Texts and Versions of the Bible - Michael Brown talks about this important subject

I have heard a very good programme by Michael Brown on the topic of the Texts and Versions of the Bible.

If you want to hear this important topic, I pretty much commend you to have a listen.

Go here to have a listen. 

The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship

One of my very dear and honored person, Jim West, despises Pentecostals. He, like McArthur, throws everybody under the bus, and calls Pentecostals "Pentabablists".

Well, there's a lot of scholarship going on in the Pentecostal Camp, and it has answered its critics. What I don't like is that people like McArthur and West (wow, the two of them beside each other in a sentence!!) mark Pentecostals by the fringe groups and radicals that take all the TV time.

Well, for this end, I offer them, and you, this web, that will provide those in the Pentecostal camp with a lot of academic info.

The Foundation for Pentecostal Scholarship, which you can find here.

You will find a number of other volumes that are useful for the understanding of Pentecostalism, its practices and beliefs.

The book you see in this entry, is the book specifically written to John McArthur's wrongly intended conference "Strange Fire". This is the scholarly answer, to the lack of scholarship that was so evident in that conference. That conference has had a total contrary effect, Pentecostal have banded together, and responded in a very solid way.

Please, take your time to look at this important web.

Todd Bently I hope you don't get into Australia

For those who may not be aware who this man is, well, he was "anointed" by C. Peter Wagner, as one of those who would bring a fresh blessing unto the Christian Church at this time. He was so spiritual that he talked to angels, allegedly. But the angel was kind enough not to reprehend him for having an affair with one woman of his entourage!!!

Well, now, he is trying to get inside Australia, but let us hope that he doesn't.

He is being brought to Australia by Fresh Fire Ministries, and are trying to get him a visa. But that same ministry reports on the issue:

The Australian Tour is currently on hold until further Notice. Australian Immigration has denied Todd entry into the country at this time. We are however doing everything we can to get an answer for the denied entry. We have sent all the required documents and are awaiting approval from Australian Immigration to be allowed to come to Australia and Minister. Please continue to stand with us as we are not giving up.

To minister what? Lies? Deceit?  These are the requirements by the Australian government in order to allow people come into this country:

A person will not pass the character test where:• they have a substantial criminal record…A person is deemed to have a substantial criminal record if they have been:• sentenced to a term of imprisonment for 12 months or more• sentenced to two or more terms of imprisonment (whether on one or more occasions), where the total of those terms is two years or more 

Bentley, apparently does not measure up. I know that it was before he came to Christ, but I would also mention the scandals that he has created after coming to know the Lord Jesus.

 He is a false prophet, and I like what these other writer says about his supposedly prophetic ministry:

If Bentley is full of prophetic vision, why didn’t he know that his visa application would be rejected. Similarly, one of the churches Bentley was scheduled to appear at was Jubilee International Church in Sydney; Jubilee claims to have “a deep culture of prophetic worship”, so why didn’t they know that Bentley wouldn’t be coming? I know a woman who says she goes to Jubilee every Sunday morning, yet she didn’t mention in advance that Bentley wouldn’t be appearing.

It's so hard to keep the sheep safe from these wolves. At last, the Australian Government may be doing something right for a change. I just hope he doesn't get in, period.