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@JoeAdrian256 Oh...and here's someone I'm sure who think that a female pastor is

@JoeAdrian256 Oh...and here's someone I'm sure who think that a female pastor is going to hell. https://t.co/K9TwVfTKop

@StandAndKnox Hang on, I was making brunch. So what you seem to be suggesting is that saying that women are not forbidden from serving as elders means that they are elevating themselves to be first? So any woman who ends up serving as an elder⎯say in...

@StandAndKnox Hang on, I was making brunch. So what you seem to be suggesting is that saying that women are not forbidden from serving as elders means that they are elevating themselves to be first? S

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@109evictions That’s your wisdom? I take it you are not an elder.

@RevBCD Why are you speaking for Jay Engel? If he supports female elders then wh

@RevBCD Why are you speaking for Jay Engel? If he supports female elders then why doesn’t he come over here and clarify why he was less careful with his words?

@Tako1Fall A woman of godly character who is able to teach and teaches the truth

@Tako1Fall A woman of godly character who is able to teach and teaches the truth with patient instruction and desires to serve as an elder should not be forbidden from doing so. God doesn’t forbid thi

@_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Excellent point. If God is no repertory of persons then why is whether they are female a problem? If women will judge angels too one day (1Co 6:2-3), then why is serving an elder in this life a sin for someone especially i...

@_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony Excellent point. If God is no repertory of persons then why is whether they are female a problem? If women will judge angels too one day (1Co 6:2-3), then why is serving an

1Co 6:2-3 question

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins when applied to certain people. Consider the fema...

@JonByers186054 Wow, that’s wild that you think that someone merely because of their title (ie elder or pastor) is all that. You must be conflating other things with this because titles cannot be sins

@FavaAnthony You cannot make up what sin is. In no sense is someone who is teaching the truth but doing so as an elder or pastor sinning merely because of their position or title. Titles are not sins when applied to certain persons and positions are ...

@FavaAnthony You cannot make up what sin is. In no sense is someone who is teaching the truth but doing so as an elder or pastor sinning merely because of their position or title. Titles are not sins

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture

@Flyoverland22 I appreciate you making that distinction. However, the scripture is clear on what sin is. For example see the following images. Where does scripture call a female pastor/elder a sin or

@JoeAdrian256 If a woman in Iran is serving as a pastor and leading many to Chri

@JoeAdrian256 If a woman in Iran is serving as a pastor and leading many to Christ and discipling them, will God send her to Hell because she is teaching the truth merely because she is serving as a p

@AMalteseSailor A buffoon? So you are calling me names now? Yes, unrepentant sin is certainly a primary matter, but we don't list every sin one can commit in a statement of faith, a creed or confession. Perhaps you can educate me where a female is ...

@AMalteseSailor A buffoon? So you are calling me names now? Yes, unrepentant sin is certainly a primary matter, but we don't list every sin one can commit in a statement of faith, a creed or confessi

Heresy has to do with primary matters of the Christian faith. Whether women can

Heresy has to do with primary matters of the Christian faith. Whether women can be elders is not in any creed or confession of the universal church. Believing women can be elders does not place you ou

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@sum_of_thy_Word @alhakim120000 How is man referring only to the elders? Do you

@sum_of_thy_Word @alhakim120000 How is man referring only to the elders? Do you see Paul himself as an elder? And are not the elders part of the church or are they a separate group? 🤔

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-17

@pastor_brock Yeah, sigh. However, scripture paints a different picture. Jesus wants us all to grow into mature sons: “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Ro 8:14). “Until we all attain to the unity of the faith,...

@pastor_brock Yeah, sigh. However, scripture paints a different picture. Jesus wants us all to grow into mature sons: “For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God” (Ro 8:14)

Ro 8:14 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-13

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals No, you didn't say to segregate into smaller groups. Let me ask you the following, then. According to 1Cor 14:30, "if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the first one is to keep silent"⎯does your pastor stop...

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals No, you didn't say to segregate into smaller groups. Let me ask you the following, then. According to 1Cor 14:30, "if a revelation is made to another who is seated, then the

1Cor 14:30 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals Yes, my church still does things the usual way… Sunday meetings are focused on singing and a preached message from the pastor. We don’t follow 1Co 14:31 either. Saying this is meant to be done in small home groups is fine, bu...

