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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-04

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-02

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-14

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT This shows that you think Christ changes a woman **through** the husband. Paul—as respectfully as I can say it, this is a recipe for disaster. If it seems to be working for you, that is by the grace of God or perh...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT This shows that you think Christ changes a woman **through** the husband. Paul—as respectfully as I can say it, this is a recipe for disaster. If it seems to be wo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-27

@graceforprize @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I didn't flip, Paul switched to the singular. This should stand out clearly to any Greek reader. Paul is focusing on a specific deceived woman who has left orthodoxy and who is u...

@graceforprize @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning I didn't flip, Paul switched to the singular. This should stand out clearly to any Greek reader. Paul is focusing on a specific

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 Not "ugly," but the Greek word means disgraceful, sha

@ymmotrojam @ich1ban123456 Not "ugly," but the Greek word means disgraceful, shameful, base or sordid, filthy nakedness. Don't believe me? Do you believe John MacArthur? https://t.co/ftRFBtx7Wn

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@TeamPapuForever @graceforprize Paul was both an apostle and overseer but not a husband. So this requirement cannot mean “must be married” but rather “if married, must be faithful.” The emphasis is on the “one.” For the same reason it doesn’t requ...

@TeamPapuForever @graceforprize Paul was both an apostle and overseer but not a husband. So this requirement cannot mean “must be married” but rather “if married, must be faithful.” The emphasis is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC What we see is: >> all people (vv1-7) >> all males (v8) >> all females (vv9-10) >> a woman (v11) >> a woman (wife), a man (husband) (v12) >> Ada...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC What we see is: >> all people (vv1-7) >> all males (v8) >> all females (vv9-10) >> a woman (v11) >> a woman (wife

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize What translation are you looking at? "If a man" should read "if anyone"⎯ "Εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται..." τις means anyone or someone, not "a man". And yes, must be able to teach, but not to be considered "the teacher" as in the buck ...

@graceforprize What translation are you looking at? "If a man" should read "if anyone"⎯ "Εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται..." τις means anyone or someone, not "a man". And yes, must be able to teach, but

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC The doctrine that came out of this was set out by the Apostles⎯James, Paul, Peter, but it was also agreed to by the WHOLE church. James was the leader in this judgment but in verse 22 it was the whole church which inclu...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC The doctrine that came out of this was set out by the Apostles⎯James, Paul, Peter, but it was also agreed to by the WHOLE church. James was the leader in this judgment b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize So women can teach ONLY the following: - WHO: younger women who are married - WHAT: to love their husbands and children Anything else (like theology or any other instruction) and to anyone else⎯these must by taught by the husband. Si...

@graceforprize So women can teach ONLY the following: - WHO: younger women who are married - WHAT: to love their husbands and children Anything else (like theology or any other instruction) and to an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize So your view is that a woman should not teach a man anything? So

@graceforprize So your view is that a woman should not teach a man anything? So teaching her son is ok...until when? 13? Jesus also only selected Jewish males as His apostles. We don't seem concer

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC 1 Tim 2:12⎯taken completely out of context⎯can appear clear. Don't skip the hard work of reading in context. No one is supposed to "lord it over" anyone. So if your view of having superior authority over another pers...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC 1 Tim 2:12⎯taken completely out of context⎯can appear clear. Don't skip the hard work of reading in context. No one is supposed to "lord it over" anyone. So if your v

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@sympatheticNPC @graceforprize I think, however, that we still have teachers in the church in that elders must be able to teach. So the Holy Spirit does work through people. It's just that we shouldn't consider any elder or pastor as "the teacher" ...

@sympatheticNPC @graceforprize I think, however, that we still have teachers in the church in that elders must be able to teach. So the Holy Spirit does work through people. It's just that we should

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC While testifying to the truth of something like the resurrection and the facts forming the basis is not the same as explaining new concepts (ie. teaching), one might say that testifying is more authoritative since teach...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC While testifying to the truth of something like the resurrection and the facts forming the basis is not the same as explaining new concepts (ie. teaching), one might say

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is in heaven. Nor are you to be called ‘teachers,’ for...

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC “But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers. And do not call anyone on earth ‘father,’ for you have one Father, and he is i

Matt 23:8-10 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-24

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC I imagine explaining and convincing is getting pr

@graceforprize @sympatheticNPC I imagine explaining and convincing is getting pretty close. But yes, they would not in that moment occupying the office of teacher.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize Being able to teach is a gift. It not only declares, but explains and helps make difficult concepts easier to understand and digest. Teachers also help refute false teaching. If God chose women to tell the men, then the problem isn’...

@graceforprize Being able to teach is a gift. It not only declares, but explains and helps make difficult concepts easier to understand and digest. Teachers also help refute false teaching. If God

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize Amen to those scriptures! Because leaders are supposed to convey God’s Word and take responsibility to follow up with people. What is the limit on obedience? What if the leader says something unbiblical or oversteps his bounds? Sur...

