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@MikedAlamo @MikeWingerii The WCF says nothing about women and leadership. I’d be willing to live at peace within the context of a complementarian church as I have for many years (which means I may share my views on certain passages but not in a divi...

@MikedAlamo @MikeWingerii The WCF says nothing about women and leadership. I’d be willing to live at peace within the context of a complementarian church as I have for many years (which means I may sh

@peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @MargMowczko @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Actually, authority to lead and teach comes directly from Jesus and is given to all in Matt 28:18-20. Leaders in the church must have characte...

@peace_got @Robert_S_Morley @JollyStine @MargMowczko @pastherandie @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @MikeWingerii Actually, authority to lead and teach comes directly from Jesus and is given to all in Matt

Matt 28:18-20 debate

@ncksmith @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Mike sees male-only leadership as simply a matter of ordained order. He learns from women theologians, behaves in an egalitarian manner towards decision making with his wife, and is generally wanting women to pa...

@ncksmith @Crystalisives @MikeWingerii Mike sees male-only leadership as simply a matter of ordained order. He learns from women theologians, behaves in an egalitarian manner towards decision making w

@peace_got @pastherandie @bezalelplace @MikeWingerii Ok, now I'm curious. I'd really like to understand your position. So only men can be pastors and leaders, so their is a hierarchy between leaders and congregants, right? Then only leaders can exer...

@peace_got @pastherandie @bezalelplace @MikeWingerii Ok, now I'm curious. I'd really like to understand your position. So only men can be pastors and leaders, so their is a hierarchy between leaders a

@peace_got @pastherandie @bezalelplace @MikeWingerii You don't believe in hierar

@peace_got @pastherandie @bezalelplace @MikeWingerii You don't believe in hierarchical authority? I thought you believed only men have authority in the church and only men can be leaders. Did I read

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@peace_got @JollyStine @LaMonsterMom @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii Ok, let's say that you and your church only have men in leadership. Will that make you happy? Or do you have to squeeze all egal...

@peace_got @JollyStine @LaMonsterMom @Robert_S_Morley @MargMowczko @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii Ok, let's say that you and your church only have men in leadership. Will that

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-12

@JoeVFarmer @Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii I think this should imply a level of maturity and knowledge in handling issues in the church. But the idea of the greatest being the one who is the slave of all should be a central tenet of biblical...

@JoeVFarmer @Torncurtainorg @AWoytuik @MikeWingerii I think this should imply a level of maturity and knowledge in handling issues in the church. But the idea of the greatest being the one who is the

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-12

@TheInvisibleDan @MikeWingerii Yes, Mike says how loudly because he’s explaining that telling leadership is not enough. Suggesting friends leave too is important. Ok so let’s say Mike tells 3 friends and they all leave and they tell 3 friends and so...

@TheInvisibleDan @MikeWingerii Yes, Mike says how loudly because he’s explaining that telling leadership is not enough. Suggesting friends leave too is important. Ok so let’s say Mike tells 3 friends

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-11

@AdelabuLawrence @MikeWingerii So you think that leaving "loudly," making waves and taking others with you is the right way to handle secondary differences? It won't take much to split a church this way. Why wouldn't you just leave peaceably if you ...

@AdelabuLawrence @MikeWingerii So you think that leaving "loudly," making waves and taking others with you is the right way to handle secondary differences? It won't take much to split a church this w

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-10

Mike, this is egregious. #OpenLetter @MikeWingerii is asked what to do if the lead pastor is a woman. Mike advises: "look for another option" and "just go"⎯first talk to the leadership. He would share it loudly with others on the way out and encou...

Mike, this is egregious. #OpenLetter @MikeWingerii is asked what to do if the lead pastor is a woman. Mike advises: "look for another option" and "just go"⎯first talk to the leadership. He would sh

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Further, we don't expect the highest standard of maturity from helpers, but we do of leaders as people look up to the leaders. So it is perfectly reasonable that Paul is speaking of deacons that are leaders that must hold to...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine Further, we don't expect the highest standard of maturity from helpers, but we do of leaders as people look up to the leaders. So it is perfectly reasonable that Paul is spea

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-09

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine It is evident from anyone who has served in church settings, that there are leaders that handle service ministries and manage the volunteers and direct actions and administrate. There is most definitely a difference between ...

