"Strang - let's talk about the people that have been hurt and I don't mean the victims. I'm talking about sincere Christian people that joined the prayer movement that feel terribly let down. Even people in other cities who picked up the vision. How do these people deal with it and how do they move on."
Once again, the disgusting Steven Strang shows that he does not care one whit about the victims of Mike Bickle. Sure, he paid lip service here saying there are professionals to help them but to have a discussion about Bicklegate at this point and refer to the victims as being the people in the pews and not those sexually abused by his friend is beyond the pale. It slaps the faces of the true victims. Yes, the pew-sitters are theological victims who need to now hear the real gospel but that is not what Strang and Brown believe. They believe the 24-7 prayer movement was somehow a move of God even though we now know it was entirely corrupt. They believe it needs to be salvaged from this shipwreck. They are wrong. How does the IHOPKC community move on? By accepting that they allowed themselves to be lied to for decades. That they trusted their faith to a man instead of to God. To promise in themselves to actually discern for themselves moving forward and find a real bible teaching church. That is how.
"Brown - as you said, there is a spiritual attack and the devil wants to destroy the prayer movement. The devil wants to pull people away from Jesus. If you're in a prayer movement, it is God that appointed you to pray, not any man."
Except it wasn't, and we know that now. We know that kids were forced to take their rounds in the prayer room for school credit. We also know that God was used to start this movement. Bickle lied about hearing from God. The really repugnant point here is Brown validating the horrific Strang talking point about this being a spiritual attack. It is obviously not. Mike Bickle committed these acts. The victims are real. Their advocates used to lead IHOPKC. By pretending this is spiritual, you publicly disparage the victims and advocates as somehow being used by Satan to take down poor Mike Bickle. Strang is beyond compromised, so we expect no less but Brown should know better. The devil is pulling people away from Jesus? You sure it isn't the serial predator doing that? Only in these warped minds can a serial sexual predator be credited with somehow starting a move of God and the victims and their advocates painted as being used by the devil. Unbelievable. If you are in the prayer movement, you have been lied to and used. Get out now.
"Brown - you and I were talking about Mike and we really didn't think he was tempted in these ways. Because he spent so much time with the Lord. Well, we can have an unrealistic view about people."
I only included this quote because of the surreal notion from Brown that Mike Bickle spent so much time with the Lord. Really Dr. Brown? When? When did he spend so much time with the Lord. In between sexually abusing minors? Was he spending so much time with the Lord when he abused the 19-year-old daughter of a friend, for four years? He must have installed the dead bolt in his office so no one could disturb him when he was spending so much time with the Lord, right? Maybe he was too busy spending time with the Lord to properly deal with his son having an affair with the wife of one of his administrators. The same woman that Bickle had been inappropriate with before handing her off to his son. Look, I understand that it is embarrassing to have been deceived at this level but that's on Bickle, who fooled everyone. All we can do is learn from it. Stop digging these holes Dr. Brown and start walking away from other people equally using you, like Steven Strang.
"Strang - what would you say is the number one thing the body of Christ can learn from this? Because we are dealing with this in a different way because so many are just being hateful and bashing IHOPKC, bashing Mike Bickle. We are trying to be redemptive in some way so what lessons can be learned from this."
Did you get that? So, in the eyes of Steven Strang, he is dealing with this scandal in a different way from all of those bashers and haters. This is just a despicable ending to a horrifically immoral interview. To actually offer up that Mike Bickle is being bashed is to again try and paint the victimizer as the victim. Mike Bickle is not the victim. Telling the truth about his lies and false prophecies is not "bashing." The only redemption Steven Strang is seeking is Mike Bickle's. so, what lessons can be learned? The first one is to never give this much power, even spiritually to one man. The entire cult of personality pastorships encouraged by the heretical purpose driven church needs to be torn down. One thing Strang said that was correct is Mike Bickle will not be the last. As long as one man has all the power and control, the sin nature is easier to mutate. It happened to Ravi Zacharias and Bickle recently but there are countless others. Secondly, we need to acknowledge that the 24-7 prayer movement is entirely unbiblical and not from God. We need to stop mystifying prayer. Thirdly, we need to recognize that accused entities can never be responsible for their own investigations. Bickle is the monster under the bed but make no mistake about it - he had enablers and that includes nearly everyone involved in trying to cover this up, including General Fuller. It is time to stop pulling our punches and splitting the bill. Fourth, this scandal reveals who is on God's side and wo is not. Steven Strang, is obviously not. Dr. Michael Brown can still get on the right side of this but I fear he will never say anything truthful about Strang so this becomes just another reason to mark and avoid him as well. Lastly, this is a clarion call for all of us to be prepared. The need for discernment has never been greater. God help us all.
