Saturday, March 30, 2013

Six Women Leaders to Avoid by Lee Grady part 2

I saw this the other day and thought of Joyce Leiphon. Each one of these traits I've seen personally in Joyce Leiphon.  Lee Grady is the author and it's lengthy so I'm breaking it up into three parts.  If you want to read the entire article you can find it here:  http://www.charismamag.com/life/women/10176-six-women-leaders-to-avoid?showall=1

3. THE FLIRT I recently took a pastor friend of mine to a conference to hear a visiting woman preacher from another state. Imagine my horror when this lady walked to the podium wearing a dress that looked like it had been sprayed on.
Every curve and crevice on this woman's body was visible to the ogling eyes in the audience. Some of the guys, to their credit, began looking at the floor toward the end of her sermon so they would not commit adultery in their thoughts. I wanted to run to the podium, grab one of those "modesty cloths" they use during prayer times and wrap it around Sister Shapely before anyone else stumbled.
This woman obviously missed the memo about adopting a "professional and sensible dress code" for ministry. Or perhaps she simply ignored the memo because of her own unresolved sexual issues. Somebody should have yanked her off the platform and sent her back to the new believer's class, where godly women teach other women why it's wrong to use their femininity as a sexual weapon.
The flirt disregards sexual boundaries. She hangs around with men alone in the church office, and might even counsel men alone. She may even use sexually charged language or veiled vulgarity in her sermons. (Note: Just because male leaders engage in this behavior does not make it acceptable.)
Women in ministry do not have to wear their hair in a bun or don ankle-length flannel dresses in order to be modest. There's nothing wrong with looking your best. My favorite women leaders usually wear smart pantsuits, tasteful jewelry and comfortable shoes when they preach. They dress like respectable businesswomen—and they command respect from their churches because of it.
4. THE FLAKE God knows we need leaders today who understand the gifts of the Holy Spirit. But whenever there are revivals of Pentecostal power, the devil always lures some people to unbalanced and unhealthy extremes. In the modern charismatic movement, leaders who misuse the gifts of prophecy or other supernatural phenomena have deceived or irreparably wounded many people.
The flake may have had a legitimate experience with God, but because of pride she begins to believe that her gift is unique. She may even claim special access to God and have frequent visions or dreams that bolster her claims. These experiences might be from God. But if she does not stay grounded in biblical truth and seek accountability in healthy ministry relationships, she may elevate herself to a point where no one can challenge her revelations.
No one who steps out in the supernatural is going to get it right 100 percent of the time. We prophesy in part, and those who use the gift of prophecy are likely to "miss it" from time to time. But the flake will rarely admit to missing it. She will stubbornly contend that she heard from God, even if all the evidence proves otherwise.
It's bad enough when flakes are in the pews because they can cause divisive splits in congregations. But when a flake is elevated to a leadership position, an even bigger disaster looms. That person may veer into extrabiblical methods or outright heresy because she cannot receive correction.
The flake usually has serious unresolved emotional issues. She may be prone to depression, and she might seek unusual spiritual experiences to soothe her damaged emotions. She is always in superspiritual mode and rarely enjoys the normal routines of life. My advice to the flake: Come down to earth!

13 comments:

  1. So far Bill these are all good. Keep them coming.

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  2. Again I have heard different ones who are following the Word of Faith and the money cometh to me now claim the Jesus said " YE are gods. So I look on the Blueletterbible.org and found that in the Gospel of John the 10:34 where Jesus was speaking to the religious leaders about them saying according to Their law they were God. How much more should Jesus be able to claim He was the Son of God. The leaders in Jesus day rejected Him just as many preachers are rejecting His Godhood today by taking His Word and twisting it to mean what they want. Jesus was saying what the Jewish law stated. You can find that in Ps 82:6. IF you read the whole PS you will understand he was not saying all were gods but the one who was placed as the Judge. Again false teachers twist every scripture to benefit themselves. So I ask you before joining a Word of Faith or Money cometh to me doctrine Church Pray and ask the MOST HIGH GOD to show you the truth. Do not be deceived as the Word says many will be in the last days.

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  3. Any decent respectable man or woman of the cloth will be the first to tell you that God does not tell people to divorce their spouse. And this whacko "heard from God" to divorce at least 2 of her 5 husbands. So I would say the "flake" category fits Joyce Leiphon to a tee.

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  4. Before he died in 2003, the revered father of the Word-Faith movement corrected his spiritual sons for going to extremes with their message of prosperity.

