Rick Joyner calls for the Dr. Brown faux biblical investigation into Todd Bentley...imagine my surprise...

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https://charismamag.com/video/42616-rick-joyner-denies-todd-bentley-cover-up-urges-independent-investigation

Yesterday Dr. Michael Brown announced he was asked by unnamed sources to head up an investigative panel to look into the Todd Bentley mess. I wrote extensively yesterday about this but today one of the key enablers and perpetrators spoke out. It was Rick Joyner that oversaw the bogus restoration of Todd Bentley that allowed him back into ministry in the first place. Along with Bill Johnson, Joyner is guilty of allowing this parasite to continue to infect the body of Christ. Let us walk through his statement together and properly discern.

"Rick Joyner broadcasted live on Facebook Wednesday afternoon to address lingering questions surrounding public accusations against evangelist Todd Bentley and Joyner's own involvement in the ensuing controversy. Joyner denied all allegations that he was part of a Bentley "cover-up," and encouraged the creation of a third-party council of Christian arbiters who could determine the truth of the matter." -- Taylor Berglund

I bet he did. Joyner knows full well that NAR Gatekeeper Dr. Michael Brown has announced he will play Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo investigation of the Todd Bentley fiasco. I was criticized by someone yesterday for making light of this situation but enough is enough. The bible teaches us that false prophets and teachers deserve nothing but our utter derision and mockery. Elijah once mocked the Baal prophets that their god must have been too busy to answer them because he was relieving himself in the bathroom. Jesus called the Pharisees whitewashed tombs and a brood of vipers so please, save your self-piety. I have compassion and concern for the sheep of the Lord, not the wolves trying to devour them. As for Joyner, he stands accused in the more recent matter of ignoring the outreach attempts to resolve this quietly. To be honest, I could care less about that. His true complicity resides several years ago when he oversaw the bogus restoration of Bentley along with Bill Johnson. These matters are not in dispute. Joyner took no issue with the ridiculously unbiblical ministry Bentley was running in Lakeland and in fact went down in the NAR clown car to anoint him a prophet! So spare me the innocence routine. He then watched as Bentley divorced his wife and married his mistress nanny. After a brief hiatus, Joyner and Johnson declared Bentley safe to be let back into the sheep pen. As far as I am concerned all of the blood on Bentley's hands between then and now is on the heads of Bill Johnson and Rick Joyner. You do not get to play God with people's lives and then pretend you had nothing to do with it.

"On August 22, Stephen Powell accused Bentley of "sexual perversion" involving both male and female interns. Powell said Bentley got drunk, looked at pornography, used crude language and offered a male intern money in exchange for sex. Bentley has denied these allegations, calling some of them wild exaggerations and others complete fabrications. Joyner was part of a "healing team" created for Bentley in 2008, after Bentley stepped down from ministry due to an affair. Powell has accused Joyner of overlooking Bentley's sins and not disciplining him properly. In the video, which was hashtagged #RicksRant, Joyner said he has had lunch with Todd and Jessa Bentley, who told him they have been "falsely accused." He said he has no spiritual authority over Todd, but does still consider him a brother in Christ. Joyner also said the Bentleys consider him to be their spiritual father." -- Taylor Berglund

I think we are starting to see the cover up play out. I assume Taylor Berglund is just doing straight reporting of what she is being told but someone is leaving out key facts. They are leaving out the accusations of Bentley sexting with his interns up to and including sharing sexual information about what he and his wife were doing in bed. The reason why this is missing I assume is that Bentley originally admitted to these accusations. Berglund is reporting here that he has denied the allegations and that is flatly incorrect. He in fact called his sexting sins despicable.

'"I had lunch with Todd and Jessa yesterday," Joyner said. "You know, they're struggling. They really could use your prayers. You could imagine what they would feel like, and even if you think they're guilty, this is not the way things are supposed to be done. They feel like they've been falsely accused of just horrendous things. They've been convicted and found guilty. I got together with them to encourage them that there may be a way for them to be exonerated or found guilty. I made it clear. I said, 'Any of the stuff you're guilty of, it's going to be found out.'" Joyner also flatly denied allegations that he has been protecting Bentley or covering up his misdeeds.' -- Taylor Berglund

This is not the way things are supposed to be done? Seriously? You're right Rick. You should not go to an evangelist rally and get punched in the stomach when you have stage four pancreatic cancer. You should not be kicked in the face with a biker boot. You should not find out that your reverend husband has been sleeping with your nanny and then that the "church leaders" have oversaw his divorce from you to marry said nanny. As an intern, you should not be receiving sexts from your reverend boss who shares with you intimate details of his sex life with his wife. You are right Rick -- THIS IS NOT THE WAY THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE! I am so glad you have so much compassion for the wolves and none for the sheep. It only cements that you yourself are as false as they come Mr. Joyner.

