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Oral Roberts Dies at 91
Tulsa World ^ | Dec 15, 2009 | Bill Sherman

Posted on 12/15/2009 1:00:47 PM PST by mentor2k

The Rev. Oral Roberts, the internationally known television evangelist and faith healer who founded Oral Roberts University, died Monday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was ­91.

According to a release, his son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were at his side. Funeral services are pending.

The often-controversial charismatic minister built Oral Roberts University, the now-closed City of Faith Medical and Research Center and the University Village Retirement Center in Tulsa.


TOPICS: Current Events; Prayer; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: faithhealer; falseprophet; oralroberts; oru; roberts
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To: DarthVader

INDEED.

PREACH IT BRO.


101 posted on 12/16/2009 10:04:02 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: streetpreacher

My Dad’s Bro—A of G pastor—married to my mother’s sister, knew Oral Roberts and helped at a number of crusades.

You are simply off-the-wall wrong about Roberts.

I’m not saying everything Roberts did was saintly. I’m not at all happy with some of the junk related to the University and his life. However, he did tons of good by God’s Grace and God is his judge and paymaster.


102 posted on 12/16/2009 10:07:51 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

What a stinking pile of assumption.

In a group of 100 people, some are likely to be flakey. Has nothing to do with the preacher on the radio; in front of the Church or on the TV.

Sheesh.


103 posted on 12/16/2009 10:09:36 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: DarthVader

Well and righteously and Biblically put.

Thx.


104 posted on 12/16/2009 10:10:49 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: DarthVader

INDEED.


105 posted on 12/16/2009 10:12:30 AM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix
***What a stinking pile of assumption.***

I don't have to assume anything since I personally know the people involved and they came to personally pray for the girl, No, they were not on TV or radio, they were at the church and my supervisor’s house.

And they DID promise him they could heal the girl but they couldn't.

106 posted on 12/16/2009 12:05:31 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Are my guns loaded? Break in and find out.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

You missed my point.


107 posted on 12/16/2009 12:14:46 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix
Oral Roberts was a false prophet, a charlatan, a fake and a fraud.

His “prosperity gospel” is an abomination, and against the teachings of Jesus the Christ. Jesus said ‘give up what you have and follow me’ and ‘a rich man can no more enter the house of the Lord than a camel can pass through the eye of a needle’ not ‘give money to “God” (via Oral Roberts) and you will GET MORE money and BECOME a rich man.’.

But I guess if you believe in UFO’s you might also believe that a charlatan and false prophet can heal ovarian cancer.

108 posted on 12/16/2009 12:21:03 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: Quix

“God is his judge”

Well you finally correct about one thing.


109 posted on 12/16/2009 12:39:36 PM PST by paulist ("For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." - Philippians 1:21)
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To: allmendream; Jedediah; DarthVader; roamer_1; prophetic

I pray that

—God will give you a very very vivid mirror before Christ returns.

—And that He will give you the strength to bear the mirror and respond to it redemptively.


110 posted on 12/16/2009 12:53:43 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: paulist

You will certainly end up very shocked about the number and import of the things I turned out, BY GOD’S GRACE, to be right about.


111 posted on 12/16/2009 12:54:52 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix
Oh, the typical “I pray for you, because I am better than you, and your soul is in danger, while mine has glory to shed upon yours, and you need redemption” tripe.

The knee jerk response of someone who had no argument other than ‘I think I am a better Christian than you’.

Go ride a UFO.

112 posted on 12/16/2009 1:00:37 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: allmendream

WRONG AGAIN.

It’s merely that I have had such mirrors . . . and they are very educational.

I found that folks demosntrating the kinds of attitudes and perspectives I’ve been responding to . . . have a lot to gain from such mirrors.

Why would I want to rob another FREEPER of such benefits?


113 posted on 12/16/2009 1:59:54 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix

Qx, thanks for posting...


114 posted on 12/16/2009 2:04:51 PM PST by Las Vegas Dave (To anger a Conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a Liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Quix
I pray that you are healed of your delusions and your false pride and I pray that you gain the wisdom to renounce false prophets and false teachings like the “prosperity gospel”.
115 posted on 12/16/2009 2:11:26 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: allmendream

IF YOUR PRAYER was earnest and out of a caring heart . . . great.


116 posted on 12/16/2009 2:13:03 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: allmendream

It wuold appear, however,

that you have not a shred of a microscopic clue about me.


117 posted on 12/16/2009 2:14:10 PM PST by Quix (POL Ldrs quotes fm1900 TRAITORS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/2130557/posts?page=81#81)
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To: Quix
Oh indeed, I earnestly hope and pray that you are healed of your delusions and give up on false pride and false prophets.
118 posted on 12/16/2009 2:45:22 PM PST by allmendream (Wealth is EARNED not distributed, so how could it be RE-distributed?)
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To: Renegade; DarthVader
Oral was a titanic man of Christ, who, along with Billy Graham, helped transform the "fundamentalist" movement into mainstream Christianity in the mid-20th century.

We deliberately included him in our book, A Patriot's History of the United States and to my knowledge, no other U.S. history text ever even mentioned him.

No man is perfect; and no church is perfect. But God is perfect, and Oral is with Him now.

119 posted on 12/17/2009 2:35:21 AM PST by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
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To: Quix

Quix, I’m sorry for my last post. It was mean and I’m sorry I wrote it. Forgive me please.


120 posted on 12/17/2009 6:12:09 AM PST by paulist ("For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain." - Philippians 1:21)
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