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THE TORONTO BLESSING: THE MARKETING OF GOD Some reflections on the Rodney Howard-Browne crusade. Is he Cultic Mesmerist or Christian Minister? A LAUGHING REVIVAL? In early 1994 a church near Toronto Airport in Canada, experienced laughing, weeping even roaring like lions among its congregation which belongs to the Vineyard Fellowship of charismatic churches associated with John Wimber. This experience, since dubbed ‘the Toronto blessing’ is regarded by its supporters as a time of refreshing and renewal and as a prelude to mighty revival. The pastor of the Toronto church had himself received an “anointing” through a South African evangelist, Rodney Howard-Browne (born 1961) who hadRead More →

12 December
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ASSURANCE ABOUT INSURANCE The Presbyterian Banner – May 2002 General Insurance is in the news these days. We have the Royal Commission into the HIH collapse revealing that the Company doctored their accounts so as to appear profitable when they were not. We have rapidly escalating Public Liability premiums putting community and tourism operators at risk of closure, an escalation driven by a change in attitudes and definitions of negligence as well as lawyers touting for business on a ‘no win, no fee’ basis. We have the impact of the terrorism attacks on 11th September reducing capital available in insurance markets and increasing the costRead More →