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@l9_a10 @JohnMoo26668690 @smashbaals @danielsilliman I’m not teaching “false wor

@l9_a10 @JohnMoo26668690 @smashbaals @danielsilliman I’m not teaching “false words.” You are allowed to disagree with me on these secondary matters, but why on earth do you think this makes you the ju

@CatMan_iF @smashbaals @danielsilliman There is no law restricting women from te

@CatMan_iF @smashbaals @danielsilliman There is no law restricting women from teaching, prophesying, or ministering simply because of being a woman.

@XianPatriot @Psalm2_12Xian @smashbaals @danielsilliman Explaining scripture is precisely what pastors and teachers do. I’d be happy to help you understand this one as well. Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him and in th...

@XianPatriot @Psalm2_12Xian @smashbaals @danielsilliman Explaining scripture is precisely what pastors and teachers do. I’d be happy to help you understand this one as well. Paul is quoting from the

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Again, you may be flippant about using the plural and the singular, but Paul seems to be intentional in the flow of this text, starting from all people, men, women, a woman, a man, Adam, Eve, t...

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Again, you may be flippant about using the plural and the singular, but Paul seems to be intentional in the flow of this text, starting from al

@SolSurvivor24 @SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman What does “usurp authority” mean? Are men allowed to do that? What authority does your pastor have specifically? When my pastor tells me something, I only listen a) if it’s benign and b) if...

@SolSurvivor24 @SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman What does “usurp authority” mean? Are men allowed to do that? What authority does your pastor have specifically? When my pastor tells me so

@Psalm2_12Xian @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman Where? Show me where scr

@Psalm2_12Xian @XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman Where? Show me where scripture says that in the church men are to rule over women? Where is a man supposed to take authority over women?

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman How is it that Paul supposedly creates a new law in a letter to an individual and not to the church? Who is “the woman” in v14? She is one who will be saved contingent on things she and another...

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman How is it that Paul supposedly creates a new law in a letter to an individual and not to the church? Who is “the woman” in v14? She is one who

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Did Paul suddenly forget how to use the plural for all women if he meant it? If it was an established law of God, why did he say “I do not permit”? Why is this law not repeated elsewhere? Why d...

@XianPatriot @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Did Paul suddenly forget how to use the plural for all women if he meant it? If it was an established law of God, why did he say “I do not perm

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Paul did not silenc

@SindlandOz34748 @Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Paul did not silence half the body just after saying the following… "For you can *all* prophesy one by one, so that *all* may learn and *a

1Co 14:31 general

@XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman Well, authority was not given to men ov

@XianPatriot @smashbaals @danielsilliman Well, authority was not given to men over women either. 🤷‍♂️

@JohnMoo26668690 @smashbaals @danielsilliman You have no authority to ‘hand me o

@JohnMoo26668690 @smashbaals @danielsilliman You have no authority to ‘hand me over to Satan’ for teaching something different than what you believe on a secondary doctrine!

Am 5:21 Gn 3:4 Job 2:9 commentary

@Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Sentence fragments taken out of context can make the Bible appear to teach a lot of strange things… - "There is no God." (Ps 14:1) - "Eat, drink, and be merry." (Lk 12:19) - "Curse God and die." (Job 2:9) ...

@Darrin_Caudill @smashbaals @danielsilliman Sentence fragments taken out of context can make the Bible appear to teach a lot of strange things… - "There is no God." (Ps 14:1) - "Eat, drink, and be me

@SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman Because the authority was given to all believers to make disciples. And the authority has to do with the teaching not whether the vessel is male or female, rich or poor, Jewish or Gentile. What specificall...

@SoberEvolutions @smashbaals @danielsilliman Because the authority was given to all believers to make disciples. And the authority has to do with the teaching not whether the vessel is male or female,

@JohnMoo26668690 @smashbaals @danielsilliman Refusing someone because of their ethnic origin, their socioeconomic status or whether they are male or female should have no place in the church. It should be based on gifting, character, truth, etc. You...

