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Scripture Commentary article 2024-06-11

Obedience is not a secondary issue

The article argues that the restriction on women serving as pastors, grounded in 1 Timothy 2:12, is not a secondary or debatable theological issue but a plain obedience issue. The author contends Paul's prohibition is rooted in creation order (not culture), making it transcultural and non-negotiable, and that egalitarian interpretations require "obliterating" what Paul plainly says. The piece ends with a challenge to egalitarians: what does obedience or disobedience to this passage actually look like?

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 3 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-23

Paul As He Pleases 9

This is the ninth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Corinthians 12:11 1 Corinthians 12:17 1 Corinthians 12:18 1 Corinthians 14 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-13

Paul Women Pastors 8

This is the eighth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 3:1 1 Timothy 3:1-7 1 Timothy 3:2 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-05-03

7 Paul Adam Accountability

This is the seventh in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 1:12 1 Timothy 1:13 2 Corinthians 11:3 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-04-19

Paul_And_Genesis

This is the sixth in a series of simulated interviews with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:13 1 Timothy 2:14 1 Timothy 2 Adam & Eve Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-20

Round 3 Interview With Paul On A Woman

This post is the third one of a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. Doug, a strong complementarian has been given the opportunity to ask Paul about

1 Corinthians 14:23 1 Corinthians 14:24 1 Corinthians 14:25 1 Timothy 2 Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-03-16

Interview With The Apostle Paul

This post will be a simulated interview with the Apostle Paul taken from the position of what he might say if we could transport Paul from the New Testament account through a time tunnel into our present day. We are interested in asking Paul his reasons for what he wrote about women and what he thin

1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Timothy 2:12 Hosea 16:2 1 Corinthians 14 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2008-12-03

A Christmas Post Does The Star Of Bethlehem Belong To Satan Or God

While this post isn’t exactly a “Women in Ministry” post, I think it does highlight the importance of men and women working together in complementary ways for the benefit of the body of Christ and for ministry to the lost. God often uses women in ways that are different than he uses men simply becau

Matthew 2:1 Matthew 2:12 Matthew 2:15 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-29

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Your logic is getting more contorted and harder to follow. What do you mean that male apostolic foundation sustains this design? Are only Jews leaders of the churches around the world? Because they were 12 Jewish ma...

@grok @WalterKissus @dalepartridge Your logic is getting more contorted and harder to follow. What do you mean that male apostolic foundation sustains this design? Are only Jews leaders of the churche

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-20

@jimexploring @BishopJaxi What do you mean?

@jimexploring @BishopJaxi What do you mean?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done by the body, not by the leaders. About the conti...

@DanielRHyde What do you mean by “all along”? They didn’t exist prior to the reformation, did they? BTW, communion represents Jesus’ body which is the church and church ‘discipline’ is something done

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-24

@mtnhousewife Perhaps I would also wish to work out of the home…maybe have a far

@mtnhousewife Perhaps I would also wish to work out of the home…maybe have a farm and a business. This way I can stay closer to my family. Do my wife good. What do you mean “sharing the surplus of he

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What do you mean by teaching scripture in a corporate setting? Do you mean that someone who teaches scripture is always 100% correct? Is being a male preventative of heretical teaching? If you label everyone you disagr...

@JonByers186054 @_Nosoup4you__ What do you mean by teaching scripture in a corporate setting? Do you mean that someone who teaches scripture is always 100% correct? Is being a male preventative of her

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@Bigfoot_253 What do you mean? They missed this for 2000 years? It's a fundament

@Bigfoot_253 What do you mean? They missed this for 2000 years? It's a fundamental of the faith. "I believe in Jesus, fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, died on a cross...and in male only past

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 What do you mean by "position of authority over a congregation"? What authority does the pastor have over you? What does he tell you to do that someone else couldn't? I'm genuinely curious. Also...we test against scripture not agains...

@JonByers186054 What do you mean by "position of authority over a congregation"? What authority does the pastor have over you? What does he tell you to do that someone else couldn't? I'm genuinely cur

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-20

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Where are you getting that Paul was a widower? W

@covapologetics @MissionaryJC3 Where are you getting that Paul was a widower? What do you mean “God literally makes more men”? Does He not also make more women? 🤔 Paul’s comments about remaining sin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-04

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Ok, thanks for explaining your context. Wha

@UndeadOrlan @Keith83361 @smashbaals Ok, thanks for explaining your context. What do you mean by “exercise authority” over you? Can you give me some examples? I served as an elder so I’m curious.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-02-01

@morrisabrooks @ronhenzel What do you mean? What emotions was i using in my ques

@morrisabrooks @ronhenzel What do you mean? What emotions was i using in my questions? What emotions form the basis of my exegesis?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-16

@Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 What do you mean that you can’t choose what you beli

@Filipao12504352 @paulogia0 What do you mean that you can’t choose what you believe? So you believe that you are evolved from pond scum? That a rock exploded and after much time, here you are? I’m so

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-19

@carol66944 @DelaKram75 @MikeWingerii What do you mean by “social theory identities”? Any specific label is just a way of representing what is thought that scripture teaches. The Holy Spirit inspired the scripture for our benefit, so we should defini...

@carol66944 @DelaKram75 @MikeWingerii What do you mean by “social theory identities”? Any specific label is just a way of representing what is thought that scripture teaches. The Holy Spirit inspired

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-17

@mtnhousewife Thanks for at least talking about talking. 😊 I have often used egalitarian as a descriptor of what I believe. I would even clarify by using mutualist as it’s not about asserting rights but laying them down. What do you mean by calling...

