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101 " Why could God not have decided to give justification to all those who sincerely show love? Or who show joy? Or contentment? Or humility? Or wisdom? Why did God choose faith as the means by which we receive justification? It is apparently because faith is the one attitude of heart that is the exact opposite of depending on ourselves. When we come to Christ in faith we essentially say, “I give up! I will not depend on myself or my own good works any longer. I "

― Wayne Grudem , Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

102 " True theology is “teaching which accords with godliness” (1 Tim. 6:3), and theology when studied rightly will lead to growth in our Christian lives, and to worship. "

― Wayne Grudem , Making Sense of Salvation: One of Seven Parts from Grudem's Systematic Theology

103 " So both Boomsma and Jewett say that Paul was adopting incorrect Jewish understandings of Genesis 2–3 that were current in his day. This position allows the church today to disobey the reasoning of 1 Timothy 2:11-15, saying it was a mistake. But Christians who take the entire Bible as the Word of God, and as authoritative for us today, do not have that option. The apostle Paul’s interpretation of Genesis 2 as found in 1 Timothy 2 is part of the Word of God. Therefore it is “breathed out by God” and cannot contain erroneous interpretations of Genesis. To say that Paul made a mistake in writing 1 Timothy 2 is another step on the path toward liberalism. "

― Wayne Grudem , Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

104 " Estos pasajes indican que el pecado conduce a las personas a pensar irracionalmente y a negar la existencia de Dios, y que es el que piensa irracionalmente o que ha sido engañado el que dice: «No hay Dios». "

― Wayne Grudem , Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith

105 " Even a brief reflection on the complexity, diversity, and beauty in creation should cause us to praise God for his power, wisdom, and understanding. "

― Wayne Grudem , Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know

106 " All sin is ultimately irrational. Though people persuade themselves that they have good reasons for sinning, when examined in the cold light of truth on the last day, it will be seen in every case that sin ultimately just does not make sense." Wayne g "

― Wayne Grudem

107 " In fact, one of the great blessings of the final judgment will be that saints and angels will see demonstrated in millions of lives the absolutely pure justice of God, and this will be a source of praise to him for all eternity. "

― Wayne Grudem , Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

108 " Theology tells us how we should think while ethics tells us how we should live. "

― Wayne Grudem , Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

109 " In the following pages, I attempt to show several things: (1) that liberal Protestant denominations were the pioneers of evangelical feminism, and that evangelical feminists today have adopted many of the arguments earlier used by theological liberals to advocate the ordination of women and to reject male headship in marriage (2) that many prominent evangelical feminist writers today advocate positions that deny or undermine the authority of Scripture, and many other egalitarian leaders endorse their books and take no public stance against those who deny the authority of Scripture (3) that recent trends now show that evangelical feminists are heading toward the denial of anything uniquely masculine, and some already endorse calling God “our Mother in heaven” (4) that the history of others who have adopted these positions shows that the next step is the endorsement of the moral legitimacy of homosexuality (5) that the common thread running through all of these trends is a rejection of the effective authority of Scripture in people’s lives, and that this is the bedrock principle of theological liberalism "

― Wayne Grudem , Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

110 " Nuestra meta debiera ser la de ser semejantes a Cristo todos los días de nuestra vida, hasta el momento de la muerte, y morir con obediencia inquebrantable a Dios, con fuerte confianza en él y con amor y perdón por otros. "

― Wayne Grudem , Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

111 " Lo más importante es que conocemos a Dios mismo, no simplemente información acerca de él y lo que hace. En el uso ordinario del idioma, hacemos una distinción entre tener datos sobre una persona y conocer a la persona. Sería verdad si digo que tengo muchos datos acerca del presidente de los Estados Unidos, pero no sería verdad si dijera que le conozco. Decir que le conozco implicaría que me he encontrado con él y he hablado con él, y que he cultivado por lo menos algún grado de relación personal con él. "

