Defining Deception
Freeing the Church from the Mystical-Miracle Movement

This book piqued my interest because it was co-authored by Costi Hinn - as in the nephew of Benny Hinn. In this book, Hinn and Wood address the history of the charismatic movement and then confront the error of the modern false teachers that are propelling the Third Wave Charismatic movement and New......more

I thought the book was fair assessment of the NAR ,word of faith, prosperity gospel. It's sad to see so many following fake preachers.......more

I have to admit, I never thought I'd own a book by someone associated with, let alone related to, the infamous faith-healer, Benny Hinn! "Defining Deception" is written by Anthony Wood and Costi Hinn, who worked with his uncle Benny for many years. This book documents the recent rise of the Word of......more

Could not put it down! Excellent book for anyone wishing to understand more about the prosperity gospel. The part I found particularly enlightening was the history of the movement itself and the history of some of the major players that founded the movement. It was well tied together and managed to......more

This is an excellent book. I first heard of a guy named Benny Hinn when I was with a group of men in Southern California for a conference and we were hosted by a firefighter (who later lost his life fighting a fire), and the first evening we were in his home, he said, "You men ever heard of Benny Hi......more