What do you think of Perry Noble? My mind is made up and I DON'T LIKE HIM. Any pastor that says you aren't a Christian unless you give is not a good pastor in my opinion.
98cwitr I read that link last night after listening to the dividing line, and it says he is paid somewhere between 350,000$ and 1.3M$ but probably around 800,000$
That issue aside, as a student of Hebrew, I can confirm that there are Hebrew words for command, so I don't buy that God told him to preach that. At least, and it seems that his whole sermon came from the idea that the 10 Words are 10 Promises, to which if the Hebrew wanted to say that, it would have, as it also has a word for 'promise.'
Just because someone claims God told them something, doesn't mean that God actually did. Revelation needs to line up with the measuring stick of our faith (i.e. Canon ->Scripture) to see whether it is legitimate or not.
The other issue, is does Perry Noble have a history of distorting texts, and/or is he actually qualified to be bringing out the meaning of the texts at all (i.e. does he have a basic understanding of Greek, since he claimed no knowledge of Hebrew, and can he be a faithful exegete).
imo, and Im going to try and not overgeneralize here, but these megachurches are BUSINESSES, not Temples of God, and their shepherds are in it for one thing...cold, hard cash. I'd like to think I'd find Christ in a church with 10 members in the middle of corn field before I'd find it there.
It seems that it's all about book deals and $. These types, though I can't for the life of me figure out why, are "rock star" pastors. One theory is that he's not shepherding sheep, he's entertaining goats.