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Similarly, the seven churches in Revelation (Rev 2-3) show unique struggles—luke

Similarly, the seven churches in Revelation (Rev 2-3) show unique struggles—lukewarmness, immorality, and even false teaching. Yet, these issues didn’t divide believers into factions. Jesus addresse

Paul’s plea wasn’t for separation but for restoration. He says, “I am again in t

Paul’s plea wasn’t for separation but for restoration. He says, “I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!” (Gal 4:19). Even when the church drifted badly, he advocated f

Gal 4:19 debate

To the Galatians, Paul said some serious things: “If anyone is preaching to you

To the Galatians, Paul said some serious things: “If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be accursed” (Gal 1:9). Yet, he didn’t call the faithful to leave. I

Gal 1:9 general

The early church had no denominations. Yet, forces threatened to divide them. One such force was the Judaizers, who pressured Gentile believers to follow Jewish ceremonial laws. Paul fought this battle fiercely in Galatia, where the church was stray...

The early church had no denominations. Yet, forces threatened to divide them. One such force was the Judaizers, who pressured Gentile believers to follow Jewish ceremonial laws. Paul fought this batt

There are far too many divisions in today’s churches. Many churches have entrenched systems pushed by leadership and little opportunities for its members to minister to each other. Others are outright promoting sin. Others are abusing their members...

There are far too many divisions in today’s churches. Many churches have entrenched systems pushed by leadership and little opportunities for its members to minister to each other. Others are outrigh

🧵 Church unity and division Biblically, when is it appropriate to divide from y

🧵 Church unity and division Biblically, when is it appropriate to divide from your church? Join me as we tackle this important subject! 👇 https://t.co/Q2bCxQYxW1

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In a case where Paul says he is repeating himself (P

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In a case where Paul says he is repeating himself (Phil 3:1), he says it’s a safeguard. On that note, I don’t see how mixing pronouns is any sort of safeguard.

Phil 3:1 general

Heb 13:18 Heb 4:12 general

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In fact, Hebrews explicitly emphasizes clarity and p

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii In fact, Hebrews explicitly emphasizes clarity and precision in communication (ie Heb 4:12), not obfuscation. The use of plural pronouns (“we” in Heb 13:18) fits naturally

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Your appeal to Polybius presumes human literary conventions as normative for scripture (divine inspiration). Since God inspired the letter to the Hebrews, He is not subject to the rhetorical constraints Polybius describes,...

@eutychusnerd @MikeWingerii Your appeal to Polybius presumes human literary conventions as normative for scripture (divine inspiration). Since God inspired the letter to the Hebrews, He is not subject

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@MikeWingerii ^ correct ^ @MikeWingerii ^ complementarian ^ Are you claiming

@MikeWingerii ^ correct ^ @MikeWingerii ^ complementarian ^ Are you claiming no bias? You have said that as an egalitarian who “spreads the teaching,” I need to “repent” and you commend your follo

@BICBCI73 @RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @abarefootmomma We are the ones who have a beginning. We need a mother and father. Jesus did not have a beginning—only His body was prepared, but He uniquely pre-existed His body. Of course this doesn’t agree with...

@BICBCI73 @RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @abarefootmomma We are the ones who have a beginning. We need a mother and father. Jesus did not have a beginning—only His body was prepared, but He uniquely pre-ex

@portals2past @MikeWingerii A leader of a church speaks about the desires of eve

@portals2past @MikeWingerii A leader of a church speaks about the desires of every member of his church? Really? I wouldn’t do that.

@portals2past @MikeWingerii Well, yes. If you are complementarian, I guess the b

@portals2past @MikeWingerii Well, yes. If you are complementarian, I guess the best response you could give is that it is forced. So thanks. 😊

@BICBCI73 @RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @abarefootmomma That we are adopted and consi

@BICBCI73 @RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @abarefootmomma That we are adopted and considered brothers doesn’t not require that Jesus is created and had a beginning. And what “heavenly mother” are you referri

@portals2past @MikeWingerii That’s an AI generated summary of the referenced art

@portals2past @MikeWingerii That’s an AI generated summary of the referenced articles using Logos Bible software.

@MikeWingerii The theologian Dr. Harnack asserted that the author’s frequent use of the communicative “we” teaches, among other things, that there is possibly more than one author. It is assumed that the readers “must have known at once who was meant...

@MikeWingerii The theologian Dr. Harnack asserted that the author’s frequent use of the communicative “we” teaches, among other things, that there is possibly more than one author. It is assumed that

@RebelReformers @MikeWingerii That is pretty close to what I believe. But if inspiration is not specific to male or female and if both sons and daughters can prophecy—and yes, some do dispute this though Mike doesn’t (though I’m not sure about what h...

