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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ymmotrojam @pastherandie @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals You are saying that Paul doesn't want the women to contribute to the learning of the community: 14:1 - "Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy...

@ymmotrojam @pastherandie @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals You are saying that Paul doesn't want the women to contribute to the learning of the community: 14:1 - "Pursue love, yet earnestly desire spi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals Ron says that they could ask the elders—then why is that not what Paul says? Why are only the women guided to ask the elders and not everyone? Tom, you say that Paul just wants to say that the questions s...

@ymmotrojam @ronhenzel @kriesese @smashbaals Ron says that they could ask the elders—then why is that not what Paul says? Why are only the women guided to ask the elders and not everyone? Tom, you sa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Wow, Ron, you think everyone always agrees? So you agree with all complementarians? Mike Winger thinks women can be deacons. About 1Co 14:34-45. Philip Payne thinks these vers...

@ronhenzel @ymmotrojam @JollyStine @pastherandie @peace_got @MikeWingerii Wow, Ron, you think everyone always agrees? So you agree with all complementarians? Mike Winger thinks women can be deacons.

1Co 14:34-45 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@MatneyWoodard Attacking women serving as pastors and calling them in sin is doi

@MatneyWoodard Attacking women serving as pastors and calling them in sin is doing exactly as you describe.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@jhkrantz @pastherandie @ronhenzel @Christ_like_ish @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Paul is establishing order. The way church is done today is nothing like what Paul describes in 1Ti 3. Today it is all about position and authority; ...

@jhkrantz @pastherandie @ronhenzel @Christ_like_ish @JollyStine @peace_got @ymmotrojam @MikeWingerii Paul is establishing order. The way church is done today is nothing like what Paul describes in 1Ti

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@Crystalisives @NarnianAttorney @William34772026 @RSCharlton @MikeWingerii No they aren’t—Philip Payne is wrong on this and I’m disappointed. It is in every extant manuscript. Scribes recognized it wasn’t Paul’s words so they marked it or added notes...

@Crystalisives @NarnianAttorney @William34772026 @RSCharlton @MikeWingerii No they aren’t—Philip Payne is wrong on this and I’m disappointed. It is in every extant manuscript. Scribes recognized it wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-10

@NotTheBaptizer @onegospel2021 @KimberleeJayneW @deadtosin610 What, my evangelists who are on fire for God? Why would you feel terrible for them? Don’t you want them to be strong believers as they are? All of them are leading in some way, doing Bible...

@NotTheBaptizer @onegospel2021 @KimberleeJayneW @deadtosin610 What, my evangelists who are on fire for God? Why would you feel terrible for them? Don’t you want them to be strong believers as they are

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@TentSpike @deadtosin610 A difference of opinion on a secondary matter is not sin. Do you call Calvinists to repent? How about old earthers? Or perhaps amillennialists or pretribbers? Are they all sinning if they don’t agree with your interpretation?...

@TentSpike @deadtosin610 A difference of opinion on a secondary matter is not sin. Do you call Calvinists to repent? How about old earthers? Or perhaps amillennialists or pretribbers? Are they all sin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

@th3muse @ryancduff I think that Mike has made significant contributions, the vast majority of which I agree with him on. I just think he has a particular aim to take down egalitarians and evangelize them all back to complementarian. I just want him...

@th3muse @ryancduff I think that Mike has made significant contributions, the vast majority of which I agree with him on. I just think he has a particular aim to take down egalitarians and evangelize

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy You presume leadership means authority over, when that is not the Biblical model. The woman described in Prov 31 exemplifies leadership and wisdom in her household and beyond. She influences and shows leadership to the fol...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy You presume leadership means authority over, when that is not the Biblical model. The woman described in Prov 31 exemplifies leadership and wisdom in her household and beyo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy In Romans 16, Paul mentions several women whom he praises for their work and contributions to the early Christian community, highlighting their roles and leadership. Here are the women mentioned: 1. Phoebe (Ro 16:1-2) - De...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy In Romans 16, Paul mentions several women whom he praises for their work and contributions to the early Christian community, highlighting their roles and leadership. Here ar

