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@TryinDaily @BrandonABourg @sister_slay The term “Christian” is anachronistic in Alma. The Bible says the label first appeared in Antioch decades after Jesus’ resurrection. “…they were called the people of God. And they were called Christians, becau...

@TryinDaily @BrandonABourg @sister_slay The term “Christian” is anachronistic in Alma. The Bible says the label first appeared in Antioch decades after Jesus’ resurrection. “…they were called the peo

Alma 46:15 general

@PeterNDecker @sister_slay Also, LDS adds works to Jesus work, but the Bible dec

@PeterNDecker @sister_slay Also, LDS adds works to Jesus work, but the Bible declares we are saved by faith an not of our works. As soon as you claim some work you did, the gospel is nullified. https:

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay The reason I'm exposing the false teachings of the LDS church is so that you will know the truth and trust in the true Jesus who is not the spirit brother of Lucifer, who is the uncreated creator that creat...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay The reason I'm exposing the false teachings of the LDS church is so that you will know the truth and trust in the true Jesus who is not the spirit brother o

@plasmarob @sister_slay I thought I had a note showing an LDS teaching that the

@plasmarob @sister_slay I thought I had a note showing an LDS teaching that the LDS gods who are redeemers of others on other planets are worshipped like Jesus is, but I cannot locate it, but it seems

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-26

@sister_slay The Bible’s claim is that Jesus is the unique God-man, the uncreated creator, the only one who pre-existed His human incarnation, who is God and who created and sustains the universe. The Bible doesn’t say that the Father and Holy Spiri...

@sister_slay The Bible’s claim is that Jesus is the unique God-man, the uncreated creator, the only one who pre-existed His human incarnation, who is God and who created and sustains the universe. Th

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-23

What happens naturally then is that those who may tend to gravitate towards a mo

What happens naturally then is that those who may tend to gravitate towards a mother figure instead of a father or see Mary as a way to get Jesus to do things for you end up making her pivotal to thei

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-22

@hyde62056 @ethercoast Jn 19:37 only quotes the first part of Zech 12:10, "And again another Scripture says, 'They will look at Him whom they pierced.'" This was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified and pierced with a spear, but they did not mourn. Tha...

@hyde62056 @ethercoast Jn 19:37 only quotes the first part of Zech 12:10, "And again another Scripture says, 'They will look at Him whom they pierced.'" This was fulfilled when Jesus was crucified and

Jn 19:37 Zech 12:10 debate

@HeagneyBrian @StothersRyan I quote Jesus lots…just not in the context of church

@HeagneyBrian @StothersRyan I quote Jesus lots…just not in the context of church history I guess. What were you thinking of?

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

@CoreyJMahler Give me just one instance where a leader, apostle, prophet, elder, bishop, pastor, deacon or anyone other than Jesus is called a kephale in the context of the church. Just one verse. It

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@CoreyJMahler A husband is the kephale (head) of his wife. Jesus is the kephale

@CoreyJMahler A husband is the kephale (head) of his wife. Jesus is the kephale (head) of the church. No one is in any context ever said to be a kephale in the context of the church. These are the

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

@CoreyJMahler Let me be very clear: I DO NOT DENY headship (properly defined). The husband is the kephale of his wife and Jesus is the kephale of the Church. But no leader, elder, bishop, deacon or ap

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-17

@CoreyJMahler If that’s where I’m going, I won’t be having fun. But why would y

@CoreyJMahler If that’s where I’m going, I won’t be having fun. But why would you even say such a thing? Would Jesus or the apostles speak like this? Is it appropriate?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not

@ncksmith If you see a leader simply as one who demonstrates by example and not as someone who is meant to be ‘obeyed’ then yes. I know a lot of complementarians. So long as Jesus is their example, t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women too. The Bible is not written only for males. Wh...

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-12

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and bone and Jesus provide life to His church. But he...

@SonOfManXY @smashbaals In a marriage, man is the head of his wife and Christ is the head of His church, both are one flesh relationships and the basis for marriage had Eve made from Adam’s flesh and

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick The church obeys Christ…yes. But when it comes to subjection, this is mutual because it’s not about hierarchy. Jesus doesn’t say that He takes authority over His bride—His authority is for her benefit. She sits ...

