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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Chainsaw59598 The Sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection of the dead. In

@Chainsaw59598 The Sadducees didn’t believe in the resurrection of the dead. In 2Ti, those who taught that the resurrection already occurred, Paul said had departed from the faith (2Ti 2:17-18). The

2Ti 2:17-18 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in i

@Protestia No statement of faith should contain debatable secondary matters in it because that is needlessly divisive. No one—not even the SBC—should be redefining what unifies us as Christians. It i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would depend on which doctrine as only the fundamentals of...

@sunbrightskills @eorre_ecc Actually, there should be no new doctrines established since what has been laid by Jesus and the apostles is sufficient. If you meant to uphold church doctrine, it would de

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-11

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Why is preaching authoriz

@ronhenzel @Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @smashbaals Why is preaching authorized by the church? Why would I stop someone from Preaching the truth if God is using them and they are sound in the faith

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-10

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals You keep repeating yourself thinking that if you keep saying this that it means women preachers are in sin. Feel free to only have male preachers, but you need to give grace to include faithful ...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals You keep repeating yourself thinking that if you keep saying this that it means women preachers are in sin. Feel free to only have male preacher

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals No, the qualifications don’t reference a man. I already showed you that. No male pronouns, tis is neuter and means anyone, and “one wife husband” is an idiom for faithful if married. Please list...

@Grump_Old_Man @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @smashbaals No, the qualifications don’t reference a man. I already showed you that. No male pronouns, tis is neuter and means anyone, and “one wife husband”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-09

@sethhezekiah No, silly. Heresy has to do with the fundamentals of the faith. No one has to repent of mutual submission to be a Christian. All of the people you listed went along with the culture when it came to women at least to some degree or anot...

@sethhezekiah No, silly. Heresy has to do with the fundamentals of the faith. No one has to repent of mutual submission to be a Christian. All of the people you listed went along with the culture whe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@CherylSchatz @MatthewDoyle4 I mean you read it over literally when it was meant

@CherylSchatz @MatthewDoyle4 I mean you read it over literally when it was meant as an idiom. “One wife husband” is read as “must be a man” when it’s an idiom for faithful if married.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-07

@ronhenzel @megbasham Yeah, that’s not a statement of faith or the basis upon wh

@ronhenzel @megbasham Yeah, that’s not a statement of faith or the basis upon which Christians should divide or cooperate. Isn’t it enough to have it your way in your own church?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

RT @ryanschatz: Creating a proper thread. Egalitarian and Biblically faithful e

RT @ryanschatz: Creating a proper thread. Egalitarian and Biblically faithful exposition of 1 Timothy 2:11-15. https://t.co/dvkKdPd1sy

1 Timothy 2:11-15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii No, having a male pastor does not prevent a

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii No, having a male pastor does not prevent a church from being deceived or going astray or twisting scripture. Female pastors is not the test of soundness in the f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-06

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I’m not dumbing it down. I’m highlighting t

@zie95776 @BahBahBased @MikeWingerii I’m not dumbing it down. I’m highlighting the real issue and it is not female pastors. The issue has to do with character qualifications, gifting, soundness in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@dmichaelclary @jdgreear If I understand you correctly… So—if the church is full of African believers, we don’t intentionally bring in a white person to lead. We look around us to find those sound in the faith, mature, with evidenced character and w...

@dmichaelclary @jdgreear If I understand you correctly… So—if the church is full of African believers, we don’t intentionally bring in a white person to lead. We look around us to find those sound in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@3GNRTX In 1Ti 2:14, Paul says “the woman” instead of Eve—while Eve as her prototype is closely connected with this particular wife, only this Ephesian woman could be saved in the future tense if both her and her husband continue in the true faith. E...

