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A prophetic word from the Lord for Todd Bentley supporters.

While reading my Bible around 1am on May 29th, I received a Word from the Lord regarding all the controversy and debate surrounding Todd Bentley. This Prophetic Word that I received is for Bentley’s followers and supporters. It is found in its entirety below.

Thus says the Lord:

Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.

But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons. For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you in advance.

Not everyone who says to Me, “Lord, Lord,” will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in Heaven will enter. Many will say to Me on that day, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?” And then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.”

Now, as any good Christian should do, (like the Bereans in Acts 17:11), do not just accept this Prophetic Word without verifying its truth by testing it against the revealed word of God in the Scriptures. For your convenience I’ve listed Scripture references below for you to check to assure that this Prophetic Word is truly from the Lord and not a counterfeit spirit.

Matthew 7:13-14 / John 10:1-5 / 1 Timothy 4:1 / 2 Thessalonians 2:11

2 Timothy 4:3-4 / Matthew 24:24-25 / Matthew 7:21-23
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The White Horse Inn: The Case for Theology and Apologetics.

On these two episode of The White Horse Inn, the guys discuss The Case for Theology and Apologetics. These episodes feature more man-on-the-street interviews of pastors from a pastor’s convention in which their answers to questions and “excuses” may surprise you.

The countless errors, false doctrines, and utterly embarrassing biblical illiteracy running rampant in Christendom can be directly traced to the lack of teaching and shepherding of the flock that the average American pastor is avoiding. This was a great discussion and a must-hear for pastors.

The Case for Theology and Apologetics 1: How important is it to know what you believe and why you believe it? Should the average Christian be informed about doctrines like justification and propitiation, or are those only for academic types? On this edition of the program the hosts discuss these question and interact with some on-the-street polls taken at a recent pastors convention.

The Case for Theology and Apologetics 2: On this edition of the White Horse Inn the hosts continue to interact with recent polls taken at a pastors convention on the importance of understanding theology and Biblical terminology. They also respond to the great number of pastors who preferred the sharing of one’s personal testimony over the use of apologetics to reach outsiders.

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Tackling, leg-dropping, punching, choking, and kicking ladies in the face: Todd Bentley’s new way of healing.

Uh, yeah. There’s Biblical precedence for this in the Scriptures. Right.

How come when these serpents tell of great healings which can be seen visually (raising the dead, limbs growing, tumors falling off people, etc.) there’s never a camera around to capture it? And why wasn’t there a camera around when he was beating these people to better health?

There was when he battered this guy.

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Todd Bentley’s disturbing account of his demonic visitation.

This two-part video is the best examination I’ve seen of Todd Bentley thus far. And one of the most disturbing! I encourage all believers to watch this video, especially those who are following the pied pipings of Bentley.

This video is of Bentley recounting his experience he claims he had with beings that he calls “angels.” He tells of being beamed up through a ceiling and placed onto an operating table in Heaven (seriously) where these “angels” strapped him down and cut him open (seriously).

If you want to know more about what possesses Todd Bentley I believe this two-part video says it all. I’m thinking “Legion.”

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Part Two: (This video has images depicting alien abduction that can be disturbing)

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washerpic.jpg There are so many people, especially in my own denomination . . . because of the pathetic theology and pathetic preaching . . . on church membership rolls—and they are as lost as they can be. Because we have forgotten that salvation does not cometh by praying and asking Jesus to come into your heart; salvation does not come by going through four spiritual laws and saying a prayer at the end; salvation does not come by all these silly little mechanisms we’ve developed. It comes as a supernatural work of God through which God regenerates, makes the heart alive, He gives the man repentance, He gives the man faith, the man repents, he believes and is saved. And it is a supernatural work of God that manifests as much if not more of the power of God than when God stood on the first day and said, “Let there be light.”

– Paul Washer

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My demon possessed false prophet can out-sign-and-wonder your demon possessed false prophet.

