Glad to call myself a Biblical literalist

Since my last post was about Voddia Baucham's book, I thought I'd add this post as a transition.

The other day I saw this interview on YouTube with Dr. Baucham and Margaret Feinberg. I actually had nevre even heard of Feinberg before. Seems as though she's pretty high profile, especially in emergent hotbeds like Catalyst and Fusion, but that's probably why I've never heard of her (I must not be very relevant). I have no reason to doubt that she is a born again follower of Christ, or that her ministry is trying to do some real good things. In fact, if I met her, I'd probably like her alot. Still, I can't get over how she chimes in with Kyra Phillips (CNN anchor) to essentially ridicule Dr. Baucham as old-fashioned. Dr. Baucham consistently points back to scripture and stands on the text of God's Word and nothing else. Feinberg attempts to redefine screipture and make herself "relevent" to cultural feminism.

It all comes down to how we approach the Bible. Do we take the Bible (the whole Bible) as the inspired word of God, and seek to define our world and truth for our world based on what we find there (the Biblical literalist position), or do we take what the world says is true, and seek to define what the Bible means based on that (the Biblical moderates, or "the Feinberg position").

See the video here...


Is it controversial? Yep. Is it dealt with in scripture? Yep. Do we have the right to question God on how He sets things up? Nope!

Has the concept of Biblical manhood and womanhood been abused and misused throughout history? Unfortunatley so; however, does that mean we should no longer do things God's way just because there have been fallen men (and women) who have corrupted God's original design? No, we never have the right to redefine God...no matter how "un-contemporary" or "out of touch" His ways may seem in our post-Christian culture.

If anyone wants to investigate what the Bible has to say about men and women, I would advise actually reading the Bible. Here are some texts to begin with....
(Gen 1:26-27, 2:18; Gen 3:1-7, 12, 16; 1 Cor 11:2-16; 1 Cor 12:7-21; Eph 5:21-33; Col 3:18-19; 1 Tim 2:11-15; Tit 2:3-5; 1 Pet 3:1-12)

Additionally, The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood has a stellar reputation of respected scholarship and conservative theology. I would highly recommend visiting their site and doing some extended research.

Thanks,
Ken