This morning, despite the concerns of many Christians who looked askance at the collapse of Mr. Bentley’s Florida revival and his marriage, Mr. Bentley announced the launching of his new website. It has print and video teachings, an internet store and a page where you can ask him to minister at your church. So, he’s back on the job.
I may have indepth analysis of this later, once I have had time to read and listen, but I wanted Shotgun readers to be the first on the ‘net to learn this which, according to Google, is apparently the case.
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Bentley website gets launched by Rick Joyner
So, who is the ghost writer for the new book Bentley is trying to get out to pre-empt the negative publicity from around the world about the Lakeland revivial?
This public return to the neo-charismatic circuit has taken less than a year. Bentley ran from Lakeland in disgrace after an expose on a US network in July 2008 and left the man made revival in August 2008.
Update: A commenter says there is more:
I saw it Bentley’s appearance) advertised on GOD TV. I have DIRECTV. I am in the Columbia, S.C. area. They stated several names of ministers for upcoming events, and Todd Bentley was one of them. They even showed his picture.
It caught my attention, and I began to wonder, when this would happen. GOD TV did not give any dates. Just events upcoming on the TV. Oh, it’s channel 365.
Lakeland Ledger Cary McMullen: Todd Bentley launches a website
Update: If I haven’t said this before, I’ll say it now. Cary McMullen of The Lakeland Ledger provided excellent coverage of the 2008 Lakeland ‘revival’ and it’s key players. His followup article: A Year Later, the Lakeland Outpouring still Stirs Emotions,  has new statements by leaders, including Bentley and the Assemblies of God general superintentent. Bentley has no credentials, (despite claims in one of his books) the Strader family is sanctioned and credentialed by the AoG. The Lakeland Ledger also has a couple of recent tie-in sidebar articles.
So very sad that there will be those who still endorse and follow this very confused guy – people who call themselves Christians but who neither know God nor His word. The blind leading the blind….For me the demise of the church age which we are witnessing now is the greatest sign since the rebirth of Israel that we are living in the end of days. Doesn’t it say in God’s word that He WILL NOT spare the unnatural branches…? And that He will spew out of His body the lukewarm church? (lukewarm refers to a mixture of hot and cold, mixing flesh/carnality with spirit). Dear people, there’s only one way to get rid of the flesh part, and that is to take up our cross and follow Jesus…it wasn’t for nothing that He told us to count the cost…there is only one way to have fellowship with Him, and that is by knowing the fellowship of His sufferings, allowing Him to deal with our flesh….”for when we are judged (chastened) by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.” (1 Cor. 11:32)
We are not called to a life of ease and wealth, we are called to a pilgrimmage of being chastened, crucified, by God, yet with so many precious promises of His care and keeping as we journey on that Way. “Blessed are they….who have set their hearts on pilgrimmage….” (Psalm 84:5-7) “Whosever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mark 8:34) Follow Him where? To this wonderful miraculous work or that great and awesome work? NO! We first follow Him to the cross, then to the tomb where we cease from our own works because our flesh/self-lilfe is dead, THEN and only then, to His resurrection. Anything He may pour out of our emptied earthen vessels after that is His business….and to HIS glory alone. There are many who love to preach on destiny and purpose these days….God’s only destiny for us is the cross and the “grave”, His only purpose is to rend our flesh in two and reveal His Son in us.
Well, I finally did go past the first page of Mr. Joyner’s introduction of Todd Bentley’s new website. Ok, so what’s really new, except that he’s back. Mr. Joyner and Mr. Bentley still ascribe themselves, that Todd has the characteristic ability for the “Miraculous”.
Does this mean he’s ready to perform, the supernatural again? However, Mr. Joyner did indicate, Todd is still in restoration. Are we going to see people drop kicked again? Will people loose a tooth or two, because of the “Miraculous”. I’m not so sure, Todd is ready, are any of you? Will he seem to able to work with the devine again? Does any other christians have questions like this?
During his hiatus, did he figure out how to get it all together? We know that their is a book, website, and he is available for service.
But, other than this, we still know nothing. Oh well, that must be a part that christians are not allowed to see of him.
I kinda get the picture “Do as I say, not as I do.” Anyway, “He’s back”.
Therese Kimber, you sound really nice. I appreciate what you said. And agree that this life is not easy. But with my Lord Jesus, I, like many others have his promises. And I try so hard to hold on to them. My hope is that christians will ask tough questions. Allow themselves to see, that there are good and bad ministers out in this world. Remember, “It takes all kinds to make the world go around.”
Thanks
I watched some of Todd Bentley’s website tonight. While viewing it, I began to think, Todd has lost his insight for discerment of God’s will for his life. I’m sorry if I have offended anyone, but that’s how I felt.
He still preaches about Jesus, but I can’t help but wonder, what spirit the empluses of his soul emanates.
I pray for both of you Todd and Jessa. I think you both started out with a passion to do God’s will.
With love,
Susan
Todd Bentley is a liar, a thief, a wizard, an adulterer, a fornicator, a false one and a man devoid of any integrity. He was EXPOSED as a LIAR and a THIEF!!! During the Lakeland revival Todd also said that God told him to get 1,000 people to give $1,000 dollars. When people confronted Todd, Todd admitted that God did not say that.