@RebelReformers @MikeWingerii That is pretty close to what I believe. But if inspiration is not specific to male or female and if both sons and daughters can prophecy—and yes, some do dispute this tho

@TheApe_Theist @MikeWingerii I don’t believe Mike when he says he wanted to be egalitarian. He was always complementarian—he comes from Calvary Chapel which is strongly complementarian. He was complementarian before his investigation and when good eg...

@TheApe_Theist @MikeWingerii I don’t believe Mike when he says he wanted to be egalitarian. He was always complementarian—he comes from Calvary Chapel which is strongly complementarian. He was complem

@rehboo_18 @abarefootmomma Have you read the Bible? If not, you should read Isai

@rehboo_18 @abarefootmomma Have you read the Bible? If not, you should read Isaiah. https://t.co/JA86haDb2P

@autocorrect2_0 @MikeWingerii Why does Paul make great pains to identify himself

@autocorrect2_0 @MikeWingerii Why does Paul make great pains to identify himself with all the other letters—particularly because some are making fake ones in his name—but then he doesn’t identify hims

@rehboo_18 @abarefootmomma One God, three persons. The trinity is the only thing

@rehboo_18 @abarefootmomma One God, three persons. The trinity is the only thing that makes sense of the scripture.

@MikeWingerii The problem is that someone believes that it is most likely that a woman wrote it, if they were complementarian, they would quite likely no longer be a complementarian as scripture by definition is authoritative. So I’m not sure what p...

@MikeWingerii The problem is that someone believes that it is most likely that a woman wrote it, if they were complementarian, they would quite likely no longer be a complementarian as scripture by de

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma That’s because most of them didn’t have a physical copy of the letter. So many were conveying what Paul wrote orally. And what was conveyed orally reflected what was already written so that either b...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma That’s because most of them didn’t have a physical copy of the letter. So many were conveying what Paul wrote orally. And what was conveyed orally r

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the original. Paul never said that consulting the ch...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the

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@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And therein lies the problem. 2Ti 3:16-17 should have therefore read: “All Scripture <and oral tradition passed on only by authorized agents> is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, f...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And therein lies the problem. 2Ti 3:16-17 should have therefore read: “All Scripture <and oral tradition passed on only by authorized agents>

2Ti 3:16-17 general

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I’m reading the Bible. Not all who are protestant have it right either. The Church fathers that matter are Jesus and His apostles and the scriptures that they wrote, not some later people. Scripture...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I’m reading the Bible. Not all who are protestant have it right either. The Church fathers that matter are Jesus and His apostles and the scriptures

2Ti 3:16-17 general

@BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I sat down with Mormon missionaries and bishops for many meetings. I have the LDS app with all the writings so I can look things up. But as I recall, the missionaries came to say I’m wrong. It’s just that they believe everyo...

@BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I sat down with Mormon missionaries and bishops for many meetings. I have the LDS app with all the writings so I can look things up. But as I recall, the missionaries came to

Scripture says that hell was created for the devil and his angels. While we kno

Scripture says that hell was created for the devil and his angels. While we know that people will certainly be in hell (Jesus said this about Judas Iscariot), does anyone have to go there? https://t.

RT @ryanschatz: @OutOfThePocket Well said, Conrad! One of the things that contin

RT @ryanschatz: @OutOfThePocket Well said, Conrad! One of the things that continues to amaze me is that when the disciples in scripture wer…

@OutOfThePocket Well said, Conrad! One of the things that continues to amaze me is that when the disciples in scripture were imprisoned or persecuted, they were joyful. They sang songs and rejoiced knowing that they were participating in the sufferin...

@OutOfThePocket Well said, Conrad! One of the things that continues to amaze me is that when the disciples in scripture were imprisoned or persecuted, they were joyful. They sang songs and rejoiced kn

@A11en_Thomas @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma They are both. As a cult,

@A11en_Thomas @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma They are both. As a cult, they base their beliefs on the Christian scriptures, but then distort primary teachings.

@SladeTheGuy @RetailRudy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma We do not have information in

@SladeTheGuy @RetailRudy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma We do not have information in the Bible about the creation of the angels. We have information about the creation of humans and nothing at all even hi

@RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma All those scriptures are grea

@RetailRudy @SladeTheGuy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma All those scriptures are great, but my disagreement is when you seem to presume that humans were originally angels. Where do you get that from? https

@HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma Just to be clear, the LDS church doesn’t

@HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma Just to be clear, the LDS church doesn’t outright deny the deity of Jesus, but makes him a created being and also that all of us can become exalted to gods just

@BLeBlan68656830 @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma The critical part is what is believed about Jesus. If Jesus is created, then LDS do not teach that Jesus is the uncreated creator. Therefore, they do not believe that Jesus is the “I AM”—that He is the etern...

