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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@eXnihilO_ @ronhenzel So I’m saying that this is a secondary issue and that egalitarians have valid exegetical reasons for women serving along with men in leadership. Some on the other side say that egalitarians are in sin and call people to leave eg...

@eXnihilO_ @ronhenzel So I’m saying that this is a secondary issue and that egalitarians have valid exegetical reasons for women serving along with men in leadership. Some on the other side say that e

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-10

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of the law, the gospel and Christian liberty and iss...

@TWFtrish @ronhenzel @SindlandOz34748 @NBidnz Paul wasn’t writing Romans to an individual or just the leadership, but the whole congregation. He was dealing with issues surrounding the relationship of

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@TheWatchman1963 @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Where is "role" in scripture exactly? I'm not referring to mother/father differences. When it comes to leadership, since God said to both that they should rule in ...

@TheWatchman1963 @VoicesHead100 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning Where is "role" in scripture exactly? I'm not referring to mother/father differences. When it comes to leadership

Gen 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@ronhenzel Ron, why do you quote John 10:19 out of context? What is the dissensi

@ronhenzel Ron, why do you quote John 10:19 out of context? What is the dissension about? Something that is not a sin like women in leadership? Or is it that Jesus is claiming to have the authority to

John 10:19 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@KimberleeJayneW @will_servant Then why does He gift women with teaching, preach

@KimberleeJayneW @will_servant Then why does He gift women with teaching, preaching and leadership gifts only to exclude men from benefiting from them?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-09

@Read_Fast_ Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is something so egregious that there is no forgiveness. Rather, I would say it is more *quenching* the Spirit. I feel it when a pastor tells me I can never be on the leadership team because I’m egalitarian or n...

@Read_Fast_ Blaspheming the Holy Spirit is something so egregious that there is no forgiveness. Rather, I would say it is more *quenching* the Spirit. I feel it when a pastor tells me I can never be o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@JoshBuice @William_E_Wolfe When you eisegete Genesis 3:16 as God establishing a

@JoshBuice @William_E_Wolfe When you eisegete Genesis 3:16 as God establishing a pattern of leadership in the home, all kinds of wrong things flow from this. https://t.co/iWB1ySMcbN

Genesis 3:16 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-08

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning By gendered roles I mean only males can occupy leadership and teaching roles over the whole congregation and the husband has to be the authority over his wife. Those ...

@VoicesHead100 @ScottCross_8 @3HillsMinor @Rattle_Resists @Kdubtru @michael_ronning By gendered roles I mean only males can occupy leadership and teaching roles over the whole congregation and the hus

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-06

@DesCWilliamson @William_E_Wolfe Regardless of what was depicted the scripture i

@DesCWilliamson @William_E_Wolfe Regardless of what was depicted the scripture is the basis of the church. Jesus is the chief shepherd of His church then and now since we who believe are His body, lea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…” then gives the same “restriction” of “must be one wife husband” and then in Rom 16 talks about female leaders and Phoebe who is clearly a deacon. Paul doesn’t use gendered pronouns, but things...

@Richard89885354 @MarkGrote 1 Tim 3:11 “Women likewise…” then gives the same “restriction” of “must be one wife husband” and then in Rom 16 talks about female leaders and Phoebe who is clearly a deaco

1 Tim 3:1 1 Tim 3:11 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-05

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using common sense and other passages showing women have b...

@BornAgainMissy @ryancduff @MarkGrote If you are lumping egalitarians with gays and the slippery slope into apostasy, I understand that perspective. Many in the egal crowd have had a habit of using co

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-03

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teachi

@smashbaals This depends on whether you ignore what you believe the clear teaching of scripture, or if you have studied it and found that it doesn't restrict women from leadership. https://t.co/skOVwk

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

People get upset that I push so hard on the issue of women in leadership and exe

People get upset that I push so hard on the issue of women in leadership and exegeting the relevant scriptures which appear to restrict women in the New Testament. This is why.👇 https://t.co/4ZRfUab1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-29

@BenZeisloft Ben, what is a feminist? Anyone who believes women are to be treate

@BenZeisloft Ben, what is a feminist? Anyone who believes women are to be treated equally when it comes to leadership…is that a feminist? Also—where is being a feminist listed in any list of sins in

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-27

@biblebeltman Sorry if I made you feel bad about excluding women from leadership

@biblebeltman Sorry if I made you feel bad about excluding women from leadership roles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-23

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Yes, you are correct. And saying that only men are designed for leadership would be the same—saying that no woman is capable to lead is so obviously wrong that it’s hard to understand how one can hold this position. ...

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Yes, you are correct. And saying that only men are designed for leadership would be the same—saying that no woman is capable to lead is so obviously wrong that it’s ha

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It’s not selfish for men to take ALL leadership

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor It’s not selfish for men to take ALL leadership roles?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Patriarchy (ie. men taking all leadership roles)

@snarkytwinkie @TheMuppetPastor Patriarchy (ie. men taking all leadership roles) ≠ selfish??

