What that means Steven, is that your good friend told a 19-year-old intern, that God had showed him his wife would die so that they could get married. He told her these lies in order to lure into bed. He told her this and other false prophecies over four years to continue the illusion that this was all ordained somehow by God. He then tried to control and manipulate her life. Bought her an apartment, said which friends she could have and spend time with as well as spiritual manipulation by forcing her to pray repentance for the adultery he was engaging her in. Do you know now what it means to prophetically manipulate someone Steven? Are we clear now? Please stop the lying about the victims by claiming this four-year debacle is the only one with "credibility." Where is your public apology Mr. Strang for defaming these former leaders and calling these victims liars? I wouldn't expect that from someone so compromised they would write this:
"We have to realize that if the enemy is going to bring down a ministry, he has got to get rid of the head. He's got to make people question that ministry. I want to say that I think Mike has handled this right be staying quiet. The leadership team at IHOPKC has been responsible. If they have erred they needed to err on the side of being overly cautious. But like I said very early, once that woman sent out that Facebook post we had to have questions." - Steven Strang
The devil did not expose IHOP for the cesspool it is and Bickle for the predator he is, God did. The current leadership at IHOP has been far from responsible. They promised to bring in impartial investigative ministries and then reneged. They lawyered up by hiring the best defense law firm in KC. They spread the disinformation highlighted here and claimed they needed to first vet the allegations, absolute nonsense. So much so that the Executive Director of the Board just stepped down. Note again how Strang uses the poisoned well information to pretend that allows for their questioning. It does not. That brings us to Dr. Brown. Michael Brown is slicker than Strang and Tomczak. His language is very couched. Let me give you one example in his initial defense of Bickle:
"I appeal to my fellow leaders. It's so easy to mess up, open a door, and take the wrong steps. Those that didn't like Mike, his ministry, or don't like Charismatics and kinda gloat, that's a bad move. You should grieve also. 1Corinthians 10:12 - lest you fall. This is time for introspection. This is a time to search our own lives." - Dr. Michael Brown
Spilling milk or failing a college course for not studying can be called, "messing up." When you lie about what God has not said to you, in order to lure a young girl into becoming your adulteress I think we left "messing up" a long time ago. Now it is true we had not heard this victim testimony at the time Dr. Brown penned these words but that is why you need to be very careful. The inference Brown was making was that anyone who sided with the victims was gloating and must have "not liked" Mike. I assume since this has turned out to be so drastically wrong, we should be hearing an apology from Dr. Brown any day now. I am sure. Well maybe. Ok, probably not. As we see here, Brown has a hard time quitting false teachers:
"Swaggart - I loved Swaggart, his preaching, and its emphasis on holiness. When he fell, I couldn't believe it. If you lead a house of prayer and the charges prove to be true, that doesn't take away your calling to lead a house of prayer. Think of Ravi Zacharias. Years and years of building a ministry, walking a certain way and you throw it away for a moment of emotional or physical pleasure. Matthew 7:2 says as we judge others is how we will be judged so let us by all means hold to accountability and righteousness on every level but let us be people of mercy. Galatians 6:1 says if someone is caught in a fault, you who are spiritual restore." - Dr. Michael Brown
So, Dr. Brown loved the holiness teachings of a man caught twice with prostitutes in Swaggart. Neither Ravi Zacharias, Jimmy Swaggart, or Mike Bickle threw away anything because what they built was false. It certainly was not for a moment of pleasure. Ravi had built an international panel of sex workers and masseuses he used over many years, while preaching holiness. Mike Bickle lied about multiple prophecies to lure a young sheep into a four-year sexually and spiritually abusive relationship, while preaching holiness. It reminds me of Ted Haggard who was the leader of the National Association of Evangelicals, who used to preach holiness and rail against homosexuality until it was discovered he was in a 20-year relationship with a male prostitute who he liked to do crystal meth with. To Dr. Brown it appears these men all have one thing in common - good holiness teaching. For me the one thing they have in common is they were all lairs. They were all wolves. The bible does not say to restore them at all. It says to mark and avoid them. It says to have nothing to do with them. On with more nuanced Bickle defenses:
"Sometimes we have this loosie-goosy spirituality. Now I have never known this to be true regarding Mike Bickle and if these charges prove to be true, a shocker, a grievous shocker for someone I esteemed in the Lord. A grievous, painful shock. Does this bring a larger indictment against the things of the spirit, of course not! Goes back to Ravi - does his actions change the truth that he spoke? Bill Hybels, famous from Willow Creek Church and the seeker sensitive model, as he was getting ready to retire, there were accusations of sexual misconduct, some were retracted, some denied, others confirmed, or confirmed by outside organizations looking at things - what does that say about seeker-sensitive? It really doesn't. You have to evaluate it by itself. Not to throw stones at Bill Hybels. You say yeah, but there are so many scandals associated with IHOP - actually when you think of how many thousands of people around the world are involved with this, when you think of how many leaders have served there over the years, many of whom I know, actually the scandals have been quite rare but one is more than enough. You say what about the accusations that there was cult like behaviors, I am not close enough to know but let everything be examined. You say, what if some of the stuff by the spirit was counterfeit. Take the fall of Jerry Falwell Jr. That puts Liberty in a bad light, no it doesn't. Liberty is a great school. My oldest granddaughter graduated there last May." - Dr. Michael Brown
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