Under Much Grace

Especially concerning that first quote from MacArthur, this essentially means that God’s Word is not all sufficient. If a woman speaks God’s Word, it loses it’s potency unless voiced by a man since it lacks luster directly from the “Son.” I wonder if a male parrot taught to speak a Bible verse would display more of God’s glory when compared to a woman speaking the same Word? This, as the other teachings of MacArthur you’ve presented previously, reduces me to just a little more than an animal.

Does anyone know where MacArthur learned this doctrine, or is this his own “illumination” or something? I would be curious to know. As many of his concepts sound so similar to Bruce Ware and those from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, I wonder if MacArthur has ties there? He did transfer from Bob Jones U as an undergraduate and went to what is now Azuza Pacific.

Have these concepts been taught by the Baptist Seminaries all along or one source, or have they emerged from the “hermeneutics of trust” and from grasping at straws to fight their wars against “feminism?” It sounds so cultic and heterodox that I wonder if this corresponds to some other Christian-based cult. If I did not know that this was MacArthur, I would have attributed this teaching to a Mormon or a Scientologist.

God’s Word should be sufficient to set man in a position of confidence so that such arguments should not even be necessary. Why must such concepts be confabulated to not only elevate man but also strip down the nature of woman? These are the tactics of the cults, theo-totalism and dehumanization. We are called to speak edification and minister grace through our words. How can these teachings provide any degree of edifying grace to anyone but the patriarch at the top of the food chain? I cannot express how deeply grieved I am to hear these cruel concepts extended yet again to hang yet another millstone around the necks of so many.

God have great mercy on us, deliver us from falsehood and bring us into all truth. Give us all wisdom to know the spirit of truth from the spirit of error, just as you’ve promised us in Your Word. Amen.