For some reason he gives me the creeps

Oops, here it comes.... "Con man!"

@MagisterTom@xanga - I don't want to say that God isn't working miraculous healing through him, but, I do question it.

HBO did a special om him where they followed him for a year and then interviewed people that were supposed to have been healed and they couldn't authenticate one healing.

This is the best blog on xanga. No place else am I able to get the kinds of laughter that I can get from revelife. 

I don't believe in Hinn or anything he is doing. I used to get a lot of flak for saying stuff like that so I built a website and wrote everything down explaining myself... but Geocities was shut down so I don't have that anymore... 'spose I'll have to get to working on a new site. Suffice to say there's a ton of Biblical reasons for Bible believing Christians to reject this man and those like him. 

I always like to check things out with the source; the Bible.   Can you find anything like Benny Hinn's ministry in the Good Book?   Or do you find someone who is using Jesus and people's faith in Jesus to make himself famous and rich?    We are told to judge those in the Church, so what's the fruit we see coming from Hinn?   Any verification of an actual miracle?   Any truthful, not twisted, Biblical writ backing up the "name it claim it, blab it grab it" message?   If the shoe fits we must not acquit!   

See, when we begin using the standard set for us as the standard of measure, and truly seek God, then the truth begins to reveal itself.  

Really do we believe that God is behind hucksters?   If we don't then we need to say so, and hold to the standard.  Do you and I completely live up to the standard?   No, none of us fully can, in and of ourselves.   But you and I aren't on T. V. claiming to be something we clearly are not.  We don't tell people if they want to receive a miracle send money.    We don't do these things because we've looked at God's standard, Hinn isn't even trying to meet God's standard, and the proof is in the results of his ministry;...Nothing, except scandal, and no sign of God working miracles...Isn't that right? 

OK, agreed that the Lord will do miracles through those whom He chooses.  Also, Hinn's correct when he says that he's not responsible for how people act while on stage...I'm sure he gets fooled by fakes, also.  But at the same time:

1) The fact that he owns a private jet: so it costs more for a plane ticket on a commercial airline than it does to own a private jet?  Honestly, I believe he loses the opportunity to minister/witness to the public when he isolates himself, even in his travels.  As Christians, our life's mission is to spread the Word of God and share the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the multitudes.  I just think his "ministry" would be greater if he flew and traveled by public transportation instead.  But then, maybe he doesn't do ministry for free?

2) "Of course if I was fake I'd give back the money..."  Actually though, if he was fake, then he wouldn't be doing this at all.  Or if he was fake, then he'd be doing it FOR the money (which would explain why he, knowing he was fake, would be doing it in the first place).  Because why would somebody who's fake be doing this, knowing they're fake, if it wasn't for the money or fame?  So if he's authentic, and yet he's taking all the money and using it for personal gain, then the fruit he bares says he's fake.

3) He claims to be human just like you and me, and that the miracles are God's doing.  Yet, he takes the donations from the ministry for himself.  So if it's God's doing, then shouldn't God get the money?  Therefore, wouldn't it be more appropriate to donate the tax-free donations to others around the globe who need the Lord and help?

4) I've always been skeptical of preachers who take in so much income for themselves.  The Apostle Paul did say it's cool for preachers to get paid, since ministry is full-time work, but he also chose not to get paid doing it in order to be different from the fakes during even his time.  Hinn may be a good example of those preachers whom Paul was trying to separate himself from being confused with.

Summary:
I never really believed in the authenticity of Benny Hinn in the first place, but after watching this video, it shows that his heart really isn't in the ministry, but in himself and the fame this ministry's produced.

My summary of Benny Hinn = false-teacher, false-prophet.

@Happily_Married_Guy@xanga - If you still have some of your writing, you should put together a post and submit it to Revelife, or perhaps a series of posts on the subject.  Certainly seems like a subject our readers would discuss!

@Happily_Married_Guy@xanga - Hey, no pressure.  Just extending the opportunity.  We're always looking for more content. 

@musterion99@xanga - HBO did a special om him where they followed
him for a year and then interviewed people that were supposed to have
been healed and they couldn't authenticate one healing.

Yeah, I would imagine nothing can be verified. But, I also don't trust a secular source to be unbiased. Or a Christian source for that matter. It would have to be an organization I really believed I could trust for me to accept what they had to say.

I don't follow Benny Hinn, from what I've seen I don't think he has a sound theology, and I seriously question the healings. But, I'm also not going to say that God can't still use him to heal people. Reading the bible there are many cases where God uses even those who have made themselves His enemies for His glory.

I do think that most likely everything about him is a charade, and his riches further make me think that. But, if by some small chance there is some truth to the show I don't want to deny God's work either.

Hinn is the master con man.  If you have ever been to one of his meetings you would see first hand the crap he pulls on the floks of people coming looking for a miracle healing.  For Hinn it is all about the money.  Only the money.  Only  a lot of money will get you on the stage with Hinn.  He is the master con man.