Second, the study is on Esther she is a QUEEN. This should come a no surprise to anyone who does her studies. First, as a sanguine, Beth Moore is animated in her 100% girlish writing style. I've read many reviews criticizing the fluffiness if this study. This study challenged me to stare my pride in the face and say, "Die already!" Just like Haman, I thought I deserved so many things, things that I haven't received, if for no other reason, because it would be my god instead of The One True God. Right the moment I closed the book for the last time.īy Week 5, I realized with horror that I was no Esther! In fact, if it was not for the grace of God, my pride may have plotted all sorts of evil just like Haman. I was going to take a dating fast, and devote myself to physical and spiritual beauty treatments expecting a phone call from Mr. When I revisited the study a few months ago, my goal was to learn to behave like a princess, so that I could be a wife. I was distracted, and didn't keep up with the assignments. I first did this study with a church group 4 years ago. It takes mentorship and a lot more than a powerfully delivered sermon or Bible study. God working through Christians in relationship with others makes disciples. I acutally think it is bordering on blasphemy to make such a claim. Watching a video Bible study, or going through a Beth Moore workbook does not make disciples. If anything I would say that technology and the evangelical church in general are doing a far worse job of making disciples than the apostles did. I know she loved her friend the dear handicapped videographer, but to say that, "Without exaggeration, God used one individual to alter the entire landscape of Christian discipleship as we know it," is stretching it, a lot. The final straw? Beth Moore's suggestion that we are making better disciples thanks to technology. I will now admit to you that I did not finish this study. Not try to be copy cats of the secular world. They need to be who they are if they are going to be effective. Like when Christian musical artists try to make music that sounds almost just like a secular song, but not quite and then you just have a ridiculously obvious rip-off that sounds like some Christian record marketing executive had too much of his hands into the production.Ĭhristians need to be real. But all it does is wind up making her sound incredibly cheesy like she is trying much too hard to be cool. It was probably thrown in there by some editor or even by herself to try and reach some group of people they felt fell into the target. First of all, I believe the correct slang lingo phrase is "tru dat," and second of all I highly doubt Beth Moore in real life says such things. For example when she says, "true that," a few times. Another thing I picked up on was her attempt to include current lingo and phrases in her writing. I did not appreciate the inclusion of musical lyrics by Christian artist Steve Curtis Chapman followed by a plug to buy his CD on page 103. Speaking of target audiences, this brings me to another point about target marketing and how the line between marketing and doing ministry have been increasingly blurred. As such, I had a hard time connecting to her. I further felt that the tone and the target audience were definitely aimed at a woman much different from me. Copy work is fine for an elementary school student practicing handwriting, not in a study aimed at adult women. I also did not find the places where she had the reader do copy work to be beneficial. I found it especially annoying when she would ask the reader to answer a comprehension type question and then provide the answer in the paragraph below the space for filling out the answer (perfect example of this on p. Overall though I found most of what she had to say to be simplistic and repetative. For example the part about the time line of this story in relation to the Jewish calendar year. There were some historical and cultural insights offered that I did find interesting. The way it reads and the workbook itself feels very formulaic and reminds me of language arts workbooks that I had to do for homework as an elementary school student. My first impression of this study after doing week one with our small group was that Beth Moore seems to have discovered a formula that she feels works and written yet another study. I was trying to keep an open mind about the whole experience, but at the same time also trying to figure out what all the hype was about. This was my first exposure to one of her studies. I know a lot of Christian women really love Beth Moore and her studies.
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