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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) John Isner rode his fierce serve to another victory on Newport's grass courts, defeating Wayne Odesnik 6-3, 7-6 (6) Tuesday to reach the second round of the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships.
The 6-foot-10 Isner had 19 aces - with one serve topping 137 mph - and only two double-faults in raising his career record at Newport to 14-3.
''I'm glad that I'm here and hopefully I can keep it going,'' he said. ''I've had good memories here in the past.''
Isner's serves were so overpowering that a handful of them bounced into the seats. At one point in the opening set, Odesnik looked at a fan seated in the first row and said, ''I need to borrow your seat to return his serve.''
Isner, the highest-ranked American at No. 12, won at Newport 2011 and 2012. He is seeded first at Newport for the third time in four years. His 13-match winning streak at the Hall of Fame Championships ended last year with a loss to Lleyton Hewitt in the semifinals.
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German Gold Hijinx
I guess it all depends on how you look at it. Either this is all on the up-and-up or it isn't. Either this is a purely political show or it isn't. Either the gold is really there to be repatriated or it isn't. It's up to you to decide.
Just three months ago, The Bundesbank labeled as "lunacy" the idea that German gold needed to be brought home. They announce today that they're doing it anyway, but in sizes nowhere near what had been speculated. Is this just a political trick to mollify the German hoi polloi? Probably. It certainly doesn't upset the status quo or shake the global banking system in the manner we'd all hoped.
However, you could also choose to look at it this way:
- In preparation for The Great Reset, the Germans do desire to repatriate as much gold as possible but they also don't wish to bring about The Reset any quicker than necessary.
- So, they bring home "their French gold" but only do so at the rate of 50 tonnnes/year. Why? If it's just sitting in a vault and collecting dust, why not ship it all home over the next few weeks? What's the big deal?
- And why leave "their English gold" untouched? Is it because all gold stored at the BoE can be leased, hypothecated and rehypothecated many times over, thereby making reclaiming it impossible?
- And why bring back just 300 tonnes of "their American gold", again over the next 8 years? It shouldn't be that big of a deal to pull up a few pallets of "barbarous relic" from below the streets of lower Manhattan, drive it over to JFK and load it onto an airplane bound for Frankfurt. Should it?
Hmmmm. Maybe, just maybe, their French gold is long gone and the Frenchy-French need some time to come up with new supply to pay them back? ( http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/12/22/ozabs-mali-gold-idAFJOE5BL01520091222) Maybe the English gold has all been shipped to China and other points East, where it has been resmelted into kilo bars with official Chinese insignia? ( https://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/3924/gonefor-good) And maybe, just maybe, the American gold is nothing but paper certificates and IOUs, no more valuable than claims on the GLD? ( http://kingworldnews.com/kingworldnews/KWN_DailyWeb/Entries/2012/10/25_James_Turk_-_The_Entire_German_Gold_Hoard_Is_Gone.html)
Ahhhhhh....what do I know? I'm just a Turd. A dope with a MacBook. I'm sure it's all just fine. Move along. Nothing to see here. All is well. Go back to sleep.
Anyway, it has been a few days so we need to update the charts. Let's start with gold. Take a look at these two, daily charts. You can clearly see the price double bottom. This also coincides with an open interest bottom in late December. In the big picture, me likes what me sees.
Now check out this 8-hour chart. Besides all of the horizontal and diagonal resistance lines I've drawn, gold will likley run into some tough sledding near the 50 and 100-day MAs. The fifty for the Feb13 contract is currently near $1697 and the 100 is near $1718. Taking it all into consideration, the "all clear" for a rally can't truly be sounded until gold gets up and through about $1710-1715, maybe in a week or two. Until then, I just plan to keep stacking physical. I'm not going to buy any more options just yet.
As you might expect, silver has a somewhat similar picture. It came down in late December and then double-bottomed just below $30 about two weeks ago. Since then, it has seen a steady progression higher. Now it just needs to follow through. It is finding resistance near the highs of 1/2/13 (31.50) and it needs to break that level to draw in more buyers. Once through there, expect slowdowns near the 50-day, currently at $32.01, and the 100-day near $32.60.
That's all for today. I need to go take a little boat ride with all my guns and ammunition. It'll probably take most of the day. More tomorrow...
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@ Indenture
I have also changed my strategies over the past few years, originally, I was not particularly interested in silver.
Upon further investigation, I have concluded that silver is massively undervalued right now, through sheer manipulation.
Originally, I only bought gold, and I used to by Saint-Gaudens, and other collectibles, combined with Eagles, but have since changed my strategy, and sold all of those collectibles, and exchange them for Silver Eagles.
I tried leveraging silver futures for a while, but that was a disaster. Now I only stack.
I tend to keep a 50/50 split, because there are still many unknowns. I am absolutely certain that the fundamentals for an explosion in price have never been better for either gold or silver, and for entirely different reasons.
Obviously with all the recent stories about nations trying to claim their gold, and the common belief that it is all stolen, makes for a fundamentally bullish case for gold. As for silver, decades of downward manipulation, combined with ever expanding demand, while ore grades are being degenerated, makes the current supply and demand fundamentals extraordinarily bullish for silver.
Both silver and gold were at one time monetary metals, and it is only theoretical that they will be again, but even if that is not true, just the industrial demand for silver will soon outstrip the supply.
As far as an investment, I really only see the possibility of a dollar or two to the downside, while the potential upside is in the hundreds of dollars per ounce. Silver is a very good bet right now.
Now for the euro:
you made a couple of statements in your post that I do not agree with.
The first one "what individual nations promise has nothing to do with the currency."
sex that is only true until the printing begins. Many of the southern European nations are socialist in nature, have enormous expenses built into their government structure, in that they have more public employees to support then there private sector could ever possibly maintain. As a result, these governments are now in a constant mode of borrowing, just to keep up with their expenses. this borrowed money is not being granted by people who are working for a living, it is simply being printed out of thin air. This means that all of the existing euros are quickly losing their value. Your next statement although I am sure it is a government issue statement, stating that they are trying to maintain a 2% inflation rate, is pure bogus.
That is the same number that is used in the United States to describe our current inflation, and the actual number is north of 10%, and the government numbers are just fantasy.
Both the euro and the dollar as a "store of value" has been hopelessly corrupted. They only appear to be maintaining any value because they are only compared to each other and a few other Fiat currencies that are all being the valued simultaneously. At the same time, both gold and silver which have traditionally been the "canary in the coal mine" have been ruthlessly smacked down on nearly a daily basis, to hide the fact that all of the Fiat currencies are in a state of collapse.
This cannot last indefinitely, what is being played out right now can only be described as "the end game".
It is my contention that all Western currencies will collapse, through the irresponsible spending of their respective governments, and a burden of debt that can never possibly be repaid.
With governments now routinely buying their own bonds, the bond markets have been irreversibly corrupted.
The fraud and the Illegality is now epic and global. There is only one possible outcome,
this will not end well.
All paper assets will collapse in value, only hard assets will survive.
Gold and silver are not the only hard assets, but right now, they are the most affordable, and the easiest to obtain.
I tend to put as much extra cash into them as possible, leaving only enough Fiat to pay my bills.
Gold and silver may not rise all that dramatically in the near future,
but paper currency will most definitely lose most if not all of its value.
I'm not sure if I've answered any of your questions,
but I'm done rambling for now.
@Quisp: William Casey, the
@Quisp: William Casey, the Director of the CIA from 1981 to 1987 is supposed to have said it. I have never found a reliable source for that quote.
Here is the discussion on the topic from the "Talk" page on William Casey at Wikipedia:
Disinformation Program Quote
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the US public believes is false." William J. Casey, 1981
I've seen this quote all over the place. Can anyone find its source? That is a pretty damning statement if he really made it. 220.127.116.11 (talk) 14:08, 5 March 2012 (UTC)
- I read that this was stated by Casey at the first staff meeting in 1975. I don't know the source. __meco (talk) 11:56, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
- I just encountered this quote, but it stated that it was from the first staff meeting in 1981. Seems suspicious. If it's legit, that is indeed damning. TEApollonius(talk) 01:07, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
- came across this quote as well. Found a forum post [1] that cites the supposed source as "Mae Brussels" ... an old (Kennedy era) journalist who got in to "conspiracy" starting with JFK and ended up with her own TV show(?). Judging by her writing on the Kennedy assasination [2], I would personally assume the quote was legit, assuming one can prove she is the one that "sourced" it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 19:18, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
I Am In Awe @ the Level of Illegal Conduct Occurring Everywhere
I've been following the German gold re-patriation story since it broke and I read it here first-
I can't believe that our government can routinely break the law- in this case, theft by conversion, and nobody ever addresses it. It is routinely ignored.