@3GNRTX In 1Ti 2:14, Paul says “the woman” instead of Eve—while Eve as her prototype is closely connected with this particular wife, only this Ephesian woman could be saved in the future tense if both

1Ti 2:14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-05

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are

@StephenStaedtl1 @baste_goblin @DelaKram75 And not even 1% of all believers are elders and pastors, so what’s the problem here? Only those with the requisite character, maturity, demonstrated skill, s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-01

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Leading her into what? The faith? If she is more spiritual than you, you must lead her? Is that how church leadership is determined? No consideration of gifting or skill, just what’s in on...

@Reformed_Zoomer @j_robert_kirk @MolderAnna26649 @Brian_Sauve Leading her into what? The faith? If she is more spiritual than you, you must lead her? Is that how church leadership is determined? No co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-29

@Clem65Clemons You have a Bible; why don’t you let God’s Word correct you? Justification of life to “all” mankind. So just as Adam’s sin resulted in all people being condemned to die, so also Jesus’ one act was indiscriminate. Clearly, to be saved ...

@Clem65Clemons You have a Bible; why don’t you let God’s Word correct you? Justification of life to “all” mankind. So just as Adam’s sin resulted in all people being condemned to die, so also Jesus’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-24

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Do you have a scripture that says that men ruling is a blessing? Again, you are taking Is 3:12 out of its context. God’s judgment was to take all the faithful out of Israel leaving the incompetent and unfaithful...

@KillmanBuck @JoInAthensGa @Eric_Conn Do you have a scripture that says that men ruling is a blessing? Again, you are taking Is 3:12 out of its context. God’s judgment was to take all the faithful ou

Is 3:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@SSpence64 @Simple_Shaman @paulogia0 “Don’t know how abiogenesis happened…[but I

@SSpence64 @Simple_Shaman @paulogia0 “Don’t know how abiogenesis happened…[but I have faith it did it all by itself]”

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@RichardSuplee @Simple_Shaman @paulogia0 That is quite the story. I’m sorry, but

@RichardSuplee @Simple_Shaman @paulogia0 That is quite the story. I’m sorry, but I don’t have enough faith to believe that.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-14

@Simple_Shaman @paulogia0 You have evidence that complex life came come from roc

@Simple_Shaman @paulogia0 You have evidence that complex life came come from rocks through chance mutations and natural selection? I just don’t have enough faith for that story…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

Fathers are important, but Paul highlights that it was Timothy’s Mother and Grandmother that were models of faith: "I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwe...

Fathers are important, but Paul highlights that it was Timothy’s Mother and Grandmother that were models of faith: "I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother L

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-12

@CherylSchatz "The woman will be saved by faith and works b/c faith without work

@CherylSchatz "The woman will be saved by faith and works b/c faith without works is dead" "The chief work of a woman is child bearing" Wowzers. Sorry all you single women. And why did Paul advise an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-11

@NateSchlomann The “doctrine” of male only elders and pastors should never have

@NateSchlomann The “doctrine” of male only elders and pastors should never have been added to a statement of faith. "But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one

Ga 5:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@equipping_faith I am all for biblical faithfulness and for the full inspiration

@equipping_faith I am all for biblical faithfulness and for the full inspiration of scripture…all scripture. Please explain how a godly woman teaching others true doctrine (including to men) is not b

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@JimmyParker87 @RevChrisDavis I appreciate you asking this question. The emphasis in scripture is on character, gifting, desire and soundness in the faith. It is not on whether one is male or female and it certainly says nothing like it is a sin for ...

@JimmyParker87 @RevChrisDavis I appreciate you asking this question. The emphasis in scripture is on character, gifting, desire and soundness in the faith. It is not on whether one is male or female a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

#SBC's decision to amend in June could oust self-governing, Biblically faithful Baptist churches like FBCA that have had female leaders for 100 years and cooperated with SBC for ages. Putting debatable issues like women in leadership into a statemen...

