Stone the Preacher

Todd Bentley, leader of the counterfeit revival in Florida and elsewhere is stepping down. Here’s a news release from the “Fresh Fire Ministries” Board of Directors:

“We wish to acknowledge… that since our last statement from the Fresh Fire Board of Directors, we have discovered new information revealing that Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff. In light of this new information and in consultation with his leaders and advisors, Todd Bentley has agreed to step down from his position on the Board of Directors and to refrain from all public ministry for a season to receive counsel in his personal life.”

John Piper, on his Desiring God blog writes this concerning the foolishness down in Lakeland, Florida:

Lee Grady, the editor of Charisma, one of the main charismatic magazines, has written a lament and critique of the Lakeland “revival” which is now in a tailspin over the leader’s announced separation from his wife. Grady’s summons to pray for the church and our nation is right, and among his commendable questions and observations are these:

• “Many of us would rather watch a noisy demonstration of miracles, signs and wonders than have a quiet Bible study. Yet we are faced today with the sad reality that our untempered zeal is a sign of immaturity. Our adolescent craving for the wild and crazy makes us do stupid things. It’s way past time for us to grow up.”
• “True revival will be accompanied by brokenness, humility, reverence and repentance—not the arrogance, showmanship and empty hype that often was on display in Lakeland.”
• “A prominent Pentecostal evangelist called me this week after Bentley’s news hit the fan. He said to me: ‘I’m now convinced that a large segment of the charismatic church will follow the anti-Christ when he shows up because they have no discernment.’ Ouch. Hopefully we’ll learn our lesson this time and apply the necessary caution when an imposter shows up.”

Charismatics will not be the only ones who follow the Antichrist when he rises. So will the mass of those who today in thousands of evangelical churches belittle the truth of biblical doctrine as God’s agent to set us free (John 8:32).

Discernment is not created in God’s people by brokenness, humility, reverence, and repentance. It is created by biblical truth and the application of truth by the power of the Holy Spirit to our hearts and minds. When that happens, then the brokenness, humility, reverence, and repentance will have the strong fiber of the full counsel of God in them. They will be profoundly Christian and not merely religious and emotional and psychological.

Read Tony Miano’s suggestions on how Christians should respond to this tragedy here.

Read about an evangelism team’s experiences while preaching to those attending a Bentley Revival meeting here!

OneNewsNow weighs in on the Bogus Bentley Bigtop, that crazy counterfeit revival in Florida led by Todd Bentley. This is what happens when the biblical Gospel is not preached. (Make sure you watch the video below where Todd tells people that the church already believes in Jesus and that we need to “believe in the angel.”)

The 32-year-old Canadian, tattooed to the fingers and neck, puts a palm to the forehead of the sick, desperate and faithful. Bentley yells “Bam!” they collapse and he proclaims them cured. Attendees dance in the aisles, shout to Heaven, laugh, shake violently and cry.

Bentley gives the credit to God, but Christian critics say he rarely opens a Bible or sermonizes about Jesus Christ. They worry he is too little about conversion, too heavy on his own hype and too focused on self-proclaimed miracles. Read the rest of the article here.

See more of the carnal-val by clicking here!

The Counterfeit Revival continues to rage in Florida as the undiscerning foolishly flock to the latest Carnal-val; this is what happens when the Biblical Gospel is not preached! Read the report from WORLD Magazine and see more ridiculous Christian comedy from Florida below.

WORLD magazine reports on the Bentley “revival” in an article entitled “Same old scam?”:

A visit to one of Bentley’s services suggests that he is learning how to turn the big crowds into big money. ATM machines have been set up, providing attendees with ready cash for the offering plate and book purchases. The offering is now a significant part of the service, taking as long as 30 minutes. Bentley has not released financial information, saying he is “too busy keeping up with what God is doing” to pull the information together.

When WORLD asked for documentation of the purported healings that have taken place during this “revival”, they were rebuffed; Bentley claimed “privacy issues” as the reasons.

A few more outrageous attrocities:

Smell Todd Bentley’s hands here!

See “Blah Blah” Bentley here!

See a man with Stage 4 cancer get a holy knee in the gut by Mr. Bentley here!

Hear Bentley’s own testimony about how his violent tactics “work.”