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Resurrecting the Biblical Family (Man and Woman in Biblical Law Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Tom Shipley (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This book is a doctrinal manifesto. Its aim and purpose is to produce what many modern writers are fond of referring to as a paradigm shift. The goal is to lay the foundation for the establishment of a truly biblical social order, especially within the community of Bible-believing, Christ-honoring families. The subject matter is patriarchy and the biblical exposition contained herein is devoted to establishing the proposition that it is patriarchy which is and was mandated by God ever since the original creation of man and woman.

This work is vulnerable to being misperceived as a work primarily about polygamy since the bulk of the exposition centers around that subject. But read carefully. Note the flow of the argumentation. The biblical exposition on polygamy here serves a supporting role to the fundamental proposition of God-ordained and mandated patriarchy. In terms of this thesis, it is a secondary and subsidiary point - which is not to say that it is not important as a subject in its own right.

There are a multitude within the ranks of the Evangelical churches who are rightly and justifiably dismayed at the encroachment of feminist ideology as a subversive factor within Christendom and who are formally in favor of the biblical mandate of male headship within the Family and the Church. Sadly, almost all of the responses and reactions to this encroachment are fundamentally compromised with feminism in one way or another. This present work rejects all such compromise.

A complete Scripture Index and a Topical Index are included.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00427YLV6
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Institute of Christian Patriarchy; 2nd edition (June 1, 2010)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 1, 2010
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 649 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 561 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars Has God REALLY said?
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2018
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For years now, I have questioned the Reformed Church's stance on the subject of husbands possessing more than one wife.
It seemed at odds with the dozens of examples of men called faithful and obedient by God Himself, not to mention the express sanctioning of polygamy in the Lord's Word (Exodus 21:7-11).
Tom Shipley's work dismantles the monogamy -only tradition prevalent in Western Christianity, based not on his own thoughts but the crystal-clear teaching of Scripture itself, while also showing the larger issue of Biblical patriarchy and family at play - of which the Church's rejection of polygamy is merely a symptom.
Christians the world over are facing a crisis of identity because we have rejected the concrete realities of being made and redeemed in God's image for a theology of feelings and modern psychology.
Tom Shipley's book provides the foundation for a return to authentic obedience in Christ by embracing the roles of Biblical patriarchy for men and virtuous helpmeet for women.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very good read
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2013
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There are not too many books out there that tackle this subject head-on. Shipley challenges just about all the typical arguments against polygyny and gives a solid defense in favor of. While the Christian Church and Western Society in general refuse to see the obvious scriptural truth, Shipley is simply stating the obvious conclusions any unbiased person would come to reading God's word. It seems natural that an apostate Church would reject polygyny because it hates God's truth; which is increasingly more unpopular in this sinful generation.

The book is divided out well into several articles that makes it easy to read; easy to start and stop because the chapters are not too long.

The only negative is that sometimes the author takes his conclusions a little too far. Despite doing so, the main argument he presents cannot be denied by anyone who loves the truth.
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Bill Baehr
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2021
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Thank you for a wonderful book. Hard to put down .
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BJacks
5.0 out of 5 stars A most important work
Reviewed in the United States on October 3, 2019
Anyone wanting to understand Biblical doctrine relating to the two sexes should read this book. Shipley is both brilliant, and as far as I can tell, Biblically faithful.

Many theologians compromise with prevailing cultural norms. Shipley doesn't. Like a prophet of old, he reminds us what God actually says in His written Word.

Prepare to be offended. God is God, and He often offends our human sensibilities. In a similar vein to this book, I strongly recommend "Thelyphthora vol. 1,2" by Martin Madan. Christians can learn a lot from Shipley and Madan.
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Von
4.0 out of 5 stars A Book Many will Hate
Reviewed in the United States on November 17, 2011
This book will, no doubt, be hated by the modern Christian community; and would perhaps be even more hated by the reformers. It faces head on one of the great contradictions in modern Biblical exegesis... the desire to preserve the perfection of God's law and His word while attempting to deny two constant Biblical themes: that of patriarchy and polygamy.

In my opinion the greatest weakness in this book is the authors desire to tie these two thing inexorably together, as if a defense of patriarchy was, in and of itself, a defense of polygamy. I, personally, do not deny that they are linked, and reasonably closely. But the weakest chapter in the book, in my opinion, is the chapter where the author attempts to link them with chains of iron.

At the very least, in today's age, with polygamy existing in the Muslim world, amongst millions of African Christians, and breakaway Mormon sects... and with the various courts ruling that all prevailing sexual moralities must break down, this issue must be addressed by the church. It is not enough, anymore, to repeat the prevailing mantra of 'polygamy yuck'. As citizens and as church members we must address the questions of 'what if'... what if the courts struck down the anti-polygamy laws and a polygamous family came to your church? Would you require divorce? Separation? Or would you accept them as you might some other family that had (perhaps via divorce) 'issues' in their past?

Agree or disagree, this is a book that needs to be read; these are issues that need to be dealt with. I personally find many of the author's arguments 'over the top' as our English brethren would say. But he deserves congratulations for facing several unpopular issues and at least attempting to see what God's Word would have us do about them.

Vaughn Ohlman
Author of 'What are you Doing?'
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