'"Personally, I've been accused of covering up stuff," Joyner said. "I've never wanted to cover up a single thing for Todd's sake, for their sake. Anything that isn't true--for their sake, it needs to come to the light." Joyner did not say whether he believed the allegations against Bentley, instead suggesting that "biblical due process" through some sort of governing judge or judges should be implemented. On Wednesday, Dr. Michael Brown said he would "assemble a group of trusted and respected men of God who will review the charges against Todd and make a determination, in accordance with 1 Corinthians 6." Joyner said he and Brown independently arrived at that same conclusion, and urged people to pray for the council of arbiters.' -- Taylor Berglund

Really. So you never wanted to cover anything up when you falsified his restoration Rick? You sure about that? Can we stop pretending having other wolves sit in judgment of Bentley is somehow "biblical due process?" According to 1Corinthians 6, Todd Bentley was supposed to flee from sexual immorality not cheat on his wife with his nanny, or then send sexual information about his former nanny and new wife to interns. What more needs to come to light Mr. Joyner? The ministry of Todd Bentley was an oozing pustule of decay in the church. A tumor that should have been excised instead of allowed to continue metastasizing. His restoration, which you oversaw, was sham and a debacle from day one. Now there are new credible allegations, which Bentley admitted to, and you want to encourage Shaggy and those meddling kids to get to the bottom of it. Right.

'"I feel like it is really the Lord moving [Brown]," Joyner said. "He had some good ideas for people who should sit on [this council]. He didn't think he should sit on it and be a judge in this situation. I don't think I should be. I'm too engaged. I know too much. I shouldn't be. Even in a regular court, I should be recused. I think the process is just beginning. I have great hope for it." Joyner said he fears without established arbiters, many more ministries will be attacked and scandalized in the coming years. He expressed once again his distaste for public accusations. "I think without this [council] happening, we're going to have increasingly devastating attacks on people," Joyner said. "Ministries [will be] destroyed, brought down--some of them may deserve it. Some of them may need it. But that's not the way it should be done. And when it's done the wrong way, far more people are hurt. We've got to learn in my opinion to not be quick to convict and condemn until people have been subjected to biblical due process. ... You may be right in your accusations, but you have opened yourselves wide to the accuser. Look at all the ministries that have been devastated by doing that."' -- Taylor Berglund

Dear Lord your concern is about ministries being attacked and scandalized? Does anyone at all care about the sheep? Here is Joyner parroting the same exact bovine excrement line that Dr. Brown had yesterday. That nothing should ever be discussed on the Internet. That a biblical investigation needs to be done before we can coherently comment on known facts! What we already know about Bentley, Joyner and Brown disqualifies all of them! When the accused says, yes I sexted my interns information about my wife, why would we not be quick to convict! When we can go back and watch the tapes of Bentley's circus in Lakeland how can we not condemn! You do realize that with the information we currently have it does not matter what you think your false Scooby-Doo investigation finds. We all will still exclaim a loud, "ruh-roh."

'Joyner said that if this council is successful--and sets a precedent for handling future church scandals--"all the controversy" will be "worth it." He also said he may not be blameless, though he did not know what he might be guilty of. "I want to go back and check," Joyner says. "I've been challenged on some things. I may have fouled up or violated some things myself. If so, you would have a rant with me apologizing for those things. But if this process continues and I believe it has been a valid due process, you probably won't hear from me any more about this."' -- Taylor Berglund

That sure smells like someone covering their tracks. Let me help you Rick. You are not blameless. You are guilty. You had a chance years ago to tell the truth about the obscene ministry of Todd Bentley and spared the flock any further damage but instead, you pretended to restore him. As stated yesterday, this investigation is s scam and s sham. In all likelihood, Shaggy will find enough impropriety to hang his hat on but not enough to force Bentley to step down. He will provide cover to Bentley by providing talking points about using the Internet to vet accusations and about how some of them were wrong or remain unproven. He will rebuke some of the deeds but downplay them and bury them in a morass of forgiveness talking points. The victims of Todd Bentley? The hell with them. The council will slap themselves on the back, declare the process biblical and a blueprint and then use it anytime the purpose driven industrial complex and NAR need to excuse the indiscretions of one of their moneymakers. That is all I am afraid that will result from the investigation into Bentley by Dr. Shaggy and those meddlesome kids.

Reverend Anthony Wade -- September 7, 2019

Authors Bio:
Credentialed Minister of the Gospel for the Assemblies of God. Owner and founder of 828 ministries. Vice President for Goodwill Industries. Always remember that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.