Countering the Claims of Evangelical Feminism Biblical Responses to the Key Questions

by Grudem, Wayne

• ISBN13: 9781590525180
• ISBN10: 1590525183
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-16
• Publisher: Multnomah

Summary

Can She Do What He Can Do? Everyday people are considering the roles of men and women in the home and church. Evangelical feminists consider these roles interchangeable. In this helpful book, Wayne Grudem offers fifty biblical responses to feministsrs" arguments. While the Bible teaches that God values men and women equally, their roles in home and church are complementary to each other, not interchangeable. Arguing against both feminism on the left and male chauvinism on the right, this to-the-point handbook is a valuable resource. Men and Women. Church and Home. What are their roles in each? Can the lines be crossed? Evangelical feminists boldly assert that male and female roles are interchangeable. Society reflects the argument. But what does the Bible have to say? Wayne Grudem offers more than forty biblical responses to the most crucial questions on this topic, showing Godrs"s equal value in men and women and why their roles are complementary, not interchangeable. This to-the-point handbook is a valuable resource enabling every Christian to grasp the issues, including: What the Bible says about the roles of men and women in marriage Women in the church and in church leadership Theology and the concepts of equality, fairness, and justice Claims that a complementarian view is harmful Praise forEvangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth,the exhaustivevolume of this work: "No one will be able to deny the cumulative strength of the case this author makes." -J. I. Packer "This is the most thorough, balanced, and biblically accurate treatment of feminism and the Bible I have seen." -Stu Weber "After the Bible, I cannot imagine a more useful book for finding reliable help in understanding Godrs"s will for manhood and womanhood in the church and the home." -John Piper Story Behind the Book "I would like to see this book as the ls"final answerrs" to the question of feminism in the church today. There has been a lot of controversy and debate in the church on this subject and I have used the Bible exclusively to answer the question of feminism in the church. This book must not be portrayed as anti-women, or as putting women down in any way. This book will seek throughout to elevate and honor women, to regard them as equal in value to men yet with different God-given roles. This book fairly presents arguments and facts, leading people to conclude for themselves that evangelical feminism is clearly contrary to Scripture." -Wayne Grudem

Author Biography

Wayne Grudem, research professor of Bible and theology at Phoenix Seminary, received his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge. He is a board member of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, a past president of the Evangelical Theological Society, and the author of more than a dozen books. He and his wife, Margaret, have three grown sons.

Table of Contents

Preface	9	(8)
Abbreviations	17	(2)
PART ONE A Biblical Vision of Manhood and Womanhood	19	(46)
1: A Biblical Vision of Manhood and Womanhood as Created by God	20	(11)
2: A Biblical Vision of Manhood and Womanhood in the Church	31	(34)
PART TWO Evangelical Feminist Claims from Genesis 1-3	65	(14)
3: Created Equal	67	(4)
4: Male Headship a Result of the Fall	71	(3)
5: Helper Implies Equality	74	(3)
6: Prior Creation and Animal Rule	77	(2)
PART THREE Evangelical Feminist Claims from the Rest of the Old Testament	79	(10)
7: Deborah	80	(5)
8: Women Prophets	85	(4)
PART FOUR Evangelical Feminist Claims from the Gospels and Acts	89	(18)
9: Jesus' Treatment of Women	91	(3)
10: First Witnesses to Resurrection	94	(2)
11: Servant Leadership Is Important, Not Authoritative Leadership	96	(2)
12: Cultural Reasons for Male Apostles	98	(4)
13: Priscilla Taught Apollos	102	(3)
14: Priscilla Is Named First	105	(2)
PART FIVE Evangelical Feminist Claims About Marriage from the New Testament Epistles	107	(20)
15: No Longer Male or Female	109	(4)
16: Mutual Submission	113	(8)
17: Head Means "Source" or "Preeminent One"	121	(6)
PART SIX Evangelical Feminist Claims About the Church from the New Testament Epistles	127	(32)
18: Phoebe As Leader	129	(4)
19: Junia	133	(3)
20: Women Could Prophesy	136	(6)
21: Nobody Obeys 1 Corinthians 14:34	142	(4)
22: Women As Paul's Coworkers	146	(6)
23: Author of Hebrews	152	(1)
24: Women Deacons	153	(6)
PART SEVEN Evangelical Feminist Claims About the Church from 1 Timothy 2	159	(38)
25: Women Were Teaching False Doctrine	161	(7)
26: Women Not Educated	168	(7)
27: Restricted to Husbands and Wives	175	(4)
28: Temporary Command	179	(4)
29: "Exercise Authority" Means Something Else	183	(10)
30: Uncommon Word	193	(4)
PART EIGHT Evangelical Feminist Claims About How to Interpret and Apply the Bible	197	(32)
31: Nobody Forbids Jewelry or Braids	199	(3)
32: Head Coverings	202	(6)
33: Slavery	208	(7)
34: Trajectory	215	(6)
35: Stop Fighting About a Minor Issue	221	(5)
36: Okay If Under the AuthorZity of Pastor and Elders	226	(3)
PART NINE Evangelical Feminist Claims from Theology and from Ideas of Fairness and Justice	229	(30)
37: No Eternal Submission of the Son	230	(21)
38: Mutual Submission in the Trinity	251	(3)
39: Subordination in Essence	254	(3)
40: Mission Field	257	(2)
PART TEN Evangelical Feminist Claims from History and Experience	259	(22)
41: Many Historical Precedents	260	(12)
42: Blessing on Ministry	272	(6)
43: Calling	278	(3)
PART ELEVEN A Biblical Vision for Manhood and Womanhood for the Future	281	(23)
44: Is Evangelical Feminism the New Path to Liberalism?	282	(3)
45: The Current State of Evangelicalism Regarding Biblical Manhood and Womanhood	285	(19)
The Danvers Statement	304	(4)
Bibliography	308	(6)
Indexes	314