@deadtosin610 @JollyStine It is evident from anyone who has served in church settings, that there are leaders that handle service ministries and manage the volunteers and direct actions and administra

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@Disco_Missiles @MikeWingerii No, this is where Mike went off. Egalitarians have

@Disco_Missiles @MikeWingerii No, this is where Mike went off. Egalitarians have an issue with the complementarian view, not with "Biblical Christianity." We think the Bible teaches an egalitarian app

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@JJacobs63985241 @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz @pastherandie @jdpritchett @MikeWi

@JJacobs63985241 @Crystalisives @CherylSchatz @pastherandie @jdpritchett @MikeWingerii Haha... well, I wasn't referring to sexual unions. I was meaning exclusively male leadership groups (like elder c

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-08

@biblemarriages The standard for leaders is monogomy. If a man has two wives pr

@biblemarriages The standard for leaders is monogomy. If a man has two wives prior to accepting Christ and they all become believers, is he to divorce one?

Ex 15:20 Num 12:1-2 general

@ReformedRant Also, in Ex 15:20, Miriam is identified as a “prophetess,” and she leads the women in song and dance after the crossing of the Red Sea, further demonstrating her leadership and influence. In Num 12:1-2, Miriam and Aaron speak against M...

@ReformedRant Also, in Ex 15:20, Miriam is identified as a “prophetess,” and she leads the women in song and dance after the crossing of the Red Sea, further demonstrating her leadership and influence

@Eric_Conn @BenjaminPDixon I challenge you to refute my exegesis of the passages

@Eric_Conn @BenjaminPDixon I challenge you to refute my exegesis of the passages supposedly prohibiting women from leadership and teaching men. We can start with the following challenge I gave to @Ri

@BraxHunter @MikeWingerii Mike appears to have scripture on his side but he overlooks some pretty basic things to get there. Like how is God so against women in leadership when even in the Old Testament, He sends Miriam, Deborah and Huldah? These are...

@BraxHunter @MikeWingerii Mike appears to have scripture on his side but he overlooks some pretty basic things to get there. Like how is God so against women in leadership when even in the Old Testame

@TheRealSethStur @pastherandie @sheilagregoire @thomaslhorrocks I think that a reasonable outcome is that complementarians keep going but don’t preach against egalitarians or divide from them like in the SBC where they make this a statement of faith....

@TheRealSethStur @pastherandie @sheilagregoire @thomaslhorrocks I think that a reasonable outcome is that complementarians keep going but don’t preach against egalitarians or divide from them like in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-04

@MikeWingerii In that case, you’ll want to review your views on restriction of w

@MikeWingerii In that case, you’ll want to review your views on restriction of women in leadership, whether there really is any hierarchy of authority between husband and wife and in the church. To be

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-03

I think scripturally a deacon should be reserved for leaders, not just volunteer

I think scripturally a deacon should be reserved for leaders, not just volunteers. Otherwise, I'd be inclined to agree with Mike on this point as it does confuse people to think that pastor is above a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-02

@RenOfMen @michael_ronning @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @ZacharyGarris That's not at all what egalitarians think this verse means! Mothers can only be mothers and fathers, fathers, but what does that have to do with leadership roles? Patriarchalists a...

