Jewish males...remember, there were 12 son

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr The 12 disciples were chosen before the start of the church. Being first doesn't mean leadership was exclusively Jewish men. Paul said Junia was included with those who were outstanding among the apostles. Wh...

@aflawedmanofGod @ortrails @goteamcarr The 12 disciples were chosen before the start of the church. Being first doesn't mean leadership was exclusively Jewish men. Paul said Junia was included with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall By apostolic I understand the teaching of the apostles, not the Roman Catholic magisterium: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts...

@GMErectheus @abitztony1 @TaylorRMarshall By apostolic I understand the teaching of the apostles, not the Roman Catholic magisterium: "They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellows

Acts 2:42 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-12

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way in all his letters, speaking in them of these mat...

@BaptistHoldout @ortrails @goteamcarr Firstly, thank you for the complements on my physique 😊. But you really ought to thank the apostle Paul who wrote the text that way. "[Paul] writes the same way

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@Ro12Two @nickmobrien You have to go back to scripture to test all things. If the Apostle Paul himself⎯and even angels⎯ are subject to scripture, then so is the Roman Catholic Church. “But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel o...

@Ro12Two @nickmobrien You have to go back to scripture to test all things. If the Apostle Paul himself⎯and even angels⎯ are subject to scripture, then so is the Roman Catholic Church. “But even if w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@granato50 @RevJamesCollazo @AnthonyJMHoward @JHF46thPotus @TaylorRMarshall The

@granato50 @RevJamesCollazo @AnthonyJMHoward @JHF46thPotus @TaylorRMarshall The apostles argued for Christ as Messiah from the Old Testament. They still had a Bible, even though the eyewitness testim

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-10

@calvinrobinson @seatradelaw Christ also chose 12 Jewish males, so that must mea

@calvinrobinson @seatradelaw Christ also chose 12 Jewish males, so that must mean that only Jewish men can teach in the church? The apostles were chosen before the start of the church. https://t.co/0

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-09

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “

@JacobSpray5 Nothing in 1 Tim 3 says “must not be a female,” rather the phrase “one woman man” means faithful to one’s spouse…unless you think an overseer must be married with children which the apost

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@HierB4TheAC @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals It says word of mouth or by letter fro

@HierB4TheAC @TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals It says word of mouth or by letter from us (the apostles). It is referring to the same traditions, not different ones. Not everyone had a copy of the letter

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-07

@TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals @HwsEleutheroi Where did you get this from? Regard

@TaylorRMarshall @smashbaals @HwsEleutheroi Where did you get this from? Regardless if true, Augustine was not one of the apostles and didn’t write scripture. We need to go back to scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-06

@DavidCShell1 @Emma41913442572 @p3_1415926i @TnShitStirrer @Eric_Conn What makes you think every Christian believed what you do? Even if all got it wrong, the apostles didn’t. Jesus picked 12 Jewish males but we don’t say only Jewish males can be p...

@DavidCShell1 @Emma41913442572 @p3_1415926i @TnShitStirrer @Eric_Conn What makes you think every Christian believed what you do? Even if all got it wrong, the apostles didn’t. Jesus picked 12 Jewish

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-02

@Rach4Patriarchy How do you define “venerate”? I regard the apostles with respe

@Rach4Patriarchy How do you define “venerate”? I regard the apostles with respect but if I were to create icons of them and pray to them that would cross a line over to things that should only be don

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-29

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that such a person is deceived and the truth is not in ...

@AdamJKrejci @Rach4Patriarchy No one—not the apostle Paul, or John or Peter, not Mary…no one except Christ can claim to be without sin (whether by nature or by will). If they do, John is clear that s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in there and Peter admits that Paul writes about things...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I hear the interpretive gymnastics response from many complementarians. The fact is that I’m just dealing with the complexities in the text that the apostle Paul himself put in th

2 Pet 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes of course. But I was speaking in context of Ephesians 5

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes of course. But I was speaking in context of Ephesians 5. The apostle Paul is offering a corrective to specific relationship issues. https://t.co/Z58JiQI6JM

