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@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 But these passages are highly debated for good reasons. There is no statement "an elder must not be a woman." The grammar and wording and back ref to Adam and Eve, etc. and context are not properly tak...

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 But these passages are highly debated for good reasons. There is no statement "an elder must not be a woman." The grammar and wording and back ref to A

1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 Complementarian leaders are doing what they believe is right, so I don't think they should be forced to allow women if they think it's not Biblical, but they shouldn't treat others as though they are in ...

@chimpchompchamp @MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 Complementarian leaders are doing what they believe is right, so I don't think they should be forced to allow women if they think it's not Biblical, but

@MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 Except there seems to be a number who feel support

@MikeWingerii @kitchenSvenk30 Except there seems to be a number who feel supporting women pastors or likely even being egalitarian as “high handed rebellion” https://t.co/PFGfoVyXTt

@William_E_Wolfe Did you notice that 1 Tim 2:12 is not a command? Also, what yo

@William_E_Wolfe Did you notice that 1 Tim 2:12 is not a command? Also, what you are calling sin is not listed in any sin list. Further, Paul never stopped anyone from preaching the gospel even if t

1 Tim 2:12 question

@PastorSJCamp @DaveSmith2019 @William_E_Wolfe Hi Steve. I am a long time fan of

@PastorSJCamp @DaveSmith2019 @William_E_Wolfe Hi Steve. I am a long time fan of your music. But taking these passages out of context isn’t an argument. JWs do this all the time to which the right r

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way t

@William_E_Wolfe How is trying to follow the Bible as best as one can in a way that doesn’t contradict the grammar, context and other scripture a sin? Where is women preaching/speaking/leading/pastor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood Adam and Eve were of

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood Adam and Eve were of the same flesh. How does that communicate hierarchy? Animals were made before Adam but don't rule over the man, so be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood Someone had to come from the other one. Adam was the source of Eve, not her authority. Nowhere is he told to rule over her, except a prophesy after the fall which you seem to agree is the ...

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood Someone had to come from the other one. Adam was the source of Eve, not her authority. Nowhere is he told to rule over her, except a proph

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@5pointsMckinley A pastor is simply someone who guides and disciples a group of

@5pointsMckinley A pastor is simply someone who guides and disciples a group of believers. That this is relegated to males only and not based on character, gifting and skillset is like saying all pas

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder doesn’t have to have children even though that is...

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer I am not denying Paul uses the words “husband” and “wife” yet you seem to understand that it doesn’t require marriage. You probably also agree that an elder

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer Adam and Eve are a prototype of this couple in Ephesus. Why doesn’t Paul name and mark the woman teaching error? Because she ignorant and deceived (like Pa

1 Ti 1:13 question

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their te

@PaineInTheNeck @foxes_on_fire @AmReformer So you believe women can use their teaching and preaching gift from the pulpit so long as they are not called elder or pastor?

@_nomadic_soul I consider myself a fundamentalist Christian but I believe in the

@_nomadic_soul I consider myself a fundamentalist Christian but I believe in the equality of men and women. I also believe the scripture is inspired and inerrant and that there are Biblically sound e

@Mark_MCRider @TomBuck What? Women cannot speak in the assembly? What? Their voices are shameful, dirty and filthy? If you don't recognize that the things I commanded (everything else in the chapter) are God's command, then you should be ignored!...

@Mark_MCRider @TomBuck What? Women cannot speak in the assembly? What? Their voices are shameful, dirty and filthy? If you don't recognize that the things I commanded (everything else in the chapt

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 3/ And because he had this experience, God expected him to help Eve understand the deception and protect her. The 'she' in v15 is an anaphoric reference back to 'a woman' because Eve cannot be saved future tense. The '...

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 3/ And because he had this experience, God expected him to help Eve understand the deception and protect her. The 'she' in v15 is an anaphoric reference back to 'a woman

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 2/ In this case, there was an ignorant woman teaching 'a woman' whose husband, just like Adam, knew better but was silent. The example of Adam and Eve illustrates how because of Adam's first creation, he had experience ...

@DanielFarey @MattSwiftyPerry 2/ In this case, there was an ignorant woman teaching 'a woman' whose husband, just like Adam, knew better but was silent. The example of Adam and Eve illustrates how be

1 Cor 11:1-16 1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Tim 2:11-15 debate

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren The reason why many focus on 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Cor 11:1-16, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1, Gen 2-3, etc is because they seem to speak to the issue of women in leadership. I believe however, that if ...

