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@Skyblitz741776 Authority cannot be assumed, but has to be given by God. God gav

@Skyblitz741776 Authority cannot be assumed, but has to be given by God. God gave both of the. Authority to rule but nowhere did he give Adam the authority over Eve. https://t.co/2VsL60BkUd

@ronhenzel @iheartJ37 Authority has to be given by God (see quote from John the

@ronhenzel @iheartJ37 Authority has to be given by God (see quote from John the Baptist). God gave both Adam and Eve authority to rule by command (see imperatives in Ge 1:28). Where then did God give

Ge 1:28 debate

@IiiPaulus Both were given vice regency. Never was Adam given authority over Eve

@IiiPaulus Both were given vice regency. Never was Adam given authority over Eve. She was created from him, not from the ground. https://t.co/xMgDDggyJD

@lawson_speaks According to John the Baptist, authority must be given by God. W

@lawson_speaks According to John the Baptist, authority must be given by God. Where does God give Adam authority over Eve? https://t.co/KUObR40juq

@RebekahRutt @txndc Precisely! Paul is showing their interdependence not hierarc

@RebekahRutt @txndc Precisely! Paul is showing their interdependence not hierarchy.

@Alex7Shiro That’s true. Note: only Adam was booted out of the garden. How do c

@Alex7Shiro That’s true. Note: only Adam was booted out of the garden. How do complementarians explain that? Read Ge 3:22-24.

Ge 3:22-24 debate

@Qesther216821 @Pascalarancibia Yes, but if all you’ve been shown is one system

@Qesther216821 @Pascalarancibia Yes, but if all you’ve been shown is one system and people say that egalitarians are heretics, it takes guts to admit the truth.

@shirley_kohl Well, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I've often said that t

@shirley_kohl Well, yes, that's a good way of putting it. I've often said that this was a prophecy about how the fall would impact their relationship. God never commanded Adam to rule over Eve, but co

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I just realized I missed responding to a bunch of replied. I guess I got drowned in notifications at the time. Sorry. Level two issues can cause problems, but you don't repent unless it is a sin. Mike is calling egalit...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I just realized I missed responding to a bunch of replied. I guess I got drowned in notifications at the time. Sorry. Level two issues can cause problems, but you don't

@The_njp @MikeWingerii Whether the office of elder is limited to males only or n

@The_njp @MikeWingerii Whether the office of elder is limited to males only or not is secondary. Primary are things that unify all Christians and also matters of sin. Egalitarians are not sinning pure

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I showed the paradoxes which seem quite obvious to me. Yes, secondary issues can still be problems and they may even mean you will find another church quietly, but you can disagree and still have full fellowship. Whet...

@Tailfeathers_WA @MikeWingerii I showed the paradoxes which seem quite obvious to me. Yes, secondary issues can still be problems and they may even mean you will find another church *quietly*, but you

@MarauderUmbreon @MikeWingerii Just saw this. No, I’m not conflating the two. Primary are the things that unite us as believers. Secondary are those things that are important but which we can still fellowship even if we are in disagreement. It might ...

@MarauderUmbreon @MikeWingerii Just saw this. No, I’m not conflating the two. Primary are the things that unite us as believers. Secondary are those things that are important but which we can still fe

@1611Willaim @fishercatMaine @Protestia Thanks for the respect. And yes, the ans

@1611Willaim @fishercatMaine @Protestia Thanks for the respect. And yes, the answers are in the Bible. Respectfully, I can likely see your perspective but I don’t think it makes sense of the text.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-16

@1611Willaim @fishercatMaine @Protestia How is she showing disregard or contempt

@1611Willaim @fishercatMaine @Protestia How is she showing disregard or contempt for scripture?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-15

@Song_Never_Ends @abigailswisdom @Eric_Conn No one said you can’t teach them wha

@Song_Never_Ends @abigailswisdom @Eric_Conn No one said you can’t teach them what you think the Bible teaches.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-08

@XChardain @masonmennenga So here’s the Hebrew texts showing there has to be two

@XChardain @masonmennenga So here’s the Hebrew texts showing there has to be two comings. https://t.co/pNaQYlrJNg

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-08

@XChardain @masonmennenga That is not true. Let me show you from the Hebrew Scriptures. 1. Isaiah 53 speaks of a figure often interpreted as the Messiah who would suffer and die for the sins of others. This chapter describes him being "pierced for o...

