A few weeks ago I set out on a series of articles
through which I am scanning the history of the church—from its earliest
days all the way to the present time—to examine some of Christianity’s
most notable false teachers. Along the way we have visited such figures
as Arius, Joseph Smith, Ellen G. White and Norman Vincent Peale.
Today we turn to one of the most outrageous charlatans of our time, a
man who claims to have healed countless people. His name is Benny Hinn.
Benny Hinn
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Benedictus Hinn was born on December 3, 1952 in Jaffa, Israel
(modern-day Tel Aviv), the son of a Greek father and Armenian mother who
had immigrated from Greece. He was raised in the Greek Orthodox
tradition but educated in Roman Catholic schools. After the Six-Day War,
he and his family emigrated to Canada and at the age of nineteen he
professed faith in Jesus Christ. He immediately became involved in the
Pentecostal movement in Toronto and was mentored by Dr. Winston Nunes of
Broadview Faith Temple. Continue at Tim Challies
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