Posted by Anon in UK @ 21:12 on Jan 27 2009

As i understand it, Michael faked cancer to cover up an porn addiction he was suffering from. He suffered the addiction since he was just a boy and i think we should remember that. He felt caught in a trap and was unable to seek help - all these years he must have carried around this secret until he couldn't take it anymore. Please let's have some compassion. What Michael did was wrong, but so many Christians battle porn addictions and the fear of being condemned must prevent many of them from seeking help and accountability.

Posted by Paul in Bristol @ 13:39 on Sep 17 2008

Uh! I haven't heard anything about this situation other than Mal's article and the comments that I have read, and so I could be out of line in saying this.

However, in response to those that would like to see this guy Mike hung up from the edge of his own pulpit for fraud and lying has anybody considered that he may be suffering from Munchausen Syndrome, also known as Factitious Disorders.

Could it be that Mike may be still sick, but in a different way? Mental illness is a bigger deal and causes a lot more damage than a lot of Christians would care to admit. I should know, my self and my wife have worked in mental health for many years.

I don't know the facts so I can't comment, but it doesn't sound like the guy would not have done what he did for 'giggles'. And Mal did say that he was seeking professional help!

I think personally that I will side with the good lady who quoted Christ in "Let he who is without sin throw the first stone"...and add I thank the Lord that there but by the grace of God, could all of us be.

Posted by Holland Davis in San Juan Capistrano, CA. @ 23:38 on Sep 16 2008

Thanks for taking such a sensitive topic and dealing with it openly and honestly. Very practical.

hd

Posted by MAN @ 13:38 on Aug 28 2008

All churches have flaws..not just the Pentecostal.. as well as Me & U. BUT beloved, I think U R missing the point here…
- Unfortunately people in Authority or(influence) can not avoid the SEVERE consequences of their action…(lucky I am not a leader)
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They need to be 4given but as in the story of David…
- THE SWORD never departed from his house, (Amnon, Abshalum)
- Lust (Adultery) never left his house(Thamar, Abshalum )
“This is what the Lord says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity upon you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight.”
Isn’t that very harsh from the God of all mercies..?!
BUT LISTEN TO THIS
“12:13
Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away your sin. you r not going to die”
12:14
But because by doing this you have MADE THE ENEMIES OF THE LORD show utter contempt, the son born to you will die.”
I think if I were god at that time, I would’ve really forgave him…
- Israel was divided severely as a consequence of his action….(not simple)
and much much more….
Very sad isn’t it??? BUT it is the truth….
We R called to 4give the Porn Addict, as well as the deceivers, and ourselves as we can also be deceived by deceivers that the bible has warned about…..
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SAMSON for example…you know what happened to Samson, when he disgraced his God’s Name…..he was severely humiliated….and the amount of humility that he brought to God’s name….
DU KNOW what the enemies said…”Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”…….SHAME ON SAMSON….
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE BIBLE IS THAT IT SAYS THE TRUTH ALL TRUTH..DOES NOT HIDE
But if we are a lie we will hide it….
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thats what happened to real prophets of God

Posted by Ruthie in England @ 19:01 on Aug 27 2008

Thank you Jesus that you brought Mike to the point of complete brokeness. Thank you that you are the Great Restorer & Healer and you are taking the brokeness of this man and beginning to put him back together. Thank you that you love us so much and that you continually pour out your mercy, love & grace on us. Thank you for going to the cross with my sin, Mike's sin, the sin of the person reading this written all over you. Thank you for bearing that weight and the pain of having your Father turn His face from you on the cross. Thank you that Mike Guglielmucchi's name is written on your heart. Thank you that you have forgiven him (and me!). Thank you that you are his (and my) Healer. You are awesome Jesus! Give wisdom to those in leadership of Your church that we would see your name honoured & glorified despite what we as imperfect people do. In your precious name Jesus.

Posted by Matthew Pearson in Portsmouth @ 17:47 on Aug 27 2008

In light of sisutaton like this. Jesus should always be our main focus. No one man, Christian group, Christian organstion is bigger than the Kingdom of God. Jesus said he will build his Church and the gate of hell shall not stand aganist it.

Jesus is building his Church and the focus at a time like this should be lifting up Jesus. Showing people how great Jesus is. After all man can fail us we can fail ourselves but God never fails us.

