This ought to be an interesting thread!
Quote: “We don’t need no theology!” - Paul Crouch.
what he did not have enough faith to have a healing himself? what a relief that this con-artist is now gone! he is not in heaven, he is sitting at the feet of Beelzebuub!
Closet homosexual. Husband and wife lives for years and separate dwellings.
Is Madame Pompadour is preaching the “gospel”?
ANOTHER QUOTE: “Hay Men, Hay Men!” - Madame Pompadour.
I read somewhere judge not lest you be judged.
TV religion is a criminal racket in America protected by the laws separating church from state, and by the naive suckers who fall for everything that is backed by the Bible.
I don’t know much if anything about these people, so I’ll just say God have mercy on His soul, and I hope he knew Christ. Also, condolences to the wife.
But I just do not, and never will, understand the pink hair.
If TBN had been run a bit differently, it could have been awesome
I wasn’t a fan.
But this couple started with no money and built an enormous broadcasting network with hundreds of transmitters, hundreds of stations, beaming into every country on earth.
Thats what they did. Crazy, flawed, pink-haired though they may be. Thats what they did. They take in a lot of money and they spend a lot of money building and running their network and finding new countries to broadcast in to.
We used to watch them walk the mall and chuckle as they’d pass by.
Are they heretics? Their beliefs are pretty mainstream in the penticostal world. Did they teach “prosperity”? They taught that God answers prayer, and a big part of their empire was the prayer line where people called in with every problem imaginable to ask for prayer by the millions.
God didn’t ask me to build anything like that. Its a good thing; I’d have had no idea where to begin. I guess they didn’t either, but they went on and did it anyway.
Respect the dead, good or evil, let the body cool.
Revelation 21:17-21 (AMP)
17 He measured its wall also—144 cubits (about 72 yards) by a man’s measure [of a cubit from his elbow to his third fingertip], which is [the measure] of the angel.
18 The wall was built of jasper, while the city [itself was of] pure gold, clear and transparent like glass.
19 The foundation [stones] of the wall of the city were ornamented with all of the precious stones. The first foundation [stone] was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony (or white agate), the fourth emerald,
20 The fifth onyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each separate gate being built of one solid pearl. And the main street (the broadway) of the city was of gold as pure and translucent as glass.
I can’t wait to hear everyone in heaven complaining about how God wastes so much money on building projects. “No Jesus, I don’t want the mansion you prepared for me, just give me any old double-wide down by the dump.”
I don’t personally know anything about Paul Crouch. I do know that global Christian TV was largely nonexistent until TBN came along. There is no doubt in my spirit that God was working through his network, reaching millions that would never have heard the Gospel without TBN, and would never dream of stepping foot in, or back in, the average church.
Words to live by:
“It is the Holy Spirit’s job to convict, God’s job to judge, and my job to love.” – Billy Graham
And...
Luke 9:49-50 (AMP)
49 John said, Master, we saw a man driving out demons in Your name and we commanded him to stop it, for he does not follow along with us.
50 But Jesus told him, Do not forbid [such people]; for whoever is not against you is for you.
I think he was a believer, but his theology wasn’t the most “sound” doctrine in the body of Christ.
Sad for him.
Those who use the Gospel to enrich themselves while teaching false doctrine probably have a lot to answer for.
No one but the Lord knows where Paul Crouch went, BUT they took grannies grocery money and spent it on hairdos, wigs, jets, and mansions.
I don’t care how they started. They became corrupted. Do I think they were all PHONIES? You betcha! I don’t care how many countries TBN reaches. They were and are greedy SOBs.
(Sons Of Beelzebub).
TBN was fun to watch, had Jay Sekulow early on. It’s a difficult outfit to judge but a lot of their programming was good. I’m sorry that it sounds like there was some eccentric living probably in what they did. A lot of good guests.