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@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua I understand the need to protect our freedoms and sovereignty as a nation, but the church is not defended by flesh and blood and the church is not weakened by women assisting defending the faith and leading as strong le...

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua I understand the need to protect our freedoms and sovereignty as a nation, but the church is not defended by flesh and blood and the church is not weakened by women assi

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership roles in the church is not inevitable. The church doesn’t need men with muscles and swords but humble servants who subj

@imanii4u @drbrudd Yes, you have noted a clear problem with his interpretation h

@imanii4u @drbrudd Yes, you have noted a clear problem with his interpretation here. If we instead understand v34-35 as Paul quoting from the letter from the Corinthians (ie. 1 Cor 7:1), then this re

1 Cor 7:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-09

@liquid_danno I finally got through Payne's book. I find he says some good things and some very strange things. - His argument on 1 Cor 14:34-35 being an addition to the text⎯which does align with the idea that Paul is quoting from the Corinthian l...

@liquid_danno I finally got through Payne's book. I find he says some good things and some very strange things. - His argument on 1 Cor 14:34-35 being an addition to the text⎯which does align with t

1 Cor 14:34-35 general

@_anandacaseyy I have a thread on this topic (see below) and more in my highligh

@_anandacaseyy I have a thread on this topic (see below) and more in my highlights under my profile if you find that helpful. For what it’s worth, the vast majority of complementarians and most patri

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-07

This idea of authoritative preaching comes up a lot in complementarian circles. But what does it mean? In 1 Pet 4:11 we read "Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking actual words of God…" If it isn’t our personal opinion, shouldn’t we AL...

This idea of authoritative preaching comes up a lot in complementarian circles. But what does it mean? In 1 Pet 4:11 we read "Whoever speaks is to do so as one who is speaking actual words of God…"

1 Pet 4:11 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

RT @ryanschatz: @MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by i

RT @ryanschatz: @MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However,…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-06

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, there are only two people explicitly called elders in...

@MaxLuder @MarkGrote @JollyStine You don't get requirements by inferring intention. Paul includes women in vs11. However, there's a big difference between including and forbidding. For example, the

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one witness. Further, church discipline is not meant fo...

@KaeleyT Here’s an article describing what happened to Eileen Gray. BTW, I thought there was to be 2 or 3 witnesses when the church is told? No one is to be condemned on the testimony of only one wi

@JillSmi60526171 @godlywomanhood MacArthur is a humble man who seems to sincerel

@JillSmi60526171 @godlywomanhood MacArthur is a humble man who seems to sincerely believe that women should not preach or teach with men present. He’s wrong though. I go through the relevant texts i

@CSavedByGrace18 @Obleo_1 @Ken_FiveSolas Agree with the language but I would lik

@CSavedByGrace18 @Obleo_1 @Ken_FiveSolas Agree with the language but I would like to challenge you on John’s views on women preachers. https://t.co/kIiNFgXT9C

@AngEngland The first slide makes it appear I’m against women speaking, but I’m

@AngEngland The first slide makes it appear I’m against women speaking, but I’m showing how this is a false view and how Paul is liberating women from being silenced.

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but thank God had the scriptures explained to me more a...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but t

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 No, if you do not repent, you will lose your salvation. Salvation is by faith and someone who claims to be a Christian but refuses to submit to God is a liar and the truth is not in him. This may so...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 No, if you do not repent, you will lose your salvation. Salvation is by faith and someone who claims to be a Christian but refuses to submit to God i

@ManuelMencia11 @CSavedByGrace18 They believe things that I think the scripture doesn’t teach, but when it comes to the fundamentals of the gospel, they believe the same as me. I’ll give you an example. They will preach the gospel to all just as I ...

@ManuelMencia11 @CSavedByGrace18 They believe things that I think the scripture doesn’t teach, but when it comes to the fundamentals of the gospel, they believe the same as me. I’ll give you an examp

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do is explain these hard passages. And I believe I ha...

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do i

@at_M_J_F_ @heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC Rather, I’m working hard to demonstrate what the plain meaning of the text is by carefully considering everything in the grammar, context and how Paul applies it in his own life. When Paul is clear in Galatia...

@at_M_J_F_ @heaveniscallin1 @FrMatthewLC Rather, I’m working hard to demonstrate what the plain meaning of the text is by carefully considering everything in the grammar, context and how Paul applies

Tit 1:5-9 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate

@MikeWingerii Finally, most complementarians see 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 as clearly requiring male leadership. But if this is the case: - Why does Paul use τὶς in v1 which means “someone” or “anyone”? Why didn’t he specify a male, or ἀνήρ? - I...

@MikeWingerii Finally, most complementarians see 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 as clearly requiring male leadership. But if this is the case: - Why does Paul use τὶς in v1 which means “someone” or “any

Reading 1 Tim 2:11-15 carefully in context we see that Paul’s focus is Timothy and how he ought to be have in the Church of God in handling false teaching. Read chapter 1⎯how Paul refers to the purpose of stopping false teachers and their teaching f...

