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THE RESULT OF REJECTING THE

AUTHORITY OF THE BIBLE

IN THESE WAYS

The previous chapters detail fifteen ways in which evangelical feminists,

either directly or by implication, undermine and deny the authority of
Scripture. Various evangelical feminists

(1) deny the authority or truthfulness of Genesis 1–3

(2) say that Paul was wrong

(3) say that some verses that appear in every ancient manuscript are

not part of the Bible

(4) say that our ultimate authority is found not in what is written in

Scripture but in developments that came after the Bible

(5) follow a “redemptive-movement hermeneutic” that casts all the

ethical commands of the New Testament into doubt

(6) claim that everyone’s position just depends on what Bible pas-

sages people choose to prioritize

(7) silence the most relevant Bible passages on men and women by

saying they are “disputed”

(8) say that women can teach under the authority of pastors and elders

(9) evade New Testament commands by saying, “We are not a church”

(10) put church tradition above the Bible

(11) put experience above the Bible

(12) put a subjective sense of “calling” above the Bible

(13) put contemporary prophecies above the Bible

(14) put unique circumstances above the Bible

(15) nullify the Bible’s statements by saying they are a joke