Beth Moore
On Twitter one day, a young woman mentioned John Piper and Beth Moore in a negative light. She'd said,"just watched an interview with @johnpiper saying he supports false teacher @bethmoorelpn #sosad"
The young woman's name was Jessica Lam. Mrs Moore was apparently disturbed by Mrs Lam's Twitter comment, so Mrs Moore wrote a long essay at her popular blog accusing Jessica of various things.
The title of Mrs Moore's blog essay about Jessica was "It's Hunting Season for Heretics". This implies, of course, that Jessica Lam is a heretic for calling Mrs Moore a false teacher. Please keep in mind that Mrs Moore is pushing 60 years old, and Mrs Lam is 22.
In Jessica's own words, here is what Mrs Moore accused Jessica of-
"Beth Moore wrote a blog about me because she didn't agree with what I said about her. In it she put me down because of my age and implied that I don't know what I'm talking about because I'm only 22... I'm not experienced enough.. I'm not thinking for myself.. And then she blocked me."
The bible says, "Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled." (Titus 2:3-5).
As sometimes happens (due to the Holy Spirit, I'm convinced) this particular interaction blew up. Mrs Moore's supporters flooded her blog with hundreds of comments. (364 as of today). The interaction was widely circulated and discussed on Twitter and Facebook. Preacher Tony Miano emailed Mr Lam, and Pastor Justin Peters called Mr Lam to offer support and encouragement.
Older men are to be sober-minded, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in steadfastness (Titus 2:2)
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, (1 Timothy 5:1)
At this point, Mrs Moore began to backtrack, at one point even asking someone to post Jessica's phone number so Mrs Moore could personally call Jessica. Moore promised to "quickly delete it." This brought out the protective husband instinct in Mr Lam. The couple have been married only 4 months, by the way. Mr Lam didn't feel it was wise or safe to post their home phone number on a blog with hundreds of angry supporters just so Moore can "quickly delete it."
Anyway, somehow the two women connected via email. Mrs Lam asked her readers for prayer so that their conversation on both sides would be biblical. Lots of people were praying that would be so.
Mrs Lam has posted the email conversation between herself and Mrs Moore. It can be accessed here.
Several men have commented on this situation. Here are their links.
Beth Moore Confronts Pastors Wife for Criticizing her Direct Revelation
Beth Moore rebukes Articulate, Discerning Yong Women: Here is the Fascinating Exchange that Followed
Beth Moore: A Prophet for an Undiscerning Church
I am going to include this into my "All Beth Moore Critiques Here in One Place" essay
And sadly, though this next link has nothing to do with the current brouhaha, the legacy Beth Moore is leaving is this: one of rebellion. Witness this article from Christianity Today published just a few days ago.
What Happens when We See a Woman Teaching the Bible
Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols. (Revelation 2:20)
