![]() He worked, through his editor, with Kenyons Gospel Publishing Society and had the complete approval of Ruth Kenyon Housworth (Kenyons late daughter) for the book when it went to print. He credits Kenyon both on the tapes and in the introduction to the book. The book was taken from tapes of a seminar where he taught through Kenyons book The Wonderful Name of Jesus. A father in the faith is blessed when his children imitate him, not angered.Ī third point: Kenneth Hagin published a book titled The Name of Jesus. In his day he sent forth many ministers that he trained in his churches and Bible schools who preached essentially his message. People seldom imitate boring speakers! Kenyon would probably be delighted to find that so many are using his phraseology today. People enjoy Kenyons writings because he had a unique way of stating things that grabs our attention. Its would be hard to imagine him being offended by this. But most preachers have no need to become paranoid about someone chastising us for quoting another author or preacher in our messages and being accused of plagiarism either! Brother Hagin has not been so fortunate.Ī second thought that bears on this subject: All of those ministers who worked with Kenyon used his terminology and catchy phrases. Every preacher wishes he had this ability! Most of us remember what we can but seldom remember where we heard it. Reading or hearing something once was all that was necessary for him to recall it verbatim. Hagin has noted that he has an almost photographic memory. Liking the sound of the phrases, Hagin added them to his preaching vocabulary. It is quite possible that they were quoting Kenyon and using his material and Kenneth Hagin didnt know the original source. I have heard Kenneth Hagin personally testify to the fact that many of the phrases he has used and ideas he has taught, he heard from some other preachers before he ever heard of E.W. Many people have absorbed his phrases and echoed his ideas. Kenyon that he was often quoted, yet seldom footnoted. One respected Charismatic leader, who has since gone on to be with the Lord, said of E.W. ![]() ![]() This would be confirmed by my personal library of books and tapes. The thoughtful listener would also recognize many other influences in my speaking ministry. Kenyon would recognize many of his ideas in my preaching. As someone who has been preaching and teaching for around 20 years, I shudder to think what would happen if I were called upon to remember each author or speaker who had influenced any given message I teach.Īnyone listening to me preach who was familiar with E.W. Those who are preachers understand that it is impossible to stop and credit everyone who influenced your message while you are preaching. Someone transcribes the taped messages and then they are edited and put into book form. What I mean by this is that his books are for the most part transcriptions of his speaking ministry. So what is our response?įirst of all, it must be noted that Kenneth Hagin, to the best of my knowledge does not actually write his books. ![]() Some have contacted the office of Kenyons Gospel Publishing Society quite irritated about this situation. McConnell goes to some length to show that Kenneth Hagin plagiarized the writings of E. ![]() In his book A Different Gospel, author D.R. I am not promoting Hagin, I like truth and believe that in order to seek it, you must look at both sides of the coin before judging and talking bad about people. This was written by the official Kenyon site for all of those who were mad, angry, and dissin' Kenneth Hagin. ![]()
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