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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-06

@CherylSchatz @ReformedCaio Here’s the Complete Jewish Bible which says “includi

@CherylSchatz @ReformedCaio Here’s the Complete Jewish Bible which says “including”… https://t.co/4dNiLB0lTW

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

@covapologetics @fishercatMaine So you admit that this issue is unclear enough t

@covapologetics @fishercatMaine So you admit that this issue is unclear enough that there isn’t a general consensus on single pastors? Or just that you are not informed as to what the general consensu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-03

Paul acts as a bishop over multiple churches, writing them letters (multiple in

Paul acts as a bishop over multiple churches, writing them letters (multiple in several cases) and gets involved in everything a pastor would do. And the fact that you admit the apostle Peter is also

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-02

@heatheraaj78 @OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii The Bible is self-correcting. It's no

@heatheraaj78 @OrthodoxWario @MikeWingerii The Bible is self-correcting. It's not "majority rules" or interpretation only by popes and bishops who have frequently erred. The text read in context will

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-29

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote Hm. I thought family proceeded the church? At any rate, if what you are saying is the case, then we need to make sure that what we think is the way the church is setup is actually what God intended. Did God intend only Je...

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote Hm. I thought family proceeded the church? At any rate, if what you are saying is the case, then we need to make sure that what we think is the way the church is setup is a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-29

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote I don't think it was to establish a uniquely Gentile

@detfan10084382 @MarkGrote I don't think it was to establish a uniquely Gentile church, but to extend the church to reach the Gentiles. Right? In the same way, males first doesn't mean males only.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-28

@th3muse Catholic used to mean “universal” (as opposed to Roman Catholic). That

@th3muse Catholic used to mean “universal” (as opposed to Roman Catholic). That Jesus established “the Church” upon the confession of faith in Jesus as the messiah is clear.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-27

@BigRedBetz @CharisHoll84971 @Peacemaker811 @harmonizedgrace The Bible teaches us to believe and act on future promises which have yet to be fulfilled based on the past fulfilled promises and God’s proven character. Faith is an internal thing (and t...

@BigRedBetz @CharisHoll84971 @Peacemaker811 @harmonizedgrace The Bible teaches us to believe and act on future promises which have yet to be fulfilled based on the past fulfilled promises and God’s pr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JacobPaul432 @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii I can grant that more than just Calvi

@JacobPaul432 @B_Christs_Amb @MikeWingerii I can grant that more than just Calvinists believe it. However, it doesn’t really matter where it comes from or who primarily advocates for it. The question

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-20

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii From a high level, PSA seems to be a Calvinistic doctrine where the Father punishes the Son. I reject this and I am not one of the liberals that Mike refers to. Rather, the Father was IN Christ reconciling the world to Hi...

@JacobPaul432 @MikeWingerii From a high level, PSA seems to be a Calvinistic doctrine where the Father punishes the Son. I reject this and I am not one of the liberals that Mike refers to. Rather, th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-18

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell Huh? We are each personally responsi

@PatrickHen1776 @mtnhousewife @Jleerockwell Huh? We are each personally responsible as adults. You cannot dish off responsibility to another male. I mean what then of single woman whose dad has passed

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@harmonizedgrace @MichelleDLesley @mtnhousewife Of coures you can define your ow

@harmonizedgrace @MichelleDLesley @mtnhousewife Of coures you can define your own boundaries. Just that since this is a public forum, I might ask a question or two. And, yes, you have the right to i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

Paul’s plea wasn’t for separation but for restoration. He says, “I am again in t

Paul’s plea wasn’t for separation but for restoration. He says, “I am again in the anguish of childbirth until Christ is formed in you!” (Gal 4:19). Even when the church drifted badly, he advocated f

Gal 4:19 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-14

The early church had no denominations. Yet, forces threatened to divide them. One such force was the Judaizers, who pressured Gentile believers to follow Jewish ceremonial laws. Paul fought this battle fiercely in Galatia, where the church was stray...

The early church had no denominations. Yet, forces threatened to divide them. One such force was the Judaizers, who pressured Gentile believers to follow Jewish ceremonial laws. Paul fought this batt

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the original. Paul never said that consulting the ch...

@RusticSudz @HomelyHearth @BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma And I just read it in context, checking the Greek where necessary as sometimes the English makes interpretive decisions and I want to be sure of the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-13

@BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I sat down with Mormon missionaries and bishops for many meetings. I have the LDS app with all the writings so I can look things up. But as I recall, the missionaries came to say I’m wrong. It’s just that they believe everyo...