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-15

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a higher standard. But he is not meaning that women als...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT The apostle Paul is speaking into situations where the woman is treated as necessary to bear children and keep house—more as a slave or property. He is calling these men to a high

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-14

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to

@KaeleyT @pauldirks And this is precisely why the apostle Paul writes to men to lay down their lives for their wives. It’s not about going to work (which men can easily treat as an escape from proble

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-11

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Just as the apostle Paul commended the Bereans for not just taking him at his word because he was an apostle but for searching the scriptures to see if what he said was consistent with God’s prior revelation, so...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Just as the apostle Paul commended the Bereans for not just taking him at his word because he was an apostle but for searching the scriptures to see if what he s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-10

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Again, the apostles are chosen before the church is instituted. Just because men were chosen first doesn’t mean women cannot follow as apostles (though different than the foundational apostles). Just like chur...

@outcatching @GlennDavies @danitreweek Again, the apostles are chosen before the church is instituted. Just because men were chosen first doesn’t mean women cannot follow as apostles (though differen

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@outcatching @TomBuck The apostles were selected before the church began and they are unique as there are only 12 and they must have been with Jesus. Paul is certainly unique in that his claim to being with Jesus was after His resurrection. Most el...

@outcatching @TomBuck The apostles were selected before the church began and they are unique as there are only 12 and they must have been with Jesus. Paul is certainly unique in that his claim to bei

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@outcatching @TomBuck 1 Corinthians 9:5 (NASB 2020): Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? This is the only reference we have on this but it suggests the ot...

@outcatching @TomBuck 1 Corinthians 9:5 (NASB 2020): Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? This is the onl

1 Cor 7:7-8 1 Corinthians 9:5 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-08

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck I’m not disputing the apostles and the Law. You are making baseless allegations. Maybe you think that’s fun and I’m supposed to laugh, but you should be concerned about truth. Given that God is over all humani...

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck I’m not disputing the apostles and the Law. You are making baseless allegations. Maybe you think that’s fun and I’m supposed to laugh, but you should be concern

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-03

@YouHaveFought @ronhenzel One note to Israel’s comment is that Jesus used an imp

@YouHaveFought @ronhenzel One note to Israel’s comment is that Jesus used an imperative, particularly recorded for both the bread and the wine in Matthew’s account. Rather than allowing Judas to part

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 @BarakWatson @justasbefuddled Paul is the one changing the gramm

@BogdanOancea77 @BarakWatson @justasbefuddled Paul is the one changing the grammar. I think your accusation is not against me but against the apostle Paul. I'm just trying to understand what he mean

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-18

@MikeWingerii @sparrowsperch The early church preached from the Old Testament an

@MikeWingerii @sparrowsperch The early church preached from the Old Testament and the eyewitness testimony of the apostles and those who saw what Jesus did.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin 2. Prisca (or some say Priscilla) and Aquila were not "disciples" of Paul. 3. Prisca is known to the churches of Asia. It appears obvious that they would have been known by the apostles. Prisca is known to Luke as he wr...

@L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin 2. Prisca (or some say Priscilla) and Aquila were not "disciples" of Paul. 3. Prisca is known to the churches of Asia. It appears obvious that they would have been known

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@JustinPetersMin Jesus chose 12 Jewish male apostles and we don’t see Jewishness

@JustinPetersMin Jesus chose 12 Jewish male apostles and we don’t see Jewishness as a requirement for pastors. The apostles were chosen before the start of the church when the dividing wall was still

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@TomBuck The apostles were appointed before the start of the church. He also ap

@TomBuck The apostles were appointed before the start of the church. He also appointed 12 Jews and no Gentiles so maybe we should only have Jewish male pastors ?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@brmorris Seems like mutual submission was not the narrative they wanted from th

@brmorris Seems like mutual submission was not the narrative they wanted from the Apostle Paul.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-21

@casey1167 @naw_elbows @MikeWingerii Seems to me the apostles got it right and t

@casey1167 @naw_elbows @MikeWingerii Seems to me the apostles got it right and things got worse from there. History doesn’t make right. We are going back to the originals, not ignoring them. We hav

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