@JohnMoo26668690 @smashbaals @danielsilliman Refusing someone because of their ethnic origin, their socioeconomic status or whether they are male or female should have no place in the church. It shoul

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-31

@IiiPaulus @smashbaals Barak is a hero because he was even willing to listen to

@IiiPaulus @smashbaals Barak is a hero because he was even willing to listen to a woman because she was the mouthpiece of God. Barak humbled Himself and didn’t covet the honor of killing Sisera for hi

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-30

@smashbaals Please demonstrate where the Bible shows that Deborah the judge and

@smashbaals Please demonstrate where the Bible shows that Deborah the judge and prophet (mouthpiece of God and highest authority in the land) was God’s judgment on His people.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-16

@dadbodchess @MrEncouragement @smashbaals No, but the RNC is not a church.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@VCITW @smashbaals I read my Bible and I care about the unity of the church and

@VCITW @smashbaals I read my Bible and I care about the unity of the church and full inclusion of my sisters in Christ.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-12

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if yo

@rousasrushdoony @smashbaals God didn’t create a gender hierarchy and even if you think He did, He undid it in the church.

Did @smashbaals just say he is sick and tired of people using the Bible to defen

Did @smashbaals just say he is sick and tired of people using the Bible to defend the full participation of women in the church? 🤔 https://t.co/26N4RXYigN

@smashbaals Ok, but we are tired of you forbidding and rejecting women from full

@smashbaals Ok, but we are tired of you forbidding and rejecting women from full participation in the life of the church. When we use the Bible in context to support the full participation of women, t

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Asking questions is not putting words in your mouth. I am trying to understand what you are saying or suggesting. You are Eastern Orthodox? I see. So are you allowed to disagree with what your...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Asking questions is not putting words in your mouth. I am trying to understand what you are saying or suggesting. You are Eastern Orthodox? I

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Paul writes the following: “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things ...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals Paul writes the following: “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; and from among your ow

Ac 20:29 general

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals What do you mean scripture is only infallible in the context of the Church? Are you suggesting we don't have access to understanding and evaluating the meaning of the original texts and have to...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals What do you mean scripture is only infallible in the context of the Church? Are you suggesting we don't have access to understanding and evalua

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals The church 'fathers' mostly seem to have an issue with female leaders. No surprise there. I just think they are wrong purely based on scripture. You think the church fathers are 100% correct i...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals The church 'fathers' mostly seem to have an issue with female leaders. No surprise there. I just think they are wrong purely based on scripture

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals You called me demon possessed for pointing out that Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him and refuting them for silencing half the church? Hmm. You do realize that forb...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals You called me demon possessed for pointing out that Paul was quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him and refuting them for silenci

1Ti 4:1-5 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-10

@Kevin_OrthoSP @smashbaals What if Jesus cares about the unity of His church?

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Women shaved their heads in rebellion? Paul is asking women to cover their heads because of their former rebellion? Wow. I thought I heard it all. There was no such practice of covering in the churches b...

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Women shaved their heads in rebellion? Paul is asking women to cover their heads because of their former rebellion? Wow. I thought I heard it all. There

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals This sounds almost like Paul is spe

@mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals This sounds almost like Paul is speaking about people like you. https://t.co/irm0ygXdYD

@JoanBandy @mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Wasn’t the elaborate hair adornment a way to convey status and perhaps how some of the women were trying to get others to listen to them instead of the false teachers? Why do you assume it’s abo...

@JoanBandy @mikeproverbs10 @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Wasn’t the elaborate hair adornment a way to convey status and perhaps how some of the women were trying to get others to listen to them instead

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman” in v14 referring to? “She will be saved…if they” ...

