Costi Hinn is Appalled and Probably Troubled!

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A Good Lord’s Day and a Psalm Sing

Oh man what a weekend guys I hope you had a great weekend a good Lord's Day and all that kind of thing. I had a great Lord's Day. I really did. Pastor preached a sermon on on Hebrews which was wonderful.

Then I had the chance to to lead a psalm sing with him at the end of the service and we sang. I think it was Psalm 136 or was it 136 or 137. I don't know whichever one is all about the steadfast love of the Lord enduring forever.

It's a good one because like a call-and-response and it repeats that line. You know the steadfast love of the Lord endures. A steadfast love of the Lord endures which is good for the kids because they can remember that one line and just keep belting it out and they were just screaming they were louder than the adults.

It was wonderful just such a blessing. What a great experience that was. But that's not all that happened this weekend. You may or may not know. I went apple-picking on Saturday too. That was wonderful very crisp autumn morning.

It was chilly nice and cold picked some apples had some hot apple cider stuff like that. I was a little chilly but I forgot my coat and I didn't think it would be that cold but it was cold and so I was a little chilly apple-picking.

Costi Hinn, Doug Wilson, and the Problem of Respectability

But luckily that's not all that happened because on that Saturday something happened on Twitter that just warmed my little heart right up. It was wonderful. Kosty Hin Kosty Kosty Kosty yeah famous because he came out.

He's I think I guess he's Benny Hinn's nephew and he's come out of that kind of whole thing and he's like a legitimate pastor. I've always liked him. I still like him. I think Kosty's a good guy or Kosty whatever however you pronounce it you know I've got I've got family members that are kind of you know involved in some of the crazier elements of charismatic stuff and so Kosty stuff is very helpful in that way I think and I seem to remember though him being kind of wokish not totally woke not woke but just saying some questionable things about race and racism in the country and stuff like that.

I seem to remember doing some content where I didn't. It wasn't a very positive mention of him. I don't think the whole video is about him but in any case I've always liked him. I still do. But he decided oh he was just such a it was such a blessing to see this.

It really was. It made my weekend that much funnier. The memes were good. Kosty decided to throw some shade Doug Wilson's way which I guess you know for for those of you that are in Big Eva circles you know it's probably in the contract you just have to you have to throw some shade Doug's way like every six months or so in order to keep your Big Eva card yeah your membership in good standing.

I guess oh man it was just so funny but but he got lit up and understandably so because you know people that like Kosty and like Doug they were very troubled by this and you know you got to get used to this this is this is something that happens right like it again it's it's in the contract you gotta throw shade Doug's way that's just part of the gig in Big or Little Eva whatever but yeah if you're gonna get if you're gonna get conference speaking gigs you gotta throw shade Doug's way you just have to.

It's part of the thing you can't get a book deal without throwing some shade Doug's way. But in any case so yeah some people were very troubled by this because they like Kosty they like Doug and they're just like Kosty what are you doing.

What are you doing Kosty. And so Kosty decided to to say that he you know he's he's he's done his research and they were like well what's the research Kosty show us and he showed us examining Moscow. Oh my goodness if you know if you know examining Moscow examining Moscow is a website written by a handful of psychopathic women.

It's like a coven it's like a coven of women and they love R. Scott Clarke and they write these ridiculous it's got the aesthetic of of the typical I don't want to disparage conspiracy theorists because I like conspiracy theorists but but the typical way that conspiracy theorists are portrayed in the media where they're a little crazy and they've got you know diagrams and charts and you know flashy colors and weird bolding and stuff like that weird text what's it called oh my goodness fonts.

It's got that kind of aesthetic and and and it's it makes sense because the when you read the writing it's just the ravings of some crazy women is really what it is and so so so Kosty got lit up and they're like Kosty like this is not a reliable source and so Kosty was like well well I've got some I've got some more reliable sources and I don't know Kosty you probably should have led with the reliable sources but you chose to lead with the coven so I don't know yeah you don't you don't really get take backsies on the internet.

So people were lighting him up and just saying Kosty come on man like this is ridiculous. He even used the word like did you see this is where this this gif came up. He used the word he said that Doug is problematic.

I mean can you get any gayer than that. I don't know I'm just asking. I'm not saying he's gay. I'm just saying can you get any gayer than that. I don't know probably Doug is problematic. He's a very problematic guy in any case.

