Besides, India is not exactly ignorant about Christ and the Gospel. Their Indigenous Christian chruches are among the world's oldest. They don't lecture us about our religion, and Hinn is not a missionary in the traditional sense anyway. He doesn't make a personal commitment to found a new Christian community and stay with it. No, he makes hundreds (thousands?) of overnight converts, takes the money, then it's off to the next ripe venue. Harvesting souls for Christ while harvesting their rupees.
yep you are right,, PT Barnum had millions fooled too,,, has one of Hinn's "prophecies" ever come true?,, if not he's a false prophet,,
Yeah, my attitude toward guys like Hinn, whom I think is quite likely an absolute charlatan, is:
1) Dont judge him, as much as it seems apparent, because we really do not know what is in his eart.
The power of faith is incredible, and if this Hinn guy is evoking it to 'cure' psychosomatic or even near psychosomatic conditions, then it *could* possibly be, however remote, that the guy is sincere and not the typical faith-healer fraud.
2) As long as the gospel is preached, it is a net plus for the Body of Christ. That is the over-arching concern I care about, bottom line. Sure, many may lose faith at this mans hypocrisy, but that is the case with us all, that some may be led astray when we sin. But the net is gain for Christ, so I cant be happier to hear that he is converting people wherever the churches presence is thin.
But yes, the Hinidi fundamentalists are kind of like our own in Christianity; irrational, religio-centric, and willing to trample all over Truth if it gets in their way.
But a discerning person can spot it soon enough and avoid the type; if I can do it, anybody can do it.