Benny Hinn

[treblebass]

double post...my mistake...

 

[lismore]

1 Corinthians 12:9 NIV
............to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit.................

BH maybe has a gift of healing, thats why thousands of people needing healing pitch up to his crusade and get healed. When he teaches, which isnt his gift, he gets a bit mixed up.

 

[JTM3]

WOOHOO THIS THREAD IS D E A D !!!!

*oops*

 

[NacDan]

Yes I agree. benny Hinn makes mistakes when teaching, but there is a tangible anointing at his meetings. His key area is the praise and worship. He lets that flow in a way you dont often see: a lot of churches unfortunately have their set songs then sit down. A pre-programmed sing song. At BH's meeting there is praise and worship until the glory of God fills the place in a tangible presence. When that happens people are saved and healed- its by the anointing of the Holy SPirit that the yoke is broken!

I really would like to go to a BH meeting, I think it'd be a great experience.

It's not so much that I doubt this statement, (about not having the praise & worship set pre-scripted) because honestly I don't know, but I'm wondering if there are any on this forum that have been to multiple BH crusade meetings. I'm curious if they tend to run about the same amount of time. Seems if they aways wait "for the annointing of the Lord to fill the place", that sometimes the meetings would last an hour, sometimes, two, sometimes 3 days....

Danny

 

[Questioning Christian]

There are a lot of opinions both FOR and AGAINST Benny Hinn. The most important thing we can do is to keep our eyes on Jesus. Benny Hinn did not die on the cross and shed his blood for us. He is a man just like we are, and he puts his pants on the same way we do [unless, of course, he clips them to the side of the dresser, and takes a running leap into both pants legs at the same time].

I have serious doubts about Benny Hinn's ministry. The things I am most concerned about, from most to least, are these:

1. The creature comforts of his lavish lifestyle while he simultaneously says he doesn't have enough to fund a certain ministry project

2. The origins and outworkings of his doctrine

3. The veracity and verifiability of the crusade miracles

4. The attitude that "this money's for God; you have no right to know how it's being spent" that avoids the publishing of financial reports

5. The continual cycle of having to repent of doctrinal error after having been reproved so many times before in the same area; makes you wonder if change has happened

6. The knee-jerk response that "who are you to criticize me, because I'm God's anointed, and so judgment of eternal fire will be on you and your household to 1000 generations"

7. The angry lashing out at others who dare to stand up to him

8. The inability to directly give a straight answer serious questions about his doctrines and practices

9. The defense of innocence; acting like a naive small child when confronted like he knows nothing

10. The equating of criticizing or questioning Benny, with that being tantamount to attacking God himself


The things I like about Benny Hinn:

1. His unabashed belief in healing

2. The worship atmosphere in the crusades.

3. Benny's desire to be sensitive to the Lord.

4. The mighty demonstrations of God's power

5. The expectancy he evokes in people

6. The child-like character of soft-heartedness

7. The crusade music

8. The joy

9. A desire for reverence to God

10. The invoking of the Holy Spirit

 

[treblebass]

There are a lot of opinions both FOR and AGAINST Benny Hinn. The most important thing we can do is to keep our eyes on Jesus. Benny Hinn did not die on the cross and shed his blood for us. He is a man just like we are, and he puts his pants on the same way we do [unless, of course, he clips them to the side of the dresser, and takes a running leap into both pants legs at the same time].

I have serious doubts about Benny Hinn's ministry. The things I am most concerned about, from most to least, are these:

1. The creature comforts of his lavish lifestyle while he simultaneously says he doesn't have enough to fund a certain ministry project

2. The origins and outworkings of his doctrine

3. The veracity and verifiability of the crusade miracles

4. The attitude that "this money's for God; you have no right to know how it's being spent" that avoids the publishing of financial reports

5. The continual cycle of having to repent of doctrinal error after having been reproved so many times before in the same area; makes you wonder if change has happened

6. The knee-jerk response that "who are you to criticize me, because I'm God's anointed, and so judgment of eternal fire will be on you and your household to 1000 generations"

7. The angry lashing out at others who dare to stand up to him

8. The inability to directly give a straight answer serious questions about his doctrines and practices

9. The defense of innocence; acting like a naive small child when confronted like he knows nothing

10. The equating of criticizing or questioning Benny, with that being tantamount to attacking God himself


The things I like about Benny Hinn:

1. His unabashed belief in healing

2. The worship atmosphere in the crusades.

3. Benny's desire to be sensitive to the Lord.

4. The mighty demonstrations of God's power

5. The expectancy he evokes in people

6. The child-like character of soft-heartedness

7. The crusade music

8. The joy

9. A desire for reverence to God

10. The invoking of the Holy Spirit

yeah...i saw that nbc news report on him...he was REALLY mad when he saw the cameras...

 

[lismore]

I really would like to go to a BH meeting, I think it'd be a great experience.

It's not so much that I doubt this statement, (about not having the praise & worship set pre-scripted) because honestly I don't know, but I'm wondering if there are any on this forum that have been to multiple BH crusade meetings. I'm curious if they tend to run about the same amount of time. Seems if they aways wait "for the annointing of the Lord to fill the place", that sometimes the meetings would last an hour, sometimes, two, sometimes 3 days....

Danny

Hiya

What I meant about prescripted is that it has been prearranged to sing this song twice, repeat the chorus and then tell the people to sit down. Then have a reading, then sing another chorus etc etc as is done in many pre-programmed services. But sometimes you can sense that there is an 'anointing' on a certain chorus, BH picks up on this and sings it again, repeating until something happens. In many churches, when there is an anointing on a chorus, or the time or praise and worship is really taking off it is stopped at the preprogrammed time anyway, because everyone needs home to get their dinner. Falling short of the glory in other words, because if they went with the flow of the SPirit to where the SPirit is leading they might see something happening. When I have been to BH or Morris Cerello etc meetings they seem to pick up when there is an anointing on a chorus, or when the worship time is going deep and they follow the SPirit on this. Their meetings can be long but seem shorter than the usual churchy fare.