The Todd Bentley spectacle: faith or fraud?

Prof. William Dembski of Southwestern Seminary recently took his autistic son and the rest of his family to a Todd Bentley meeting in Denton, TX. His family's expression of faith in a sovereign God who can and does use people to heal people is remarkable. But even more remarkable is the blatant manipulation and Finneyesque con artistry used by Bentley and the leaders of the meeting. Dembski's account is truly sad, but not surprising.

Neither my wife nor I regret going. It was an education. Our kids are resilient. But the ride home raised a question. We found ourselves avoiding talking about the event until the children fell asleep. Then, as they drifted off in the early morning, we talked in hushed tones about how easily religion can be abused, in this case to exploit our family. What do we tell our children? I'm still working on that one.