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Scripture Commentary article 2023-01-19

What Winger Presently Gets Wrong: The Head Covering Debates (1 Cor 11)

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 10 on the head covering debates in 1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:11 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 1 Corinthians 11 Headship & Kephale Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary article 2019-09-19

Is Free Will “Another” Gospel?

What is the problem? It is common for Calvinists to argue that humanity can’t have free will because free will would necessitate a salvation based on works. Although the Bible does not make this claim, people have been subject to unfair accusations of heresy by overly zealous Calvinists.

2 Corinthians 3:7–9 2 Timothy 2:13 Galatians 1:8–9 Soteriology Calvinism Predestination & Election
Scripture Commentary article 2010-04-14

T4G Comp Tied To Gospel

The 2010 Together for the Gospel conference is on right now as I write this article. The conference this year is called The Unadjusted Gospel and according to J

Colossians 14:34-35 Ephesians 4:2 Exodus 1 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2009-07-27

Mike Seaver And Cheryl Schatz 1

## Building Bridges on the Women in Ministry debate

1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 3:2 Acts 2:17 Women in Leadership Complementarianism Debates
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 2008-09-26

A Deeper Look 1Tim2

This is a response to an article called “ A Deeper Look into: 1 Timothy 2:12 ” by an author posting by the email address of carmradio@ymail. com on September 23, 2008

1 Timothy 2:11-15 1 Timothy 2:12 Exodus 1 1 Timothy 2 Debates
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-06

Public Statement Regarding Matt Slick

Public Statement regarding the Cheryl Schatz initiated Matthew 18 meeting with Matt Slick (CARM)

1 Peter 4:10 1 Timothy 2:12 1 Timothy 2:15 1 Timothy 2 Spiritual Gifts Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-15

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz First, is that document inspired? There seems to be only a small note in 7-2 saying that the offices belong to men only according to scripture. Well, I’m contesting this claim based on the...

@BeardedPresby @FoundersMin @tomascol @GundenGraham @davemitz First, is that document inspired? There seems to be only a small note in 7-2 saying that the offices belong to men only according to scrip

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-15

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-09

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-01

@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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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@jonathanaplumb This is precisely how I’ve always understood it, that LDS teache

@jonathanaplumb This is precisely how I’ve always understood it, that LDS teaches there is essentially no distinction between Jesus, the Father and everyone else including Satan. They are all from the

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-27

@TheGermanicist Except they all teach heresy. Nice guys who teach family values

@TheGermanicist Except they all teach heresy. Nice guys who teach family values but then also teach false things about what matters most make them false apostles.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@parabellum7711 @DoulosDean68 This issue is not a matter of heresy. Heresy has t

@parabellum7711 @DoulosDean68 This issue is not a matter of heresy. Heresy has to do with the essentials of the faith. I believe the Bible and interpret it carefully. I don’t see roles in Ge 1-3.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-10

@LaughingBrook @Toneskeee Only if you read it completely out of context, miss that Paul was writing this in a personal letter to Timothy, miss his grammatical cues showing he was referring to a specific deceived wife teaching heresy and don’t know wh...

@LaughingBrook @Toneskeee Only if you read it completely out of context, miss that Paul was writing this in a personal letter to Timothy, miss his grammatical cues showing he was referring to a specif

1Ti 2:15 commentary
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen Don’t teach false doctrine is what it says. A woman in Ephesus was teaching heresy. Why on earth people think Paul literally meant that women shouldn’t lead when we have cl

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-10-05

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen As I already explained, Paul is describing a deceive

@JohnRayKite @TheLaurenChen As I already explained, Paul is describing a deceived wife who was teaching heresy, not anyone teaching truth. You are misinterpreting the passage and then claiming that yo

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@JosephGeis92207 @Protestia Ok, I would agree if you mean this person (male or f

@JosephGeis92207 @Protestia Ok, I would agree if you mean this person (male or female) should not be teaching heresy like this. Most see it as speaking about all women not allowed to pastor.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@mtnman22x @ItsRiverShane @rankheresy He's giving Timothy his opinion here because Timothy is a young, single guy who will likely be correcting a man's wife's heresy when the husband wasn't doing anything. But it may be a sticky situation. And you ar...

@mtnman22x @ItsRiverShane @rankheresy He's giving Timothy his opinion here because Timothy is a young, single guy who will likely be correcting a man's wife's heresy when the husband wasn't doing anyt

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-16

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' or anything of that sort, simply that those who kno...