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift I don’t see where this text speaks of Solomon “being the leader of strong men” or emphasizing “the way he carries himself” as it pertains to his leadership. Nor did I find concepts like “cold rational” or ...

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift I don’t see where this text speaks of Solomon “being the leader of strong men” or emphasizing “the way he carries himself” as it pertains to his leadership.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@freedom4alltime @TheMuppetPastor I agree with that. Tearing down patriarchy and replacing with matriarchy is going too far. It also seems to say that patriarchy is selfish too, hogging all the leadership and sometimes speaking opportunities…no? I...

@freedom4alltime @TheMuppetPastor I agree with that. Tearing down patriarchy and replacing with matriarchy is going too far. It also seems to say that patriarchy is selfish too, hogging all the lead

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift What stood out to you from Proverbs

@SpeechWrx @TheMuppetPastor @theknightshift What stood out to you from Proverbs and Song of Songs related to leadership (shepherding and oversight)?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-22

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded from leadership because she is a female. It doesn’t...

@TheMuppetPastor Egalitarian simply means treating men and women equally. It doesn’t mean prioritizing based on sex, but that a gifted and godly woman teaching true doctrine should not be excluded fr

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-19

@TheMuppetPastor @michellmybell1 But according to Eph 5:21 we all subject oursel

@TheMuppetPastor @michellmybell1 But according to Eph 5:21 we all subject ourselves to each other in the fear of Christ—men to men, men to women, women to men, congregants to leaders, leaders to congr

Eph 5:21 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Every a Christian is called a diakonos in Greek, even Jesus and Paul are. So whether or not they are leaders has to be determined by the context.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

This is one of the reasons l've been working so hard to shed light on the passag

This is one of the reasons l've been working so hard to shed light on the passages seeming to restrict women from sharing leadership roles with men in the church and the home. https://t.co/gqEvy9tgLh

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-16

@zick_matic @CSavedByGrace18 I think being a pastor is a very difficult and often thankless job. If you do it right, you pour yourself out and try to raise up mature leaders who you hope will replace you. Unlike Joel Osteen and other famous preache...

@zick_matic @CSavedByGrace18 I think being a pastor is a very difficult and often thankless job. If you do it right, you pour yourself out and try to raise up mature leaders who you hope will replace

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-13

@Duke456521 I have met pastors who feel it is their job to setup a completely distinct local fellowship, so they have a right to exclude people from leadership whom they disagree with on secondary matters. However, the church belongs to Jesus. Rest...

@Duke456521 I have met pastors who feel it is their job to setup a completely distinct local fellowship, so they have a right to exclude people from leadership whom they disagree with on secondary mat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua I understand the need to protect our freedoms and sovereignty as a nation, but the church is not defended by flesh and blood and the church is not weakened by women assisting defending the faith and leading as strong le...

@NaijaSkywalker @haymes_joshua I understand the need to protect our freedoms and sovereignty as a nation, but the church is not defended by flesh and blood and the church is not weakened by women assi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership roles in the church is not inevitable. The church doesn’t need men with muscles and swords but humble servants who subj

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals Generally speaking you are right that religions are as numerous as cultures. However, the Bible transcends all cultures. Don’t assume that America is a Christian Nation or that its political leaders or even the popular pr...

@worldneedsOil @smashbaals Generally speaking you are right that religions are as numerous as cultures. However, the Bible transcends all cultures. Don’t assume that America is a Christian Nation or

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do is explain these hard passages. And I believe I ha...

@RiseRevolution5 @TeregianKunta Those are great texts. Ultimately we have ample proof that women occupied positions of authority, leadership and influence including over men. So what we need to do i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@MikeWingerii Finally, most complementarians see 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 as clearly requiring male leadership. But if this is the case: - Why does Paul use τὶς in v1 which means “someone” or “anyone”? Why didn’t he specify a male, or ἀνήρ? - I...

@MikeWingerii Finally, most complementarians see 1 Tim 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9 as clearly requiring male leadership. But if this is the case: - Why does Paul use τὶς in v1 which means “someone” or “any

Tit 1:5-9 1 Tim 3:1-13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

On the one hand, John has a point because to agree that scripture clearly teaches male only leadership and then to willfully ignore this is clear evidence of rebellion against the Bible. However, I want you to know that this is not what the New Test...

On the one hand, John has a point because to agree that scripture clearly teaches male only leadership and then to willfully ignore this is clear evidence of rebellion against the Bible. However, I w

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-30

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl Not having women as elders and counsellors is very unwise, though I understand it is done for theological reasons. However, they still serve in many ways. Using the gifts God gives them for wisdom, counsel and lea...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl Not having women as elders and counsellors is very unwise, though I understand it is done for theological reasons. However, they still serve in many ways. Using th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-30

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl I’m really pleased when I see healthy complementarian churches that let women speak on Sunday mornings and value the gifts and leadership and sacrifice women bring to the church family. If male authority can be rel...

@KaeleyT @pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl I’m really pleased when I see healthy complementarian churches that let women speak on Sunday mornings and value the gifts and leadership and sacrifice women bring t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-24

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl The idea of "obeying your leaders" in the Greek means to be willing to be convinced. It doesn't mean "blind obedience" but openness and not a stubborn refusal to listen. But doing what they say requires that it mu...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl The idea of "obeying your leaders" in the Greek means to be willing to be convinced. It doesn't mean "blind obedience" but openness and not a stubborn refusal to li

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-22

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT There is a disparity in the two approaches. Wilson's approach is all about authority and responsibility to make the woman obey his leadership, whereas Peace's approach is about gently confronting an issue and worki...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT There is a disparity in the two approaches. Wilson's approach is all about authority and responsibility to make the woman obey his leadership, whereas Peace's appro

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-17

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam You are right, you cannot criticize a view just because there will be more or less temptations. But you can criticize it on the basis of scripture as not being God’s ideal. By suggesting that Matt ...

@DST_QA @sympatheticNPC @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam You are right, you cannot criticize a view just because there will be more or less temptations. But you can criticize it on the basis of scripture a

Matt 6:24 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-12

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger “Women, if they say that they can’t submit to the proper leadership of a man, are saying they can’t follow their saviour”⎯Frank Turek. Leadership simply means one who leads the way (by example) in following Ch...

@DrFrankTurek @MikeWingerii @MikeWinger “Women, if they say that they can’t submit to the proper leadership of a man, are saying they can’t follow their saviour”⎯Frank Turek. Leadership simply means

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@MikeWingerii @NathanFinochio Complementarian is a bit deceiving because as an E

@MikeWingerii @NathanFinochio Complementarian is a bit deceiving because as an Egalitarian I also agree my wife and I complement each other. I just don’t think there are gender roles with respect to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Sarah's calling Abraham lord is similar to how we use the term "sir" or "mister" today. The husband and the wife are the leaders of the home and work together as a team. The Biblical statement of the husband as th...

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT Sarah's calling Abraham lord is similar to how we use the term "sir" or "mister" today. The husband and the wife are the leaders of the home and work together as a

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the

@pauldirks @DeeGoingsGirl @KaeleyT The issue is his misunderstanding of what the apostle Paul means by "head" and his complete missing the mark on mutual subjection and servant leadership.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-09

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl If I was your boss and I commanded you to obey me, your complete obedience to me would certainly make things work. The measure of Biblical is not simply what works. But this is not how Jesus wants our relationship...

@pauldirks @KaeleyT @DeeGoingsGirl If I was your boss and I commanded you to obey me, your complete obedience to me would certainly make things work. The measure of Biblical is not simply what works.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

RT @ryanschatz: @dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, P

RT @ryanschatz: @dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **character** qualifications for leadership (1…

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@dougponder The driving force behind egalitarianism is not the culture but “for

@dougponder The driving force behind egalitarianism is not the culture but “for you are all sons” (Gal 3:26). If all sons—*now* (present active)—and all includes women and men, then who are you to di

Gal 3:26 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-06

@dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **ch

@dougponder Short answer is no women elders? On the contrary, Paul outlays **character** qualifications for leadership (1 Tim 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9) ⎯ Paul doesn't forbid the single, the childless or w

1 Tim 3:1-13 Titus 1:5-9 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-05

@DriverXag @sparkobuzzer @ZacharyGarris Gal 3:26 is not dealing with physical land, but the inheritance given to Jesus. It’s about salvation and everything else. This includes the church. There’s nothing passed from male to male in terms of leader...

@DriverXag @sparkobuzzer @ZacharyGarris Gal 3:26 is not dealing with physical land, but the inheritance given to Jesus. It’s about salvation and everything else. This includes the church. There’s n

Gal 3:26 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-05

@ronhenzel Are you saying that the PCA always restricted leadership to men in order to be in ecclesial fellowship? This should be a matter of conscience and ought to be removed from any requirements. What if the PCA required meeting on Saturday and...

@ronhenzel Are you saying that the PCA always restricted leadership to men in order to be in ecclesial fellowship? This should be a matter of conscience and ought to be removed from any requirements.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-05

@ronhenzel The pre-Luther Waldensiens understood that women could be leaders, so this isn’t new. The problem is that this is a secondary issue, and so one church operating with male only leadership should be able to remain in fellowship with another...

@ronhenzel The pre-Luther Waldensiens understood that women could be leaders, so this isn’t new. The problem is that this is a secondary issue, and so one church operating with male only leadership s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-04

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture and you won’t find women speaking, teaching, leading...

@ZacharyGarris Let me know what creed says that women cannot occupy positions of leadership or serve as a pastor or preach or teach truth. Next, you can take a look at any list of sin in scripture an

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