This blog essay is a repository for links to Beth Moore critiques, a listing of most external Beth Moore critiques I could find that are grace-filled and credible. The list also includes critiques I have written. I think it’s helpful to have them all in one place.
At the very bottom is a list of blogs I have written about Moore. Moore is bad for your heart, bad for your mind, and bad for your faith. The Bible advises us to “avoid such people”. Scriptures are used in these articles, so you can compare for yourself.
Critiques By Men:
Beth Moore does NOT want you to see this! Link is to an 11-minute video critiquing a recent statement Moore made in an interview by Mike Campagna.
Fight For Truth, What Happened to Beth Moore? in this 27 minute video Fight for Truth looks at a pattern of troubling teachings by Beth Moore and a concerning trajectory on a number of important cultural and doctrinal issues.
Beth Moore Attacks Jonathan Edwards for Being Direct About God’s Indignation Toward Sinners
WWUTT 90-second video. “Did Melissa Moore, Daughter of Beth Moore, Defend Sex-Changes for Kids?”
Gabe Hughes of WWUTT: Brian Sauve’s Tweet and Beth Moore Said WHAT?! Part 1 (15 min)
Gabe Hughes of WWUTT: Beth Moore Owns Herself AGAIN (Brian Sauve’s Viral Tweet Part 2) 16 min
Tim Hurd video, “Beth Moore Calls on John MacArthur To Repent”, Beth Moore goes on a Twitter rant wondering why John MacArthur hasn’t called her to repent of his 2019 ‘Go home’ comment.
Pastor Gabe Hughes: What can you expect from a typical Beth Moore Study?
Justin Peters discusses Beth Moore with Susan Heck (video)
Steve Kozar on Beth Moore: The moment she laid her Charismatic cards on the table
Jeff Dornik pushes back against Beth Moore’s virtue signalling Twitter rants about alleged white supremacy in evangelical churches
Conservative Resurgence Voices, crvoices.org: What kind of SBC will we be? Why we need to care about Beth Moore preaching. They open with this plea:
If you are tired of talking about issues related to Beth Moore, that means you are a sane and rational person. I know it’s exhausting, but we need to care about Beth Moore preaching, and here is why.
Beth Moore, John MacArthur, and Clobbering Girls in Football y Toby J. Sumpter-
I’m not even addressing the content of Mrs. Moore’s preaching. I am merely speaking of the fact that she openly and defiantly claims to preach. This is shameful.
Pastor Tedd Mathis of Pueblo West Baptist Church, Why We Choose Not To Allow Beth Moore to Teach in our Church. Originally published in 2017, updated in 2019.
Beth Moore’s ‘You’re worth it’ error, from Matt at ‘Learn to Discern’ with a 15 min video, assessing a series of tweets from Beth Moore in which she said that people are “worth” Jesus dying on the cross.
Tom Nettles on Jonathan Edwards and Beth Moore
Pastor Jeff Noblit of Grace Life Church of the Shoals, Statement Concerning Leaving the SBC (Big reason: Beth Moore. Also, Critical Race Theory). OR, Statement Concerning Leaving the SBC from Grace Life Church on Vimeo.
Video from Alan Hunter, “Polite Leader”- Beth Moore – False Teacher? (7-min)
Voice of Reason Radio (Chris Hohnholz, Rich Story) The Fundamental Problem with Beth Moore
From Rev. Matt Slick, Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry: A critique of Beth Moore’s teaching here.
Rev. Chris Hull: Lutheran pastor on Beth Moore: “She’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing trying to destroy my flock” (podcast)
Beth Moore’s followers don’t understand the Gospel, by Jeff Maples
From a man named Dale Wilson at the blog The King’s Dale: Beth Moore – False Teacher
Pastor Mike Abendroth, 90-second video: Where is Beth Moore’s Husband?
Pastor Mike Abendroth, sermon clip: Beth Moore-a or Sola Scriptura?
Pastor Mike Abendroth 22 minute radio show, answering emails about Beth Moore
Justin Peters: Spiritual Shipwreck of the Word Faith Movement (not solely devoted to critiquing Moore but she is part of the overall sermon lesson).