@BLeBlan68656830 @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma The critical part is what is believed about Jesus. If Jesus is created, then LDS do not teach that Jesus is the uncreated creator. Therefore, they do not bel

@SladeTheGuy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma Well, yes, that too. According to LDS teaching, Lucifer was created before you and I. Jesus is the elder brother (firstborn), then some time later, Lucifer, then much later you and I. This is all before we have ...

@SladeTheGuy @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma Well, yes, that too. According to LDS teaching, Lucifer was created before you and I. Jesus is the elder brother (firstborn), then some time later, Lucifer, then

@BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma The LDS teach that Jesus is the spirit-brother of Lucifer, that there is really no difference between us and Jesus except time and that one day other LDS men will be like Jesus on their own planet and be their saviour. Thes...

@BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma The LDS teach that Jesus is the spirit-brother of Lucifer, that there is really no difference between us and Jesus except time and that one day other LDS men will be like Jes

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-12

@BornAgainMissy Both should be thinking about how to please each other and serve

@BornAgainMissy Both should be thinking about how to please each other and serve each other, not trying to assert one’s independence from the other. I think that trying to find ways of asserting your

@LRopa21333 @kenalexander77 @RealDavidReece My take of what the Bible says is that there is a willing mutual submission, not that there is no submission. In the first century, wives’ submission was out of duty, not love like they did for Christ. The ...

@LRopa21333 @kenalexander77 @RealDavidReece My take of what the Bible says is that there is a willing mutual submission, not that there is no submission. In the first century, wives’ submission was ou

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ Paul shook his feet off at the Jews who w

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ Paul shook his feet off at the Jews who were agitating the God-fearers and deceiving them.

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Because they⎯like Saul was before he enco

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Because they⎯like Saul was before he encountered Christ⎯were misled by the Judaizers and believed they were serving God by ejecting Paul and Barnabas.

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Did you forget that Paul did the same thing because he was ignorant and thought that by killing Christians he was being zealous for God and doing what God wanted? God-fearers can be misled by others like the Ju...

@ymmotrojam @CherylSchatz @look2Christ Did you forget that Paul did the same thing because he was ignorant and thought that by killing Christians he was being zealous for God and doing what God wanted

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ The issue with the Calvinist rendering is that it is coercive. The presumption is that no one would want to trust Jesus and that God has to in fact force people by overriding their "totally depraved" bend to not...

@CherylSchatz @ymmotrojam @look2Christ The issue with the Calvinist rendering is that it is coercive. The presumption is that no one would want to trust Jesus and that God has to in fact force people

@immrbloo @subq I’m attempting to bring peace where there currently is no peace, where complementarians are kicking out or leaving egalitarian churches or Reformed/Calvinists are treating non-Reformed as unsaved Pelagians. BTW, look at how he framed...

@immrbloo @subq I’m attempting to bring peace where there currently is no peace, where complementarians are kicking out or leaving egalitarian churches or Reformed/Calvinists are treating non-Reformed

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge I don’t know what you are referring to on that Bible Project link. There’s only one reference to Deborah and they don’t call her a military commander as that was what Barak was. Do you think there were two mil...

@Tailfeathers_WA @GwenSci @dalepartridge I don’t know what you are referring to on that Bible Project link. There’s only one reference to Deborah and they don’t call her a military commander as that w

@EliGhostGoon @rightresponsem Well, no attribution to Paul, reference or context

@EliGhostGoon @rightresponsem Well, no attribution to Paul, reference or context leaves one to wonder…It kinda looked like he was quoting it to let the world know that he also sees himself as the fore

@immrbloo @BeardedPresby If I was attending your church, would I be allowed to b

@immrbloo @BeardedPresby If I was attending your church, would I be allowed to be an elder or pastor or any kind of leader (like leading a bible study) while holding my views? Or would you hamstring m

@immrbloo @BeardedPresby If I thought what I believed was unbiblical, I’d change my mind in a heartbeat. I am thoroughly convinced what I believe is Biblical which is why I also teach it. I appreciate your concern, but let’s be clear that how God sa...

@immrbloo @BeardedPresby If I thought what I believed was unbiblical, I’d change my mind in a heartbeat. I am thoroughly convinced what I believe is Biblical which is why I also teach it. I appreciat

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Yes, in everything…as they do to Christ. Evidently there was something going on at that time between husbands and wives that needed addressing and the best I surmise is women were treated as house slaves and t...

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Yes, in everything…as they do to Christ. Evidently there was something going on at that time between husbands and wives that needed addressing and the best I s

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Not if the woman isn’t teaching false doctrine. And also, if another prophet is moved to speak the first should “keep silent”… (whether male or female). No one is to be “in authority” over others; leaders are...

@PatrickHen1776 @AJMxya @harmonizedgrace Not if the woman isn’t teaching false doctrine. And also, if another prophet is moved to speak the first should “keep silent”… (whether male or female). No on