@graceforprize Amen to those scriptures! Because leaders are supposed to convey God’s Word and take responsibility to follow up with people. What is the limit on obedience? What if the leader says

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-23

@graceforprize Being witnesses to all that Jesus said and did is exactly what the apostles did. They didn’t make up their own doctrine and expect people to follow it. There may be other reasons why Jesus picked all male apostles for the 12. And no...

@graceforprize Being witnesses to all that Jesus said and did is exactly what the apostles did. They didn’t make up their own doctrine and expect people to follow it. There may be other reasons why

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-14

@JakobFel @BenZeisloft @smashbaals No, that’s not it either. But you are right it’s in the context. Here’s the ISV: 1 Corinthians 11:14–15 (ISV): “Nature itself teaches you **NEITHER** that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair **NOR** tha...

@JakobFel @BenZeisloft @smashbaals No, that’s not it either. But you are right it’s in the context. Here’s the ISV: 1 Corinthians 11:14–15 (ISV): “Nature itself teaches you **NEITHER** that it is d

1 Corinthians 11:14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-14

@DavePosMil @smashbaals What…this Bible? 1 Corinthians 11:14–15 (ISV): “Nature

@DavePosMil @smashbaals What…this Bible? 1 Corinthians 11:14–15 (ISV): “Nature itself teaches you **NEITHER** that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair **NOR** that hair is a woman’s glory,

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@elizabethprata @pastorpilgrim @aimeebyrdPYW @JJumping @ajjumping That “disgrace

@elizabethprata @pastorpilgrim @aimeebyrdPYW @JJumping @ajjumping That “disgraceful” part comes from the Talmud… https://t.co/loAUSoc9aM

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-10-03

@elizabethprata @rosie_rigby You’ve got the right idea that this text means disg

@elizabethprata @rosie_rigby You’ve got the right idea that this text means disgraceful (I suspect you heard that one from John MacArthur). Except it’s a quote from the Judiazers in Corinth who put t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-30

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi Many passages show Jesus as giving the ultimate example of submitting himself to die for sinners, even for Judas though he was lost! 11. 2 Cor 8:9 - "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Chri...

@E_C_Onugha @tolusefrancis @Zeeleciouz @Solomon_Buchi Many passages show Jesus as giving the ultimate example of submitting himself to die for sinners, even for Judas though he was lost! 11. 2 Cor 8:

2 Cor 8:9 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@ortrails @goteamcarr In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine. Paul talks about two types of false teachers: the deceived and those who are not. H...

@ortrails @goteamcarr In this first letter from Paul to Timothy, Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop false teaching, not to stop women from teaching true doctrine. Paul talks about two types of fals

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-09-11

@EKHyland The saving grace for complementarians is that they believe that the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. So even though it is very easy to get out of balance, it can still work. For that reason, I think we can live in p...

@EKHyland The saving grace for complementarians is that they believe that the husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. So even though it is very easy to get out of balance, it can stil

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-26

@harmonizedgrace Also a great day for your husband to submit to you in the fear

@harmonizedgrace Also a great day for your husband to submit to you in the fear of Christ (Eph 5:21)! https://t.co/k3OyXdEihu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-18

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be wrong about this well known verse and 'it is a gif...

In Ephesians 2:8, the Greek neuter term 'δῶρον' (gift) aligns in gender with 'ἔλεος' (mercy) from v4, not with 'πίστις' (faith) or 'χάρις' (grace). Considering Paul's complex sentences, could many be

Ephesians 2:8 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-07

@reformedrandy @thatssocheeky @lagracelaverite Take another look. Here's a cons

@reformedrandy @thatssocheeky @lagracelaverite Take another look. Here's a consistent Biblically faithful egalitarian interpretation of 1 Cor 14:34-35. Paul is quoting from the Corinthian letter and

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-07

@reformedrandy @thatssocheeky @lagracelaverite Maybe you need to take another lo

@reformedrandy @thatssocheeky @lagracelaverite Maybe you need to take another look at these passages. Here's a thread on 1 Tim 2:11-15 https://t.co/LPisirHz38

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-06

A free Bible study tool has been made available through the work of Bob Crow, Je

A free Bible study tool has been made available through the work of Bob Crow, Jeevan Nair and Grace Ministries. It provides a clear translation and non dogmatic notes that help any reader to think th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-27

@hickoryhill8520 And a particular couple, the wife who was teaching false doctri

@hickoryhill8520 And a particular couple, the wife who was teaching false doctrine which led her off the reservation. Paul knew what it is to be deceived and shows grace by not naming her. https://t.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-26

@harmonizedgrace So instead of going a "women-only" Bible studies, you are going

@harmonizedgrace So instead of going a "women-only" Bible studies, you are going to Bible studies with both men and women?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-24

@BogdanOancea77 Where does the text say that it is disgraceful for the men? It is the men who are calling it disgraceful and shameful. It is the men who Paul is refuting. The point is not "why do these men need to be taught by women?" but "why do ...

@BogdanOancea77 Where does the text say that it is disgraceful for the men? It is the men who are calling it disgraceful and shameful. It is the men who Paul is refuting. The point is not "why do t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

@BogdanOancea77 Yes. Yes I am. If you don't believe me, listen to what John MacArthur says about this term in his message titled "Does the Bible Permit a Woman to Preach?" starting at around 2m 46s. He explains it means "disgraceful or shameful......