Just when you thought Romanism had the market on stigmata and liquids oozing from statues, the signs and wonders wolves in this video are now giving the superstitious Roman Catholics and Charismatic Bentley-ites a run for their money.

Let’s see Todd Bentley do this:

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Sermon of the Week: “Responsibility, The Duty of Fathers” by Paul Washer.

Your Sermon of the Week is part three of a four-part family series by Paul Washer. This one is entitled Responsibility, The Duty of Fathers. Listen to it here or download it here. Paul Washer delivers a profound sermon on the family that should be heard by everyone. I encourage you to check out parts one and two.

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ryle.jpg We are too apt to forget that temptation to sin will rarely present itself to us in its true colors, saying, “I am your deadly enemy, and I want to ruin you forever in Hell.” Oh, no! Sin comes to us, like Judas, with a kiss; and like Joab, with an outstretched hand and flattering words. The forbidden fruit seemed good and desirable to Eve; yet it cast her out of Eden. The walking idly on his palace roof seemed harmless enough to David; yet it ended in adultery and murder. Sin rarely seems sin at its first beginnings. Let us then watch and pray, lest we fall into temptation.

-J. C. Ryle

1816 – 1900

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What possesses Todd Bentley?

After watching this video (especially after the five-minute mark) I am thoroughly convinced that this is nothing other than pure demonic possession and you are witnessing demonic manifestations taking place.

Especially look for the unnatural almost non-human way Todd Bentley’s head twitches, quivers, and shakes uncontrollably. You can also see this same phenomenon occur in this short video.

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When false teachers collide . . .

. . . one is bound to end up on the floor flopping around like a demon possessed fish-out-of-water.

What happens when a false priest representing the Church of England meets a false prophet representing the church of self?

Bentley ends this spectacle repeating a word over and over again and I can’t help but wonder if he’s prophesying of what he sees in his own future.

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Roman Catholic apologist has trouble explaining the “Immaculate Conception” when students interject Scripture (imagine that).


The following two short videos are of a Roman Catholic apologist leading a class on the defense of the Immaculate Conception. He starts off the conversation explaining his conversation with a Christian youth pastor (who evidently needs to spend less time playing games and organzing ski-trips with his youth group and more time studying the Word of God to know what he believes and why he believes it).

The speaker is interesting to listen to but my head really spun when this apologist and his class used the pure conjecture of worldly human wisdom (and very minimal Scripture) to dismiss Romans 3:23 . . . when “all” doesn’t mean “all.” He also provided us with his “most important verse in the Bible” in an attempt to justify his point.

Now things get really interesting when one student in the class named Frank brings up a great point: If Mary was sinless, then why did she die if indeed death is the wage of sin? If Mary was sinles then she would have never died.

The Catholic apologist teaching the class seemed to realize this was detrimental to his teaching so he provided the quick but incorrect reply “Mary was still human.” Allow me to remind the teacher that humans only die BECAUSE OF SIN! The teacher’s pious answer sounds humble but it fails to address the fact that if Mary knew no sin then she should not have died.

The teacher quickly moves on and just when he thinks he’s out of the woods, another student (who brought up the Romans 3:23 problem) directs the conversation back to Frank’s inquiry: If sin = death + Mary died = she must have been a sinner. Even with the valiant effort of another pupil who jumps in to help–trying to just explain the problem away with human reason–it still leaves the teacher a little perplexed. He tries to use the sinless Messiah as an example but obviously forgot that Jesus took on the sins of the world, Mary did not.

In spite of all the speculation and assertions hurling around the room (very little if any of it being Scripture) Frank didn’t give up so easily–still pressing the issue. Finally, after seeing the gaping hole in this Romish false doctrine of Immaculate Conception, the teacher decides to “shift gears.”

All in all, the two videos (6 minutes and 5 minutes respectively) are actually rather entertaining. If you’re going to watch these videos, however, be prepared to jump through some wild hoops as you follow along.