@lisanicolegaron @OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren The reason why many focus on 1 Cor 14:34-35, 1 Cor 11:1-16, 1 Tim 2:11-15, 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1, Gen 2-3, etc is because they seem to speak to the issue of

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So you are 100% certain you are correct? No chance you are mistaken? Even though 1 Tim 2:11-15 is highly debated and 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 don’t say “must not be a woman”? So its rebellion an...

@Tomasdearc @Moralco61898803 @William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren So you are 100% certain you are correct? No chance you are mistaken? Even though 1 Tim 2:11-15 is highly debated and 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1 don

1 Tim 2:11-15 question

@TomBuck But if you are going to make this about scripture, then at least preven

@TomBuck But if you are going to make this about scripture, then at least prevent 'a woman' who's teaching false doctrine and not women in general. Isn't it about the Word? Or is the authority in th

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris The Bible never says "Cursed are you Eve..." We could also see God as increasing her rate of conception (and therefore pain) because she is going to die and needs to populate the earth. I'm not sure the text clai...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris The Bible never says "Cursed are you Eve..." We could also see God as increasing her rate of conception (and therefore pain) because she is going to die and needs

@William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren Correction.... "egalitarian churches" to be disfellowshipped. No matter what you think of Rick Warren, this decision means if you believe women can be pastors, you will not be tolerated in the SBC. Sad as its a secondar...

@William_E_Wolfe @RickWarren Correction.... "egalitarian churches" to be disfellowshipped. No matter what you think of Rick Warren, this decision means if you believe women can be pastors, you will n

@revjeffvox @thatbrian Jeff, you are the pastor that worked with me to help prev

@revjeffvox @thatbrian Jeff, you are the pastor that worked with me to help prevent division. Why would you frame this in a way that favours a schism? Is it liberal to believe that the authority is

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris What is a generic woman? Are you saying Pau

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @brmorris What is a generic woman? Are you saying Paul could have said women plural and even though he didn’t, a woman means the same thing?

@AntiochBaptist_ @kimslearning @Christocentrism Never build a doctrine on such a

@AntiochBaptist_ @kimslearning @Christocentrism Never build a doctrine on such a contested verse. It uses singular pronouns, it uses a word used only once in the NT just to start. It by no means is

@William_E_Wolfe The #SBC should have never put male only pastors as a restricti

@William_E_Wolfe The #SBC should have never put male only pastors as a restriction. The can was placed by those who formed the document.

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz The questions to be answered are: 1/ what does the creation order have to do with deception, and 2/ are there any authority of the man over the woman conveyed by those present (God, Adam, Eve, the Serpent). No one...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz The questions to be answered are: 1/ what does the creation order have to do with deception, and 2/ are there any authority of the man over the woman conveyed by th

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Indeed, these are both referring to the creation order. In the video where I deal with 1 Tim 2, I visit Genesis 1-3. If authority or roles are by creation order, then the animals would be over the man. The man w...

@ymmotrojam @brmorris @CherylSchatz Indeed, these are both referring to the creation order. In the video where I deal with 1 Tim 2, I visit Genesis 1-3. If authority or roles are by creation order,

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks The church is Jesus’ DNA. We should not be dividing it up into fragments based on secondary matters saying “we can be brothers but you can’t be part of my church.” Note: I was welcome to be a member b...

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks The church is Jesus’ DNA. We should not be dividing it up into fragments based on secondary matters saying “we can be brothers but you can’t be part of

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks The answer given to me was “this is our distinctive; why do you even want to come here if you don’t believe comp is Biblical? Go find another church…there are plenty egal churches.” I was told I could...

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks The answer given to me was “this is our distinctive; why do you even want to come here if you don’t believe comp is Biblical? Go find another church…th

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks We are not to unnecessarily divide the body. It doesn’t mean that we cannot believe different things. For example, as an egal, I can submit to comp leadership but I know 3 churches where I asked the p...

@Mcnerd8 @William_E_Wolfe @sbcamendment @9Marks We are not to unnecessarily divide the body. It doesn’t mean that we cannot believe different things. For example, as an egal, I can submit to comp le

@lisanicolegaron @RickWarren I get really upset when I find out that women feel

@lisanicolegaron @RickWarren I get really upset when I find out that women feel held back from sharing the truth of the Word with people because of a misunderstanding of several verses in Paul’s epist

@CherylSchatz @brmorris @NijayKGupta also does a good job ferreting out everywhe

@CherylSchatz @brmorris @NijayKGupta also does a good job ferreting out everywhere women are involved in the church in his book “Tell her Story”

@brmorris @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz This will blow your socks off…note in Eph 1:22 that ”God placed ’all things’ under his (Christ’s) feet and appointed Him to be head over everything FOR THE CHURCH.” !! In other words, Christ is over all putting th...