Todd stopped being a Christian a long time ago and that is why he demonstrates no signs of repentance or the fruit of the Spirit. Even Peter Wagner said about him:
Todd Bentley now carries the label of a liar and a deceiver. I’m sorry to mention it, but I felt personally deceived in the same way when Ted Haggard’s sin was exposed and he was immediately removed from ministry…
Suffice it to say that there is more than I am going to mention. First of all, Todd has been removed from public ministry until further notice. He has resigned from the ministry he founded, Fresh Fire, so he is no longer a part of that board. It has become clear that he indulged in periodic drunkenness. He has no intention at the moment of reconciling with Shonna, nor does she with him. Their marriage has been torn for years by his emotional attachment with at least one other female whose physical contact went beyond hugging and kissing and holding hands. Enough said-maybe more details will be revealed later-but it was clearly immoral. All of this was skillfully concealed by lying and by swearing close associates who had observed his behavior to secrecy. Peter Wagner
It is a fact that “Todd the Fraud” hypocritically preached on seven fold restoration including the restoration of marriage and had a mistress during the Lakeland demonic revival and-was drunk most of the time – He stated If your marriage needs to be restored then stir up your faith and ask: “My God, please, I want You to restore my marriage, and I want it to be better than it was in the first place. I want there to be double the intimacy.” Get aggressive. Don’t just settle for an “okay, restore my marriage” attitude. “Restore my marriage and give it to me double!”
So why did Todd divorce his wife and not practice what he preached? Because he is a hypocrite, a false one, a son of hell just like many preachers in the Third Wave!
And Jesus told all in MT 7:15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.
Rick Joyner and Bill Johnson being both caught up in the realm of deceiving spirits, could only reinforce TB’s behavior.
TB’s declaration of “opening up the stargate portals to the third heaven†had absolutely nothing to do with God or His heavenly realms…it is based on previous declarations by high level occultist. His “angel†connections were not God’s angels, they are familiar spirits and demonic forces. What he does and declares is UTTERLY SATANIC…not “just a little eccentric.â€
The opening up of these “portals†that TB is engaged in is activated by his own soul power/soul energy called kundalini in Hinduism. There is much material on the web about it as it is practiced by those in the occult/new age
Bill Johnson, Che Ahe, John Arnott, and Rick Joyner, leaders in the Third Wave and mentors of Todd Bentley, specialize in getting people possessed with a Kundalini demon. Many of the Third Wave leaders such as Wesley Campbell and Stacey Campbell or Heidi Baker or Patricia King have a Kundalini demon!
The jerking in Toronto, Brownsville or any other revival place is not a sign of the Holy Spirit but of a Kundalini demon which infiltrated Christianity mainly in North America through Rodney Howard Browne! The fact is the bible never talks about “jerking†being an attribute of the Holy Spirit but rather it states but the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control THE KEY WORD HERE IS SELF-CONTROL AND WHEN YOU ARE POSSESSED BY A DEMONIC KUNDALINI SPIRIT THERE IS NO CONTROL AND THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG AND AGAINST SCRIPTURE.
Open you eyes and do an engine search on Todd Bentley Third Wave?
MIRACLES ARE NOT A SIGN OF GOD’S ENDORSEMENT OR APPROVAL!! DO NOT LOOK FOR THE PRESENCE OF MIRACLES OR PROPHECIES AS ANY INDICATION AT ALL THAT A MINISTRY IS KOSHER IN THE EYES OF GOD…INSTEAD LOOK FOR THE FRUIT IN THE MINISTER’S LIFE – GODLY, CHRISTLIKE CHARACTER, HOLINESS, PURITY!
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruit you will recognize them.” (Matt. 7. 15-16)
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophecy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!.’” (Matt. 7:21-23)
“The coming of the lawless one will be in accordance with the work of Satan displayed in all kinds of counterfeit miracles, signs and wonders, and in every sort of evil that deceives those who are perishing. They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.” (2 Thess. 2:9-10)
In looking into Todd Bentley’s ministry when Lakeland broke out I happened upon one of his teachings on the “Python Spirit” – it was so defiling I could not finish it – it goes into great detail and depth about how Satan’s kingdom works, that we do not need or want to know about, and in so doing glorifies the devil! Jesus simply said to identify the evil spirit and cast it out. No need to look too intently into evil – who cares what they do, just get rid of them! This is “knowledge” from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, not the Tree of Life, and it also glorifies the one showing off his knowledge, who is mere flesh. In Rev. 2:24-25, the Lord connects “knowing the so-called deep things of Satan” with Jezebel , and instructs those who “do not hold to her teaching” to hold on to what they have until He comes. I think it’s no coincidence that T.B.’s Emma angel was female.
They are trying to “restore” him without first expelling him from fellowship, as the Word of God instructs, so what are they trying to restore him to? You can only restore someone to something that was first taken away from him. Have nothing to do with any ministry that endorses him – they are just as deceived as he is.
Just because somebody preaches Jesus, doesn’t mean they are from God. There will be many who will preach Jesus, and even perform miracles in His name, and God will say to them that He never knew them. They will even argue with God, but didn’t we do these miracles in Your name? And the Lord will say that He never knew them.
Todd Bentley is decieved and a taking many down with him, straight to the fiery pits of hell. Stay away from Todd Bentley and associates (Paul Cain, Patricia King, and many others).
* Sola scriptura, sola gratia , sola fide, solas Christus, sola deo gloria
Hi Walter: The rest of your comment has been deleted – what is left addresses the post topic – BD
WELL! Todd Bentley is only the symptom of a problem. Christianity in all forms in North America is sick, apostate and deceived with very few doers of the word but mainly hypocritical talkers who have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal.
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Heidi Baker has a demonic spirit! her “wooooo”s and other strange uncontrolled manifestations are almost the same like of this poor man here: