Bentley,
Todd.
Todd Bentley is a charismania leader (of Canadian origin) in Lakeland, Florida,
USA, and has visited New Zealand (February 2008). His ministry is basically
Toronto (Holy Laughter Movement)
repackaged, with many added occult practices thrown
in such as necromancy and astral
travel. He makes claims of being assisted by female angels in his money-collecting
efforts, and that gold dust appears during his meetings. Todd Bentley supports
false prophets such as Bob Jones and William
Branham (deceased). A NZ Cult List researcher points out that apart from
Zechariah 5:8-11 there are no biblical instances of female angels. (The two
winged women of Zechariah are apparently evil since they fly off to build a
temple for wickedness. Compare this to Todd Bentley's floating female angel
"Emma" – the name being a contraction of Emmanuel, "God With
Us".) Our researcher also has serious concerns about Todd Bentley's preoccupation
with money, angels collecting money, gold dust in meetings, people roaring like
lions and/or clucking like chickens, etc. Many of the manifestations of the
Holy Laughter Movement are the same as the New Age,
occult Kundalini. For more information see 
Todd
Bentley, Fires of Kundalini or Comparison
between Kundalini and Toronto Movement. Todd Bentley is assigned a Danger
rating because of his charismania (Holy
Laughter Movement, etc), unbiblical experiences and practices, misquoting
of and misuse of the Bible, connections with and support of false prophets,
and spiritual danger he poses in deceiving the wider Christian church, including
the deception involved regarding the veracity of healing and especially resurrection
miracles. From his own claims, it seems he's either a liar or physically
dangerous (broken link), too.
Colossians 2:18-19 is a warning for us:
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him up with idle notions. He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
Ezekiel 22:23-31 puts it even more strongly:
Again the word of the LORD came to me:
“Son of man, say to the land, ‘You are a land that has had no rain
or showers in the day of wrath.’ There is a conspiracy of her princes
within her like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they devour people, take treasures
and precious things and make many widows within her. Her priests do violence
to my law and profane my holy things; they do not distinguish between the holy
and the common; they teach that there is no difference between the unclean and
the clean; and they shut their eyes to the keeping of my Sabbaths, so that I
am profaned among them. Her officials within her are like wolves tearing their
prey; they shed blood and kill people to make unjust gain. Her prophets whitewash
these deeds for them by false visions and lying divinations. They say, ‘This
is what the Sovereign LORD says ’—when the LORD has not spoken.
The people of the land practice extortion and commit robbery; they oppress the
poor and needy and mistreat the alien, denying them justice. “I looked
for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the
gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none.
So I will pour out my wrath on them and consume them with my fiery anger, bringing
down on their own heads all they have done, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
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