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By Elizabeth Prata
If I hire someone to do a service for me, like install the flashing on my deck, or clean my chimney, or fix my car, I want to ensure a quality job done. It is unlikely that I would re-hire a plumber who has demonstrated serial-mistake-making.
"I installed the wrong size pipe and that's why it burst in the middle of the night."
Would you rehire that same plumber? If you did, and he made another mistake...
"I forgot to turn the water off before I uninstalled the pipe, that's why the laundry room is flooded."
Would you hire him again?
"I used the wrong size wrench and that's why the pipe is crushed now."
Of course not, at some point very early on, you would seek a different person for the job.
So why is it that people continually overlook a false teacher's wrong acts? Dismiss obvious errant theological interpretations? Why do they put their soul at risk in ignoring the myriad issues others have raised?
I know the biblical answers to these questions, my mind is at rest with God's ordination of these things. I ask them because though my mind is at rest, my heart mourns.
We don't call someone false after one mistake or two. But after decades of credible problems in a ministry with no hint of its teacher repenting or showing willingness to be corrected, it becomes obvious what is happening: that teacher is falling, not rising. Yet some people disregard scripture violation after scripture violation, and they keep drawing water out of the same poisoned well, even asking for more.
This hurts me. I grieve for the women who follow false teachers, who willfully resist the attempts from discipleship mentors, elders, pastors, discernment people, to instruct them of the imminent danger to their soul.
Beth Moore has been on a downward trajectory since the beginning of her ministry. Her issues are not new. I thought if I put some of the issues in list form, it might make things plainer. This list doesn't even contain problems about her legalism, pop psychology, or her atrocious behavior on Twitter toward those who raise objections to her teaching. It doesn't mention unethical publication practices such as deleting half a chapter from her Kindle version and leaving it in the hard copy without letting readers know there was a substantial difference in content they were paying for. One can only fit so much into one table.
And that is the point. This list isn't even complete. Would you hire a plumber to fix your bathroom if he has year upon year made significant foundational errors? No, and he would probably lose his license! Would you seek a doctor whose practice is riddled with malpractice - or deaths? And how much more important is your soul to keep healthy and alive?
Please accept this table as an earnest proffer. I listed the unbiblical teaching or behavior, the consequence of that belief or behavior, and the scripture we can refer to.
There are links I can provide and substantiations for each of Beth Moore's errors. I can provide documentation, if you ask. Let us reason over scripture and let our hearts become joyful as we seek purity in our walk, good teaching, and collegial fellowship with one another.
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* The lifestyle issue is not because Moore is rich (she is). The Bible has no problem with wealth. Job, Abraham, Solomon, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea and others were rich. The issue is what Beth Moore does with her money, how she uses it, and how open she is about her wealthy status. Jesus didn't mourn the Rich Young Ruler because the man was wealthy, but because he gave up eternal life to retain his earthly property and money.
If I hire someone to do a service for me, like install the flashing on my deck, or clean my chimney, or fix my car, I want to ensure a quality job done. It is unlikely that I would re-hire a plumber who has demonstrated serial-mistake-making.
"I installed the wrong size pipe and that's why it burst in the middle of the night."
Would you rehire that same plumber? If you did, and he made another mistake...
"I forgot to turn the water off before I uninstalled the pipe, that's why the laundry room is flooded."
Would you hire him again?
"I used the wrong size wrench and that's why the pipe is crushed now."
Of course not, at some point very early on, you would seek a different person for the job.
So why is it that people continually overlook a false teacher's wrong acts? Dismiss obvious errant theological interpretations? Why do they put their soul at risk in ignoring the myriad issues others have raised?
I know the biblical answers to these questions, my mind is at rest with God's ordination of these things. I ask them because though my mind is at rest, my heart mourns.
We don't call someone false after one mistake or two. But after decades of credible problems in a ministry with no hint of its teacher repenting or showing willingness to be corrected, it becomes obvious what is happening: that teacher is falling, not rising. Yet some people disregard scripture violation after scripture violation, and they keep drawing water out of the same poisoned well, even asking for more.
This hurts me. I grieve for the women who follow false teachers, who willfully resist the attempts from discipleship mentors, elders, pastors, discernment people, to instruct them of the imminent danger to their soul.
Beth Moore has been on a downward trajectory since the beginning of her ministry. Her issues are not new. I thought if I put some of the issues in list form, it might make things plainer. This list doesn't even contain problems about her legalism, pop psychology, or her atrocious behavior on Twitter toward those who raise objections to her teaching. It doesn't mention unethical publication practices such as deleting half a chapter from her Kindle version and leaving it in the hard copy without letting readers know there was a substantial difference in content they were paying for. One can only fit so much into one table.
And that is the point. This list isn't even complete. Would you hire a plumber to fix your bathroom if he has year upon year made significant foundational errors? No, and he would probably lose his license! Would you seek a doctor whose practice is riddled with malpractice - or deaths? And how much more important is your soul to keep healthy and alive?
Please accept this table as an earnest proffer. I listed the unbiblical teaching or behavior, the consequence of that belief or behavior, and the scripture we can refer to.
There are links I can provide and substantiations for each of Beth Moore's errors. I can provide documentation, if you ask. Let us reason over scripture and let our hearts become joyful as we seek purity in our walk, good teaching, and collegial fellowship with one another.
Click to enlarge
* The lifestyle issue is not because Moore is rich (she is). The Bible has no problem with wealth. Job, Abraham, Solomon, Nicodemus, Joseph of Arimathea and others were rich. The issue is what Beth Moore does with her money, how she uses it, and how open she is about her wealthy status. Jesus didn't mourn the Rich Young Ruler because the man was wealthy, but because he gave up eternal life to retain his earthly property and money.
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