I have intentionally wanted to ignore Todd Bentley, self-proclaimed revivalist in Florida, hoping that he would soon go away.  I usually do not like to blog about people like this. There is no doubt that anyone claiming to be of God who speaks to angels and then tells the audience that they must believe in the angel is a false prophet.  We are to believe in Jesus Christ - not an angel.  Todd’s “angel dialogue” is just one of many real problems with this man’s “ministry”.

My friends we are in a time in America where there is so much of a need for discernment.  We live in a time where pastors in other countries are being arrested for preaching the gospel and pastors in America are being arrested for child abuse, drugs and sexual offenses.  Our American Christianity is so watered down that it is no wonder thousands and thousands flock to people like Todd Bentley and genuinely believe he is from God.  Where is the Gospel?  Where is Christ preached?  It is clear in Scripture that when one is filled with the Holy Spirit Christ is proclaimed and glorified.

I was over at Slice of Laodicea this morning and saw a video that caused me to write this post.  It’s a video of Todd Bentley kicking a man with stage 4 colon cancer in the stomach to be “healed”.  That’s right - Todd physically kicked the man so hard he fell to the floor and Todd then told the man that God told him to do it.  This isn’t the first time Todd has proudly announced to his audience that he has kicked people.  He told his audience not too long ago that he kicked an elderly woman in the face because God told him to.

To see the video for yourself head on over to Slice and be dismayed.

My friends… pray!  Pray for Todd Bentley that he will be convicted and that the Lord would bring him to repentance.  Pray for the thousands that have been led into his false teachings.  Pray for discernment!  Maranatha!

“The Shack” by William P. Young is a popular book - a top seller on Amazon.com and unfortunately a book that many young evangelicals are racing to often with support within the Evangelical church.  We seem to see a lack of Biblical discernment within the church - often from leadership.  Just like Rob Bell, Young’s book attracts the young crowd and just because “everyone is reading it” does not make it a Biblically sound book.  “The Shack” has some serious theological problems that include promoting a false view of the Trinity and a heretical concept called modalism.

As I scour the reviews of this book I am amazed at the diverse support for it.  There are the so called “heresy-hunters” that most on the liberal front consider “armed and dangerous” with solid doctrine and then there are those on the other end who say, “it’s just a book”.

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