Wayne Grudem

Infobox Scientist
name = Wayne A. Grudem


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field = Theology
work_institution = [http://www.ps.edu/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx Phoenix Seminary]
known_for = "The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today"
"Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine"
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Wayne A. Grudem is a Protestant theologian and author.

Grudem holds a BA from Harvard University, a Master of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. In 2001, Grudem became Research Professor of Bible and Theology at Phoenix Seminary. Prior to that, he had taught for 20 years at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he was chairman of the department of Biblical and Systematic Theology ^{[http://www.ps.edu/FacultyStaff/ResidentFaculty/WayneAGrudem/tabid/155/Default.aspx]} .

Grudem served on the committee overseeing the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and from 2005 to 2008 he served as General Editor for the 2.1 million-word "ESV Study Bible" (scheduled publication October 15, 2008). In 1999 he was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society ^{[http://www.ps.edu/FacultyStaff/ResidentFaculty/WayneAGrudem/tabid/155/Default.aspx]} . He is a co-founder and past president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood ^{[http://www.ps.edu/FacultyStaff/ResidentFaculty/WayneAGrudem/tabid/155/Default.aspx]} . He is the author of, among other books, "Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine", which advocates a Calvinistic soteriology, the verbal plenary inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible, the body-soul dichotomy in the nature of man, and the complementarian (rather than egalitarian) view of gender relationships.

Grudem, a Baptist, holds to noncessationist Charismatic beliefs and was at one time a qualified supporter of the Vineyard Movement and one of the main apologists and spokespeople for reuniting Charismatic, Reformed, and Evangelical churches.

Grudem had suggested that evangelicals should support the Mormon Republican candidate Mitt Romney for the US 2008 Presidential Election, ^{[http://townhall.com/columnists/WayneGrudem/2007/10/18/why_evangelicals_should_support_mitt_romney]} but later supported John McCain when McCain defeated Romney in the primary elections.

Grudem's son Elliot is pastor at Christ the King Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Publications

Grudem is the author of numerous books, including:
* "Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood" (editor)
* "Bible Doctrine" (co-authored with Jeff Purswell)
* "Business for the Glory of God: The Bible’s Teaching on the Moral Goodness of Business"
* "Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know"
* "Countering the Claims of Evangelical Feminism: Over 40 Biblical Responses"
* "Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?"
* "Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of Over 100 Disputed Questions"
* "Pastoral Leadership for Manhood and Womanhood" (co-editor with Dennis Rainey)
* "Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism" (co-edited with John Piper)
* "Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine"
* "The First Epistle of Peter"
* "The Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy: Muting the Masculinity of God's Words" (co-authored with Vern Poythress)
* "The Gift of Prophecy in 1 Corinthians"
* "The Gift of Prophecy in the New Testament and Today"
* "The TNIV and the Gender-Neutral Bible Controversy" (co-authored with Vern Poythress)
* "Why Is My Choice of a Bible Translation So Important?"

Quotes

On What Male Leadership is supposed to mean in practice""We moved to Phoenix Seminary in Arizona in 2001, primarily because of Margaret’s health. She had been experiencing chronic pain after an auto accident a number of years earlier, and we found that the pain was aggravated by cold and humidity. Well, the Chicago area is cold in the winter and humid in the summer! After a couple of trips to Arizona, which is hot and dry, we realized that Margaret felt much better there. So I phoned the academic dean at Phoenix Seminary and asked if there might possibly be a job opportunity there for me. It is a long and wonderful story of the Lord’s guidance and provision, but the result is that we have been here since June of 2001, Margaret has felt much better, and I also love the seminary where I am now teaching. So we are thankful for God’s blessings in many ways. I am thankful to the Lord that when we were making a decision about whether to move to Phoenix, on the very day we were talking and praying about it, I came to Ephesians 5:28 in my regular schedule of daily Bible reading, and the Lord used this verse strongly in my own decision process: “In the same way husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.” After reading that, I thought it was important for me to move for the sake of Margaret’s physical body, her physical health." ( [http://www.adrian.warnock.info/2006/12/interview-dr-wayne-grudem-highlights.htm Interview with Wayne Grudem] )

On Women Preachers

"I don’t think a pastor can give a woman “permission” to do Bible teaching before the church, because the Bible says not to do that. Would we say a pastor, or a board of elders, could give a woman “permission” to violate the command, “You should not steal”, or to violate any other command of Scripture? No pastor or elder board has authority to give permission to anyone to disobey the Bible. It’s God’s Word and we need to obey it."( [http://www.adrian.warnock.info/2006/12/interview-dr-wayne-grudem-highlights.htm Interview with Wayne Grudem] )

On Theological Disagreements

""I’m thankful that believers who differ on the issue of baptism can still have wonderful fellowship with one another across denominational lines, and can have respect for each other’s sincerely held views. I certainly do not put the question of baptism in the same category as the denial of penal substitutionary atonement which you mentioned [yesterday] because that seems to me to be a denial of the heart of the Gospel. And, as I mentioned, it seems to me that evangelical feminism involves, implicitly at least, a denial of the authority of the Bible. But differing views on baptism or the millennium do not have serious consequences of that type"( [http://www.adrian.warnock.info/2006/12/interview-dr-wayne-grudem-highlights.htm Interview with Wayne Grudem] )

External links

* [http://phoenixseminary.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=155 Faculty Page at Phoenix Seminary]
* [http://www.vineyardusa.org/publications/positionpapers.aspx Vineyard Position Papers]
* [http://christianessentialssbc.com/templates/System/details.asp?id=31463&PID=337073 Systematic Theology Audio Archive]
* [http://adrianwarnock.com/2006/12/interview-dr-wayne-grudem-highlights.htm Interview with Wayne Grudem]