tom,
Yes, just another man-made authority structure.
More about that in Part III.

brad,
That appears to be an all-too-common malady.

Hi dan,
I recognize you from your blog. I’m afraid that I am overly familiar with this leadership style.

sarah,
One of the flaws with these alignments is that they are more political than relational and authoritarian rather than mutually submissive.

mary,
I don’t get it either, and so little talk of repentance or taking responsibility for anyone’s involvement in creating this charade.

jerry,
So true. This style of “covering” teaching does permeate charismatic churches. I have not seen any indication of brokenness (yet) from the many people involved in this – Todd, GodTV, the apostles, or the other ministries that aligned themselves with this. I expect damage control and business as usual. However, I also hope that perhaps this is the beginning of a major change of heart among charismatics concerning revival and celebrity ministers.

“Under Cover” is really “Under a Wet Blanket” – it’ll put out a fire quicker than CO2.

The question in my mind all along was – Is Bentley going to become the Charismatic poster boy – the way Wimber did? When they come to make you the king – look out! I guess circumstances have changed all of that – I wasn’t sure Todd could say no to the kingy thingy.

My prediction – Todd will snub the “apostolic authority” – which seemingly right now is being “Uncovered” – they (the apostolic authority) will get a huge backlash from their recent indescent exposure – and

Todd’ll remove himself off stage for a few weeks – and then he’ll go back to the streets where he was before all of this happened.

Oh – yeah – and he and his wife will have a wonderful reunion and work out their problems.

Oh yeah – and we’ll be able to take all of this in next season in the reruns of Days of Our Wives – the new soap about Christian ministries.

Just what does it mean to bear one another’s burdens? Will these leaders only help him if Todd comes back with his tail between his legs? Where is the patience and kindness in the responses of these “apostolic” leaders? What about believing and hoping all things?

Sigh…I just don’t get it.

Yes, at the heart of all of it is empire-building. I have a beautiful prophetic British friend who was in a position of relationship to speak into this issue of empire to the Pierce clan. But, it seems her voice went unheard. Too bad. Will keep praying…

it’s possible several “situations” i’m helping other people work through may end up at a higher level of confrontation that bring in denominational issues, where their superstructures appear to have enabled illness rather than sparked health. not looking forward to that possibility, but on the other hand, i suspect these upper-level management kinds of confrontations may start happening more and more, especially when the presence of next generation leaders becomes less and less. hmmm … could it be that things change could be sparked at a systemic level when it becomes more evident that the emperors have not clones?

Doesn’t it appear obvious that these “Apostolic” charismatic ejits have reproduced a dumbed-down version of what the RC’s and EO have already “perfected”? Dang, if I wanted “covering” I’d go for chrismation in EO…and they have the history to boot!

Tom

What does the restoration of covenant alignments mean?

Another challenging post and political spin at it’s finest in “The Days Of Lakeland.” I prefer the discipline of God rather than that of man, it’s pretty hard to deal with sin when the voice of God is being compromised with the voice of man.