The John Hagee Controversy

The John Hagee controversy is being discussed across the Internet and many people are looking for information. So here are some links to the best information I can find:

For those who have no idea who John Hagee is, here is some background information:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John C. Hagee (b. April 12, 1940) is the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational evangelical church with more than 19,000 active members.

Hagee is the President and CEO of John Hagee Ministries which telecasts his national radio and television ministry carried in America on 160 TV stations, 50 radio stations and eight networks including The Inspiration Network (INSP) and Trinity Broadcasting Network. The ministries can be seen and heard weekly in 99 million homes. John Hagee Ministries is in Canada on the Miracle Channel and CTS and can be seen in Africa, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and is in most developing nations.


The controversy began when Johm Hagee wrote the book, " In Defense Of Israel"
In the book he makes some of the following claims:

that Jesus did not come to earth to be the Messiah...
Jesus refused by word and deed to claim to be the Messiah

You can watch a video which shows Hagee making these claims at this link:
Video


The Way of the Pilgrim blog has done a great job gathering links to responses to Hagee's teaching:

You can read the post at this link: Pilgrim