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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@PoweredByMemes @MilenaZ238972 Well, that is odd because in the church there's n

@PoweredByMemes @MilenaZ238972 Well, that is odd because in the church there's no longer a temple. The temple now is the body of each believer making each believer a priest of their own temple. As fo

1Ti 2:12 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all th

@Vitus_oss No, the body of Christ are believers He indwells. “And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and made Him head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of H

Eph 1:22 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 How does it benefit the body

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 How does it benefit the body to silence married women in every church from asking questions? I would ask questions.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So in all the churches the w

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So in all the churches the women are not permitted to speak? All churches, but not all women can speak?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-09

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church” (14:35)? Where does the law ...

@carol66944 @KennethOrtiz @BronWen727104 @Paula_333 So you think the law is: “If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy That has nothing to do with the church though. I’m not saying that the police have no authority to arrest me if I disobey the law. But my pastor has no authority to tell me what to do or not to do, only scripture has ...

@RobertMacD0nald @purebredslappy That has nothing to do with the church though. I’m not saying that the police have no authority to arrest me if I disobey the law. But my pastor has no authority to te

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@JamesDitto12 No-one has ever produced the study that was the basis of that stat

@JamesDitto12 No-one has ever produced the study that was the basis of that stat. I’ve seen nominal parents who sent their kids to church functions who became believers because of their kids more oft

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@StothersRyan @Svigel There is no scripture in the NT that says that it is the elders’ authority to remove someone who is unrepentant. “The church” in Mt 18:15-20 does not mean “the elders.” I have been in several churches which structured themselves...

@StothersRyan @Svigel There is no scripture in the NT that says that it is the elders’ authority to remove someone who is unrepentant. “The church” in Mt 18:15-20 does not mean “the elders.” I have be

Mt 18:15-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@StothersRyan @Svigel I’m speaking from experience having attended many differen

@StothersRyan @Svigel I’m speaking from experience having attended many different churches in different denominations and been part of the elders council. My comment is to say that we got this one wro

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@StothersRyan @Svigel Who said that the church has to do one thing given the church constitutes many parts? If a person feels led to minister to those in prison and leads a group of 3 to assist, why is that in conflict? Elders who pray and confirm th...

@StothersRyan @Svigel Who said that the church has to do one thing given the church constitutes many parts? If a person feels led to minister to those in prison and leads a group of 3 to assist, why i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-08

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and pol

@iroquoisplskn87 Oh, God established rulers of countries and governments and police. But in His church, there’s no pope and leaders are simply those with character, experience and wisdom and abilities

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@SingnRing Yes, it’s a big issue for women. Hopefully I can help move the needle

@SingnRing Yes, it’s a big issue for women. Hopefully I can help move the needle and if not, help women not feel condemned for allowing the Holy Spirit to use them in ways that their church may disall

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Paul is introducing her to the church at Rome so they will immediately accept her and support her by serving under her leadership as normally it takes time to recognize leaders. I don’t see how you get the idea she wasn’t a...

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Paul is introducing her to the church at Rome so they will immediately accept her and support her by serving under her leadership as normally it takes time to recognize leade

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@SingnRing Absolutely! The misguided emphasis on authority seems to be core to the problem. There seems to be a desire to emphasize and not diminish Christ’s authority over His church but Jesus doesn’t present Himself that way, always elevating the c...

@SingnRing Absolutely! The misguided emphasis on authority seems to be core to the problem. There seems to be a desire to emphasize and not diminish Christ’s authority over His church but Jesus doesn’

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

Some claim regeneration didn’t exist—or wasn’t permanent—before the church. Yet

Some claim regeneration didn’t exist—or wasn’t permanent—before the church. Yet Dt 30:6, Jer 31, and Saul’s changed heart show otherwise. What changed in the NT wasn’t the possibility of inner transf

Dt 30:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Rom 16 lists many female leaders. Leading in the churc

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Rom 16 lists many female leaders. Leading in the church is about demonstrating and being an example, not about being an authority over someone. https://t.co/8gNa5P0EsS

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Conservati90559 But preaching Christ is what the entire scriptures are about. Further, Mt 28:18-20 commands all disciples to teach everything Jesus commanded the first ones. Are men supposed to take authority over anyone in the church? Because auth...

@Conservati90559 But preaching Christ is what the entire scriptures are about. Further, Mt 28:18-20 commands all disciples to teach everything Jesus commanded the first ones. Are men supposed to take

Mt 28:18-20 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@jeanlucjocund The thing is that Paul said his concern was not who was preaching

@jeanlucjocund The thing is that Paul said his concern was not who was preaching or even if their motives were pure but that the message was preached. How then could he say that in the church he won’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Jesus also didn't choose a Gentile as one of his 12 ap

@Paula_333 @BronWen727104 Jesus also didn't choose a Gentile as one of his 12 apostles. So by the same logic you are using regarding women, how is any leader in the church allowed to be a Gentile?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@The_War_Within_ You know, Mike Winger blocked me for being annoying about asking him to stop being divisive and calling people to repent of what he said was a secondary issue, teaching egalitarian doctrine, and then told people to loudly leave their...

