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@MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Well, Paul's Greek leads me to my conclusions. He chooses not to use male pronouns but rather τις which means "anyone" or "someone." Further, he doesn't exclude women but says "women likewise..." Forbidding ...

@MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ Well, Paul's Greek leads me to my conclusions. He chooses not to use male pronouns but rather τις which means "anyone" or "someone." Further, he doesn't exclu

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ You have not once “contended” with me. You only say I’m wrong and comment on my character and motives. Maybe if you actually contended with me we would get somewhere? Ah, but you are not allowed...

@kelcy_lowry @MrRoyMcAvoy @The_Wry_Griot @JonnyRoot_ You have not once “contended” with me. You only say I’m wrong and comment on my character and motives. Maybe if you actually contended with me we

@holytensionhub @holytension Great article! I agree that we shouldn’t need to know Greek to understand the meaning of the text. I think this is primarily because of how important context is and which is sufficient to guide the interpretation of the...

@holytensionhub @holytension Great article! I agree that we shouldn’t need to know Greek to understand the meaning of the text. I think this is primarily because of how important context is and whic

RT @holytensionhub: “Leading” is not a fruit of the Spirit for men - a man is no

RT @holytensionhub: “Leading” is not a fruit of the Spirit for men - a man is not being “godly” simply because he is leading. “Submitting”…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-30

@felipeswife 1 Cor 14 talks about 2 or 3 people prophesying, plus all the other ways to contribute like prayers, tongues and interpretation, words of knowledge, etc. I think if more people came with the expectation of contributing rather than just c...

@felipeswife 1 Cor 14 talks about 2 or 3 people prophesying, plus all the other ways to contribute like prayers, tongues and interpretation, words of knowledge, etc. I think if more people came with

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-30

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl Not having women as elders and counsellors is very unwise, though I understand it is done for theological reasons. However, they still serve in many ways. Using the gifts God gives them for wisdom, counsel and lea...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl Not having women as elders and counsellors is very unwise, though I understand it is done for theological reasons. However, they still serve in many ways. Using th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-30

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl I’m really pleased when I see healthy complementarian churches that let women speak on Sunday mornings and value the gifts and leadership and sacrifice women bring to the church family. If male authority can be rel...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl I’m really pleased when I see healthy complementarian churches that let women speak on Sunday mornings and value the gifts and leadership and sacrifice women bring t

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT 👉 ”[there needs to be recourse] especially for women” 👈 This is the reason for the discussion! Why especially for women? Why does a wife need to have multiple men intimidate her by breathing down her neck to get ...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT 👉 ”[there needs to be recourse] especially for women” 👈 This is the reason for the discussion! Why especially for women? Why does a wife need to have multiple men

@bibleradioapp @BenZeisloft Which is why it can sometimes appear like only one g

@bibleradioapp @BenZeisloft Which is why it can sometimes appear like only one group is given specific restrictions when it is simply an addressing of specific or more prevalent issues. Both men and

@DST_QA @MalcangiSarah Thanks for being willing to see the problems with the ill

@DST_QA @MalcangiSarah Thanks for being willing to see the problems with the illustration even though you are a complementarian. 😊

@TheChileabSon @MalcangiSarah It’s the idea that you say it’s Biblically required that’s concerning. It’s as if you think that my wife is sinning or doing something wrong if she also manages the home, why does 1 Tim 5:14 say women manage the househo...

@TheChileabSon @MalcangiSarah It’s the idea that you say it’s Biblically required that’s concerning. It’s as if you think that my wife is sinning or doing something wrong if she also manages the home

1 Tim 5:14 debate

@Chad4328 @MalcangiSarah That’s interesting. I’ve never heard anyone say that.

@Chad4328 @MalcangiSarah That’s interesting. I’ve never heard anyone say that. Where in Genesis 1 do you see any mention of roles or any differentiation of responsibility between the man and the wom

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-28

@ReformedDoc @ronhenzel Of course that’s what you have to say as we disagree about what scripture means! What one believes about Calvinism is not a fundamental to the faith. I believe that people are saved by putting their faith in Jesus and you be...

