I have been watching “The Florida Outpouring” for the past two weeks. This self-titled Christian movement has been meeting in Lakeland, Florida, every night for the past 60 days. The meetings are led by Pastor Todd Bentley, a short overweight young man of 32 who is covered in tattoos and piercings. Pastor Todd Bentley and his associates claim healings have been occurring in these meetings and, nightly, bring as many as 40 people up on stage to ‘testify’ concerning their healings. Their meetings are attended by as many as 13,000 people and have garnered enough attention to appear on MSNBC. Among the healings claimed; a man able to see out of his glass eye, visible tumors shrinking and disappearing, the deaf hearing, the blind seeing, people confined to wheelchairs getting up and walking, as well as (are you ready for this???) 18 resurrections from the dead. A Christian channel available on the Direct TV network (Godtv) began broadcasting the meetings over a month ago free of charge to Todd Bentley and his associates.

So… what is going on? Is this a gigantic hoax? An incredible scam for money and fame? Are these 13,000 people a night so desperate to believe that they can be healed that they are blind to facts? What ARE the facts? What do YOU think?

The nightly meetings stream online here at the ministry website (low quality) beginning at 7PM ET (4PM PST) The healing portion generally follows the worship, falling around 8:30 ET (5:30 PST) Also here at the God.tv website (Short sign-up procedure, painless, high quality) beginning at 8PM ET (5PM PST) healing portion 9:30 ET (6:30 PST). Replay begins around 1AM ET (10PM PST).

Two of my mother’s friends are going to visit the ‘revival’, one in hopes of being healed of terminal cancer, as the preachers claim others have been cured of terminal diseases. I will get back to you after I talk to them upon their return.

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