Beth Moore: A Prophet for an Undiscerning Church
I do not agree with a lot of what Mr Wade Burleson has to say. But I include this link because by his own admission he is a fan of Moore and considers her an asset to the Body of Christ, and even he is scratching his head at how Moore treated James 4:10-11 in the study Mercy Triumphs. I especially appreciated his critique of Moore’s penchant for making promises about God’s intentions, as if she knows at any given moment what God will do in this or that situation, something I mentioned in the Commissioning essay above.
“God Will Kick Your Tail” – A Critique of Beth Moore’s Teaching on James 4:10-11 from Mercy Triumphs
James White reporting on the Open Letter to Beth Moore
James White reporting on Moore’s response to the controversy that erupted where it was discovered she had redacted significant amounts of material related to homosexuality from her e-book.
Dr Owen Strachan: Divine Order in a Chaotic Age: On Women Preaching
Pastor Gabe Hughes: Beth Moore Goes Off Like a Bottle Rocket
Pastor Gabe Hughes 90-second video: What’s the Problem with Beth Moore?
From Sharper Iron, it is a very good critique. Highly recommended: Beth Moore: Her John Piper Connection and Her Very Bad Doctrine
Justin Bullington: Why We Still Warn About Beth Moore
Pastor Gabe Hughes- Breaking Down Beth Moore’s Comment at Passion 2017
Justin Peters comments on a very bad tweet Moore published that was full or error and just plain strange I call “The Noah Instinct“. It caused a minor uproar, so Moore simply deleted it. But screen shots abound.
#3354. This Week in Pop-American Christianity: Beth Moore’s Teaching on Baptism – Pr. Chris Rosebrough, 12/1/17
Pastor Chris Rosebrough is interviewed and goes line by line through Moore’s recent teaching on Baptism and shows why it’s bad. Podcast.
Beth Moore: Biblicism, Spiritual Warfare, Mysticism and Pop Psychology by Two Ages Pilgrims
Chapter by Chapter critique of Moore’s book “So long, Insecurity” By Dale Wilson
Critiques by Various Men & Women:
How God Made Beth Moore a Feminist (Kind Of) – Time Magazine reviews Beth Moore’s autobiography and acknowledges her “gradual feminist awakening”, saying Moore “saves her harshest words for the leaders of the Southern Baptist Church, whom she paints as much more invested in keeping women from the sin of teaching men than they are in keeping men from the sin of abusing women.”
Diana Lesperance: A Response to Beth Moore’s Tweets on White Supremacy Moore is participating in a Conference on Race, and Ms. Lesperance revived her 2021 interaction with Moore about CRT and where Moore alleged Racism in the church with this tweet. Diana’s insights offer a perspective I hadn’t considered before.
From Proverbs 9:10 Ministries, we have a podcast titled, Spiritual Messaging: Divine or Demonic? – Real Truth about False Teaching Part 8 which examines automatic writing, Sarah Young of Jesus Calling’s experience writing her book and Beth Moore’s delving into it herself.
Susan Heck discusses Beth Moore with Justin Peters (video)
Testimony from an ex-Beth Moore follower: Lessons about Jesus, but not Jesus Himself reposted on my blog.
Teri McCarthy: What’s My Beef with Beth?
Michelle Lesley: Open Letter to Beth Moore Timeline of Events
Michelle Lesley: The Mother of All Rebellions- Having a Woman Preach on Mother’s Day
DebbieLynne Kespert: Beth Moore Heard God Speak — Dare We Question Her?
DebbieLynne Kespert: What’s My Problem with Beth Moore, Anyway?
Michelle Lesley “Response to Moore’s Letter to Christian Brothers“-
How is anyone supposed to agree with or refute the facts of what Beth is saying unless she gives clear explanations and details? What Beth has done in her blog post is to throw out unsubstantiated, generalized accusations against a wide swath of nameless Christian men and churches and she expects us to take her word for it that there’s some epidemic of misogyny across the board in the church.
