Justin Peters has posted a one-star Amazon review of Steve Lawson’s new book while openly admitting that he has not even read the book. He then tells everyone else not to buy it. That alone should tell you how seriously to take the “review.” But it gets worse. Peters claims Lawson has “permanently disqualified himself from ministry,” including all forms of public biblical and theological teaching. Scripture does not say that. The qualifications he is appealing to concern pastoral/elder office. You can certainly argue that Lawson is permanently disqualified from pastoral ministry. That is not the same thing as claiming Scripture permanently bars him from ever writing, teaching, giving testimony, or speaking publicly about theology again. He then accuses Lawson of having AI write much of the book because the sample contains parallelism, alliteration, contrast, imagery, and triadic structure—as though those rhetorical devices were invented by ChatGPT. That is an extraordinarily serious accusation resting on extraordinarily weak evidence. I have no problem with Christians scrutinizing Lawson’s repentance, questioning the timing of the book, or debating what public ministry should look like after a fall like his. Those are legitimate discussions. But leaving a one-star “review” of a book you admit you have not read, making accusations you cannot substantiate from the sample, overstating what Scripture actually says, and then telling everyone else not to read the book comes across as something very different from careful biblical discernment. You cannot fairly review what you refuse to read. Here is the Review on Amazon: This book should have never been written - don't buy it. a.co/00RvlLhj