Wayne Grudem
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Wayne 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.
Grudem served on the committee overseeing the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and in 1999 he was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society. He is a co-founder and past president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood. 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 equality.
Grudem 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.
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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?