We are truly a banana republic. This is how the government, or the fed, break the law- and they can only get away with it as Attorney Generals' everywhere put their head in the sand- fearing re-election, embarrassment, and political retribution. What a corrupt and sad country we are becoming. http://thecivillibertarian.blogspot.com/2013/01/theft-by-conversion-how-usa-routinely.html
the probability of flipping 12 heads in a row are 1 in 2^12. But IF you have already by chance flipped 11 heads in a row, the odds of flipping 12 are 50:50.
I am a prof. mech. engineer, physics, chem, and calculus prof. Mr. Fix, you sound like an interesting guy but not very good in physics. The broom handle thing is just conservation of angular momentum. First year physics.
Tesla did do some interesting things and wanted to tap the energy in the ionosphere. Not 'creating' energy, just transffering energy already in existence.
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@ Bugzy RE, "What the heck did you invent"
The laws of physics gets somewhat flexible once you make the assumption that we are "surrounded by infinite energy".
Your statement about Tesla holds true to me as well. The the true genius of the Tesla coil is that if you simply run it backwards, with the right capacitance to differentiate the different frequencies, you can pull amazing amounts of electricity right out of thin air.
Another approach, is to use voltages in the tens of thousands to power electromagnetic fields,
and what seems to take many amps at more traditional voltages, can now be done with mere milliamps, with an astounding increase of efficiency and power. My experiments prove this out.
And yes, it is starting to get dangerous, but now I tend to take a couple of steps back when I turn it on.
When I was very young, I used to work on television sets, and would know enough to steer clear of the flyback transformer, those Voltages can kill you. I treat my experiments with the same respect.
By stepping down the voltages out of thin air, you are starting out with literally millions of volts, at all different Wave lengths.
Building capacitors that can handle this is an art, which I am still perfecting.
The transformers are easy, I have built many, that work well.
Whenever possible, I just repurpose a lot of stuff from other people's garbage.
It's only a suicide machine if other people try to use it.
Twas me with the broom thing. My bad physics.
I love the videos, and I am surprised that they never tried to give the double gyroscopes a really good spin near the end of the second video. There was no way to determine whether they were getting heavier or lighter from that experiment.
If the tripod that they were balanced on were sitting on a scale, the results may have been very interesting.
@Bollocks: David Gilmour and
@Bollocks: David Gilmour and Chrissie Hynde. I'd never seen this. Thank you. They are two my favorites. The rest? Meh.
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@ dziprick
You said:
" Not 'creating' energy, just transffering energy already in existence."
That is exactly how I see it also.
And you are correct, I have absolutely no formal training in physics whatsoever, but I do like to play with it.
A couple of movies
I recently watched a couple of movies, not something i usually do but i was prompted by a very good friend whose opinions i value. The movies were "Drums along the Mohawk" and "How the West was won". They serve as a good reminder, Hollywood aside, that freedom is a costly business and those who make the investment might not be those who reap the benefits, "Never in the field of human conflict" et al. The movies made a powerful impression on me and if you have a spare moment or two, i recommend them. The desire for peace, freedom and happiness are the same, perhaps just the enemies have changed.
@dziprick: the probability of
@dziprick: the probability of flipping 12 heads in a row are 1 in 2^12. But IF you have already by chance flipped 11 heads in a row, the odds of flipping 12 are 50:50.
I think I get that. For few years I worked in statistical process control. I didn't get much theoretical training, mostly it was just application of established practices, but I think you are supporting my contention that regardless of the preceding flips, any given flip is always 50/50. Am I correct in that?
Karpens pile
I do not know why they did not just link many up in series to get a higher voltage and then parallel these up to increase amps and run a motor and say; do some sort of work.
That would have been impressive! A motor running for 60 years - doing work via some ambient liquid.
The fact that such a demonstration does not exist suggests that it does not work.
@Chicagau: Shenandoah is
The coin has no memory. Every flip has a 50:50 chance. But to flip two heads in a row is 1 in 4. as there are four possible outcomes, tail tail, tail head, head tail, and head head. If you flip three times there are 8 possible out comes with only one being head head head. two outcomes for each flip, but 2x2x2 for the three flips is 8. The probability of each flip is 50:50 heads.
But once you flipped 3 heads, the probabilty for the fourth is 50:50 heads. But there was only a 1 in 8 chance that you already flipped 3 heads in a row. To flip 4 heads in a row is 1 in 16. Once you 'got lucky' and already flipped 3 heads, the probability is now 50:50 of getting the fourth head.
This is called the gamblers fallicty
double post. Typing in the dark so sorry for typos
Karpens pile
It looks to me to be a battery, with one gold electrode, one platinum electrode, submerged in sulfuric acid.
Looks like it's time for me to invest in a platinum coin!
I see the biggest problem with scaling this battery up to do a lot of work, is that the cost of the electrodes in the battery, quickly becomes obscene.
But I am already trashing a couple of my silver eagles making colloidal silver,
Why not get a 1 ounce platinum round from Kitco, and drown it and one of my gold Eagles in sulfuric acid and give it a try?
(No subject)
anti gravity
He never gave up his secrets.
GSR went into a rounding mode
GSR went into a rounding mode yesterday, but still down on a day that was expected instead to be a down day for silver.
So far so good, but I see more sideways move now than continuation down in next few days, may retest 54 from below:
Kinda sucks that we are not allowed to talk about anything but metals on Main Street anymore!- boring, very boring. Metals shiny- yes. Metals stackable?, yes. Metals repressed?, without a doubt, but why is this so? The answer is blowing in the wind, soul kitten! Time is now to be strong, grow a shlong, and carry on, donkey kong! The reason metals are repressed is cause WE are repressed. Until this is addressed, you will all remain victims.
But my post is about metal
when he moved the castle, he had to hire a truck and driver, in which the truck driver caught a glimpse of the anti gravity machine. He was asked after the old mans death to come and show how things were put together. He said that the gold parts were missing. See gold, copper.=metals
Ok sorry Im pushing it there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_Castle
What trade ?
Old tradesman?
Let's see what happens...
Default setting-
Default...old.//-tradesman....unplanned response//trip// default setting....ignore- auto reset initiate.(oo7)
German interest in Barbaric Relic - What could be so facinating?
NY Times Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/17/business/global/german-central-bank-to-repatriate-gold-reserves.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y
Sure seems like a lot of fuss over a barbaric relic. And oh yeah, what is that instrument on the table. Some kind of mass spectrometer? Nah, why would they want to know the mass of such a silly monetary relic of the past? Psssst - hey buddy, got tungsten? Just kidding! Not!
@Puck T. Smith and @dziprick
Golden opportunity for thieves? Germany to bring home $36 Billio
BERLIN - In what sounds like the setup for a stylish Hollywood heist movie, Germany is transferring nearly 700 tons of gold bars worth $36 billion from Paris and New York to its vaults in Frankfurt.
The move is part of an effort by Germany's central bank to bring much of its gold home after keeping big reserves outside the country for safekeeping during the Cold War.
Shipping such a large amount of valuable cargo between countries could be a serious security headache. A gold robbery — the subject of such movies as "Die Hard 3" and "The Italian Job" — would be embarrassing and expensive for Germany.
The high-stakes, high-security plan is to move the precious metal — 374 tons kept in vaults in Paris and 300 tons stored at the New York Federal Reserve Bank — to the Bundesbank in Germany's financial centre over the next eight years.
(AP Photo/dpa/ Frank Rumpenhorst)
Article Link: http://www.timescolonist.com/business/golden-opportunity-for-thieves-germany-to-bring-home-36-billion-in-gold-stored-in-us-france-1.48722
Includes speculation on how the gold is to be transported.


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March 23, 2015
Mike "Dream" Francisco is one of the first internationally known muralists from Oakland. He was one of the founding members of TDK; a group that started off as some high school trouble makers and grew into a posse that still paints to this day – now they paint legal, commissioned murals. They started off as Those Damn Kids; now they represent the dream kontinuing.


