Todd Bentley is Back

Less than a year after Todd Bentley’s disgraceful departure from the Lakeland Revival, he is back in action.

When you click on the link to Bentley’s Fresh Fire website, you are greeted by a video message from Rick Joyner.  In the message, Joyner confirms that he encouraged Bentley to rebuild the website, and through this medium there will be open communication.

What Joyner and Bentley don’t seem to understand is that there is no “ministry” for Bentley now.  There never should have been.  Not only was he disqualified by the fact that he never taught Biblical truth to begin with, he was also disqualified by the fact that he, while ministring to others, was living an alternate life outside of the view of the camera, and cheating on his wife.  So, even if he had been qualified for ministry, he blew it!  Perhaps some consider this to be straining at a gnat, but he left his wife and children, and then married his mistress.  All of this within, not a year, but months of the time his star shot into the orbit  of the charismatic movement.  

Familiarity breeds contempt.  Ever hear that old saying?  When a religious leader falls, it’s not unusual for them to disappear for a season to desensitize the public of their sin and disgrace.  Eventually, they come back on the scene and pronounce themselves forgiven and set free by the amazing love and mercy of God.  However, when they start their run again, you soon find that nothing has changed, and they still walk the road of deception they were on before.   While Bentley didn’t stay away that long, it was obviously long enough for him to test the waters and determine now is the time for his re-entrance into the public eye.

Bentley is now taking invitations to speak and minister.  Having been “restored” by Rick Joyner, there’s very little chance that anything Bentley ministers will be Biblically sound.  A heretic can not restore a heretic to anything other than heresy.  There will be no chance that the truth of God’s Word will be central and key in their teaching.

Things are going to be very interesting.  More interesting will be to see who will actually invite him to speak.  There will be some pastors who are so undiscerning and ignorant in God’s Word that they will gladly unleash this false teacher on their flock.  It will also be interesting to see who else besides Joyner, Deere, Ahn, etc. will join themselves with Bentley and give him their endorsment as they did on the night of the commissioning at the Lakeland Revival.  Will they scatter like rats, or will they be drawn to him like flies?  Too soon to tell just yet.  Nevertheless, it will be interesting.

To read a blog about this, please click here.

To visit Bentley’s Fresh Fire website, please click here.

(HT:  Bud Press)