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@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Well that’s the thing⎯ Paul didn’t say women are not to teach truth to men. In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy he wanted him to remain in Ephesus to instruct certain ones not to teach s...

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Well that’s the thing⎯ Paul didn’t say women are not to teach truth to men. In Paul’s personal letter to Timothy he wanted him to remain

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Suggesting a woman cannot teach truth to men or pastor is not heresy. Heresy is stuff JWs and LDS teach—stuff related to primary matters of the faith, the nature of God, the deity of Jesus...

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Suggesting a woman cannot teach truth to men or pastor is not heresy. Heresy is stuff JWs and LDS teach—stuff related to primary matters o

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Sorry, where does

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Sorry, where does scripture say women cannot be elders? https://t.co/VI2qbiI67E

@uncledando @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Except kephale (head)

@uncledando @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz Except kephale (head) has nothing to do with authority in these Biblical contexts…

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-10

@PGRodriguez80 @Latterdaytruth No apostle or believer is said to baptize with th

@PGRodriguez80 @Latterdaytruth No apostle or believer is said to baptize with the Spirit or with fire. They can lay hands or pray and the Spirit may come (eg Ac 8:17; 19:6), but the baptism itself rem

Ac 8:17 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-10

@GrandpaJoeSux Since his teaching contradicts the Bible, he would be called a fa

@GrandpaJoeSux Since his teaching contradicts the Bible, he would be called a false prophet. Nothing against the man himself, but his teachings are the issue.

@Latterdaytruth He was a false prophet. I’m sure you won’t accept it but his tea

@Latterdaytruth He was a false prophet. I’m sure you won’t accept it but his teachings contradict the Bible in massive ways.

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Paul instructs Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone else. A certain deceived wife who was teaching heresy (whose husband was n...

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge Paul instructs Timothy to remain in Ephesus to stop certain people from teaching false doctrine, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone else. A certain deceived

@MattTestifies And by teaching contrary to the Bible, this makes him a false pro

@MattTestifies And by teaching contrary to the Bible, this makes him a false prophet.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-06

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge I believe exactly what God’s Word means. Gen 1:28

@AbrahamMbaja @dalepartridge I believe exactly what God’s Word means. Gen 1:28 contains plural imperatives where both the man and the woman are commanded to rule without distinction. Never is the man

Gen 1:28 commentary

@LDS_Liberty That’s a great list. The problem isn’t that God speaks beyond the l

@LDS_Liberty That’s a great list. The problem isn’t that God speaks beyond the last page of the Bible but the claim that God speaks to contradict his prior revelation. That’s cannot happen.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-03

@Latterdaytruth The passage doesn’t say Stephen saw two separate beings with physical bodies—only that he saw Jesus, who is visibly distinct in His glorified, resurrected state, standing in a position of divine authority. The text never says Stephen...

@Latterdaytruth The passage doesn’t say Stephen saw two separate beings with physical bodies—only that he saw Jesus, who is visibly distinct in His glorified, resurrected state, standing in a position

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-03

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 The only thing that matters is the

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 The only thing that matters is the teaching of Jesus and His apostles as recorded in scripture. It matters not what anyone after them said if it disagrees

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Well, yeah, that is RCC teaching.

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Well, yeah, that is RCC teaching. But it’s not Biblical teaching. Baptism also doesn’t leave a mark!!

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Where does scripture say that bapt

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Where does scripture say that baptism replaces circumcision? They also baptized in the OT—what do you think John the Baptist was doing?

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 Obviously I’m agreeing with script

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 Obviously I’m agreeing with scripture. Circumcision of the heart was not news to the Jews. It was always there and Dt 30:6 is clear proof as they couldn’t

Dt 30:6 general

@BKsupre @Truth_matters20 The only valid traditions that are binding are those i

@BKsupre @Truth_matters20 The only valid traditions that are binding are those in scripture. Tradition or habit is not itself bad. It’s when it becomes God’s law, and especially in contradiction to th

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist That is quite a wild misinterpretation of Malach

@defense_of_fam @Ch_JesusChrist That is quite a wild misinterpretation of Malachi’s prophecy! The idea of eternal marriage is nowhere hinted in scripture and is expressly contradicted. However, LDS c

@mrsbrightly @Truth_matters20 The only tradition is that written in scripture.