@FNANVG @LionofJudah444 @oliverburdick The church obeys Christ…yes. But when it comes to subjection, this is mutual because it’s not about hierarchy. Jesus doesn’t say that He takes authority over His

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law didn’t explicitly specify or regulate a woman divorcing her husband nor did it forbid her. Silence doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have the right to divorce an unfaithful husband. Do you belie...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law didn’t explicitly specify or regulate a woman divorcing her husband nor did it forbid her. Silence doesn’t mean that she doesn’t also have the rig

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii No, the explicit statement is that her foolish vows can be annulled without her suffering the consequences which is a grace. This is not about having auth

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii The law does not forbid women from divorcing their husbands so what Jesus said was definitely not in contradiction to the law. So your conclusions are no

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Jesus simply assumed that a woman may divorce her husband and if she does then He said what was permissible. Jesus is the law giver and the Word so He most certainly can bring clarity to the intent of the...

@biblemarriages @yallbenonsense @MikeWingerii Jesus simply assumed that a woman may divorce her husband and if she does then He said what was permissible. Jesus is the law giver and the Word so He mos

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t “hate Christ’s authority” silly…I disagre

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I don’t “hate Christ’s authority” silly…I disagree with your assertion that Jesus takes authority over His bride. Where is she said to be under His feet? Why does He sea

@BMcfonzie @MikeWingerii Well, why don’t you show me the passage where Jesus tak

@BMcfonzie @MikeWingerii Well, why don’t you show me the passage where Jesus takes authority *OVER* His church and we can talk about it.

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge You are not even responding to what I’m saying. Do you have no answer? NOTHING? Where does scripture say that the church will be put under Jesus’ feet? I haven’t read a single occult feminist work… I just read the Bib...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge You are not even responding to what I’m saying. Do you have no answer? NOTHING? Where does scripture say that the church will be put under Jesus’ feet? I haven’t read

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Christ is King, yes. And where does He seat His church? Under His feet or together with Him on His throne? Nowhere does it say that Jesus takes authority OVER His bride, but that His authority is for the BENEFIT of His...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Christ is King, yes. And where does He seat His church? Under His feet or together with Him on His throne? Nowhere does it say that Jesus takes authority OVER His bride

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There you go again—reinterpreting what I’m saying to try to have me claim that I think I become God in heaven. Being equal doesn’t mean equal in all ways, but it means that Jesus doesn’t put His church under His feet ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There you go again—reinterpreting what I’m saying to try to have me claim that I think I become God in heaven. Being equal doesn’t mean equal in all ways, but it means

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinless. What precisely is there to rule over? Does thi...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge There is mutual submission between Christ and His bride. We receive the resurrected body, the same one Jesus will have. We receive His inheritance and will be made sinle

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge It is Jesus’ yoke that we take on, so it is a dou

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge It is Jesus’ yoke that we take on, so it is a double yoke. Jesus condescends. Jesus doesn’t put His church under His feet. https://t.co/8I0SWUPwdC

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Let me reflect back: Actually, you come to your reading of scripture with masculist presuppositions that equality is something bad and icky. You re-interpret everything through that lens. Jesus treating us as brothers ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Let me reflect back: Actually, you come to your reading of scripture with masculist presuppositions that equality is something bad and icky. You re-interpret everything

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I appreciate you decided to not speak with sarcasm. And no, I have not rejected Christ in any way—I believe and follow His Word! Jesus is the uncreated creator and as such is in authority over all, but scripture is not ...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge I appreciate you decided to not speak with sarcasm. And no, I have not rejected Christ in any way—I believe and follow His Word! Jesus is the uncreated creator and as su

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge If you think I am possessed by the antichrist, I’

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge If you think I am possessed by the antichrist, I’m not sure you even know what that is! Re-read what I wrote. How is Jesus subjugating His bride when it is for the bene

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Jesus uses His authority for the benefit of the c

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Jesus uses His authority for the benefit of the church not to subjugate the church! We will rule and reign with Him on His throne not under His feet. https://t.co/wpnaGb

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Is Jesus not the greatest of them all? Yet He lived by example by becoming a slave of all. He always asked people before healing them. Why ask? When someone said to tell their brother to do something Jesus said “who mad...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Is Jesus not the greatest of them all? Yet He lived by example by becoming a slave of all. He always asked people before healing them. Why ask? When someone said to tell

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge The same things Jesus says to his Jewish-only, male-only apostles is to be taught to everyone. We are all to emulate Christ, not just males! There is no prescriptive text giving authority to husbands in the home. Kep...

