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There were also FALSE PROPHETS among the people, just as there will be FALSE TEACHERS among you. They will secretly introduce destructive HERESIES, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them–bringing swift destruction on themselves…With eyes full of ADULTERY, they never stop sinning; they SEDUCE the unstable; they are experts in GREED–an accursed brood!
–2 Peter 2:1, 14 (NIV)–

FIREFLY FROM

HELL!

Now let me talk about an angelic experience with Emma. Twice Bob Jones asked me about this angel that was in Kansas City in 1980: ‘Todd, have you ever seen the angel by the name of Emma?’ He asked me as if he expected that this angel was appearing to me. Surprised, I said, ‘Bob, who is Emma?’ He told me that Emma was the angel that helped birth and start the whole prophetic movement in Kansas City in the 1980s. She was a mothering-type angel that helped nurture the prophetic as it broke out.

Within a few weeks of Bob asking me about Emma, I was in a service in Beulah, North Dakota. In the middle of the service I was in conversation with Ivan and another person when in walks Emma. As I stared at the angel with open eyes, the Lord said, ‘Here’s Emma.’ I’m not kidding. She floated a couple of inches off the floor…Emma appeared beautiful and young–about 22 years old–but she was old at the same time. She seemed to carry the wisdom, virtue and grace of Proverbs 31 on her life. She glided into the room, emitting brilliant light and colors. Emma carried these bags and began pulling gold out of them. Then, as she walked up and down the aisles of the church, she began distributing gold dust. The Lord answered: ‘She is releasing the gold, which is both the revelation and the financial breakthrough that I am bringing into this church. I want you to prophesy that Emma showed up in this service–the same angel that appeared in Kansas City–as a sign that I am endorsing and releasing a prophetic spirit in the church on people.’

Within three weeks of that visitation, the church had given me the biggest offering I had ever received to that point in my ministry. Thousands of dollars! Thousands!…During this visitation the pastor’s wife (it was an AOG church) got totally whacked by the Holy Ghost–she began running around barking like a dog or squawking like a chicken as a powerful prophetic spirit came on her. Also, as this prophetic anointing came on her, she started getting phone numbers of complete strangers and calling them up on the telephone and prophesying over them…Then angels started showing up in the church.

–FALSE PROPHET TODD BENTLEY–

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Way of Life, “The International House of Prayer.” March 31, 2015.

Andrew Strom, Why I Left the Prophetic Movement (Revival School, 2012).

Holly Pivec and R. Douglas Geivett, Counterfeit Kingdom (B&H Books, 2022).

(Blessed is he who has got
His transgressions forgiven
And his sins hidden)

Blessed is the man whom the Lord
Will not ascribe his misdeeds
And is without deceit in his spirit

Buried it deep inside
But soon a sprout came forth
It kept on growing
I couldn’t hide

When I kept it to myself
Slowly my bones corroded
And my vitality vanished
Left in the summer to dry

Too many people living this life
Who alone can take their guilt away?
Their minds are rotting
And causing endless pain
Soon they are demented and put away

I confessed my sins to You
And did not hide my guilt
I said, “I want to confess my
Misdeeds to You”
And he took my sins and guilt

He is my sanctuary

–Extol, “Burial”–

I do not permit a woman to teach
or to assume authority over a man; 
she must be quiet.
–1 Timothy 2:12 (NIV)–

Why should ye be stricken any more?
ye will revolt more and more:
the whole head is sick,
and the whole heart faint.
–Isaiah 1:5 (KJV)–

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I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds

Because you’re mine, I walk the line

I find it very, very easy to be true
I find myself alone when each day’s through
Yes, I’ll admit that I’m a fool for you

Because you’re mine, I walk the line

As sure as night is dark and day is light
I keep you on my mind both day and night
And happiness I’ve known proves that it’s right

Because you’re mine, I walk the line

You’ve got a way to keep me on your side
You give me cause for love that I can’t hide
For you, I know I’d even try to turn the tide

–Johnny Cash, “I Walk the Line”–

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Dr. John R. Rice, Bobbed Hair, Bossy Wives, and Women Preachers (SLP, 1941).

—. The Home: Courtship, Marriage, and Children (SLP, 1946).

In this podcast, the guys at Living Waters respond to Kirk Cameron’s challenge to address the heresy of Annihilationism. They have as their guest Dr. Denny Burk, who contributed to the “Eternal Conscious Torment” section in the Zondervan Counterpoints book Four Views on Hell. For the first twenty minutes or so, some discussion is made about whether Baptists should or shouldn’t disfellowship other Baptists who hold to the Annihilationist belief. Living Waters leans in the direction of calling Hell a secondary issue like baptism; and honestly I think this was just because of Burk’s influence on the conversation, because he expressed the same sentiment on the Todd Friel and Alisa Childers podcasts. I think this is just his political correctness. Dr. Burk (ECT) and Dr. Schreiner (rejects literal hell fire) are both employed as professors at the same Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. It goes to show me the level of theological compromise within the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), at the academic and pastoral level, concerning what the Bible teaches about Hell.

My position, which is the same as the independent Baptists (IFB) and Church of God (COG), would be to absolutely disfellowship any Bible teacher who rejects the literal Hell and its eternal lake of fire: “Everyone who goes on ahead and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God. Whoever abides in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house or give him any greeting, for whoever greets him takes part in his wicked works” (2 John 9-11, ESV). John Stott’s books continue to hold sway with Baptist pastors, because of his writings on the cross and the resurrection–but he was an Annihilationist that rejected Hell! So I say throw away Stott’s books and replace them with John Wesley and Jonathan Edwards. Hell is just too important of a doctrine, and has too many far reaching implications on evangelism and personal spirituality, to be treated as anything other than a top cardinal doctrine in the Church. The nature of the eternal state vs the mode of baptism? There’s no comparison. –J.B.