During a 6-hour podcast, apologist and podcaster Mike Winger shared evidence he discovered during his year-long investigation into Bethel Church in Redding California’s leadership for covering up prophesy fakery and sexual harassment allegations against former minister Shawn Bolz. We’re re-posting this 2022 article that uses shark tank to describe what many people consider a deceptive and dangerous theological cult.
(Marsha West – Christian Research Network) There are no words to describe what the “principalities and powers” who run the cult known as Bethel Redding are conjuring up inside the walls of what they would have us believe is a Christian church. Actually, two words do spring to mind that describe Bethel Redding – shark tank.
Bethel’s Powers That Be (PTB) spend much of their time trying to figure out ways to entice naïve churchgoers into practices the Bible strongly forbids.
Bethel Church in Redding CA is run by soothsayers who think nothing of manipulating people out of their hard-earned money to grow their demonic empire–oops–church. These men and women think nothing of twisting Scripture into a theological pretzel, in fact Scripture-twisting is what they do best…. Continue reading
“It’s likely that what is going on in Minnesota is the key to the corruption we are seeing by the Left all over the country.”
“Pretti’s own parents had warned him not to do exactly what he did. His father told the Associated Press that they had warned their son “to go ahead and protest, but do not engage, do not do anything stupid.” He said Alex “knew that.” But Alex went anyway — gun on his hip, caught up in a movement that pretends to be about compassion but ends up fueling chaos.”
“Celebrities supply all the brand awareness and emotion. Then the NGOs and aid agencies supply the cover. And of course, intelligence and political power players supply all the direction. And the public is left believing it all happened out of kindness and love, not a sketchy, sinister strategy.”
(Barry Bowen – The Trinity Foundation) False prophecy is a gateway to fleeting riches. Three of the techniques of prophecy merchants were revealed in YouTube Bible teacher Mike Winger’s 
“These alliances have been forming for decades, but they have accelerated dramatically in the period following the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Charlie was the founder of Turning Point USA, or TPUSA, which many discernment ministries and critics have identified as operating within a Christian Nationalist framework focused on political issues and advocacy. It also has a religious arm called TPUSA Faith. This organization has exploded with new chapters and conferences not only in the United States, but also around the world.”
Mr. Trump admires toughness, disdains weakness. But most of all, he is not going to tolerate grifting and behavior that he considers counter to “American interests.”
9 Therefore, thus pray you; Matthew 6:9a (translated from the NA28 Greek text)
(Revolver) There’s a reason Joe Biden’s autopen regime rushed to hand Anthony Fauci a blanket pardon on the way out the door. You don’t pre-emptively protect someone unless you know what’s coming. And you don’t shield a man like Fauci unless there’s a whole lot buried under the surface that hope never sees the light of day.
“…not all of Mike Winger’s six-hour video was about the Shawn Bolz allegations. Bethel Church has a ton of strange and aberrant beliefs that they dismiss and ignore all criticism of, and by making everything about this issue, without being open to others, it’s a convenient excuse to suppose this is the sum of what they have to answer for.”
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(Harrison Kahrig – TruthScript) Before they jumped behind enemy lines in Normandy, captured the town of Carentan, jumped into Holland during the failed Operation Market Garden, or defied the 5th Panzer Army at the Battle of the Bulge, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment ran. “3 miles up, 3 miles down” was the motto as they ascended and descended 
“Sweden has 65 no-go zones. There are now 65 vulnerable areas in the country. And 19 are considered particularly vulnerable.”
“Protesters often claim that their actions are protected by the First Amendment. As long as they remain on public sidewalks and do not block access to the church, that may be true. But it is a violation of two separate federal laws to interfere with a worship service itself.”
“Mike Winger repeatedly asks why charismatic leaders fail to correct one another. Yet his own material supplies the answer. The ability to expose false prophecy requires admitting that modern prophecy itself lacks biblical warrant and purpose. To rebuke the authority structures that permit and support the Shawn Bolzes of the movement would require dismantling the fraudulent and extrabiblical “giftings” and phony “annointings” that the charismatic movement is built upon. To protect the sheep would require sacrificing the movement.”
This article by CRN managing editor Marsha West was first published July 5, 2016.
(Matt Margolis – PJ Media) These days, anything a politician does is analyzed to death, especially by people desperate to find something to be angry about. Vice President JD Vance has announced something that doesn’t need to be picked apart for hidden meaning. It’s a blunt message to the left that the Trump administration stands firmly behind ICE agents, no matter how loud the protests get or how many Democrats try to throw roadblocks in their way.
(Revolver) There are politicians who attend Davos to blend in, shake hands, and calm the same tired crowd with promises that nothing will change. And then there’s President Donald Trump…