Ro 16:1-2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 Joan is correct. Paul is using kephale to describe so

@JoanBandy @BogdanOancea77 Joan is correct. Paul is using kephale to describe source relationships. Here's an exposition on 1Co 11:3. https://t.co/PoTw2iBRgT

1Co 11:3 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@Carol52538896 @Revelation_14_7 No, I don’t think I’m the only one. Luther, Ambrose and other church fathers were not “midwits” but certainly can be wrong on various matters. Do you subscribe to Sola Scriptura or SS + non-apostolic church fathers? O...

@Carol52538896 @Revelation_14_7 No, I don’t think I’m the only one. Luther, Ambrose and other church fathers were not “midwits” but certainly can be wrong on various matters. Do you subscribe to Sola

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn Why would you do that? What are you apologizing for? The Bible doesn’t refer to all the multitude of genders that people assume to take on, it refers to male and female. In the Old ...

@baste_goblin @Revelation_14_7 @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn Why would you do that? What are you apologizing for? The Bible doesn’t refer to all the multitude of genders that people assume to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@baste_goblin @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I don’t believe that what you are describing is God’s created order. What do you call it when a man gets to command and the wife has to obey and whenever there is a difference in op...

@baste_goblin @TomWarlord @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I don’t believe that what you are describing is God’s created order. What do you call it when a man gets to command and the wife ha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot learn from half the body of Christ? I appreciate th...

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe I think men ought to be able to learn from women because the Bible doesn't teach that women are forbidden from teaching men. What is so wrong with men that they cannot le

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe Hi Doreen! People who see 1 Tim 2:12 as forbidding godly women from teaching true doctrine to anyone whether in the pulpit or out of the pulpit (does that matter? was there a pulpit in the early church?)⎯these misinterpr...

@DoreenVirtue @lovesickscribe Hi Doreen! People who see 1 Tim 2:12 as forbidding godly women from teaching true doctrine to anyone whether in the pulpit or out of the pulpit (does that matter? was the

1 Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ronhenzel Since when does Paul defer to how the apostles esteem certain individuals? “But from those who were of considerable repute [ie. the other apostles] (what they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism)—well, those who were o...

@ronhenzel Since when does Paul defer to how the apostles esteem certain individuals? “But from those who were of considerable repute [ie. the other apostles] (what they were makes no difference to m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Not only did priests have to be men but also Jewish and of only one tribe (Levite) and they had to be without defect. Everything you are referring to is before the start of the church, before the resurrection a...

@Lazicus520 @VoterTrump2024 @smashbaals Not only did priests have to be men but also Jewish and of only one tribe (Levite) and they had to be without defect. Everything you are referring to is before

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@will_servant This is true. Though this letter is Paul describing how HE should act (1 Tim 3:15), so even then it’s not quite what they think. This is about Paul instructing Timothy on how to ensure the false teaching is properly dealt with which inc...

@will_servant This is true. Though this letter is Paul describing how HE should act (1 Tim 3:15), so even then it’s not quite what they think. This is about Paul instructing Timothy on how to ensure t

1 Tim 3:15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@paulsfam4 @ABlakeWhite Rule in Gen 3:16 is not in the imperative like Gen 1:28 is when spoken of both the man and the woman. If Gen 1:28 is a command, then how is the woman to rule if the man rules her? Further, Gen 3:16 is not spoken directly to Ad...

@paulsfam4 @ABlakeWhite Rule in Gen 3:16 is not in the imperative like Gen 1:28 is when spoken of both the man and the woman. If Gen 1:28 is a command, then how is the woman to rule if the man rules h

Gen 1:28 Gen 3:16 Gen 3:16 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@MsLemon42 @cjonesaudio @paulogia0 That sounds like a shallow way of viewing life you described of your former self. Christians are not to seek death but to die to themselves to find true life in Christ and serving him. As the apostle Paul said “to l...