@brmorris @ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz This will blow your socks off…note in Eph 1:22 that ”God placed ’all things’ under his (Christ’s) feet and appointed Him to be head over everything FOR THE CHURCH.”

Eph 1:22 general

@Protestia Seriously, though, once scripture is ignored, pretty much everything

@Protestia Seriously, though, once scripture is ignored, pretty much everything is permissible it seems.

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (2) No, I’m not saying for Paul a husband can be a woma

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (2) No, I’m not saying for Paul a husband can be a woman. As I indicated before, I believe this is generic to mean monogamous. Paul says “women likewise” and so why would he

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (3) Yes, everyone is a servant, even Jesus, Paul, etc.

@Nkajunwa @HwsEleutheroi (3) Yes, everyone is a servant, even Jesus, Paul, etc. so it can apply to everyone and not only those appointed for non-elder leadership. So how would Paul have to refer to P

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren I have lots of things I could quibble with Warren regarding his methods and his exegesis. However, I believe his conclusions are right on this issue though I’m not sure he has done the work to thoroughly study the hard p...

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren I have lots of things I could quibble with Warren regarding his methods and his exegesis. However, I believe his conclusions are right on this issue though I’m not sure h

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren Maybe the majority vote doesn’t agree with scriptur

@LucaBeth_Writer @RickWarren Maybe the majority vote doesn’t agree with scripture. Maybe the majority are wrong. Is that even a possibility in your world?

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi I’ve read it and studied it carefully. I used to believe as you. The passage in context is not saying women cannot teach men, but ‘a’ woman cannot teach or “take authority” (means murderer, absolute master...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi I’ve read it and studied it carefully. I used to believe as you. The passage in context is not saying women cannot teach men, but ‘a’ woman cannot teach or

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi My wife felt relieved that she didn’t have the responsibility to lead in the home, but I showed her from scripture that we both have that responsibility. She was abdicating her God given responsibility. Sh...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi My wife felt relieved that she didn’t have the responsibility to lead in the home, but I showed her from scripture that we both have that responsibility. Sh

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi Where does scripture say that man (I take it every man) will answer to God for yielding his ordained position over to women? You mean if I let my wife participate so we make decisions together, God will hol...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi Where does scripture say that man (I take it every man) will answer to God for yielding his ordained position over to women? You mean if I let my wife parti

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi The reason is given as 1/ Adam was formed first and 2/ Adam was not deceived but Eve was (though he was beside her). So the order and deception are related. This couple in Ephesus had a similar situation, ...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi The reason is given as 1/ Adam was formed first and 2/ Adam was not deceived but Eve was (though he was beside her). So the order and deception are related.

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi By no means am I suggesting that every woman should be a pastor. It’s a gifting from God and there are requirements. I just don’t think biblically that gender is a requirement for leadership. Women can le...

@LauralovsJesus @cpa_dallas @HwsEleutheroi By no means am I suggesting that every woman should be a pastor. It’s a gifting from God and there are requirements. I just don’t think biblically that gen

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren Where does Paul ever say that a man is to have “authentein” over anyone? Why does he use this rare word? The context is to stop FALSE teachers, not women. He highlights that there are ignorant and not ignora...

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren Where does Paul ever say that a man is to have “authentein” over anyone? Why does he use this rare word? The context is to stop FALSE teachers, not women. He

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren The emphasis is “one” not “must be marri

@davbach823 @cpcwesterville @RickWarren The emphasis is “one” not “must be married.” Paul, who was appointing elders, was single. How doesn’t he even meet the requirement if it means “must be marrie

@ryanfred @RickWarren You are right if scripture is purposely being ignored. I cannot say whether or not Warren is doing this, but generally speaking if you affirm women pastors because of scripture and not in spite of scripture, then there’s no rea...

@ryanfred @RickWarren You are right if scripture is purposely being ignored. I cannot say whether or not Warren is doing this, but generally speaking if you affirm women pastors because of scripture

@OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren Warren is not giving exegesis on the difficult passages. I wish he was better at that. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. How is he mangling God’s inerrant word exactly? Is it possible…I mean even if only 1% chance tha...

@OliveGarden5505 @RickWarren Warren is not giving exegesis on the difficult passages. I wish he was better at that. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. How is he mangling God’s inerrant word exactly?

@noahsflood_ @pastordmack @RickWarren What? Since when is it a sin for ANYONE t

@noahsflood_ @pastordmack @RickWarren What? Since when is it a sin for ANYONE to teach truth? Even a donkey rebuking Balaam seems to get a better rap than women who preach truth.