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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Those verses in 1 Cor 14:34-35 are not referring to source or origin. However, whenever you see the Greek “kephale” it can mean source or origin depending on the context. Is it proper for anyone to have auth...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Those verses in 1 Cor 14:34-35 are not referring to source or origin. However, whenever you see the Greek “kephale” it can mean source or origin depending on

1 Cor 14:34-35 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-25

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica It doesn’t need to say that here. If everyone submits to everyone, then we know that Eph 5 cannot be encouraging one to rule over the other or a gender hierarchy. Everything goes back to Genesis, and there w...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica It doesn’t need to say that here. If everyone submits to everyone, then we know that Eph 5 cannot be encouraging one to rule over the other or a gender hierar

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica Those verses in 1 Cor 14:34-35 are not referring to source or origin. However, whenever you see the Greek “kephale” it can mean source or origin depending on the context. Is it proper for anyone to have auth...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica It doesn’t need to say that here. If everyone submits to everyone, then we know that Eph 5 cannot be encouraging one to rule over the other or a gender hierarchy. Everything goes back to Genesis, and there w...

@pkh7276_pkh @MarkGrote @OperHealAmerica What does that mean “have authority over men”? You mean any man in the church, or even the pastor, can just tell you what to do? If it is due to order of creation, then the animals should rule over people as...

@faithwillsaveu A qualified and gifted woman should not be prevented from preach

@DanielSmithAP2 @normal_catholic @AlexanderPayton No, I believe this is going back to Eve, and the “seed of the woman” as Paul was using the reference to Adam and Eve as a prototype of a situation with a deceived woman who is teaching and a husband w...

@trapatonzi @UGOOTWEETS Well, you certainly have a right to believe what you wan

@trapatonzi @UGOOTWEETS I agree…stick to what it says. Don’t prevent qualified,

@parcel_gary If you are doing this because you believe the Bible requires you to

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this same lecture you also assert that women are relational and men are protective and this results in a division of labor. However, that the man helps protect does not give him primacy in leadership. That the woman is relati...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT In this lecture you also refer to the following verse: 1 Corinthians 11:10 (NASB 2020): “Therefore the woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels.” However, “a symbol of” is not in the Greek. The...

Another post going through the sin of Eve and how Paul was describing her as a p

@1689Defrosted "That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in

@KeiferStreet @PastorMark I almost agreed with your post except you said “How God chooses people is certainly a mystery.” That is of course what a good Calvinist believes but I believe that God chooses those who fear Him and gives these to Christ. ...

@SonicReformati1 @1689caveman @ronhenzel 1. John 6:29 ⎯ "The work of God is...to believe..." The "of God" is in the genitive meaning that our faith is a result of His work in us. We believe because God is drawing us and teaching us. But it is we wh...

@Jon82Mac I appreciate your demeanour. I really try not to get offended even if people get heated, but I appreciate your sincere questions. I don’t see Paul meaning that the husband is in a hierarchical position over, or the authority over, or the ...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I appreciate your distancing yourself from some patriarchalists. I don’t believe biblically that anyone is to have “authentein” over anyone, so the statement in 1 Tim 2:11-12 has a specific understanding in the context of somethi...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Elaborating on Gen 3:16… Why did God tell Eve that her husband would rule over her rather than God saying to Adam that He gave him rule over her? God did not say to Eve that she was to be in a place of permanent subordination. Wh...

@ronhenzel In Ephesians 2:8, Paul's focus on being 'in Christ' emphasizes what believers obtain through faith, not a predestination of who will have faith. The matching gender between 'mercy' and 'gift' aligns with this context, showing that salvatio...

RT @ryanschatz: @danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events out of cont...

Quoting Mark Driscoll: ‘Imagine the pastor today that… slit their throats as a public event. That’s Elijah.’ Such a statement overlooks the unique theocratic context and covenant fidelity of Israel. It’s a dangerous precedent to apply ancient events ...

@TomBuck Maybe you can clear something up for me. How is this not a problem for

@danitreweek If I reflected (as an egalitarian) how cool it was to see males pri

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, there are differences beyond the physical. However, these differences should not be misconstrued as barriers to women’s capacity for leadership, theological study, teaching, or preaching. The real question we should be askin...

@BogdanOancea77 @Hansronsdorf However, for one to prophesy but not be able to teach is very strange indeed. Prophesy is not always future telling but also explaining God’s word. In v36 the “you” is plural masculine. How would one know that Paul is...