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Is Todd Bentley a False Prophet?
Taken from Fresh Fire Ministries website:
"Here are the facts:
"1. Todd has yet to enter into a clear system of accountability with the leaders he identified that would be involved in such a process. Todd has visited Rick Joyner in Fort Mills, South Carolina, and indicated early on in September that he would be moving there soon to become a part of the community there and to receive counseling from Rick Joyner, Jack Deere, Bill Johnson and others that Rick might feel to bring alongside. Todd is in regular contact with Rick Joyner and has agreed together with Rick that he will move to Fort Mills during the first few months of 2009.
"2. Having spoken with Todd in recent days, he is resolute in his intentions to divorce Shonnah, and in his mind, the restoration he is seeking is one which would not include reconciliation with his wife. Todd admits to being 100% responsible for the divorce.
"3. It also needs to be clarified that Shonnah has in no way initiated this divorce and has no present intention to do so at any time in the future. She is understandably hurt by Todd's infidelity, but is not asking or pressing for a divorce. The legal separation from Shonnah was initiated completely by Todd and he has not seen her or the children since the last week in July. To our knowledge, Todd's relationship with the female staff-member, who was a former intern and also, at his initiative, a live-in nanny in his house for over a year, is still ongoing. We believe that there are currently no biblical grounds for Todd to leave his wife and children. While it has been maintained that no physical contact happened between Todd and the former female intern until after he filed for legal separation from Shonnah, in the Boards' eyes, the nature of the present relationship between Todd and his former staff member is that of adultery."
October 19, 2008 UPDATE
Good old spell check proves useful in more ways than one Western Standard- Shotgun Blog, Canada - 12 hours ago
One of the main supports of BC evangelist Todd Bentley's "Lakeland revival this summer was the live coverage provided by God TV, a London-based charismatic ...
Mr. Bentley's credulity is exposed Western Standard- Shotgun Blog, Canada - 13 hours ago
During Canadian faith healer Todd Bentley's revival campaign this summer, 31 alleged resurrections from the dead were reportedly connected to the revival in ...
The faith healer, his disabled wife, and a possible divorce Western Standard- Shotgun Blog, Canada - 13 hours ago
It's very unusual that someone that I wrote about in my Report magazine days (not once, not twice, but three times) would have since become an international ...
October 14, 2008 UPDATE
'Outpouring' Revival Finished
The Ledger Published: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 11:49 p.m.
After six months, the local religious revival that drew thousands of people to Lakeland from all over the world has officially ended.
The final meeting of the Lakeland Outpouring, formerly led by Canadian evangelist Todd Bentley, was at Ignited Church on Sunday.
After months of ministering to thousands of followers daily, Bentley stepped down from public ministry in August, announced his separation from his wife and admitted to having had an inappropriate relationship with a female staff member.
The meetings continued after Bentley's departure, moving from a 10,000-seat air dome at Lakeland's Sun n' Fun Fly-in to Ignited Church in Lakeland, where the revival began.
GOD TV, the worldwide television network that broadcast Bentley's revival, plans to broadcast other offshoots in the United States and United Kingdom, including meetings in Dudley, England.
The organization Bentley founded, Fresh Fire Ministries, is still in operation.
October 1, 2008 UPDATE
Does it ever end?? Todd Bentley is "deeply sorry for the problems that his problems have caused others" - so says Rick Joyner.
Oh brother. Read more here.
September 26, 2008 UPDATE:
Message from god-tv
Received the above in an email today. Oh brother. Too bad Rory and Wendy are deceived and deceiving others on purpose, in my opinion.
The only good thing about the Lakeland/Todd Bentley 'circus' being broadcast is it has brought into greater focus the lies/deception of the charismatic/pentacostal movements.
"And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many." Matthew 24:4,5
In the meantime, may we continue to pray that the Truth be revealed, the lies be exposed, the deceived wakeup, the sinner repent, the lost get saved and the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified. Watching by the grace of God,
"Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch." Mark 13:35-37
EMAIL reply from Berlin, Germany
September 1, 2008 UPDATE:
We have had enough of false prophets!
"This article is not about false prophet Todd Bentley; it's about the esteemed leaders and role models who helped create the Lakeland disaster."
August 28, 2008 UPDATE:
Whatsup with Joel's Army?
Tattooed across Todd Bentley's "sternum are military dog tags that read "Joel's Army." They're evidence of Bentley's generalship in a rapidly growing apocalyptic movement that's gone largely unnoticed by watchdogs of the theocratic right."
ugust 22, 2008 UPDATE:
Can we trust Dutch Sheets?
Yesterday, Dutch Sheets wrote a lengthly 'Statement and Appeal Regarding Lakeland' with the purpose being to ' identificationally repent on behalf of the leadership of the charismatic body of Christ' with reference to Nehemiah 1:4-7 & Daniel 9:1-19. However, is Dutch Sheets one to be trusted?
And the prophets prophesied falsely and the people loved it so
"Bentley had more supernatural experiences than all the apostles put together. Like immature children being tucked into bed modern day charismatics accepted his supernatural tales. These were tales from a master of story telling- but it was not Rod Serling of the Twilight Zone, or Alfred Hitchcock-- but Todd Bentley of the supernatural zone. The more they heard the more they became accustom to his storytelling and forsook the word of God. And the church leaders stood by said nothing-- they endorsed him."
Did I Sit On The Sidelines While The Playing Field Burned?
"... The question that I now have to ask myself…the question that will haunt me for quite a while is…did I sit on the sidelines while the playing field burned? Should have I blogged about it…spoken out about it publicly…done more to get the word out to the rest of the world that this whole thing was about Todd and not God? I took care of my own house…but should I have done more to take care of the entire neighborhood?"
August 19. 2008 UPDATE:
Bentley bends
B. C. healer, televangelist withdraws for his own healing
Brian Hutchinson, National Post
Published: Tuesday, August 19, 2008
VANCOUVER -It wasn't his outrageous claims of raising the dead that finally landed Todd Bentley in trouble. Not the contradictory sermons, or even his criminal past. Not the face piercings, the neck-to-knee tattoos, the biker-dude lifestyle. His followers could live with all that; it was part of the act.
And what a performance it was: For the past few months, Mr. Bentley, a 32-year-old former drug addict from Canada's west coast, was the hottest thing going on the global televangelist circuit. A hog-riding faith healer with a devil-may-care attitude.
Then he failed his flock, the old fashioned way: By consorting with another woman.
Mr. Bentley is now taking a long time out from his ministry, for some healing and reflection. The news was delivered on the weekend. "We have discovered new information revealing that Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff," reads an Aug. 15 letter from his church, Fresh Fire Ministries, based in Abbotsford, B. C., an evangelical hotbed.
The letter, posted on the Fresh Fire Web site, followed another online note three days earlier acknowledging that Mr. Bentley's marriage had unravelled. "Todd and Shonnah Bentley are presently experiencing significant friction in their relationship and are currently separated. We want to affirm that there has been no sexual immorality on the part of either Todd or Shonnah, nor has there ever been," it reads.
The news comes just as Mr. Bentley's ministry -- which began a decade ago on the streets of Vancouver's miserable Downtown Eastside -- had found a worldwide audience. In April this year, the stocky preacher received an invitation to travel from Abbotsford to Lakeland, in southern Florida, to take part in a series of Christian revival meetings.
Audiences there were dazzled. Mr. Bentley was asked to stay. So began what became known as the Lakeland Outpouring, an unfettered expression of charismatic fervour that quickly became a full-fledged phenomenon, with 8,000
people daily packing into a baseball stadium, then inside a church building. Twice a day, seven days a week, through the spring and summer, with Mr. Bentley taking centre stage, yelling and exhorting, and sometimes smacking around the ill and infirm.
GodTV, a specialty on-line service dedicated to Christian worship, quickly made room for the Lakeland Outpouring in its broadcast schedule. Millions of potential worshippers were exposed to Mr. Bentley. Among others, people with health problems travelled alone or with church groups to Florida for his sermons, loud and aggressive multi-media performances punctuated with faith-healing demonstrations and requests for financial contributions.
