“SANTA ANA, Calif. — Televangelist Benny Hinn has posted a plea for $2 million in donations on his website.Hinn says he accumulated the deficit in the past few months because offerings at some international appearances did not cover expenses.Hinn’s reputation as an advocate of prosperity gospel has attracted millions of followers but has also drawn criticism from lawmakers and watchdog groups..” ♦ –elevangelist Benny Hinn asks for $2M in donations–

“I’ve finally figured out why so many Canadians now tell anyone who’ll listen that they’re “spiritual, but not religious.”They’re looking for a date, or at least to have people desire them.A sweeping new psychological survey has come to the conclusion that North Americans tell others they have spiritual beliefs to appear more attractive, especially to prospective mates..” ♦ –Want to appear more attractive? Tell people you’re spiritual–

“ New Australian PM refused to take oath on bible.CANBERRA, Australia — New Prime Minister Julia Gillard assured Australia’s Christian majority on Thursday that her atheism would not affect government funding to church-run schools if she is re-elected.
Gillard, who was sworn in last month and promptly called elections, was the first prime minister in the federation’s 109-year history to take an affirmation of office instead of swearing on a Bible..” ♦ –’My atheism is no threat to the church’–

“LONDON – It may tempting to think the church can win converts if it has the right strapline or soundbite, but the most effective way remains telling people about Jesus Christ, said a British theologian. Speaking at this year’s Keswick Convention in Cumbria, Derek Tidball said the church often wanted to “keep the Gospel back” and “hook people by other messages first”.“Judging by the way the church in England behaves, we don’t have confidence in the Gospel,” he said. He also urged Christians to be on their guard against any models of Christian life that tried to avoid weakness and promoted the idea that those who face hardships or trials are outside of God’s blessings..” ♦ –England Has Lost Confidence in Gospel, Says Theologian–

“Obadiah 1:15 For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. (NASB) Charisma magazine reports that self-proclaimed prophet to the nations, Cindy Jacobs, has just received a word about the American economy. Jacobs says the balance of the American economy depends on how you fast, pray, and cast your vote in the next election. She’s calling upon people to join her in a 40-day prayer challenge. Jacobs says: “This is not something that will be easily turned,” she said. “It will not be turned without a battle, a battle both through our prayers … [and] on our feet. We must vote with our feet for righteousness for these pro-life, pro-biblical values candidates. We must engage as we have never engaged before.” “I know that if we will do this that God is going to have mercy upon the nation,” she added. “He’s going to do miraculous things, things that no one else could do because He will give God-inspired, God-breathed ideas.” Jacobs doesn’t get it – she just doesn’t get it! There’s nothing wrong with praying for our country, but upon further scrutiny of Jacobs and her doctrine, you’ll find it’s just more hypercharismatic hysterics from a card-carrying member of the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR).” ♦ http://slaughteringthesheep.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/cindy-jacobs-doesnt-get-it/>– Cindy Jacobs Doesn’t Get It –

TAMPA – Without Walls International Church senior pastor Paula White and worldwide televangelist and faith healer Benny Hinn posted statements on their websites denying a National Enquirer report that they’ve become romantically involved. White, who could not be reached for comment at her Tampa church, called the article “misguided and untruthful” in the statement directed to “friends, partners and ministry colleagues…Hinn’s statement, which has since been removed from his site, was directed to “my precious partner.” He “forcefully, categorically and absolutely renounce(s) the lies that have been spread about me and want to set the record straight with you. There is nothing inappropriate or morally improper about my friendship with Paula White. There has been no immorality whatsoever!”" ♦ –Paula White, Benny Hinn deny report of affair–

Apprising Ministries pointed out yesterday that Benny Hinn And Paula White Respond To “False And Misleading” News where the National Enquirer and The Toronto Sun were reporting that Benny Hinn and Paula White are having an affair.  The Tampa Tribune reports today in Paula White, Benny Hinn deny National Enquirer report:

Without Walls International Church senior pastor Paula White and worldwide televangelist and faith healer Benny Hinn posted statements on their websites denying a National Enquirer report that they’ve become romantically involved. (Online source)

Now my friend Bud Press of Christian Research Service alerted me that while the statement by pastrix Paula White—Pastor Paula Responds To False And Misleading Article—remains at her website, the one by Benny Hinn (seen below)—Pastor Benny Responds to False and Misleading News Reports— is now gone ♦ –STATEMENT BY BENNY HINN CONCERNING PAULA WHITE DISAPPEARS–

“The Evangelical Left’s penetration of American evangelical culture accelerated with Sojourners chief Jim Wallis’s high profile appearance at the annual “Lifest” Christian music festival in Oshkosh, Wisconsin earlier this month.Previously non-political and devoted to inspirational music and spiritual lectures for tens of thousands of American heartland Christians, Lifest seems to have crossed the threshold into the Evangelical Left orbit with Wallis’s entrance. Adding to the leftward slant was the less high profile but still significant appearance of anti-American pacifist preacher Shane Claiborne, a popular “urban monastic” who sinisterly equates America with ancient Babylon, the Roman Empire, and the Third Reich..” ♦ –The Pearly Gatecrasher–