Michelle Lesley
Sharon Lareau of Chapter 3 Ministries, Evaluating Beth Moore’s Upcoming Live Simulcast, (How to pay attention to the red flags the Spirit raises in us, a good discernment lesson in prep for evaluating Moore’s simulcast)
Sharon Lareau of Chapter 3 Ministries, Class on Discernment: Living Proof Live Simulcast,
Sharon Lareau of Chapter 3 Ministries, 2015 Living Proof Live Simulcast Review Part One
1. Sharon Lareau of Chapter 3 Ministries, Beth Moore Simulcast Review Part One: General Observations,
2. Sharon Lareau of Chapter 3 Ministries, Beth Moore Simulcast Review Part Two: Bible Interpretation Issues,
3. Sharon Lareau of Chapter 3 Ministries, Beth Moore Simulcast Review Part Three: Personal Revelation
Erin Benziger (Do Not Be Surprised) Beth Moore Prophesies a Coming ‘Outpouring,’ Warns of ‘Scoffers’
Erin Benziger (Do Not Be Surprised) “Why Beth Moore and Not Me? The Danger of Claiming to Receive Direct Revelation“
Pam Terrell: Breaking Up With Beth Moore
In 2015 a young 22-year-old woman tweeted this: “just watched an interview with @johnpiper saying he supports false teacher @bethmoorelpn #sosad”. The comment caught Beth Moore’s attention, and what ensued speaks very much to the fact that Moore is indeed false. Moore wrote an entire blog about the young woman, with the young woman remarking: “Throwback to when Beth Moore wrote a blog about me and wanted to ground me and give me a homework assignment because at the time I was only 22 and couldn’t think for myself.” Hers was an accurate assessment. Moore uses any excuse to dismiss any criticism of her or her teaching.
Here is Moore’s blog response about the young woman, passively-aggressively casting the young woman into a negative light: “It’s Hunting Season for Heretics“. The situation blew up, caused some heavy hitters to enter the fray, and eventually the young woman posted the email exchanges with Moore online. The situation is recounted here at my blog and includes the link to the email convo.
Book Review by ‘Discerning Reader’: Get out of That Pit (the reviewer does not recommend the book)
Sunny Shell: What Do Ann Voskamp, Beth Moore and Sarah Young Have In Common?
Adriane Heins, she is a Lutheran. In this essay she also mentions Joyce Meyer. I appreciated this a lot: “Beth and Joyce want you to feel your theology; Christ assures you of it.” (Cached version)
“Friends Don’t let Friends Read Beth Moore“
The Upward Call’s Critique of Beth Moore’s “The Patriarchs”
Beth Moore: “Biblicism, Spiritual Warfare, Mysticism and Pop Psychology”
Book Review of Believing God by Beth Moore
Or here, same review: Believing God by Beth Moore
A question asked at the Strange Fire conference: Click on this link, go to tab “Study the Issues” and then click on “Issues” dropdown to find Q and A.
Q. “How do I respond to people who refuse to admit that those who supposedly receive divine revelation are dangerous even though they don’t teach outright heresy?”
Can you talk about the dangers of popular teachers who are not heretical but say that God talks to them? I am thinking specifically of Beth Moore. What are we to do with people who refuse to see the danger and insist such teachers are OK?
ANSWER: “Believers must always listen carefully when any teacher or preacher speaks about the Bible and theology. They must share the nobility of the Berean saints whom Luke commended for double checking Paul’s teaching according to Scripture (cf. Acts 17:1–11). While Beth Moore teaches with accuracy on some points, she also holds positions and teaches doctrines that are both incorrect and dangerous.”
“Beth Moore promotes contemplative prayer, a mystical practice not found in Scripture which includes elements of eastern mysticism. She chooses not to draw firm doctrinal lines on her website while implying the Roman Catholic Church is a Christian denomination alongside the Methodist, Baptist, and other denominations. Beth also claims that she has received visions from God and sometimes receives revelation from Him in her heart. From these examples we must conclude that the lack of biblical and theological depth in Beth Moore’s teaching renders her a dubious and dangerous source of Bible teaching.”
Critiques by Elizabeth Prata, writer of this blog:
2023: They’re not even hiding it anymore: Beth Moore, preaching, and how to get women into the pulpit. Bonus: Moore’s teaching on 1Tim2:12
What their anger about ‘Go Home’ reveals
Beth Moore is finally “home”
What are the biblical qualities God desires in a woman teacher? Not the ones Beth Moore exhibits
Beth Moore announces she is leaving the Southern Baptist Convention
Has Beth Moore recently drifted, or has she always been false?
