tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503399848376770420.post7710712893800509926..comments2024-03-08T08:25:01.699-06:00Comments on Heresy in the Heartland: Fantasy, Faith, FraudJerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14097266657351609701noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503399848376770420.post-29585219961815012542019-10-31T00:38:57.062-05:002019-10-31T00:38:57.062-05:00Whether or not Mel was a fraudster, the revival in...Whether or not Mel was a fraudster, the revival in Timor really happened. You can read another account of it from Kurt Koch's "Revival in Indonesia". Koch was a reformed theologian who was not at all pentecostal-friendly. His book is now available online in its entirety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503399848376770420.post-45261940631296236062018-04-26T09:31:20.949-05:002018-04-26T09:31:20.949-05:00My brother got caught up in Tari's movement. ...My brother got caught up in Tari's movement. He was speaking in tongues and having visions. One night my wife and I had him over to our house for dinner. My wife was then pregnant with our son. I was not convinced that Tari's book was true and had said as much. After supper, we - me, my wife, my brother and his then-girlfriend, were sitting in the living room talking. All of a sudden my brother blurted out - in front of my wife - that God had told him to tell me to "humble yourself" or my next child would die in the womb. Well, as it turns out, my son was healthy and turned out to have an IQ that is off he scope. He graduated from the US Naval Academy and served six years as a Naval officer on submarines and in special operations. After leaving the Navy, he went to Harvard and obtained an MBA and is now an executive with a large corporation. So much for my brother's visions! As for my brother, he and his girlfriend were married. A few years later they had a baby, born premature, who lived less than a year. As for Tari and others like him, Christianity has been filled with frauds dating all the way back to the time of the Apostles. Joseph Smith is a good example. They spin wild stories and attract hundreds, then thousands and even millions of followers - and they're frauds who preach "another Jesus."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00890991304691769579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503399848376770420.post-66804997481544709912015-03-23T16:17:44.606-05:002015-03-23T16:17:44.606-05:00Sounds like a con artist to me. I have been resea...Sounds like a con artist to me. I have been researching various people who make such claims in the name of the Lord. Unfortunately, I have personally experienced the devastation such fanatics can have on families. It angers me that people use the name of Jesus to swindle others for money and to gain fame and notoriety among religious circles. The Bible warned us of false prophets, but tales of miracles sell much more than humility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503399848376770420.post-60305938188301855992015-01-04T02:06:54.574-06:002015-01-04T02:06:54.574-06:00I am sorry that you haven't had the chance to ...I am sorry that you haven't had the chance to meet Mel Tari in person. One of the most humble, filled of he Spirit men I have met in my life. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503399848376770420.post-75549391195161522972013-02-08T21:42:19.313-06:002013-02-08T21:42:19.313-06:00One of your best posts yet! :-) I too have pondere...One of your best posts yet! :-) I too have pondered these things so many times. I grew up with non-stop miracle stories too, and I think of them now, wondering what was real, what was science, what was imagination. Rambling Tarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06615148443032981296noreply@blogger.com