A reader sent in a link tonight about an evangelical pastor who is shutting down his ministry because he made false prophecies that Trump would be reelected.
Can you imagine a Church of God minister having that much integrity?
Here is a "worldly" so-called Christian in the eyes of COG leaders, and yet this man has the integrity to do so, particularly after receiving a huge back lash from his followers. Which is something COG members don't do. They sit there like compliant frogs waiting for the hot water to start boiling and never raise a hand to complain. It is only after they leave their respective groups that they dare to complain and speak ou ton how incredibly stupid their leaders were.
Can you imagine Dave Pack doing such a thing? Or Bob Thiel? Imagine Gerald Flurry shutting down his cult and college and admitting he is a liar and a false prophet. It will never happen. The leaders of the Churches of God are too narcissistic and self-righteous to admit they are liars and false prophets.
A prominent evangelical Christian "prophet" has decided to shutter his ministry after apologizing for incorrectly predicting that former President Donald Trump would be re-elected in the 2020 election.Jeremiah Johnson, who founded Jeremiah Johnson Ministries, made the announcement via his public Facebook page on Monday after receiving overwhelmingly negative feedback from followers after he apologized for his inaccurate prophecy. The Christian minister had apologized in a YouTube series he titled "I Was Wrong," Religion News Service first reported.
"After much prayer and the clear direction of the Lord, we are officially terminating, 'Jeremiah Johnson Ministries.' All of our social media accounts will be deleted over the next week. We fully understand what a shock this will be to many on numerous levels," Johnson wrote in an open letter to his followers posted to Facebook.Read the entire story here: Evangelical 'Prophet' Ends Ministry After Apologizing for Predicting Trump's Re-Election
Christianity Today (Bob Thiel's FAVORITE magazine that brings him such profound embarrassment) also has an article up about Johnson and details how he is taking his focus in a completely new direction, which is away from prophecies. Trump Prophet Enraged His Followers by Apologizing. Now He’s Shutting Down His Ministry.
Imagine Thiel, Pack, Flurry, Weinland, and the other COG whack-a-doodles that preach false prophecies stop doing so and actually become followers of Christ and be men with integrity! Shocking, I know!
why would they? imagine the money they would lose. they cannot be without their god - MONEY!
ReplyDeleteFor me the interesting phenomenon is expressed in this statement from Christianity Today:
ReplyDelete"In one YouTube video, he said he had heard from thousands of people after the first episode of “I Was Wrong” and that 90 percent of that feedback was negative."
His followers were angry with him for apologizing after a failure in prophecy. You have to wonder where their minds are. Let me repeat from a couple of days ago:
. . . Ultimately, this technique should be self-limiting. Let us say that the great prophetic storm turns out to be a tempest in a teapot. Reasonable people re-evaluate and choose a more efficacious path in life. But many apocalyptic Millerites just come back for more. It is this recidivism that is puzzling and, for me, so far has no cogent explanation. But a hint as to what is going on emerged in a recent study done at NYU. The link is below. Listen to the audio. It is much more informative than the script.
https://www.npr.org/2021/03/06/974394783/far-right-misinformation-is-thriving-on-facebook-a-new-study-shows-just-how-much
If you listen to this you will understand a little more why right-wing misinformation is so compelling to so many people. This is an effect that can be measured. And it is interesting that far-right misinformation is not subject to a "misinformation penalty" - after it proves to be malarkey, nobody abandons it. You can then understand why the pulpit would want to mix its message liberally with far-right misinformation. This means that many religious leaders out there, both Evangelical and Splinterist, may be trying to draft off of developments that happened during the Trump Administration.
I posted the two paragraphs above a few days back. The lesson here for Splinterist "prophets" is: Never apologize.
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DeleteWhy read Christianity Today if a athiest ?
Maybe he decided to retire by using church funds. The golden parachute thingy.
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ReplyDeleteand your advice is why we still have so many splinters and false prophets like Pack, Flurry, and Thiel, and so many people suffering because of them. you're just another cult enabler as well. sit down before you get other people hurt.
I always thought “never apologise never explain” was the motto of the royals and aristocracy.
ReplyDeleteI very highly doubt those false prophets would ever take responsibility for their actions and admit they were wrong the cog groups especially UCG is full of liars.
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