@XChardain @masonmennenga That is not true. Let me show you from the Hebrew Scriptures. 1. Isaiah 53 speaks of a figure often interpreted as the Messiah who would suffer and die for the sins of other

@XChardain @masonmennenga Do you accept the Greek Septuagint translation of the

@XChardain @masonmennenga Do you accept the Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Scriptures before the time of Jesus?

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga That’s quite convenient that the Roman Catholic leadership gave themselves sole rights to interpreting scripture. In scripture, what do we see? 1. We see the Bereans testing what Paul the apostle said ag...

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga That’s quite convenient that the Roman Catholic leadership gave themselves sole rights to interpreting scripture. In scripture, what do we see? 1. We see

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Catholic means universal. This is n

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Catholic means universal. This is not the same as the “Roman” Catholic Church. I’m not denying the doctrine of the Apostolic church.

@XChardain @masonmennenga What I quoted to you is something Jesus said and it uses the Greek term Hades meaning the same thing as Sheol. Given the Jesus created this place, I think we can take His word on what it looks like. His description gives mo...

@XChardain @masonmennenga What I quoted to you is something Jesus said and it uses the Greek term Hades meaning the same thing as Sheol. Given the Jesus created this place, I think we can take His wo

@CherylSchatz Just Eve. Adam blamed her and he is the authority so she was kicke

@CherylSchatz Just Eve. Adam blamed her and he is the authority so she was kicked out.

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Also, the Bible is the final author

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Also, the Bible is the final authority, which is the testimony of Jesus and the apostles. Not those men who lived centuries later and who often changed the

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Here is the full context of that part of the cathechism: "Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, 'hell'—Sheol in Hebrew or Hades in Greek—because those who are there ar...

@CylonSaysNo @Synaptic_Rabbit @masonmennenga Here is the full context of that part of the cathechism: "Scripture calls the abode of the dead, to which the dead Christ went down, 'hell'—Sheol in Hebre

@reformedliving @masonmennenga @IAmBengeance That’s not actually true. The idea

@reformedliving @masonmennenga @IAmBengeance That’s not actually true. The idea that all will be saved is contradicted in scripture but not condemned⎯ ie those that think that maybe their relatives ha

@DelaKram75 @Ryan_Adair_A Why do women have to wonder if their speaking might be a sin...seems so strange. You can speak the gospel, but not "teaching them everything I commanded you" as Jesus gave them the authority to do... Can presumably teach boy...

@DelaKram75 @Ryan_Adair_A Why do women have to wonder if their speaking might be a sin...seems so strange. You can speak the gospel, but not "teaching them everything I commanded you" as Jesus gave th

@DelaKram75 @Ryan_Adair_A Again, there were no pulpits in the early church. I pr

@DelaKram75 @Ryan_Adair_A Again, there were no pulpits in the early church. I presume, there were elders in every home church. What is the reason for the prohibition on preaching and teaching "from th

@Ryan_Adair_A @DelaKram75 So women cannot share a message God put on their heart

@Ryan_Adair_A @DelaKram75 So women cannot share a message God put on their heart or teach true doctrine in a home with say 15 people gathering in it? Is that what you really believe and practice?

@Ryan_Adair_A @DelaKram75 @GWFarnsworth In the first century, that was in homes

@Ryan_Adair_A @DelaKram75 @GWFarnsworth In the first century, that was in homes not in a big church building. There was no pulpit. I suppose it was “official” but not sure where you get that from. Cle

@DelaKram75 @GWFarnsworth So women can teach themselves n the context of Sunday

@DelaKram75 @GWFarnsworth So women can teach themselves n the context of Sunday school? I’m puzzled what is so special about corporate worship.

@daynajblack @BubbleLad777 @masonmennenga The Bible is intended to be meditated

@daynajblack @BubbleLad777 @masonmennenga The Bible is intended to be meditated on. It is not like eating pablum. God wants you to think.

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT For a perspective which I think aligns with all the details

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT For a perspective which I think aligns with all the details in the context of 1 Timothy related to verse 12, see the following. https://t.co/ZQizsThBcj

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT As an egalitarian, I’ve gotten along well in complementarian churches, though maybe it’s because my wife doesn’t feel led to preach or join the elders. Some comp churches won’t allow me to join the leadership team just for disagr...