Why Some Christians Attack Doug Wilson

So yeah Kosty got lit up and and again I don't want to throw shade Kosty's way I think he's a good guy. If you're the kind of person that follows people on Twitter he's probably a good follow you know and he's got a lot of good things to say.

But but Kosty does have a problem. We're gonna talk about that in a minute because I was just gonna laugh about this and let it go. But a lot of people reached out to me offline and even some online that said you know hey like what is the deal.

Like why do why does so many people like just feel the need to just attack Doug in the most ridiculous of ways. Like like Kosty in every other circumstance would know that a coven of witches is not a good citation to show why you don't like something like he would have known that maybe you shouldn't cite a crazy website.

I'm just joking I don't know that they're witches. But it's just a funny image in my mind. But yeah he would have known not to cite a coven at least first even if he did get his information from them like you don't you don't know publicly proud of that like the way he said it it was like he had done this vast research and here it is.

And it's like this coven of witches in any case. So like what's the deal people are people get concerned about this. Right. Because they because they see people that they love and they love Doug too and they're like I don't really see the issues but but Kosty really seems to think it's a problem.

And so they ask me what is it. Is it jealousy are they. Are they jealous with Doug's success. And I want to talk about what I think it is. And this is my opinion of course but I don't think for Kosty it's jealousy with Doug's success.

Right. Like and like a guy like our Scott Clark I think there's a little jealousy for sure. Like because even he'll he'll even lament you know hey why is it that young men are so attracted to Doug's ministry.

Right. Like he laments the fact that Doug's you know stuff is content is appealing to young men. Because for the effeminate branch of evangelicalism like the effeminate men who you know they just they're so lovely and they just have the right sound on everything and everyone gets along.

And the Atlantic will call them up if they need an article and and NBC will never write a they'll never write a hit piece on you. They just call you when they need the official evangelical lovely opinion on something.

They're like Matt Chandler you know vice calls him they know he's not gonna say anything that controversial. They just call him to you know justify Christians voting Democrat. Right like that kind of thing.

So so like those guys like to them the young male demographic is a mystery like they do so poorly with the young male demographic. Like young men generally aren't attracted to the gospel coalition types like the wounded puppy you know I and and it's like that's a big they're jealous of that they wish they had that right.

So I think that with some some guys it's jealousy of the of the ministry. But I don't think that's what it is for most people. And I think what for most people there is a jealousy but it's not about ministry success.

It's about something more more fundamental. I think when a lot of guys look at Doug Wilson they see a they see a freedom that they wish they had. You know what I mean that they wish they had. They don't feel like they have the same kind of freedom that Doug Wilson has.

And sometimes I think they're right sometimes I think that they're wrong. I think they do have that freedom. They just don't use it. But so many men in evangelical leadership have chosen the path of respectability.

Right there their respectability matters a great deal to them. And so anytime something threatens how people outside perceive how respectable they are how intelligent they are they lash out anything that threatens that respectability.

They they they they're slaves to it. They want to hold on to that. That's like their bread and butter. Like if they're not respectable the Atlantic's not gonna call for a think piece you know next month or or or I'm not gonna get the speaking gig that I want to get.

And so they lash out and I think that's kind of what we saw with Al Moeller right. Cuz Al Moeller you know it appeared that Al Moeller was was teaming up with Doug Wilson and that's a threat to his respectability.

So he lashed out and he said a vicious lie about about Canon Press and and and and I think that's kind of what you saw with Al Moeller like there's a there's a freedom that Al doesn't have or at least he doesn't perceive that he has it that Doug does.

And they hate that. And and the thing is like for some of us that freedom it's attractive and we want some of that freedom to let me let me give you an example of what I mean right. Like like Doug appears and and Doug's not a perfect person.

So obviously this is not something that I think is is definitely true about Doug. But from the outside it appears that Doug just simply doesn't give a rip about what NBC says about them about what Examining Moscow says about them about what the pagans think about how respectable he is and things like that you can even see how some of the people attack him.

He didn't even go to seminary. It's like that that that degree really means a lot to you because that gives you that degree on that wall gives you a respectability in certain circles that that's very meaningful to some people but it's not meaningful at all to Doug.

And there's a freedom there. Let me give you an example of what I mean. So I actually tried to record this video once before when I was fishing and when I was fishing by the way the reason why I didn't use it is because the wind picked up and it was unusable.

The volume the audio. But also I went on a long tangent about the firmament and I'm gonna talk to you about the firmament right now like here's an example right. Like Doug reads the firmament in the creation story.

