Introduction I previously created a short-list of televangelists who had fake degrees and at the time of creation I assumed that the televangelists were some of the few pastors who had fake degrees. Since then I’ve learned that the problem of fake doctorates is not a small phenomenon in the Christian world. In fact, I … Read more
Jesse Duplantis’ Conversation With God Jesse Duplantis is at it again with his incessant need to spend the money of the poor. In a video released by USA Today, Duplantis is seen in the video convincing people that God told him that he needs a new Falcon 7X so that they can make trips without … Read more
It seems like there is a never-ending stream of new and old swindling tricks being played to cheat people out of their money. In many cases, these are Christians who earnestly believe they are giving to a good cause. In other cases, they are just being swindled. A new swindling is now upon us and … Read more
Who Is Ernest Angley? We’ve written before about the Grace Cathedral in Cuyahoga Falls, but it appears that this time there is some devastating news. Not only has the church defaulted in it’s broadcasting debt but they are now also being sued for allegedly stalking an elderly woman and coercing her into penning a check … Read more
No doubt, most viewers of religious programming have seen a mega pastor or televangelist encourage a viewer or church member to donate a specific sum of money. The general idea is that the person should step out in faith and “plant” a faith seed….typically to that particular church or pastor. For reference here are a … Read more
Another week, another TV charlatan preacher saying crazy things. Jim Bakker is an old-school televangelist that helped get shows like PLT & TBN off the ground back in the late 60’s and early 70’s. After sex, fraud, and accounting scandals plagued him in the mid-80’s he was sentences to 45 years in prison. He was … Read more