@RenOfMen @michael_ronning @ymmotrojam @Rattle_Resists @ZacharyGarris That's not at all what egalitarians think this verse means! Mothers can only be mothers and fathers, fathers, but what does that h

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-01

Pastor David Allen, critical of Calvinism and not vocally critical of women in l

Pastor David Allen, critical of Calvinism and not vocally critical of women in leadership might just be the change the #SBC needs. https://t.co/uIBWNG1vwO

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy You presume leadership means authority over, when that is not the Biblical model. The woman described in Prov 31 exemplifies leadership and wisdom in her household and beyond. She influences and shows leadership to the fol...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy You presume leadership means authority over, when that is not the Biblical model. The woman described in Prov 31 exemplifies leadership and wisdom in her household and beyo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-29

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy In Romans 16, Paul mentions several women whom he praises for their work and contributions to the early Christian community, highlighting their roles and leadership. Here are the women mentioned: 1. Phoebe (Ro 16:1-2) - De...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy In Romans 16, Paul mentions several women whom he praises for their work and contributions to the early Christian community, highlighting their roles and leadership. Here ar

Ro 16:1-2 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Everyone isn't cookie cut the way you seem to suggest as I know many women who are grade A leaders and teachers. Men tend to struggle more with the emotion called "anger"⎯did you forget that? Anger and fear can cloud one's ...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Everyone isn't cookie cut the way you seem to suggest as I know many women who are grade A leaders and teachers. Men tend to struggle more with the emotion called "anger"⎯di

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Your comment "...they were not made for" is what I'm

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy Your comment "...they were not made for" is what I'm contesting. Is the husband operating heavy machinery? Women were not made physically as the stronger partner. Leadership

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-28

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy "It's her husband who's in leadership" Actually, the whole passage is about how she is a competent leader in everything she touches with a verse noting that her husband is also a leader. Where did you read that she has to...

@BogdanOancea77 @JoanBandy "It's her husband who's in leadership" Actually, the whole passage is about how she is a competent leader in everything she touches with a verse noting that her husband is

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn That’s because your wife is a complementarian. And it’s working for you and so the only thing that’s a problem is i

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Initially my wife was happy to not share the responsibility of leadership. But if she is going to judge the world and angels one day, I figured she should get some p...

@OnionPizza68693 @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Initially my wife was happy to not share the responsibility of leadership. But if she is going to judge the world a

1Co 6:2-3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-27

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Without a doubt, my wife and I do not share the same levels of Testosterone. However, your aggressive handling of me in this forum shows how high T levels are not li...

@baste_goblin @OnionPizza68693 @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Without a doubt, my wife and I do not share the same levels of Testosterone. However, your aggressive handling of m

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teaching roles. The only way to know if you got it right ...

@BlackPatriarch1 @princess_dee95 Those who promoted slavery using the Bible were doing the same kind of thing that people today are doing by using the Bible to forbid women from leadership and teachin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A heretic, huh? So a godly woman teaching truth to someone is damnable heresy? Where do you find this "sin" in any list of sins? Go ahead and look for it. You are misinterpreting the scripture. You are fr...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn A heretic, huh? So a godly woman teaching truth to someone is damnable heresy? Where do you find this "sin" in any list of sins? Go ahead and look for it.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-26

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Both my wife and I are joint leaders of our family. Figuratively as her husband and given that marriage always sources back to its definition in the first marriage, I as the husband am the source of my wif...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Both my wife and I are joint leaders of our family. Figuratively as her husband and given that marriage always sources back to its definition in the first

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-25

@EddieBucha10986 But my belief that God doesn’t forbid women is on Biblical grounds. I’m not ignoring anything in the Bible. To block godly, qualified and gifted women from serving as leaders would go against what I believe the Bible teaches and ther...

@EddieBucha10986 But my belief that God doesn’t forbid women is on Biblical grounds. I’m not ignoring anything in the Bible. To block godly, qualified and gifted women from serving as leaders would go

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-24

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a

@Alicia_Bittle_ @lebell79 @herreisenheim00 @roserobins017 No one is suggesting a man should pretend to be a woman, to wear a dress or adorn fake breasts or claim to bear children. This is about leade

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-19

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Because the church did something doesn’t mean it is a pre

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel Because the church did something doesn’t mean it is a prescription. Only Jewish males presided—should we require Jewish male leaders?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel If you miss Paul’s connection with Adam and Eve and how death entered the human race then the Attic usage of “to commit murder of one’s kin by one’s own hand” seems out of place. You are assuming this is just about leadership t...