― Wayne Grudem , Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith

112 " Should churches exert any influence in politics? Should pastors preach about political questions? Is there only one “Christian” position on political issues? Does the Bible teach anything about how people should vote? I think there are some clear answers to these questions, but we have to recognize at the outset that dozens of other books and articles have already given their own answers to such questions. These books range from saying that the Bible gives outright support for many liberal Democratic positions to saying that the Bible supports conservative Republican positions.1 Some books argue that Christians have simply become far too entangled in political activities, while another important book argues that Christians have a biblical mandate to be involved in politics.2 Another widely influential book gives many real-life examples of remarkable Christian influence on laws and governments.3 One book that has received wide consideration in the United Kingdom proposes a rethinking of major political questions in light of the Bible’s priority of personal relationships.4 There have been a few recent books by theologians and biblical scholars dealing at a more theoretical level with the question of Christian perspectives on politics.5 In this book I start out by explaining what seem to me to be five clearly wrong (and harmful) views about Christians and politics: (1) “government should compel religion,” (2) “government should exclude religion,” (3) “all government is evil and demonic,” (4) “the church should do evangelism, not politics,” and (5) “the church should do politics, not evangelism.” As an alternative, I argue for what I think to be the correct view: (6) “significant Christian influence on government. "

― Wayne Grudem , Politics - According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture

113 " Calling God “Mother” is changing God’s own description of himself in the Bible. It is calling God by a name that he has not taken for himself. Therefore it is changing the way the Bible teaches us to think of God. It is thus changing our doctrine of God. Calling God “Mother” is the next step on the path to liberalism, and Christians for Biblical Equality and several evangelical feminist leaders are now promoting that step toward liberalism. Liberal Protestants have traveled this route before, during the 1970s. Mary Kassian, in her book The Feminist Mistake,16 points out how the three stages on the road traveled by secular feminists were (1) renaming themselves, (2) renaming the world, and (3) renaming God. The last stage includes “The Feminization of God,” and that took place in liberal Protestant thinking and writing in the 1970s.17 "

― Wayne Grudem , Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

114 " Of course Paul’s use of Genesis 2 is a problem for egalitarians because Genesis 2 shows male headship in marriage before there was any sin in the world. Therefore it shows male headship as part of the way God created us as men and women. And then (to make things worse for the egalitarian position!) Paul quotes from Genesis 2 to establish male headship in the church (1 Tim. 2:11-14). This means that Paul sees male headship in the church as rooted in the way God created men and women from the beginning. "

― Wayne Grudem , Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

115 " Pero cómo podemos reconciliar la santidad y la justicia de Dios con su disposición a perdonar pecados es un misterio que jamás ha sido resuelto por ninguna religión aparte de la Biblia. Tampoco la Biblia nos da esperanza alguna de que un día pueda ser descubierto aparte de la revelación específica de Dios. Es la gran maravilla de nuestra redención que Dios mismo abrió el camino de la salvación al enviar a su propio Hijo, que es a la vez Dios y hombre, para que sea nuestro representante y lleve la pena de nuestros pecados, combinando así la justicia y el amor de Dios en un acto infinitamente sabio y de gracia asombrosa. Este hecho, que a los oídos del cristiano parece ser cosa de todos los días, no debería dejar de asombrarnos jamás. Jamás podría haberlo concebido el hombre aparte de la revelación especial y verbal de Dios. "

― Wayne Grudem , Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith

116 " Si somos sus hijos, podemos saber que él está obrando sabiamente en nuestra vida para llevarnos a una mayor conformidad a la imagen de Cristo. "

― Wayne Grudem , Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith

117 " If we were to say that God himself does evil, we would have to conclude that he is not a good and righteous God, and therefore that he is not really God at all. On the other hand, if we maintain that God does not use evil to fulfill his purposes, then we would have to admit that there is evil in the universe that God did not intend, is not under his control, and might not fulfill his purposes. This would make it very difficult for us to affirm that “all things” work together for good for those who love God and are called according to his purpose (Rom. 8:28). If "

― Wayne Grudem , Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine

118 " However, if the Bible is the Word of God, then these interpretations are not just Paul’s interpretations; they are also God’s interpretations of his own Word. There might be times when I cannot understand an interpretation of the Old Testament by a New Testament author, but that does not give me the right to disagree with his interpretation. If I believe the Bible to be the very words of God, then I must believe that neither Paul nor any other Scriptural author made mistakes in his interpretation of the Old Testament, or gave us interpretations of the Old Testament that we can reject in favor of better ones of our own. "

― Wayne Grudem , Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

119 " They may not think they are eroding the very foundations of evangelical Christianity, but in the methods of interpretation that they allow and in the standards of evidence that they accept, they are indeed contributing far more than they can imagine toward a movement of their churches to liberalism within a few short years. "

― Wayne Grudem , Evangelical Feminism: A New Path to Liberalism?

120 " And when our observations of the natural world seem to conflict with our understanding of Scripture, we should look again at both, seeking to find where our limited understanding and imperfect knowledge of either could be wrong. "

― Wayne Grudem , Christian Beliefs: Twenty Basics Every Christian Should Know