Three Streams

Restoration, Revival and Reformation

Entries for August, 2008

J. Lee Grady on Lakeland

Again, this is quite old now however in my opinion it is one of the better responces to Lakeland.
Life After Lakeland: Sorting Out the Confusion
By J. Lee Grady

Todd Bentley’s announcement that his marriage is ending has thrown our movement into a tailspin—and questions need to be answered.
It was not supposed to end like this.
Evangelist Todd [...]

ROBERT RICCIARDELI RESPONDS TO RECENT Todd Bentley News

 
 
This post is a bit dated but I think it is one of the better responces to Lakeland. This guy was an apostle of Peter Wagner’s ministry.
 
Roberts Weekly Pondering
Todd Bentley’s moral failure was publically exposed this week. There is more that has come forth from young women and pastors from his home town and [...]

John Kilpatrick Statement regarding Todd Bentley

John Kilpatrick’s Statement Concerning Todd Bentley
Those that know me know that I love revival, but I also place great emphasis on doctrine and integrity. In fact, I make decisions of support of people and their ministries based on these two qualities. That being said, in the very early stages of revival, I went to visit [...]

Steven Strang on Todd Bentley

Here is another commentary on the events at Lakeland, this time by Steven Strang the founder of Charisma Magazine.
The Emperor Has No Clothes

When I was in Canada last week on vacation, I picked up a Canadian newspaper with a full-page article about revivalist Todd Bentley titled “Bentley Bends.” It appeared in the National Post on [...]

Peter Wagner on the Todd Bentley Lakeland incident

The following is a newsletter from Peter Wagner regarding Todd Bentley. I’m not including my personal opinions about the currrent Lakeland/Bentley stuff at this time. I made my concerns about Lakeland and Bentley very clear before all of this broke out. I will probably comment on the current stuff at a later date but for [...]


    "Three main tendencies that can draw our hearts away from the centrality of the gospel: 1. Legalism, which means basing our relationship with God on our performance. 2. Condemnation, which means being more focused on our sin than on God’s grace. 3. Subjectivism, which means basing our view of God on our changing feelings and emotions."
    C.J. Mahaney