Do you get the message? Mike Bickle? No loosie goosy spiritual stuff going on there! Well except for the whole false prophecy thing to sexually abuse his friend's daughter. Other than that, and remember that was 25 years ago! Do the revelations that Ravi Zacharias was a lying false teacher change his message? Absolutely! Are you kidding me! Bill Hybels? Now Mike Bickle? Throw them all out in the trash where they belong! The point Brown is making here is that if you dare question Bickle or stand up for the victims, then you are "throwing stones." Once again, a more nuanced defense of the indefensible. Liberty is a great school because your grand daughter goes there? That trumps the fact that their president was involved in three-way sex with his wife and a pool boy? It doesn't. Once again, the purpose of Brown's writing here was to defend, however nuanced, his admitted friend Mike Bickle. If he has any credibility, he should issue a public apology immediately and cease writing for Strang until he does the same. Let me finish with one more Brown excerpt:
"Let me say it again. This does not deny the reality of the Holy Spirit. Thus does not deny the truth of the bible. Listen to Mike Bickle go through Romans. Listen to his careful teaching verse after verse exegeting scripture. If he taught accurately, he taught accurately. This does not deny the love of Jesus message that he preached. The truth of scripture." - Dr. Michael Brown
Did Mike Bickle love Jesus? Was he loving Jesus when he was lying to the 19-year-old about what Jesus said to him? Was he loving Jesus when he recently said that all of these sins were under the blood? Was he loving Jesus when he was committing adultery for four years while building IHOP? His teaching on Romans is irrelevant. Mike Bickle is a liar and a predator and Dr. Brown, Mr. Tomczak and Steven Strang owe apologies to the body of Christ, the victims of Mike Bickle, and the former leaders of IHOP who have had false witness against them borne. They were part of a campaign to belittle the accusations, marginalize Bickle's victims, and smear the former leaders. Strang may have been the more glaring, but they were all willing participants. They should apologize and promise to not have anything to do with any "restoration" of this known predator to ministry.
Reverend Anthony Wade - December 29, 2023
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