Wayne Grudem - Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than 100 Disputed Questions

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In this day and age, any serious student of the Bible must wrestle with its teachings on the role of men and women. Featuring meticulous research in an easy questions-and-answer format, Wayne Grudems book is an invaluable resource.

M ARY A. K ASSIAN , P ROFESSOR OF W OMENS S TUDIES , T HE S OUTHERN B APTIST T HEOLOGICAL S EMINARY ; AUTHOR , T HE F EMINIST M ISTAKE

After the Bible, I cannot imagine a more useful book for finding reliable help in understanding Gods will for manhood and womanhood in the church and the home. The practical design of this book will help laypeople find answers without having to read eight hundred pages. But the rigor of scholarship, the amazing thoroughness, and the unparalleled clarity (which Wayne Grudem is justly famous for!) will make this book the standard complementarian manifesto for many years to come. I thank God and stand in respectful awe of Grudems achievement.

J OHN P IPER , P ASTOR FOR P REACHING AND V ISION , B ETHLEHEM B APTIST C HURCH , M INNEAPOLIS , M INNESOTA

The entire body of Christ owes an enormous debt of gratitude to Wayne Grudem for his effort in producing this outstanding, comprehensive work; for his courage in taking on what has become a Goliath within the camp of modern-day evangelicalism; and for his noncombative, gracious spirit in doing so. Those who love the truth will find here an invaluable resource in a user-friendly format that is both scholarly and accessible. They cannot help but appreciate this fair, thorough, warmhearted treatment of one of the most significant issues facing the church today.

N ANCY L EIGH D E M OSS , R ADIO HOST; AUTHOR R EVIVE O UR H EARTS

The gender issue may well be the critical fault line for contemporary theology. Controversies over these issues involve basic questions of biblical authority, Gods order and design for creation, and Christs purpose for the church. Wayne Grudem cuts through the confusion, making Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth an important book that is urgently needed. This book belongs in the hands of every pastor, seminary student, and thinking person.

R. A LBERT M OHLER J R ., P RESIDENT , T HE S OUTHERN B APTIST T HEOLOGICAL S EMINARY

In a troubling debate, resolution of which is currently out of sight, this extended monograph is a must-read for all who care about biblical authority, Christian relationships, and well-ordered church life. Laboriously and exhaustively, with clarity, charity and a scholars objectivity, Wayne Grudem sifts through 118 current challenges to the Bibles apparent teaching on men and women. This is the fullest and most informative analysis available, and no one will be able to deny the cumulative strength of the case this author makes, as he vindicates the older paths.

J. I. P ACKER , B OARD OF G OVERNORS P ROFESSOR OF T HEOLOGY , R EGENT C OLLEGE; AUTHOR , K NOWING G OD

Gods beautiful plan for manhood and womanhood is under attack today, Wayne Grudems response to the onslaught of misinformation and distortion from evangelical feminists is clear, biblically sound, scholarly, and yet easy to grasp. If youve been sitting on the sidelines, if youve been indifferent on this issue, its time to care. The stakes are too high to remain uninformed and silent. This book will equip you with truth and inspire you to stand your ground.

J OSHUA H ARRIS , S ENIOR P ASTOR , C OVENANT L IFE C HURCH , G AITHERSBURG , M ARYLAND

Wayne Grudem has produced an invaluable resource for refuting the confusing and tortured arguments evangelical feminists are using to redefine womens roles in the church and home. His masterful work helps clarify what is at risk in this life-and-death issuenothing less than the doctrine of God and the doctrine of Scripture. I highly recommend it.

B ARBARA H UGHES , AUTHOR , D ISCIPLINES OF A GODLY W OMAN ; COAUTHOR , D ISCIPLINES OF A G ODLY F AMILY

Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth is a tour de force. Over the last twenty years, no one has articulated, clarified, specified, and defended the Bibles teaching on male and female role relationships in the home and church better than Wayne Grudem, and he once again shows that he is master of this field. Grudem faithfully and carefully sets out Gods instruction on this important aspect of Christian discipleship and then answers the whole range of questions and excuses that are raised against the plain teaching of Scripture. His analysis is trenchant, his presentation persuasive, his scope comprehensive, his grasp magisterial. In the old days, mathematicians and logicians would often place three letters at the end of a completed equation or proof: QED, an abbreviation of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum (literally that which was to be demonstrated) indicating that the problem had been solved and the matter settled definitively. Well, you can write a QED at the end of this book. The debate is over. The only question now is whether we will bow our hearts to the authority of the Lords inspired, inerrant, perspicuous Word on the matter of biblical manhood and womanhood.

J. L IGON D UNCAN III, S ENIOR M INISTER , F IRST P RESBYTERIAN C HURCH , J ACKSON , M ISSISSIPPI ; P RESIDENT , A LLIANCE OF C ONFESSING E VANGELICALS

If you love truth more than feminism, you will treasure this book. If you love feminism more than truth, you will despise it.

S TEVE F ARRAR , A UTHOR , P OINT M AN AND F INISHING S TRONG

In his exhaustive treatment of the evangelical feminist debate, Wayne Grudem proves that the Word of God is still authoritative for all issues of faith and practice. His through scholarship, combined with a direct approach in an easy-to-read style, makes this work a vital reference for every Christian library.

A LISTAIR B EGG , S ENIOR P ASTOR , P ARKSIDE C HURCH , C LEVELAND , O HIO

Forty years of feminist indoctrination has replaced a sound Christian worldview in many of our churches and seminaries. Wayne Grudem explores some of the most contentious issues in the church today and bases his studied responses upon Scripture and sound Christian doctrine. I recommend this book highly, especially to those women who have endured feminist studies in our colleges and universities and are trying to evaluate that teaching in light of their Christian profession of faith.

D IANE P ASSNO , E XECUTIVE V ICE P RESIDENT , F OCUS ON THE F AMILY ; AUTHOR , F EMINISM : M YSTIQUE OR M ISTAKE ?

As an evangelical woman dedicated to standing under Scripture, and more especially as a professor of theology in womens studies, I am deeply indebted to Wayne Grudem for his careful research, clear exegesis, and faithful theological foundations. In Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth , he has provided another valuable resource for women and men who want to remain faithful to biblical guidelines while keeping their hearts turned to humble service to Christ. I will be adding this volume to my personal desk resources, recommending it to my students to consider in their spiritual journeys, and encouraging anyone seeking answers to difficult questions to examine the proposals found in this timely work.

D OROTHY K ELLEY P ATTERSON , H OMEMAKER ; P ROFESSOR OF T HEOLOGY IN W OMENS S TUDIES , S OUTHWESTERN B APTIST T HEOLOGICAL S EMINARY

Wayne Grudem provides evangelical churches with a reverent, kind, thoughtful, and ultimately decisive answer to the shaky logic and questionable exegesis often advocated by feminists, who wish to overturn twenty centuries of Christian history and the clear witness of Holy Scripture.