@MsLemon42 @cjonesaudio @paulogia0 That sounds like a shallow way of viewing life you described of your former self. Christians are not to seek death but to die to themselves to find true life in Chri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-07

@Generally_aware @RealStevenDC @ryancduff If you admit deacons, and deacons are

@Generally_aware @RealStevenDC @ryancduff If you admit deacons, and deacons are also described as “one wife husbands” (1 Tim 3:12), then why can’t they be elders?

1 Tim 3:12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one witness. Further, church discipline is not meant fo...

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one wi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-30

@felipeswife 1 Cor 14 talks about 2 or 3 people prophesying, plus all the other ways to contribute like prayers, tongues and interpretation, words of knowledge, etc. I think if more people came with the expectation of contributing rather than just c...

@felipeswife 1 Cor 14 talks about 2 or 3 people prophesying, plus all the other ways to contribute like prayers, tongues and interpretation, words of knowledge, etc. I think if more people came with

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-24

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT If you read "head" as "master" then I can see how you get to this understanding. However, this is not the only sense of keyphale. Because I understand Eph 5:21 describing mutual submission and because I understand...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT If you read "head" as "master" then I can see how you get to this understanding. However, this is not the only sense of keyphale. Because I understand Eph 5:21 des

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-22

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick As for “I do not permit” being temporary or universal and the nature of authentein being positive because teaching can only be positive, Mike missed the forest for the trees. As Mike clearly proclaimed after his 4.5 hour di...

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick As for “I do not permit” being temporary or universal and the nature of authentein being positive because teaching can only be positive, Mike missed the forest for the trees.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam I like how you described this. Jesus didn’t consider equality with God something to be grasped, or held into, but makes himself a servant. This is the statements of the text. He should be worshipp...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam I like how you described this. Jesus didn’t consider equality with God something to be grasped, or held into, but makes himself a servant. This is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ himself. Overseers who have a lot of experience sho...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ hi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@SpecterAndBride So you spiritualize all the prophecies concerning Israel? Who

@SpecterAndBride So you spiritualize all the prophecies concerning Israel? Who is the house of Judah referring to in the church? What about the house of Jacob? How about Israel? Are there 12 tribe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Yes, everyone who is able bodied should do something to contribute, though clearly there are obvious cases where this doesn't apply. But are you saying that if there is something she isn't keeping up with, your opt...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Yes, everyone who is able bodied should do something to contribute, though clearly there are obvious cases where this doesn't apply. But are you saying that if ther

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-02

@ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I actually don't think this, but many complementarians see this as the role of the "head" of the marriage and church. For context, I am an engineer and both lead and serve an individual contributor role on projects at a...

@ChristVictorous @Brian_Sauve I actually don't think this, but many complementarians see this as the role of the "head" of the marriage and church. For context, I am an engineer and both lead and ser

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry So Paul is describing sal

@ymmotrojam @Deigratia1985 @ich1ban123456 @kelcy_lowry So Paul is describing salvation for women only? Since when is there a means of salvation for women different from men?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-29

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Tom. I'm not making this up. I'm just describing the grammar. A particular deceived woman is simply noting that Paul moves from plural "all women" to "a woman/wife" and in v14 says...

@ymmotrojam @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Tom. I'm not making this up. I'm just describing the grammar. A particular deceived woman is simply noting that Paul moves from pl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@RushiXmakima Thanks for contributing! I agree that at least the way we view pastors today goes beyond what they were in the first churches. Today we seem to desire a charismatic leader, someone who will just tell us what to do, rather than someone...

@RushiXmakima Thanks for contributing! I agree that at least the way we view pastors today goes beyond what they were in the first churches. Today we seem to desire a charismatic leader, someone who

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-22

@ReformedDoc @Guitardo7 @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @717edu @StevenUllmer @JasonTimerson @Chad4328 You are assuming that Jesus’ sacrifice saves through God’s decision of who to apply salvation to. That’s not how the Bible describes salvation. The only...

