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RECOVERING BIBLICAL
MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD
A Response to
Evangelical Feminism
Edited by
John Piper and Wayne Grudem
CROSSWAY BOOKS
WHEATON, ILLINOIS
A DIVISION OF GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS2
Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
Copyright © 1991 by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
Published by Crossway Books, a division of
Good News Publishers, Wheaton, Illinois 60187.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored
in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical,
photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except
as provided by USA copyright law.
First printing, 1991
Printed in the United States of America
This book is sponsored by the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, P.O. Box
317, Wheaton, IL 60189.
Readers may order booklets of chapters 1, 3, 4, 13, 22, and 23 by writing the Council on
Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, P.O. Box 317, Wheaton, IL 60189. Other chapters
may be available as booklets in the near future.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Recovering Biblical manhood and womanhood /John Piper and
Wayne Grudem, editors.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sex role-Religious aspects-Christianity-Miscellanea.
2. Sex role-Biblical teaching-Miscellanea. 3. Men (Christian theology)-Miscellanea. 4.
Woman (Christian theology)-Miscellanea. 5. Men (Christian theology)-Biblical
teaching-Miscellanea. 6. Woman (Christian theology)-Biblical teaching-Miscellanea. I.
Piper, John, 1946- .
II. Grudem, Wayne, 1948
BT708.R415 1991 261.8’343-dc20 90-20258
ISBN 0-89107-586-0
99 98 97 96 95 94 93 92 91
15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 13
To Noël and Margaret4
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
About the Authors 7
Preface
John Piper and Wayne Grudem 10
Foreword
For Single Men and Women (and the Rest of Us)
John Piper 13
Section I: Vision and Overview
Chapter 1: A Vision of Biblical Complementarity:
Manhood and Womanhood Defined According to the Bible
John Piper 25
Chapter 2: An Overview of Central Concerns:
Questions and Answers
John Piper and Wayne Grudem 56
Section II: Exegetical and Theological Studies
Chapter 3: Male-Female Equality and Male Headship:
Genesis 1-3
Raymond C. Ortlund, Jr. (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) 86
Chapter 4: Women in the Life and Teachings of Jesus
James A. Borland (Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary) 105
Chapter 5: Head Coverings, Prophecies and the Trinity:
1 Corinthians 11:2-16
Thomas R. Schreiner (Bethel Theological Seminary) 117
Chapter 6: “Silent in the Churches”:
On the Role of Women in 1 Corinthians 14:33b-36
D. A. Carson (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) 133
Chapter 7: Role Distinctions in the Church:
Galatians 3:28
S. Lewis Johnson (Believers Chapel, Dallas) 148
Chapter 8: Husbands and Wives as Analogues of Christ and the Church:
Ephesians 5:21-33 and Colossians 3:18-19
George W. Knight III (Knox Theological Seminary) 161
Chapter 9: What Does It Mean Not to Teach or Have Authority Over Men?:
1 Timothy 2:11-15
Douglas Moo (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) 1765
Chapter 10: Wives Like Sarah, and the Husbands Who Honor Them:
1 Peter 3:1-7
Wayne Grudem 193
Chapter 11: The Valuable Ministries of Women in the Context of Male Leadership:
A Survey of Old and New Testament Examples and Teaching
Thomas R. Schreiner (Bethel Theological Seminary) 211
Chapter 12: Men and Women in the Image of God
John M. Frame (Westminster Theological Seminary) 228
Chapter 13: The Church as Family: Why Male Leadership
in the Family Requires Male Leadership in the Church
Vern Sheridan Poythress (Westminster Theological Serminary) 237
Chapter 14: The Meaning of Authority in the Local Church
Paige Patterson (Criswell College) 251
Section III: Studies from Related Disciplines
Chapter 15: Church History
Women in the History of the Church: Learned and Holy, But Not Pastors
William Weinrich (Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne) 265
Chapter 16: Biology
The Biological Basis for Gender-Specific Behavior
Gregg Johnson (Bethel College, St. Paul) 285
Chapter 17: Psychology
Psychological Foundations for Rearing Masculine Boys and Feminine Girls
George Alan Rekers (University of S. Carolina School of Medicine) 299
Chapter 18: Sociology
The Inevitability of Failure:
The Assumptions and Implementations of Modern Feminism
David Ayers (The King’s College) 320
Chapter 19: Law
Is It Legal for Religious Organizations to Make Distinctions
on the Basis of Sex?
Donald A. Balasa (Attorney, Chicago, IL) 343
Section IV: Applications and Implications
Chapter 20: The Family and the Church:
How Should Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Work Out in Practice?
George W. Knight III (Knox Theological Seminary) 353
Chapter 21: Principles to Use in Establishing Women in Ministry
H. Wayne House (Western Baptist College) 3666
Chapter 22: The High Calling of Wife and Mother in Biblical Perspective
Dorothy Patterson (Criswell College) 371
Chapter 23: Where’s Dad? A Call for Fathers with the Spirit of Elijah
Weldon Hardenbrook (St. Peter and St. Paul Orthodox Church, Santa Cruz) 384
Chapter 24: Women in Society:
The Challenge and the Call
Dee Jepsen (Author, Washington, D.C.) 394
Chapter 25: The Essence of Femininity: A Personal Perspective
Elisabeth Elliot (Author, Massachusetts) 400
Section V: Conclusion and Prospect
Chapter 26: Charity, Clarity, and Hope:
The Controversy and the Cause of Christ
(including a response to the statement by Christians For Biblical Equality)
John Piper and Wayne Grudem 405
Appendices
Appendix 1: The Meaning of Kephale¯ (“Head”): A Response to Recent Studies
Wayne Grudem 424
Appendix 2: The Danvers Statement
The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 477
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