Author: Bene Diction

Chaplain Mike at The Internet Monk has a marvelous rant against recent John Piper comments on the tornadoes that hit the US. This isn’t Piper’s first foray into tornado theology, or OTD – Obsessed with Tornadoes Disorders as Chaplain Mike calls his post. We expect this foolishness from Pat Robertson, but increasingly

The recent conviction of former Prairie Bible Institute attendee Mark Archibald for indecent assault and the lame public defense of Archibald by a former colleague, highlights the tendency of evangelicals to focus on forgiveness at the expense of victims. Calgary Herald: Perhaps it’s not surprising, then, that victims and their

What voters can do. Responses from Canadians will be used to build legal cases that robocalls had significant — perhaps even determinant — effects on election outcomes. Neil said their cases will be strongest in ridings where many Canadians come forward saying their votes were suppressed by robocalls. The Council

via: The Mad Priest

I’ve been surprised by real-life reaction to the robocall story, I’ve expected the high level of interest online, but not this being a topic of conversation among friends. Most people I see day to day don’t spend much time talking about politics, this has become the exception. And I am

Edmonton Journal GARDEN GROVE, CALIFORNIA – Canadian viewers of the Hour of Power television show from Crystal Cathedral will play a role in determining the future of the program. Sheila Schuller Coleman, Crystal Cathedral’s senior pastor, said in a telephone interview that Canadian donations declined when the church encountered financial

Evangelical Fellowship of Canada VP and General Legal Counsel Don Hutchinson is disappointed in a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the EFC supported parental rights/religious freedom rights against the teaching of a mandated Ethics and Religious Culture course to be taught to students from grades one to

via: unrepentant old hippie/Robert McCelland

Televangelists in the US who encourage people to call in, aren’t doing a very good job of answering a salvation question, let alone even staffing their phone lines. A US group who did a similar measuring test last year, decided to phone television ministries and ask how to become a Christian.

Former Prairie Bible Institute grad Mark Archibald was sentenced to  house arrest for a year  on Friday after pleading guilty to indecent sexual assault. Six months concurrent, the last 6 of 18 months will be a court imposed curfew.  The Calgary Herald tells the story of two of his victims

CTS went before the CRTC asking for an amendment in regards to balanced programming, required by their licence for two Alberta stations and the Burlington station. Currently CTS is required to: The licensee shall broadcast a minimum of 18 hours of balance programming in every broadcast week, of which 11

There is an interesting item posted on a website of disaffected Crystal Cathedral folk. The site received information that one of Robert Schuller’s daughters, and the husband of the other daughter have been fired from the board and the Consistory. The item says: It has been verified that Sheila Schuller

North Carolina father Tommy Jordan, who works in IT, was not impressed with a FB posting by his 15 year old, and responded with a video which has had over 6.5 million hits in 3 days. Dad posted this yesterday afternoon on his FB page. Tommy Jordan For those that

Spiritual abusers take the authority given to them as gospel ministers that is to be used to help people grow closer to God, and they pervert that authority into power used to lord over people, to coerce, manipulate, and swindle them in order to punish, or to convince them to

In October, Paul Crouch Jr. abruptly left Trinity Broadcasting Corporation. The explanation given was vague. This may have been the reason why; his daughter, Brittany Koper, former TBN CFO, is accusing the world’s largest religious broadcaster of diverting over 50 million dollars from charitable assets to the company’s directors. The

In the post below about Afshin Javid, one of the questions commenters are asking is why women who experienced inappropriate sexual contact by this former Vancouver Christian Fellowship staff member have not gone to police. Again, this is a situation where Canadian Christians are doing the right things, helping victims,