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Scripture Commentary article 2024-02-07

Why Mike Winger is Wrong About “Authenteō” in 1 Timothy 2:12 – and Why It Matters

Response to Mike Winger's Women in Ministry Part 12 on the meaning of authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12

1 Cor. 7:13 1 Corinthians 12:27-31 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 1 Timothy 2 Women in Leadership Debates
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 2018-01-04

How does God harden a man’s heart?

How does God harden a man’s heart? We know that God can and does harden hearts because the Bible tells us this, but how and why does God choose to do this? And if all people are created with pre-hardened hearts as some suggest, then why is it necessary for God to harden a man’s heart? Let’s consider...

2 Chronicles 18:18–22 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 2 Timothy 3:9 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
Scripture Commentary article 2013-01-03

All who are drawn come to Jesus? John 6:44

In my last post , I showed that Scripture must not be taken out of context by making the word “draw” mean “drag” in John 6:44.

Isaiah 54:13 Isaiah 55:1–3 John 3:16 Soteriology Calvinism John 6
Scripture Commentary article 2012-12-03

Does God’s drawing mean that He drags people to Himself?

If we are to believe Calvinism, we would have to conclude that God is a “dragger.” Calvinists are quick to point out that in John 6:44 the term “draw” actually means “drag” and this is what God does to His elect who, in their unregenerate state, are both unwilling and unable to respond to Him in fai...

John 6:44 John 6:45 Soteriology Calvinism God's Sovereignty
Scripture Commentary article 2008-09-21

Who Dared To Contradict Paul

Many people have a big problem with Paul because they think that he was sexist. I would like to change that point of view by looking carefully at the text so that we can fully appreciate Paul for who he was, not the false impression that we have of Paul

1 Corinthians 10:23 1 Corinthians 14:34 1 Corinthians 14:36 1 Corinthians 14
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-28

The Sin Of The Man

We have been looking at Genesis 3 and the fall of man. In this post I want to concentrate on Genesis 3:22-24 to see what we can understand from God’s words that result in God’s actions and why God judges differently between the man and the woman by bringing sin into the world only through the man

Genesis 2:15 Genesis 3:22-24 Genesis 3:23 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-08-03

Silence Of Adam Sin

In our continuing discussion about the fall of man, we have seen that there are no witnesses and no charge of sin against Eve for adding to God’s word. Therefore we must conclude without any charge of sin, that the woman did not add to God’s word

Ezekiel 33:1 Ezekiel 33:2 Ezekiel 33:3 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-07-27

The Unfaithful Watchman

In the last article we saw that God gave additional information to Adam and his wife regarding what they were allowed to eat and God gave freedom for them to be fruit inspectors as he gave them a test to know what was good food. In another post we will talk more about Eve’s words to the serpent and

1 Timothy 2:14 Ecclesiastes 1 Ezekiel 3:17 1 Timothy 2 Genesis & Creation Adam & Eve
Scripture Commentary article 2008-01-04

From Bobbed Hair Bossy Wives And Women Preachers To Woman Be Free

I am very pleased that Stan Gundry has given me permission to post his story about how he changed his view from a staunch complementarian to an egalitarian. I would also request that if you have a story about your own journey from prejudice to freedom in Christ regarding women in ministry that you e

1 Corinthians 11:5 1 Corinthians 12:7-11 1 Corinthians 7:4 1 Corinthians 11 Women in Leadership Complementarianism
Scripture Commentary article 2006-11-15

What Women Really Want

In Genesis chapter 3 God speaks to Eve about her future. Unfortunately God’s words have been interpreted by male expositors in a way that makes God out to be a false prophet

Genesis 3:16 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:7 Genesis & Creation
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-11-01

@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

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-09-14

@trumpidolater @rightresponsem I’m glad you believe that it’s not the role of the church to carry the sword. Back in medieval times it did. Government should carry out punishment according to the law, but when the victim’s family forgives the repent...

@trumpidolater @rightresponsem I’m glad you believe that it’s not the role of the church to carry the sword. Back in medieval times it did. Government should carry out punishment according to the law

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@HisWordForever I have seen church leaders believe that they cannot fail to be right because they were all in unity and because they prayed. Yet they were wrong. That’s the message you are communicating here that praying and being in agreement mean ...

@HisWordForever I have seen church leaders believe that they cannot fail to be right because they were all in unity and because they prayed. Yet they were wrong. That’s the message you are communicat

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-08-07

@HisWordForever @CherylSchatz Oh…and no one needed to draw straws for Paul. God

@HisWordForever @CherylSchatz Oh…and no one needed to draw straws for Paul. God made His will abundantly clear by intervening…something that didn’t happen with Matthias.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@BiblicalBeauty @DwightsWordOTD This is a good question. Egalitarians don’t maintain that there are no distinctions between male and female. It is just that those distinctions are why they need to work together and they don’t justify having gender ro...

