http://www.morningstarministries.org/Mobile/default.aspx?group_id=1000012244&article_id=1000014047

(hope that link comes up alright – not sure if I did it properly, I’m a little bit electronically challenged!)

Also, http://www.intotruth.org has some info to help learn more about Rick Joyner and what he is really about.

Susan

Bentley was a juvenile so the term isn’t peodfilie.
That’s an adult who is sexually attracted to children.

The term you are looking for is sex offender, and yes, he spent 18 months locked up and got treatment.
There is no evidence he has committed any sexual crimes as an adult.

Would he be registered?
I don’t know.
Juvenile records and treatment are sealed, he chose to go public with the information.

I don’t know if a an adult from another country has to register as a sex offender in the US if the crime occurred in another country when they were under age.

I’m going from memory – I think Bentley was 15.
Yes, he was an abused and neglected child and a substance abuser. I see no reason he should be trusted, his adult track record as a manipulator, liar, substance abuser who lacks self-insight should give anyone serious pause.

The Report Magazine 2001 Rick Hiebert: Does forgiving mean forgetting?

“Bentley presents himself as a reformed bad boy who was once jailed for 18 months for “crimes of an assault nature” and breaking-and-entering in his hometown of Gibsons, B.C. The truth is, his most serious crime was more heinous: the molestation of a seven-year-old boy. “They were sexual crimes,” Bentley admits. “I was involved in a sexual-assault ring. I turned around and did what had happened to me. I was assaulted too. “

Now, don’t get upset at me because I have thought about this. We all know he is forgiven. But Todd’s tract record lately, at being honest in the public forum, well, is not good.

Anyhow, I was just wondering about it. After all, if it’s true, well I would want to be very informed. Let’s face it, he has not been real honest in the recent past.

I know, none of us is perfect. But Jesus gives us common sense tools to use too. So, I feel we need to use them.

In addition, if he was caught red handed in the crime, well, maybe more people should be concerned. Of course people change. Then again, they have relapses.

If it’s true, has he ever seeked help for this problem? I’m in nursing, and I do know a little about deep seeded problems that can cause adults to act inappropriatley. Oh well, just concerned about it.

Susan

His first wife and second wife both need help too. Why is this not included in the public forum? Where are the concerns for them? Or do his first and second wife care? The two women were present prior to all this deception. So, what’s really going on, if Mr. Joyner is so concerned about all us christians and what we really think?

I have many of unanswered questions about where is the #2 wife, and why is she not out there too? Where is the #1 wife and why so quiet? Why a book? I quess since this mass of confusion at Lakeland occured, they don’t think that us christian’s may have a thought or two about what is really going on. Who really opened this door for a flood of inquiries to take place? I bet the truth would help stop this.

Oh, well. The truth is out there somewhere! I sure hope that when the filtering of this story stops, then the true actions of all involved will be known. That will open a door for true restoration for us all. Then, the videos may stop too!

Then, the two kind souls asked the christian to come with them. They all walked down a path to an isolated area with a very dry dirt road, that was all torn up. The christian wondered, “Why am I here?” The two gentle souls looked at the christian, bowed there heads, did not smile, backed up around 5 feet behind the christian, and folded their hands. All of a sudden the earth around the christian shook. The dried dirt road started to rumble, and take a shape of a man. The christian heard bones crack, saw arms and legs form, saw skin forming over the body. The christian looked back at the gentle souls and wondered, ” What is happening?” The gentle souls did not move. Then, the christian looked back at the body being formed in front of her.

All of a sudden the christian new, that this creature was after her. She started to run and the creature, fully formed like a human, came running after her. However, the creature was more than human, it was seeking to devour the christian.

Then, the christian heard a voice that said, ” Turn around and face him.” So, she said, “Ok!” When she stopped to face the creature, he stopped and kindly asked her, reaching out his long arm with such gracefulness, “Can I talk to you?” The christian responed, “Only in the name of Jesus can you talk to me.” As she point her finger in the creatures face.

In an instant the eyes of the creature changed to pure evil, so much that you could feel his deception. The creature could not handle anything to do with Jesus, turned and walked away defeated.

Then, the christian heard the voice again, an it said, “That was Lucifer.” The christian realized that Lucifer will do all he can to steal a soul, the very breath of God, out of a man created in God’s image.
So angry was Lucifer, that he could not face the christian.

Remember who the enemy really is and don’t let lies of the enemy invade your heart. Remember, we fight against pricipalities and powers that are unseen. I was the christian and this was my dream. Lucifer can be very deceptive and will try to invade whomever he can. We must alway keep our hearts open to Jesus and Him only. No one else can fill His shoes.

kathy