@BICBCI73 @abarefootmomma I sat down with Mormon missionaries and bishops for many meetings. I have the LDS app with all the writings so I can look things up. But as I recall, the missionaries came to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn That's good. I reject Reformed/Calvinist soteriology on th

@x9ishere @greg_hahn That's good. I reject Reformed/Calvinist soteriology on the basis of scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn How do you know it’s my fallen nature? I believe in Jesus.

@x9ishere @greg_hahn How do you know it’s my fallen nature? I believe in Jesus. I believe the scripture that says God is not partial (Ro 2:11).

Ro 2:11 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn It seems like Thomas Boston, like many theologians of his time, applied the language of Ro 3:10-12 broadly to argue for the total depravity of humanity. However, Ps 14 that Paul was quoting from does indeed differentiate between ...

@x9ishere @greg_hahn It seems like Thomas Boston, like many theologians of his time, applied the language of Ro 3:10-12 broadly to argue for the total depravity of humanity. However, Ps 14 that Paul w

Ro 3:10-12 Ps 14:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Calvinists (including many wonderful Purititans) misread th

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Calvinists (including many wonderful Purititans) misread the Bible on anthropology. Whatever then does it mean that humans are made in the image of God if they have no ability to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Why are we reading puritans when we should be reading scrip

@x9ishere @greg_hahn Why are we reading puritans when we should be reading scripture to understand God’s intent? Did God not make Himself abundantly clear or must He outsource interpretation of His w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@x9ishere @lisaloe Shallowness is not a virtue. Make an effort. Read scripture!

@x9ishere @lisaloe Shallowness is not a virtue. Make an effort. Read scripture!

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-06

@rightresponsem Umm… civil magistrates are able to put people in jail and punish

@rightresponsem Umm… civil magistrates are able to put people in jail and punish them. So you think husbands are to have the power to punish or imprison their wives?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-05

For wives treated as a subclass, like property or slaves, submission can feel li

For wives treated as a subclass, like property or slaves, submission can feel like mere duty. The idea is, “If you don’t do what you’re told, you’ll be punished.” But Jesus changes that. He makes us c

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils That’s not because of ‘mutual submission’—its because of false teaching concerning gender and the mishandling of the gender confused and a rejection of the scripture that says marriage is between 1 man and 1 woman. Mutual s...

@itbemeAllie @douglaswils That’s not because of ‘mutual submission’—its because of false teaching concerning gender and the mishandling of the gender confused and a rejection of the scripture that say

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-03

However, being created first doesn't mean one is given dominance or even pre-emi

However, being created first doesn't mean one is given dominance or even pre-eminence over the one created after. We have case after case of the older serving the younger in scripture: - Abel over Ca

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-19

@dalepartridge If it is truly nature that teaches us that a man’s hair ought to

@dalepartridge If it is truly nature that teaches us that a man’s hair ought to be short and a woman’s hair ought to be long, then nature would have applied under the old covenant also. Are you sayin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-11-18

@9999stacker @AlypiusThe_Wild @smashbaals I'm just stating a fact... do you not

@9999stacker @AlypiusThe_Wild @smashbaals I'm just stating a fact... do you not accept that the Bible calls non-Jewish ethnic groups Gentiles?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-26

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii There's no positive sense in which a man is said to authentein anyone, so you cannot use a hapax legomenon to establish such doctrine. Since the letter's purpose was about false teaching, you cannot just infer this is about wo...

@pudgenet @MikeWingerii There's no positive sense in which a man is said to authentein anyone, so you cannot use a hapax legomenon to establish such doctrine. Since the letter's purpose was about fals

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-24

@Tailfeathers_WA @StylesMcFiles @MikeWingerii Show me how this demonstrates that you follow scripture: "Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. And the Lord’s servant must not be quarrelso...

@Tailfeathers_WA @StylesMcFiles @MikeWingerii Show me how this demonstrates that you follow scripture: "Don’t have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quar

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@carol66944 When someone is trying to rob you, do you call 9-1-1 or the police o

@carol66944 When someone is trying to rob you, do you call 9-1-1 or the police or...your pastor (or start reading scripture to him)? Not that this can't work⎯I've heard it has⎯but in general, evil is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-20

@carol66944 Government doesn't restrain evil? Really? The Christian may silence

@carol66944 Government doesn't restrain evil? Really? The Christian may silence the objections of foolish people, but it doesn't stop the thief from stealing. Only the government has the authority to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 Listen, I recognize that if you recognize that the EO hierarchy and bishops and priests are not required, this is a fundamental shift for you and will be hard to accept and admit. That's ok. So long as you and I agree on the fundamental...