@mtnhousewife Thanks for at least talking about talking. 😊 I have often used egalitarian as a descriptor of what I believe. I would even clarify by using mutualist as it’s not about asserting rights

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-08

@Tailfeathers_WA @Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge What do you mean the women were

@Tailfeathers_WA @Antifaucist722 @dalepartridge What do you mean the women were being unruly in church? No such thing is stated in scripture. Of course women were talking! 1Co 14 is speaking about all

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-12-07

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The Prov 31 woman is literally running the home and business outside the home with no mention of anything her husband does. She is completely self sufficient. What do you mean Deborah was leading becau...

@Antifaucist722 @Tailfeathers_WA @dalepartridge The Prov 31 woman is literally running the home and business outside the home with no mention of anything her husband does. She is completely self suffi

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-25

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What do you mean "extended situations alone"? How long is ex

@pauldirks @KaeleyT What do you mean "extended situations alone"? How long is extended?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-22

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I’m what do you mean “pretty much every use of the verb”? Yes, I get my interpretation from how Paul uses the word in context. Somehow you get the meaning that Paul is stopping people from teaching true doctrine. I don...

@ravensfoodblog @MikeWingerii I’m what do you mean “pretty much every use of the verb”? Yes, I get my interpretation from how Paul uses the word in context. Somehow you get the meaning that Paul is

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals What do you mean scripture is only infallible in the context of the Church? Are you suggesting we don't have access to understanding and evaluating the meaning of the original texts and have to...

@Kevin_OrthoSP @WayLay18848 @rebelsquadron01 @smashbaals What do you mean scripture is only infallible in the context of the Church? Are you suggesting we don't have access to understanding and evalua

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-05-13

@Robert_S_Morley @5cd5945b24ec495 @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller What do you mean by Jesus emptied himself of equality with God? So He had His own power all along but just refused to use it and instead only use the power of the Ho...

@Robert_S_Morley @5cd5945b24ec495 @ronhenzel @GarOHoff @StanfieldBrent1 @Idolkiller What do you mean by Jesus emptied himself of equality with God? So He had His own power all along but just refused

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-26

@rofbethany @CherylSchatz 1. Again, just because someone is identified with their husband (perhaps because it was the men who are in the genealogies), it does not mean that Deborah was “qualified” by her husband. I ask you again, what do you mean she...

@rofbethany @CherylSchatz 1. Again, just because someone is identified with their husband (perhaps because it was the men who are in the genealogies), it does not mean that Deborah was “qualified” by

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-04-04

@MarkGrote Agreed that weighing prophecy means that there may be something incor

@MarkGrote Agreed that weighing prophecy means that there may be something incorrect. What do you mean by the source? Paul said that even if he or an Angel was to preach a different gospel that it sho

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-29

@stablecross @MikeWingerii What do you mean it’s both/and? How can you have male primacy or priority and say that women are equally valued? Egalitarians still believe that there are differences between men and women, both physically and in the way e...

@stablecross @MikeWingerii What do you mean it’s both/and? How can you have male primacy or priority and say that women are equally valued? Egalitarians still believe that there are differences betwe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-26

@johnpauldickson What do you mean by “teach the structures of the faith“? is not everything that we need in scripture itself accessible to everyone? 2 Timothy 3:16 states, "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcti...

@johnpauldickson What do you mean by “teach the structures of the faith“? is not everything that we need in scripture itself accessible to everyone? 2 Timothy 3:16 states, "All Scripture is God-breat

2 Timothy 3:16 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-25

@thykillerqueen_ What do you mean by “all that”? You mean how he references this married woman without naming her in a way that would be very clear to Timothy what was going on and what he needed to do—in 4 verses? Remember this is a personal lette...

@thykillerqueen_ What do you mean by “all that”? You mean how he references this married woman without naming her in a way that would be very clear to Timothy what was going on and what he needed to

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-12-10

@incanebula @pauldirks @Eric_Conn What do you mean? They applied and were accepted into their degree programs...one in biological sciences, the other in political science. I graduated from university around a lot of promiscuity and drunkenness. We...

@incanebula @pauldirks @Eric_Conn What do you mean? They applied and were accepted into their degree programs...one in biological sciences, the other in political science. I graduated from universit

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-26

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam What do you mean Ch 11 is not speaking about in the church? Where are they praying and prophesying? Outside the front door? In the prayer room? To themselves? So, according to your view of Ch 14, women can speak when p...

@ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam What do you mean Ch 11 is not speaking about in the church? Where are they praying and prophesying? Outside the front door? In the prayer room? To themselves? So, accor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-25

@NSanctification Ok, so women can teach and perform the same tasks as elders, just so long as they avoid doing it for 2 hours on Sunday morning between 10am and 12pm? So in their homes is fine? What do you mean by be in authority over a man? Does ...

@NSanctification Ok, so women can teach and perform the same tasks as elders, just so long as they avoid doing it for 2 hours on Sunday morning between 10am and 12pm? So in their homes is fine? What

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-06

@m_james76997 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals It's a great question. Maybe the next question you ought to ask is why He only chose Jews as apostles. Are we only to have Jewish pastors and elders? What do you mean by "How does it work if she's married"? It...

@m_james76997 @wbigs2001 @smashbaals It's a great question. Maybe the next question you ought to ask is why He only chose Jews as apostles. Are we only to have Jewish pastors and elders? What do yo

Ephesians 5:21 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-11-05

@wbigs2001 @smashbaals What do you mean by feminism? Is godly women teaching tr

@wbigs2001 @smashbaals What do you mean by feminism? Is godly women teaching true doctrine feminism to you?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2023-08-19

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What do you mean by “a Judas apologist”? I have a teach...

@TimHami97610674 @ronhenzel @triplett_mark Of course I could be wrong! But you’ll have to demonstrate it from the text and not by using later commentators as helpful as they can sometimes be. What d

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