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@BillVigus @MikeBrownsWorld @dalepartridge Paul was single prior to the distress

@BillVigus @MikeBrownsWorld @dalepartridge Paul was single prior to the distress. Presumably Timothy was single.

@fbi26526370 @Michael97999083 @smashbaals Church is not a military. We are not c

@fbi26526370 @Michael97999083 @smashbaals Church is not a military. We are not called to unquestioning obedience.

@Area121086136 @smashbaals You are interpreting the meaning of head to mean auth

@Area121086136 @smashbaals You are interpreting the meaning of head to mean authority which is not the sense in the context.

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii I guess my point is how is it better that she be di

@lunarCelerity @MikeWingerii I guess my point is how is it better that she be divorced from her husband and forced to remarry when staying in her situation is likely better?

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair is a woman’s glory, since hair is given as a subs...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The text should read as follows: "Nature itself teaches you neither that it is disgraceful for a man to have long hair nor that hair

1Co 11:14-15 general

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals What does NATURE teach you? Look at your arm hair. Does it keep growing long? Now look at your head hair. Compare a boy and girl that don’t have their hair cut. Does nature teach ...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals What does **NATURE** teach you? Look at your arm hair. Does it keep growing long? Now look at your head hair. Compare a boy and girl

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have two heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or head). Therefore she has the authority over her own h...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Wives have *two* heads—as Eve was created by Christ (her primary source or head) from Adam’s flesh and bone (her second source or hea

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can be interpreted as prostituting herself and she ma...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The passage is about how women have more considerations than just Christ. If they have a non-believing Jewish husband, uncovering can

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals The practice was actually *no* head coverings. Paul says “we have ***no such practice*** nor have the churches of God” (1Co 11:16).

1Co 11:16 general

@alhakim120000 You can call me deceiving all you want. The Bible is right there,

@alhakim120000 You can call me deceiving all you want. The Bible is right there, and the context. Reflect on it. What happens if a woman isn’t married? Does she have no head? What does that mean for h

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@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, I already showed that in Eph 1:22 it is not authority and not head over the church but showing that Jesus is primary over all things for the benefit of the church. And I already...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, I already showed that in Eph 1:22 it is not authority and not head *over* the church but showing that Jesus is primary over all t

Eph 1:22 1Co 11:3 debate

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Reckless exeg

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Reckless exegesis? I am being very careful and have taken a long time to arrive at this position. You cannot prove carelessness…only

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actu

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Eph 1:22 actually says, “…and made Him head over all things **to** the church”—not head over the church but for the church. If Paul

Eph 1:22 debate

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Yes, v3 and v

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Yes, v3 and v12 are consistent—it’s not about authority.

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals More accurate

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals More accurately he never uses the term authority for the man over his wife.

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an

@MikeWingerii Not for church leadership. Question: can you show a case where an unbeliever with two wives is forced to divorce one if he becomes a Christian?

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals None of the t

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals None of the things you quoted say or mean authority. That is not the sense of the word kephale in these contexts.

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creating things and so God prepared him to not be decei...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals No, that’s you reading into the text. Headship is origin or priority not authority. God gave Adam more experience as he saw God creat

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Because all m

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Because all marriage is mapped back to its origin in the first marriage. That is how we define marriage and so that is how kephale is

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Being the head can mean being first or given priority. It doesn’t therefore mean authority over like a master/slave. “To the Jew first then the Gentile” means the Jew is the head. Tha...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Being the head can mean being first or given priority. It doesn’t therefore mean authority over like a master/slave. “To the Jew firs

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first instance where the husband’s flesh and bone was the so...

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals That the husband is the “head” of the wife has nothing to do with authority but the fact that rush always goes back to the first inst

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Teaching othe

@squidgy201 @alhakim120000 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals Teaching others is not taking authority over them though. And it would apply any human to any human not just male -> female.

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assum

@alhakim120000 @squidgy201 @OldPhilos @UniqueBeing2024 @smashbaals You are assuming that being created first makes one responsible but Paul only said that the time order sequence of creation had to do

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals That’s the thing—God’s ordinance is not to treat the wife like she’s an eternal child. That would stunt her growth. If women will judge angels and the world (Eph 6:2-3), then they should learn to make decisions and ...

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals That’s the thing—God’s ordinance is not to treat the wife like she’s an eternal child. That would stunt her growth. If women will judge angels and the world (Eph 6:2

Eph 6:2-3 general

@MythosMayhem @pastherandie @JayMallow3 Your comment makes it appear that debating scripture is fine because it doesn’t matter (or something akin to this). The FEMA giving $750 is what Kamala said and if it isn’t true then she should correct her stat...

@MythosMayhem @pastherandie @JayMallow3 Your comment makes it appear that debating scripture is fine because it doesn’t matter (or something akin to this). The FEMA giving $750 is what Kamala said and

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals Why do you think that only the goals of the hus

@OldPhilos @Poo_anne @smashbaals Why do you think that only the goals of the husband matter? If the goals of the wife matter only because the husband decides to agree with the wife then that just emph

@quackitude @pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Did I ask a malicious que

@quackitude @pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Did I ask a malicious question like “when did you stop beating your wife?”

@pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Also, if someone is “spreading propaganda” of any kind, the kind and loving thing to do is correct them. Elders must be able to patiently correct (2Ti 4:2– “with great patience.”) Imagine someone who cam...

@pastherandie @JosiahHawthorne @JayMallow3 Also, if someone is “spreading propaganda” of any kind, the *kind* and *loving* thing to do is correct them. Elders must be able to patiently correct (2Ti 4:

2Ti 4:2 question

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 Ok, thanks for sharin

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 Ok, thanks for sharing your perspective. Here was my self-corrective (for reference). https://t.co/1IVi0Urtvq

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 How was I spreading misinformation? Even if I was, a link to the law or an article showing how tight the voting regulations are should help anyone who thinks I’m right to draw the correct con...

@ministrymisfit @JosiahHawthorne @pastherandie @JayMallow3 How was I spreading misinformation? Even if I was, a link to the law or an article showing how tight the voting regulations are should help a

@ministrymisfit @JayMallow3 How they are given citizenship needs to be a fair an

@ministrymisfit @JayMallow3 How they are given citizenship needs to be a fair and agreed upon process. I may be confusing what Kamala wants with what I hear is going on. I could be wrong.

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needing to be stopped and educated. Not because she’s a ...

@shr_eax @KiflaKajmak @OldPhilos @smashbaals Paul’s purpose in writing Timothy was to stop the spread of false teaching and there was a deceived woman in particular who was spreading heresy and needin

@MacDougal434891 @codyryanyork @smashbaals It doesn’t mean that the husband alon

@MacDougal434891 @codyryanyork @smashbaals It doesn’t mean that the husband alone can work either. Read Proverbs 31 more carefully.

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual, meaning also husbands to wives. Submit doesn’t mea...

@codyryanyork @smashbaals One sided submission is not what Paul preached! You might note that the verb for “submit” is not even found in v22! Verse 21 is where it is—and it is most definitely mutual,

@smashbaals She’s the boss? No, she’s a boss, an equal partner with her husban

@smashbaals She’s *the* boss? No, she’s a boss, an equal partner with her husband.

@smashbaals The Bible agrees! We can’t help but pursue the desires of the flesh

@smashbaals The Bible agrees! We can’t help but pursue the desires of the flesh which is why we need God to change us!

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii I go through the scriptures that seem to exc

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii I go through the scriptures that seem to exclude women from serving in this capacity and show that this is not so in each case. Let me know if there’s a specific ve

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Elders are pastors, so yes.

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii I know little about the Orthodox C

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii I know little about the Orthodox Church but I know some Romanian friends who found Christ outside of the Orthodox Church and had to leave that church so s

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii The model is multiple elders with those who

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii The model is multiple elders with those who are gifted and qualified being recognized so that the church can go to them for help. Women having the option to go to q

@PaulZo62 @kevinmyoung This is certainly problematic. But that doesn’t justify e

@PaulZo62 @kevinmyoung This is certainly problematic. But that doesn’t justify either of these sins.

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No one should be changing doctrine. We need to seek to follow as closely as we can what was laid as a foundation by Christ and the apostles. I believe we

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Tribe of Levi was Old Testament —there were no female priests in the old covenant. Priscilla is my favourite early church mother and apostle. If you don’t accept her, then Junia. The ecumenical councils...

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Tribe of Levi was Old Testament —there were no female priests in the old covenant. Priscilla is my favourite early church mother and apostle. If you don’

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii “The Church” has varying opinions

@RichardFinke69 @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii “The Church” has varying opinions on secondary matters. The rule dividing truth is scripture, not tradition.

@peace_got @Protestia 1. How do you know my personal desires? I alone know them and they are to be faithful to the intent of the text. 2. I spend most of my time explaining Paul’s letters to Timothy and Titus. What are you talking about? 3. It is d...

@peace_got @Protestia 1. How do you know my personal desires? I alone know them and they are to be faithful to the intent of the text. 2. I spend most of my time explaining Paul’s letters to Timothy

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Further, judging her by who g

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Further, judging her by who goes on stage before or after does not judge her teaching.

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay is not a word faith teach

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay is not a word faith teacher and anyone who has taken any of her courses would laugh at that connection.

@manu_kmj @MikeWingerii That may be, but in that case you’ll need to show me how

@manu_kmj @MikeWingerii That may be, but in that case you’ll need to show me how. I am convinced scripture does not restrict women based on their biology.

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many complementarians because she isn’t a “pastor” in the t...

@SKokenos @harkening @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Kay likely would have been a pastor if the church wasn’t so hostile to female pastors. Her teaching ministry seems to be acceptable even to many comp

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Yes, women can cover up scandals. But I’m a

@leahtrell @iheartJ37 @MikeWingerii Yes, women can cover up scandals. But I’m a counselling situation with a woman asking for help would be better handled by a female elder.