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Book review: ‘In the Name of God: The True Story of the Fight to Save Children from Faith-Healing Homicide‘ by Cameron Stauth
Glowing descriptions of life among The Followers take a dark turn when the author tells how the medical examiner and the police investigators viewed the dead children.
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Christianity in Crisis: 21st Century: Wealth and Want
https://www.equip.org/articles/christianity-crisis-21st-century-wealth-want1/
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Faith-healer sought medical care [for cancer] while recommending against same for teen
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Televangelist in Maryland Gets 27 Months for Fraud
http://www.thechurchreport.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=siteContent.default&objectID=158604
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Tim Tebow Cancels Talk With Rod Parsley, Ohio Prosperity Pastor
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Joel Osteen:
Joel Osteen: Mitt Romney Is a ‘Believer in Christ Like Me’
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Osteen: Romney is a Christian
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/04/24/osteen-romney-is-a-christian/
[No doubt Mr. Osteen is convinced that Oprah is a Christian too.]
[ Thank God for Joel Osteen . ]
and…
Meet the Prosperity Preacher
http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2005-05-22/online-extra-meet-the-prosperity-preacher
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‘Staying in His Lane’ — Joel Osteen’s Gospel of Affirmation Without Salvation
http://www.albertmohler.com/2012/09/21/joel-osteen-explains-stance-on-homosexuality/
and…
Become a Better You: Reflections on Joel Osteen’s Latest Book
and…
Do Joel Osteen and I Worship the Same God?
http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2011/11/do-joel-osteen-and-i-worship-the-same-god/
and…
Apostasy Alert: Joel Osteen And Oprah Preach New Age Magic
http://beginningandend.com/apostasy-alert-joel-osteen-and-oprah-preach-new-age-magic/
and…
Joel Osteen: ‘Scripture Says Homosexuality Is A Sin But I Don’t Want To Preach About It‘
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What’s a Faith-Healing Congregation to Do When Measles Hits?
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Creflo Dollar
“Creflo Dollar explain[s] how he would handle non-tithers that entered his church…”
http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/matters-of-opinion/2011/02/pay-tithes-or-get-shot.html
[Speaking of Dollar on tithing…]
“Creflo Dollar, one of America’s most flamboyant proponents of the prosperity gospel, has renounced tithing and all his previous teachings on the subject as ‘not correct.’ He also urged his followers to ‘throw away every book, every tape and every video I ever did on the subject of tithing’ but says he will not apologize for his error.”
[ASND waits with bated breath for the day when Dollar will also admit that his understanding of repentance has been ‘not correct.‘]
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Pastor Creflo Dollar charged with attacking his daughter
& not surprisingly…
Hundreds Defend Creflo Dollar After Alleged Assault on Daughter
&
“[Creflo] Dollar’s 19-year-old daughter, who witnessed the altercation, corroborated her sister’s story to the police.”
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Rappers Against Prosperity Gospel: The new wave of militant emcees
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Joyce Meyer:
Rihanna Shares Joyce Meyer’s Teachings With Fans, Calls Christian Speaker ‘Awesome’
[ASND wonders why the Christian Post put quotes around the word “Awesome” but none around the word Christian .]
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Joyce Meyer: Jesus died spiritually, went to hell and got born again in hell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFG7cXOLiQQ&feature=youtu.be
&
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpC9TPazLpA
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Meyer’s $57 million evangelism empire
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2003/06/23/story2.html
and…
“Joyce Meyer is unapologetic about her wealth…“
http://www.ozy.com/rising-stars-and-provocateurs/joyce-meyer-tells-all/1183.article
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Benny Hinn:
“… he began to feel healthier. He had more energy, stopped snoring, and not only did he lose enough weight to drive down his overall cholesterol and body mass index (BMI), his good HDL cholesterol crept up two points and his blood glucose — despite all that cream filling — dropped 17 percent.“
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Recipes/twinkie-diet-short-term-fix-long-term-problem/story?id=11756710
[Then why wasn’t he invited on Benny Hinn’s show instead of GMA?]
And, from another post…
[Ms. Gabor was healed by that amazing miracle worker Benny Hinn just the previous day.]
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Jack Hayford to Perform Benny and Suzanne Hinn’s Remarriage
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Benny Hinn encourages followers to ‘plant a seed’ for prosperity
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Kenneth Copeland’s Protectors
http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/7403/kenneth_copeland_s_protectors/
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T.D. Jakes:
TD Jakes: We Are Born Forgiving in Nature; Unforgiveness Is Learned
[Fascinating. Contrary to biblical Christianity , some evangelicals deny the essential doctrine of original sin.]
[Fascinating.]
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TBN:
TBN Founders’ Granddaughter Claims Misuse of ‘Charitable Assets’
http://www.charismanews.com/us/32819-tbn-founders-granddaughter-claims-misuse-of-charitable-assets
[For those who don’t know, the interesting thing about that story is that it was published in Charisma — which has a long history of tacit and overt support for TBN.]
and…
“McVeigh’s suit goes into detail about how charitable assets were wrongly handed to TBN’s directors for things like multiple jets, estates, and vehicles.“
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1543256
and…
“… when the granddaughter of Jan and Paul Crouch started getting serious about running a tighter ship, her family turned on her and ultimately called for her head…“
and…
“… Trinity Broadcasting Network’s prodigious legal maneuvering against Brittany Crouch Koper — granddaughter of founders Jan and Paul Crouch — and her husband has drawn a sharp rebuke from a federal judge…“
http://taxdollars.ocregister.com/2012/08/29/is-trinity-broadcasting-a-vexatious-litigant/161375/
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Investigation finds 10 more dead children of faith healers
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‘Faith healer’ swindled 2 women out of $85,700
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-faith-healer-arrested-20131204,0,715216.story
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Bogus faith healer conned clients out £800k but ordered to repay just £35k
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Another Slow News Day 