Mar
20
2009
Carson on Complementarianism
Two talks by D.A. Carson at the CBMW’s Different by Design 2009 conference in Minneapolis, co-sponsored by CBMW and the Fidelis Foundation:
Brent Nelson highlights these quotes:
Be very strong and clear on what the Scripture says. Try to work out the applicability fairly and even-handedly within the context of your local church. But don’t turn that into the new legal structure for all Christians such that this is where you draw your line of demarcation. In other words: get the center right and think center-bounded set. Don’t fudge on what the Bible says!
. . . If you come to the conclusion that that best articulated and sophisticated, knowledgeable exegesis of Scripture, carefully thought-through, can be graced with the word “complementarian”; if you come to that conclusion–stop apologizing for it. In other words, at some point you have to say, “This is for your good, it is for my good, it is for the church’s good, it is for the culture’s good. . . .”
God knows the design. He knows what he is doing. And so you cannot use your culturally-located questions to become a back-door way of saying that you’re uncomfortable with exegesis. That it seems to me, leads to distortion in every domain.
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Carson is a wonderful theologian-scholar, a true disciple of Christ who always seeks to humbly glorify God.
Calvinist, Inerrantist (Signer of the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy), Complementarian.
Amen Dr. Carson for faithfully preaching the Word!
AND a supporter of the TNIV!
Multiple choice response to Stan:
(a) Heretic.
(b) Oh well, can’t win ‘em all.
(c) Scot McKnight probably doesn’t care for Carson. If so, then the TNIV gaffe is overlooked.
(d) He was probably recovering from some terrible medical trauma and the prescription drugs addled his brain.
Whatever it is, I’m still in agreement with Carson on Complementarianism!
I’m envious of you getting to see Dr. Carson. He writes, by far, the best commentaries I own. Just a great scholar and writer.
I have blogged about the centre of the Bible on my blog. It comes out a little earlier than the epistle to Timothy.
This is so good, and very relevant to me right now. Confusion on this can be really frustrating, because, as I am contending for biblical accuracy and gospel truth, “they” are coming from a very emotional “reaction” to culture.
How are we to approach this?