    Charismatic Bible teacher Kenneth Hagin Sr. is considered the father of the so-called prosperity gospel. The folksy, self-trained “Dad Hagin” started a grass-roots movement in Oklahoma that produced a Bible college and a crop of famous preachers including Kenneth Copeland, Jerry Savelle, Charles Capps, Jesse DuPlantis, Creflo Dollar and dozens of others—all of whom teach that Christians who give generously should expect financial rewards on this side of heaven.

    Hagin taught that God was not glorified by poverty and that preachers do not have to be poor. But before he died in 2003 and left his Rhema Bible Training Center in the hands of his son, Kenneth Hagin Jr., he summoned many of his colleagues to Tulsa to rebuke them for distorting his message. He was not happy that some of his followers were manipulating the Bible to support what he viewed as greed and selfish indulgence.


    Those who were close to Hagin Sr. say he was passionate about correcting these abuses before he died. In fact, he wrote a brutally honest book to address his concerns. The Midas Touch was published in 2000, a year after the infamous Tulsa meeting.

    Many Word-Faith ministers ignored the book. But in light of the recent controversy over prosperity doctrines, it might be a good idea to dust it off and read it again. Here are a few of the points Hagin made in The Midas Touch:

    1. Financial prosperity is not a sign of God’s blessing. Hagin wrote: “If wealth alone were a sign of spirituality, then drug traffickers and crime bosses would be spiritual giants. Material wealth can be connected to the blessings of God or it can be totally disconnected from the blessings of God.”

    2. People should never give in order to get. Hagin was critical of those who “try to make the offering plate some kind of heavenly vending machine.” He denounced those who link giving to getting, especially those who give cars to get new cars or who give suits to get new suits. He wrote: “There is no spiritual formula to sow a Ford and reap a Mercedes.”

    3. It is not biblical to “name your seed” in an offering. Hagin was horrified by this practice, which was popularized in faith conferences during the 1980s. Faith preachers sometimes tell donors that when they give in an offering they should claim a specific benefit to get a blessing in return. Hagin rejected this idea and said that focusing on what you are going to receive “corrupts the very attitude of our giving nature.”

    4. The “hundredfold return” is not a biblical concept. Hagin did the math and figured out that if this bizarre notion were true, “we would have Christians walking around with not billions or trillions of dollars, but quadrillions of dollars!” He rejected the popular teaching that a believer should claim a specific monetary payback rate.

    5. Preachers who claim to have a “debt-breaking” anointing should not be trusted. Hagin was perplexed by ministers who promise “supernatural debt cancellation” to those who give in certain offerings. He wrote in The Midas Touch: “There is not one bit of Scripture I know about that validates such a practice. I’m afraid it is simply a scheme to raise money for the preacher, and ultimately it can turn out to be dangerous and destructive for all involved.”

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    1. I have been saying what is written above for years. I have read the "MIDAS TOUCH" book and other writings since Kenneth Hagin wrote on the faith doctrine. I am glad he corrected the error and tried to put a stop on Preachers stealing from the people who trust them to preach the truth instead of preaching a lie.

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  5. I've seen this Kenneth Copeland on TV a few times. This Word-Faith minister has lost such touch with reality that one can see it reflected in his physical appearance. He continually has this bugged out wild look in his eyes all the time like he's high on drugs or something.

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  6. Does this psycho Leiphon have her cult members paying her mortgage, car payment, car maintenance, property taxes, homeowners insurance, utility bills, cell phone bills, medical and dental bills, groceries, lawn maintenance, emergency household repairs, clothes, etc, etc, etc. in ADDITION to what she steals from them with her Money Cometh BS?

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  7. Keep up the good work, Bill. People need to know what sort of a person Joyce Leiphon really is. Still can't believe how ignorant people are to turn over everything to her thinking they will get rich as a result. One would think that people were better educated about these con artists in today's society, but apparently that's not the case.

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  8. Not a murderer, but just as self-centered, egotistical and as much a sociopath as Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias. Her Day of Judgement will come.

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  9. Joyce Leiphon is making quite a name and reputation for herself in the community - and it's not a favorable one.

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  10. "Flake" is the perfect description for Joyce Leiphon. She had made the statement that she could not stay married to any man who was not a pastor. Well, guess what. Husband # 5 WAS a pastor and she couldn't stay married to him either. Goes to show how she talks out both sides of her mouth and how wishy washy she is. # 5, you have no idea how lucky you are to be away from this psycho.

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  11. There's definitely a screw loose somewhere; this woman is clearly not normal in the upper compartment. I pray that her children and/or grandchildren don't inherit whatever her problem is.

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  12. Not only should husband #5 be overjoyed to be away from this nut case, but also husband # 1, husband # 2, husband # 3, and husband # 4.

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