Bad Apples
On The Early Show (CBS) yesterday Creflo Dollar, who denies that Jesus came as God and that He came perfect, was asked about the current investigation into several televangelists, including himself. He was asked this question:
Julie Chen: Let me ask you this. Do you think that there are televangelists out there who abuse the faith of people who believe in them and misuse church funds?
Creflo Dollar: I'm sure you'll be able to find some. I mean, there are some bad apples out there. But we've got to make sure that in our fear to try to locate those bad apples that we don't put everybody in that same bucket and automatically assume, because of that fear, that everybody is the same.
I wonder what a preacher would have to teach to be considered a bad apple in Creflo's eyes? Things like the creeds or the need for discernment, maybe?
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Practicing What They Preach?
ABC News' 20/20 had a story on what happens to all that money donated to various "Christian" ministries. The focus was on the well-known usually-heretical Word of Faith teachers we're all familiar with who - as a matter of fact - DO practice what they preach - wealth.
Excerpt:
Anyone watching televangelists on television will hear plenty of pitches for money. Jan and Paul Crouch of Trinity Broadcasting say they need big bucks to keep their network on the air and to help the poor around the world.
Benny Hinn, of Benny Hinn Ministries, has made heartfelt pleas to help the people of Calcutta, while Rod Parsley of Breakthrough Ministries has asked for help to spread the gospel to the people of Nepal.
Christian ministries and charities promise to do all kinds of good things with your money, and that makes donors feel great about sending in their checks. The problem is, they can't always find out exactly how their donation is being spent.
...The popular Kenneth Copeland of Kenneth Copeland Ministries lives in a large mansion in Texas. He recently asked his audience to help him spread the gospel by giving him $20 million to buy a new jet. Copeland promised that the plane "will never, ever be used as long as it is in our care, for anything other than what is becoming to you, Lord Jesus."
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