@ReformedDoc @ronhenzel Of course that’s what you have to say as we disagree about what scripture means! What one believes about Calvinism is not a fundamental to the faith. I believe that people ar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-28

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus to stop false teaching not to stop females from t...

@Omniisnotbussin @MarkGrote Do you have a Jewish male pastor, or are Gentiles allowed? By the same reasoning, women also are not excluded. Regarding 1 Tim 2:12, Paul left Timothy behind in Ephesus

1 Tim 2:12 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-24

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl The idea of "obeying your leaders" in the Greek means to be willing to be convinced. It doesn't mean "blind obedience" but openness and not a stubborn refusal to listen. But doing what they say requires that it mu...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl The idea of "obeying your leaders" in the Greek means to be willing to be convinced. It doesn't mean "blind obedience" but openness and not a stubborn refusal to li

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT If I’m willing to work within the existing co

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT If I’m willing to work within the existing complementarian structures yet am convinced egalitarian is the correct scriptural perspective, do you have the authority t

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT God will actually hold men responsible who wi

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT God will actually hold men responsible who wield authority over their wives.

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick Mike also ends his 11.5 hour discussion talking about authority. This is likely the entire basis which founds his understanding of complementarian practice—that males have a special authority over women that they cannot hav...

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick Mike also ends his 11.5 hour discussion talking about authority. This is likely the entire basis which founds his understanding of complementarian practice—that males have a

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick As for “I do not permit” being temporary or universal and the nature of authentein being positive because teaching can only be positive, Mike missed the forest for the trees. As Mike clearly proclaimed after his 4.5 hour di...

@MikeWingerii @j_bambrick As for “I do not permit” being temporary or universal and the nature of authentein being positive because teaching can only be positive, Mike missed the forest for the trees.

@MarkGrote While Artemis was important in Ephesian life, I highly doubt that this was the problem in the church since: - Paul’s preaching resulted in the new believers abandoning Artemis almost like it was the mark of what a Christian was - Paul ment...

@MarkGrote While Artemis was important in Ephesian life, I highly doubt that this was the problem in the church since: - Paul’s preaching resulted in the new believers abandoning Artemis almost like i

@ymmotrojam Tom, your comment makes men seem very weak. If “good men” struggle

@ymmotrojam Tom, your comment makes men seem very weak. If “good men” struggle to correct bad women, then why don’t they learn to mature? Instead, because men are weak, women have to be silenced? S

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-20

@lynette_f815 @MarkGrote The only point I’d contest was your broad statement that “women were uneducated.” I’m not sure how you arrived at this. Priscilla, although she wasn’t from Ephesus, is an example of a very educated woman. Since Paul uses t...

@lynette_f815 @MarkGrote The only point I’d contest was your broad statement that “women were uneducated.” I’m not sure how you arrived at this. Priscilla, although she wasn’t from Ephesus, is an ex

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-20

@ich1ban123456 @sympatheticNPC @DST_QA @ymmotrojam Just because Paul is dealing with a specific concern in the marital relationship doesn’t mean that he is affirming the already culturally acceptable idea that the husband is the master over his wife....

@ich1ban123456 @sympatheticNPC @DST_QA @ymmotrojam Just because Paul is dealing with a specific concern in the marital relationship doesn’t mean that he is affirming the already culturally acceptable

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@kelcy_lowry @Isaiah45_7 First, I don’t know how you researched my position years ago before I posted it here. 🤔 I don’t know too many who hold to my view of these passages. Second, what is a godly man? Do you define a godly man as a complementari...

@kelcy_lowry @Isaiah45_7 First, I don’t know how you researched my position years ago before I posted it here. 🤔 I don’t know too many who hold to my view of these passages. Second, what is a godly

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam I like how you described this. Jesus didn’t consider equality with God something to be grasped, or held into, but makes himself a servant. This is the statements of the text. He should be worshipp...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam I like how you described this. Jesus didn’t consider equality with God something to be grasped, or held into, but makes himself a servant. This is

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@RisingDisciples @TruthTreasury @CherylSchatz @Joel7Richardson You realize that the “comfy, soft, western church” is only a fraction of Christian’s that will participate in the rapture, right? This is not about avoiding persecution as if we live god...

