'New' Jim Bakker Returns to Christian Television

Charisma News Service ^ | June 7, 2003 | Charisma News Service

[hole_n_one]

Please don't let me get caught...

[Pan_Yans Wife]

I have a hard time believeing he was called to be a televangelist. It sounds more like that is what he wants, than what God wants.

[ladyinred]

Oh my. Jim better mind his P's and Q's for he will be closely watched.

[Paul Atreides]

I guess Bubba getting away with it gave Jim new inspiration.

[Torie]

He's baaack. Your fair city's cultural icon is back. Sort of like Dracula.

[Servant of the Nine]

Today, the talk-show program Bakker hosts with his second wife, Lori,

Does Tamy Fay still have custody of the eye shadow?

So9

[WorkingClassFilth]

Apostate?
Check.
Heretical?
Check.
Disqualified?
Check.
Millstones?
Double Check.

[nwrep]

[umgud]

While in prison, he wrote the book, "A Ministers Guide to Lay people."

[w_over_w]

I have a hard time believeing he was called to be a televangelist. It sounds more like that is what he wants, than what God wants.

Hello again . . .

I was trying to come up with the words on why this news bothers me. You nailed it. I'm sure lives are genuinely getting saved by televangelism . . . but it always seems to be more about the "show" and it's host(s) rather than receiving the life giving name of Christ Jesus. IM (very) HO.

[Servant of the Nine]

While in prison, he wrote the book, "A Ministers Guide to Lay people."

Sure it wasn't "A Ministers Guide to Laying people."?

So9

[RightWhale]

It was a stupid, stupid show, but when that lady sang, it had the right stuff. If you could ignore the rest.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

From my limited understanding, the conversion to Christianity is powerful, but we enter into the body of Christ like babies, who need to learn slowly how to build up our strength as Christians. This is why the work of your friendly neighborhood pastor or priest is so very important.

Accepting Christ on bended knee, while praying and listening to Bakker may be a true conversion. But it is the guidance and the friendship of the local church that will help a new Christian to stay firmly within the fold.

Bakker gets all of the glory in the television world, for being seen and heard, name recognition, if you will. But, the men and women at your church should receive more praise from Christians, for they hold us up and help guide us, on a daily basis.

[DeFault User]

He's probably just in it until he can get an air-conditioner for his dog's house. Absurd? ..Nahh. That's what he was doing with his money last time around.

My wife has a friend whose husband, an electician, was given a car in payment for coming out to do some work at the PTL club on a weekend. The money flowed. The overbooking of rooms and the Jessica Hahn stuff was just the tip of the scandal iceberg per rumors that circulated around Charlotte.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

One other thought.

If God had called Jim Bakker to be a televangelist, the first time around, then wouldn't Bakker have been doing the Lord's work, without slipping into greed and corruption? Wouldn't his ministry have been a resounding success, in all endeavors, because he was doing the Lord's work? So, how can anyone trust that he is called to do it, the second time around?

[w_over_w]

But, the men and women at your church should receive more praise from Christians, for they hold us up and help guide us, on a daily basis.

We do . . . from the loving and tender arms of our Father in heaven and His Son Jesus. God's word promises a "jewel in your crown" for witnessing to others and ministering to the Saints. Selah.

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[w_over_w]

So, how can anyone trust that he is called to do it, the second time around?

Honestly? It's between Bakker and God. Whenever it comes to hearing someone's witness for the Lord I listen to whether they hold forth His Word. It's not easy because our emotions can blind us to another's witness. One of the reasons for being studied in God's word is to recognize false teachers, false witnesses, false prophets and (get this) false angels.

[jwh_Denver]

One of the reasons for being studied in God's word is to recognize false teachers, false witnesses, false prophets and (get this) false angels

Very true. Discernment comes from the Scriptures and from the holy spirit that we got when we were born again.

[Pan_Yans Wife]

Are the false angels the fallen angels? I have never heard of false angels.

But, I am disturbed by the people who claim that angels guard them, live in their homes and protect them, and then these people decorate their homes with cherubs, thinking that the angels of God look like Cupid!