You say potato, I say potato: Feminism and the Younger Teaching the Elder
Beth Moore, Direct Revelation, Being led by the Spirit
“Moore teaches women to go internally and rely on mystical warnings, feelings, and prompts. What Moore is actually teaching is the insufficiency of scripture and the sufficiency of ourselves to obey personal feelings.”
Examining Moore’s ethics in Christian publishing
Open Letter to Beth Moore
Beth Moore Has a Lot to Answer for in Normalizing Preaching/Teaching to Men
Joyce Meyer’s “I am not a sinner” aside, the more subtle a false teacher, the less likely it will be that one can find just one ‘smoking gun’ to point to in proving falsity. Therefore, this link is as close as it gets to just one smoking gun:
Examining Beth Moore’s statement: the ‘Bride is paralyzed by unbelief
Lifestyles of the mega-rich pastors with estates and private jets: You’ll be shocked to see who is among them (OK it’s Beth Moore)
Was this devoted Catholic man swept to heaven upon his death as the obituary states?
Spot the self-refutation, Moore & Mysticism
Beth Moore calling down fire
Deconstructing Moore’s most popular story
Beth Moore’s Strangely Disappearing Tweet: A Discernment Lesson
I wrote this series in 2011 after having attended a two day Living Proof Conference.
Beth Moore: Reactions to Living Proof teaching
Reactions Part 1
Reactions Part 2
Reactions Part 3a
Reaction Part 3b
Reactions Part 4
Investigating Moore’s teachings led me to research further. This series was the result:
Troubled by Beth Moore’s teaching: This series recounts my experience at a Living Proof Live convention in 2011 and my concerns over how and what Beth Moore teaches.
Troubled by Beth Moore’s teaching: Part 1, Introduction and Casualness
Beth Moore Part 2: Undignified Teaching
Beth Moore Part 3: Contemplative Prayer
Beth Moore Part 4: Legalism
Beth Moore Part 5: Personal Revelation
Beth Moore Part 6: Eisegesis, Pop Psychology, and Bad Bible Interpretations
Beth Moore Part 7: Conclusion
When I read that Beth Moore said she had received the book directly from God as if a force had taken control of her, it reminded me of previous research I’d done years ago into automatic writing. This series was the result.
Examples of Channeling Christians, like Beth Moore
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: How Walsch, Young, and Moore channeled their books
Part 3: How Walsch, Young, & Moore channeled their books
Conclusion: Why Walsch, Young and Moore channeled their books
Beth Moore’s role as a feminist and redefining biblical womanhood for the next generations (Rev 2:20 again)
Secret Christian feminists
How the Christian secret feminists are reforming the definition of biblical womanhood. Part 1
How the Christian secret feminists are reforming the definition of biblical womanhood. Part 2
How the Christian secret feminists are reforming the definition of biblical womanhood. Part 3
Beth Moore led a “commissioning” for 11,000 women (and men) at Unwrap the Bible conference
Beth Moore defenders said I was being too picky in making charges against the way Moore teaches, casual speaking of God being one of them. But here is an essay showing that such casual speech is actually a breaking of the Third Commandment not to take His name in vain.
The Third Commandment: ways to take God’s name in vain you might not have thought of
Taking Beth Moore to task for claiming to have been with Jesus in another dimension and taught new things
Beth Moore says God lifted her into another dimension & showed her the church through Jesus’ eyes
A discernment lesson on how Mrs Moore twists scripture and comparing her exposition to credible teachers’ work
Discernment lesson: The Shack and Beth Moore’s treatment of Paul. Part 2
Really, if Revelation 2:20 doesn’t speak of Beth Moore’s type of prophesying, then I dunno what does.
Beth Moore: a type of false prophetess of the church at Thyatira?
Examining how Luke 6 and the curse of popularity is one huge indicator of a false teacher
Discernment lesson: the curse of popularity, Beth Moore, and Billy Graham
Book Review: “Things Pondered,” Beth Moore’s story of adopting a boy and giving him back
Beth Moore’s Heretic Hunting Article and its Fallout
Beth Moore’s Spiritual Biography
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Of Interest:
Grace To You sermon series:
How to Talk to a Heretic
Biblical stance on why Beth Moore has always been false (or any false teacher) and it didn’t just come on suddenly