@RisingDisciples @TruthTreasury @CherylSchatz @Joel7Richardson You realize that the “comfy, soft, western church” is only a fraction of Christian’s that will participate in the rapture, right? This i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-16

@KurodaSenpai @smashbaals Smash said "it is unbiblical" meaning if you do it you are going against the Bible. Rather he should have said, there is no Biblical restriction on women joining the military, though it would seem preferable that men should...

@KurodaSenpai @smashbaals Smash said "it is unbiblical" meaning if you do it you are going against the Bible. Rather he should have said, there is no Biblical restriction on women joining the militar

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-16

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Ok, I understand what you are trying to say. We don't follow the example of generals and the military because this doesn't necessarily reflect scripture. We are not fighting a physical war which requires physical strength, b...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Ok, I understand what you are trying to say. We don't follow the example of generals and the military because this doesn't necessarily reflect scripture. We are not fighting

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-16

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC My wife previously did not want the responsibility to lead. When I showed her that she needed to accept her own responsibility and that it wasn't a sin to lead, she grew into this and matured as a person. Treating women as e...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC My wife previously did not want the responsibility to lead. When I showed her that she needed to accept her own responsibility and that it wasn't a sin to lead, she grew into

@sympatheticNPC @DST_QA One more comment⎯Yes, Paul directs men to love their wives as Jesus loves His church, but do you think that women are not also to love as Jesus loves? Just because that is not stated doesn't mean it is not implied. Perhaps t...

@sympatheticNPC @DST_QA One more comment⎯Yes, Paul directs men to love their wives as Jesus loves His church, but do you think that women are not also to love as Jesus loves? Just because that is not

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC “Women and children have wilfull submission” All submission is to be willful. Did you forget that men need to submit to all in the body too? If so, then submission has nothing to do with authority otherwise mutual submissio...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC “Women and children have wilfull submission” All submission is to be willful. Did you forget that men need to submit to all in the body too? If so, then submission has nothi

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Yes, authority needs to be given. We need to deal with the text and not add things in that are not there when authority is given in this very context to both Adam and Eve. God gave dominion to humans as an imperative in Gen ...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC Yes, authority needs to be given. We need to deal with the text and not add things in that are not there when authority is given in this very context to both Adam and Eve. Go

Gen 1:28 Gen 3:16 debate

@kelcy_lowry @chimpchompchamp Misinterpretation of God's word is certainly more common than sand on the seashore these days! However, I don't think the evidence points to Eve misinterpreting or adding to (lying about) what God said. Here's why: 1⃣...

@kelcy_lowry @chimpchompchamp Misinterpretation of God's word is certainly more common than sand on the seashore these days! However, I don't think the evidence points to Eve misinterpreting or addin

@sympatheticNPC Here’s the result of debating with GPT just now: In the context of Genesis 3:17, the phrase "listened to the voice of his wife" indeed presents a nuanced situation. Since the text does not record a direct verbal exchange between Eve ...

@sympatheticNPC Here’s the result of debating with GPT just now: In the context of Genesis 3:17, the phrase "listened to the voice of his wife" indeed presents a nuanced situation. Since the text doe

Genesis 3:17 commentary

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT How are you responsible for your wife’s sanctification and she is not responsible for yours? Paul, you’ve set yourself up as your wife’s Lord. Do you not see this? No king is responsible for my sanctification. ...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT How are *you* responsible for your wife’s sanctification and she is not responsible for yours? Paul, you’ve set yourself up as your wife’s Lord. Do you not see thi

@DeeGoingsGirl @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, and your willingness to do what you believe is right is commendable. For the record, as an egalitarian I don’t believe in forcing oneself into positions just because you believe you have the right to. Even as...

@DeeGoingsGirl @pauldirks @KaeleyT Yes, and your willingness to do what you believe is right is commendable. For the record, as an egalitarian I don’t believe in forcing oneself into positions just b

@BibleBashed Women are not looking to avoid doing things for others, they just want to be allowed to serve in the capacity of their gifting and desire. Housework can be shared or taken by either the husband or the wife or ideally the whole family. ...

