Wayne Grudem
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Wayne A. Grudem (born February 11, 1948) is an American Reformed Baptist theologian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and New Testament scholar. Known for his widely used Systematic Theology,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> he was a research professor of theology and biblical studies at Phoenix Seminary in Phoenix, Arizona.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Biography
Early life and education
Grudem was born on February 11, 1948, in Jim Falls, Wisconsin. As a child, he attended First Baptist Church in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.<ref name="abbotb">Template:Cite web</ref> He holds a BA in economics from Harvard University, an MDiv and DD from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a PhD in New Testament studies from the University of Cambridge.<ref name="ps" />
Career
In 2001, Grudem became Research Professor of Theology and Biblical Studies 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.<ref name="ps">Template:Citation</ref>
Grudem served on the committee overseeing the English Standard Version translation of the Bible, and from 2005 to 2008 he served as general editor for the 2.1-million-word ESV Study Bible (which was named "2009 Christian Book of the Year" by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association). In 1999 he was the president of the Evangelical Theological Society.<ref name="ps" /> Grudem announced having been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease on December 22, 2015.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
On July 28, 2016, Grudem published an opinion piece on Townhall called "Why Voting for Donald Trump Is a Morally Good Choice".<ref>Template:Citation.</ref> On October 9, the piece was retracted and replaced with one entitled "Trump's Moral Character and the Election".<ref>Template:Citation.</ref> On October 19, the original piece was reinstated and another piece was published, entitled "If You Don't Like Either Candidate, Then Vote for Trump's Policies".<ref>Template:Citation.</ref><ref>Template:Citation.</ref> Grudem endorsed Trump for re-election in 2020.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2018, a Festschrift was published in his honor. Scripture and the People of God: Essays in Honor of Wayne Grudem included contributions from John M. Frame, R. Kent Hughes, Ray Ortlund, John Piper, Vern Poythress, Leland Ryken, Thomas R. Schreiner, and Bruce A. Ware.
Theology
He is the author of multiple books, including Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine, which advocates a Calvinistic soteriology, the inspiration and inerrancy of the Bible, believer’s baptism, a plural-elder form of church government, Old Earth creationism, and the complementarian view of gender relationships. Systematic Theology is a highly influential theology textbook that has sold hundreds of thousands of copies.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Grudem holds to noncessationist beliefs and was at one time a qualified supporter of the Vineyard Movement.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Grudem and Bruce A. Ware were at the center of Trinitarian debate in 2016 that began online<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and culminated in print publications.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Both Grudem and Ware subscribe to a view of the Trinity called "eternal relations of submission and authority" or "eternal functional subordination" which claims that the Son is eternally submissive to the Father.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their view was challenged by some scholars that the Son only submits to the Father in the incarnation according to his human nature.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Grudem is also a co-founder and past president of the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.<ref name= "ps" /> He also edited Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Christianity Today's "Book of the Year" in 1992, with John Piper.Template:Citation needed
In 1985, Grudem authored a study of over 2000 Template:Langx, arguing that none of the metaphoric uses carry the meaning of 'source', as recent authors had argued.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
All of Grudem's research on gender-related issues is now contained in his major 2012 reference work, Evangelical Feminism and Biblical Truth: An Analysis of More Than One Hundred Disputed Questions.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Works
Books
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- Template:Cite book A condensed version of Systematic Theology.Template:Citation needed
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- Template:Cite book Revised and condensed edition of Bible Doctrine.
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- Template:Cite book Condensed extract from Politics — According to the Bible.
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As editor
Articles and chapters
Video courses
- Christian Beliefs DVD Discipleship Course
Journals
- Biblical Foundations for Manhood and Womanhood (editor)
References
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- 1948 births
- Living people
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- Complementarianism
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