By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission In the run-up to the Oscars, you may have noted that a song in the film Alone Yet Not Alone was nominated for an Oscar this year. It was though to be quite a feather in the caps of the filmmakers,
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Bene Diction Blogs On: Bob Jones University rehires G.R.A.C.E.
After a boatload of negative publicity, Bob Jones University has re-hired G.R.A.C.E. The announcement was made by the school this morning. BJU Reengages GRACE To Complete Independent Review Greenville, S.C. (February 25, 2014) – Bob Jones University today announced that it has reached agreement with GRACE to complete the independent
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Todd recycles
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. A new e-mail may imply that Todd Bentley’s sabbatical may start out to last at least a couple of months. He’s staring an e-mail series on “The Father’s House”, as I write. This is about a series of visions that he
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Crossroads Christian Communications, premier sponsor for US conservative evangelical broadcasting convention
Are Canadian evangelicals paying for this? The National Religious Broadcasters is an association of evangelical religious broadcasters in the US, formed in 1944 to, “…advance biblical truth, promote media excellence, and defend free speech.” The Association started a tv network in 2005 which reaches about 19 million homes in the
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Bob Jones dies
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Charisma News is reporting that “prophet” Bob Jones passed away on Valentines Day. In the Charisma piece. Rick Joyner is quoted as the expert on Jones, as the latter was closely connected to Morningstar in recent years. Jones was prominent and
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Baby baby
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission It may be of passing interest that Faytene Grasseschi, a regular subject here, is now letting on that she is pregnant on Facebook. She’s now in her third trimester. Congratulations and hope all goes well. Cue up the Amy Grant song.
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Bob Jones University shuts down G.R.A.C.E. investigation
Really? I doubt this comes as a surprise to anyone involved in holding religious institutions accountable for past and present handling of abuse. This is the second time G.R.A.C.E. (Godly Response to Abuse in the Christian Environment) has entered into a contract with a US fundamentalist institution, only to be
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Big news about to break with Todd Bentley?
By Rick Hiebert All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. I should have first realized that something may have been about to break in regards to Todd Bentley when I saw this is my inbox this morning. He’s selling everything on his own Sound of Fire website–not fresh Fire–for 50 per
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: How responsible is the International House of Prayer for the death of Bethany Deaton?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Rolling Stone has a sordid tale of cruelty and death in its January 30, 2014 issue. And the International House of Prayer hypercharismatic movement, I suspect, is hoping that you won’t read it. Following the death of Bethany Deaton in 2012,
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “But hey, if she’s gonna run off with another man, why not Jesus, huh?”
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission. One short clip from Nicolas Cage’s upcoming remake of Left Behind has made it out on the Internet. You can check it out here, if you like. This would be Cage pre-Rapture.
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Evangelicals in Isreal with PM Harper
Thanks to an alert blogger. This is the gang that accompanied Prime Minister Stephen Harper to Israel. Toronto Star: In addition to the politicians, a delegation of 208 cultural, business and spiritual leaders has joined Harper for this trip, which also includes stops in West Bank and Jordan. The delegation
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Rumours should only be a Johnny Crawford song
BY Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission Earlier today, I thought that a piece of news might be forthcoming on the Internet based on something I read. I’m not the type to go “Okay, this person is standing next to Brezhnev at the May Day parade, so….” Facts
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Canadian University Press plays to the grandstands
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Please permit me to address a bit of a different topic for myself. As an old student press hand back in the day, I was stunned to see something on the Internet yesterday. Something that has caused a bit of an
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Pastor has 62 second sermon to catch football game
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. Don’t want to make this worse by posting on this, but an Evangelical Lutheran pastor in the US held his sermon to one minute on Sunday so he could watch his beloved 49ers play. It’s likely to go viral. It will
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Todd Friel “kicked out” over Todd Bentley stance?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission During his first radio broadcast of the year on January 6, Todd Friel–host of the American theologically conservative Wretched Radio and its accompanying TV show–alluded to the price you can pay when you can stick up for the right thing. In
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: “Church-goers bilked by ‘divine’ advice”
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used By Permission Good catch by a local daily paper near Bill Johnson’s Bethel Church In Redding California. Johnson’s church, noted by some for being a bit “out there” as a charismatic church attracted David Arnold Souza who, in late December’ was “was convicted
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Six days in; Year Without God blogger Ryan J. Bell without a job
RNS Adjunct professor at Azusa Pacific University and Fuller Theological Seminary Ryan J. Bell is learning what it costs to announce a journey to live a year without God. Bell, started a blog about his intentions to live as an atheist for a year, and intends to write a book
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: No thanks for the fishes – yet
Sorry for the down time here at BDBO – we ran into a bit of server payment mix up. I was going to let BDBO go, but here we are, and Rick and I are going to keep at it for another year. My gratitude to cre8d-design, Rachel and Regan
Continue readingBene Diction Blogs On: Was Faytene ahead of the curve?
By Rick Hiebert. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission. The Dec. 20 Supreme Court of Canada decision striking down several Canadian laws regulating how prostitution operates in Canada would certainly be dismaying to some Canadian social conservatives. But they must recognize that they were warned that something like this could
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