John MacArthur tells Beth Moore ‘Go home’: 3 ways to disagree better
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 23 October 2019
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR OCTOBER 23, 2019
Last week, while on a panel discussion, Baptist pastor John MacArthur was asked for a "pithy" response to certain names. When he heard "Beth Moore," a prominent Bible teacher, he replied with "Go home."
In today's podcast, Ryan Denison considers three ways MacArthur's response was wrong and the lessons we can learn regarding how to better disagree with our brothers and sisters in Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Daily Article podcast, published by the Denison Forum for Culture-changing Christians. |
| 0:07.8 | To receive the Daily article directly to your email inbox each weekday morning, visit thedailyarticle.com. |
| 0:14.7 | Now here's today's news, discerned differently. |
| 0:19.6 | Note, I am grateful to my son, Ryanison for writing the daily article this week while I am |
| 0:25.7 | traveling. |
| 0:26.8 | Ryan is a graduate of Baylor University and Truitt Seminary and is completing his doctoral |
| 0:32.2 | dissertation in church history. |
| 0:34.5 | He serves as senior fellow forology with our ministry and writes often |
| 0:38.7 | in my absence. I am certain you will find his insights to be both biblical and practical. |
| 0:45.0 | John MacArthur is a prominent Baptist pastor and biblical scholar who is currently celebrating |
| 0:52.2 | 50 years in pulpit ministry at Grace Community Church |
| 0:55.5 | in Sun Valley, California. Sadly, that legacy is only part of why he is in the news today. Last week, |
| 1:02.5 | MacArthur took part in a panel discussion at the Truth Matters conference hosted by his home church. |
| 1:08.5 | M.C. Todd Freel asked the panel for a one-word or pithy response to |
| 1:13.0 | certain names. Friel then started the discussion by saying, Beth Moore, in reference to the |
| 1:18.4 | prominent Southern Baptist author and speaker, who was made waves recently by teaching at churches |
| 1:23.2 | on Sunday mornings. MacArthur responded by simply but clearly saying, go home. Those in attendance |
| 1:29.9 | responded with laughter and applause, while some might be tempted to dismiss MacArthur's statement |
| 1:35.4 | as playing to the crowd, or as the result of poor judgment in the moment, it certainly fit the pithy |
| 1:41.9 | characterization that Friel was looking for. |
| 1:44.9 | It's important to note that the pastor took more than 30 seconds to craft his response. |
| 1:49.8 | It was clear, in both his answer and his later explanation, that his words represent what he |
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