Bill Gothard and Total Health

I found this over in http://www.sharperiron.org/ and thought I would share it with you. Have not been a big fan of Bill Gothard ever since I went to college and found out the truth.

"RESOLUTION ON BILL GOTHARD'S TOTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
Bill Gothard founded the Institute in Basic Youth Conflicts in 1973 and has served continuously as its director. He has a great influence for ecumenism. Gothard's teachings are composed of his misinterpretations of Scripture mingled with psychology and his own subjective thoughts. At times, he seems to regard his teachings on the same level of authority as God's Word. Bill Gothard now promotes a mystical Total Health program. According to his website (http://iblp.org/) “Total Health is the proper functioning of the physical body as well as the mind, will, emotions and spirit.” He teaches that sickness and disease are the results of bitterness, fears, guilt, etc. in the spirit. The “diseases of the spirit” cause “diseases of the soul,” such as anger, worry, tension, and depression. In turn this affects a person's immunity and hormonal systems, causing sickness and disease of the body. Gothard conducts Total Health conferences in which he claims, “People who had exhausted medical and nutritional remedies found Total Health when they identified the spiritual component that was missing from their lives” (http://billgothard.com/, 10-3-2005). Gothard's charismatic-style approach to Total Health includes what he terms “the power of crying out to God” and “the power of spoken blessing.” He claims that at a Training Conference in Knoxville, TN, Dr. Albert Rath, who had been diagnosed with lymphoma cancer in its fourth stage, was totally cured when 10,000 people cried out in unison: “O God, Abba, Father deliver Dr. Rath from cancer, in the name of Jesus and for Your glory. Amen!” (http://billgothard.com/, 10-4-2005). While his Total Health program has some practical advice, his mystical approach and mishandling of the Word of God is dangerous.
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