(Charisma) – Todd White’s faith has changed quite radically in just a matter of months. In May, the Christian evangelist was speaking out against a documentary series that condemned the prosperity gospel and his preaching of it.
At the time, he rebuked the show, American Gospel: Christ Alone, as “demonically inspired.” And he was quick to reject the suggestion he was “a heretic.” But just a few months later, White—a protege of fellow preacher Benny Hinn, who last year walked back some of his own teachings—seems to have had a radical change of heart, a shift he said is the result of a conviction.
“I am not perfect, but I am strongly convicted,” White said Sunday. “I feel like I just met Jesus again! There’s just this rekindled thing inside of me. This has been the hardest season of my life. I’m like, ‘Lord, what are you doing?’ He said, ‘I’m pruning every branch that you have.’ I’m like, ‘It’s not OK. It hurts.’ And He said, ‘If you were dead, it wouldn’t hurt.'”
At another point early on in his sermon, White talked about evangelism and how people come to accept Christ. “When you come into the gospel because you came in for a better life,” he explained, “you’ve come in for the wrong gospel. When you come to Jesus because He’s gonna give you this and He’s gonna give you that, you really didn’t surrender. See, what you’re saying is, ‘I’ve come to get this.’ What you’ve done is a taste test to see if it’s true. It’s the same thing as getting a buzz: ‘Well, I’ll try this Jesus thing. Maybe there’s a buzz in it.’ That’s not Jesus.” READ MORE
Time and teachings will tell.
When he leaves his newest wife and goes back to the first one, we can talk. Until then he should not be listened to. He is not annointed by God while he continues in adultery.