@Methodios007 Listen, I recognize that if you recognize that the EO hierarchy and bishops and priests are not required, this is a fundamental shift for you and will be hard to accept and admit. That's

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-15

@Methodios007 In as much as they claim to have the correct interpretation of scripture, that's easy: I can read it and check it for myself. Scripture doesn't need a priest or bishop to tell me what it means unless I have have no knowledge of it. You ...

@Methodios007 In as much as they claim to have the correct interpretation of scripture, that's easy: I can read it and check it for myself. Scripture doesn't need a priest or bishop to tell me what it

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 I don't think you will accept any answer. You have your belief and

@Methodios007 I don't think you will accept any answer. You have your belief and you won't accept that a succession from the apostles to today is not necessary to establish or rely upon.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 😂 Um, ok. Is that the benefit you plan to give me? Telling me that Peter's letters are real? And if you told me they weren't I'm just supposed to believe you because apparently 2000 years ago Peter anointed someone who anointed someone ...

@Methodios007 😂 Um, ok. Is that the benefit you plan to give me? Telling me that Peter's letters are real? And if you told me they weren't I'm just supposed to believe you because apparently 2000 year

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 We have elders. As I said, it is clear from Paul's writings that b

@Methodios007 We have elders. As I said, it is clear from Paul's writings that bishop and elder are used interchangeably. It doesn't really matter what you call them. What matters is their qualificati

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 You are free to challenge me in my assertion that the scripture is enough. I'm taking the text at its own claim. I don't need a living bishop who supposedly received an anointing passed down from Peter or an apostle. Scripture does not ...

@Methodios007 You are free to challenge me in my assertion that the scripture is enough. I'm taking the text at its own claim. I don't need a living bishop who supposedly received an anointing passed

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Well, the basis of your authority is a bishop. If he goes off base

@Methodios007 Well, the basis of your authority is a bishop. If he goes off base, do you take his word over the Bible? If not then you go back to the Bible just like me. If yes, then your authority is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Sure, you can use Greek if you want, though you still need to accurately represent it in English since that’s how we are conversing. Who are the following texts speaking about/to? Who is the us? The you? "To him who loves *us* and has...

@Methodios007 Sure, you can use Greek if you want, though you still need to accurately represent it in English since that’s how we are conversing. Who are the following texts speaking about/to? Who i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-14

@Methodios007 Bishops / overseers / elders are all used interchangeably in scrip

@Methodios007 Bishops / overseers / elders are all used interchangeably in scripture.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-11

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-10

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No, you need to explain in context what

@Milocinia @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii No, you need to explain in context what Paul is getting at. Peter said that some things Paul writes are difficult and Peter was his contemporary. So you can’t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Sam, that’s how the English reads, but the Greek has no male pronouns, uses the generic τὶς (someone/anyone), and doesn’t explicitly exclude women. The idiom you underlined in 1Ti 3:2 means monogamous and faith...

@SKokenos @spencer_newell @MikeWingerii Sam, that’s how the English reads, but the Greek has no male pronouns, uses the generic τὶς (someone/anyone), and doesn’t explicitly exclude women. The idiom yo

1Ti 3:2 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-08

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Well, yes, I think the English translation here is misleading. The English isn’t inspired and translators can have bias. No man is the head of the church except Christ—and this is because by His deat...

@LM4819962872993 @Rattle_Resists @michael_ronning Well, yes, I think the English translation here is misleading. The English isn’t inspired and translators can have bias. No man is the head of the ch

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-07

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish but this doesn’t mean all leaders afterwards had to...

@1deaman @ProGloriaRegis @SamAshCast @Brian_Sauve No, I’m not ignoring the entire Bible. 1. For 1Ti 2:11-15 see below. 2. Jesus chose the 12 before the church was formed. They were also all Jewish b

1Ti 2:11-15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The bunch of churches you are refer

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The bunch of churches you are referring to are all the one church of Christ if they hold to the fundamentals of the faith. Male-only elders is not a found

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qu

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The evil of excluding gifted and qualified women from leadership does not prevail as they are able to find another church.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-10-06

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The teaching is already all there i

@ThomisticRednek @AnneEChisholm @FrMatthewLC The teaching is already all there in scripture (2Ti 3:26). Helping people understand and obey what has already been given is not the job of males alone (Mt

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