Mr. Bentley claims that God uses him as an instrument to heal the sick. He demonstrated this capacity at one Outpouring meeting by taking a run at a professed cancer patient and planting a knee hard into the man's gut. The man fell to the floor, grimacing.
At another meeting, Mr. Bentley laughed about kicking a woman in the face in order to help deliver God's healing touch. He spoke of his encounters with angels and prophets. He waved letters in front of his audiences, claiming they were written by relatives of people declared dead. Their dead kin had risen, he explained, after being exposed to his sermons, via GodTV broadcasts.
"I have in my hands the 13th testimony as a result of this Outpouring, of somebody raised from the dead," he said a few weeks ago. "I'm saying to the media, the dead are being raised…Are you ready to hear the 13th story? Now, many of them,
we've been following up. We still haven't had a chance to verify this. I can read it to you as I received it."
At last count, Mr. Bentley had been used by God to resurrect 20 people -- verifications still to come.
His claims have attracted plenty of skeptics, some of whom have carefully parsed his sermons, looking for what might be considered heresy, or simply false statements. Internet bloggers certainly found inconsistencies in his stories; for example, Mr. Bentley seems to confuse dates and events when describing his various visits with angels and his discussions with God.
His skeptics learned of a terrible incident. In 1991, Mr. Bentley, then 15, was convicted of sexual assaulting a seven-year-old B. C. boy. The case was outlined in The Report newsmagazine 10 years later; confronted with the facts, Mr. Bentley consented to a discussion of his conviction. "I was involved in a sexual assault ring," he told The Report, now defunct. "I turned around and did what had happened to me. I was assaulted too."
He said he considered the matter closed. "It's something that's dead and buried for me."
In June, FOX TV snoop Geraldo Rivera interviewed Mr. Bentley. The matter of his conviction did not come up; rather, Mr. Rivera asked for verification that he had helped heal the sick.
Again, Mr. Bentley waved a fistful of papers in the air but offered no names, no proof. ABC's Nightline examined Mr. Bentley's claims in July and was met with similar obfuscation.
But others have bought in. Several of Mr. Bentley's colleagues in the televangelism trade--including fellow Canadian Patricia King -- vouched for him, even after the unflattering FOX and ABC exposure.
"The healing of the sick, the casting out of devils, the raising of the dead, the cleansing of lepers, this was all taking place" at the Lakeland Outpouring, Ms. King insisted last weekend, during a sermon broadcast on her Extreme Prophetic Television program.
Ms. King, who is also based in the Abbotsford area, went on to describe in the barest of detail Mr. Bentley's latest transgression and fall from grace, and said that any form of sin is intolerable.
No one from Fresh Fire Ministries or its affiliate church organizations in Abbotsford responded to interview requests yesterday. Mr. Bentley is reportedly in California, staying with friends.
He will not offer any public ministry for at least a year, according to the latest Fresh Fire letter. He will not return to Florida for the rest of the Outpouring; it winds up on Saturday, after a 143-day run. A stadium tour across the United States has been cancelled. Gatherings in the U. K. have been "postponed."
There is no talk of resurrection, or revival. Just the hope of forgiveness.
August 17, 2008 UPDATE:
Satan's Plan to Destroy Christianity
August 16, 2008 UPDATE:
Todd Bentley: 'Unhealthy Relationship' with Female Staffmember
From Freshfire:
"We wish to acknowledge, however, that since our last statement from the Fresh Fire Board of Directors, we have discovered new information revealing that Todd Bentley has entered into an unhealthy relationship on an emotional level with a female member of his staff. In light of this new information and in consultation with his leaders and advisors, Todd Bentley has agreed to step down from his position on the Board of Directors and to refrain from all public ministry for a season to receive counsel in his personal life."
August 15, 2008 UPDATE:
Today received from Bud Press at Christian Research Service:
August 15, 2008
Now Online at Christian Research Service...
Todd Bentley and the Hotel Fire in Seattle
Judgment from the 'Lord' or 'Accidental'?
by Bud Press
"Common sense dictates that when a person makes a claim, but refuses to provide PROOF, it calls into question ALL the claims he or she has made, both past and present."
Discernment the Size of A Flea
An Open Letter to Charisma Magazine
by Bud Press
"For years, many Christians have been conditioned to accept anything that comes down the pike--no matter how far-out or ridiculous. Part of that conditioning process is to lift-up, admire and adore false prophets, downplay their false prophecies with a grin and shrug, brush the false prophecies off as simple mistakes, then concentrate on "all of the good things" the false prophet does."
Letter to Stephen Strang
Are You A Christian?
By Bud Press
"The time has come for you to stop promoting false prophets and false teachers in Charisma magazine and other publications."
Updated! Todd Bentley Articles Page
Updated! Todd Bentley Videos Page
God bless,
August 14, 2008 UPDATE:
Article: Faith healer abandons pulpit
Video: Todd Bentley and the Fallen angels - testimony posted last month of visitor to Lakeland meeting.
August 13, 2008 UPDATE:
Received an email today which tells what Charisma Magazine editor, Lee Grady, thinks about the latest Bentley news (read it here).
But Grady still doesn't get it. He says he can't understand why the leaders didn't warn the people. The leaders who supported Bentley didn't warn the people because they are deceiving wolves themselves. Why should they or would they warn their victims? In my opinion, they knew EXACTLY who they were promoting when they came to Lakeland.
There were A LOT of warnings from this blog and elsewhere. However, deceived people don't always wake up easily. But hopefully these latest events will shake more folks out of their charismatic/pentecostal stupor.
Grady is still looking for an end time healing revival but the scriptures never say that. Rather they say there will be a great falling away/apostasy which I believe is currently in the works. He said a prominent Pentecostal evangelist told him he's now convinced that a large segment of the charismatic church will follow the anti-Christ when he shows up because they have no discernment. With this, I totally agree.
And the good that has come out of all this? I learned a lot and realize now more than ever the importance of testing EVERYTHING by the Word of God. In fact, folks need to stop chasing after another 'God-goosebump-experience', forget Elijah list's prophetic nonsense, get back in the Bible and repent to the Lord Jesus Christ of their sin/their un-scriptural activities.
August 12, 2008 UPDATE:
ARTICLE: Evangelist Bentley, Wife File for Separation
Special prayer request from Fresh Fire website:
"...The Lord's blessings and abundance have been so evident on the ministry during this season of intense activity and we rejoice in seeing and being able to participate in what we believe is only the beginning of a worldwide awakening. It is with considerable sadness then, that we must temper the jubilation we know you all feel with the sobering news that Todd and Shonnah Bentley are presently experiencing significant friction in their relationship and are currently separated. We want to affirm that there has been no sexual immorality on the part of either Todd or Shonnah, nor has there ever been. Undoubtedly the pressures and the burden of the Outpouring, which approaches 144 days on August 23rd, have helped to create an atmosphere of fatigue and stress that has exacerbated existing issues in their relationship. We wish to stress however, that the Outpouring is not "to blame" for the current chain of events and that in effect we have no interest in blaming anyone, but rather we deeply covet your prayers for Todd and Shonnah and for Fresh Fire Ministries during this time..."
August 11, 2008 UPDATE:
Separation May End Bentley's Lakeland Appearances
Todd Bentley, the evangelist who has led the Florida Outpouring revival here in Lakeland since April 2, has filed for separation from his wife and might not return to the revival, according to his former local spokesperson, Lynne Breidenbach.
Bentley Family
She said Bentley made the announcement to his staff this afternoon. Bentley and his wife, Shonnah, have two daughters and a son and are Canadian citizens. Under Canadian law, separation is a first step in divorce proceedings and takes nine months. Bentley and his wife have been in marriage counseling for several months, Breidenbach said. She called the situation "very sad" but insisted it "doesn't invalidate what Todd did" at the revival.
Breidenbach, who said her contract with Bentley's Fresh Fire ended today, said it is not clear whether Bentley will make further appearances at the revival. About two weeks ago, Bentley announced he would leave the revival on Aug. 23 in order to resume his traveling evangelistic work.
The Fresh Fire Ministries Web site indicates that a September appearance by Bentley in England has been postponed. Stay tuned for further information.
August 4, 2008 UPDATE:
Todd Bentley Leaving Lakeland August 23
August 3, 2008 UPDATE:
Video clips and article on spiritual drunkenness and false revival
August 1, 2008 UPDATE:
This following article was written back in June but has some very important information regarding the Sanskrit words that Todd Bentley uses: Todd Bentley Raging Revival/A VERY SERIOUS WARNING!!!!!!
July 31, 2008 UPDATE:
Received the following comments by Andrew Strom in an email today. I don't agree with everything Strom says/believes but the following is interesting. Thanks Steve!
Are WAGNER's APOSTLES LEAVING??
- Andrew Strom.
Last week we published a number of strong statements against
Lakeland by one of Peter Wagner's 'apostles' named Robert
Ricciardelli. For those who are not aware, Peter Wagner heads
up an organization devoted to setting in place "apostles" over the
church. This is known as the 'New Apostolic Reformation' (NAR),
and it has been very controversial. I myself have never seen it as
any kind of true "Reformation" - because all it seems to do is
set up another level of hierarchy over the existing ones. I also
question whether many of the "apostles" are true apostles - but
that is another story. Suffice it to say, that Wagner runs one of
the most powerful and far-reaching global networks in the
Charismatic world.
I don't know if Peter Wagner fully realized what he was doing
when he went down to Lakeland and publicly endorsed Todd
Bentley and the 'revival' there. But clearly he started a rift in his
own movement that may very well almost tear it apart.
However, before we discuss this further, it is also important to
note that even some "pro-Lakeland" churches are beginning to
have second thoughts about supporting that movement - as more
factual information begins to emerge about what is really going on.
The following was written by the leader of a "pro-Lakeland" church -
and forwarded to me this week. (I have removed the identity of
both the leader and the church). This really is an amazing
admission for such a "pro-Lakeland" leader to make:
"Hi staff,
We need to talk, probably as a staff, and go through what I've
found out. I had a long talk with Robert Ricciardelli. He's no revival
critic... He loves revival, believes in healing, prophecy and all the
rest and is delighted to hear about the healings we've had here.
He's a close friend of Stephen Strader... He's in an accountability
relationship with Lee Grady (editor of Charisma Magazine) and is
a writer for Charisma on occasion. He's part of C. Peter Wagner's
apostolic network, recognized by Peter as an apostle. I've seen
the man's website and he's legit, not a heresy hunter.
"The reports he has given me are firsthand, not hearsay. I am
deeply troubled, grieved and tormented at what I'm hearing. He
attributes most of the anointing at Lakeland to Roy Fields (worship
leader). I agree. Roy is nothing but clean and God shows up hugely
when he leads worship. I can go into detail later about what is
surfacing, but there are huge lapses of integrity going on... Much
embellishment. Many claims have been made that simply are not
true. The Charisma crew has researched it. I want to weep. My
heart is breaking. For now, to be safe and for the sake of integrity,
we need to stop speaking about the claimed resurrections. Three
of them have been checked out with the doctors and EMTs
involved and found never to have happened at all. Todd has been
confronted with this and has not adjusted the numbers in his
claims. Not a single one of the other claimed resurrections can
be substantiated despite diligent effort to do so. Even after
Stephen Strader brought it down to 13 (and even those couldn't
be substantiated) Todd ran it back up to 27 and more.
Misrepresentation and embellishment!
"On the financial front, Todd recently told the crowd that God had
told him that there were 1,000 people who would give $1,000 and
that they would be blessed 1,000-fold. Robert called Stephen
Strader to confront the unbiblical nature of that appeal. It came
out that Todd admitted he hadn't heard that from God, that it was
just an idea he had so that they could raise money to build a big
stadium. Robert challenged them to issue an apology the following
night based on that false claim of being told by God and they
refused to do it on the excuse that it's a different crowd every night.
"That's the flavor of what I'm finding. There's a lot more. I'm so
grieved I can hardly think. I'm not saying the Lakeland Outpouring
is not of God (God is bigger than the men involved), although good
men whom I have respected all my life are saying just that (that it's
not of God), based on what they know and have seen...
"What I am saying is that we need to back up and not identify
ourselves closely with Lakeland and that we need to stop repeating
claims being made on the air lest we end up getting splattered
with the collateral damage when certain issues of false claims,
embellishments and lapses of integrity begin to come out more
publicly. By the way, no one is saying that some healings have not
happened - only that many false, embellished or unsubstantiated
claims have been made. A number of really good men, champions
of revival through the years, are actually saying that the whole
thing is of the devil and that even the healings are demonically
inspired. I want to be clear that I'm not going there..." [-end quote].
So here we have a 'pro-Lakeland' church checking out these facts
for the first time and now deciding that they "need to back up and
not identify ourselves closely with Lakeland." Pretty amazing!
Meanwhile - back to the topic of "apostles" and what is now
happening in Peter Wagner's main 'ICA' organization:
One of Wagner's apostles, Robert Ricciardelli, put out an email
this week saying that he has received a great deal of support for
his stand against Lakeland - the majority of it from pastors. And
he also made the following very significant statement:
"As a member of ICA, Peter Wagner actually caused many
questions to come my way because of my membership there.
I will no longer be involved with that organization and actually
have not tracked well with them and some of their agendas since
I have been involved with them. However, I have enjoyed the many
relationships I have developed from going to the annual meetings.
Most all of those relationships are also disengaging from their
affiliation with ICA, because of many issues beyond Lakeland."
So clearly Robert is now leaving the ICA - as are other 'apostles'
that he knows of also. I asked him to clarify this last point.
Robert wrote to me:
"The ICA leadership continues to adopt belief systems without
seeking the advice and counsel of members. Many of the members
do not, and will not support these beliefs, including the support of
anti-biblical behavior and doctrine currently being expressed through
Todd Bentley and Freshfire Ministries. In fact as ICA embraces
this, they now have taken a stance that will indirectly have to
embrace many of the same ministries, including "New Mystic"
John Crowder and others. This escalating focus on angels,
experiences, trances, etc is far from the focus of Jesus, His
Kingdom, and His righteousness... Many of us who really enjoyed
the ICA annual conferences are now forced to make a decision
as to whether to continue our involvement with them."
Robert has also stated that he personally was never into
"Dominionist" beliefs or the "hierarchical NAR agenda." His last
statement to me was: "I think that there is a chance that many
may disassociate with the ICA depending on Todd continuing to
reveal his deceptive doctrine and Peter continuing to support such doctrine."
I wonder if Peter Wagner ever imagined that by endorsing Todd
Bentley he may be sowing huge seeds of destruction in his own
movement? -Perhaps only time will tell.
July 23, 2008 UPDATE (Pls note, several of the following videos are no longer available - 5/15/09):
Hypnosis and Christians
Youth pastor dies after coming to false revival
Lakeland Pastor jokes about lying for Bentley
"When God does not show up and when God is not moving, I thank God I have a gift, and I thank God I move by faith, and I thank God when God's not moving I move God." - Todd Bentley
July 22, 1980 UPDATE:
Video clip of Todd Bentley & Chris Harvey in Lakeland; Chris Harvey at "Christian" School with kids; and the "angel." Read more here.
Todd Bentley, Rick Joyner, Bobby Conner - the Knights of Malta Connection
More on Joyner from this blog.
July 21, 1988 UPDATE:
Video: Che Ahn says to Todd Bentley, "I must decrease, you must increase".
Nightmares and the Lakeland Revival
Todd Bentley Caught Infecting People with Spiritual Diseases!
Kundalini Yoga in the churches
And at Brownsville Assembly of God, Pensacola, Florida, where I went to school:
Similar to Bentley's Lakeland meetings, Brownsville had lots problems. For example:
1. And when I complained to my Fire/Brownsville leaders about 'christian' leaders (i.e. knight of malta Rick Joyner, 33 degree freemason Billy Graham, etc) who praised the roman catholic pope after he died saying he was now in heaven, they said it was not big deal.
2. We were taught their false prophetic teachings of manifest sons of god, joel's army, third wave, latter rain, kingdom now etc etc.
3. They promoted false teachers/prophets like Bennie Hinn, Paul Yonggi Cho, Mike Bickle, Tommy Tenney etc etc.
4. We were encouraged to use the babbling speaking in tongues not the Biblical speaking in tongues of an unknown language.
