Covenant Reformed News – March 2004, Volume IX, Issue 23
This article from Covenant Reformed News warns against various forms of Scripture twisting, including feminist reinterpretations of 1 Timothy 2:12, theistic evolution's reinterpretation of Genesis, and revisionist claims about biblical sexuality. The author defends the Reformed hermeneutical principle that Scripture interprets Scripture and calls believers to vigilance against distortions of God's Word in contemporary seminaries, churches, and Christian culture.
Scripture Twisting (4) Those seduced by feminism twist I Timothy 2:12 which declares (regarding the church institute), “I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man.” We are told that this was only for their day, as if the ascended Christ was not laying down rules for the governance of His church till the end of the age (6:14). We are told that Paul was a bigot or a male chauvinist, as if “our beloved brother Paul” were not an inspired apostle who wrote “according to the...