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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-24

If the point of exegesis is to let the text speak for itself, we need to ask whe

If the point of exegesis is to let the text speak for itself, we need to ask whether the colorful doctrines on the right side of Ron’s image are explaining the text, or just coloring how we read it.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-13

@immrbloo Of course the Bible teaches about grace! But it doesn’t teach TULIP.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@DriverXag @TulipPatriot Hebrews is not referring to the second Advent. You cann

@DriverXag @TulipPatriot Hebrews is not referring to the second Advent. You cannot confuse what Christ is doing now with what He intends to do later.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@TruthTellinMan @TulipPatriot Where do you think it makes the most sense for the city to come down upon given that the scriptures say that Jesus will be installed on the throne of David? “He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High....

@TruthTellinMan @TulipPatriot Where do you think it makes the most sense for the city to come down upon given that the scriptures say that Jesus will be installed on the throne of David? “He will be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-12

@Robert_S_Morley @TulipPatriot Are you sitting with Jesus on His throne? Is that how we are to see God’s judgment of Jerusalem in AD 70 that the church was judging Israel with Jesus on the throne of David?? "To him who overcomes, I will give the rig...

@Robert_S_Morley @TulipPatriot Are you sitting with Jesus on His throne? Is that how we are to see God’s judgment of Jerusalem in AD 70 that the church was judging Israel with Jesus on the throne of D

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-28

@ymmotrojam @Wictor2501 @SpringSteps @TulipPatriot That verse was actually direc

@ymmotrojam @Wictor2501 @SpringSteps @TulipPatriot That verse was actually directed at Timothy “the you” (second person singular)—how *Timothy* ought to behave in order to deal with the issues surroun

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 as “one husband wife” since it is referring to a wi...

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Thanks for explaining! Ok, the Greek translated as “husband of one wife” is literally “one wife husband.” It is also stated in 1 Tim 5:9 a

1 Tim 5:9 debate

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Ok, sounds like you don’t have a solid opinion on deacons yet. EVEN THOUGH 1 Tim 3:12 says “Deacons must be husbands of one wife”? So you can be convinced because some are called deacons i...

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 Ok, sounds like you don’t have a solid opinion on deacons yet. EVEN THOUGH 1 Tim 3:12 says “Deacons must be husbands of one wife”? So you

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-17

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 What’s wishy or wash

@TheMuppetPastor @MaSoleil @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 What’s wishy or washy about it? I’d appreciate you helping me understand.

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@MaSoleil @TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 I agree with you, “faithful if married” is how I take it, but not sure what the Muppet thinks. Paul wasn’t married and most certainly also an elder so clearly being married or having childr...

@MaSoleil @TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 I agree with you, “faithful if married” is how I take it, but not sure what the Muppet thinks. Paul wasn’t married and most certainly also

@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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@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she h...

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 “I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and hel

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 But “must be the husband of on

@TheMuppetPastor @DoctrineofTulip @autocorrect2_0 But “must be the husband of one wife” is repeated for deacons. Curious how you get past that.

Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-05

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but thank God had the scriptures explained to me more a...

@ManuelMencia11 @AndBlackburn233 @CSavedByGrace18 Believe me, I have. I used to listen all the time to RC Spoul, John Piper and John MacArthur and once believed the doctrine summarized in TULIP but t