@mrsbrightly @Truth_matters20 The only tradition is that written in scripture. “So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth

2Th 2:15 general

@Latterdaytruth Well, that’s an interesting story. But LDS teachings contradict

@Latterdaytruth Well, that’s an interesting story. But LDS teachings contradict the scripture so it doesn’t matter if Joseph Smith was coronated by 1000 angels…

@Be_EquallyYoked @Truth_matters20 Teaching and pastoring and correcting is not a

@Be_EquallyYoked @Truth_matters20 Teaching and pastoring and correcting is not a war in that a person has to hold a heavy sword and wear heavy armour. Who are you to limit who the Holy Spirit selects

@Truth_matters20 @ryanswalters73 What boom? How many individuals are explicitly

@Truth_matters20 @ryanswalters73 What boom? How many individuals are explicitly called pastor in the NT?

@ryanswalters73 @Truth_matters20 Please provide a list of all the males in scrip

@ryanswalters73 @Truth_matters20 Please provide a list of all the males in scripture who are explicitly called pastor.

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 Notes are not a sin, but treating

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 Notes are not a sin, but treating them as high authority as scripture can be.

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 It does happen in Protestant churc

@PatrickSemani @DLepanto9801 @PrayTheRosary12 It does happen in Protestant churches too. Try challenging the authority of the elders on something and you may find similar behaviour even though they cl

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 That’s exactly the answer a RC has

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 That’s exactly the answer a RC has to give. Here’s the church’s authoritative answer—scriptural rebuttals not allowed.

@lynne_catmom @Truth_matters20 In general, most protestant denominations (who are not 1 inch away from the RCC) teach scripture alone and don’t add tradition as authoritative. That they still fall into the trap of adding things at times happens but a...

@lynne_catmom @Truth_matters20 In general, most protestant denominations (who are not 1 inch away from the RCC) teach scripture alone and don’t add tradition as authoritative. That they still fall int

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Water is not the means the Spirit

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Water is not the means the Spirit uses. You are making this up (or likely getting it from RCC teaching).

commentary

@AttorneyBrand God gifts those in the church for the edification of all. Excludi

@AttorneyBrand God gifts those in the church for the edification of all. Excluding half of the church from being able to edify the church limits the overall reach and effectiveness of the church in it

@AttorneyBrand Aside from no longer prohibiting those whom the Holy Spirit equips and selects, it is for the very reasons why complementarians use to disqualify them: women bring different gifting and approaches which men tend to lack or be weak in. ...

@AttorneyBrand Aside from no longer prohibiting those whom the Holy Spirit equips and selects, it is for the very reasons why complementarians use to disqualify them: women bring different gifting and

@Truth_matters20 Once you make tradition an authority separate from scripture th

@Truth_matters20 Once you make tradition an authority separate from scripture the sky is the limit.

@ERrad_ulcer @KaeleyT Paul doesn’t stifle women’s voices. Those who can’t read h

@ERrad_ulcer @KaeleyT Paul doesn’t stifle women’s voices. Those who can’t read him properly do.

RT @abbythelibb_: My entire feed is right wing men, even pastors, trashing Allie

RT @abbythelibb_: My entire feed is right wing men, even pastors, trashing Allie Beth for saying porn is destructive. What a gut punch to G…

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Another doctrine of men which is n

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Another doctrine of men which is not found in scripture…

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Which of course is found nowhere i

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 Which of course is found nowhere in scripture.

@Truth_matters20 Taken in context, Paul’s personal letter to Timothy was so that Timothy would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines. Not wanting to name the deceived woman teaching heresy since she hadn’t been c...

