Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Apostle Paul vs Biblical Feminists

After listening to this interview, The Pauline Doctrine of Male Headship: The Apostle Versus Biblical Feminists sounds like a book that I'd like to read. John Lofton says that Rev. Bordwine "makes the rubble bounce." (A reference to Curtis LeMay's statement, "We should bomb 'em back to the Stone Age, and then make the rubble bounce.)

I have seen some less-than-convincing exegesis and reasoning in the arguments of some Reformed writers opposing "biblical feminism." But good arguments against "biblical feminism" can be made from the Bible so I hope this book really does "make the rubble bounce."

(I use scare quotes because since feminism is not biblical, the phrase is an oxymoron; however, the Bible does hold an exceedingly high view of women, seeing women as the equals of men, and it highly esteems the legitimate roles and functions of women in society. Ironically feminism -- even the "biblical" variety -- tends to disparage the most important roles of women in society and therefore is anti-woman in its basic orientation.)

Of course, one might also be able to make the case that Lofton and Bordwine oppose "biblical feminism" because they are butt-kissers who need to be infused with the Holy Ghost.

Seriously, Here is Dr. R. C. Sproul's foreword to the new second edition of this book.

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