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Dr. Albert Mohler is facing backlash—including from high-profile leaders like Beth Moore—after asserting that a woman sharing sermon insights on a church podcast is “functioning as a pastor,” a situation Mohler believes is a “problem.”
“I’ve never pastored a church. Couldn’t pay me a jillion dollars to. Never been ordained. Have no desire to. The only paid staff position I’ve ever held in a church was as an aerobics teacher in our church gym,” said author and Bible teacher Beth Moore, Tuesday, May 26. “But how in heaven’s name a woman discussing a sermon on a podcast could be objectionable to some is beyond me and what I believe to be beyond scripture.”
“If you have no idea what I’m talking about, good. Stay sane,” she said. “If you do, I’ve lived a long time and this has been my observation: Extremism, whether in conservatism or liberalism, whether in politics or religion, is never satisfied. It will always inch a little bit further. It’s a constant test of the purists.”
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“I’ve never pastored a church. Couldn’t pay me a jillion dollars to. Never been ordained. Have no desire to. The only paid staff position I’ve ever held in a church was as an aerobics teacher in our church gym,” said author and Bible teacher Beth Moore, Tuesday, May 26. “But how in heaven’s name a woman discussing a sermon on a podcast could be objectionable to some is beyond me and what I believe to be beyond scripture.”
“If you have no idea what I’m talking about, good. Stay sane,” she said. “If you do, I’ve lived a long time and this has been my observation: Extremism, whether in conservatism or liberalism, whether in politics or religion, is never satisfied. It will always inch a little bit further. It’s a constant test of the purists.”
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Beth Moore: To Object to a Woman ‘Discussing a Sermon’ on a Podcast Is ‘Beyond Scripture’
Dr. Albert Mohler is facing backlash—including from leaders such as Beth Moore—after objecting to a woman sharing sermon insights on a podcast.
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