Right. And we hear how God created the firmament and he separated the waters above the firmament from the waters below the firmament. And so Doug it doesn't really occur to him. At least this is how it appears on the outside doesn't really occur to him that he has to somehow make that fit his modern understanding of respectable cosmology.

And so he can say look when God created the the world there was water up there. You see up there up in the sky there's a firmament and then there was water. And then during the flood what God that did was the way he flooded the earth was the springs from below the earth opened up and the water came from below.

But also God it says in the Bible God opened up the windows of heaven so he opened up the firmament and let all the water that was up there come down. And that's how he flooded the earth. And so he just reads that he's like yeah I'm okay with just believing that I'm okay and there's no respectability there.

Like if you think that and I believe this too I believe that that the waters there was water up there. I'm not talking about the water cycle and I'm not talking about the water that's contained in the clouds.

When God created the world he created the firmament that was like a canopy over the world. And then there was water up there and then in the flood that water came down. That's what it says in the Bible the windows of heaven open.

It's not talking about rain. I think it's talking about the waters that were up there came down here. And that's how he flooded the world. God promised never to do that again. We get that. Right we get that.

But there's a freedom that people see. And Doug he just says it. He just says it and he doesn't worry that. Like that cosmologist down the street is gonna think you're stupid. He might call he might even call you a racist.

Like like that's the thing it's like he just doesn't seem to care about that. And you. And there's two ways to look at that freedom. Right. There's two ways to look at that freedom. You can look at Doug's to just literally not give a rip what the pagans think about him.

And you can say man that looks pretty good. I want some of that. I want some of that freedom brothers you can have that freedom right now. Like like I believe like I just told you I believe in the firm in the waters above.

I also believe in dragons because the Bible speaks about them. I also believe in Giants. Like when when when Israel spies went to the land to see if they could take it and they came back and they said there's Giants and like we're like grasshoppers to the Giants.

I actually think they were real Giants. Like I don't think they were talking about guys that look like Hakeem Olajuwon. Right. I think they were talking about Giants that made them look like grasshoppers to them like giant Giants because the Bible talks about him.

I believe in that. You know I mean I believe in that and I don't care that a lot of you who listen to the channel will think I'm stupid for believing that I don't. I really don't care and it's like I I feel like I owe a lot of that freedom that I that I have.

I feel like I have just to say what I believe the Bible teaches clearly because some of these things are not like the hard parts of the Bible either. These are like the easy part the water above is an easy part of the Bible right.

I think I owe a lot of that to Doug's influence. I don't talk to Doug. Right. Like I don't talk to Doug about this stuff but but his influence and the way he presents himself just not giving a rip I I have a story about Doug that I can't tell because it involves it's a personal story that about somebody else and his interaction with Doug and I don't want that somebody else to think.

I'm like talking behind their back but but but but suffice it to say that this this story it really shows you that behind the scenes Doug is like exactly the same as he is in in like normal life you know what I mean and it's funny because I have every reason to believe it because the person that told the story was actually anti Doug and he thought this story made Doug look bad.

And I remember hearing the story and thinking that seems like dude Doug seems like a stand-up guy. You know what I mean like that's what it's. So it's a interesting story but but it's like what you see is what you get with Doug.

That's the impression it's like there's a freedom there that man God talks about dragons like I believe in dragons. You know what I mean I believe in dragons and it's like there's a freedom there and it's a very attractive to some people so you can look at it that way and get some of that freedom for yourself.

Freedom from Big Eva, the Bible, and Cultural Respectability

You guys I I'm giving you permission you can literally just believe the Bible. You can just do it and you don't have to apologize for it and that's it. You know the next time somebody says do you believe that that homosexuality is a sin.

You can just say yeah not only is a sin but it should also be a crime. Because that's what the scripture says. Right. That's not my opinion. I if it was up to me maybe I wouldn't do it. But this is what what other choice do I have.

This is what God says. Right. You can just say it. You can just say it. Some people don't look at it that way. Some people don't look at it that way. Some people because they're not willing to take that freedom they prefer to be a slave to others too.

They prefer to be a slave to to to people they've made themselves a eunuch they've castrated themselves. They prefer that and they feel like there's no way they can have that freedom that Doug has. So what they what they do is they attack it and say it's somehow wrong what he's saying it's somehow wrong to not abide by Big Eva's rules of decorum and conduct and winsomeness.