@BiblicalBeauty @DwightsWordOTD This is a good question. Egalitarians don’t maintain that there are no distinctions between male and female. It is just that those distinctions are why they need to wor

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Egalitarianism is only a slippery slope if you believe it by rejecting what Paul wrote. I am not rejecting anything Paul wrote. I believe every word and all the grammar is inspired. Denial of Christ the Creator? Since when did I do t...

@DwightsWordOTD Egalitarianism is only a slippery slope if you believe it by rejecting what Paul wrote. I am not rejecting anything Paul wrote. I believe every word and all the grammar is inspired. D

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Is 2000 years of church history (presuming that’s even true) ins

@DwightsWordOTD Is 2000 years of church history (presuming that’s even true) inspired? Is the standard church history or scripture?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women too. The Bible is not written only for males. Wh...

@DwightsWordOTD Is Charles Johnson inspired? Why do you think his claim is true? The great commission entailing teaching the nations to obey everything Jesus commanded His disciples is given to women

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-06-13

@DwightsWordOTD Why are you claiming I pervert scripture? I think perverting scr

@DwightsWordOTD Why are you claiming I pervert scripture? I think perverting scripture is bad too. Mocking God? What are you talking about?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-04-23

The lasting peace promised in Scripture is tied to the reign of the Messiah: “A

The lasting peace promised in Scripture is tied to the reign of the Messiah: “And He will judge between the nations… And they will beat their swords into plowshares… Nation will not lift up a sword a

Is 2:4 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-14

@Stellar52537270 @Hotrodchriscam @smashbaals Where do you see the early church f

@Stellar52537270 @Hotrodchriscam @smashbaals Where do you see the early church fighting against the Romans? Did Jesus bear a sword to protect Himself and His disciples? The second amendment is fine.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-13

@jonstrifler @smashbaals Not only that but which of the apostles was a trained s

@jonstrifler @smashbaals Not only that but which of the apostles was a trained swordsman? When Peter used his sword, Jesus told him to put it away. A sword and a gun would be essentially the same.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2025-01-13

@smashbaals Jesus nor the apostles taught 2 or 3 and 1 and 4 applies to everyone. In fact Jesus said, “All those who take up the sword [or firearms] will perish by them” and “not by might nor by power but by My Spirit” (Zc 4:6) Paul writes that god...

@smashbaals Jesus nor the apostles taught 2 or 3 and 1 and 4 applies to everyone. In fact Jesus said, “All those who take up the sword [or firearms] will perish by them” and “not by might nor by powe

Zc 4:6 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-26

@natgrace79 "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you

@natgrace79 "For the one in authority is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring

Ro 13:4 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-19

@Tailfeathers_WA @QuixoteSword Mat 13:12? What are you taking away from me that I have? The fact is that some accept female elders and pastors in rejection of the text. Others, like me, carefully study and conclude that the text is consistent with f...

@Tailfeathers_WA @QuixoteSword Mat 13:12? What are you taking away from me that I have? The fact is that some accept female elders and pastors in rejection of the text. Others, like me, carefully stu

Mat 13:12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in the first centuries of the church. We see instead be...

@markaraggett @TimAAmor Jesus told Peter, “those that live by the sword will die by the sword.” It’s not the job of the church to start a “holy war” as you surely would have seen it against Rome in th

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-09-06

@quackitude @TimAAmor That point about swords into plowshares is a specific statement about a specific time. Does Jesus desire Christian’s to start wars? Definitely not. We clearly see Jesus’ response and the apostles’ response to oppression in the f...

@quackitude @TimAAmor That point about swords into plowshares is a specific statement about a specific time. Does Jesus desire Christian’s to start wars? Definitely not. We clearly see Jesus’ response

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-07-11

@The400_ @Eric_Conn Did Jesus follow this precedent? Any of the apostles? Oh, I

@The400_ @Eric_Conn Did Jesus follow this precedent? Any of the apostles? Oh, I recall now… Peter did. "Put your sword back in its place," Jesus said to him, "for all who draw the sword will die by t

Mt 26:52 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-20

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub So you demonstrated that there are males who appear to be elders like Titus, Timothy and James, but we don’t have a letter written to or about a woman? What about 2John 1,5 (elect lady) and vs 13 (chosen sister)? Also, w...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub So you demonstrated that there are males who appear to be elders like Titus, Timothy and James, but we don’t have a letter written to or about a woman? What about 2John 1

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen James does know some Greek. I wanted to find some

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen James does know some Greek. I wanted to find someone who disagreed with me who could explain what I was seeing. I’ll see if I can find another Greek technician explainin

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn. Indeed the 12 apostles are all Jewish males. They were appointed before the church. And description is not a prescription as Jesus may have had some symbolic reason for picking just 12 and all males. In Revelati...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn. Indeed the 12 apostles are all Jewish males. They were appointed before the church. And description is not a prescription as Jesus may have had some symbolic rea

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI Leadership roles are roles of submitting to serve the

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI Leadership roles are roles of submitting to serve the needs of others by helping them mature in Christ. They are not "lording over" roles. And, BTW, the function of episkopē

1Ti 3:1 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI What a strange way of thinking about the role of teach

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI What a strange way of thinking about the role of teaching...

