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Bethel's prophetic training exercise: pair off, give a 'word of knowledge' about your partner, then celebrate whether right or wrong — the goal is creating a risk-taking culture, not accurate prophecy

Bill Johnson's Theology and Movement Examined Biblically. 00:59:23 – 01:00:54

Mike plays a video of a Bethel training session to show how prophetic culture is manufactured

A Bethel trainer explains the training exercise: pair off, give a word of knowledge about the person you're facing, then the trainer asks 'how many got it right?' — applause; 'how many got it wrong?' — also applause. The explicit justification is: 'We're not talking about moral failure — we're talking about creating an environment where risk is applauded.' Mike identifies this as social experimentation, not movement of the Spirit — a formula being engineered for replication in other churches.

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@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, you are correct. Many false prophets do exactly this. Prophets carried the death penalty for false prophecy because of this. When God inspires someone to write scripture, it is self-evident, internally consistent, and no...

@whoalaura @StothersRyan Yes, you are correct. Many false prophets do exactly this. Prophets carried the death penalty for false prophecy because of this. When God inspires someone to write scripture,

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@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Except you are not judging his false teaching or false prophecy but the *manner and authenticity* of his recanting that specific teaching. It wasn’t done in a convincing way to you, so you claim he lied. Whethe...

@CaidenHooks @MikeWingerii @copper_teal Except you are not judging his false teaching or false prophecy but the *manner and authenticity* of his recanting that specific teaching. It wasn’t done in a c

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@psalm119164 @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam This is not about encouraging false teaching or false prophecy! After all, that is precisely what Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop. A godly woman teaching true doctrine to women to groups including men is...

@psalm119164 @ich1ban123456 @ymmotrojam This is not about encouraging false teaching or false prophecy! After all, that is precisely what Paul left Timothy in Ephesus to stop. A godly woman teaching

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