The apostles of Christ were admonished for wanting to call fire down on their
enemies.
ìAnd when his disciples James and John saw this, they said,
Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from
heaven, and consume them as Elias did? But he turned, and
rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what matter of spirit ye are
of.î Luke 9:54-55
Never again did the apostles of Christ look for a scripture to justify killing those
that opposed them. Nor were they wealthy preachers asking for money from
those they proclaimed the Gospel to.
ìThen Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have
give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and
walk. And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and
immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. And he
leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the
temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.î Acts 3:6-8
Questioning the Miracles
On December 27, 2002 NBCís program Dateline aired an undercover
investigation of a Benny Hinn Crusade in Las Vegas. One of the people
appearing on stage was healed of lung cancer.
ìLast year, we asked Benny Hinn to help us confirm the 56
healings we counted at just one of his crusades ó the one in
Las Vegas. (Something Benny Hinnís Ministry is always reluctant
to do)ÖBy the time we asked, dozens of those ëmiraclesí had
already been broadcast around the world on his TV show,
including the woman who Benny Hinn said had grown a
new lung right there on stageÖUnfortunately, thereís one
thing we were able to determine about this woman without
the ministryís help. She died two and a half months after the
crusade. The cause was lung cancer.î 55Also in 2002, HBO aired ìA Question of Miraclesî, which in part covered a Hinn
Crusade in Portland, Oregon. 76 miracles were claimed at the Crusade. The
filmmakers wanted to make an independent assessment of the claims and asked
the Hinn Ministry for names of those that were healed. After a span of 13 weeks,
the ministry gave them 5 names, and after investigation, not one claimed a