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Benny Hinn, the evangelist best-known for his televised miracle healings, is doing damage control after a 4-hour expose<\/a> on his ministry was released by popular theologian Mike Winger on his YouTube channel. Winger accuses Hinn of spiritual and financial abuse. \u201cInitially, I wasn\u2019t intending for it to be that long,\u201d Winger told the Roys Report<\/a>. \u201cBut as I dug into Benny Hinn, it was so bad and he is so messed up, I had to do four hours on it.\u201d Winger accused Hinn of \u201cabusing biblical teaching in order to manipulate people to give money to his ministry, while making promises in the name of God that God doesn\u2019t make.\u201d Winger analyzes videos from Hinn\u2019s ministry to show what he calls Hinn\u2019s false biblical teaching. Benny Hinn Ministries has asked YouTube to take down the video, accusing Winger of copyright infringement, but YouTube has allowed the video to remain under its fair use policy. It has been viewed over 800,000 times on Winger\u2019s channel.<\/p>\n

Hinn appeared to address Winger\u2019s criticisms on a recent interview with Stephen Strang of The Strang Report<\/a>. He told Strang he wants to \u201cfinish better,\u201d admitting he has made some mistakes in his ministry. \u201cThe two things I regret most in ministry: I was not too wise a number of times with prophecy. I had guests come to the crusades that I think brought harm to not only people\u2019s lives but also to my reputation because their prophecies were not really prophecy. They went outside the borders of redemption.\u201d He admitted he shared things he thought were from God that were not.\u00a0 \u201cBut in 1 Corinthians 14, we clearly see that we all prophesy in part. That means we don\u2019t see the full picture. And sadly \u2014 and I wish I could go back and fix it \u2014 but sadly, there were some prophecies I gave that were not accurate or from the Lord. But who\u2019s perfect?\u201d He stated he has asked for forgiveness but, \u201cI\u2019m just human and made mistakes like that. And I\u2019ll probably make them again, I suppose, down the road, because I\u2019m not perfect.\u201d His second regret was in promoting prosperity theology. He renounced prosperity theology in 2019, however, Winger\u2019s documentary includes clips of Hinn promoting material wealth and better health after his public renouncement. Hinn appeared to admit to doing that, saying, \u201cSo I came to the conclusion in 2019 that I don\u2019t want to be part of the gimmickry of [prosperity theology], and I still stand by that. But, sadly, I let pressure get to me and because of that pressure, I said things and did things that I should not have done. And for that, really, I am sorry and I ask the dear people watching us to really forgive me for that. And I\u2019m striving with all my heart to be as biblical as possible with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Winger has responded skeptically to Hinn\u2019s interview with a video entitled \u201cBenny Hinn is in full on damage control mode. Don\u2019t believe him.<\/a>\u201d He accused Hinn of taking advantage of Christians\u2019 desire for redemption and stated Hinn had misapplied 1 Corinthians 14 to cover false prophecy. He also accused Strang of being Hinn\u2019s \u201cdamage control guy.\u201d He said Hinn was doing \u201cmore harm\u201d in the name of repentance and that real repentance should reveal specific instances, rather than the broad mentions that Hinn cites. He also stated there should be restitution towards those people who have lost their life savings based on Hinn\u2019s promises of wealth, something he stated Hinn is \u201cnot interested\u201d in. Winger asked why Hinn hasn\u2019t removed videos of him promoting false doctrine if he is truly repentant and called on his audience to be \u201cgentle as doves but wise as serpents.\u201d He stated his viewers should be ready to accept true repentance from Hinn but to be wise to any half-hearted attempts he might make. Winger did stay he would be \u201copen\u201d to a one-on-one with Hinn, but was doubtful Hinn would agree or be genuine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Benny Hinn, the evangelist best-known for his televised miracle healings, is doing damage control after a 4-hour expose on his ministry was released by popular theologian Mike Winger on his YouTube channel. 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