@BibleBashed Women are not looking to avoid doing things for others, they just want to be allowed to serve in the capacity of their gifting and desire. Housework can be shared or taken by either the

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This line of reasoning is interesting to me because on your accounting, the husband represents Jesus (who is God) and the church represents redeemed but sinful humans. This is a setup for serious abuse as all men a...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl This line of reasoning is interesting to me because on your accounting, the husband represents Jesus (who is God) and the church represents redeemed but sinful human

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl On the contrary, when the church is complementarian-ized, the uniqueness of the work of Christ is taken away. - Where do we have a human being told to sanctify another human being? - Where are the methods the man i...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl On the contrary, when the church is complementarian-ized, the uniqueness of the work of Christ is taken away. - Where do we have a human being told to sanctify anot

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl But complementarian, though less extreme than

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl But complementarian, though less extreme than patriarchy, is still not in the middle. I’m saying egalitarian solves the problems unless you feel that the problem it

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia A heretic is someone who teaches contrary to the essentials of the faith. A heretic is not someone you disagree with on a non essential, but is a non Christian. Please tell me⎯what council or creed ass...

@InnovationHQ2 @punkrockproseco @ADRoblesMedia A heretic is someone who teaches contrary to the essentials of the faith. A heretic is not someone you disagree with on a non essential, but is a non Ch

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-13

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote That’s not how we read Gal 3:28. Even complementarians agree that this means equal in salvation and not the elimination of biological sex, ethnicity or socioeconomic status. Egalitarians are just ...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote That’s not how we read Gal 3:28. Even complementarians agree that this means equal in salvation and not the elimination of biological sex, ethnicit

Gal 3:28 debate

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote You are free to share your opinions without substantiating them if you choose, but the fact that we disagree is already on the table. Also, treating women as equal in that those of godly character ...

@kelcy_lowry @JeremyMBauman @hamillaaron @MarkGrote You are free to share your opinions without substantiating them if you choose, but the fact that we disagree is already on the table. Also, treatin

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger After listening to the video it seems Fr

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger After listening to the video it seems Frank was quoting Timothy Keller’s wife. But he didn’t disagree with her statement.

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ himself. Overseers who have a lot of experience sho...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger It appears that Frank thinks only the lead pastor role is not available to women. But there is no lead or chief pastor prescribed in scripture except Christ hi

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger “Women, if they say that they can’t submit to the proper leadership of a man, are saying they can’t follow their saviour”⎯Frank Turek. Leadership simply means one who leads the way (by example) in following Ch...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger “Women, if they say that they can’t submit to the proper leadership of a man, are saying they can’t follow their saviour”⎯Frank Turek. Leadership simply means

@bagby_abe @BibleBashed I'm not advocating feminism or masculism but an equal view, which I'm sure you know. I appreciate you sharing your opinion. Sharing your opinion and whether or not I accept it as my own is important and not a "pearls before ...

@bagby_abe @BibleBashed I'm not advocating feminism or masculism but an equal view, which I'm sure you know. I appreciate you sharing your opinion. Sharing your opinion and whether or not I accept i

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Kephale having the possible meaning of source (supported by how the word is being used in its context) is absolutely important to the egalitarian view of these supposed gender hierarchy passages. Everything goes ba...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl Kephale having the possible meaning of source (supported by how the word is being used in its context) is absolutely important to the egalitarian view of these suppo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@BibleBashed @sympatheticNPC BDAG interprets this to mean to behave in a courageous way. This doesn’t mean a woman can physically overpower a man just like David couldn’t physically overpower Goliath. But the more the power differential, the more c...

@BibleBashed @sympatheticNPC BDAG interprets this to mean to behave in a courageous way. This doesn’t mean a woman can physically overpower a man just like David couldn’t physically overpower Goliath

Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-11

@BibleBashed @sympatheticNPC So your entire argument is that men can do more because they have more physical strength? And yet the entire Israel army of skilled fighting men was bested by a mere boy who threw rocks at a giant. God uses the weak to ...

@BibleBashed @sympatheticNPC So your entire argument is that men can do more because they have more physical strength? And yet the entire Israel army of skilled fighting men was bested by a mere boy