Beth Moore lives inside the head of some conservative evangelicals, especially those who believe that women should submit to the authority of men. The popular Bible teacher recently published an update on what appears to be a new hobby: growing grapes. She wrote: “I’m growing grapes for reals. It’s like a miracle. In fifty jillion degree weather. If Jesus is trying to get me to have a crush on him, it’s working.”
I thought the use of the word “crush” here was clever.
But it was only a matter time before the Calvinist, complementarian theobros (and their submissive wives) pounced:
Repent?
And we wonder why so many young people are leaving the faith.
P.S. Isn’t the Church the “bride of Christ?
Her tweet is kind of vague/cryptic/clever… but it doesn’t seem her enemies want to ask any questions and charitably discover what Moore is really meaning. They just want to hate on her ‘like Jesus would do…’
So sad… (but I still think the underlying reason for the hate was her stand against trumpism…and also against racism/white supremacy… If she hadn’t done that and she was teaching/preaching like a good girl, they wouldn’t give a flip… she’d still be in the club. This anti-woman pastor stuff is just cover for other things.)
And her critiques of complementarianism had something to do with it. Although from what I understand she remains one.