Why I Am Not a Big Fan of Beth Moore - Don't Hate Me

Beth Moore, have you heard of her?  She is a Souther Baptist teacher whose Bible studies are in churches ranging from Baptist to Methodist to Lutherans.  She's huge in the Evangelical crowd.  Nonetheless, here I am, Miss Disagreeable, finding myself disagreeing with her teaching or maybe more her method of teaching.

She is entertaining.  I mean who does not love a cute, southern speaking Texas girl?  If you speak Southern I automatically want to be your friend.

To be fair, I have attended some of her studies at my church - Breaking Free, Daniel and I can't remember the other one.

I have stated before that I am not a theologian.  You know this.  So I think I will quote other, more knowledgeable people.

From the Watchman's Bag Pipes:

"I can certainly judge Beth Moore’s claims of direct revelation from God with what the Bible teaches and declare her a false teacher, and even a false prophet, without ever claiming she is not a true believer."

The following are lengthy articles but are worth the read!  introductory article, an article on Moore's claims of direct personal extra-Biblical revelation


Beth Moore's Dangerous Bible Teaching (it is actual audio).  Be aware there are some sarcastic remarks in this one.

Her claims of special revelation from "Breaking Free" from the Watchman's Bagpipes. 

Personally my biggest problem with Beth Moore is how she says she receives things from the Lord.  She speaks as if the Lord spoke directly to her and obviously as a Christian I believe the cannon of Scripture is closed and that God does not audibly speak to us.  He only speaks to us through His Word.  (Does God Still Give Revelation) - 1 Timothy 4:1 Revelation 22:18-19

'God told me' is a dangerous and heretical motto for anyone to take because it opens to chaos, confusion, mysticism, subjectivism, demons and deception. All Scripture, given by inspiration of God, is profitable. It is completely profitable. It is so profitable that the man of God is made perfect by it thoroughly furnished unto all good works, right? The Scripture is sufficient; we need nothing more than this. And once you introduce any more than this, the chaos is irretrievable.

The bottom line is this, as Christians we need to know how to study the Bible.  We need to be discerning.  We need to check everything we hear against Scripture whether it is said by your pastor or a blond haired lady from Texas.