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CHRISTIAN FILM: Censored in New ZealandON Friday 24 March a notice of motion on appeal was filed with the Court of Appeal, by Wellington Barrister, Peter McKenzie, against a High Court judgment upholding the Film and Literature Board of Review ban on two Christian videos on gay rights activism and AIDS. The appeal was lodged on behalf of the videos' New Zealand distributor, Living Word Distributors Ltd (the appellant). A leading Christian film producer in California, Jeremiah Films, produced the videos.Security for the appeal costs has been set by the court at $3,000 and must be paid into the court within 14 days of filing notice, or the appeal lapses. As reported in a lead story in Challenge Weekly (21 March), the High Court upheld the Review Board decision banning the two videos: Aids: What You Haven't Been Told and Gay Rights/Special Rights: Inside the Homosexual Agenda. These videos, widely used as teaching tools in churches outside of New Zealand and still actively marketed by Jeremiah Films worldwide through its website, have received no restricted classification or ban in any other country. [ The following paragraph was relevant at the time of publishing- for more information contact PO Box 33-1028 Takapuna ] URGENT REQUEST: To help fund Appeal Court Case to be lodged this month. Please send cheques payable to: Video Appeal Trust Account, PO Box 33-1028, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Benny Hinn's strange bedfellowsJerry FAlwell, leader of the Moral Majority who previously aligned himself with self-proclaimed messiah, Sun Myung Moon has now decided to hold hands with Benny Hinn (see http://cultlink.com/ar/falwell-hinn.htm).MEANWHILE Benny has legitimised a "prophecy" by Ruth Heflin that Jesus Christ Himself will appear BODILY in future Benny Hinn crusade meetings(see "Jesus Christ Slated To Star With Benny Hinn ... IN PERSON!" by Sandy Simpson, 4/2/00 at http://ditc@hotmail.com). Hinn's Lawyers have threatened to sue a South African Newspaper over a Shoplifting Allegation involving Penny Hinn (see http://cultlink.com/ar/suzannehinn2.htm). CREFLO DOLLAR What's behind the name?ATLANTA (March 10, 2000) — Dr Creflo A. Dollar Jr, World Changers Church International and International Covenant Ministries would like to thank you for your prayers and support during the recent attack against him and the "Persecution of the Church". Friday, March 10, 2000 the Holyfields reached a settlement and Dr Dollar will not have to testify! We thank God for the victory! Thanks again for your prayers for religious freedom and justice.BUT was it just what the above seems to suggest. There was a settlement "out of court" so I guess we'll never know the full story. What we do know is that it related to the divorce of Evander Holyfield from his wife who petitioned for a disclosure of the amount donated by the former world heavyweight boxing champion to the Creflo Dollar organisation. As you may surmise from the surname of the preacher, money was at the heart of the matter and "the love of MONEY is the root of ALL EVIL". An AoG pastor told one of our writers that about two years ago, he walked out of a Creflo Dollar meeting when the preacher said, "If a preacher is not rich then he might as well spit on the cross because it's not working for him". That's blatant heresy. That's ANOTHER gospel. It's not the gospel of our wonderful Lord Jesus Christ. ALPHA COURSEIn view of the ongoing interest in Alpha and its close links with Rome and Toronto, we draw your attention to our catalogued material and to two new audios entitled "The Alpha Course: A leader's perspective" by Richard Peacock of UK.In addition we have discovered that New Tribes Mission (NTM) http://www.ntmdownunder.org/ Fax +61 2 9625 8842 (contact James Beckingham) offers three good introductory videos and a book each of which retails at $20 (Australian). Churches and groups looking for alternatives to Alpha should ask NTM about their material. The three introductory videos and the book are as follows: • Now we see clearly: includes `Creation' and would suit small groups situation • The Taliabo Story: includes good biblical fundamentals of the faith • EE-Taow: a whole tribe of people is converted to Christ. A good missionary story. [ TOP ] Appeared in Volume 6.1 April 2000 |
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