Posted on 08/19/2024 4:27:10 PM PDT by Morgana
When arch-heretic Kenneth Copeland is not giving false prophecies about COVID being destroyed, throwing someone in a wheelchair to the floor, casting away bald spots in Jesus’ name, or even running his own bizarro Bible college, the richest prosperity preacher in America can be frequently found making up stuff about Jesus and justifying his personal theological idiosyncrasies in order to increase his net worth, he can be seen accepting obscenely wealthy gifts and seed offerings from dying men, according to a story by The Christian Post.
During a recent message preached at the 2024 Southwest Believers’ Convention, the 87-year-old money-grubber spent a large part of his sermon showing off his wealth and regaling the audience with meandering stories about his love for Breitling watches; Swiss luxury timepieces popular with aviators and pilots.
These watches can be purchased brand new for $3250 on the low end and up to $73,000 on the high end, (and even more for older and rarer models).
At one point, Copeland, who reveals he has 36 of the watches, flashes one to an audience member and asks :
Do you think that one’s pretty? It’s a Breitling. It has diamonds around the edge. Someone gave me that one.”
Copeland explained that he began gifting the luxury timepieces as “seeds” long ago, and he and Pat Robertson exchanged them frequently.
He also shared that one of his friends who was sick with cancer, the musician Mylon LeFevre, blessed him with an exceptional timepiece. LeFevre gave Copeland a Bentley with a Breitling inside of it, a hefty seed if there ever was one, all the “believing in God for healing.” (LeFevre ultimately passed away from his illness)
Mylon called me. He said, ‘how many Breitlings do you have?’ And I said,’ I don’t know, 36 I think. I haven’t counted them lately.’ And I have in my closet, I have winders and there’s a lot of them in there. He said, ‘I’m gonna give you number 37.’ I said, ‘great Mylon’.
Now he’s believing God for his healing. He said, ‘I’m giving you my Bentley and it has a Breitling clock.’ Whoa, a Bentley with a, hmm”
The Christian Post reports that: “According to the website HotCars, in 2022, Bentley offered a $230,000 Breitling clock in its Bentayga model. At the time, the site reported that the addition of the diamond and gold clock “nearly doubles the starting price for a new Bentayga.”
How well do those watches perform in darkness and flame?
I don’t know which of the TV evangelical hucksters it was, but I caught a show where he talked about getting free designer suits. It was hilarious.
“...popular with aviators and pilots.”
Aren’t they one and the same?
It’s THE LORD’S Rolles Royce.
These type of televangelists, and its most of them but not all of them, can be classed as non-believers.
If they believed in the Bible, even halfway, they would be concerned about their eternal futures. I don’t personally get their mindset.
87 ? Won’t be long before he hears … “ I knew you not “
Copeland’s always been on the take and using God as the magnet... I’ve always felt sorry for the people taken in by him.
I watched a Copeland sermon once. Evidently, according to Copeland, the Lord desparately tags along behind Copeland trying to get his attention.
I used to think Robert Tilton was the worst, but Copeland is just as evil.
T. D. Jakes
That is nonsense. This will not help any poor country.
creflo dollar
Mike Murdock is the one I saw.
There was some entertainment value in what he was doing. Nothing more.
Agreed.
Copeland is like Hinn, he’s not a wolf in sheep’s clothing he’s just a wolf. I’m sure we can all agree to that.
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About 20 years ago we started receiving the monthly rag from his “church”. It’s followed us through 4 moves although we never donated anything nor had any contact with that organization.
I am so embarrassed when it arrives and I can’t make it stop.
Kinda like diarrhea.
Another Man of G_d?
Reassess what you think folks
And Jim Baker is back also.
How these charlatans are still on the air amazes me.
Learned some interesting thing from Ken Copeland back in my BA days. Seems like everything goes to extremes when it’s not secured by Tradition.
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