@The_War_Within_ You know, Mike Winger blocked me for being annoying about asking him to stop being divisive and calling people to repent of what he said was a secondary issue, teaching egalitarian do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Paula_333 Hm. If that's the case, why would Paul say that he was worried an entire church could be deceived like Eve? When I was growing up, I could much more easily get away with a lie with my dad than my mom. So even that experience seems to sugge...

@Paula_333 Hm. If that's the case, why would Paul say that he was worried an entire church could be deceived like Eve? When I was growing up, I could much more easily get away with a lie with my dad t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-06

@Emotionscoach @igarglewithfire @MikeWingerii Yes, absolutely. And Titus 3:10 "Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning" applies to what he is doing by calling people to repent of teaching secondary differences and calling people to ...

@Emotionscoach @igarglewithfire @MikeWingerii Yes, absolutely. And Titus 3:10 "Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning" applies to what he is doing by calling people to repent of tea

Titus 3:10 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 Also, that 1Ti 2:12-14 applies to teaching in the church isn't what is being stated. Paul is writing Timothy to deal with strange (ie. false) teaching, not to stop the teaching of truth by anyone. Nowhere is 'authentein' being used positiv...

@Paula_333 Also, that 1Ti 2:12-14 applies to teaching in the church isn't what is being stated. Paul is writing Timothy to deal with strange (ie. false) teaching, not to stop the teaching of truth by

1Ti 2:12-14 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 That rule you state about "when the church recognizes young males to

@Paula_333 That rule you state about "when the church recognizes young males to have matured into manhood" is nowhere found in scripture. It also happens at different times in different places and cul

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-05

@Paula_333 So teaching true doctrine about Christ is not allowed? Preaching in s

@Paula_333 So teaching true doctrine about Christ is not allowed? Preaching in scripture was only ever done towards unbelievers. In the church, it was teaching, exhortation, edification, encouragement

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Where does scripture say the church is put unde

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Where does scripture say the church is put under Jesus’ feet? And about the head…the brain is actually split into two halves. Does that design tell you anything? http

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Jesus does not present himself as ‘the boss of’

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 Jesus does not present himself as ‘the boss of’ His church. Show me where you are getting this from in scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 But head doesn't mean 'the boss of'. Yes, that's right, this passage is not meaning to explain to us that the glorified Jesus is the boss of the church. As God who created and sustains everything, *obviously* he's the...

@LiamHarperBlack @autocorrect2_0 But head doesn't mean 'the boss of'. Yes, that's right, this passage is not meaning to explain to us that the glorified Jesus is the boss of the church. As God who cre

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy I am not conflating anything. I never said women were stronger than men in general. And conserving the actual Biblical intention should be considered true conservatism. Tell me please: were women equally saved befor...

@thebrighttunnel @Rach4Patriarchy I am not conflating anything. I never said women were stronger than men in general. And conserving the actual Biblical intention should be considered true conservatis

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-04

@BronWen727104 @EricisAmerican @Protestia Yes, true enough. She did seem to be p

@BronWen727104 @EricisAmerican @Protestia Yes, true enough. She did seem to be pushing on the chest of the first one and it seems they all expected to fall over. I used to attend a pentecostal church

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-03

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Ok, so we partially agree. The ‘slaying in the spirit

@EricisAmerican @Protestia Ok, so we partially agree. The ‘slaying in the spirit’ is an unfortunate practice in the church that doesn’t have biblical roots. But where do you get the idea that a woman

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-02

@JonByers186054 @ssiena017 @dalepartridge @GracefilledWomb I never said I reject all authority, just that God never intended that a husband be in authority over his wife. And yes, Jesus⎯though also the God of the universe⎯as the man treats the churc...

@JonByers186054 @ssiena017 @dalepartridge @GracefilledWomb I never said I reject all authority, just that God never intended that a husband be in authority over his wife. And yes, Jesus⎯though also t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-02

@MackDonahue ✅It is not divisive to disagree with a church on secondary matters

@MackDonahue ✅It is not divisive to disagree with a church on secondary matters and then quietly leave and find one that doesn't bother your weaker conscience. ❌It IS divisive to disagree on matters y

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-02

@MackDonahue He surely can be disappointed that egalitarianism is spreading and becoming more popular. So? Fix that by gently and patiently correcting it with the truth (as he sees it). PS> I am currently part of a complementarian church. I don't...

@MackDonahue He surely can be disappointed that egalitarianism is spreading and becoming more popular. So? Fix that by gently and patiently correcting it with the truth (as he sees it). PS> I am c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-02

@MackDonahue Hang on⎯I'm not asking Mike to repent of his complementarian teaching. Therein lies the difference. I am currently part of a complementarian church! I know how to get along with those I disagree with!! I'm asking him to retract his divi...