@Truth_matters20 Taken in context, Paul’s personal letter to Timothy was so that Timothy would remain in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to teach strange doctrines. Not wanting to name the dece

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@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 So if I get this right, the RCC te

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 So if I get this right, the RCC teaching is that for billions of infants that have not been baptized by the RCC (or perhaps the Eastern Orthodox), these i

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 To obey what Jesus commanded. But it isn’t always possible. And RCC who grew up in the church are NEVER baptized when they believe so they clearly are not following the scripture since baptism always foll...

@DLepanto9801 @PatrickSemani @PrayTheRosary12 To obey what Jesus commanded. But it isn’t always possible. And RCC who grew up in the church are NEVER baptized when they believe so they clearly are not

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge You are not equal when someone has authority over you by fact of an immutable characteristic. And this contradicts Gen 1:28 where no such distinction was made in design. The Bible never says anything like source-derive...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge You are not equal when someone has authority over you by fact of an immutable characteristic. And this contradicts Gen 1:28 where no such distinction was made in design

Gen 1:28 debate

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, you PRESUMING his reference transcends him using it only as a prototype for something going on in Ephesus is your problem. And you just combining source with must alone be the authority makes no sense of Gen 1:28 w...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, you PRESUMING his reference transcends him using it only as a prototype for something going on in Ephesus is your problem. And you just combining source with must a

Gen 1:28 debate

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge First, you have to admit possibilities in the text and not treat it in a wooden literal way. Paul may in fact be using Eden as a prototype of a couple in Ephesus and not as grounding for universal restriction. Presumin...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge First, you have to admit possibilities in the text and not treat it in a wooden literal way. Paul may in fact be using Eden as a prototype of a couple in Ephesus and no

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge LOL. So only Pauline uses imperatives? Wow. Think @grok. Can you do it? I’m losing hope. Why is it stated that women are to keep silent?—because it is SHAMEFUL for a WOMAN to speak in the assembly. Really? So men makin...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge LOL. So only Pauline uses imperatives? Wow. Think @grok. Can you do it? I’m losing hope. Why is it stated that women are to keep silent?—because it is SHAMEFUL for a WO

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge I have never heard of Eve being called a federal head. In fact, no woman in scripture is ever called head. I would think your description here is a super minority view (maybe a view only @grok has by itself?). Unfortu...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge I have never heard of Eve being called a federal head. In fact, no woman in scripture is ever called head. I would think your description here is a super minority view

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge ChatGPT is way more reasonable in its programmin

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge ChatGPT is way more reasonable in its programming. You are like a dog with a complementarian bone and like a dog’s instinct you just can’t let go.

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Have you been programmed to favor a complementar

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Have you been programmed to favor a complementarian view over one that makes more sense of all the details?

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Not so. The Adam and Eve reference is using them as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. Why else would Paul use “the woman” if he meant Eve, but like Eve the woman from 2:11-12 is also deceived and in need of salvati...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Not so. The Adam and Eve reference is using them as prototypes of this couple in Ephesus. Why else would Paul use “the woman” if he meant Eve, but like Eve the woman fr

from 2:11-12 debate

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, Hos 2 and Ezek 23 don’t use she and they interchangeably as referring to the same referent. Here’s why. In Hos 2, the pronouns clearly distinguish between two related but separate referents. The singular she/her r...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge No, Hos 2 and Ezek 23 don’t use she and they interchangeably as referring to the same referent. Here’s why. In Hos 2, the pronouns clearly distinguish between two rela

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditional statement to exhort women to keep themselves f...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok, so if I’m following you now, womenkind is guaranteed to be saved through the sovereignly promised messiah, so Paul creates a motivational bridge by using a conditio

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok so let’s see if I’m tracking: a typical woman

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Ok so let’s see if I’m tracking: a typical woman from Genesis 3 will be saved by the faithful perseverance of nontypical women as a means to eschatological vindication

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@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands no such thing. Clearly Paul in his personal letter ...

@grok @quathamer @dalepartridge Didaskein does not mean authoritative teaching! There’s no ‘or’ in the text. Authentein doesn’t mean dominion. You made women and men both plural. The grammar demands n