@ReformedDoc @Guitardo7 @ronhenzel @CherylSchatz @717edu @StevenUllmer @JasonTimerson @Chad4328 You are assuming that Jesus’ sacrifice saves through God’s decision of who to apply salvation to. That’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-15

There’s a very strange and concerning movement suggesting another crusade. Is a

There’s a very strange and concerning movement suggesting another crusade. Is a postmill/amill view contributing to this? There is also a hyper focus on physical strength for Christian pastors. I f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-13

@scribe_ezra I hear you. But Jesus says 2 or 3. I don’t think He made a mistake in His words. He says it again in both verses 19 and 20. If He is referring to a church gathering, would that mean that one of the two must be an elder or pastor? Or...

@scribe_ezra I hear you. But Jesus says 2 or 3. I don’t think He made a mistake in His words. He says it again in both verses 19 and 20. If He is referring to a church gathering, would that mean t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-09

@aliciao777 Males have no other considerations other than Christ. But married w

@aliciao777 Males have no other considerations other than Christ. But married women have to consider both Christ and potentially unbelieving husbands who might divorce them should they uncover their

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@BogdanOancea77 My focus at this time is on showing that there are not limitations in roles prescribed in scripture. This is because of the allegation that egalitarians are not being faithful to scripture or are even in high handed sin. If I was pr...

@BogdanOancea77 My focus at this time is on showing that there are not limitations in roles prescribed in scripture. This is because of the allegation that egalitarians are not being faithful to scri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-02

@BogdanOancea77 Does proverbs 31 prescribe that women’s roles should be restricted to managing their homes? Not at all. Here are some reasons why I don’t believe this passage is prescriptive. Proverbs 31 doesn't necessarily prescribe these roles a...

@BogdanOancea77 Does proverbs 31 prescribe that women’s roles should be restricted to managing their homes? Not at all. Here are some reasons why I don’t believe this passage is prescriptive. Prove

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

@scribe_ezra @Sane__Thinker @godlywomanhood Paul is quoting from the letter from

@scribe_ezra @Sane__Thinker @godlywomanhood Paul is quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (1 Cor 7:1) and refuting those who were trying to silence half the body. https://t.co/WHlrSQvbxX

1 Cor 7:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-28

RT @drbrudd: Only one passage in the New Testament (1 Cor 7:4) ascribes "authori

RT @drbrudd: Only one passage in the New Testament (1 Cor 7:4) ascribes "authority" to a husband over his wife, and the same verse also asc…

1 Cor 7:4 general
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

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daug

@pauldirks @Eric_Conn Hm. I’m not sure what was so terribly offensive. My daughters are both in university and they are not getting drunk and becoming well used mattresses. Sounds like another one

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-19

@PerinDana @pauldirks That is correct. There are things each person brings regarding gifts and abilities and desires (which has many contributing factors) and to look at their gender, or ethnicity or socioeconomic status and to say “I recognize the ...

@PerinDana @pauldirks That is correct. There are things each person brings regarding gifts and abilities and desires (which has many contributing factors) and to look at their gender, or ethnicity or

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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 2023-09-15

@Jason93044787 @LogunWynn @megbasham I understand that perspective. There are those who try to say the Bible is ok with homosexuality, but think about this for a moment: that is in a clear list of sins and is described in the OT in a clear manner. ...

@Jason93044787 @LogunWynn @megbasham I understand that perspective. There are those who try to say the Bible is ok with homosexuality, but think about this for a moment: that is in a clear list of si

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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 2023-08-28

@PastorMark And would you describe a Jezebel as as a female leader?? Sounds a l

@PastorMark And would you describe a Jezebel as as a female leader?? Sounds a lot like the term "semi-Pelagian." Just another way of calling people names instead of dealing with real issues.

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