#SBC's decision to amend in June could oust self-governing, Biblically faithful Baptist churches like FBCA that have had female leaders for 100 years and cooperated with SBC for ages. Putting debatab

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@revjeffvox @RevChrisDavis It is showing that they are willing to disfellowship

@revjeffvox @RevChrisDavis It is showing that they are willing to disfellowship a productive and purportedly faithful church over a debatable matter. Barring women from being pastors should never hav

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@MERC_OCULAR @laurie_guilbeau @RoCa74394915 Lilith comes from Jewish myths which are not part of scripture and which we should avoid. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship ...

@MERC_OCULAR @laurie_guilbeau @RoCa74394915 Lilith comes from Jewish myths which are not part of scripture and which we should avoid. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which

1Ti 1:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-09

@missnic06 There are scriptures that refer to these kinds of Jewish myths and tells us not to follow them. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith” ...

@missnic06 There are scriptures that refer to these kinds of Jewish myths and tells us not to follow them. "Nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rathe

1Ti 1:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-07

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller I think we have to be careful as faith or belief is hidden and internal. Evidences are external. Confession is an evidence. The Bible is clear that God saves those who put their faith in Him. ...

@StanfieldBrent1 @Robert_S_Morley @ronhenzel @Idolkiller I think we have to be careful as faith or belief is hidden and internal. Evidences are external. Confession is an evidence. The Bible is clear

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must

@albertmohler Paul used an idiom for faithful if married. He didn’t say you must be a husband or have children as Paul and Timothy didn’t meet that requirement, so this is a misreading of Paul’s inten

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-05

@JoshWehrme90663 Paul is using an idiom for faithful if married. The male form is the default when referring to both male and female. Notice that neither Paul nor Timothy were married so Paul didn’t mean you had to be a husband. He also didn’t use ma...

@JoshWehrme90663 Paul is using an idiom for faithful if married. The male form is the default when referring to both male and female. Notice that neither Paul nor Timothy were married so Paul didn’t m

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-25

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Actually, you don’t know what you are so confidently talking about. "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, thro...

@GetoD6812 @pastherandie Actually, you don’t know what you are so confidently talking about. "Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-10

@StevenMKestner @MikeWingerii But I believe this on the basis of scripture and t

@StevenMKestner @MikeWingerii But I believe this on the basis of scripture and that scripture does not exclude or prohibit someone on the basis of their biology but on their soundness in the faith, th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-10

@havenhoops @ryancduff @MikeJGreiner @MikeWingerii I did. I disagree with Mike.

@havenhoops @ryancduff @MikeJGreiner @MikeWingerii I did. I disagree with Mike. And I have a Biblically faithful egalitarian exegesis of 1Ti 2:11-15. https://t.co/KiNGBtq8Pz

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-10

@MikeJGreiner @MikeWingerii I'm pretty sure that if we sat down and I asked you the questions raised by the text, I would have a faithful exegesis treating everything written as inspired and you would be left scratching your head with no answers and ...

@MikeJGreiner @MikeWingerii I'm pretty sure that if we sat down and I asked you the questions raised by the text, I would have a faithful exegesis treating everything written as inspired and you would

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-01

@equipping_faith When does Gal 3:26-28 saying apply? Does it not apply to the ch

@equipping_faith When does Gal 3:26-28 saying apply? Does it not apply to the church?

Gal 3:26-28 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-31

@StevenMKestner The one who aspires the role of an overseer desires a good thing. In addition to being sound in the faith, the person is to be: 1. Above reproach 2. Faithful to their spouse (if married); teaches one-man-one-woman monogamous relation...

@StevenMKestner The one who aspires the role of an overseer desires a good thing. In addition to being sound in the faith, the person is to be: 1. Above reproach 2. Faithful to their spouse (if marri

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-31

To my complementarian friends: “For you are *all sons* of God through faith in C

To my complementarian friends: “For you are *all sons* of God through faith in Christ Jesus” (Gal 3:26). https://t.co/GBvup6TWVM

Gal 3:26 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-30

@BradPatriarch @pastherandie Bradley, the Greek simply says μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα (one wife husband)⎯"woman" is in the genitive form and "man" in the accusative, thus together this translates as wife and husband. The emphasis in the Greek is on "one." ...