@ShawnBowie8 @smashbaals Yes, my church still does things the usual way… Sunday meetings are focused on singing and a preached message from the pastor. We don’t follow 1Co 14:31 either. Saying this is

1Co 14:31 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-12

@BeardedPresby @smashbaals Hm, I see. So Ezra read the law from morning until ni

@BeardedPresby @smashbaals Hm, I see. So Ezra read the law from morning until night (Ne 8:2–3, 8). So is that what they do at your church? Your hired pastor reads the Bible for hours from the pulpit?

Ne 8:2 question

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Agreed that there are certainly no ge

@carol66944 @JamesGi27467089 @MikeWingerii Agreed that there are certainly no gender-based roles. But there is the office of elder/overseer and deacon for which gifting alone is not sufficient. The in

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Eph 4:11 says "And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers." Pastoring (or shepherding) is a function, not an office. And only Jesus is explicitly called a poimen in ...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Eph 4:11 says "And He gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, some as pastors and teachers." Pastoring (or shepherding) is a function, not an office

Eph 4:11 1Pe 5:4 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-05

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time profe

@deadtosin610 I think this reminds us of how dependent we are on full time professional pastors. If we followed 1Cor 14 more closely, we would see the so often unused gifts the Holy Spirit has given f

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Is it disobeying God if you twist His words to mea

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua Is it disobeying God if you twist His words to mean something He didn’t intend and then force that interpretation on others? 🤔 There isn’t even an office of pastor (poim

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua I’m still confused… where is pastor (poimen) defined as male only such that any female serving as a shepherd is in unrepentant sin? Imagine, a female following Mt 28:16-20, teaching others to obey all that Jesus commande...

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua I’m still confused… where is pastor (poimen) defined as male only such that any female serving as a shepherd is in unrepentant sin? Imagine, a female following Mt 28:16-2

Mt 28:16-20 question

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua That’s a very serious allegation. Where is a femal

@BytePhantom42 @haymes_joshua That’s a very serious allegation. Where is a female pastor ever said to be in sin because of being a female?

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua My opinion is based on the fact that the Bible d

@janine_ped86302 @haymes_joshua My opinion is based on the fact that the Bible doesn’t exclude women from serving as pastors.

@haymes_joshua I have no issues with a female pastor who has exemplary character

@haymes_joshua I have no issues with a female pastor who has exemplary character and preaches the truth.

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the term in a pastoral, theological warning about decep...

Authentein (the verb form) is extremely rare. Winger cites one example (BGU 1208) as neutral or positive. But one document—especially a private business contract—does not establish how Paul uses the t

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in betwe

In 1Ti 2:12, the young and single Timothy is going to need to intervene in between a husband and wife (the wife is teaching heresy and the husband, likely an elder, is silent). To assist Timothy, he

1Ti 2:12 debate

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And we only have Peter and John who self identify as ...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon This thread was about ‘head’ and your question was non specific. Tell me if you can, where is anyone let alone a male called a pastor (poimen) in the New Testament? And

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as the priesthood is related to temples and there is no...

@LordFerguson09 @Dankrightanon There was never a female priest. Also, only those from one of the 12 tribes could be a priest, so not even David was a priest. But this is not the basis for elders as th

@LordFerguson09 @outcatching @danitreweek If “must be the husband of one wife” and “keeping his children (plural) under control” is what is literally required then every elder has to be married only once and must have 2 or more believing children. Th...

@LordFerguson09 @outcatching @danitreweek If “must be the husband of one wife” and “keeping his children (plural) under control” is what is literally required then every elder has to be married only o

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both t

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem I’m guessing. Both the husband and wife may have been elders. Nothing specifies either way.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem You mean Paul does n

@Nixon72Reagan80 @iheartJ37 @TheAwokeSlayer @rightresponsem You mean Paul does not allow that woman in Ephesus to teach heresy? Her husband, likely an elder, was doing and saying nothing—remarkably ju

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-29

@Dankrightanon There's literally not a single passage that says "only men are to

@Dankrightanon There's literally not a single passage that says "only men are to be pastors." You are making things up.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-28

@smashbaals I thought seminary taught how to exposit the text. Wouldn’t every be

@smashbaals I thought seminary taught how to exposit the text. Wouldn’t every believer benefit from this? Are there not men who go to seminary who don’t plan to be pastors?

