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@MartinMarkLuth1 No, not interested in politics. My interest is getting to the r

@MartinMarkLuth1 No, not interested in politics. My interest is getting to the root of what Scripture teaches. I believe scripture is inerrant (even down to the grammar used in the originals) and auth

@Revelation_14_7 @TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn Indentured servitude is not wrong. We are all willing slaves of Christ and all are to serve one another in the body. But there should not be roles or relationships in the church whe...

@Revelation_14_7 @TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Eric_Conn Indentured servitude is not wrong. We are all willing slaves of Christ and all are to serve one another in the body. But there shou

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Because the wife subjects to the husband unilaterally. In any disagreement, he always wins. In everything he commands, she must always obey. Scripture doesn’t command this; you are ...

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Because the wife subjects to the husband unilaterally. In any disagreement, he always wins. In everything he commands, she must alwa

@LutheranLifter I am not denying what Scripture plainly says in context. Furth

@LutheranLifter I am not denying what Scripture plainly says *in context.* Further, someone who disagrees with your opinions on secondary matters is not an “apostate heretic.” Finally, are you callin

@LutheranLifter I’m afraid to ask what that means. Egalitarian doesn’t mean that

@LutheranLifter I’m afraid to ask what that means. Egalitarian doesn’t mean that women become men but that women, if qualified, are not forbidden from leading. Gen 1:28 is a command given to both the

Gen 1:28 debate

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Yes. Would y

@TomWarlord @baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Yes. Would you change your view if the scripture contradicted it?

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn No, you are

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn No, you are misinterpreting scripture. If what I believed was a contradiction I’d change my view.

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Great! Then

@baste_goblin @EchoToaster_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Great! Then you should understand. Do you get to do whatever you want without consideration for your wife and her needs?

@noahbergmann_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Was Paul’s letter written only to the male elders in Corinth? Really? “To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, *with all...

@noahbergmann_ @TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Was Paul’s letter written only to the male elders in Corinth? Really? “To the church of God which is in Corinth, *to those who have been sanctif

@ronhenzel @DezGroves @ortrails @goteamcarr You apologized for making a wrong as

@ronhenzel @DezGroves @ortrails @goteamcarr You apologized for making a wrong assessment about a specific person? I meant where you admitted you got a Biblical matter wrong—meaning you stated what you

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pastoral ministry. However, we should be reaching out ...

@MarkGrote It’s a real problem, especially when people are treated as heretics and unbelievers because they simply believe that the Bible doesn’t restrict godly women from teaching, oversight or pasto

@RovingWolv @LutheranLifter "Just as I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, to remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines, nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, wh...

@RovingWolv @LutheranLifter "Just as I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, to remain on at Ephesus so that you would instruct ***certain people*** not to teach ***strange doctrines,*** nor to

@LutheranLifter Crystal clear there’s a hierarchy? Not sure what you’re smoking but it’s clouding your vision. Paul says "For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man"⎯Paul is giving the reason why a married woman has two "heads" or sou...

@LutheranLifter Crystal clear there’s a hierarchy? Not sure what you’re smoking but it’s clouding your vision. Paul says "For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man"⎯Paul is giving the

@LutheranLifter So the context is that Paul told Timothy to stop people from tea

@LutheranLifter So the context is that Paul told Timothy to stop people from teaching true doctrine? Or did you forget to actually read the rest of the letter?

@frankly_will @LutheranLifter It was the Apostle Paul in his personal letter addressed to Timothy urging him to remain in Ephesus so that he could instruct "certain people" to not teach "strange doctrines" (1Ti 1:3). He wrote so that Timothy would "k...

@frankly_will @LutheranLifter It was the Apostle Paul in his personal letter addressed to Timothy urging him to remain in Ephesus so that he could instruct "certain people" to not teach "strange doctr

1Ti 1:3 1Ti 3:15 general

@Bedech_ @MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Huh? Hatred of Christ? I b

@Bedech_ @MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Huh? Hatred of Christ? I believe scripture is fully inspired in the original autographs even to the grammatical details. I desire to fully underst

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn People like me? I think you are ass

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn People like me? I think you are assuming things about me that you don't know. I am a Biblicist and believe in the full inspiration of scripture and follow

@chris_jolliff @xTheGoodNews You're kidding! How did the pastor interpret v15? W

@chris_jolliff @xTheGoodNews You're kidding! How did the pastor interpret v15? Who is the she? Who is the they? What did Paul mean by using a definite noun, "the childbearing"?

