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Wasnt The Garden Created Before Adam Was Created

> Q: Doesn’t Genesis 2:8 simply say that God had already planted a garden and then put man into it after he was formed. Don’t the following verses then go on to describe what the garden was composed of, not a sequential account of the garden being formed after the man

1 Timothy 2:15 Exodus 1 Hebrews 15 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve

Would Your Arguments Have Strength Without 1 Timothy 215

> Q: It also seems that 1 Timothy 2:15 is crucial for your interpretation. The word ‘she’ is a definite point in your favor

Daniel 6 Ecclesiastes 1 Genesis 2:19 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation

Why Do You Say That Animals Were Created After Adam

> Q: In your section on 1 Timothy 2, you state that Adam saw some of the animals being created, perhaps the mates of the animals already created on day six. However, says that God had formed “all of the beasts” (NIV) or “every beast” (NASB)

1 Timothy 2:11 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2

Isnt A Woman From 1 Timothy 2 Clear That She Is Generic Woman

> Q: You say that “a woman” in 1 Timothy 2:11 & 12 is the same terminology as Paul calling “a man” living in sin in 1 Corinthians 5. Wouldn’t you have to admit that the normal grammatical reading in 1 Corinthians 5 which says that Paul is talking about a particular man, not “all men”, is clearer

Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-12

Is There No Distinction Between Male And Female

> Q: Some feminists say that there is no distinction to be made between male and female. Is this what you believe

Galatians 3:28

Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Introduction

“Women in Ministry Silenced or Set Free. ” (WIM) is a very visual way to learn to understand the hard passages of scripture concerning women in ministry

Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Scriptures Showing Women In The Ministry Are Missing

> Q: Why did you not list in WIM all the scriptures that show women properly leading and serving God in both the New Testament and the Old Testament

Women in Leadership

Scripture Commentary article 2006-03-11

Recommendations For Wim

> Women in Ministry: Silenced or Set Free. ” as a whole is a very well produced and presented multi-media teaching series on the legitimacy and freedom of women to be in any ministry that God should call them to

1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@sourpatchlyds @MikeWingerii That husband already is her head. God doesn’t tell

@sourpatchlyds @MikeWingerii That husband already is her head. God doesn’t tell him to be her head or lead her. 1Co 11:3 also isn’t about hierarchical relationships. https://t.co/IORdUu0T3w

1Co 11:3 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@TheModerateCase “…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness

@TheModerateCase “…a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; and so all Israel will be saved…” (Ro 11:25-26). Is the church being hardened? Will the c

Ro 11:25-26 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-23

@AsherJacob23060 @AlistairMerrym1 Mt 18:15–17 is plainly about a present process of confronting a sinning brother in the church, not end-time events. What in the chapter itself signals a shift to eschatology? The parable (18:21–35) reinforces presen...

@AsherJacob23060 @AlistairMerrym1 Mt 18:15–17 is plainly about a present process of confronting a sinning brother in the church, not end-time events. What in the chapter itself signals a shift to esc

Mt 18:15 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-22

Thankfully, the Bible doesn’t teach this. God elects what is to become of those

Thankfully, the Bible doesn’t teach this. God elects what is to become of those who trust in Christ but not who will have faith. Faith is not a work. It is an expression of weakness to save oneself an

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-03-22

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Ah, I see where you were going. Wives are not being

@NicolasGold1 @MikeWingerii Ah, I see where you were going. Wives are not being called kephale or “authorities over” but managers which is a servant role. A very similar thing is stated in 1Ti 3:4 of

1Ti 3:4 debate

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Paul knew that what he was writing was scripture. His contemporary, Peter, demonstrates this clearly: “…just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, as also...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Paul knew that what he was writing was scripture. His contemporary, Peter, demonstrates this clearly: “…just as also our beloved brother Paul, accord

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii The Greek is not giving a command for her to cut her hair short. It should be the imperative of permission, something that Dr. Daniel Wallace talks about in his book Beyond the Basics. If Numbers 6 ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii The Greek is not giving a command for her to cut her hair short. It should be the imperative of permission, something that Dr. Daniel Wallace talks a

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii You are right, it doesn't refute hierarchy, but it is what Paul uses to balance out his statement that the first woman was made for the man. Paul's argument wasn't about hierarchy in the first place....

