Posted on 01/21/2005 2:42:01 PM PST by samsonite
[India News]: Bangalore, Jan 21 : American evangelist Benny Hinn Friday evening began his much-awaited "Festival of Blessings" prayer meeting here, which saw a shutdown call and incidents of stone throwing by protesting Hindu activists earlier in the day.
About 8,000-10,000 policemen have been deployed in and around the sprawling venue to regulate crowds.
Organisers of the show, being held at the Jakkur airstrip on the outskirts of the city, said earlier that about 400,000 people had already gathered for the event from all parts of the country, especially south India. A few hundred also came from abroad.
Speaking to IANS on phone from the venue, they said, "People are still trooping in, awaiting the arrival of Hinn to conduct the mass prayer and deliver sermons. We are expecting 200,000 more people in the night."
The function started with a 2,400-voice choir singing hymns and prayers in several Indian languages apart from English. Giant screens and mega speakers have been installed all over the grounds for a closer view of the massive stage and to listen to Hinn's religious discourses.
Undeterred by the "Bangalore bandh" shutdown call given by the Hindu Jagaran Vedike with the support of the Sangh Parivar, including the Bharatiya Janata party, the organisers are going ahead with the three-day programme, armed with a high court order.
Earlier in the day, the city witnessed stray incidents of stone throwing at moving buses and processions by anti-Hinn activists, demanding a ban on the programme.
According to police, about 60 state-owned buses were damaged in some parts of the city during the day-long shutdown that led to closure of shops and commercial establishments.
Friday being an official holiday on account of Eid, schools, colleges and government offices remained closed, and there was less traffic on roads.
But roads leading to the venue, about 20 km from the city, were choc-a-bloc with hundreds of buses and other vehicles jamming the national highway.
"We have nabbed about 100 miscreants who were indulging in stone throwing and attempting to torch some buses. We have also rounded-up some leaders of the Vedike when they were trying to disrupt traffic and create disturbances," city police commissioner M. Marisamy told IANS.
He preaches the Miracles Jesus can do in your life when you give your life to him when you repent of your sins with a sincere heart, he gives hopeless people hope because those are the promises of Jesus Christ.
He does not promise people they are going to go home be instantly cured, win the lotto, become famous, he preaches what prayer and Jesus and reading your Bible will do for your soul your eternal salvation.
Sometimes Jesus is more concerned about our Spiritual Healing first before our Physical Healing, none the less he hears all prayers from sincere people.
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Shame on him? for telling people Jesus Heals?
What should he say Jesus is sending you all to hell?
I guess that's why at the end of his stage shows Hinn will say things like "come back tomorrow starting at 2 for more miracles."
Does he ask for money YES! who is gonna pay for all these crusades does he reap some of the benefits?
It's expensive to maintain that private jet and mansion.
Well do you have a list of all the people he turned on to Satan at his crusades? Like to see that...
Have you been to one of his crusades
Keep it up sister! You got the demons, scoffers, and pharisees rattled now... :)
I guess that's why at the end of his stage shows Hinn will say things like "come back tomorrow starting at 2 for more miracles."
NO HE DOES NOT...
Jets and Mansions?
Hmm... So does Pres Bush, Gov Scharwnegger, Mel Gibson there devout Christians, Does GOD designate who gets to be rich and who doesn't?
At JREF, we offer a one-million-dollar prize to anyone who can show, under proper observing conditions, evidence of any paranormal, supernatural, or occult power or event. The prize is in the form of negotiable bonds held in a special investment account. The JREF does not involve itself in the testing procedure, other than helping to design the protocol and approving the conditions under which a test will take place. All tests are designed with the participation and approval of the applicant. In most cases, the applicant will be asked to perform a relatively simple preliminary test of the claim, which if successful, will be followed by the formal test. Preliminary tests are usually conducted by associates of the JREF at the site where the applicant lives. Upon success in the preliminary testing process, the "applicant" becomes a "claimant."I wonder what those "preliminary tests" consist of????To date, no one has ever passed the preliminary tests.
I'd rather be a Berean than a Thessalonian.
I've been to his miracle circuses. That's what he said before he left the stage.
Agreed. The man is a fake, a heretic, and an apostate on all seven continents, in every human language, and he is an offense to every genuine person of God around the world.
Your unecessary summary of Darwin's fantasies totally waste valuable time...given the fact that I went to to public schools where we were indoctrinated in the stuff...some recovered and thought more fully about the "theory" but others swallowed it all - hook line and sinker.
As for your other judgmentally bizarre notions about creationists - They are humble enough to belive in God's hand in all this...beware the scientist who is beholden to no one except his often flawed and dangerous maneuverings.
I'm sorry here is Benny Hinn in India with hostile Muslims and Hindus bringing the word of Jesus to a crowd of over 400,000 and then we have our Christian brothers and sisters in the comfort of there homes typing away on FR calling him a Heathen or a Charlatan, who doing the Lord's work today anyways?
Well since you think Benny Hinn is not doing the Lord's work I guess you are.
Someone so clueless to be suckered by an obvious fraud and scam artist like Hinn shouldn't be lecturing anyone about science.
Even CBS, famous for making things up, tried and tried and could find nothing illegal about the Hinn Ministries...but in your hatred of Christian activists and their beliefs you will defame him without a shred of evidence.
Since I called Hinn "a charlatan of the worst sort" only on Monday, I'll respond to this post as if it had been addressed to me. At issue is Hinn's message. Hinn's "prophecies" are false, as are his teachings. He is not "bringing the word of Jesus" to anyone. Ergo, he is not doing the Lord's work.
A bit too emotional aren't we.
Why so much venom hurled at Pastor Hinn?
When did you last get up and preach the Lord's words in front of anyone?
Not being a Benny Hinn fan, I still have to agree with you!
Neither YOU or Benny Hinn can Send ME to HELL!
I am Born Again, and have a Personal Relationship with my RISEN MOSHIACH: Yeshua The Messiah.
I feel very Sorry for You, and I'm going to keep You in my Prayers, that one day The LORD will open Your Eyes to THE TRUTH concerning Hinn and his HERESY.
Do You....READ THE WORD OF GOD?
May I suggest to You to go to: Rabbi Sha'ul's Second Letter to Timothy Chapter 3, Verses 1-9, then to Chapter 4, Verses 3-4...
This is what The Ruach HaKodesh, The HOLY SPIRIT has to say about Heretics like Hinn and those who follow Hinn.
"For the time will come when men (and women) will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the Truth and turn aside to myths."
The LORD shall NOT be Mocked, nor made to look Foolish.
Judgement Day IS...Coming....Are YOU Ready?
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