@BogdanOancea77 Yes. Yes I am. If you don't believe me, listen to what John MacArthur says about this term in his message titled "Does the Bible Permit a Woman to Preach?" starting at around 2m 46s.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

6/23🧵How could Paul be making the statement that women speaking in church is lik

6/23🧵How could Paul be making the statement that women speaking in church is like the disgrace of being a prostitute? Where is this reflected in the law?? https://t.co/ZpZYroN9Aw

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-23

1/23🧵Exegeting 1 Cor 14:34-35. Notice that silence is within the church, it's substantiated by 'the law' which subordinates and silences women, and the reason is because their voice is disgraceful. Being rude and interrupting is a different probl...

1/23🧵Exegeting 1 Cor 14:34-35. Notice that silence is within the church, it's substantiated by 'the law' which subordinates and silences women, and the reason is because their voice is disgraceful.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-07-22

@harmonizedgrace Depends on what you mean by "fundamental" as the biology is fundamental in every cell (XY vs XX chromosomes), but men and women are equally able to lead as they are both rulers. There was no hierarchy or authority structures created...

@harmonizedgrace Depends on what you mean by "fundamental" as the biology is fundamental in every cell (XY vs XX chromosomes), but men and women are equally able to lead as they are both rulers. Ther

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-27

@biblepatriarchy @William_E_Wolfe Being strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus does not mean to rebuke strongly. In fact he was told NOT to rebuke older men harshly. 1 Timothy 5:1–2 (NIV): “Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as...

@biblepatriarchy @William_E_Wolfe Being strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus does not mean to rebuke strongly. In fact he was told NOT to rebuke older men harshly. 1 Timothy 5:1–2 (NIV): “Do

1 Timothy 5:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-24

@BibleBashed Answer is the ISV translation: ”Nature itself teaches you neither

@BibleBashed Answer is the ISV translation: ”Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, for hair is given as a substitute f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-23

@L_T_Pearson @AngelaGraceLOU @JustinPetersMin Daniel Wallace differs (if that ma

@L_T_Pearson @AngelaGraceLOU @JustinPetersMin Daniel Wallace differs (if that matters to you). This from Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics, p.396 https://t.co/kxIpmn1X7k

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-23

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin No, not to leave out Aquil

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin No, not to leave out Aquila, but that particular comment was from something I read in the Lexham Bible Dictionary https://t.co/H5ZnAYJSKW

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-23

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin What came after John’s Baptism is not exactly minor. The had to explain “the way of God more accurately.” Yes, Apollos was important and was instrumental in the growth of the church at Corinth. ...

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin What came after John’s Baptism is not exactly minor. The had to explain “the way of God more accurately.” Yes, Apollos was important and was ins

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin It’s in that order in the Greek in 5 out of 6 instances. The one where it isn’t is a Greeting in 1 Cor 16:19. It just seems odd to list the wife before the husband. Since the hypothesis is that...

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin It’s in that order in the Greek in 5 out of 6 instances. The one where it isn’t is a Greeting in 1 Cor 16:19. It just seems odd to list the wife

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin You are listing Aquila first, but scripture list Prisca first. Anyways, if they had to educate Apollos, wouldn't it make more sense to hypothesize the ones who educated him are more likely candid...

@Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @L_T_Pearson @JustinPetersMin You are listing Aquila first, but scripture list Prisca first. Anyways, if they had to educate Apollos, wouldn't it make more sense to hypothesiz

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-22

@L_T_Pearson @Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @JustinPetersMin Prisca’s name was listed f

@L_T_Pearson @Thygar @AngelaGraceLOU @JustinPetersMin Prisca’s name was listed first, so seems she was more known and important than her husband.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-20

@DeannaR00467515 @AnnaGraceWood Paul says in 1 Tim 2 that the creation order was the reason for either being deceived or not deceived. The reason is clear in a careful reading of Gen 2: God created in front of Adam, so he was aware of the origin of ...

@DeannaR00467515 @AnnaGraceWood Paul says in 1 Tim 2 that the creation order was the reason for either being deceived or not deceived. The reason is clear in a careful reading of Gen 2: God created i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-19

@graceforprize @MikeWingerii @RickWarren Not true. There is an egal view that t

@graceforprize @MikeWingerii @RickWarren Not true. There is an egal view that traces Paul's flow of thought and relates this part back to the purpose of the letter which is for Timothy to remain in E

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-19

@MikeWingerii @graceforprize @RickWarren You hold to the view that 'the childbea

@MikeWingerii @graceforprize @RickWarren You hold to the view that 'the childbearing' in 1 Tim2:15 in context of the back reference to Adam and Eve is the seed of the woman in Gen3:15 or that this is

Gen3:15 1 Tim2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-06-16

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood Adam and Eve were of

@m_a_nilles @southernpresby @5pointsMckinley @AnnaGraceWood Adam and Eve were of the same flesh. How does that communicate hierarchy? Animals were made before Adam but don't rule over the man, so be

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