CONTENTS

PREFACE 11

PART I:

SOME PATHS TO LIBERALISM IN RECENT HISTORY

1INTRODUCTION 15

2THE HISTORICAL CONNECTION BETWEEN LIBERALISM AND 23
THE ENDORSEMENT OF WOMEN’S ORDINATION
IN THE CHURCH

PART II:

EVANGELICAL FEMINIST VIEWS THAT UNDERMINE OR DENY

THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE

INTRODUCTION TO PART II 33

3SAYING THAT GENESIS IS WRONG 35
Some evangelical feminists deny the authority or truthfulness of
Genesis 1–
4SAYING THAT PAUL WAS WRONG 43
Some evangelical feminists say that Paul was wrong

5SAYING THAT SOME VERSES FOUND IN EVERY MANUSCRIPT 49
ARE NOT PART OF THE BIBLE
Some evangelical feminists say that some verses that are in every ancient
manuscript of 1 Corinthians are not really part of the Bible

6“LATER DEVELOPMENTS”TRUMP SCRIPTURE 53
Some evangelical feminists say our ultimate authority is found not in
what is written in Scripture but in developments that came after
the Bible
7“REDEMPTIVE MOVEMENT”TRUMPS SCRIPTURE 65
Some evangelical feminists adopt William Webb’s “redemptive-movement”
approach and cast all the ethical commands of the New Testament
into doubt

8IS IT JUST A MATTER OF CHOOSING OUR FAVORITE VERSES? 81
Some evangelical feminists claim that our position on gender roles just
depends on which Bible passages we choose to prioritize