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn So it's the Bible + the reformers? Or is it Sola Scr

@ChristOverChaos @Eric_Conn So it's the Bible + the reformers? Or is it Sola Scriptura?

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Great, we are back to talking about scripture again. It's not hard to find a commentator that agrees with you, but of course, we both adhere to Sola Scriptura, so whatever they say has to be tested agains...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Great, we are back to talking about scripture again. It's not hard to find a commentator that agrees with you, but of course, we both adhere to Sola Scrip

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I have no disagreement with that. P

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn I have no disagreement with that. Paul doesn't contradict Jesus.

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Uh...you quoted 1Ti 2:11-15 which w

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Uh...you quoted 1Ti 2:11-15 which was written by Paul. I'm not questioning Jesus' words. I'm asking YOU why you think Paul used the grammar that he used.

1Ti 2:11-15 general

@MartinMarkLuth1 I only mentioned them because you seemed to think women preache

@MartinMarkLuth1 I only mentioned them because you seemed to think women preachers only came about in the last 50 years. I am not saying we test doctrine by church history. We test it by scripture. I

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Luther was an anti-semite who also

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Luther was an anti-semite who also thought James was an "epistle of straw" and both it and Revelation shouldn't be in the Bible. Luther wasn't perfect.

@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

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Women were elders and preachers eve

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Women were elders and preachers even before Luther as part of the Waldensiens. Church history is not how we judge truth. You have to go back to scripture.

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Boys know how to parrot and quote. Show me you actually understand what this passage means in context. Why does Paul use singular "she"? Why does he then use plural "they"? Why does Paul use a definite no...

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Boys know how to parrot and quote. Show me you actually understand what this passage means in context. Why does Paul use singular "she"? Why does he then

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Name me one Gentile that Jesus orda

@MartinMarkLuth1 @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn Name me one Gentile that Jesus ordained? Is your pastor a Jew? There may be another reason we are not given that Jesus selected 12 male apostles. But just

@powerisnotmine @joyklaprade Causing any division⎯if it is unnecessary (which means it is related to primary issues)⎯harms the body. Are you the kind of person that is into cutting off healthy body parts? Excluding churches over secondary disagreem...

@powerisnotmine @joyklaprade Causing any division⎯if it is unnecessary (which means it is related to primary issues)⎯harms the body. Are you the kind of person that is into cutting off healthy body p

@TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn First, you didn't answer my question. Rather, you listed two verses that don't say anywhere that a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin. Further, you didn't explain how they affirm that such is in fact a ...

@TomWarlord @Revelation_14_7 @Eric_Conn First, you didn't answer my question. Rather, you listed two verses that don't say anywhere that a godly woman teaching truth to men is a sin. Further, you didn

1Ti 2:12 commentary

@ReformedRant @PastorMark Really! So the verses before and after are referring to widows and how they should act in providing for their parents and other dependents (remember, they are widows so there’s no man involved) and you think v8 is talking ab...

@ReformedRant @PastorMark Really! So the verses before and after are referring to widows and how they should act in providing for their parents and other dependents (remember, they are widows so there

@joyklaprade The thing is that many do arrive at this view sincerely. Sometimes I find my goal is simply to convince complementarians that I'm not in rebellion against God's word. For them to change their view is such a major overhaul that a more mod...

@joyklaprade The thing is that many do arrive at this view sincerely. Sometimes I find my goal is simply to convince complementarians that I'm not in rebellion against God's word. For them to change t

@SpecterAndBride I've read them, but if you have one in particular we can go through it. If you get Genesis wrong, it taints your view of all these passages. Instead of viewing them as source relationships, you see everything in terms of authority an...

@SpecterAndBride I've read them, but if you have one in particular we can go through it. If you get Genesis wrong, it taints your view of all these passages. Instead of viewing them as source relation

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these

@FeedingThe53741 Yet, the Bible doesn't contradict itself. So then what do these passages that seem to restrict women mean? That's why I address them. But feel free to draw your own conclusions.

1Co 7:8 1Ti 5:14 question

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos On the one hand, Paul says he wants all to remain single as he is (1Co 7:8), and in 1Ti 5:14 he is encouraging young widows to get remarried? Why do you think that is? Notice Paul says "manage their households" which is one...