@TimHami97610674 @BogdanOancea77 I didn’t see this somehow. Sorry for the delay! Yes I absolutely believe that God gifts irrespective of biological sex, ethnicity and social status in the body for the benefit of all! A gifted and qualified woman w...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf It’s tricky to write something comprehensively and concisely that captures everything. Here’s my attempt! The husband uses his gifts to serve his wife (as does the wife to her husband). Christ’s example of setti...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT I may have actually attended one of these, but I will most certainly listen (again) to them! Thanks for sharing. To reply to the short form you provided. Even if each gender more prominently displays these specific characterist...

@revjeffvox @BibleBashed I think it’s sometimes hard for the pastors who are there 2 hours (or more) ahead and turn out the lights and lock the doors on the way out. However, it’s often more than just margining your time. For some this is their pro...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @CharmyRosewolf If it’s just an analogy because of marriage which doesn’t restrict women from leadership roles, if it doesn’t mean the husband breaking every tie (unless by mutual consent), if it doesn’t mean you peer into the eye...

@GillesPaling @William_E_Wolfe @amconmag If you believe that infant baptism saves a child then you are saying that there is salvation conferred by baptism apart from faith in Christ. Seems more primary to me than whether a woman is allowed to teach ...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood So if a man divorces his wife and marries another (not another man’s wife, but any other woman) he commits adultery. However, according to you, he doesn’t commit adultery as long as he marries another while s...

@blitziod @muddymothball @godlywomanhood Moses permitted divorce but Jesus doesn’t. According to Steve one must be false? "Why then,” they asked, “did Moses command that a man give his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away?” Jesus replie...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 In Genesis 1:26-28, the rulership over creation is given to them both. “Let them rule”. “Multiply,” “subdue” and “rule” are all in the plural form. Nothing of this is stated in chapter 2. God nowhere says that Ada...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 God uses the term curse multiple times in Genes

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 My conclusions align with scholars like Dr. Craig Keener, Dr. Nijay Gupta, Dr. Gordon Fee, etc. I know many complementarians who disagree with me but do not call me a false teacher. And all of us h...

@IssacharsNexus @JohnMoo26668690 Yes, I read my Bible very carefully. I believe it is fully inspired even down to the grammatical details. I suggested another possible reason our culture is having gender issues is because abuse of patriarchy. What...

@JohnMoo26668690 I appreciate that you seem dedicated to Biblical faithfulness and how upsetting it is to see how culture has completely gone mad. However, in understanding these issues, it's also vital to consider the historical context. The patri...

@JohnMoo26668690 @WillEhrendreich @ElizabethOstli1 I may in fact be a fool. That has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the point I’m making. Do you think that I am advocating for those women that are teaching false doctrines today? Is that ...

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Paul starts out "Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task" not "males that aspire" but "whoever" which is the word τις You cannot take a statement about monogamy and then apply "must be male" as Paul says "...

@JohnMoo26668690 @ElizabethOstli1 @WillEhrendreich Nowhere in Genesis 1-3 do we see any of the persons present acting as if they are aware of an authority hierarchy. God didn't tell Adam he had authority over Eve. Eve didn't behave like she underst...

@PubliusJosephus @DickSaban1 Paul nowhere says that Phoebe is an exception, so we have to consider whether our understanding of what Paul was intending in 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 is correct. Further, it's not just Phoebe we have to consider, but even mo...

@JohnHar63885981 @trentonpastor I don’t believe it is a contradiction to the int

@JohnMoo26668690 The only reason given for why Eve was deceived was because Adam was created first. By examining Genesis 2, we can understand that God was creating animals in front of Adam so Adam has experience with God that Eve as the last one cre...

@GlennDavies @outcatching @danitreweek Hi Glenn, it would appear that Phoebe was already a Deaconness at Cenchreae. Paul appears to be commending her to the church at Rome and describing her as a woman of means who has been a benefactor to many, as ...

@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 I’m agreeing with scripture but disagreei

@nsraban Interesting because I believe 1 Cor 14:34-35 is a quote from the letter

@uncledando @ChristChurchTe1 @TomBuck Well, what happens to single women who don't have a husband? I think this passage refers to how the wife often sticks with an abusive, controlling husband even though it doesn't make sense. I could be wrong, bu...

@ronhenzel @IsKing333 You are right that the WCF does say you can have an infallible assurance of faith. It would seem that they think that no one that God has passed by would be able to do the things stated in the WCF here. RC however said in his ...

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