On Monday, the Sydney Morning Herald published a feature article on Benny Hinn by David Millikan. It’s a fascinating read, if only because it gives a glimpse into how Hinn really operates.

I submit that the Charismatic Pentacostal movement, with its emphasis on prosperity and wealth-generation, bares so little resemblance to the Christian philosophy of the Gospels that it is Christianity in name only. And Hinn, being at the forefront of that movement, uses faith merely as a means to an end in order to fuel a lifestyle overflowing with excess.

When a man asks a crowd of hopefuls for thousands of dollars in the Lord’s name, promising an abundance of wealth in return (only to then buy a mansion and private jet with the funds), is this not more blasphemous than any act committed outside the sphere of Christianity?