Beth Moore Joining ‘Volf’ in Sheep’s Clothing for Painters, Prophets, Poets Conference

Staff Writer

Beth Moore continues her bad choices tour, joining noted Episcopal Priest Miroslav Volf for the Painters, Prophets, Poets Conference, a three-day affair in October where “all are invited into the work of envisioning and promoting Christ’s work of remaking the world in their own particular places, in their own particular ways.”

According to the promo material, the conference is “intentionally multi-disciplinary, bringing a diverse set of voices into the conversation around our shared pursuit of New Creation.” They insist that “Not only do such conversations foster individual growth, they allow for synergy and partnership across denominational, class, vocational, and political lines.”

We last wrote about Moore after she insisted the pulpit within the SBC had become a ‘threat to women,’ after she labeled her entire denomination racist, saying they don’t want black people in power positions, and after declaring that all the Southern Baptists that were ‘sexist’ towards her were also likely racist as well.

As for Volf, he’s a progressive thinker who argued in 2016 that all Christians should vote for Hillary Clinton, as her worldview was more in line with Christian principles and beliefs than Donald Trump. He has strenuously argued that Jews, Christians, and Muslims worship the same God and authored the trash book ” Public Faith in Action: How to Think Carefully, Engage Wisely, and Vote with Integrity,” where his true colors shine through. Dr. Brian Mattson explains the issues with the book:

Chapter after chapter the authors lay out the various burning political issues of the day, explaining the debate, the motivations of the various views, and itemizing the points of dispute (in a section called “Room For Debate”). And… that’s it. They never “land” anywhere. Their magnanimity and openness is such that I am reminded of the Chesterton quote: “Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of the opening of the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.” Instead, we get pages and pages of “hmm-ing, “hawing,” thoughtful head-nodding, and chin pinching.

Consider the chapter on abortion, probably as clear-cut a contemporary moral issue as we can find. The hand-wringing is virtually audible, as if emanating from the physical page. The authors cannot decide whether pre-viable unborn humans should be “accorded the respect, protection, and nurture a human life deserves.”

They must “leave open” the question of when human life begins. And when it comes to debates about abortion in America (a country with the most damningly laissez faire laws in the world), they find the necessary moral judgments “vexingly difficult.” (I have no doubt they do.) When it comes to public policy, we get a lot about the need for expanded health care, education, economic protection and support, safe environments, and so forth, but abortion foes are then backhandedly chided for expending their finite resources into, well, opposing abortion laws.

…And then…One reaches the chapter on (extra points if you guessed it)…marriage. Suddenly our authors have very strong convictions. Suddenly they can say something with a refreshing amount of boldness and certainty. And what they say is that Christians ought to (that is, are morally obligated to) support the idea of marriage for same-sex couples. No ambiguity, no hand-wringing; just full-throated advocacy. It is truly an amazing transformation.

The conference comes a few months after Moore will be appearing at another preaching gig, speaking at Johns Creek Baptist Church, an SBC church with four female pastors.