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@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel Second question: why didn’t they consider replacing Judas with a woman? The apostles based their criteria on being with Jesus from the beginning and witnessing the resurrection. They didn’t specify “must be male.” As it tu...

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel Second question: why didn’t they consider replacing Judas with a woman? The apostles based their criteria on being with Jesus from the beginning and witnessing the resurrec

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@MsLemon42 @cjonesaudio @paulogia0 That sounds like a shallow way of viewing life you described of your former self. Christians are not to seek death but to die to themselves to find true life in Christ and serving him. As the apostle Paul said “to l...

@MsLemon42 @cjonesaudio @paulogia0 That sounds like a shallow way of viewing life you described of your former self. Christians are not to seek death but to die to themselves to find true life in Chri

@JamesGi27467089 @ronhenzel Second question: why didn’t they consider replacing Judas with a woman? The apostles based their criteria on being with Jesus from the beginning and witnessing the resurrection. They didn’t specify “must be male.” As it tu...

@MsLemon42 @cjonesaudio @paulogia0 That sounds like a shallow way of viewing life you described of your former self. Christians are not to seek death but to die to themselves to find true life in Christ and serving him. As the apostle Paul said “to l...

@ronhenzel @FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel Apostle - Junia Elder/pastor - Prisc

@FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel @ronhenzel These women all played significant roles. 1. Phoebe - a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae. (Rom 16:1-2) 2. Priscilla (Prisca) - taught Apollos and worked alongside Paul; had a church in her home(Act 18:...

@FranklinShell0 @CatherineMcNiel @ronhenzel How do you know that? Because that’s

@TBush1689 @pastherandie @TimothyMHurst @Ashwin_Vengayil @DaxEverts @DoctrinesofRad @MikeWingerii Tim, its a letter from Paul to Timothy... it's literally in the text... “Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savio...

@ronhenzel @johnnylately Ok, so in the churches Paul and the apostles oversaw, women were teaching and pastoring along with men, then there were 19 centuries of suppression of women, and we have finally now realized our error and are correcting back ...

@freedom4alltime Ok, it’s not like it cannot work either way. But the ones who still to gendered roles should not consider the ones who don’t to be in sin or weak or rebellious. That’s all. And I’d prefer to go back to the Apostles’ teaching and not ...

@judsonphillips @William_E_Wolfe Not the churches at the time of the apostles (a

@Richard89885354 @DaleEstey @William_E_Wolfe The authority to make disciples of all peoples teaching them to obey everything Jesus taught His apostles is given to us all. The authority over someone to tell them what to do like to Mary or to drive a s...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote Junia was praised among the apostles, Priscilla led her house church together with her husband and they both went on missionary journeys with Paul. Phoebe was a deacon whom Paul commended to the believers at Rome because s...

@BenZeisloft Can you promote singleness and not “hate” masculinity? "But I say

@terryne02461221 @Vestwitt @HwsEleutheroi That is a very interesting answer…espe

@TheMuppetPastor After this we are told fierce wolves will come so trusting in future church patterns and teaching is not wise. Everything goes back to the apostles’ teaching. Acts 20:29-30: "I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come i...

@TheMuppetPastor Yes, the early church of the New Testament is what we have the

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor The earliest church was the ones documented in scripture. We have to go back to those and the apostles’ teaching concerning how those churches should operate, not to the example of later churches who could misundersta...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Do you think the apostle Paul was “the husband o

@VirgisViews @FreeThinkerAng @TheMuppetPastor But then there’s Priscillia who also was in Ephesus for a time and was definitely educated. The apostles weren’t educated either, BTW. **Being with Jesus is what matters.** “Now when they saw the boldn...

@PubliusJosephus @smashbaals Yes to Paul and the apostles. The rest don’t matte

@reformedbapty @smashbaals Paul was both an elder and an apostle (Peter identifi

Some examples on how the apostle Paul dealt with idols in the book of Acts. http

@LizzieMarbach Do you see the apostle Paul tearing down idols? No doubt, his preaching led to people throwing out their idols. The only thing holding up an idol is the worshipper; save the worshipper and the idols go away all by themselves. "You s...

@smashbaals We are told to tolerate unbelievers. Where did you see the Apostle

@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...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the

@dougponder @CovenantReform2 Where is the term “role” ever mentioned? And where

@Lovecraftian12 @smashbaals Where does the great commission exclude women from obeying all the commands Christ gave His apostles? Also⎯suggesting someone has to communicate without speaking was a way to see what your problem is with women. Then lik...

@ZacharyGarris The wisdom of the forefathers which needs to be our focus is that

@3HillsMinor @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Rob, I appreciate you calling me a gentleman to Dr. White and for inducting me back into your life by unblocking me. What confession or creed is this in? Apostles' Creed? Nope. Nice...

@RisingDisciples What does God’s wrath have to do with persecution from men? The West hasn’t seen real persecution in a long time, but I’m fully aware what happened to all the apostles and many, many, many over the years who were tortured. I can re...

@WhosMe08310138 @desert_drew3 @smashbaals For sure but there are good reasons to

@bannedby Yes! The great commission is Jesus commanding everyone of us to teach

@3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Yes. Paul is both an apo

@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...

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

@ZacharyGarris And the apostles were not to command all people to obey everythin

@ZacharyGarris Jesus Himself commanded that all nations were to be discipled to

@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...

@ZacharyGarris I wonder if Chrysostom would have praised Junia as outstanding among the apostles and also called her “weak and fickle”? And that while she was outstanding, would he also she really ought to have kept to her place at home and be silen...

@masonmennenga What is the evidence Paul didn’t write 1 Timothy? This is a clas

@michael_112358 @FringeViews What Paul wrote is scripture as even the Apostle Peter says: "and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also in all his l...

@WWUTTcom This idea of holding a specific office as the grave concern of the Apostles seems odd. Do you listen to someone more because of the office they hold? If they speak with authority, does that mean they are always right so you can just stop ...

@BenZeisloft I guess Jesus and the apostles were not Christian Nationalists then

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals Yes, he’s an apostle. Indeed, the qualifications are inspired from God and not just made up by Paul. But if a pastor or elder of overseer or bishop must be married and have multiple believing children, that means...

@PogromsRComing @smashbaals Well that ramped up rather quickly. You do realize that Jesus and the 12 apostles were all Jews, don’t you? Would you talk like this to the apostle Paul? And Paul most likely would be agreeing with the death of Jesus wh...

@Cadogan_Barde @The_Wry_Griot @SadieMills19 @smashbaals Sorry, that’s not what I

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals We were taking about elders/overseers/bishops/pastors not apostles. But you said Paul was an apostle and not an elder. I showed you scripture that an apostle can be both an apostle and an elder. The text literal...

@The_Wry_Griot @SadieMills19 @smashbaals I have no need of arguing with God as I understand His word. It took time to chew on it until I understood the details. The only forefathers that matter are Jesus and the apostles. Everything goes back to...

@eltrucker87 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals 1 Peter 5:1 (NASB 2020): “Therefore, I urge elders among you, as your fellow elder…” If Peter was both an apostle and elder, then we have a documented case of one being both. Paul was very obviously an overseer o...

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@VirgisViews @FreeThinkerAng @TheMuppetPastor But then there’s Priscillia who also was in Ephesus for a time and was definitely educated. The apostles weren’t educated either, BTW. Being with Jesus is what matters. “Now when they saw the boldn...