Reading 1 Tim 2:11-15 carefully in context we see that Paul’s focus is Timothy and how he ought to be have in the Church of God in handling false teaching. Read chapter 1⎯how Paul refers to the purpo

1 Tim 2:11-15 commentary

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 14:36 1 Cor 7:1 question

In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote (see 1 Cor 7:1) and using the contrastive “or” (which is typical of Paul) to rhetorically refute it: “What? Came the word of God out from you [men]? Or came it unto you [me...

In 1 Cor 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote (see 1 Cor 7:1) and using the contrastive “or” (which is typical of Paul) to rhetorically refute it: “What? Came the word

On the one hand, John has a point because to agree that scripture clearly teaches male only leadership and then to willfully ignore this is clear evidence of rebellion against the Bible. However, I want you to know that this is not what the New Test...

On the one hand, John has a point because to agree that scripture clearly teaches male only leadership and then to willfully ignore this is clear evidence of rebellion against the Bible. However, I w

@jefflintz Unfortunately, I’m mostly just on X these days. I’ll be focusing on

@jefflintz Unfortunately, I’m mostly just on X these days. I’ll be focusing on responding to Mike Winger’s series over the next year. If you want a blog that is pretty much aligned with what I think

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor The “Mojo hermeneutic”? I see now. No

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor The “Mojo hermeneutic”? I see now. Nothing being made up on your side of the isle…. See you Mr Mojo Anonymous.

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@Nathanor582613 @WomnOfValor Thanks for the comment. - Paul is clearly responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1). Since there are no quotes in the original manuscripts, how do we know where Paul is quoting? - Paul refers to the l...

@Nathanor582613 @WomnOfValor Thanks for the comment. - Paul is clearly responding to the letter from the Corinthians (see 1 Cor 7:1). Since there are no quotes in the original manuscripts, how do we

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@BiffSport @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning The only reason you say it is a twisting is because you are looking it from the pretzel of your own view which has women forbidden from teaching with men present! We know scripture ha...

@BiffSport @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning The only reason you say it is a twisting is because you are looking it from the pretzel of your own view which has women forbidden fro

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor Explaining what Paul himself wrote using the context, grammar, audience—no detail left unmapped—and you call that twisting?? Why? Because I love truth! Look, if you think as a male you have primacy, then ac...

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor Explaining what Paul himself wrote using the context, grammar, audience—no detail left unmapped—and you call that twisting?? Why? Because I love truth! Look

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor No I didn’t mean that he can’t read 1 Cor 7:1. There are no quotes in the oldest Greek manuscripts. It all has to be inferred from the context. John misses this one completely. Otherwise Paul is contradict...

@BiffSport @JJacobs63985241 @WomnOfValor No I didn’t mean that he can’t read 1 Cor 7:1. There are no quotes in the oldest Greek manuscripts. It all has to be inferred from the context. John misses

1 Cor 7:1 commentary

@WomnOfValor John MacArthur for all his learning has no idea that Paul since chapter 7 has been responding to things that the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him. He quotes them and then refutes them: “What? came the word of God out from you[m...

@WomnOfValor John MacArthur for all his learning has no idea that Paul since chapter 7 has been responding to things that the Corinthians wrote in their letter to him. He quotes them and then refutes

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@Thygar @masonmennenga Paul put Christians to death. That’s not on my rap sheet. "even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; and the grace o...

@Thygar @masonmennenga Paul put Christians to death. That’s not on my rap sheet. "even though I was previously a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy **because

@masonmennenga Generalizing for everyone means you are clearly wrong. I’m an evangelical and I believe the Bible is inerrant and that I might not be correct in all of my interpretations—so I go back to the Bible and let it correct me. Also…not all ...

@masonmennenga Generalizing for everyone means you are clearly wrong. I’m an evangelical and I believe the Bible is inerrant and that I might not be correct in all of my interpretations—so I go back

Genesis 2:24 Gen 2:24 debate

@smashbaals Curious…but my reading of Genesis 2:24 sounds counter cultural to the complementarian view: "For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh." (Gen 2:24) The ma...

@smashbaals Curious…but my reading of Genesis 2:24 sounds counter cultural to the complementarian view: "For this reason **a man shall leave** his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; an

@augsburg1580 @JonnyRoot_ Paul is correcting your misinterpretation of what he s

@augsburg1580 @JonnyRoot_ Paul is correcting your misinterpretation of what he said in his letters? Excellent.

1 Cor 14:34-35 1 Cor 7:1 debate

@Ken_FiveSolas @megbasham John MacArthur completely misinterprets 1 Cor 14:34-35 as he doesn’t recognize that Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). Paul quotes and then refutes them: "What? came the word of Go...

@Ken_FiveSolas @megbasham John MacArthur completely misinterprets 1 Cor 14:34-35 as he doesn’t recognize that Paul is quoting from the letter the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1 Cor 7:1). Paul quotes

@The_SergeMG @smashbaals No, that is incorrect. It is contested as it appears to contradict what Paul writes elsewhere in 1 Cor 14 to start. When your interpretation has Paul contradicting himself then you should revisit your interpretation. Paul ...

