By Jim Bublitz @ http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.564
When gift-giving time comes around, what do you get a man who has everything, including his own luxury jet? The answer is simple - you get him some accessories for his new jet! With a few more key items, you might even help him to build his very own air force. For a man with rich tastes however, you should be willing to spend some money. Remember though, it's all going for a good c. . . what I mean to say is that it's going for a good cau . . . I know this post is just satire, but I can't even get myself to type the words . . . "good cause". There! I said it.
James White recently mentioned Benny Hinn's solicitation for a new jet which he plans to call 'Dove One'. Benny Hinn's website describes "the need":
"Benny Hinn Ministries has the opportunity to acquire a safer, longer-range aircraft - the Gulfstream G4SP - which is a powerful and technologically advanced ministry aviation tool to take the Gospel to the nations. For more than four decades, Gulfstream has set the global standard for technologically advanced corporate aircraft, and the Lord has provided 'Dove One', an aircraft that became available just as the door of opportunity began to close on aircrafts our ministry had previously been utilizing!"
I'm sure his patrons do want him to be safer, after all. And some may feel bad for him, flying around in those old jets with shorter range. But if that's not enough of a reason to chip in, then perhaps these "what's in it for you" words from his website will move them:
"Your name will be placed prominently in a special area of Dove One where Pastor Benny studies and prays during his travels. Everywhere Pastor Benny flies, your name will travel with him, millions of miles and for years to come, reminding him that you have made it possible to go and preach as God has called him to do. He wants to keep the names of his closest and most generous friends nearby as he travels the globe in the highest prayer tower in the world, at 40,000 feet in the heavens, where he will intercede for you and ask God to pour out an unprecedented and unusual anointing upon your life."
Let's face it though, some of his followers have the means to surpass the $1,000 level, and soar to even higher heights with Pastor Benny. So for those folks, I have some additional gift ideas that could meet some present or future perceived needs of this "ministry". Get out a pen and your shopping list, and prepare to write these down:
How about the ministry's very own airport shuttle taxi?
Nothing special, just something to get them from point-A to point-B, with point-B likely being the airport, and point-A likely being one of Benny Hinn's multi-million dollar "parsonages".
How about buying him an aerial refueler?
Nothing is more distracting to in-flight prayer than needing to get a seatbelt on in order to land for fuel. This airborne tanker would give Dove One the extra legs it needs to make it half-way around the world without landing. He might call it the spirit's gas station in the sky!
In your gift giving, be sensitive to the fact that a small air force requires shelter and it's own maintenance facility. Perhaps he will call it the
Still, Dove One and her support aircraft belong to a world-wide ministry, and what good is such a ministry if it doesn't have global projection? With that in mind, you could have the joy of watching Pastor Benny's eyes light up when he unwraps this useful gift. It's his own Nimitz class super carrier, which he might waste no time in calling the SS Harvest. Imagine the reaction of foreign countries when this spirit-lead flotilla anchors off shore, mere days before the start of an evangelism crusade.
Of course, not all of these lands are the safest place for an American spirit-healer. As Dove One flies inland to these 3rd world countries, Pastor Benny is going to need 'escort' to keep him safe from the forces of darkness, including heretic hunters equipped with shoulder-launched Stinger missiles.
Do you have your credit card ready?
Pretty silly, huh? But then again, so is the
whole idea and sales pitch behind 'Dove One'.
It's more than a little sad that people are still
falling for Benny Hinn's claims of legitimacy.
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