“The Wikileaks release of 92,000 mostly secret documents on the Afghanistan War has produced no bombshell revelations, but it has revealed the dangers of the “open government” movement. The main impact of the document dump may be to teach the enemy how better to kill our fighting forces.
Reporters are naturally trying to find scandal in the massive document trove, but these are not the Pentagon Papers. Not all secret documents have news value or historical importance. Most of the 92,000 records – in fact, almost all of them – have no news value. Several thousand are unclassified or the classification is not noted, and the highest classification appears to be “secret,” which is about at the level of detail and significance of most news reports..” ♦ –Leaking death
Wikileaks is putting American troops in danger–

“HOSPITAL bosses who want to ban Bibles from patients’ bedside lockers have been attacked by religious leaders.They warned that sick people will be deprived of spiritual comfort just when they need it most.
The ban, at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, is intended to help cut levels of infectious superbugs such as MRSA.Trust bosses said the Gideon International Bibles are hard to clean. They want all bedside areas in Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital kept tidy and “clutter-free” to stop deadly viruses breeding.
But Christian protesters said the holy texts pose a “minimal” risk of infection and called for the plans to be scrapped. A spokeswoman for the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham, which oversees 300 churches, said: “For many patients Bibles have been a source of comfort and support through uncertainty and illness. It is unsatisfactory that patients may now have to ask a nurse for a Bible to look at.”
She urged the trust to look at solutions such as shrink-wrapping or placing plastic covers on the Bibles. Hospital officials are now consulting staff, patients and chaplains before bringing in the ban. Director of nursing Jenny Leggott said: “We will take into account all needs and views before coming to a final decision.”Other religious texts and prayer mats are kept in the trust’s multi-faith centre and are available to all patients who want them.
.” ♦ –BASHING FOR HOSPITALS OVER BAN ON THE BIBLE–

““The greatest battle of our time is the battle for the biblical truth,” stated Youssef in an e-mail to The Christian Post on Monday. “Universalism is rampant in evangelical churches and nothing short of a Holy Spirit revival sweeping across the land will save Christ’s Church from total apostasy.”Youssef believes that the daily prayers of the 100,000 Christians who participate in the campaign will save the “Church and thus the country.”A major emphasis of the prayer campaign is to remind American Christians that the United States was founded on dependence upon God. But today, Youssef says, the country’s leaders and citizens try to attain success in their own terms..” ♦ –Megachurch Pastor Seeks 100,000 Christians to ‘Save America’–

“A religion adviser to President Obama has close ties to the imam who wants to build a 13-story Islamic cultural center near Ground Zero. The two have been documented together discussing America as “the ideal place for a renewal of Islam,” WND has learned. In February, Obama named a Chicago Muslim, Eboo Patel, to his Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. Patel is the founder and executive director of Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core, which says it promotes pluralism by teaming people of different faiths on service projects. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the controversial Muslim leader behind the plan to build the Islamic center and mosque two blocks from Ground Zero, wrote the afterword to Patel’s 2006 book, “Building the Interfaith Youth Movement: Beyond Dialogue to Action.”.” ♦ –NOT YOUR FATHER’S AMERICA
Obama adviser: U.S. ‘ideal place for renewal of Islam’
Religion aide closely linked to imam seeking to build Ground Zero mosque–

“ Married TV evangelist Benny Hinn is hiding a shocking secret love affair from his flock!
In a blockbuster exclusive sure to rock the worldwide Christian community, the Enquirer has learned the popular televangelist recently sneaked off with fellow minister Paula White for a romantic trip to Rome.We caught the couple walking hand-in-hand out of the five-star Hotel Hassler, where Pastor Benny was booked into the presidential suite under a false name, on July 13.Although the 57-year-old multimillionaire faith healer and host of TV’s “This Is Your Day” is separated from his wife Suzanne, the couple are not yet divorce..” ♦ –Benny Hinn and the National Enquirer–

“Johannesburg – ‘n Herrie het losgebars om die kop van prof. Piet Strauss, moderator van die NG Kerk, na aanleiding van ’n standpunt wat hy oor evolusie ingeneem het.Dr. Jurie van den Heever, paleontoloog van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch, het selfs woorde soos “dom” en “belaglik” gebruik in sy reaksie op Strauss se standpunt.Hy’t ook gesê dis miskien gevaarlik om so iemand as moderator te hê van ’n kerk wat baie hoog oor die waarheid opgee.Dit het begin toe die teologies konserwatiewe glanstydskrif Juig by Strauss wou weet wat die NG Kerk se amptelike standpunt oor evolusie is.“Word die Bybel nog onvoorwaardelik as die Woord van God aanvaar?” wou Juig weet.
.” ♦ –Herrie oor NG moderator se evolusie-mening
2010-07-27 08:50–

“This being the case, what can we say about the fact that a once Christian denomination–the Episcopal Church–and an Episcopal cathedral no less– is welcoming a pagan group of witches onto their property? We might be dismayed, but why should we be surprised? So why be surprised when the same ladies take the short hop to fully fledged pagan Goddess worship? Fifteen years ago those of us who were opposed to this warned, “This is pagan and will lead to witchcraft in the church.” Hate to say I told you so…
.” ♦ –Mother Grove Goddess Temple to celebrate spring equinox inside Episcopal Church–

“The head of the Evangelical Church in Germany has spoken of his grief over the deaths of 19 people at a music festival in Duisburg, Germany, over the weekend.The revelers were killed in a stampede at Love Parade on Saturday. More than 300 people were injured in the tragedy, which has been blamed on poor access to the site and the inadequate response of police and security personnel..” ♦ –German Christians Pray After Love Parade Tragedy–