@The_SergeMG @smashbaals No, that is incorrect. It is contested as it appears to contradict what Paul writes elsewhere in 1 Cor 14 to start. When your interpretation has Paul contradicting himself t

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Superimposing an Old Testament restriction on the N

@JohnHar63885981 @DickSaban1 Superimposing an Old Testament restriction on the New Testament church—even if 90% of church history did it—doesn’t make it right.

@smashbaals Women are unqualified by an immutable characteristic? This sounds like going back to slavery to the law… "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery." (Gal 5...

@smashbaals Women are unqualified by an immutable characteristic? This sounds like going back to slavery to the law… "It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do

Gal 5:1 question

@smashbaals Maybe you are having trouble reading the Bible in context. No scholar would take one of the most contested passages and call it “clear.” Think about this: why do women need to be silent in church? Is it to protect vulnerable, weak men ...

@smashbaals Maybe you are having trouble reading the Bible in context. No scholar would take one of the most contested passages and call it “clear.” Think about this: why do women need to be silent

@revjeffvox @William_E_Wolfe I don’t think these zones cover me… - I’m with zone 1 on social Justice, but not militant - I’m with Zone 3a in regards to grounding egalitarian views in the Bible and being cooperative with complementarians since it’s a ...

@revjeffvox @William_E_Wolfe I don’t think these zones cover me… - I’m with zone 1 on social Justice, but not militant - I’m with Zone 3a in regards to grounding egalitarian views in the Bible and bei

@MrRoyMcAvoy @kelcy_lowry @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Are you suggesting I’m a false convert because I demonstrate a scriptural basis for godly women teaching true doctrine and pastoring? This is not a fundamental of the Christian faith. Can you poi...

@MrRoyMcAvoy @kelcy_lowry @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Are you suggesting I’m a false convert because I demonstrate a scriptural basis for godly women teaching true doctrine and pastoring? This is not

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@holytension @holytensionhub I don’t disagree with you. I find a lot of reference to Greek for what appears to be for little reason other than to sound sophisticated like one knows what he is taking about. Ultimately, specifying what a Greek word c...

@holytension @holytensionhub I don’t disagree with you. I find a lot of reference to Greek for what appears to be for little reason other than to sound sophisticated like one knows what he is taking

@brmorris Or we can apply ourselves to studying the context and with God’s help

@brmorris Or we can apply ourselves to studying the context and with God’s help understand this passage. If God intends scripture to be understood then He will help us. https://t.co/Y0IdPyu8TO

@MarkGrote @Peacemaker811 @HbitsO @BethMooreLPM This assumes authentein means “usurp authority”—are men allowed to do that but women are not? Men are allowed hostile takeovers inspired by geneologies and false understanding of the law? Paul wasn’t ...

@MarkGrote @Peacemaker811 @HbitsO @BethMooreLPM This assumes authentein means “usurp authority”—are men allowed to do that but women are not? Men are allowed hostile takeovers inspired by geneologies

@3HillsMinor @graceforprize @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Paul says “a woman” or “a wife” (which it is has to be determined by the context) and later says “the woman” in verse 14. This is an anaphoric use of the article back to “a woman”...

@3HillsMinor @graceforprize @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Paul says “a woman” or “a wife” (which it is has to be determined by the context) and later says “the woman” in verse 14. This is

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I am exegeting and using reasoning—please show me where I’m twisting scripture. You shouldn’t falsely accuse someone of “twisting” scripture. There’s nothing wrong with men leading, but somethi...

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I am exegeting and using reasoning—please show me where I’m twisting scripture. You shouldn’t falsely accuse someone of “twisting” scripture. T

@EarthyLilly By the way, amen to your call to the church to not ignore God’s gif

@EarthyLilly By the way, amen to your call to the church to not ignore God’s gifting in women!

@EarthyLilly It’s not just that only women are the helpers! I often open stuck

@EarthyLilly It’s not just that only women are the helpers! I often open stuck jars and lift heavy things from high places for my wife. We use the gifts that God gives each of us to support and upli

RT @ryanschatz: @kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ That’s not

RT @ryanschatz: @kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ That’s not what 1 Tim 2:12 means. One has to base their interpretatio…

1 Tim 2:12 commentary

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ That’s not what 1 Tim 2:12 means. One has to base their interpretation on the context. Every time I deal with someone from a cult—almost without fail—their bad readings of scripture come from rea...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ That’s not what 1 Tim 2:12 means. One has to base their interpretation on the context. Every time I deal with someone from a cult—almost without

1 Tim 2:12 commentary

@lastadolphin @brambonius @PSSanborn @EarthyLilly Everyone as we mature should be aiming to lead in some capacity in order to fulfill the great commandment Jesus gave to all to “make disciples of all nations…teaching them to follow all that I command...

@lastadolphin @brambonius @PSSanborn @EarthyLilly Everyone as we mature should be aiming to lead in some capacity in order to fulfill the great commandment Jesus gave to all to “make disciples of all

Matt 28:18-20 question