A
guest post by author, Shirley
Taylor
from
her blog,
Is the
CBMW willing to bring back witch hunts?
The
answer is yes and unless you read it for yourself, you will not
believe it. Newly selected president of the Council on Biblical
Manhood and Womanhood, Denny Burk, in his
vision for CBMW seeks to enforce the Danvers Statement, and
create wider acceptance of it. The Danvers Statement is the modern
day equivalent to the Malleus
Maleficarum (The Witch Hunter’s Bible) which caused the
deaths of thousands and thousands of women who were accused of
consorting with the devil.
Women
consorting with the devil was a strong belief in the Middle Ages, and
it has not disappeared in Christian circles as is seen in the
Missions and Vision statement by the Council on Biblical Manhood and
Womanhood. If a woman becomes too strong, usurping the authority of
the husband, she is guilty of inviting the devil into the home,
according to the CBMW.
See for
yourself! The CBMW will tell you today that the devil finds an
entrance into the home when husbands do not demand submission
(structure their homes with wifely submission) and when women do not
submit to a husband’s authority. Read their website under Missions
and Vision:
“If
families do not structure their homes properly, in disobedience to
the teachings of Ephesians 5, 1 Peter 3, and Colossians 3, then they
will not have the proper foundation from which to withstand the
temptations of the devil and the various onslaughts of the world.
This hinders the sanctification of married couples and also
introduces confusion about basic parenting issues such as raising
masculine sons and feminine daughters.” (CBMW.org)
Shockingly,
this is the same language found in the Malleus Maleficarum (The Witch
Hunter’s Bible). Wikipedia quotes Michael Bailey (Battling Demons,
2003, University Press):
“The
text argues that women are more susceptible to demonic temptations
through the manifold weaknesses of their gender. It was believed that
they were weaker in faith and more carnal than men. Michael Bailey
claims that most of the women accused as witches had strong
personalities and were known to defy convention by overstepping the
lines of proper female decorum.” (feminine daughters)
The
Malleus Maleficarum asserts that three elements are necessary for
witchcraft:
- The evil intentions of the witch,
- The help of the Devil, and
- The Permission of God.
Look
closely at number 3. THE PERMISSION OF GOD. This is exactly what the
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood believe when they tell you
that God has a submissive design for women. They are saying that God
permits women to be susceptible to the devil.
Women,
do you hear that! Do you see it! Can you live with it!
Jesus
was not concerned about raising masculine sons and feminine
daughters, nor was he concerned with wives submitting themselves to
their husbands, and neither did he indicate that husbands were strong
enough to keep Satan from entering into a family.
The
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood believes that when wives
submit themselves to their husbands, this enables families to
withstand the devil’s temptations and the onslaughts of the world.
If you believe that is the gospel, then you need to find yourself a
real Bible.
It
is 2016. Denny Burk, are you listening?
Have
you let the power of the devil blind you to the Word of God?
LATE
ENTRY:
Shirley
just posted a
new post that continues discussion of the many issues concerning
this witch hunt ideology entitled Redefining God Diminishes Women.
Here is an excerpt from the new post. It begins with a statement
made by Pastor Wade Burleson who once sat on the International
Missions Board for the Southern Baptist Convention and resigned, some
of which had to do with his advocating to keep women on the mission
field if they did not agree with the Danvers Statement and functioned
with a “male covering” in the person of a husband to serve as an
overseer.
“Southern Baptist Convention leaders have wrongly pushed for men to lord their authority over their wives, and called on wives to submit to the authority of their husbands because of a belief in and promotion of ‘the eternal subordination of the Son.’”
Burleson goes on to say,
“I predict we will see the divorce rate of Southern Baptists decline in the next few years, and it will not be because of cultural accommodation. It will be due to our new leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention laying aside the doctrinal error of eternal subordination.”
However, for Burleson’s prediction to come to pass, there must be new leaders who are willing to lay aside this flawed theology. And they are not going to do it as long as they are lying in bed with the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.
Ignoring and diminishing women and their contribution to humanity, limits the kingdom of God, but is accepted theology to those who have as their reason for being, the subjection of all females to all males.