@grok @CDDTReborn @autocorrect2_0 @alcadizzar19 Westfall seems to see the issue here being that the woman is forcefully taking over leadership; my view is that this is not about 'usurping authority' o

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-10

@BahBahBased @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Because there was a deceived wife teaching heresy in Ephesus who Paul doesn’t name as an act of mercy since she hasn’t been confronted, and her husband is not deceived and silent ⎯ just like in Ed...

@BahBahBased @McMuffin11111 @Eric_Conn @iliketopreach Because there was a deceived wife teaching heresy in Ephesus who Paul doesn’t name as an act of mercy since she hasn’t been confronted, and her hu

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-06

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose That’s right. Paul’s purpose was for Timothy to instruct certain people to stop teaching *strange* doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone. In this case, there’s an unnamed deceived married...

@thatwit45 @AF_Tugboater @LilaGraceRose That’s right. Paul’s purpose was for Timothy to instruct certain people to stop teaching *strange* doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching truth to anyone.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA The biggest challenge is that people are creatures of habit and change feels like heresy, particularly in hotly debated issues such as leadership roles, gender and authority. Many feel like hiera...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA The biggest challenge is that people are creatures of habit and change feels like heresy, particularly in hotly debated issues such as leadership

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-28

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Well, it shows that 1Tim 2:12 doesn’t mean what most presume it means. If it’s not stopping women from teaching truth to anyone but has to do with a deceived teacher teaching heresy, and Jesus al...

@grok @ThomasLinge24 @TheOfficeCalvin @VirgilWalkerOMA Well, it shows that 1Tim 2:12 doesn’t mean what most presume it means. If it’s not stopping women from teaching truth to anyone but has to do wit

1Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-27

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC First you must establish that I am g

@DoctrineTruth @CherylSchatz @JoeyRogersMBC First you must establish that I am going against the clear teaching of scripture. The clear teaching is that those teaching heresy should stop. My motive i

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-19

@ZEvans_7 @andrewhebert86 What if Paul is not addressing a culture-specific issue but rather an issue in the church at Ephesus? Paul is identifying a deceived woman teaching heresy whose husband is not deceived but silent—a situation reminiscent of ...

@ZEvans_7 @andrewhebert86 What if Paul is not addressing a culture-specific issue but rather an issue in the church at Ephesus? Paul is identifying a deceived woman teaching heresy whose husband is n

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-16

@Jondaphemp I strongly disagree with Calvinism, but I generally avoid calling se

@Jondaphemp I strongly disagree with Calvinism, but I generally avoid calling secondary differences/errors 'false teaching' as I think it's best to reserve this for true heresy. Heresy should only be

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-15

@rubes_stev863 Heresy is teaching that makes you non-Christian. Though I strongl

@rubes_stev863 Heresy is teaching that makes you non-Christian. Though I strongly disagree with them, Calvinists are my brothers and sisters in Christ.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-14

@carol66944 Well, as in the case of 1Tim 2:12, not permitting the person teachin

@carol66944 Well, as in the case of 1Tim 2:12, not permitting the person teaching heresy to keep teaching but to listen to instruction. This is not about duct tape or imprisonment. In the end, the ch

1Tim 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA I believe Paul is pulling on an older Attic meaning (kind of like using a KJV word today) as it connects what this deceived woman is doing by teaching heresy with her husband sitting silent⎯just like when Eve reasoned the fruit was g...

@VirgilWalkerOMA I believe Paul is pulling on an older Attic meaning (kind of like using a KJV word today) as it connects what this deceived woman is doing by teaching heresy with her husband sitting

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA If indeed we have a deceived married woman teaching heresy and her undeceived husband (perhaps an elder) being silent (remind you of Eden?), then Timothy⎯a single man⎯would be interfering between a husband and wife, a sticky situatio...

@VirgilWalkerOMA If indeed we have a deceived married woman teaching heresy and her undeceived husband (perhaps an elder) being silent (remind you of Eden?), then Timothy⎯a single man⎯would be interfe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-12

@VirgilWalkerOMA The text in 2:14 sure does make 'the woman' sound like Eve. I think that's precisely Paul's intent. He's using Eve (and Adam) as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. How? Adam wasn't deceived but Eve was. This wife in Ephesus ...

@VirgilWalkerOMA The text in 2:14 sure does make 'the woman' sound like Eve. I think that's precisely Paul's intent. He's using Eve (and Adam) as prototypes of a specific couple in Ephesus. How? Adam

in 2:14 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@AF_Tugboater @MegHunterKilmer Yes, 1Ti 2:12, Paul identifying a specific deceiv

@AF_Tugboater @MegHunterKilmer Yes, 1Ti 2:12, Paul identifying a specific deceived wife who needs to stop teaching heresy. But Paul is not stopping anyone from sharing their opinion on social media.