@LynnCDell2 @ronhenzel If you miss Paul’s connection with Adam and Eve and how death entered the human race then the Attic usage of “to commit murder of one’s kin by one’s own hand” seems out of place

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-17

@ronhenzel Well, they probably should. They are complementarians after all and a

@ronhenzel Well, they probably should. They are complementarians after all and a female apostle would disrupt their male-only leadership and authority view, now wouldn't it?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm egalitarian and that women are to be treated equal t...

@ChrisPorter22 @RevKimWChafee Think before I post? You're kidding right? What post should I retract now? And what precisely is my bias? Please, do tell. Bigotry? How many times do I have to say I'm eg

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@RevKimWChafee @ChrisPorter22 What?! You muted me? I'm egalitarian and a vocal a

@RevKimWChafee @ChrisPorter22 What?! You muted me? I'm egalitarian and a vocal advocate for women in leadership! Does that mean I cannot disagree with Moltmann's choice of words or I'll earn a mute?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-16

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history lesson. Disqualifying every movement that allowed women in leadership is important for you it seems. It doesn’t bother me because my argument isn’t based on history but on the Bible itself. Because history is not ou...

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history lesson. Disqualifying every movement that allowed women in leadership is important for you it seems. It doesn’t bother me because my argument isn’t based on history

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-15

The White/Flowers debate on “Does John 6:44 Teach Unconditional Election” coming up on March 7 will certainly be interesting. I too have been called a semi-Pelagian preventing me from holding any leadership position in a Reformed church. 😔 https://...

The White/Flowers debate on “Does John 6:44 Teach Unconditional Election” coming up on March 7 will certainly be interesting. I too have been called a semi-Pelagian preventing me from holding any lea

John 6:44 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-14

@will_servant This is true. Though this letter is Paul describing how HE should act (1 Tim 3:15), so even then it’s not quite what they think. This is about Paul instructing Timothy on how to ensure the false teaching is properly dealt with which inc...

@will_servant This is true. Though this letter is Paul describing how HE should act (1 Tim 3:15), so even then it’s not quite what they think. This is about Paul instructing Timothy on how to ensure t

1 Tim 3:15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-13

@D3mosth3n3s @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I see. I’m not, but how is that relevan

@D3mosth3n3s @BasedTorba @AmandaTylerBJC I see. I’m not, but how is that relevant? At any rate, Rabbinical Judaism would likely not be arguing for inclusion of women in leadership and teaching or pre

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning There are also female leaders mentioned in his epistles. Read Rom 16 again. Priscilla taught Apollos and had a church in her home and went on missionary journeys with Paul. Sure she...

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning There are also female leaders mentioned in his epistles. Read Rom 16 again. Priscilla taught Apollos and had a church in her home a

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Egalitarian

@btgolz @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Egalitarianism is the same thing as not requiring leaders to be Jewish males. If you have a Gentile pastor, then you would be follo

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-12

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Sometimes I get confused with how each complementarian limits women in leadership. So Mike is fully ok with a woman preaching and teaching on Sunday morning so long as she’s not called an elder or pastor? ...

@JeremyMBauman @MikeWingerii @DoctrinesofRad Sometimes I get confused with how each complementarian limits women in leadership. So Mike is fully ok with a woman preaching and teaching on Sunday mornin

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@ronhenzel @TWFtrish @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Clearly Paul highlights how Phoebe

@ronhenzel @TWFtrish @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Clearly Paul highlights how Phoebe is a leader of others calling others to support her as she serves others. You do that for leaders. https://t.co/IgMCuMs

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-11

@ScottCross_8 Yes, another good point. Or given things started with the Jews (th

@ScottCross_8 Yes, another good point. Or given things started with the Jews (the apostles were all Jewish), we should have only Jewish pastors and leaders.