@BradPatriarch @pastherandie Bradley, the Greek simply says μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα (one wife husband)⎯"woman" is in the genitive form and "man" in the accusative, thus together this translates as wife an

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@FreeAme19691836 @MikeWingerii Hi Russell—the urgency I have on this issue with Mike is because he is calling egalitarians to repent of sharing/acting on the teaching, and his call for those who disagree to loudly leave their churches. That is not a ...

@FreeAme19691836 @MikeWingerii Hi Russell—the urgency I have on this issue with Mike is because he is calling egalitarians to repent of sharing/acting on the teaching, and his call for those who disag

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

Here’s a complementarian stating that my explanation for 1Co 14:34-35 is the *perfect solution* for a Biblically faithful egalitarian. ❤️ (Except I’m not looking to suck out Paul’s authority; on the contrary, Paul uses his authority to stop those si...

Here’s a complementarian stating that my explanation for 1Co 14:34-35 is the *perfect solution* for a Biblically faithful egalitarian. ❤️ (Except I’m not looking to suck out Paul’s authority; on the

1Co 14:34-35 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@kriesese @pastherandie @ronhenzel @smashbaals Paul’s use of that idiom does not mean a married man…else Paul (and Timothy) would be excluded. By the same reasoning, neither is this excluding women. Paul did not say “must not be a woman,” but is sayi...

@kriesese @pastherandie @ronhenzel @smashbaals Paul’s use of that idiom does not mean a married man…else Paul (and Timothy) would be excluded. By the same reasoning, neither is this excluding women. P

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-27

@SKokenos @smashbaals A disciple will eventually be a discipler of others. Whether or not they become full time pastors or not is not the concern. There are no limitations except those based on character and being sound in the faith. Even Moses sai...

@SKokenos @smashbaals A disciple will eventually be a discipler of others. Whether or not they become full time pastors or not is not the concern. There are no limitations except those based on chara

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-21

@MythosMayhem @ronhenzel What purpose is Paul conveying to Timothy by waxing spiritual about the singular/plural nature of the church? This is a personal and somewhat urgent instruction letter to Timothy due to his concern about the false teaching an...

@MythosMayhem @ronhenzel What purpose is Paul conveying to Timothy by waxing spiritual about the singular/plural nature of the church? This is a personal and somewhat urgent instruction letter to Timo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@StevenMKestner If they have the requisite character, able to teach, are sound i

@StevenMKestner If they have the requisite character, able to teach, are sound in the faith and are otherwise not disqualified, and they have the desire, then yes. Scripture does not forbid someone f

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@corefaithbishop @johnmarkallen @MikeWingerii You are a great complementarian. K

@corefaithbishop @johnmarkallen @MikeWingerii You are a great complementarian. Keep it up! The Christ/church picture demonstrates mutual submission, not one person with the trump card over the other.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@subq @ronhenzel You want to mark and avoid me because my Biblically faithful ex

@subq @ronhenzel You want to mark and avoid me because my Biblically faithful exegesis disagrees with yours? That's not why Paul marked and avoided people. I'm glad you enjoy the (c). Yes, I will kee

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@carol66944 @EkIesou @ronhenzel I didn’t say the certain ones are the “men and women” in chapter 2 but the “a wife” and “a husband” in 1Ti 2:11-15. Only “she” will be saved (because she is the one deceived and fallen away from the faith) if “they”—t...

@carol66944 @EkIesou @ronhenzel I didn’t say the certain ones are the “men and women” in chapter 2 but the “a wife” and “a husband” in 1Ti 2:11-15. Only “she” will be saved (because she is the one de

1Ti 2:11-15 debate