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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Well, Paul definitely was single and wished everyone was single like himself, which means that if everyone followed this advice, there’d be no elders or pastors? Naw. That’s not it. Jesus is also the chief shepherd and he als...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Well, Paul definitely was single and wished everyone was single like himself, which means that if everyone followed this advice, there’d be no elders or pastors? Naw. That’s no

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Again, Paul’s stated purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth but to deal with the false teaching and ensure qualified elders are in place and incorrect actions they were taking to deal with the false doctrine were...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Again, Paul’s stated purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth but to deal with the false teaching and ensure qualified elders are in place and incorrect actions the

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Well, Paul definitely was single and wished everyone was single like himself, which means that if everyone followed this advice, there’d be no elders or pastors? Naw. That’s not it. Jesus is also the chief shepherd and he als...

@OldPhilos @smashbaals Again, Paul’s stated purpose is not to stop anyone from teaching the truth but to deal with the false teaching and ensure qualified elders are in place and incorrect actions they were taking to deal with the false doctrine were...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 That’s what a deacon is… a supportive role. They organize teams, host, weight on tables, distribute donations, etc. Not a single person in the NT aside from Christ is named as a pastor. Only two are named as elder, Peter an...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Paul is introducing her to the church at Rome so they will immediately accept her and support her by serving under her leadership as normally it takes time to recognize leaders. I don’t see how you get the idea she wasn’t a...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Interesting…you are one of very few who call Paul a pastor. Because 1Ti 3:2 appears to disqualify singles and females from serving as elder/pastor. Nowhere does scripture say that Priscilla was under the authority of her hu...

@FlyingHowitzer You are referring to 1Ti 1:12. It’s not referring to pastors, the context of the letter is stopping false teaching, the grammar is explicitly singular and the ‘the woman’ gives us evidence that there’s a specific woman who is deceived...

@dalepartridge @ZacharyConover I don't understand. Why wouldn't you baptize ever

@Paula_333 Can women teach male children? At what age can they no longer teach t

@buffalo_lo_lo8 @JSmith95974 @TexasPreacher If a man can't learn theology when w

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 But if 'head' means 'the boss of' and 'the one

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy No, that is completely false. Paul nowhere forbids women from serving as elders! 1Ti 3 uses masculine forms in the grammar but in Koine Greek, the male form can be used when intending either men or women. And Is 3:...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Also, the passages you listed about the requirements for elders do not say that an elder must not be a woman. The fact that they both use an idiom, directly translated ‘one woman man’ or ‘one wife husband’ is an idiom. When...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia But you said “further, there is no New Testament mention of any woman being a pastor” ⎯ but there is no one, not even a man, who is called pastor (poimen) in the NT except Christ. And no one is called elder except Peter and...

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Can you list who specifically the NT notes as being c

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Ok, so we partially agree. The ‘slaying in the spirit

@ThePastorBurris @Protestia What is it that is so disgusting?

@Timothy_ElderJr @5Solas2 Without free will? Where did you get that from? Note h

@MackDonahue If someone becomes a complementarian and then becomes uncomfortable with their female pastor, then they should *quietly* leave because this is not a sin issue. Mike himself says that. And he clearly shows he knows repentance has to do wi...

@RealDavidReece That may be. But what is the 'head' of the house and why are eld

@comfyposts @MartinSr2407 @pastorlocke Nebuchadnezzar was also God’s chosen. And

@Saved5872 @MikeWingerii I carefully studied all the passages that appeared at first glance to restrict or prevent women from leadership, serving as elders or pastors or to prevent them from speaking ‘authoritatively’…but what I found is that in each...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay I never left the LDS church. I have had LDS missionaries come to my house for a few years and I knew two local bishops who lived in my area. Nice people. I was never LDS. I'm sure you can check in your book...

@bibleprophecyus @emilyjashinsky If this means authority over, ever wonder why '

@Rach4Patriarchy @celestialbe1ng What does it mean that he is your head? Does th

@AChristianLens @BibleInContext1 So basically, your authority is the bishops and

RT @ryanschatz: @DickSaban1 The phrase “one wife husband” repeated for deacons a

@iheartJ37 @Pastor_Gabe @jerryzz2 That may be part of it, but I don’t think that “good reputation” meant that people didn’t think the church leader was crazy or has lost their minds or that sort of thing. So I don’t think he meant that the world acce...

@Pastor_Gabe Do you allow Gentiles to be pastors? Also, can you point to a spec

@Pastor_Gabe @jerryzz2 Eisegesis. There is nothing forbidding women from serving

@CoreyJMahler Give me just one instance where a leader, apostle, prophet, elder,

@CoreyJMahler Let me be very clear: I DO NOT DENY headship (properly defined). T

@MutamboHangford @Pastor_Gabe On the other hand, a text taken out of context can be a pretext for a proof text. Paul is clearly responding to a prior letter from the Corinthians (see 1Cor 7:1). He is quoting from it in other areas, so you need to co...

@iheartJ37 @Pastor_Gabe Excellent points! God is testing us! Being able to right

@sparkobuzzer Personally, when pastors or those advocating strongly for their vi

@autocorrect2_0 @Pastor_Gabe This presumes head in scripture means leader or ‘on

@Pastor_Gabe Plain reading, eh? https://t.co/iBktbAVMXK

And with a little bit of thought and careful examination of the text, one see Pa

@Pastor_Gabe @BronWen727104 @megbasham Any chance you might possibly maybe be mi

@Pastor_Gabe @megbasham What’s wrong with women being included in leadership?

@ncksmith Complementarians almost all believe that males alone are to be elders, pastors and overseers. Some go further. Some claim that a female elder is apostasy or on the way. That’s where their understanding is severely flawed. And the thinking ...

@aigkenham AI is meant to be a secretary, not a pastor.

No pastor, elder, overseer, apostle, deacon, prophet, or father is ever called head (kephalē) in the NT. If head simply means authority or boss, why is kephalē never used for any leader in the church? Why is a father never called the kephalē of hi...

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals How many heads does the church have? Show me one i

@megbasham It’s not progressive to continue allowing independent Baptist churche

@megbasham It’s too bad that this was the argument given. I would think that it

@ShawnWGillogly @McDIU05 @megbasham @Jeff_Iorg I believe that scripture is fully

@JohnMar98888097 @smashbaals But you take it too far to say God commands the pastor be male. There is no command here, and in Koine Greek, the male form can be used in a generic way of both male and female depending on the context. To clarify, Paul w...

@JohnMar98888097 @smashbaals That’s a misreading of the idiom Paul is using sinc

@MarqueStuddock @smashbaals How do you know this exactly? Can you list each of t

@AndrewD82566840 @smashbaals Yes because no pastor is called the head of the church except Christ. The church doesn’t have many heads, only one. A head in scripture and in the contexts we are referring to doesn’t mean the authority over or boss of. I...

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@MackDonahue If someone becomes a complementarian and then becomes uncomfortable with their female pastor, then they should quietly leave because this is not a sin issue. Mike himself says that. And he clearly shows he knows repentance has to do wi...