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Todd Bentley wants *you* to attend his next webinar on January 12, according to his Twitter feed:
A couple of days ago, he tweeted:
We need you. The hungry and thirisy. Live audience at morningstar for revival webinar and service. Jan 12 700 pm.Will be impartation service 9:48 AM [...]

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Evangelist Todd Bentley probably rues the day that I figured out that he was on Twitter.
He tweets a couple of hours ago, as I write:
IamToddBentley

No more gifts or bingee cards or cheesyads on my FB. Comments fine. about 2 hours ago from Twitterrific

Oh really?
If you read about [...]

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You can learn interesting things by keeping an eye on Todd Bentley’s Twitter feed. Such as how the American hard right and the wackier fringes of the charismatic movement are starting to play footsie, for example.
Our Todd is attending the Morningstar New Year’s Conference as I write. [...]

Rick Warren, SBC mega church star is begging for money. Now. Warren wants nearly 1 million in 48 hours to make up what he says is a yearly budgetary shortfall.  Why does Warren think he doesn’t have to disclose Saddleback’s finances? This paragraph sums it up.
The church does not make its financial information public, so [...]

My family cracks me up.  My brother-in-law was making supper when he noticed a couple of people standing on his front lawn, he thought maybe there had been a fender bender. Then he heard music. Then he saw the truck, grabbed his camera, dashed outside and snapped this.
He didn’t know the Olympic torch relay was [...]

Stephen Harper has decided MP’s aren’t going back to work until after the Olympics.
The House of Commons was to resume January 25th. It will now be resumed in March.
Macleans:
1. The government is emphasizing the economy. Soudas said a new parliamentary session is needed to set in motion “basically the next phase of the economic action [...]

Religious broadcasting in Canada is big business. While I’ve been focusing on Crossroads Christian Communications Inc. there have been other developments, especially with Canada’s ‘TBN’ (Trinity Broadcasting Network). From Christian Week:
The Lethbridge-based station broadcasts via satellite and cable throughout North America and internationally. However, a financial downturn—an estimated drop of $3 to $4 million, estimates [...]

 
To all readers and friends of BDBO, Happy Holidays!
“Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store.
Maybe Christmas… perhaps… means a little bit more.”