@graysonfxx38325 @rightresponsem Such generic statements like that suggests women are like animals that need to be tamed and subdued is precisely why I wrote my response to Joel Webbon. Many men also have born bad fruit. Maybe that tells us that the...

@graysonfxx38325 @rightresponsem Such generic statements like that suggests women are like animals that need to be tamed and subdued is precisely why I wrote my response to Joel Webbon. Many men also

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how their mother’s instructed them as children—though suc...

@JamesGi27467089 Hm. Women can only serve in subservient roles under male leadership, so what I heard them saying was how happy and blessed they were to see women contribute and serve and even how the

@JamesGi27467089 I’m quite happy when complementarians allow more and more freedom to women to take more influential positions. If it is only a denial of the title but allowing them to teach others including men and provide pastoral counseling, and l...

@JamesGi27467089 I’m quite happy when complementarians allow more and more freedom to women to take more influential positions. If it is only a denial of the title but allowing them to teach others in

@Dankrightanon First, there is no ‘command’ that only men be pastors (poimen).

@Dankrightanon First, there is no ‘command’ that only men be pastors (poimen). Second, you are assuming head means the boss of, which is not how scripture uses the term.

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@TheAwokeSlayer My wife is not my pastor. Does Mike debate anyone? My mind is

@TheAwokeSlayer My wife is not my pastor. Does Mike debate anyone? My mind is doing ok.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-26

RT @CherylSchatz: Who are the 24 elders and why are they in Heaven before the fi

RT @CherylSchatz: Who are the 24 elders and why are they in Heaven before the first seal is opened?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-07

@Daniel2Pilgrim @autocorrect2_0 So pastor and overseer are the same thing to you

@Daniel2Pilgrim @autocorrect2_0 So pastor and overseer are the same thing to you?

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-07

@autocorrect2_0 Where does the Bible say that women shouldn’t pastor a church? N

@autocorrect2_0 Where does the Bible say that women shouldn’t pastor a church? No one—not even a man—is explicitly referred to as a pastor or shepherd (poimen) except Jesus. Head doesn’t mean authori

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@maybemaybe37 @smashbaals It has nothing to do with female leaders or pastors an

@maybemaybe37 @smashbaals It has nothing to do with female leaders or pastors and women teaching truth to men.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I don’t apply critical theory and I a

@evaanderberg @Grump_Old_Man @MikeWingerii I don’t apply critical theory and I am convinced that the following are not teaching that women should not be elders or teach truth to men: 1Co 14:34-45, 11:

1Co 14:34-45 Ti 2:11-15 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-04

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Let’s take this from another angle then. What kinds

@PrinceAsbel @dalepartridge Let’s take this from another angle then. What kinds of commands from a pastor uniquely require obedience to him and not someone else if they said the same thing but weren’t

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-03-02

@Unique95185 @rightresponsem Yes and aspiring to serve as an overseer is a good

@Unique95185 @rightresponsem Yes and aspiring to serve as an overseer is a good thing. “It is a trustworthy statement: if anyone aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work they desire to do

1Ti 3:1 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-27

@riecker “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, n

@riecker “I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock” (Ac 20:29) ⎯ the Apostle Paul to the Ephesians Elders, ~AD 57.

Ac 20:29 general

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-25

@TomBuck He’s making the point that these things are not primary. If your weaker

@TomBuck He’s making the point that these things are not primary. If your weaker brother is offended by you not wearing a mask, is it really the end of the world and worth leaving a church? The pastor

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-25

@WWUTTcom You’d be surprised how many pastors don’t know what this passage means

@WWUTTcom You’d be surprised how many pastors don’t know what this passage means. I used it when interviewing pastors and was quite shocked at the results.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-23

@cjhormes @rightresponsem Doesn’t Trump support female pastors? Also, heresy isn’t just disagreeing on debatable matters but on the primary things that unify all Christians like the nature of God, the gospel, the physical resurrection, the deity of ...

@cjhormes @rightresponsem Doesn’t Trump support female pastors? Also, heresy isn’t just disagreeing on debatable matters but on the primary things that unify all Christians like the nature of God, th