Every Christmas and Easter, I get tons of hits on The Archko Volume, or Archko Library by the Rev. W. D. Mahan. Proponents of this work of pseudo-apocrypha, including televangelist Benny Hinn, claim that the Archko Volue is an authentic historical work recovered from the Vatican Library which authenticates many of the events of the […]
A few months back, I wrote to warn readers that Benny Hinn is promoting a proven work of fraud called the Archko Volume to his worldwide audience as a valid historical reference that adds credibility to the Gospel accounts. I’ve made repeated contacts to Mr. Hinn’s organization by phone and email, including this email, which […]
Benny Hinn claims to be a man of God, anointed by the Spirit to such an extent that supernatural healings and powerful manifestations of the Spirit occur at his meetings. In any case, as one who promotes himself as being so close to the Spirit of truth that he literally says “Good Morning” to the […]
It’s a sentence that poisoned the well into toxic sludge at at least one church I’ve attended. “Everybody has a right to their own opinion.” I didn’t know it at the time, but it was pretty much the unofficial motto of that church. I’m not sure exactly when I finally became aware of it. Almost […]
I. Introduction It should be said that before coming to the church this article was originally addressed to, I had never before heard of the Archko Library. I’m an avid reader with a voracious appetite for theology, but it had never come to my notice. I grew up in Bible-believing, Bible-preaching fundamentalist churches, […]