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii You are right, it doesn't refute hierarchy, but it is what Paul uses to balance out his statement that the first woman was made for the man. Paul's a

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Our interpretations differ, but we are hopefully both looking to see whether our interpretations line up with scripture. At least I hope so. You note that the woman is called "helper" which is also ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Our interpretations differ, but we are hopefully both looking to see whether our interpretations line up with scripture. At least I hope so. You not

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when we in fact we have statements to the contrary: 1. ...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii "the husband does not submit to his wife in the same manner as she does" But how can you substantiate this given the Bible never says this and when

Eph 5:21 debate

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii But the fact that Paul uses creation language to say that woman was made for man is not to support an argument for hierarchy since that wasn't his argument. I don't see where hierarchy is implied eit...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii But the fact that Paul uses creation language to say that woman was made for man is not to support an argument for hierarchy since that wasn't his ar

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So is it correct that your view on this is that it has to do with showing angels proper hierarchy between Jesus->husband->wife during prayer and prophecy (only)? This seems rather strange to me...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii So is it correct that your view on this is that it has to do with showing angels proper hierarchy between Jesus->husband->wife during prayer an

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Whether it comes from NRSVUE

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii Whether it comes from NRSVUE or NASB or any translation doesn't matter as it is absent from the Greek manuscripts. Another question on v10 then: why

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I'll make a point and ask a q

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I'll make a point and ask a question. First, my point: the NASB adds "sign of authority" but this is not in the Greek. Question: why does it shame C

1Co 11:4 debate

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and whether kephale means ruling before we are concerned wi...

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii I think it is reasonable to ask what it means to rule. But first we should determine if a husband is ever told that he should rule his wife and wheth

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii God never commands a husband

@fab1usger @Crystalisives @TabeStorm @MikeWingerii God never commands a husband to rule his wife. Gen 1:28 has the imperative and both are to rule with neither ruling over the other.

Gen 1:28 general

No wonder he has such a problem with women leading! There is nothing in scriptur

No wonder he has such a problem with women leading! There is nothing in scripture which suggests that a woman was designed to not lead. Otherwise, what do we make of the women who did lead in scriptur

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-23

@ronhenzel Hodge equates “made alive” with “justified unto eternal life” Hodge collapses resurrection into salvation Hodge treats “in Christ” as a technical soteriological union rather than a representative, mediatorial one But Paul explicitly disti...

@ronhenzel Hodge equates “made alive” with “justified unto eternal life” Hodge collapses resurrection into salvation Hodge treats “in Christ” as a technical soteriological union rather than a represen

Scripture Commentary tweet 2026-02-22

@GloryIsGods777 @ronhenzel @GatorRob777 Faith is not a work or a payment: it is

@GloryIsGods777 @ronhenzel @GatorRob777 Faith is not a work or a payment: it is God’s prescribed way that His salvation is credited. “For what does the Scripture say? ‘Abraham believed God, and it wa

Ro 4:3 question

Hey @haymes_joshua, ever gone to the grocery store at the request of your wife? Done some heavy lifting for her? Generally been a ‘helper’ to your wife? Lots more examples. That’s called mutual submission. Because wives were generally treated as prop...

Hey @haymes_joshua, ever gone to the grocery store at the request of your wife? Done some heavy lifting for her? Generally been a ‘helper’ to your wife? Lots more examples. That’s called mutual submis

@haymes_joshua @Pharaoh615 Which is the greater act of submission? Oh, dying is

@haymes_joshua @Pharaoh615 Which is the greater act of submission? Oh, dying is daily not just when some possible robber might show up some day.

@MethodMinistry Pastor means a shepherd. It is a function not a role.

