Growing Up Hinn: The Costi Hinn Interview

2020-06-30

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Editor-in-chief Kyle Mann and creative director Ethan Nicolle talk to Costi Hinn, nephew of notorious faith healer Benny Hinn. After leaving that ministry behind, Costi Hinn is now a pastor at Redeemer Bible Church in Gilbert, Arizona. He is the author of God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel. They talk about Costi's childhood living large like a Kardashian, learning about a different gospel from a pink study bible, and what goes on behind the scenes of a prominent prosperity gospel ministry. Topics Discussed ...

Topics Discussed

Going straight into the deep end of Calvinism because of a pink MacArthur study bible
A day in the life of Benny Hinn- what's it like to have a personal duster?
On growing up as a Hinn was a Kardashian lifestyle
The prosperity gospel vs the Biblical gospel
On batting 0.068 slaying people in the spirit and only "healing" one guy
What went on behind the scenes at these healing events?
Not raising a hand against the Lord's Anointed, even if they happen to be creeps just claiming to have the anointing
On whether prosperity health-and-wealth healers sincerely believe their own message or if they just cashing in
On Benny Hinn's occasional "repentance" on the prosperity gospel
New wave prosperity preachers and the old generals
The Ten Questions