@MackDonahue Hang on⎯I'm not asking Mike to repent of his complementarian teaching. Therein lies the difference. I am currently part of a complementarian church! I know how to get along with those I d

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-01

@MackDonahue First, I appreciate you responding. I understand how you want me to let this go, yet you even agree with me that this should not be a repentance thing. Again, when one tells a brother or sister to repent, advises others to loudly leave ...

@MackDonahue First, I appreciate you responding. I understand how you want me to let this go, yet you even agree with me that this should not be a repentance thing. Again, when one tells a brother or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-01

@MarkGrote I’m suggesting that we don’t call people to repent of believe differe

@MarkGrote I’m suggesting that we don’t call people to repent of believe differently than us on the non-essentials. But if we sin and don’t repent, we are kicked out of the church. If the person hasn

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@darylsterk Paul’s letter to Timothy is explicitly to stop strange doctrines clouding the gospel of salvation which is by faith from spreading at the church in Ephesus. While it is certainly possible that more is going on here as you describe, I am n...

@darylsterk Paul’s letter to Timothy is explicitly to stop strange doctrines clouding the gospel of salvation which is by faith from spreading at the church in Ephesus. While it is certainly possible

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Where did you get that idea from? Paul’s letter was addressed “to the church of God which is at Corinth” (1Co 1:2). Further, his comments in 1Co 7:7 show he is speaking to “all people”: “Yet I wish that...

@BronzAgeLarper @KevinCanale24 @rightresponsem Where did you get that idea from? Paul’s letter was addressed “to the church of God which is at Corinth” (1Co 1:2). Further, his comments in 1Co 7:7 show

1Co 1:2 1Co 7:7 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-30

@MoonfireArt @rightresponsem He’s writing to the church at Corinth not to the pr

@MoonfireArt @rightresponsem He’s writing to the church at Corinth not to the priests at Corinth unless you see that as meaning everyone is a priest (since the temple is now the body of each individua

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-29

So what was the issue? Mike asked egalitarians who propagate egalitarian teachin

So what was the issue? Mike asked egalitarians who propagate egalitarian teaching to repent seeing the views themselves as causing harm to complementarian churches. https://t.co/mcCOGijXTf

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-28

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay If you believe (as I do) that James is describing the kind of faith and not adding works to faith, then you should be appalled by the statement “…after all we can do.” You should demand your church to rescin...

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay If you believe (as I do) that James is describing the kind of faith and not adding works to faith, then you should be appalled by the statement “…after all we

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@BrandonABourg @PeterNDecker @sister_slay Not only that, but they constantly refer to it. In the teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), it features the statement: “God himself was once as we are now…” and discusses it as truth, ...

@BrandonABourg @PeterNDecker @sister_slay Not only that, but they constantly refer to it. In the teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007), it features the statement: “God himself wa

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay If the King Follet was one of the thin

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay If the King Follet was one of the things the LDS church was built on and now they reject it, why does the LDS not change their name? Why be confusing?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@BrandonABourg @PeterNDecker @sister_slay However, can he name one denomination that doesn’t believe that God is eternal? The question concerns primary matters not secondary ones. And what does the LDS church mean by eternal since everyone is eterna...

@BrandonABourg @PeterNDecker @sister_slay However, can he name one denomination that doesn’t believe that God is eternal? The question concerns primary matters not secondary ones. And what does the L

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay The fact that the LDS church doubles in size is immaterial. Growth is seen in Islam, does that make Islam true? Just because someone has a sense or feeling inside that what they believe is true doesn’t make i...

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay The fact that the LDS church doubles in size is immaterial. Growth is seen in Islam, does that make Islam true? Just because someone has a sense or feeling in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay I’m glad that you believe and claim that your faith is in God. That being the case, it is important to identify which God we are speaking about. Given that Joseph Smith was the founder of the LDS church, if t...

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay I’m glad that you believe and claim that your faith is in God. That being the case, it is important to identify which God we are speaking about. Given that Jo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay What does it mean to say that “God was an eternal being”? Are they referring to God the Father? Wasn’t Jesus said to eternally exist as intelligence that was later reformulated as a spirit being? Wasn’t God o...

@PeterNDecker @BrandonABourg @sister_slay What does it mean to say that “God was an eternal being”? Are they referring to God the Father? Wasn’t Jesus said to eternally exist as intelligence that was

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay What am I teaching that is at odds w

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay What am I teaching that is at odds with the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-27

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay What you are describing is clearly grace + works. In the Bible, faith is contrasted with works. Grace is a gift given to every single human but it must be accepted. If you are human, you qualify! Faith is ...

@PeterNDecker @ModChristChurch @sister_slay What you are describing is clearly grace + works. In the Bible, faith is contrasted with works. Grace is a gift given to every single human but it must be a

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