Joseph Prince

[Lois]

The Straits Times published a special edition on the 17th of July 2010 called Rise of the Megachurches,Gospel & Glitz.
A quote from ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SIKH ADVISORY BOARD FOR THE PERIOD NOVEMBER 2009 – OCTOBER 2010
kirtanshop.com/sab/sab_5th_annual_report.pdf
Page 6

Quote:10.1 An article in the Straits Times of 17 July 2010 on Mega Churches in Singapore
included references toPastor Joseph Princefrom the New Creation Church
referring to his father as “an often drunk Sikh priest”.This description of his
father upset and angered Sikh leaders and members of the community and a
number of complaints were received by the Board. The Board, after
consulting some Sikh leaders, including MP Inderjit Singh and former MP
Davinder Singh sent a letter to the Editor of the Straits Times effectively
stating that by publishing the comments of Pastor Joseph Prince in that
manner, the paper had displayed an unacceptable disregard for minority
religions in Singapore that amounted to a dereliction of its duty to uphold the
multi racial and religious fabric in our society. The Editor acknowledged the
mistake made in publishing the comments in the manner in which they
appeared and agreed to publish the Board’s letter in the Straits Times edition
of 27 July 2010 with an apology from the paper to go along with it. This was
duly done.

The Sikh Advisory Board as well as many other Sikhs were upset that the news paper published that Joseph Prince's father was
“an often drunk Sikh priest”,because they felt it made Sikhs out to be drunkards and irresponsible fathers.

Whether or not his father was a Sikh priest does not even matter.Joseph Prince's old name Xenonamandar Jegahusiee Singh
is a Sikh name and he kept his Sikh religious name even while founding a so called christian church.He even kept his Sikh religious name for
6 or 7 YEARS after founding a so called christian church.In this article Vic found here http://www.tmc.org.my/documents/pjp.pdf
Says

Quote:Joseph Prince,by the way,was a name he adopted when he was working as an IT consultant before he became a full-time pastor.
"I saw in the Bible that everyone that God raised,He changed their names."

So he didn't change his name because he turned from his Sikh religious beliefs and fully embraced Christianity?


He also does not believe in fasting.He speaks against it in Destined to Reign on page 275 and 276
He refers to this verse
Mar 9:29 And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer."
and then says

Quote:But do you know that in the original Greek text,the word "fasting" does not appear in that verse?
It was added by the translators!
And if you look at the NASB and the NIV translations,you won't find that word"fasting" in that verse.

(btw I have the link for this if someone wants it it is really very long that is why I'm not posting the whole thing)

That sounds like he is anti KJV to me and you know who else does not believe in fasting?
Sihks
They also believe that all paths lead to God.(Religious Pluralism)
From realsikhism.com/index.php?subaction=showfull&id=1248308356&ucat=7

Quote:The Sikh religion rejects all rituals, superstitions and routine practices like fasting and pilgrimage,
animal sacrifice, omens and austerities.

There are many,many bible verses that speak of fasting even in the NASB and NIV translations.
I think fasting is a personal thing between a person and God.
I think we have freewill to fast or not to fast.
Why would a person speak against something that Jesus himself did?

Act_14:23 And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
Mat 4:1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
Mat 4:2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

(NIV) Mat 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
(NASB) Mat 4:2 And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He [fn]then became hungry.