Why? Because nearly all of the best known female Bible teachers/authors/speakers on the store shelves are false teachers. However, I will say this- ANYONE who seeks out a female teacher these days, at the Christian book store or even at the local church level (Sunday School teachers, Bible study leaders, etc.), is statistically more likely to receive false teaching than anyone who seeks out a male teacher. I could be wrong, but I don’t recall a passage of Scripture that says men are more likely to be deceived by using a woman’s teaching.
“Since men have a higher level in the spiritual hierarchy, doesn’t using a woman’s teaching open him up to more possible deception?” Men need strong, godly, male influences to teach and set the example of biblical manhood. As a far more secondary issue, I’d be a little concerned for any man who is reading that book for his own study. And that’s ample reason why no one should be reading the books in that series.
The primary problem with Jesus Calling for men or women is that, as you said, it is false doctrine. If you can find a book study that’s doctrinally sound and isn’t aimed at women, it would be OK (the male teacher is still the one teaching the class and in authority over it), but I would encourage the teacher that it might be better to find a good, doctrinally sound study written by a man (there are plenty of those out there) just to avoid any stumbling blocks for anybody.ĭoctrinally sound book for a general audience, written by a woman- goodĭoctrinally sound book for a general audience, written by a man- better Most book studies written by women are also written FOR women, which I do not think would be appropriate to teach to a co-ed or men’s class (why would men want to do a study aimed at women, and vice versa?)Ĥ. (Trust me, they are rare as hens’ teeth.)ģ. If a man were teaching a women’s class (it does happen :0) and he wanted to use a book study written by a woman, that would not be a problem, assuming he can find one that’s doctrinally sound.
In that case, there would be absolutely no problem with a male teacher of male/co-ed groups using materials written by women as prep materials.Ģ. Not that all book/DVD studies are bad, just that we desperately need people to be trained in God’s word and how to study it, and that can be better accomplished by simply teaching through Scripture.
I’m not a big fan of classes doing book/DVD studies. Technically and theoretically, I would generally say it’s OK (see this article) but when the rubber meets the road, it kind of depends on the situation.
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