anyone heard of this?

[Daniel Marsh]

anyone heard of this?
Smith Wigglesworth: Disqualified? – The Pastor's Pen

[teddyv]

I've heard the name but I don't know much about Wigglesworth really.

[Jedi4Yahweh]

26 minutes ago, Daniel Marsh said:

Smith Wigglesworth: Disqualified? – The Pastor's Pen

I am not sure how reliable this information is or if the accusations are true or not.  This is the first I am hearing about this. Either way, just because someone man of God failed at some point does not give credence to condemn his entire life and ministry.   A perfect example of this was King David, a man after God's own heart who failed horribly committed adultery with another mans wife and had the man murdered.  Should we now toss out Psalms and all the reset of the books of the bible that speak of King David to include the Gospels and NT letters?

Edited September 22, 2022 by Jedi4Yahweh

[NCAP]

37 minutes ago, Jedi4Yahweh said:

I am not sure how reliable this information is or if the accusations are true or not.  This is the first I am hearing about this. Either way, just because someone man of God failed at some point does not give credence to condemn his entire life and ministry.   A perfect example of this was King David, a man after God's own heart who failed horribly committed adultery with another mans wife and had the man murdered.  Should we now toss out Psalms and all the reset of the books of the bible that speak of King David to include the Gospels and NT letters?

Well, the following verse came to mind:

but I strictly discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. (1 Corinthians 9:27 NASB)

[other one]

3 hours ago, Daniel Marsh said:

anyone heard of this?
Smith Wigglesworth: Disqualified? – The Pastor's Pen

I believe it was something that Ted Haggard wrote some time ago.

[ayin jade]

Seems like its cancel culture rearing its ugly head again. Who among us has a perfect past?

[other one]

42 minutes ago, ayin jade said:

Seems like its cancel culture rearing its ugly head again. Who among us has a perfect past?

Smith Wigglesworth Was a preacher back in the 20s I think.    I believe this is referring to an article written 8 to ten years ago by Ted Haggard.  A friend used to send me some of his Blogs back years ago.  It's odd that would kind of stick in my memory.  Ted was an anti-gay activist and got caught doing gay stuff and I think it was a blog about how things were handled differently in the 20s than these days where Smith went on to being a successful preacher because his failure wasn't spread all over the news and internet.

[Jedi4Yahweh]

53 minutes ago, other one said:

Smith Wigglesworth Was a preacher back in the 20s I think.    I believe this is referring to an article written 8 to ten years ago by Ted Haggard.  A friend used to send me some of his Blogs back years ago.  It's odd that would kind of stick in my memory.  Ted was an anti-gay activist and got caught doing gay stuff and I think it was a blog about how things were handled differently in the 20s than these days where Smith went on to being a successful preacher because his failure wasn't spread all over the news and internet.

Isn't that ironic, regarding Ted Haggard

 

 

[Marathoner]

1 hour ago, other one said:

Smith Wigglesworth Was a preacher back in the 20s I think.    I believe this is referring to an article written 8 to ten years ago by Ted Haggard.  A friend used to send me some of his Blogs back years ago.  It's odd that would kind of stick in my memory.  Ted was an anti-gay activist and got caught doing gay stuff and I think it was a blog about how things were handled differently in the 20s than these days where Smith went on to being a successful preacher because his failure wasn't spread all over the news and internet.

Wigglesworth was an early Pentecostal preacher and pretty controversial (accused of false teaching). He would sometimes punch, kick, or slap people he was praying for. His justification of this reprehensible conduct was that he wasn't striking the person, he was striking the demons afflicting them.

Wigglesworth taught that all sickness was caused by Satan and if an individual wasn't healed/ delivered by his act, they lacked faith and were sinning.

Edited September 23, 2022 by Marathoner
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[other one]

18 minutes ago, Marathoner said:

Wigglesworth was an early Pentecostal preacher and pretty controversial (accused of false teaching). He would sometimes punch, kick, or slap people he was praying for. His justification of this reprehensible conduct was that he wasn't striking the person, he was striking the demons afflicting them.

Wigglesworth taught that all sickness was caused by Satan and if an individual wasn't healed/ delivered by his act, they lacked faith and were sinning.

He also had two women accuse him of things if I remember correctly.  Anyway it's been way way too long for me to remember any real details.   I was hoping the OP person would fill us in.