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos On the one hand, Paul says he wants all to remain single as he is (1Co 7:8), and in 1Ti 5:14 he is encouraging young widows to get remarried? Why do you think that is? Notic

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos Eric, why don't you explain 1Ti 2:15 instead of just quoting literally one of the most debated verses in all the Bible? - Who is the she? Who are the they? - Why did Paul say "She...they"? - Why did Paul use "the childbeari...

@Eric_Conn @mikeCAburritos Eric, why don't you explain 1Ti 2:15 instead of just quoting literally one of the most debated verses in all the Bible? - Who is the she? Who are the they? - Why did Paul sa

1Ti 2:15 question

@ile3000gt @brunodelconte @PastorMark To be honest...what would he say? "I was w

@ile3000gt @brunodelconte @PastorMark To be honest...what would he say? "I was wrong"? Frankly, I would have much more respect for someone who says that. Because we are all wrong from time to time.

@Jrjacks123 @PastorMark Exactly. Maybe pastor Mark needs to learn to read script

@Jrjacks123 @PastorMark Exactly. Maybe pastor Mark needs to learn to read scripture in context since he quoted a passage that's all about widows providing for their family...or take off his patriarchy

@ScottCross_8 @PastorMark Don't let Mark shame you for this. He cannot even seem

@ScottCross_8 @PastorMark Don't let Mark shame you for this. He cannot even seem to read scripture in context... He quotes a passage all about WIDOWS to shame men into being required to work outside t

It's honestly frightening to see how pastors who have taken extensive seminary training and have pastored congregations for years regularly take scripture so out of context. @PastorMark says here that if a man isn't the one out in the workforce, then...

It's honestly frightening to see how pastors who have taken extensive seminary training and have pastored congregations for years regularly take scripture so out of context. @PastorMark says here that

@PastorMark Mark, you quoted from 1Ti 5:8 like it was talking about men providing for their families. Did you not read the context? First, the text says "But if anyone does not provide for their own..." The word used in Greek is τις which means anyon...

@PastorMark Mark, you quoted from 1Ti 5:8 like it was talking about men providing for their families. Did you not read the context? First, the text says "But if anyone does not provide for their own..

1Ti 5:8 debate

@SpecterAndBride Adam is the origin of the human race of which Eve was the mother of all the living (except for Adam). Through Adam we all die, even if we don't sin in the likeness of Adam if that's what you mean by "federal headship." But the accou...

@SpecterAndBride Adam is the origin of the human race of which Eve was the mother of all the living (except for Adam). Through Adam we all die, even if we don't sin in the likeness of Adam if that's w

@edsmith573 @KnightlyMike No, that's not what this verse is teaching. You have t

@edsmith573 @KnightlyMike No, that's not what this verse is teaching. You have to take the context and the grammar seriously to understand what Paul is trying to say. https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

@Tingamabobz @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty And just after Paul quotes from the letter from the Corinthians, Paul says to those who are trying to silence half the church, “What? came the word of God out from you [men]? or came it unto y...

@Tingamabobz @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty And just after Paul quotes from the letter from the Corinthians, Paul says to those who are trying to silence half the church, “What? came the

1Co 14:36 question

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like men shouldn't be), not enslaved to much wine (same a...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty Tit 2:3-5 says that older women likewise are to be reverent (just like the men are to be), not malicious gossips (just like me

Tit 2:3-5 general

Tit 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 1Ti 3:11 debate

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Ti 3:

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 do not say anything like "must not be a woman," but rather "Women likewise..." (1Ti 3:11). https://t.

1Co 11:1-16 1Co 11:3 debate

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Co 11

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty 1Co 11:1-16 is explaining the reasons for the tradition to NOT wear head coverings which represent shame for sin. 1Co 11:3 is

1Co 14:34-35 1Co 7:1 1Cor 14:36 question

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty In 1Co 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), and Paul's response to those who are silencing half the body of Christ? “What...

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty In 1Co 14:34-35, Paul is quoting from the letter that the Corinthians wrote to him (see 1Co 7:1), and Paul's response to those

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty If you

@GodistheGoal @FlammablePink @GeauxGabrielle @myteacherafreak @MissBNasty If you claim to understand 1Ti 2:12, then please explain the capstone verse, v15. https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ

1Ti 2:12 general

@beherleader @FoundersMin @tomascol @conservmillen Yes, that is the verse separa

@beherleader @FoundersMin @tomascol @conservmillen Yes, that is the verse separate from its context. What does Paul mean by that statement? https://t.co/zkbRDwQoSZ