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Jan Crouch, co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network, dies at 78
cnn.com ^ | May 31, 2016 | Lisa Respers France, CNN

Posted on 05/31/2016 11:08:26 AM PDT by Morgana

(CNN)Jan Crouch, a co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network and popular televangelist, has died following a stroke, her son announced Tuesday via a posting on his and his wife's website. She was 78.

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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; General Discusssion
KEYWORDS: christianmedia; crouch; jancrouch; jancrouchobit; millionaires; obituary; rip; tbn; televangelists
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To: RitaOK

+1 and dittos


41 posted on 05/31/2016 12:07:27 PM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: mountn man
By their fruit you will recognize them.

Or in this case, by their hair.

42 posted on 05/31/2016 12:12:04 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: chajin

An important inclusion in the passage, chajin.

Sadly, this news was posted in the “entertainment” section, by CNN.

No matter our perfect or imperfect persona— Christians are always mocked, in this world.


43 posted on 05/31/2016 12:12:17 PM PDT by RitaOK (Viva Christo Rey. Public education is the farm team for more Marxists coming-- infinitum.)
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To: tflabo

She may have talked about a Jesus, but her Jesus wasn’t like the one in the Bible. She was just another false prophet stealing from the poor with the promises of miracles. (Is there anyone on TBN that doesn’t fit that description?)


44 posted on 05/31/2016 12:15:14 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: struggle

Is that really her? Or photoshopped?


45 posted on 05/31/2016 12:17:43 PM PDT by Jane Austen (Neo-cons are Democrats who love war and illegal aliens)
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To: chajin

18 “What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense
or in truth, CHRIST is proclaimed, and in that I rejoice.”


46 posted on 05/31/2016 1:04:57 PM PDT by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: tflabo

Post of the thread!

We’re all going to be judged one day. Some folks forget that.


47 posted on 05/31/2016 1:06:51 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (God is a racist! Get over it snowflakes. Deuteronomy 7:6-8; Romans 9:13-15)
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To: RitaOK; Morgana

The fortunate thing is that God doesn’t use perfect people, he uses people who are willing.

I remember we used to see the two of them walking together in the mall, daily, and we’d roll our eyes at them. They were, in our eyes, always faintly comical.

But for whatever their personal defects, of which I know nothing, I don’t know them as people at all, they built a network that reaches into every country on earth, in just about every language you can think of. I didn’t do that, they did.

They have passed on, but what they built remains and has inspired others to do the same thing they did.


48 posted on 05/31/2016 1:13:20 PM PDT by marron
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To: Morgana
Dawg!! You need a road map to navigate a house like that.


49 posted on 05/31/2016 1:19:24 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: al baby
Prayers up to her and her family

I seriously doubt she can hear anyones prayers.

50 posted on 05/31/2016 1:21:00 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Jane Austen

51 posted on 05/31/2016 1:36:01 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Fred Hayek

When I first saw her I thought it was strange that Tammy Faye was back on TV with some other guy after her husband was put in prison.


52 posted on 05/31/2016 1:55:02 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: marron; RitaOK

” They were, in our eyes, always faintly comical.”

Their whole tv show was always faintly comical, only it never made me wanna laugh.


53 posted on 05/31/2016 2:16:16 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: tflabo; Roman_War_Criminal
Well I guess we will have to leave the judgement up to God. The dude in my mirror has a few flaws that first needs deeper inspections.

Looking at the man in the mirror is a wise thing to do.

BUT...

Pay very close attention to the passage. Often it is MISQUOTED that we are not to judge.
Quite the contrary.

Matthew “Do not judge so that you will not be judged. 2 For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. 3 Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, FIRST take the log out of your own eye,
AND THEN you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.

We are first to introspect, like you said.BUT...we aren't to leave it there.
We are then TOLD TO help take the speck out of our brother's eye.

Matthew 7: 13 “Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. 14 For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

These verses tell us not everybody is going to enter into eternal life. Not all ways are the same.

15 “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits.

BEWARE
: to be on one's guard
: to be wary of

How does one beware, WITHOUT some form of judgement OR DISCERNMENT???

No...these verses are clear. We are to BEWARE...to be on the look out for false prophets. We are to watch them and make a judgement call.

Paul says in Romans 16:17 I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. 19 Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.

If we aren't supposed to judge, then Pauls admonition to watch out for
And keep away from would be judgemental.

I think we are to be on the lookout for false teachers. Outside of Crouch's crafted tv words and tears, there are plenty of things in the background that should make us beware.

54 posted on 05/31/2016 2:21:16 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Morgana
Their whole tv show was always faintly comical, only it never made me wanna laugh.

EXACTLY!!!

I was enraged, when a few years back Paul Crouch started wearing the clergy collar. I saw it as something he wore to GIVE HIMSELF more legitimacy, to fool the sheeple.

They also started calling him (on his own shows) DOCTOR Paul Crouch.

DOCTOR???

His doctorates are all honorary.

Only the disingenuous would use the title of Doctor after getting an honorary doctorate degree.

Everything was to puff himself up.

55 posted on 05/31/2016 2:27:36 PM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: mountn man

I find it disturbing that some on this forum mindlessly defend those who shamelessly take advantage of their followers (”touch not the Lord’s annointed...”). The Crouches made a career out of soliciting money from those with limited means and used it to fuel their lavish lifestyle - as shown by the enormous mansion they lived in, private jets, etc. Their lifestyle had NOTHING in common with the humility of the One they claimed to serve.


56 posted on 05/31/2016 2:49:09 PM PDT by tjd1454
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To: mountn man

They never fool me. They are evil the whole lot of them.


57 posted on 05/31/2016 2:52:29 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: struggle

oh, my eyes hurt now...


58 posted on 05/31/2016 2:58:49 PM PDT by lupie
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To: tjd1454
...as shown by the enormous mansion they lived in, private jets,...

That is an understatement. According to the New York Times: "The [couple’s] lavish perquisites, described by [estranged granddaughter and former financial officer Brittany] Koper and corroborated by interviews with two other former TBN employees, include additional, often-vacant homes in Texas and on the former Conway Twitty estate in Tennessee, corporate jets valued at $8 million and $49 million each and thousand-dollar dinners with fine wines, paid with tax-exempt funds..."

Apparently the Crouches had matching lavish "his & hers" mansions. This is inexcusable and an utter shame upon the name of Christ.

59 posted on 05/31/2016 3:05:35 PM PDT by tjd1454
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To: tjd1454

And apparent Paul had a lot of “his” in his mansion.


60 posted on 05/31/2016 3:07:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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