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge The same things Jesus says to his Jewish-only, male-only apostles is to be taught to everyone. We are all to emulate Christ, not just males! There is no prescriptive te

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Jesus taught his followers to teach everyone ever

@JonByers186054 @dalepartridge Jesus taught his followers to teach everyone everywhere to obey everything He commanded his disciples. But you exclude women? Jesus isn’t a feminist Christ. Flipping

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-09

@_jonbowlin What if Jesus and the apostles taught it?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-06

@baptistvibes Now, if Jesus says, “Do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers…Nor are you to be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ” (Mt 23:8-10), then HOW MUCH MORE would this apply to cal...

@baptistvibes Now, if Jesus says, “Do not be called Rabbi; for only One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers…Nor are you to be called leaders; for only One is your Leader, that is, Christ” (Mt 23

Mt 23:8-10 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Please just show me what scripture

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Please just show me what scripture you are referring to. Where does Jesus take authority over His bride?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Where does it say Jesus takes auth

@wife2sirhusband @BronWen727104 @MikeWingerii Where does it say Jesus takes authority over His church?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-02

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Moses (Mt 5:17). - He told others to do what the Pha...

@DefiantLs 6. Jesus was a total rebel in His time. MISLEADING. He was not a rebel in these ways: - He paid taxes (Mt 22:21). - He submitted to civil authorities (Jn 19:11). - He obeyed the Law of Mo

Jn 19:11 Mt 22:21 Mt 23:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-02

@DefiantLs 5. He turned His gaze to the establishment and said “F* you Pontius Pilate.” FALSE. Jesus told Pilate that His kingdom was not of this world. Jesus encouraged Pilate that if he was on the side of truth he would listen to Him. Jesus said ...

@DefiantLs 5. He turned His gaze to the establishment and said “F* you Pontius Pilate.” FALSE. Jesus told Pilate that His kingdom was not of this world. Jesus encouraged Pilate that if he was on the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-29

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek You wrote: “If an angel can materialize in human form as they did throughout Scripture and eat food in Genesis 19:1–3, then Jesus, who is now greater than angels in Hebrews 1:3, 4, could definitely do the same.” First—...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek You wrote: “If an angel can materialize in human form as they did throughout Scripture and eat food in Genesis 19:1–3, then Jesus, who is now greater than angels in Hebr

Genesis 19:1 Hebrews 1:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-29

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Your quoted 1 Pe 3:18 “He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” You said “He wasn’t simply resuscitated in the same fleshly body.” However, the Greek construction supports reading ‘made alive by ...

@TrueChristian00 @DrFrankTurek Your quoted 1 Pe 3:18 “He was put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit.” You said “He wasn’t simply resuscitated in the same fleshly body.” However, the G

1 Pe 3:18 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@DrFrankTurek Invite them in and talk to them about the Bible. I make sure to ask the questions and keep them centered on the nature and work of Jesus and the details of the gospel so they don’t get to lead me around with irrelevant stuff. I have had...

@DrFrankTurek Invite them in and talk to them about the Bible. I make sure to ask the questions and keep them centered on the nature and work of Jesus and the details of the gospel so they don’t get t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-26

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is s

@JamesPelton18 @Calebclind231 @autocorrect2_0 The only authoritative source is scripture itself. Not the so-called church fathers (BTW, Jesus said not to call yourself ‘Father’ as there is one Father)

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Jesus is the sustainer of every molecule something we will never be but He seats us on His throne and says that we will rule and reign with Him, judging the nations and angels (1Co 6:2-3, Rev 3:21). Does your wife sit...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Jesus is the sustainer of every molecule something we will never be but He seats us on His throne and says that we will rule and reign with Him, judging the nations and

1Co 6:2-3 Rev 3:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-25

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Oh please! I haven’t destroyed Jesus’ deity or authority…what are you talking about? Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. However, His relationship with His bride is one of going first, being her source of life...

@JonByers186054 @NateSchlomann Oh please! I haven’t destroyed Jesus’ deity or authority…what are you talking about? Jesus has all authority in heaven and earth. However, His relationship with His bri

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of grace or God not electing—it’s refusal of the indiv...

@realbethelquote He’s eisegeting it you mean. Jesus shows us clearly in Jn 5:46 what is meant—and this is what exegesis is: “If you believed Moses, you would believe Me.” The problem isn’t lack of g

Jn 5:46 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

@ArthurMooreIV @ronhenzel No, that’s not what I’m saying whatsoever. Ron is importing ideas into the text which are foreign to the text. The text explains itself. That doesn’t mean that the Bible doesn’t teach that God is one being and three persons...

@ArthurMooreIV @ronhenzel No, that’s not what I’m saying whatsoever. Ron is importing ideas into the text which are foreign to the text. The text explains itself. That doesn’t mean that the Bible doe