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@RachelleMerle Please explain how NATURE teaches you there is a difference between males and females when it comes to head hair. Then explain how it is disgraceful for John the Baptist to have long hair (a Nazarite). Even Paul himself took a Nazarit...

@RachelleMerle Please explain how NATURE teaches you there is a difference between males and females when it comes to head hair. Then explain how it is disgraceful for John the Baptist to have long h

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 "Nature itself te

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 "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 giv

1Co 11:14-15 general

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The wife has two glories: God and her husband. Notice that Paul doesn’t say that woman ought to cover or not cover. The concern Paul is addressing is that of a wife who has an unbelievin...

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The wife has two glories: God and her husband. Notice that Paul doesn’t say that woman ought to cover or not cover. The concern Paul is

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Women who don’t w

@elijahtmadison @InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Women who don’t wear a head covering compete with God? That’s an odd thing to say. Both the man and the woman share the same glory of Go

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 I am of course referring to the churches Paul was speaking of in the first century, not the ones that came later. To deny that Paul advocated for the practice of not covering one’s head while praying or...

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 I am of course referring to the churches Paul was speaking of in the first century, not the ones that came later. To deny that Paul advocated for the pr

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@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 When I look at my arm hair, nature teaches me that certain kinds of hair grow to only a certain length. But when observing head hair on the scalp, this hair does not stop like arm hair. Nature does not teach ...

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 When I look at my arm hair, nature teaches me that certain kinds of hair grow to only a certain length. But when observing head hair on the scalp, this hair d

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The fact that she shames her head assumes she has one, meaning this is referring to married women only. But this shaming that Paul refers to is not the same kind of spiritual shame from the garden, but someth...

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 The fact that she shames her head assumes she has one, meaning this is referring to married women only. But this shaming that Paul refers to is not the same k

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Covering for shame comes from shame for sin as we find in Genesis 3. If a man covers his head while prophesying showing shame for sin this shames Christ because he has dealt with sin once and for all. It says...

@LoammiCB @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Covering for shame comes from shame for sin as we find in Genesis 3. If a man covers his head while prophesying showing shame for sin this shames Christ becau

@Brandon27614871 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Yes, and many thought similar t

@Brandon27614871 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Yes, and many thought similar to him. But Luther is not writing scripture and his suggestion women had to veil to show subjection to their husbands is

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 So, in the translation you provided, the translators inserted the word “other” but that’s not in the Greek. It simply says “no such practice.” The Greek is literally “practice not have.” And no, the chu...

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 So, in the translation you provided, the translators inserted the word “other” but that’s not in the Greek. It simply says “no such practice.” The Greek

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Paul is advocating for not coveri

@InnovationHQ2 @SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Paul is advocating for not covering one's head during praying or prophesying. So no other practice means no practice of covering.

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Paul says that there is no such practice to cover heads in any of the churches: "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 substitute for coverings...

Paul says that there is no such practice to cover heads in any of the churches: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory,

@SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Paul says that he has no such practice to cover heads in any of the churches: "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 giv...

@SpecterAndBride @tigereyes1972 Paul says that he has no such practice to cover heads in any of the churches: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor

RT @danae_hudlow: Even as a complementarian, I don't like the argument that "wom

RT @danae_hudlow: Even as a complementarian, I don't like the argument that "women aren't allowed to be elders because their empathy/gullib…

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Finally, you should recognize that aner is

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Finally, you should recognize that aner is also used to refer to people generically and not just males! https://t.co/WzYIT39W3X

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham And this: https://t.co/EBzpnqJmk0

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Since I already discussed this at length, I

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Since I already discussed this at length, I’ll link my comments in the following. Please do try to find holes in my arguments. https://t.co/IrWpXZpeyS

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes, that term together with gyne should be rendered as husband. But the phrase “one wife husband” does not mean husband, does it? Because if it did, Paul would be excluded from being an overseer despite clearly a...

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham Yes, that term together with gyne should be rendered as husband. But the phrase “one wife husband” does not mean husband, does it? Because if it did, Paul would be

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham If you believe long hair is a shame, you ha

@PastorRobMonroe @KaeleyT @megbasham If you believe long hair is a shame, you have to—must—explain how John the Baptist wasn’t a shame all his life. God set him apart specifically that way.