This article was updated Dec. 30 to include a response from Beth Moore. Some of the Southern Baptist Convention’s white male theocrats just can’t give up hating on Beth Moore. It has been nearly three years since the popular…
Josh Butler isn’t done talking about God and sex yet
When The Gospel Coalition and The Keller Center scapegoated Josh Butler due to his article about sex and the church — an excerpt taken from his Beautiful Union book they previously hailed as “the Protestant magnum opus on sexual ethics we’ve been waiting for”…
Of Lent, Beth Moore and the role of women in church leadership
Our Lenten journey begins with ashes, followed by 40 disciplined days of charitable giving, fasting and prayer, trekking through an interior wilderness, waiting on grace, hoping it leads us back to God. On the evening of Ash Wednesday, though, I…
Tucker Carlson takes on Russell Moore, Beth Moore, Tim Keller and David French
It’s not just “liberals” who draw Tucker Carlson’s scorn these days. Even some stalwarts of evangelical conservativism are too “woke” to please the acerbic Fox News personality. On Thursday, March 2, Carlson called out Russell Moore, Tim Keller, Beth Moore…
Woke, awake or unfaithful? Racism in the white church
Feb. 16-18 at Baylor University’s Truett Seminary, we convened our second national conversation about racism in the white church, “Time to Wake Up.” Although those attending were passionate about the program and online and social media comments before, during and…
Beth Moore’s memoir doesn’t name names, but it tells a story of grit and grace
Beth Moore has told Bible stories for years. Now, with the publication of her new memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life, she’s telling her story. Moore started as a Bible teacher at First Baptist Church in Houston, which grew into a…
Fear lies at the core of racism in the church and society, Beth Moore tells Truett audience
White evangelicals who claim they love the Bible but dismiss its demands for social justice as devious misinterpretations of “woke” culture continue to astound Beth Moore, she told participants in a conference sponsored by Baylor University’s George W. Truett Seminary….
Why Women Talking has women talking and complementarian men fuming
As much as conservative evangelicals love to hate Hollywood, sometimes Hollywood plays the role of the prophet, exposing the brutal power dynamics of complementarianism’s “male headship.” Such is the case with Brett McCracken, senior editor and director of communications at…
Don’t overlook the depth of the disease in the SBC
As news is breaking from the investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention’s handling of sexual abuse, my heart breaks for women in the denomination I once called home. It is devastating to read about the treatment of victims and about…