It's a sin now because in your mind it is a sin because you've made yourself a slave to this phony baloney system and you've convinced yourself that getting the best book deal and the best speaking gig and the most prestigious college and the most prestigious conferences like you've convinced yourself that that's the that's the measure of a man.

That's a measure of your faithfulness. And it's not. And that's the thing. And they see the freedom that Doug has. And instead of saying man I want some of that freedom what they say is man that Doug is not playing by the rules.

He's not playing by the rules that we've set up. We're the guild and you hate it. And so you have to attack. And it doesn't even matter how reliable your sources are. Like you can now cite a coven against Doug Wilson because I just so nice just doing things he's just free.

He just he doesn't care what the coven thinks. And it's like yeah that's right. That's right. You can have that freedom to you can have that. But you listen listen. You don't have to abide by the whims of hysterical women.

You don't. You don't listen. So many men have taken a command that's like honor honor your father and mother you know love your wife. And you know all this stuff. And they turn it into this like this like feel good like you just have to be a lovely man.

You have to be a lovely you. It's not enough to just love your wife. You have to be a lovely man. And it's like every time like hysterical you know which is say they screech at you like you cave instantly because that's what a Christian does.

Yeah I would either the weaker vessel you gotta listen to him. It's like no you actually don't. You actually don't. You have to love your wife. But you know what you're in charge of the household. You're the king of the home.

It's just that simple. And so sometimes I'm not saying you do this would just run roughshod all over your wife. But sometimes you gotta do stuff that your wife is not cool with. That's that's that's it that's it.

You see so many evangelical leaders not only don't believe that about your own wife but but also you have to listen to all the women around you too like it's just and and so like there are certain men that they see Doug's freedom and they see him laughing when this coven of witches writes these evil things about him and he doesn't bend to him he doesn't cave he doesn't give them an inch.

And they because they've decided to be slaves to this they they've decided to be slaves to these fake rules of respectability and decorum. I mean let's just face it. A lot of these rules come from similar covens around the world.

Right. Because this is not these are not the ideas of of someone who would just read the Bible what it says and say well you have to be so winsome and lovely. The Bible doesn't say that. Right. The Bible doesn't say that you wouldn't get that from the Bible.

You're getting that from somewhere else. And so there's there's a lot of guys out there I think that they're jealous of Doug's freedom. And instead of getting in on that getting some of that freedom from themselves they attack.

They go into attack mode. And it doesn't matter like this is why you see like with with Kosti it's like you know if you don't like Doug's theology like okay I got okay fine but you know to be like and just the other day like I was I was um I was talking about federal vision and how I don't care I guess don't care anymore.

And it's like the boy who cried wolf you know so many times I've heard literal Bible verses get called federal vision just quoting the verse right. And it's like and not even in context it's like you just quote the verse and you don't put the citation.

You just put the what the verse says and people say federal vision. You're a heretic. It's like I've seen that too many times I don't care. And then this one guy this PCA minister Aldo who seems like a good guy too hates Doug though he comes to me and says look if you want to you know you want to talk privately about this you know feel free.

I'll call you anytime. And and although thanks for the thanks for the for the offer and it's not an offense to you you seem like a good guy but no I don't I don't want to do that. You know I mean like it's okay I just don't really care.

You know I mean I really don't care. The point though is that you can be against the theology if you want and I'm not. I'm not upset with you. You want to be against Doug's theology. Fine but it's just so obvious that so many of the ways that that Doug is attacked it's just lashing out it's just flailing.

It's just like any kind of it's like a it's like you're in a fight with someone that you can't beat and so like your only hope is just like flail at him you know and hopefully you'll connect with something.

I've been in fights like that before where like I was scared and the guy was bigger than me and I just swing with all my might just hoping it'll connect. I've been in fights like that before and it's like it's not a fun place to be but and from the outside everyone's looking at you like man what what are you doing.

You know what I mean. And that's kind of how I look at Kosti. It's like dude like if you're if you if you think he's so problematic I mean first of all that's kind of gay but whatever you think he's so problematic fine but just attack him like you would anybody else like why are you citing this coven of witches.

It doesn't make any sense and it just looks like flailing. That's why I think there's there's there's just an un there's an unreasonable irrational jealousy. And personally I believe it's because they wish they were free like that but they've chosen a different path they've chosen a different but guys you can get in on this freedom you could fight him against his theology.

There are certain things I that I disagree with that Doug has said and you know what I fight it the way I would fight anybody I talk about how I disagree with it and that's it. We're still buddies you know we're still friends again like I said I've never talked to him but you see what I'm trying to say you see what I'm trying to say.

