Monthly Archives: January 2011

Living on a media platform

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Bene Diction

Ever wonder why such a high percentage of national profile media ministers crash and burn?  Why those in whom millions of people put their trust, eventually fail those same people?  Certainly it’s a tribute to the temptations of money, power, … Continue reading →

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The view from here

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Bene Diction

Light snow is falling, that black dot is a snowmobiler sticking to the marked trail on the lake and heading to an ice fishing village.

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Faytene Kryskow remains unmoved

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Rick Hiebert

By Rick Hiebert All Rights reserved. Used by Permission. There has been a rumor floating around that evangelist Faytene Kryskow has moved from Ottawa to Toronto. I’m happy to report that this is not the case. But you would forgive … Continue reading →

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Pentecostals and Charismatics form global governing groups – Empowered21

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Bene Diction

A group of charismatic, neo-charismatic, pentecostal and neo-pentecostal leaders met in the US to form another council called Empowered21. The idea for the over 50o leaders gathered is to network under leadership of 11 regional councils or ‘cabinets’. Here is … Continue reading →

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Back to business as usual

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Bene Diction

It’s been a long day, but I want to link to a couple of things around the conclusion of Grassley investigation of 6 televangelists. The Trinity Foundation has responded.  This has to be discouraging for them. Sarah Posner has a … Continue reading →

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Saskachewan court: refusing same sex marriage charter violation

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Bene Diction

Saskatchewan’s top court has decided that proposed legislation allowing provincial marriage commissioners to refuse to perform same-sex weddings on religious grounds violates the constitution. In its decision, the Appeal Court said that accommodating commissioners’ religious convictions does not justify discriminating … Continue reading →

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Canada’s new religious TV network LoveworldCan

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Bene Diction

In an already crowded and struggling field, a new religious TV network has been approved by the CRTC. Love World Christian Network Inc.  is a non-profit, listed at Industry Canada as a television and publishing company. The network applied for … Continue reading →

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Faytene Kryskow, David Mainse and “Bible Bill”

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Rick Hiebert

By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Faytene Kryskow and David Mainse, as Bene D has noted, may be two fingers of the same hand when it comes to how they handle the media and blogging. (That is, … Continue reading →

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