5. Etc etc etc.
July 16, 2008 UPDATE:
Prepared For The Slaughter: The Disarming Of The Church
"Those who would obey scripture and 'test all things' are mocked and ridiculed and labeled 'Pharisees.' It seems that the Church has fallen prey to the pluralistic, non-judgmental mindset of our present age. The one unpardonable sin is to question someone's belief, or dare to say that it might be wrong. These new leaders demand you climb on the bandwagon, and if you cannot agree, then you must remain silent at all costs. They call for us to experience now, and evaluate later."
July 15, 2008 UPDATE:
Healer or Heretic?
"We increase our scrutiny of people like Hugh Hefner, and we decrease our evaluation of people like Todd Bentley just because he comes in the name of Jesus. Hugh Hefner is not nearly as dangerous to the Church as someone like this."
July 13, 2008 UPDATE:
Todd Bentley, Fresh Fire Ministries and Lakeland Revival
"The beginnings of the prophetic movement goes back many decades. In the 40's there was a flurry of activity. Between 1947 and 1957, the so-called "Healing Revival" led by Oral Roberts, T.L. Osborn, A.A. Allen, Jack Coe, and Orval Jaggers enveloped America often with large tent campaigns. William Branham was the central figure in this era. But he also became a catalyst for the contemporary Pentecostal Movement we call the Latter-Rain. It appeared in Canada and was given the blessing of Branham who actually laid hands on the Canadian leaders of the Latter-Rain. The Latter-Rain had developed an entirely new end-time teaching of "salvation history." The Latter Rain is where the so-called 'Toronto Blessing' began."
The Dark Agenda Behind the Florida Outpouring
"The purpose of the revival is to prepare those who will accept it to go on to their final stage of development which will be the merging of God and man. Its purpose is to openly introduce Christians to esoteric teachings and draw them away from the true Christ. According to the New Agers, 'Charismatic congregations in main-line churches are entry points into the Aquarian frontier.' The Unfinished Animal: The Aquarian Frontier and the Evolution of Consciousness. Alice Bailey, mother of the modern New Age Movement, claimed that agents would infiltrate the Christian Church to modify its message, while adapting it as a vehicle for the Universal Religion of the 21st Century."
Convulsions of God?
Todd and his tattoos
July 12, 2008 UPDATE:
Bentley's 'prophetic eagles' or Osprey (imitation eagles)?
"I can't laugh when they make the Holy Ghost look like a fool." David Wilkerson
Todd Bentley's 'Special Commissioning Service'
"While Peter Wagner, Bill Johnson, John Arnott, and Che Ahn are free to commission Todd Bentley anything they desire, it doesn't change the fact that Bentley is a false teacher and false healer; nor does it change the fact that the Florida revival is overshadowed by demonic activity and is extremely dangerous to the physical and spiritual welfare of the believer, as well as those searching for the real Jesus Christ."
Kundalini Yoga and The Lakeland Florida Revival - Identical Manifestations and Identical Source?
Where Will Todd Go Next?
July 11, 2008 UPDATE:
ABC Nightline Busts Bentley Who Now is on Break
Todd Bentley and Marjoe Gortner
Todd Bentley - Possesed by a demon?
Neither faith nor healing
Todd Bentley on Nightline
An Ex-Faith Healer Explains The Tricks Used(WOTM Radio)
July 10, 2008 UPDATE:
Nightline tries but can't verify Bentley's healing claims
Todd Bentley Kicks Cancer Patient
July 9, 2008 UPDATE:
Mass Hypnosis Disguised at 'Christian Worship'
July 8, 2008 UPDATE:
The False Revival (comparison)
This video compares the spiritual manifestations of other religions and the false revivals that are occurring in the church.
July 7, 2008 UPDATE:
Is god-tv from the real God?
The New Breed/Manifest Sons of God/Latter Rain/Third Wave/Kingdom Now/New Apostolic Reformation/Joel's Army False Teaching
July 6, 2008 UPDATE:
Prophet or Wolf?
July 5, 2008 UPDATE:
Living Sacrifice Lakeland Style
Todd Bentley and Florida Revival Exposed
Comments by David and Nicole regarding Todd Bentley
July 4, 2008 UPDATE:
Email from James Sundquist, author of Who's Driving the Purpose Driven Church?
Todd Bentley, Fires of Kundalini and the Demon Samael
"I just finished reading Todd Bentleys, three part series Angelic Hosts. It is seriously one of the most disturbing and dangerous things I have ever read. It seems that the more I prayerfully look into Todd Bentley the deeper I am led into his dark world of Gnosticism, mysticism, and the occult. My prayer for you is that you will honestly examine the things he teaches and the manifestations present in his ministry in the light of scripture..."
"Carl Teichrib , a researcher on world religions sums it up beautifully, 'The bottom line is this: the quest for the mystical Tree of Life is simply the desire to take the Garden of Eden by force, tear down whatever barriers stand in the way of its fruit, and by man's own hand taste immortality. The result will be catastrophic for the individual who, through the occult and the works of magic, attempts to gain "everlasting life" outside of God's prescribed way - "the way and the truth and the life" - Jesus Christ.'"
Todd Bentley Lying Again About His Tattoos
Todd Bentley's angel electricutes him, makes him scream, and renders him dumb
Todd Bentley claims to be 100% pure in heart - more arrogance
Canadian evangelist's ministry draws kudos and criticism
July 2, 2008 UPDATE:
Article: Todd Bentley's revival in Lakeland draws 400,000 and counting
See ALL videos by localpastor
Impartation of Grace?
Lakeland 'Revival' at Denny's
Lakeland Glory
July 1, 2008 UPDATE:
Todd Bentley Praises Kenneth Hagin
June 30, 2008 UPDATE:
Todd Bentley: This man has to be stopped
Florida Outpouring Revival Concerns Pentecostal Leaders
June 27, 2008 UPDATE:
The Lakeland/Lucifer Connection
Bentley the Healer?
June 25, 2008 UPDATE:
Can We Give and Receive God's Glory?
False Prophets Commission False Prophet
Todd Bentley Raging Revival Part 2
June 24, 2008 UPDATE:
Wendy Alec: Prophet of God?
June 23, 2008 UPDATE:
Live at Lakeland!!!!! Bentley Tent Revival
June 22, 2008 UPDATE:
A Church on Fire
June 21, 2008 UPDATE:
Todd Bentley "Bobbing" for the "anointing"
Todd Bentley Revival Tips
Todd Bentley's screeners keep the 'Revival Fires Pure'
Now Appearing in Person!
Todd Bentley Speaks Out!!!!
It shouldn't surprise any of us that a counterfeit gospel will look and feel like the real thing... how easily fooled we can be.....CLICK HERE to see a video response to Todd Bentley: Messenger of God? part 1
Exposing Benny Hinn (and other false healers) PART 1
Exposing Todd Bentley: Part 2
For Who's Glory?
And here are links to a couple of articles from when Bentley was recently in Concord, NC. Check out the comments too:
June 18, 2008 Q&A with preacher Todd Bentley
June 19, 2008 Tattooed preacher says God heals through him
June 17, 2008 Commentary: "BAM! BAM! BAM!" said the false prophet
June 19, 2008 Editorial: Don't drink the Kool Aid
World Magazine: Same old scam?
And for what it's worth, here is a comment from another website which I found interesting:
It's a known fact that Todd B is an MK Ultra plant being handled by Bob Jones. Thus the blatant crowd mind manipulation and hypnotism.
It's a known fact that since 1984 Bob and crew have been working towards open physical warfare on those who oppose them (blues vs greys).
It's a known fact that Branham was asked if the healings were from the Holy Spirit and he answered, no, they are from his angel. That is blasphemy and occult power.
It's a known fact that the leaders of the New Age, the Illuminati, have planned all along to hijack Christianity by putting their leaders in place, and now you see it with their plant TB. Their plan is also along the lines of Bob and crew, that 25% of the population must be purged because they are opposers.
June 18, 2008 UPDATE:
Prophets of Baal
Todd Bentley: Messenger of God? part 7 (Looking at Kundalini) See all parts of series
June 17, 2008 UPDATE: Commentary on Bentley by Way of the Master Radio
June 15, 2008 UPDATE: Child tells Bentley. "I don't want you to touch me!"
Bentley Interviewed by Geraldo
Bentley wants us to "Call down the angels!"
June 14, 2008 UPDATE: To Judge or Not to Judge?
June 11, 2008 UPDATE: The Lies of Bentley
June 9, 2008 UPDATE: Christian Research Service
June 8, 2008 UPDATE: Raised from the Dead Story from Unverified Email and Being Slain in the spirit in the Occult is Serpent Power
June 7, 2008 UPDATE: $elling Je$u$ by Todd Bentley
June 5, 2008 UPDATE: False Revival
June 4, 2008 UPDATE: Todd Bentley Deception
June 1, 2008 UPDATE: Be Not Deceived
May 28, 2008 UPDATE: Coming Out of Deception
May 27, 2008 UPDATE: The Third Wave & Angel of Finance? and A Word To False Prophets
May 25, 2008 UPDATE: Todd Bentley: Messenger of God?
May 24, 2008 UPDATE: Did Todd Bentley See the Jesus of the Bible?
May 22, 2008 UPDATE: The Tattoos of Todd
May 18, 2008 UPDATE: Is Lakeland Calling You? DON'T GO!
May 15, 2008 UPDATE: False Healing Revival in Lakeland, Florida
May 13, 2008 UPDATE: More on Todd Bentley from Apostasy Alert
Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Matthew 7:12
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Matthew 24:11
For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Matthew 24:24
EVANGELIST TODD BENTLEY, below, lays hands on a parishioner's ears and prays that God will restore her hearing during a "healing meeting" at Ignited Church in Lakeland on Tuesday. Bentley's ministry has become a sensation, drawing growing crowds of people seeking miraculous healing of serious medical conditions. Not everyone is healed instantly, Bentley says. "We don't make any claims," he says. "We just pray."
Evangelist's Popular Ministry Claims Miraculous Healing
By Cary McMullen
Ledger Religion Editor
(863) 802-7509
Published: Saturday, April 19, 2008
What began as a five-day revival at Ignited Church in Lakeland has become something of a sensation locally and, thanks to the Internet, in Pentecostal circles worldwide.
Bentley's ministry has become a sensation, drawing growing crowds of people seeking miraculous healing of serious medical conditions. Not everyone is healed instantly, Bentley says. "We don't make any claims," he says. "We just pray."
Canadian evangelist Todd Bentley has been leading "healing meetings" at Ignited since April 2, attended by as many as 20,000 people so far, and the meetings will continue twice daily through April 27, church leaders say. The meetings have drawn attention for what Bentley and Ignited Pastor Stephen Strader say are miraculous instances of people healed of serious medical conditions.
The evening services usually fill Ignited's 700-seat sanctuary, and people have been waiting for hours for the doors to open, Strader said. The crowds have included people from outside Lakeland, outside Polk County and even other states. Ignited's media coordinator, Lynne Breidenbach, said a doctor from England had flown over to attend services after seeing reports on the Internet.
The services have been streamed live via the Web site www.ustream.tv, and as of Wednesday morning, the services had received more than 100,000 views.
Bentley was invited by Strader to return to Ignited after a brief visit last year. In an interview Tuesday, Bentley said it is unusual for him to cancel other scheduled appearances in order to continue leading a series of services.
"There was something different about this meeting. It was evident by the third day, I really felt something unique was happening," he said. "We decided to stay another week. The crowds grew, the miracles grew."
Bentley, 32, runs Fresh Fire Ministries, based in Abbotsford, British Columbia. He said he dropped out of school in the eighth grade and overdosed on drugs three times before he became a Christian in 1994. According to a 2003 article in Charisma, a magazine devoted to Pentecostal news, before his conversion at age 18, Bentley spent several stints in jail, including one for a sexual assault committed as a juvenile.
Bentley's arms and neck are covered with tattoos with religious symbolism, and he wears jeweled studs in his chin and ear. He said what has been different about these meetings is an "electric atmosphere" that he attributed to "the manifest, lingering presence of God. ... I've never seen something spread so fast."
The evening services usually last for several hours, beginning with an hour or more of near-deafening music that has the wildly eclectic crowds leaping and spinning. At Tuesday evening's service, a black teenage boy was greeted by a middle-aged white man, and an elderly woman in pink with a fake-fur hat linked arms with a young woman in her 20s, while bikers with Christian insignia on their leather vests stood by the stage with arms upraised.
Shortly after Bentley took the stage, wearing a black T-shirt and baggy black jeans, he began calling out diseases and medical conditions carried by unidentified persons in the room - a practice Pentecostals call "word of knowledge" - which Bentley said were being spontaneously healed.
"Tumors are going to be pulled right out of people's bodies tonight. ... Someone has a growth on their face, on their neck, a woman in this room right now. Put your hand on your face. It's being burned off by the fire of God. ... Somebody else uses an oxygen mask, and the Lord's touching you tonight. God wants to open your lungs," he said, while pacing the stage.
A line of people formed at the foot of the stage. Bentley's assistants talked with them before bringing them up to Bentley, who asked a rapid-fire series of questions of those who approached him - "What are you feeling? What's happening? Can you move your arm?" He labored over several people who said they had hearing problems, shouting at one, "I command this deafness - go! - in Jesus' name" and asking, "Can you hear me now?" Responses varied from uncertain to yes.
"Not everyone is instantly healed. We don't make any claims. We just pray," Bentley said.
People with problems in their knees or feet were asked to jump or run across the stage after Bentley prayed. Praying over one young woman who said she had metal rods in her spine, Bentley said, "I ask you, Holy Ghost, to remove the metal rods from her back. Loose!"
Even within Pentecostal circles, Bentley is controversial for his claims of visitations by angels. He said Tuesday that before coming to Lakeland he had been visited by "the angel of the winds of change" who told him he would "bring change to Lakeland."
Bentley defended these claims of "supernatural encounters" as identical to biblical accounts.
"I believe that's available to everybody. In today's world, people are hungry for that, they're fascinated by that," he said.
Harried and hoarse, Strader said Tuesday evening the "outpouring," as he and Bentley are calling it, is spontaneous.
"It's nothing you can plan for. You hope for it, you pray for it, but it's totally a God thing," he said.
Strader is the son of the Rev. Karl Strader, former pastor of Carpenter's Home Church. who also was known for leading splashy services and revivals. After the 1995 conviction of Karl Strader's son, Dan, on charges of investment fraud, Carpenter's Home Church dwindled, and the church eventually sold its massive North Lakeland sanctuary to Without Walls Central Church.
The cash proceeds of the sale, $3.5 million, were used to purchase and renovate the former Scotty's Hardware Store that now houses Ignited Church. Ignited began holding services at the site in 2006.
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Yes, I believe that Todd Bentley is ONE OF MANY false prophets making appearances in various churches today. And like Brownsville AOG church in Pensacola, FL, in the late 1990's, this Ignited church in Lakeland, FL, today is completely misleading folks.
Bentley is part of a movement that teaches people can visit heaven anytime they want to along with the new age lie that man is equal to God. A wolf in sheep's clothing, he deceives many with his hocus pocus that satiates folks emotional needs. These "revivals"are all about emotional needs and feeling good instead of actually reading the Bible for yourself and knowing God's word.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1
False Healing Revival
Below are email exchanges with Shawna from today:
I just read your front page.
I hope and trust you are a sister in the Lord.
However...Cathy.....can you honestly say that the Jesus that you speak about does not have what it takes to TRULY set the captives free???
In love, I ask you.......... What is it that Jesus Christ came to do????
Is one sin bigger or harder for the Lord to deliver from than another??
Do you REALLY believe?????
Why would you spend your time bashing someone who is ministering in His name...who has been set free.......???
Can you honestly say you are free???
What about when you lay your head down at night and no one is around??
Are you truly at peace???
Do you REALLY believe in the savior that you speak of??? And.....is His arm too short to deliver one like Todd Bentley?? AND....if He HAS delivered him, would you expect any less than what you are seeing before your eyes at the revival???
What is the scriptural definition of a false prophet???
Todd doesn't fit the description.
What has he said that isn't true?? What has he taught??
Are you going to use his past to condemn him???
Where are you getting your motivation???
Please take this as a literal challenge.
If YOU are the one who is wrong, you would then be guilty of what the Word of God calls....'touching God's anointed.' Can you handle that???
I wouldn't even be challenging you like this if you weren't so forthright yourself.
Please respond.
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Hi Shawna,
As one who was deeply involved in Brownsville AOG in Pensacola, I speak from a painful past of being deceived and misled from which the Lord Jesus Christ delivered me - hallelujah!
Are Todd Bentley's actions scriptural? Are they in the Bible? If not, he is playing with fire and so are those who support and endorse him.
The whole charismatic movement is full of deceit and demons. MANY are being misled and may loose their salvation if they don't repent. This is my concern and why I posted the article.
Did you read the comments on the post? Click here and scroll down.
Sharing the painful truth in love, may the truth be revealed, may the lies be exposed, may the deceived wakeup, may the sinner repent, may the lost be saved and may the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified I pray.
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What is he doing that is not scriptural?
Cathy, it is usually NEVER the minister or the movement.....it is people here or there who give the 'movements' a bad name.
If you are a product of painful deception, maybe you are still in need of healing and revelation of truth.
It is one thing to point out specifics, it is another to 'throw out the baby with the bath water,' which is what people who have been hurt always have a tendency to do.
If you read the Bible from Genesis to Revelations, you will not come away with an intellectual stimulation. You will read things that go AGAINST the natural mind. You will see a story and picture and inspiration of a SUPERnatural God, who does ALL kinds of things that don't 'make sense.' He is a God of decency and order, but, he does NOT fit in to our natural little boxes.
Again, what is happening in his meetings that is unscriptural???
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For one thing, being slain in the spirit in not scriptural. We NEVER read about the early church doing this.
And secondly, gold dust/gold fillings appearing on/in people is not scriptural but rather comes from the occult. In the occult world, anybody showered with liquid or powdered gold dust would see it as confirmation of their spiritual transformation; in the world of magic it is called "pixie-dust" and occultists sprinkle it along with their 'blessings' and invocations as a very real experience of enchantment.
From Spirit of Error website:
Not all supernatural experiences are from God and Bentley claims to have supernatural encounters all the time. He says: "Never more than a few days go by that I don't encounter third heaven and some kind of prophetic experience — at times it happens daily for months. Supernatural experiences have become part of daily Christianity for me." But one of the angels that Bentley claims visits him is an angel that was associated with William Branham's healing ministry, according to Bentley (read more here). And this should concern Christians because Branham — a "prophet" in the Latter Rain movement — taught many false and heretical doctrines include:
• Claiming that he was the angel in Rev 3:14 & 10:7
• Claiming he was Elijah, who would precede Christ's return
• Denying the Trinity and calling it a satanic doctrine
• Teaching that Eve had sexual intercourse with the serpent, producing human beings who are destined for hell, which is only a temporal place. But those who receive God's seed (Branham's teaching) are the "Bride of Christ"
• Saying that anyone who was a member of any denomination had taken the "mark of the beast"
• Giving a number of false prophecies about the end of the world
• Teaching that the Word of God had been given in two other forms besides the Bible: the zodiac and the Egyptian pyramids
• Some of his followers thought he was God or had been virgin born and, when he died in 1965, they believed he would be resurrected.
• Many of Branham's critics believe he genuinely had a supernatural gift of healing, but that it wasn't from God since he promoted heretical teachings (read more here).
Bentley claims that, whenever Branham's angel shows up at one of Bentley's meetings, he gets a supernatural ability in his left hand to diagnose people's sicknesses, and he also gets correct words of knowledge about details from their lives — just as Branham claimed.
Shawna, you can read more about him here if the previous comments don't give you a red flag.
You are very defensive about this man. Are you absolutely sure he is right on?
Jesus and most of the New Testament gives us many warnings about false teachers and the like. In 2 Corinthians 11, Paul writes, "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works."
Dear heavenly Father, please show both Shawna and myself the truth regarding Todd Bentley. Did you send him or not? Please guide us both to the truth we ask in the name of Your wonderful Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. Thank You, heavenly Father. Amen!
If we are teachable and in His Word (kjv), He will show us.
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The term 'slain in the spirit' is a 'Christian-eeze' phrase. But, being overwhelmed by the power of God is scriptural. For example, when the soldiers came to arrest Jesus, they 'fell to the ground' when the Lord did nothing more than say, "I am He."
Secondly, it is completely consistent with the Word of God that the devil will 'counterfeit' everything that God will do.......or, at least, try to.
The occult also uses the rainbow as one of their symbols, and yet, the rainbow is the very thing that God used as a sign of promise.
People in the occult speak in tongues, have out of body experiences, and have supernatural manifestations........ALL of which are identified in the Word of God as gifts and.....'normal' activities of the Living God Almighty.
The Supernatural IS normal for the Christian person, truly walking with Jesus Christ. Of course, the biggest stumbling block is that people will often try to 'create' the manifestations for themselves....thereby getting in to error.
There is a fine line balance between 'desiring' the way the Bible tells us to, and working up things ourselves. We DO have to participate and cooperate with God. But, again, there will always be fakes.
The challenge, once again, being to not become an all knowing 'judge' over the things that are happening in the lives of other people.
There are also 'special anointings' that we see throughout scripture.........tons of people from Elijah to Paul. CRAZY supernatural things happened all the time to certain people in the Bible. It REALLY was normal and 'every day' to them.
Think about the things that happened to these people and what they were literally known for, and written about..............
Ax heads floating on the water, people being healed by Paul's shadow, etc...........
I'm SURE that the skeptics back then were no different than people today. And, I'm SURE that there were people who made God look bad, in the midst of something real.
Regarding William Branham.............
I don't know about him to counter your statements, so, I will look in to that.
Cathy, I'm not 'defensive' regarding Todd Bentley. I had never heard of him until this revival began. I am not the kind of person who runs after every ministry that comes to town. In fact, I usually go out of my way NOT to do so.
However, I have been in enough meetings since I've been saved, to know the anointings and power of the Holy Spirit.
MANY ministers of the true God are quirky and annoying and...........I put most of what I hear on a shelf, truthfully. But, we Do, as believers, need to experience the power of God that may make us very uncomfortable. And, when we Don't experience something......which I have a feeling may have been your case........we, again, should watch about throwing it all the window because of our bad personal experiences. Just because we experience something negative doesn't define truth for us.
I'm going to go to bed now....so I can get up for church tomorrow! :-)
But, I will read the excerpts you've highlighted on this last message.
And, I'll respond back to you when I can......
I appreciate the conversation.
Amen to the prayer!!!!
Talk to you soon.
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DIGHTON — Selectmen on Wednesday extended the contract of Fire Chief Antone Roderick Jr. by one year.
After the signing, Selectman Patrick Menges said one-year deals are common in town unless the employee is part of a union or is operating under a different statute.
Selectmen appeared pleased with Roderick's performance and Selectmen Chairman Dean Cronin said the negotiations went smoothly.
"My kudos to him," Cronin said.
Roderick is also the emergency management director.
In other town news, selectmen signed off on the library's pursuit of a state feasibility grant. The grant will determine how the Main Street library should be continued to be used.
Last summer, Fire Chief Antone Roderick Jr. and Building Inspector James Aguiar noted a number of issues with the building, many of which are being addressed through volunteer efforts and through Town Meeting actions from the October meeting.


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The nurse said I just have a long torso, but I know for a fact this isn't true. Years ago, when a seamstress was altering my wedding dress, she had to take the torso part up inches to make it fit! She made sure I knew this was the case too.
Every woman's body handles pregnancy differently. I know this. But many women who are weeks behind me look much further along than me. I feel like I'm eating enough. More than enough. And I'm steadily gaining weight (about 12-13 pounds so far). But maybe I should be doing more
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Robert I. "PaPa" Sztendor of Pine Island, NY, a truck driver for Jones Chemical, Warwick, NY, died unexpectedly on Monday, May 6, 2013. He was 65.
The son of the late Ignatius and Nellie Grzywaczewski Sztendor, he was born on March 27, 1948 in Warwick, NY.
Survivors include his loving wife of 43 years, Deborah Matusewski Sztendor, at home; son, Robert Sztendor and Erin O'Brien of Pine Island, NY; daughter, Dawn Porter and her husband, Scott of Pine Island; grandson, Chase Porter; four sisters: Caroline Evans and her husband, Raymond of Slate Hill, NY, Cecilia Glowaczewski and her husband, Raymond of Goshen, Joan Watch and her husband, Donald of Westtown, Theresa Niski and her husband, John of Middletown. He is also survived by many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister, Patricia Urbanski.
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