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen Ok Mr authority.

@SwordMasterPub @johnmarkallen Ok Mr authority.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI Where is “exerting authority over” someone stated in a

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI Where is “exerting authority over” someone stated in a positive way for anyone? Does you pastor exert authority over you on Sunday morning? What, by simply reading the Bible

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub It shows that an apostle can also be an elder/overseer/pastor.

@SwordMasterPub It shows that an apostle can also be an elder/overseer/pastor. Only Peter and John self identify as elders. Are there only two elders in the New Testament?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@SwordMasterPub You have to refer to the Greek not the English. If Peter could

@SwordMasterPub You have to refer to the Greek not the English. If Peter could be an elder (1 Pe 5:1) then Paul certainly can. Paul functioned as an overseer of multiple churches.

1 Pe 5:1 general
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Yes, I know you don't want to debate. I must have really upset you somehow that you had to correct me. I appreciate you jumping back in⎯even for a moment or two. Where does the text say that "Paul...appointed male elders...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Yes, I know you don't want to debate. I must have really upset you somehow that you had to correct me. I appreciate you jumping back in⎯even for a moment or two. Where do

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-19

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn! Nice to see you back. I agree that Paul was commissioned by Christ. But Paul also met the qualifications of 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9. The qualifications are clearly written in a way that includes either male or ...

@GlennDavies @SwordMasterPub Hi Glenn! Nice to see you back. I agree that Paul was commissioned by Christ. But Paul also met the qualifications of 1Ti 3:1-13 and Tit 1:5-9. The qualifications are clea

Tit 1:5-9 1Ti 3:1-13 debate
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @StevenMKestner Wow, you are the first that I have seen who says

@SwordMasterPub @StevenMKestner Wow, you are the first that I have seen who says Paul is disqualified as an overseer despite the fact he is clearly doing the work of one.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @StevenMKestner Peter was (1Pe 5:1). What reason would you say P

@SwordMasterPub @StevenMKestner Peter was (1Pe 5:1). What reason would you say Paul was not acting as an overseer?

1Pe 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@StevenMKestner @SwordMasterPub Was Paul a husband? Timothy?

@StevenMKestner @SwordMasterPub Was Paul a husband? Timothy?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI How do you know that? Peter said he was an elder (1Pe

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI How do you know that? Peter said he was an elder (1Pe 5:1). Paul oversaw multiple churches, writing letters, making sure that they were healthy, etc. He remained in Ephesus f

1Pe 5:1 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub I used to be complementarian so no, so no, I’m not reading my co

@SwordMasterPub I used to be complementarian so no, so no, I’m not reading my conclusion into the text. “Must be” is not in the imperative. Look again. Was Paul a husband?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI Was Paul a husband?

@SwordMasterPub @Trish_NI Was Paul a husband?

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-18

@SwordMasterPub 1. Yes, shepherding is a function of elders. 2. The male form is

@SwordMasterPub 1. Yes, shepherding is a function of elders. 2. The male form is often used when both male and female are in view. This is not a forbidding of women or the unmarried. 3. Your logic fai

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-15

@godswordisasto1 @MikeWingerii Interesting reaction. He didn’t go to seminary.

@godswordisasto1 @MikeWingerii Interesting reaction. He didn’t go to seminary. He took Calvary Chapel’s school of ministry.

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-02-20

@ronhenzel Ron, this is disappointing. Do I need to review again? We opened with a tweet that cast female pastors as scripturally silent, citing 1 Timothy 2:12. You jumped in, wielding John 10:19 about division as if truth itself is a sword to spli...

@ronhenzel Ron, this is disappointing. Do I need to review again? We opened with a tweet that cast female pastors as scripturally silent, citing 1 Timothy 2:12. You jumped in, wielding John 10:19 ab

John 10:19 1 Timothy 2:12 question
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-01-12

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership

@haymes_joshua Patriarchy is not inevitable. Suppressing women from leadership roles in the church is not inevitable. The church doesn’t need men with muscles and swords but humble servants who subj

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