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@dalepartridge @KyleJezwinski “…we have no such practice [of head coverings], no

@dalepartridge @KyleJezwinski “…we have no such practice [of head coverings], nor have the churches of God.” (1Cor 11:16)

1Cor 11:16 general

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order for salvation to come to the Gentiles there was a ...

@ronhenzel The Israel of the Old Testament in part was the very beginning and origin of the New Testament church. All the apostles are of Israel and at Pentecost many Jews joined the church. In order

@ronhenzel The church is the people of God consisting of Israel and the Gentile

@ronhenzel The church is the people of God consisting of Israel and the Gentile nations. But the church doesn’t replace Israel. Paul is always clear: first to the Jew then the Gentile. He doesn’t eras

@JustinCaseyPin @MikeWingerii He may have convinced you, but the way he handled this issue demonstrated to me that he was never truly open to the truth. He didn't interact with scholars that challenged him and when I pressed him on his call for egali...

@JustinCaseyPin @MikeWingerii He may have convinced you, but the way he handled this issue demonstrated to me that he was never truly open to the truth. He didn't interact with scholars that challenge

Mike primarily evaluated scholars’ claims about Scripture, rather than sustained

Mike primarily evaluated scholars’ claims about Scripture, rather than sustained counter-arguments from Scripture and reason. He also avoided back and forth with those who challenged his claims. Thes

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-12-13

@jonathanaplumb Tolerance is good but tolerating idolatry in those who profess to be believers is not. “But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel… who teaches and misleads My slaves so that they commit sexual immorality and ea...

@jonathanaplumb Tolerance is good but tolerating idolatry in those who profess to be believers is not. “But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel… who teaches and misleads My s

Re 2:20 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-29

@TheGermanicist @imsofuckindone0 If what you know contradicts scripture than why

@TheGermanicist @imsofuckindone0 If what you know contradicts scripture than why does it matter that you know more than me?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-29

@TheGermanicist @imsofuckindone0 It doesn’t matter if there are golden plates an

@TheGermanicist @imsofuckindone0 It doesn’t matter if there are golden plates and the translation is true because the Book of Mormon contradicts the Bible making it false.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-29

@TheGermanicist @bulldogbkb Why is the Book of Mormon needed for this? The Bible is extremely clear on this. If you insist that Son of God means spirit child of the Father and a heavenly Mother, even if an angel told you this or you heard a voice fr...

@TheGermanicist @bulldogbkb Why is the Book of Mormon needed for this? The Bible is extremely clear on this. If you insist that Son of God means spirit child of the Father and a heavenly Mother, even

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-28

@TheGermanicist Saying the Bible teaches contradictory doctrines and that this i

@TheGermanicist Saying the Bible teaches contradictory doctrines and that this is by new revelation makes one a false prophet. “To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak in accordance wi

Is 8:20 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-27

@TeeplesCY That’s not how we test the veracity of a work. The same argument is m

@TeeplesCY That’s not how we test the veracity of a work. The same argument is made for the Koran and I suspect you don’t accept it because its teachings disagree with the BOM, right?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-27

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry...

@Emma506131772 @Vitus_oss @AskPerplexity The work of ministry is intended for all believers: “And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers, for th

Eph 4:11-12 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-18

@jaredadairbell Except those follow-up books contradict God’s revealed Word in t

@jaredadairbell Except those follow-up books contradict God’s revealed Word in the Bible so they have proven themselves to not be God’s Word.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-16

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Where does scriptu

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Where does scripture state that only men are given this gift? The gifts are never restricted by male/female, or by ethnicity or by rich or

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-16

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Scripture is very

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Scripture is very strict on those who are divisive. Dividing from others on non essentials harms Jesus’ body.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-16

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz I’ve criticized Ri

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz I’ve criticized Rick Warren on his sometimes sloppy use of scripture but on this issue he is correct. Scripture does not back up the BCO

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-15

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz First, is that document inspired? There seems to be only a small note in 7-2 saying that the offices belong to men only according to scripture. Well, I’m contesting this claim based on the...

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz First, is that document inspired? There seems to be only a small note in 7-2 saying that the offices belong to men only according to scrip