@BoilerLevi @KaeleyT As an egalitarian, I’ve gotten along well in complementarian churches, though maybe it’s because my wife doesn’t feel led to preach or join the elders. Some comp churches won’t al

@pauldirks @KaeleyT Personally, one that aligns with scripture more closely. 😊

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Paul, the problem is that the texts used to support male exc

@KaeleyT @pauldirks Paul, the problem is that the texts used to support male exclusiveness for certain things like preaching, teaching men and other leadership roles are being misinterpreted.

@masonmennenga Curious. This is one person we have clear testimony that he is condemned, so how is he reconciled? Jesus refers to Judas as "the son of destruction" (or "perdition"), saying, "None of them perished except the son of destruction, so th...

@masonmennenga Curious. This is one person we have clear testimony that he is condemned, so how is he reconciled? Jesus refers to Judas as "the son of destruction" (or "perdition"), saying, "None of

@NIdahoPatriot @smashbaals Well, if you provide for others but leave your family

@NIdahoPatriot @smashbaals Well, if you provide for others but leave your family unprovided for I think that scripture applies. Your primary responsibility should be to your family and then others.

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in the first centuries of the church. We see instead be...

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in th

@quackitude @TimAAmor That point about swords into plowshares is a specific statement about a specific time. Does Jesus desire Christian’s to start wars? Definitely not. We clearly see Jesus’ response and the apostles’ response to oppression in the f...

@quackitude @TimAAmor That point about swords into plowshares is a specific statement about a specific time. Does Jesus desire Christian’s to start wars? Definitely not. We clearly see Jesus’ response

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-05

@BernieDainton @TimAAmor That translation is not accurate. Looking at Mk 1:15, the NASB translates it as, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” The phrase "is at hand" (Greek: ἤγγικεν, ēngiken...

@BernieDainton @TimAAmor That translation is not accurate. Looking at Mk 1:15, the NASB translates it as, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”

Mk 1:15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-01

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire If this is about authority relationships then why no words that mean authority? Just because the word kephale is used doesn’t mean authority. It means the topmost part of the body. It may even mean prominent. It can mean...

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire If this is about authority relationships then why no words that mean authority? Just because the word kephale is used doesn’t mean authority. It means the topmost part of

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-31

RT @ryanschatz: @HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authori

RT @ryanschatz: @HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-31

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant towards His church. Yes, those who sin unrepentantly will be judged & Jesus is the judge of our works. But this is cer...

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire Jesus is God & has all authority in Heaven and Earth. However, Jesus’ posture is as a servant towards His church. Yes, those who sin unrepentantly will be judged &amp

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-31

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire If this means authority over, why isn’t the word f

@HollandGreig @sheilagregoire If this means authority over, why isn’t the word for authority used? Head can mean prominent or source/origin. https://t.co/CQoDw1dx1n

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-29

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has caree

@dalepartridge That’s quite a mixture. I’m a Christian man and my wife has career goals but wanted children. We’ve got 3 and she works full time. She was off while they were young and then we tag team

Eph 5:21 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-26

@ronhenzel Does all this talk about the freedoms Roman women had apply to Greek

@ronhenzel Does all this talk about the freedoms Roman women had apply to Greek and Jewish women?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-26

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history of the Romans. Just wondering…did the church

@ronhenzel Thanks for the history of the Romans. Just wondering…did the church of Ephesus consist in the majority of Romans? What about Greeks and Jews?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel Ch 5 is not about hierarchy. You are reading into th

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel Ch 5 is not about hierarchy. You are reading into this because of how we understand the English word head. Kephale is not about authority like we view head in our culture.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel No, v22 is not pointless because it deals with issues in the marriage where women were being treated as slaves and as property and baby machines and housemaids. Paul wants the wives to see their submission to mimick that o...

@martyrian_slave @ronhenzel No, v22 is not pointless because it deals with issues in the marriage where women were being treated as slaves and as property and baby machines and housemaids. Paul wants

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-08-24

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel Because I believe Paul is correcting a problem with the way the wives are already subject to their husbands. There is likely a resentment rather than a serving like she serves Christ. It is meant to elevate her an...

@theBaxterian @carol66944 @ronhenzel Because I believe Paul is correcting a problem with the way the wives are already subject to their husbands. There is likely a resentment rather than a serving lik