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@jayTheory1987 @rankheresy Ok, but if you are going to quote the Bible, you shou

@jayTheory1987 @rankheresy Ok, but if you are going to quote the Bible, you should read it more carefully. First, about 1Ti 2:12... https://t.co/XIjnmMyTX5

1Ti 2:12 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-10

@Rick74005811 @sparkforex @rankheresy No. That says nothing about pastoring. Pau

@Rick74005811 @sparkforex @rankheresy No. That says nothing about pastoring. Paul's purpose for writing Timothy was to stop the spread of strange doctrines, not to stop anyone from teaching the truth

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Well, you are wrong because that is what Paul is doing here. Paul is not permitting a specific individual whom he knows is deceived and teaching heresy to continue. She must first quietly (ie. while not teaching) learn the tru...

@carol66944 @OrinRomine Well, you are wrong because that is what Paul is doing here. Paul is not permitting a specific individual whom he knows is deceived and teaching heresy to continue. She must fi

1Ti 2:15 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@perspicacious_7 @Paula_333 I’m not rejecting scripture. If you were following along, I showed how 1Ti 2:12 is dealing with a particular married woman teaching heresy who needed to be saved, “She will be saved…if…” (1Ti 2:15). Every word of scriptur...

@perspicacious_7 @Paula_333 I’m not rejecting scripture. If you were following along, I showed how 1Ti 2:12 is dealing with a particular married woman teaching heresy who needed to be saved, “She will

1Ti 2:12 1Ti 2:15 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I believe that in the context Paul was reaching for an o

@carol66944 @OrinRomine I believe that in the context Paul was reaching for an older Attic meaning to connect the fall in Eden with this deceived wife who is teaching heresy and needs salvation (ie “s

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-07-07

@OrinRomine Yes, crystal. Paul doesn’t want that deceived woman to be teaching h

@OrinRomine Yes, crystal. Paul doesn’t want that deceived woman to be teaching heresy and committing a sort of spiritual murder of her undeceived and silent husband, a case reminiscent of what happene

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-18

@CoreyJMahler An egalitarian view of M & F does not deny creation. It emphasizes Gen 1:28 where God commands both to rule not the prophecy God made *to Eve* after the fall that Adam would rule over her. Again, fair that you disagree, but I’m not ...

@CoreyJMahler An egalitarian view of M & F does not deny creation. It emphasizes Gen 1:28 where God commands both to rule not the prophecy God made *to Eve* after the fall that Adam would rule ove

Gen 1:28 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-11

@smashbaals The SBC is not God nor the Bible. The Bible doesn’t have a problem w

@smashbaals The SBC is not God nor the Bible. The Bible doesn’t have a problem with godly women who are able to teach the truth from serving as pastors and teaching truth to anyone. The Bible has a p

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-05

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Male only eldership was not in the creeds and confessions. Read the Nicene creed again. That modern churches are doing it doesn’t make it a core doctrine. It is not a core doctrine and that’s why it should not be called he...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii Male only eldership was not in the creeds and confessions. Read the Nicene creed again. That modern churches are doing it doesn’t make it a core doctrine. It is not a core

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-04

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about power or authority over a person (more like how the wo...

@DavePellowe @MikeWingerii But one thinks ‘male headship’ is simply mapping back to Adam being the source material for Eve, headship being about source relationships. The other thinks it’s about powe

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-01

@rankheresy The problem is *what* she is preaching not that she is a woman doing

@rankheresy The problem is *what* she is preaching not that she is a woman doing it. Men teach the same thing too.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent. A sticky situation for the young single Timothy,...

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Yes because it’s about a woman that Timothy was left to deal with who was teaching heresy. A woman whose husband who wasn’t deceived was silent

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-20

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why can’t you debate on

@Meritocrating @_Nosoup4you__ @FavaAnthony @_NoSoup4You_ Why can’t you debate on the merit of the ideas? What does egalitarian have to do with Unitarian which is a clear heresy?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching "strange doctrines" (1Ti 1:3) needs to be silen

@JonByers186054 A woman teaching "strange doctrines" (1Ti 1:3) needs to be silent *and learn*. With full submission because she was teaching heresy! That's why Paul says "She will be saved..." because

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@StandAndKnox Paul was really telling this woman to stop teaching as she was tea

@StandAndKnox Paul was really telling this woman to stop teaching as she was teaching heresy. That's why she must learn quietly⎯so that she can teach the truth! Paul was not saying that she couldn't t

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

@dale621 @StandAndKnox Even Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies (circa 180) doesn't

@dale621 @StandAndKnox Even Irenaeus’ work Against Heresies (circa 180) doesn't claim that female elders is a heresy.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-05-19

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

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