Thank you for posting the article, “The Haunting of an Industry,” and linking to my Special Report on the Christian Bookstore Industry. Hopefully, your readers will be better equipped and informed when shopping both online and walk-in Christian bookstores.

Concerning Benny Hinn and his being a false prophet, please permit me to refer your readers to “Benny Hinn’s False Prophecies for the 1990’s” at http://www.christianresearchservice.com/BHinn1.htm. This is a word-for-word transcript from an audio-tape obtained from Benny Hinn’s December 31, 1989 church service at the Orlando Christian Center.

While reading the transcript, please note Hinn’s usage of the words, “God tells me to tell you” and “The Spirit of God tells me to tell you.” By doing so, Hinn not only placed himself into the office of a prophet, but claimed to be a mouthpiece for God.

It is also important to note that Hinn falsely prophesied: the destruction of the homosexual community by 1994 or 1995; the destruction of the east coast by an earthquake; the death of Fidel Castro; the coming of a a world dictator, and the return of Jesus Christ.

In addition, Benny Hinn has claimed to be a messiah and a god, and that Jesus Christ had to be born again. Hinn has also played the intimidation and scare tactic card by placing curses on those who disagree with him (including children).

Finally, truth rests solely on factual evidence and irrefutable documentation. The evidence proving Benny Hinn a false prophet and false teacher is irrefutable, and an open-and-shut case.

Indeed, truth will stand up to investigation.

But most important, God has already spoken about the false prophets of this world, and has given us the guidelines to judge the validity of their prophecies (Deuteronomy 13:1-3 and 18:20-22; Matthew chapter 24).

Sincerely in Christ,
Bud Press, Director
Christian Research Service
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* Hope, I appreciate your insights and feedback. Thanks for the link to Sacred Sandwich–I actually visited there last week and had to smile.:-)

* David, you know I appreciate you! Thanks for the follow-up comment. But my post wasn’t about in-house bickering over doctrinal issues. The post and all the resource links provided address the many Christian bookstores (online and walk-in) that have been found selling books written by folks who distort the GOSPEL. NO group mentioned here has attacked anyone. I have personally found New Age books in my local Christian bookstore before, and hand-carried them to the manager, asking why.

Too many stores are carrying questionable material. Books that support universalism, gnosticism, pantheism, self-atonement, defective Christology and skewed bibliology have no business on our shelves IF we called ourselves Christian booksellers. Lifeway was quick to respond to CRS, thankfully.

Be careful, my friend, yes.

Please beware, CRS has a long track record of pointing their fingers and name calling. Sometimes they make valid points, but often times they go way too far.

Personally, I think that it is far past time for the body of Christ to stop with their bickering over issues of present day use of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Calvinism -vs- Armenianism, and untie under the basics of salvation through faith in the sacrifice of Jesus, the Son of God. Disagreeing on these other issues does not make one a heretic, it just makes them a Baptist or Full Gospel.

Be very careful, my friend.