David Farrier – “churches are the problem (and let me throw in some racism too)”

I read this today and wanted to put down some thoughts, so here goes. OPINION: Over the weekend in New Zealand there was a large anti-lockdown protest – and as you can see from the headlines above, the focus was all on Brian Tamaki of Destiny Church. You get the idea. And this isn’t the first…

The union says it, Idiot believes it, that settles it

Idiot really hates the idea of charter schools. Destiny Church. They’ve announced plans to move their existing private school to South Auckland and re-establish it as a charter school in order to receive public funding. LOL. No, they have not. What Idiot’s own source says: Destiny Church could receive money from the public purse if…

What Brian Tamaki Should Do

What really irks me about the whole Destiny thing is that Brian should know exactly what his problems are. It’s well documented what behaviors are indicative of a cult, and there’s no shortage of people pointing out where Destiny is venturing near to those behaviors. But he continues down that road anyway. So  I thought…

Destiny

There’s a lot of hoo-har about Destiny’s affairs at the moment, but I haven’t had time to put together a full post. So here’s a few thoughts from a former church treasurer. It’s good to see a pastor (and congregation) willing to stand up to Brian. It’s one thing for the media to pile onto…

Life of Brian – Money

Just watching “Life of Brian”. He’s very open, joking a lot about things that most people would be hiding. The attitude to money however, is appaling. He can spend all he likes of his salarly on clothes and shoes, houses and parties, but the church should agree on what to pay him. But he controls…