Cleaning up the Church is a tough job: The Journal P/1

In this post I was meant to start looking at speaker and writer Nancy Campbell. However, I came across a statement made by Professsor Wayne A, Grudem and decided to share that today. I will begin to share on Nancy Campbell soon.

Professor Wayne A. Grudem has written the following in his Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood Journal Spring 2009

"By force of argument, by use of facts, by careful exegesis, by the power of the clear word of God, by the truth, I expected the entire church would be persuaded, the battle for the PURITY OF THE CHURCH would be won, and EGALITARIAN ADVOCATES WOULD BE MARGINALISED and have NO SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE.
But it has NOT COMPLETELY HAPPENED AS YET! I STILL BELIEVE IT WILL HAPPEN. JESUS CHRIST IS BUILDING AND PURIFYING HIS CHURCH that He might present it to Himself without spot or wrinkle. BUT ON THIS ISSUE CHRIST'S PURIFICATION PROCESS IS TAKING MUCH LONGER THAN I EXPECTED!" - Wayne Grudem, CMBW Journal Spring 2009. 1.

 1. Raising the Hood. A Christian Look At Manhood And Womanhood by Shirley Taylor. Page 24.


My Comment
It seems that according to Professor Wayne A. Grudem Egalitarians ( those who believe in biblical equality for men and women, myself included)  make the Church IMPURE and Jesus is in the process of ELIMINATING them from His Body of believers. He laments that it has not happened as quickly as he had hoped for.
I am very grateful to know that Jesus is the One who will judge as to who is to be part of His Church and not Professor Wayne A. Grudem though it seems he believes he knows who Jesus will accept and who Jesus will eliminate, in this case all these Egalitarians.

Professor  Wayne A. Grudem does not seem to have considered either all those male and female Egalitarians from the past whose names we can find in the New Testament and who are part of the Church such as

The Apostle Paul
Phoebe                                                   Romans 16:1-2
Priscilla and Aquila                               Romans 16:3-5a
Mary                                                      Romans 16:6
Andronicus and Junia                            Romans 16:7
Tryphena, Tryphosa and Persis              Romans 16:12
Chloe                                                      1 Corinthians 1:11
Euodia and Syntyche and Clement         Philippians 4:2-3
Nympha                                                   Colossians 4:15
The Apostle John
The chosen lady and her spiritual sister  2 John 1, 13

 

Read Part Two HERE