From: krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Ted Krueger)
Newsgroups: rec.music.christian
Subject: Re: Benny Hinn, Again. (was Re: Totally bizarre Network)
Date: 12 Aug 92 22:57:22 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Arizona, Tucson AZ

In article <1992Aug12.013104.23405@sol.UVic.CA> bdonison@bigbird.UVic.CA (Only AMIGA!) writes:
>In article <1992Aug7.052849.5691@galileo.physics.arizona.edu> krueger@galileo.physics.arizona.edu (Ted Krueger) writes:
>>By the way, which of Copeland's teachings do you (perhaps the more correct 
>>question would be `does your pastor') disagree with?  Perhaps the offending 
>>doctrine might be something like "the Bible is the Word of God, and you 
>>should live like it!"  or maybe Kenneth's sign-off phrase "Jesus is Lord!"  
>>Please let us know just what it is about the Copeland's that turns you off.  
>>Or better yet, find out what makes you unhappy with them, and read the Word, 
>>and pray and ask God what he thinks about the issue.  You know, just maybe 
>>God does want to heal believers today.  Perhaps He would prefer it if his 
>>people had enough money to get His word across the earth.  But then again, 
>>maybe not.
>>
>>Ted
>One of the things I see as a problem with Copeland is that he seems to attempt
>to make the Bible line up with his Theology in a few small areas.  Here's
>one -
>He mistranlates a few verses so he can say: "we must have the faith of God"
>instead of we must have faith in God.  It may sound small, but God is to
>be the object of our faith as it is rendered in the original Greek.
>
>By this I am not saying that Kenneth is not a Christian or that his works
>are bad, or ...  This is just a small teaching where he gets off in a 
>bad tangent.  I too believe in healing, my back was healed a few years ago,
>praise God.
>
>en Kristou
>Brad

I see.  What you mean is that Copeland does not line up with your 
translation.  That catagorization is fine with me, so long as you 
realize that no one is going to line up with your personal trans-
lation completely (unless you follow some human leader very closely).  
But this is a far far cry from the "leading christians astray" lines 
that I have been reading in this group.

The problem is that human beings are currently imperfect, therefore 
our translations will be imperfect.  A safe bet would be that every 
single christian on the planet earth is wrong about something 
concerning christianity, God's will, etc.  The important thing is to 
let God judge those people (especially when you apparently only have 
slight differences of opinion with them), and if you personally find 
those teachers too far out of line, don't sit under their ministry.  
The dangerous thing is to post hearsay and urban myth about our 
brothers and sisters, especially in such an open forum as the net.  
In my own words:  "If you don't have a reputable source for what 
you are accusing a brother of, keep your mouth closed, please."

The last line refers specifically to the line about Brother Hagin 
calling for public excecution of witches.

Ted


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There is no such thing as a black racist." - Sistah Souljah
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