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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 [...]

Charismatic Leader Dutch Sheets Repents publicly over Todd Bentley Scandal

With the recent news about Todd Bentley and his marriage break up many new voices are emmerging and saying that they were not comfortable with all the events at Lakeland. 
I am including the following article as it marks something of a shift within charismatic leadership.  I appreciate a lot of what this guy is saying and [...]

Great RAVENHILL QUOTES

quotes by Leonard Ravenhill.
“A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet reaches your conscience.”
“A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way.”
“Your doctrine can be as straight as a gun barrel—and just as empty!”
“John the Baptist never performed any miracles. Yet, he was greater than any of the Old Testament [...]

Is there a need for a new reformation?

It is suggested thatMartin Luther posted the Ninety-five Theses on the doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, Oct 31st, 1517. Wikipedia summarises the outcome of Luthers 95 thesis as follows.


    "We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown."
    William Booth