Freddy Clark Live at San Diego

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by CC1

Great post. I have no doubt that some people do get healed at a BH or FC type meeting but it is due to their faith. I don't know FC but over the years my opinon is that many of these "faith healers" and people who go around with a "word of knowledge" start out sincere and genuine but over time things change. They either become cynical or there is such a pressure to perform that they start using the methods you outlined in your post.

If a church / pastor promotes a healing service and pays for a man to come do it he is under pressure to deliver. Over time that probably affects many of them in how they approach things. These type services really do remind me of gypsy's "psychic" services.

There is a LOT of pressure and it's all on one man to perform instead of being on the church in general and in the Lord's time instead of NOW, THIS SERVICE and THIS MAN.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by CC1

They are better than pretty good. The Clark boys are great. My kids were part of the taping of a Country Music special for teens back around 2000 at the Wildhorse in Nashville and that is where I first saw and heard them. Back then they were the "Clark Family Experience".

They had a very bad record deal with Curb records. Had great success as the opening act for major country artists but it took Curb two or three years to bring out their first CD and then it did not do well.

ABC actually looked at doing a tv series with them but didn't pick it up. They set a legal precedent by being the first musical artists to get out of a record deal by including it in their bankruptcy filing.

For a long time I thought maybe Carrie Underwood and one of the boys were romantically involved as you never saw her sing without him behind or beside her playing his "fiddle" (Tennessee talk).

I agree, but not my kind of music. They need a drummer

[mfblume]

Originally Posted by canam

Agreed MFB ,ive seen it from all angles i guess,my dad(upc) told how FC mailed him a piece of cloth and said if he mailed him some money he would be financially blessed (dad didnt ,he said FC was the only one who would be blessed) They used to attend the same church before FC was married .I was told 3rd hand by family that when they attended his tent meetings (used to travel with a trailer and tent towed by a caddy)that he told one lady she had a growth(she was preggie and not showing)and he told a man he had cancer, after he had been told by someone else before the service. Then i saw him pray for my pastor and he nailed some things spot on,so i dont know what to think ,i believe it can happen and used to and do still enjoy , the Bro's Bustard minstries.

The Bustards are uncles of mine, and they, too, operate like this. VERY specific as well, not anything general. I personally know all these folks and they are genuine. I know firsthand.

[pelathais]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

Hey the post was TIC... At least partly. I have no intent to belittle anyones pain or discomfort in any way shape or form. I have a broken back myself.

I'll be frank... It infuriated me. Benny Hinn style circus IMHO.

Those are insensitive and hurtful things to do with people who are actually hurting. Jesus said, "Heal the sick" (Matthew 10:8), not "Put on a show and by slight of hand 'heal' some bystanders while ignoring the real needs of people in the hospitals."

I don't know the gentleman under discussion here so I can't really comment on him in any meaningful fashion, but what you've said is in general, right on.

[canam]

Originally Posted by mfblume

The Bustards are uncles of mine, and they, too, operate like this. VERY specific as well, not anything general. I personally know all these folks and they are genuine. I know firsthand.

They spoke regularly at my childhood churchs