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Part Two:

Apparently when Pope Pious IX proclaimed the doctrine of Immaculate Conception in 1854, he couldn’t imagine those pesky little verses (Romans 3:23 and Romans 6:23) causing so many problems.

Sola Scriptura!

Solus Christus!

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Crosstalk: Rob Bell and his modern day Tower of Babel.

Ingrid Schlueter of Slice of Laodicea and Hope in Laodicea hosts this edition of CrossTalk with guest Chris Roseborough of A Little Leaven and Extreme Theology. They discuss Rob Bell and his recent appearance (i.e. endorsement) at an inter-faith (i.e. modern-day Tower of Babel) event called Seeds of Compassion.

Emergent Leaders Join Dali Lama at Interspiritual Event.

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yahannan.jpg Both in India and in my travels around Western countries, I constantly uncovered a preoccupation with so-called “ministry” activities operated by Christian workers, financed by church monies, but with little else to distinguish them as Christian. . . . Social concern is a natural fruit of the Gospel. But to put it first is to put the cart before the horse; and from experience, we have seen it fail in India for more than 200 years. Yet while I realized the intrinsic nature of the Gospel involved [in] caring for the poor, I knew the priority was giving them the Gospel. Meeting their needs was a means to share the love of Christ so they would be saved for eternity.

– K.P. Yohannan

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Double entendres, yoga, youth group hot-tubbing and men in drag: A glimpse into the life of one American Church.

The oh so hip and relevant “church” that brought you The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen, now brings you associate pastor Mike Moran’s sermon scheduled for Sunday, May 25th from his Relationships ‘R’ Us series entitled “Part 4: Sometimes You Have to Use the ‘F’ Word.” Seriously folks, I can’t make this stuff up.

And apparently this church’s youth activities include mixing teen boys and girls in a hot tub together. But whatever you may be thinking about Grace United Methodist Church, they recommend you don’t ask too many questions about the man dressed in drag in this flash presentation (which happens to be presented in the context of people who worship and praise God in all kinds of ways imaginable).

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The gospel according to Bruce Springsteen.

Leave your Bibles at home for this one folks; a whole month of sermons based on Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics await you at Grace United Methodist Church (and the descent into complete apostasy continues).

Read this article about the Reverend Morris Brown using Bruce Springsteen’s music to teach the Bible.

Brown says a lot of thought is being put into the sermons so as to not alienate non-Springsteen fans.

Whew, thanks Reverend Brown. Now what about not alienating those who expect faithfulness to the preaching of the Word, sound biblical teaching, a separation from the world, and a reverence for the things of God? Or have those “fundamentalists” already been run off long ago?

His past series offerings playing off pop culture have included a “Games People Play” summer series using board-game strategy and “Lessons from the Motley Crew,” in which the sermons played off the name of the popular rock band Mötley Crüe to talk about spiritual lessons to be learned from the lives of Jesus’ 12 disciples and Mary Magdalene.

I can only imagine what’s next.

Oh wait, I don’t have to imagine, there is more here.



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piper-pic.jpg When all is said and done, God is the Gospel. Gospel means “good news.” Christianity is not first theology, but news. . . . But what is the ultimate good in the good news? It all ends in one thing: God Himself. All the words of the gospel lead to Him, or they are not gospel. . . . This is crucial. Many people seem to embrace the good news without embracing God. There is no sure evidence that we have a new heart just because we want to escape Hell. That’s a perfectly natural desire, not a supernatural one. It doesn’t take a new heart to want the psychological relief of forgiveness, or the removal of God’s wrath, or the inheritance of God’s world. All these things are understandable without any spiritual change. You don’t need to be born again to want these things. The devils want them. It is not wrong to want them. Indeed it is folly not to. But the evidence that we have been changed is that we want these things because they bring us to the enjoyment of God.

– John Piper