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use singular “a woman” if he intends all women like v9-10? How do you know whether this is generic or specific? Who is “the woman”

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use the si

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Why does Paul use the singular? Paul links the time sequence order of creation to why Eve was deceived—why? Who is “the woman” in v14? “She w

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals Paul wasn’t commanding anyone to be pas

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals Paul wasn’t commanding anyone to be pastors or elders. What are you talking about?

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals The view that women are

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals The view that women are forbidden from teaching or pastoral work is not God’s view. That’s clearly your view.

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Not only were women not

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals Not only were women not to be priests but only one tribe out of 12. This passage in Timothy qualifies overseers based on character. https://t.c

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals The context is stopping false teaching not stopping all women from teaching. Women are commanded to teach by the great commission so Paul clearly wasn’t meanin

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals This has nothing to do w

@mikeproverbs10 @JoanBandy @patriot49029471 @smashbaals This has nothing to do with not liking what the Bible you and everything to do with understanding what it really says. https://t.co/Y0IdPyu8TO

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals No, a woman who God gifts to teach or p

@mikeproverbs10 @severegrace @smashbaals No, a woman who God gifts to teach or pastor is not in rebellion. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-01

@severegrace @smashbaals That would normally be called a pastor, elder or overse

@severegrace @smashbaals That would normally be called a pastor, elder or overseer. We don’t carry forward the OT priesthood with the job of performing bloodless sacrifices because the OT system is su

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-01

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like that? Any description of them wearing the priestly ...

@AmateurOrthoInq @ChadRutter_ @smashbaals The Orthodox appear to be carrying forward the OT priesthood into the New Testament. Was Peter, Paul, James or any of the apostles ever called a priest like t

@DWorldviews @_JacobLovelace @smashbaals What does the lexicon say this word mea

@DWorldviews @_JacobLovelace @smashbaals What does the lexicon say this word means? What do you think Paul means by using this term?

@DWorldviews @_JacobLovelace @smashbaals And effeminate is the man taking care o

@DWorldviews @_JacobLovelace @smashbaals And effeminate is the man taking care of the household tasks while the wife works? Allowing her to co-lead the family? Sharing leadership with women in church?

@quackitude @smashbaals The thing is that I like the term “complementarian” as m

@quackitude @smashbaals The thing is that I like the term “complementarian” as men and women complement each other. But they add—as a requirement—that a husband is to rule his wife and by extension he

@smashbaals “To control” is an inference; it is not the meaning of the Hebrew wo

@smashbaals “To control” is an inference; it is not the meaning of the Hebrew word.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe th

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals I’m not affirming disobedience as I don’t believe these passages are forbidding godly women from teaching truth to men or from pastoral work. I’ll take a look at the Crossw

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-24

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heresy, not teaching the truth of the Bible. And Paul n...

@UrMomChoseLife @smashbaals You write “Paul clearly states women aren’t to teach the Bible or be elders” First, Paul wrote “a woman” and in the context of the letter, it had to do with teaching heres

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-19

@smashbaals Are you concerned that women will learn Hebrew and Greek and theolog

@smashbaals Are you concerned that women will learn Hebrew and Greek and theology because you are concerned they will never get to use it in your system?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-16

@FlyingMonkey24 @jhrjamharrea @smashbaals I don’t think J R looked at the Greek.

@FlyingMonkey24 @jhrjamharrea @smashbaals I don’t think J R looked at the Greek. He’s just in a tiffy because I think I might be right and that the other translations might be wrong. You think he’d j

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@jhrjamharrea @smashbaals Yes, it is different than the rest. The exact opposite in fact. Why do you all think that they translated as nature teaches us there is a difference when we can all do the experiment proving that a boy and a girl without cu...

@jhrjamharrea @smashbaals Yes, it is different than the rest. The exact opposite in fact. Why do you all think that they translated as nature teaches us there is a difference when we can all do the e

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-15

@jhrjamharrea @smashbaals But feel free to correct me from scripture...and not b

@jhrjamharrea @smashbaals But feel free to correct me from scripture...and not by simply asserting all the people who agree with you.