I’ve warned you before how supposedly Christian TV networks recruit men like Steve Munsey when they have fund raisers. Using his charlatan games and claims of wondrous miracles if you give your money “now”. Of course in the New Testament of the Bible Jesus performed many a miracle without a requirement of a financial donation from the person he helped. So you know Munsey does not use the New Testament much at all in his pitch to raise money. He uses mainly Old Testament scriptures for the vast majority of his work. Playing on any story he can think of to make people feel, that if they pick up the phone and give money “now” they will get a blessing. Remember the warning from the apostle Peter?

I turned on my TV last night and tuned to The Inspiration Network. Instead of finding “inspiration” there I found pimpster Steve Munsey in full swing! The network was having a fund raiser and proved they are just like TBN, God TV and any other that has called in Munsey, to play his Prosperity Gospel styled trickery for money. I was able to capture some of the nonsense and uploaded it to YouTube.

See the video of Steve Munsey in action.

Munsey’s donation number of choice was 77. He played on Old Testament figure Hezekiah giving 7 bullocks and 7 rams. Munsey said:

God is into numbers

What he did not say is how God works when his followers are asked for money by the needy, instead of supposed followers of Christ asking people for money and telling them not to worry about their bills. These kinds are verses are never mentioned by Munsey.

During parts of Munsey’s pitch, more people were “talking in tongues” than could be counted, with not a single interpretation. Unless you consider the messages Munsey claims he gets from God as he babbles. The apostle Paul said speaking in tongues should be done in order, with no more than 3 and interpretation given. And for those of you who claim this mess can’t be “judged”, the apostle Paul has a message for you.

Of course there were not any efforts to “judge” any of that supposed “tongue talking”. But anyone could see it was BOGUS. Although I could not capture it for the video clip, there were times when it seemed the entire group of singers was supposedly tongue talking.

Munsey claimed this was the “Now moment” and you had to give “now” to get your “blessing”. He claimed that God would move EVERYONE into the “now” if they gave “now”, to be blessed. He claimed that since Jesus said when 2-3 are gathered together he is in the mist, that:

If you hear a busy signal, God is talking.

What a crock!

Munsey played on David making a “vow” to be blessed. He claimed a form of the Old Testament vow and blessing had by David could be yours if you called “now”. At the bottom of the screen various messages flashed, including the following.

• Sow an uncommon seed and receive a miraculous harvest
• Sow an uncommon seed to reap an uncommon harvest
• Call now, your prayer requests will be placed on the alter
• Call now with your first of three $77 offerings
• Pastor Steve Munsey challenges you to give a gift of $77 – $770 – $7,770!

The pledge line phone number was at the bottom of the screen in LARGE PRINT, while occasionally a separate prayer line number would appear in smaller type.

Part of Munsey’s declarations of miracles coming included this statement:

This is your last night to weep. Cause the NOW is coming. To do a miracle in your house.

Of course to be part of the “now”, you were to give some donation that related to 77 or 777. I considered calling to pledge 77 cents, but I figured it would not be very Christian of me to call just to antagonize a phone operator.

Munsey then went for the home run. He compared giving The Inspiration Network $77 to the woman near death who gave her last bit of food Elijah (Old Testament). I immediately prayed to God that nobody fall for that trick. Imagine if some poor old woman gave that network of charlatans money she was going to use for food or medicine?

Munsey said the woman may have sold the food she received later to make money for herself in the starving town. He even played on the sick son. Munsey basically compared himself to the prophet Elijah! He claimed healing was coming for things like cancer. I just pray nobody fell for it, but judging by the scrolling names on screen, somebody probably did. Munsey asked people to give of their lack. Of money that is due to bill collectors!!! He told people not to worry about their bills that were coming due.

Then, just when you thought he could go no further, he pulled out his old “double portion” card! Playing on the old Old Testament scripture of Joel chapter 2. He claimed:

Today is the day of the beginning of the double portion.

Totally making a mockery of the Old Testament Feast of Atonement . Never mind that prior to the feast mentioned, there was fasting, weeping, mourning, turning to God with all their hearts and offerings of grain and drink, NOT MONEY. Munsey claimed, that simply giving money and their “prayers” over your request would bring you a double portion blessing. Of course he didn’t mention, that he was citing scripture that was part of the old covenant with the Jews and we Christians live under the new covenant Grace found in Jesus Christ. Munsey played on the Hebrew calendar, with his own customized “feast”, that he claims comes about by simply giving money. Give Munsey a scripture and he’s sure to trash it for profit. Give Munsey your money and you’re sure to be the turkey he feast on to continue his trickery.

As quickly as the words “double portion” came from Munsey’s mouth, the following appeared on the bottom of the screen.

RECEIVE A DOUBLE PORTION WHEN YOU SOW A GIFT TO HONOR GOD

This was a text book example of Prosperity Gospel Pimpery in full bloom.