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www.christianpost.com/news/televangelist-benny-hinn-admits-going-too-far-with-prosperity-gospel-in-wake-of-billy-grahams-death-219011 More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name

While it would be very encouraging to see Benny Hinn repent from his long career of teaching for shameful gain the things that he ought not, there doesn't seem to be a lot of truth or repentance in this article.There seems to be a lot of denial about the actual lavishness of his lifestyle. Benny Hinn's own nephew, Costi, who grew up in the family business but left it when God saved him, has been open and transparent about the lifestyle he lived as a Hinn. He talks about flights on private Gulfstreams and hotels that were $25,000 per night. In his new book, he mentions how he would shop in the finest stores every single time he was in Los Angeles. It was a life of abject luxury, and according to Costi, it was built by taking advantage of [people], exploiting the poor, using our greed, squeezing every last dollar out of people so we could live the way they could never [live]. But here Hinn downplays all that, as he always does, and says, yes, I may have gone a bit too far with the prosperity teaching, but I don't live as lavishly as people say.To see what true repentance from the prosperity gospel looks like, I would recommend an article on the same website about Costi Hinn: www.christianpost.com/news/benny-hinns-nephew-hinn-clan-like-royal-family-and-mafia-prosperity-teaching-is-twisted-204152

It sounds like he has changed his views and dialed back his lifestyle. Good for him I'm not saved because I'm good. I'm saved because He's good!My website: www.bradfreeman.comMy blog: bradcfreeman.tumblr.com/

I hope so. Jim Baker did, he is 180 degrees from the prosperity doctrine. Agreed, Repentance starts somewhere! I have been a critic of Hinn, I do like it when someone sees the light. Mama said the proof is in the pudding! Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

He was very specific in saying his view is that God doesn't want us to lack.Sounds like a pretty solid take on Phil 4:19to me I'm not saved because I'm good. I'm saved because He's good!My website: www.bradfreeman.comMy blog: bradcfreeman.tumblr.com/

No he doesn't denounce or reject it. He could legitimately still believe 98% of it, an honestly say he took it a bit too far with the 2%.Its honestly difficult to believe that so many COG folk is so GULLIBLE to believe, an keep on believin in this kinda stuff, even after failure

I'm not sure why it seems plausible that the nephew has changed his mind and repented, but Benny couldn't possibly do that.That Benny Hinn would even hint he could have been wrong about what he taught is quite a statement, IMHO. And it sounds to me as though he & Jim Bakker were caught in the same trap that lead them where they were. Jim Bakker says in his book, I Was Wrong that he was so busy, he didn't have time to spend with God or really studying, and a lot of his messages were simply leftovers from other preachers. But...he had a lot of time in prison to read the words of Jesus, and he discovered that Jesus didn't have much good to say about riches or rich people. He wrote down every word of Jesus by hand while he was in prison. Prison was actually a gift to Jim, though, because it caused him to realize he was wrong about a lot of things.I'm not gullible or stupid. I used to follow Benny Hinn's ministry many years ago, and I went to couple of his meetings with my sister-in-law, who was saved and filled with the Spirit through his ministry. Perhaps he hasn't really repented...but do you see any other televangelists making this statement? One of my pastors used to say, Eat the meat and spit the bones. Glean what is good and reject the rest. If you have a firm foundation in the Word, I believe you can do that.I am a mercy person. I believe in grace, and I believe His grace is abundant. I would rather forgive you than hold your feet to the fire for wrong-doing. But that's just me. I am just glad I don't have to get that grace from y'all More of Him...less of me.twitter.com/camiracle77www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=691241499&ref=name

You must agree with Carolyn here. I do not watch TV, but this is a first report of ANY of the prosperity gospel enthusiast I have read even hint they were wrong.I was a strong supporter of PTL and the basic idea. It was a great place for Christian families to go and relax with like minded people. I was very disappointed in Jim, because he was the glue that held the IDEA together. If you lived and worked around Charlotte you would have been blind not to know that the paper, The Charlotte Observer made it a mission to GET JIM! They and Satan did just that.I read Jim's book. It was well written and I felt he had a HUGE change of heart. With Benny, I hope this is an HONEST heart felt change. I do give him credit for stating he went too far whether 1% or 90%. THERE WAS MOVEMENT in the right direction, in my opinion.I thank GOD for that. Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/

Of course Benny could repent. Why couldn't he? The point is that it doesn't appear that he has. Compare what he said to what Costi said. Costi demosntrates true repentance and remorse for ever having been a part of it -- he has renounced all of the teaching he participated in as false, abusive, and destructive and has embraced the true gospel of Jesus Christ. He didn't just say, yeah, maybe I took it a little far.

In his book