We are part of a Kingdom which will last forever. God is for us forever. His love is for us forever. What ever going on Mike still needs our prays in dealing with his issues. Only God can sort out something like this.

Posted by Eliel @ 14:49 on Aug 27 2008

Do you doubt that the Lord of Heaven is unable to see through the lies of mere humans? He proves it in Acts 5, in the story of Ananias and Sapphira – they would have lied to the believers, tried to fool them too, but Peter, full of the Holy Spirit, sees right through their deception, and speaks out instantly.

Where was this kind of discernment? Michael Guglielmucci should have rightly trembled at a person truely filled by the Holy Spirit (not what these churches have taken it for), for a person truly filled by the Holy Spirit would have discerned him two years ago, and his fate would have been much worse than it is now, judging by Acts 5.

Where is our Godliness? Where is our discernment? There is something terribly wrong in the churches he moved in, in churches in general across Australia and some across the world, if there is NO-ONE at all that is filled by the Holy Spirit and has the gift of discernment.

Are we all blind? Have we all been deceived by the world around us? In that case, what of the thing we call Christianity in this country - how true is it to Biblical Christianity?

I have a terrible, grave feeling that the Church that Jesus Christ came to plant is so far different from our version in Spirit, that it would take a mighty act indeed to bring us back. And while I know God is more than willing and able to do acts like that, I don't know how many would be willing to follow.

May the God who started us continue in us, and as he increases, may we decrease.

Posted by Eliel @ 14:47 on Aug 27 2008

How could no-one have found out for two years? Have we no discernment at all? That would seem to be a sign of something very, very wrong within the church. We turn again to the scriptures, and see calls for us to have wisdom and discernment in deciding which way to go, what path to follow.

We read “Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.” (1 John 4:1)

We read also from Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians him mentioning it twice. He first says it is a spiritual gift “to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues” (1 Cor 13:10 – interestingly it is right before speaking in tongues, which many Pentecostals have vigorously defended, but none of them have cared to read the five words just before that?)

He also sets out guidelines in the 14th chapter on how prophesy should occur – “Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.” (1 Cor 14:29) Yet somehow this did not come to pass into that situation.

And I read that everyone was deceived, right down to his congregation, his mentors, his parents, even his very wife. And I do not wish to rub salt in the wound, but where is the discernment in this case? Some have written excusing it, saying “no-one knew that the cancer was a lie, so he must have hid it well” but that is completely missing the point!

Posted by Rodney Cronje in South Africa @ 13:04 on Aug 27 2008

Dear Mal

Thank you so much for your Spirit filled comments on this sad event. My heart goes out to Michael at this time and i pray that God who is all knowing will allow this tragedy to bear fruit to his Glory. Having walked a similar road of porn adiction i full undersand the dynamics behind the scenr and the inner torment. Unless you have walked a road in another mans shoes rather dont comment. I wounder what the church and the world would have had to say if King David were living today. Murder adultere fornicator sex addict, yet God restored him. Sexual addiction is the CANCER of the soul and its end will lead to distruction and death. Let this be a message to other in and out of the church seek help while it may be found. In the END its all about God and his kingdom he will be the judge and have the final word. God is a forgiving God and the God of Grace. This is the time for the saints and the army of God to stand together for one who has fallen. Dont lets leave to the Lions lets draw him back into the fold!!!!. To other reading this be slow to judge!!!! God may be saying to you christian or non christian get your life right. When he comes back God is going to hold you accountable for your own life and not that of your brother. Again may this sad event result in a glorious testemony of the GRACE OF GOD. HIS LOVE COVERS A MULTITUDE OF SIN!!!.Rodney

Posted by Richard Munro in Maranatha Christian College @ 02:32 on Aug 27 2008

Some relief that the issue is one of propogating a "lie" that was probably used to make a larger impact in ministry. Dissappointing and unnecessary but by secular standards hardly surprising!! Media interest is simply in the "ooh aah" aspect and perhaps rubbing our noses in our own failings. (fair enough to!!)

Many will have been touched by Mikes ministry and while it has been diminished by this, the genuine things of God will not have been affected. Lets use our Biblical model of confessing, repenting, reconciling and moving forward. Lets learn again from this issue and release some of our leaders from having to have "Gob smacking testimonies" to boost their spiritual credentials. This is "our problem" - christian community so lets deal with it!