Where did Prophetess Juanita Bynum get her Ph.D.?

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  1. She's a best-selling author and popular speaker in the pentecostal/charismatic camps. Has a show on TBN.

    The biggest mystery is the source of her Ph.D.

    The question has been posted a number of times at Charisma news forums, but no answer has been given. Not a few time, questions about her have been deleted by moderator. (Charisma is publisher of her latest book, "Matters of the Heart."

    Can anyone here help determine the school?

    Thanks.

    Roscoe
     
  2. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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  3. Carlos Gomez

    Carlos Gomez New Member

    According to the biography on her web site:

    "In June, Bynum received a doctoral degree in theology from Truth for Living Bible College in Jacksonville, Florida. "
     
  4. Thanks, Carlos, Mark:


    Someone here contacted the school and was told that it did not grant Ph.Ds.


    Roscoe
     
  5. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    Apparently, this institution is a part of Truth for Living Ministries, but is actually called Truth Bible College & Seminary. It's "a member of Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship."
    -- http://www.truthforliving.org/ministries/tbcs.html
     
  6. Bill Grover

    Bill Grover New Member

    prophecy is said to be a gift..

    ..to some so is a PhD.


    BTW, for any prophets who wish to get the doc instead by study , Unizul has reduced its fees by 50%...now a total of but $1200. Wow!
     
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  7. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    I heard a radio interview with Raël. The interviewer said, "You have no scientific training." Raël replied, "I had the best scientific training -- on the Planet of the Elohim."
     
  8. Michael Lloyd

    Michael Lloyd New Member

    Is that the planet with the Moon of Cherubim? :cool:

    Regards,

    Michael Lloyd
    Mill Creek, Washington USA
     
  9. Dennis Ruhl

    Dennis Ruhl member

    In this day and age, how does one go about becoming a prophetess or even a lowly apostle? Wouldn't assuming such titles be just a bit presumptuous and a tiny bit vain?
     
  10. roysavia

    roysavia New Member

    Not really.......just look at how many have been beatified and made saint by the Vatican in the last few years. And yes...you do have to take a number. :p
     
  11. Guest

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    According to First Corinthians 12:28 apostles, prophets and teachers are called by God (given the gifts of apostleship, prophesy and teaching). The Bible warns against false prophets. Therefore, it can be deduced God still calls prophets. I don't think it is presumptuous for one to refer to oneself as a prophet anymore than it is presumptuous for one to call oneself a minister as God calls both. In Scripture a prophet is one who receives divine revelation and speaks God's word without error or omission. Prophecy is not preaching or teaching. The prophet only speaks or writes God's word without comment (Hebrews 1:1-2). The New Testament prophets speak His words to the local church (Acts 13:1-2). Of course there will be a wide range of opinions on this. This is just a simple, Biblical explanation.
     
  12. BillDayson

    BillDayson New Member

    This is interesting. There seems to be a very close analogy between this religious problem and our familiar accreditation disputes.

    If God creates prophets by calling them, how might this divine action be recognized and verified by mortals? In other words, how might parties external to the purported prophet's own individual relationship with the divine 'accredit' the truth of that relationship?

    I suppose that to some extent the world's various religious traditions serve as alternative and often incompatible accreditors of individual religious experiences and claims.
     
  13. MarkIsrael@aol.com

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    BillDayson asks:
    This is very directly addressed.

    But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
    And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
    When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

    Deuteronomy 18:20-22
     
  14. Bill Hurd

    Bill Hurd New Member

    Attacking a degree mill that is out to scam people is one thing...but I believe you have crossed the line on this one.

    Just how many saints have been "made" in the last few years? How many of those who were canonized lived in the 1950-1999 era?

    I suppose you already know that you must be dead to even be considered for sainthood. So who "takes the number"?

    Bill Hurd
     
  15. obecve

    obecve New Member

    Degeeinfo is an inappropriate place to make attacks on a particular faith. I take a offense about the comments on the Catholic church. I would suggest that even on the off topic discussions this crosses the line.
     
  16. obecve

    obecve New Member

    Degeeinfo is an inappropriate place to make attacks on a particular faith. I take a offense about the comments on the Catholic church. I would suggest that even on the off topic discussions this crosses the line.
     
  17. roysavia

    roysavia New Member

    I have not crossed the line on this issue. As a ex-catholic I can say with confidence that the vatican has been playing a numbers game for the past 20 years. There have been more beatifications and sainthoods "handed out" since 1981 by Pope John Paul that any other Pope in the history of the vatican.
    Who takes a number? The 25 new cardinals, 23 religious people who have been beatified and approximately 7 new saints. I also did not mention death or dying in my statement......those are your words.
     
  18. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    I just read through this thread and I thought I was at TheologyReview.com -- until I suddenly realized that I'm really at DegreeInfo.com. :eek:
     
  19. me again

    me again Well-Known Member

    Excellent price... but... one has to ask -- What is wrong with South Africa? Why are the prices dropping to pennies? Is that country imploding? :(

    They used to be an economic powerhouse, but now they are... are... going through an economic depression?

    :confused: :(
     
  20. oxpecker

    oxpecker New Member

    That's the U.S. you're talking about.

    South Africa is doing OK. See http://www.resbank.co.za/Economics/zaflink1.html
     

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