I’ve mentioned before how we arrived at our “Charismaniac” church after a lifetime spent in more traditional Bible-based Reformed/Evangelical churches.
I think a good part of the allure that Living Word Church (a pseudonym) had for us, at least at first, was that it WAS such a departure from what we’d grown up with. Instead of [...]
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The Fruit of Charismania
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, prosperity gospel, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism on June 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The Privilege of Washing “Anointed” Toilets?
Posted in Amway, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, prosperity gospel, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism on December 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
One of the strangest (and most unbiblical) things about our particular experience with “Charismania” was the odd dynamic that swirled around the pastors of Living Word Church (a pseudonym, as are most other names on this website). Within the world that they’d created inside the walls of Living Word, the Smith family – Pastor Smith, [...]
Jesus Died for the U.S. Economy?
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Elijah list, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, prosperity gospel, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism on October 29, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Pastor Smith is still at it. He’s still preaching what amounts to a “different gospel.”
I don’t know why this surprises me. We’re a few months shy of the two-year anniversary of our leaving Living Word Church (a pseudonym, as are all other names mentioned in this post), and every time I check in and listen [...]
Surveying the Wreckage
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, dreams, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, supernatural weight loss, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, visions, weight loss during altar call, Word of Faith on September 11, 2008 | 20 Comments »
As I’ve said before, many times, the journey out of Charismania seems to take longer than one would imagine. We’ve been gone from Living Word Church (a pseudonym, as are all other names in this post) for a year and a half, and yet I still keep coming to new realizations about things we experienced [...]
Great Faith, or Delusions of Grandeur?
Posted in Amway, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Lakeland Outpouring, Paula White, Todd Bentley, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, hagin, hickey, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, lakeland revival, osteen, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, dreams, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, supernatural weight loss, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, visions, weight loss during altar call, Word of Faith on August 1, 2008 | 45 Comments »
My exit out of Living Word Church (a pseudonym), and Charismania in general, for that matter, was prompted by a handful of what Oprah Winfrey would call “Aha!” moments. One of those moments, ironically, was born out of a friendship, probably the only true friendship I had at Living Word.
Living Word Church was NOT a [...]
Part iv of Herescope’s excellent series on Todd Bentley and Lakeland
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Lakeland Outpouring, Todd Bentley, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, lakeland revival, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, Word of Faith on July 8, 2008 | 11 Comments »
From the Herescope site:
Lakeland’s Recycled Revival
Music, Mass Hypnotism and Angels
A Pastor Reports on Todd Bentley’s “Revival” in Lakeland, Florida
By Pastor Gary Osborne
[Note: this is part 4 of a weeklong series of articles on this topic]
MUSIC AND MASS HYPNOTISM
Everything in these meetings is driven by the music. I shared this earlier but it bears repeating. When [...]
Part iii of Herescope’s excellent series about Todd Bentley and the Lakeland “Outpouring”
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Lakeland Outpouring, Todd Bentley, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, lakeland revival, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, Word of Faith on July 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
From the Herescope site:
Lakeland’s Recycled Revival
TODD BENTLEY’S CONNECTION TO THE LATTER RAIN MOVEMENT
A Pastor Reports on Todd Bentley’s “Revival” in Lakeland, Florida
By Pastor Gary Osborne
My first real concern with these crusades revolves around the issue of who Todd Bentley looks up to and who he considers spiritual leaders. He frequently mentions, and even has up [...]
Part ii of “Herescope’s” excellent series…
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Lakeland Outpouring, Todd Bentley, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, lakeland revival, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, Word of Faith on June 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
From the Herescope website, here is Part 2 of the series about Lakeland:
The Practice of “Revival”
A Pastor Reports on Todd Bentley’s “Revival” in Lakeland, Florida
By Pastor Gary Osborne
[Note: This is the 2nd article in a weeklong series. See the Introduction posted yesterday.]
WHAT I OBSERVED IN THE SERVICES
The first night I personally attended was Thursday, May [...]
An excellent series of articles from “Herescope”…
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Lakeland Outpouring, Todd Bentley, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, lakeland revival, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, Word of Faith on June 26, 2008 | 20 Comments »
From the Herescope site comes an excellent series of articles about the Lakeland “Outpouring.” Here is the introduction to the series:
A Pastor Reports on Todd Bentley’s “Revival” in Lakeland, Florida
By Pastor Gary Osborne
[Note to reader: this article begins a week-long series of posts, an in-depth eyewitness report from a pastor who attended and observed this [...]
The Smiths, Todd Bentley, and “One Moment In Time” Christianity
Posted in Biblical truth, Blogroll, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, Elijah list, Lakeland Outpouring, Todd Bentley, Word of Faith, abuse, angels, anointing, authority, cessation, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, fraud, inappropriate, lakeland revival, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, prophecy, prophetic movement, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, tagged abuse, angels, anointing, authority, Biblical truth, Blogroll, Bob Jones, cessation, Charisma, Charisma Magazine, charismania, charismatic, christian, church, church money, cult, deception, discernment, documentation, Elijah list, equality, evil, excellence, fake degree, false miracle, false prophecy, false prophet, favoritism, financial abuse, Florida, florida outpouring, fraud, honesty, IHOP, inappropriate, kenneth copeland, Lakeland, Lakeland Outpouring, lakeland revival, lawsuit, lie, miracle, pentecostal, perfection, pimp, proof, prophecy, prophetic movement, racism, raised from the dead, revival, spiritual abuse, spiritual favoritism, Todd Bentley, true prophet, truth, verification, verify, Word of Faith on June 19, 2008 | 59 Comments »
The other day, I was poking around on youtube, and I stumbled across a series of videos recently released by our former church’s music department. Pastor Smith’s (not their real last name) son (an excellent pianist but a horrifically tone-deaf singer) put out a new CD this past spring, and the church had obviously poured a bunch [...]
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