Posted on 12/05/2005 3:15:43 PM PST by laney
The Trinity Broadcasting Network has suspended Hal Lindseys television program, International Intelligence Briefing for the month of December, and possibly permanently. According to Lindseys website, his show was suspended because, Some at the network apparently feel that my message is too pro-Israel and too anti-Muslim. A phone call and email to TBN have not received a response yet. If and when TBN responds, Ill update this post.
In the interest of full disclosure, I should say that Im not in 100% agreement with all of Hal Lindseys statements, and Im also not the biggest fan of TBN. While many of their programs are quite enjoyable, I am troubled by others. I believe the opulent gold-gilded set of their Praise the Lord show sends the wrong message - one of worldly materialism. One person in the TBN hierarchy has made statements that I believe undermine orthodox Trinitarian doctrine. With that said, I dont watch enough of TBNs programming to make judgments beyond this. However, if TBN did suspend IIB for the reasons Lindsey has stated, this will be quite troubling. From what I have seen on Lindseys IIB show, he has done nothing more than express the truth regarding Islam and shared in Gods view of Israel. If Lindseys accusations are true, I have to wonder how much this decision has been influenced by a large, mainline denomination that has taken the disturbing step of divesting from Israel and blaming them for the fact that innocent Israelis get blown apart by Palestinian terrorists.
As more information is available on this, Ill share it.
TBN is a commercial enterprise as well as a Christian television network and thus Lindsey's possible departure is simple nobody's watching.
I believe TBN now says that they pulled the show just for December to air Christmas programming. There does seem to be a difference in stories from Hal Lindsey and TBN.
Personally I like the Van Impe's...
>>>While many of their programs are quite enjoyable, I am troubled by others. I believe the opulent gold-gilded set of their Praise the Lord show sends the wrong message - one of worldly materialism.<<<
Not to mention the master con-man, Benny Hinn.
>>>From what I have seen on Lindseys IIB show, he has done nothing more than express the truth regarding Islam and shared in Gods view of Israel.<<<
I have watched Lindsey's show many times, and his genuine support for Israel deserves praise, not politically correct censorship.
>>>Personally I like the Van Impe's...<<<
Same here.
They also have many celbrities that I guess you could say have fallen and become in large part of the TBN Programing.
I have watched that show before and it is pretty unwatchable. It looks like a newscast out of the 70's. I don't like TBN but I don't blame them for doing it.
According to an article I read on World Net Daily, somebody from TBN said that they are worried about offending muslims, since their station is broadcast in the middle east, but the problem is, Hal's show is not broadcast over there, so they don't see it and probably don't even know who he is. I will find the article and post it.
I've looked up scripture that he's cited and when I have, they don't always support the claims he makes...but I suppose one can write that off to differing interpretations. I do not watch Van Impe any longer(or TBN for that matter), although I know a number of people that are concerned about his embracing of the RCC, but I have not personally seen what he says on the topic.
Oops, TBN just confirmed they are all about the Almighty Dollar.
I agree. Although I liked WoJo's character, his haircut was....well silly. Also, the knots in their neckties were as big as a fist. On the other hand the episode when Harris was making vacation plans for the Poconos..............pure genius!
Great if you can find it!
Whack jobs silencing whack jobs.
Its a good start.
Hal is one of those guys that predicts the end of the world, makes tons of money off of it, and does it again 5 years later.
No shortage of fools out there.
Well if Crouch can turn ARAB countires to the *Good Neighbor* especially for Israel more power to them..
What little credibility TBN might have had prior to this whole current episode of suspending Hal Lindsey from airing his show is completely gone.
Hal came out the day after his normally scheduled show didn't air with an explanation on his website. In summary he basically said that his show was pulled because he was specifically told his content was "to pro-Israel" and "anti-muslim". When TBN was contacted to confirm this they categorically denied 100% that this was not true. The next day a TBN spokesman came out and retracted it.
For a so called Christian ministry, one who profess's be a friend to the Jewish community, to deny that the truth be told regardless of whom it might offend about the Israeli/Arab conflict, merely to be PC, shows a complete lack a spine. (our elected officials seem to have the same problem)
Some of the programming on TBN is good, the preacher from IN Touch Ministires is an awesome speaker IMO. They also show some decent films on Sundays.
Here is is
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47691
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