By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission I can’t add much to Bene D’s excellent coverage of what has been happening at the Prairie Bible Institute, but I would like to make a small point in passing. I’ve noticed that Bene D has mentioned that the Calgary Herald
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Bene Diction Blogs On: Suffer the little congregants
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. There’s an interesting cover story in the current Christianity Today. “When Are We Going To Grow Up?” uses a historical approach to make the argument that the American church (and perhaps by extension the North American church) is increasingly catering to
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Benny Hinn: I plan to remarry. Please send money
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission There’s an update from Benny Hinn this morning about his reconciliation with his ex-wife Suzanne. As Bene D explained in his recent post, we’ve been hearing only from Benny so far about all this. That seems to be continuing in the
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Faytene Last-name-to-follow
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Some brief “stop press’ type items on Faytene, if I may. Why no full name mention on first reference, as I usually do? I’m not sure which one I should use! This past week she has started to use Faytene Kryskow-Grasseschi
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The “religious right” at 33
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission An interesting item was just posted at The Atlantic magazine’s website. Jonathan Merritt notes that The Moral Majority was founded 33 years ago today, and talks about his own interaction with Jerry Falwell as a potential Liberty University student wanting some
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The word on Afshin Javid starts to spread
By Rick Hiebert. Used by Permission. All Rights Reserved. Brenda Klemke, the former adminsitrator for Afshin Javid’s ministry, is not letting the grass grow under her feet. You’ll remember Bene D’s comprehensive post on Klemke, linking to her public written remarks, where she regrets ever getting involved with Javid. Well,
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: May also have set a hockey record for most famous evangelist daughters? :)
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission With the upcoming Stanley Cup finals, it might be time for a lighthearted post. And if I help Faytene Grasseschi in the process, so much the better. While Faytene recovers from her faint, I’ll explain what I mean. If you follow
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Wildrose candidate Allan Hunsperger called for radio stations to be forced to air conservative ads
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Imagine an election where radio stations were forced to run small-c conservative and Christian radio ads against their will. The idea has been floated by a Wildrose Alliance candidate in Monday’s Alberta provincial election. I was reading some online news about
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The Cry becomes a “movement” to “go global”
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. The Cry, Faytene Grasseschi’s prayer event, is now a global movement. The last Cry, which was held about a month ago in “Hollywood”, could prove to be the start of something big if the Canadian evangelist has her way. The next
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The moral reasoning behind Mr. Harper’s environmental policies?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. If Stephen Harper wants to keep his faith, and how it affects his politics, close to his vest, we can’t fault journalists for trying to make some educated guesses. Just ask Andrew Nikiforuk, the winner of several National Magazine Awards who
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: The Cry Hollywood–live!
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Faytene Grasseschi’s The Cry Hollywood will be webcast online live starting at 2 PM Pacific, 5 Pm Eastern (about an hour from now) on The Cry Hollywood’s website. The link is here, if you are interested. Got Live If You Want
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “We are sowing into conquering Hollywood…”
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. Faytene Grasseschi continues to try to generate attention for The Cry Hollywood—the prayer event is only a few days off now, a big rally planned for March 15 in Los Angeles. You wouldn’t be faulted for thinking that this attempt to
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “Brynne, why don’t you cast this demon out,” said the 13 year old’s dad< bob Larson
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Bob Larson is back in the spotlight, along with three teenage girls who cast out demons. Larson is the father of Brynne, and the pair appeared with two other young ladies who want to develop an aptitude for exorcisms on a
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Harold Camping–I was wrong, but good came of it
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. The staff of Harold Camping’s old ministry, Family Radio, has issued a statement on his behalf. Although the ministry does admit that the prediction was an “incorrect and sinful statement”, they seem oddly cheerful about what happened as a result. In
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “[F]ocus, so, um, global dominion”–The Cry Hollywood defined?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. People are looking forward to the Cry Hollywood, a prayer event for Hollywood, led by Canada’s very own Faytene Grasseschi. Her own organizers have booked the 6,000 seat Gibson amphitheatre. Universal City in Los Angeles for March for their prayer event
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Australia banned me. Please send money
By Rick Hiebert All rights Reserved. Used by Permission Boy it costs a lot to be an evangelist. Just ask Todd Bentley. Earlier today, he sent an “urgent” e-mail asking his friends for financial support. In February, he plans to go to California and Haiti. What’s central in Todd’s mind
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Australia’s customs balks at Mr. Bentley
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A big thanks to reader Riles who brings it to our attention that Todd Bentley is not being allowed into Australia for a series of evangelistic meetings he had planned fot later this week in small chuirches in or near Melbourne,
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: There’ll be a revival whether I can verify it or not
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission The story in the Sunday Express newspaper aside, Todd Bentley is very happy with the “explosion…of miracles” during his recent trip to Britain. Or so one of his minions writes in an e-mail about his UK tour which was sent out
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: She [Faytene] is just like Michael Jordan?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Robert Grasseschi, no doubt under the mentoring of his evangelist wife Faytene, is picking up how to speak in charismatic churches. But Robert, who says he used to be an adept basketball player, rhetorically bounced his three point shot off the
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Do as Faytene says, but not as she did
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Faytene Grasseschi, in a recent internet interview, offers some fine advice on how Christians in public life should reply to being critiqued. Great advice. I hope that she turns over a new leaf and starts to practice it, as her graciousness
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