Women, Weakness, and Christian Leadership

But now instead people just they like they they cave and again I don't know what this is but frankly it's often they cave to effeminate men and women and they just cave to them instantly and they're not used to someone just saying no in the face of a woman.

I'll give you two examples now I've never had an article written completely about me but I've been I've been lied about in the media by women in the most vicious of ways right. And one of them was I was talking to someone about how the Bible is not it doesn't ban slavery you know it puts regulations on it so it doesn't blanket condemn slavery.

And this woman took it upon herself to tell you know all her little followers this was an up-and-coming like author like you know sex abuse survivor type that kind of thing said she told everyone that loves her content everyone in Big Eva that personally me AD Robles is for sex trafficking.

He was for human trafficking and the reason she said that was because I said that the Bible doesn't blanket can condemn slavery. But the thing is in the same breath. I also said that kidnapping was punishable by the death penalty and rape was punishable by the death penalty.

So she left those two things out and instead started to tell people that I was pro sex trafficking. Now I could I could I could cave instantly to this woman and say oh I didn't mean it like that I know you're abused and and all this.

I'm so sorry I'm so sorry but no like like I had Doug's example and I wasn't jealous of it. I just wanted a copy and I said you know actually what I said was that the Bible doesn't condemn slavery. But as far as rape and and and actual sex trafficking I guarantee you I'm more against it than you are because I think it's a death penalty offense.

What say you. And people aren't used to seeing that. It's like it's and it shut her up because she was right. I mean I was right. I was against rape more than she was because she didn't think it was a death penalty offense.

And I did because the Bible said so it shut her up. People are not used to that. People are not used to that. The other example was a woman who wrote an article about me and said that I I was for this is what she said.

She said I was for the death penalty for sex. For for rape victims is what she said. I think that rape victims should get the death penalty. That's what she wrote in an article in a national publication 80 Robles.

That's what she said. Of course it was a lie. What I actually said was that in the scripture if you if a false accuser rises up and makes an accusation against someone and it's found out that they actually were a false accuser they made it up.

What I said was the Bible says that whatever would have happened to the person now happens to the false accuser. And that's justice. And this this article said that actually night and say that I said rape victims should be given the death penalty.

And the way I responded to that was I. I laughed about it. I said well I appreciate you drawing attention to God's Word. Are you trying to say that the person in this story was a false accuser. Because that's the only way that would fit.

They're not used to that. They're what they're used to you as well. I'm so sorry. Believe all women. I'm so sorry. Oh my tone. And that's what they're used to. They're used to people castrating themselves.

The Freedom to Trust Scripture and Reject Cultural Pressure

And Doug doesn't. And so there's two ways to look at that. You could look at that with jealousy and want to destroy that freedom because you're not free. Everyone needs to be a slave to your ridiculous big Eva system.

Just like you. Everyone has to be a slave to the coven of witches. Everyone has to just do everything women say. Right. Obviously. Or you can get in on that freedom. And guys every one of you can. It's fun over here.

It's fun to read the Bible and to read about the waters above and to just understand it the way it was written and the way it was intended to be understood. And just be like you know I don't care what you say NASA like you don't think that it makes sense that there was waters above back then.

Okay. I'm okay with that. How's that diversity initiative going over at NASA. Oh man anyway that's what I think is really going on with a lot of the people that criticize Doug Wilson. I think it's a jealousy over a freedom that they perceive he has that they don't.

But really that's just a matter of perception. They do have that freedom. It's available to you. You don't have to castrate yourself when you're dealing with the court of public opinion. You don't. You simply don't have to do it.

You can do things too. You can do it. You even you can do stuff when the government says to shut down your church even you can have the psalm sing and refuse to put your mask on and get arrested. You can do that too.

You've got that freedom. You don't have to. You don't have to say yes anything you say Gretchen Whitmer. Of course you are. You are the Queen. I am just a lowly servant. You actually don't. When the when the when the women at your church are afraid of kovat and they think you should shut down.

Because there's a lot of churches that I know about where it was primarily women and their husbands that kind of like you know they don't wear the pants in the family that shut down a lot of churches.

Because out of fear because they wanted to respect Gretchen Whitmer. A lot of churches caved to that. You didn't have to but you did. You don't have to do it. You could. You can just be free man. You can just be free.

You don't have to be a castrated Christian anymore in any case. I hope you found this video helpful. God bless.