Benny Hinn

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I think it’s really hard to have your own tv show and have so much publicity and stay humble, even if you’re humble in the beginning. The only people I know of who seem to have managed it are Archbishop Fulton Sheen and Mother Angelica. (maybe I’m missing someone). But it’s so easy to get caught up in the theatrics, the money, publicity, etc…

I watched a bit of a Benny Hinn show on tv, and on YouTube, and it just seemed too emotionally driven to me.
 
Many years ago, I read Benny Hinn’s book “Good Morning Holy Spirit” (I think that’s the name), that book made an impression on me, what he wrote seemed authentic. I watched some of his shows, It seems he often emphasizes the healing does not come from him, the healing comes from Jesus and he gives glory to God. He was influenced by Catholic teachings.

I believe God can use people as His instrument to impart His healing. That instrument does not have to be a Catholic priest. Though I don’t agree with his extravagant way of life, and there are questionable things in his ministry,I won’t call him a fake.
 
JesuXPIPassio said:
Plus it was on weekday mornings when nothing else was on, and I was in a foreign country with limited English-language channels.
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If you’ve got internet access, you can always watch EWTN streaming at ewtn.com or listen to their radio programs at the same website. I’m contemplating cancelling cable and just watching online.

God bless,
Dan
 
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Many years ago, I read Benny Hinn’s book “Good Morning Holy Spirit” (I think that’s the name), that book made an impression on me, what he wrote seemed authentic. I watched some of his shows, It seems he often emphasizes the healing does not come from him, the healing comes from Jesus and he gives glory to God. He was influenced by Catholic teachings.

I believe God can use people as His instrument to impart His healing. That instrument does not have to be a Catholic priest. Though I don’t agree with his extravagant way of life, and there are questionable things in his ministry,I won’t call him a fake.
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I don’t have the same scruples. I live in Orlando, where Benny got his main start. He essentially got run out of town on a rail. I have no compunction about calling him a fake. He’s an apostate health and wealth, name it and claim it money grubbing fraud. If you want a Protestant inspiration look to a Deitrich Bonhoffer or the like, not a fraud like Benny (the combover and Nehru jacket alone should wave you off.) Now, having said that, he’s got a lot of cabbage grubbed from the dirt of people who think he’s real, which he isn’t.
 
For anyone who has undergone the Catholic “baptism of the Holy Spirit”, they immediately know that no push is required for you to “rest in the Spirit” or be “slain in the spirit”, as appears to occur on his shows. If all that he does is for the glory of Christ, then he could just as well do what he does on any given street corner, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt.

However, our Lord did say that we are not to prevent such a person, since “no one who performs a miracle in my name can soon after speak evil of me”. (Mark 9:39-40)
 
CatholicOf94, you get my vote for best post on this thread! :clapping::bowdown::bowdown2:
 
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