tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post6361926042956048115..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: Do You Believe in Miracles?Bart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-79330630013841763512009-03-08T17:33:00.000-05:002009-03-08T17:33:00.000-05:00Bart:Thanks for the post. I intend to watch the d...Bart:<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the post. I intend to watch the documentary on line when I have the time.<BR/><BR/>I have always apprecited the enthusiasm of many of these preachers, but that's about it. To me, they have always lacked a sense of balance, and have never really had a proper approach to things like illness, poverty etc. Now, apparently, can be added the charge of financial misdeeds.<BRAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-2742315943238833122009-03-07T20:20:00.000-06:002009-03-07T20:20:00.000-06:00Bart,I could not agree more! We had Justin Peters ...Bart,<BR/><BR/>I could not agree more! We had Justin Peters at our Church in September 2006. It was one of the best seminars I have ever had the privilege of attending.<BR/><BR/>When I was at Criswell College, Dr. David Dockery took our class (1 Corinthians) to a Word of Faith preacher (W.V. Grant) in Dallas (who since was convicted of tax evasion). Since being out of prison, he has restarted hisRon Phillips, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891614423106717280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-19915259393924262172009-03-07T09:12:00.000-06:002009-03-07T09:12:00.000-06:00Bart,It's not only an obsenity to the godly sick, ...Bart,<BR/><BR/>It's not only an obsenity to the godly sick, but it also causes confusion, doubts, and discouragement...even depression, to the saved who are sick, or who have a handicap. <BR/><BR/>These charlatans will have a day coming that will not be good. Then, they will not be waving their coats at people, nor slapping people in the foreheads. They will be answering to an Almighty God.<BRvolfan007https://www.blogger.com/profile/15635929001030697924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-82700195518880337452009-03-07T08:55:00.000-06:002009-03-07T08:55:00.000-06:00FTME,I can only imagine how sickening this must lo...FTME,<BR/><BR/>I can only imagine how sickening this must look from within, for example, a Chinese underground church.<BR/><BR/>It also, as Justin can testify (he has Cerebral Palsy), is an obscenity from the perspective of the godly sick.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-11151445106122549702009-03-07T08:54:00.000-06:002009-03-07T08:54:00.000-06:00Alan,Thank you for noticing that this is not an an...Alan,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for noticing that this is not an anti-Pentecostalism post. We both know that I'm capable and willing to write such a thing. I have some AoG friends who are entirely willing to distance themselves from the Paul Crouches of our world. It just depends upon the particular strain of Pentecostalism, I think.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-35869297382757221092009-03-07T08:51:00.001-06:002009-03-07T08:51:00.001-06:00Thanks, Debbie.Thanks, Debbie.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-58216750756476199082009-03-07T08:51:00.000-06:002009-03-07T08:51:00.000-06:00Chadwick,;-)Chadwick,<BR/><BR/>;-)Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-63156855401483696612009-03-06T21:32:00.000-06:002009-03-06T21:32:00.000-06:00Brother Bart,Thank you for this post! I would like...Brother Bart,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for this post! <BR/><BR/>I would like to make two comments:<BR/><BR/>1. Along with Brother Alan, my experience is that most neo-pentecostals and charismatics do NOT affirm this heresy.<BR/>2. This nonsense demeans our brothers and sisters who remain faithful in the midst of intense persecution and suffering all over the world. Their faith is much stronger than From the Middle Easthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509281349717741174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-42223290760072785992009-03-06T20:29:00.000-06:002009-03-06T20:29:00.000-06:00I HATE the prosperity gospel. It is heresy all day...I HATE the prosperity gospel. It is heresy all day long. Whenever I am around other pastors in our community, often of the Pentecostal/Charismatic variety, I ask them point blank why they do not come out against that trash. They privately tell me that they don't believe in it, but when I ask them why they don't denounce it, they say that they don't want to speak against other believers. The wholeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-71084976344097341462009-03-06T20:00:00.000-06:002009-03-06T20:00:00.000-06:00Good post Bart. It's when we realize that we are n...Good post Bart. It's when we realize that we are not in Christianity to benefit ourselves, that these charlatans will cease to exist. The same thing was true in Christ's day. They saw him do miracles and thought they would have it made if they could be with this Man.<BR/><BR/>Word of Faith people prey on the poor and desperate as you noted(notice the countries Benny Hinn holds his "crusades") andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-45513901754363432022009-03-06T18:39:00.000-06:002009-03-06T18:39:00.000-06:00Thanks for the links, Bart; very educational! I al...Thanks for the links, Bart; very educational! I always knew that Benny was an Arminian . . . however, I did not know that he was also an Armenian. <BR/><BR/>chadwickchadwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04757302930110281925noreply@blogger.com