Tommy Tenny
Tommy Tenny denies the essential Christian doctrine of the Trinity, his view is one God playing three different roles (Modalism). He may use the word "Trinity" but he pours his own meaning into it. He believes in a god that plays three different roles. One as Father, one as Son, and one as the Holy Spirit. Like one man who is a pastor, father, and husband, this view is called modalism and it is heresy.
His view is opposed to the biblical God, one God, that is three distinct persons, i.e, Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, yet one nature and essence. See this link to see the Biblical and historic doctrine of the Trinity defined: Athanasian Creed.
Tommy also calls the Bible "moldy and dusty." To call scripture, "Moldy pages of what God has done" and "Dusty love letters written long ago," is very disturbing to say the least, It shows a very low view of the Holy Scriptures.
Tommy Tenney grew up in a Oneness Pentecostal denomination which denies the essential Chrisian doctrine of the Trinity [The Oneness Pentecostal denomination was declared a heresy by the Assemblies of God when it took organizational form in 1917], and when asked by Christian leaders to clarify if he believes in the Trinity [As defined in the Athanasian Creed] he will not clear up this matter, he refuses to answer.
So given his backround and his lack of clarification on this matter when asked by Christian leaders, there is justification to label him as a non-Trinitarian until he explains otherwise.
The doctrine of the Trinity is essential to our faith, without it there is no faith. If a person denies the Trinity they are in fact non-Christian by this very belief. This is not a trivial matter, why will he not be clear and define the terms rather than mislead by his use of semantics? If he believes that the Trinity as defined above is not scriptual, why not just say so pubilcly?
Tommy Tenny:
"I'm going to say it again: if sermons and songs were going to save our cities and nation, then they would have been saved a long time ago."
"I'm afraid that we have satiated our hunger for Him by reading old love letters from Him to the churches in the Epistles of the New Testament."
"They didn't even have the Old Testament Scriptures because those expensive scrolls were locked up in synagogues. So what did they have? They walked and talked with Him in such a rich level of intimacy that it wasn't necessary for them to pour over dusty love letters that were written long ago.
"Truth is where God's been. Revelation is where God is. Unfortunately, the Church today spends countless hours and much energy debating where God has been...[God chasers] want to run hard and hot on this trail of truth until they arrive at the point of revelation, where He presently exists. God chasers don't want to just study from the moldy pages of what God has done; they're anxious to see what God is doing. There is a vast difference between present truth and past truth."
"Something happened to me after decades of serving God and preaching what I thought was revival. Something was missing, and I had an idea it was God's presence. That was when I decided that I was tired of standing on the sidewalk watching the 'Jesus parade' pass by. I became too hungry to be satisfied with church as usual."
"At some point our churches have to get tired of preachers sticking plastic pacifiers in their mouths by talking about the promise of His presence. They need to set up a juvenile howl of the hungry that declares in no uncertain terms, 'No, we don't want you to talk about Him anymore. Keep the empty promises and give us the real thing. We want to meet Him! Where do we go and what do we do?'"
"Again, I have a strong conviction that another wave of God's manifested presence is about to hit the shore of the human race. It has happened before in measure, but I am convinced that this new wave of glory has the potential to be different. God wants to break outside our centuries old religious box."
"Perhaps the church suffers from the Uzziah Syndrome today. We insist on approaching God our way, and we say that everything is fine. Our way will be the acceptable way because we are sure we know what God likes. We think we can continue to 'feed Him' like a trained pet on a chain with our crafted sermons, serial liturgies, and orchestrated prostrations in religious pride and arrogance."
"The service, and I am being very kind to call it that, was so bad that I finally asked my waitress, 'Ma'am, do you know who pays your salary?' She sneered and rolled her eyes before she said, 'My boss.' I said, 'No, people like me pay your salary. I've even been known to tip more than the cost of the whole bill when the service warrants it.' I waited until she finally looked me in the eye and then said, 'Ma'am, you have no idea of my ability to change your future. I could make your day.'"
"If you've ever had encounters with Him, then 'man meetings' will drive you crazy because you will be interested only in 'God encounters' after that. That is the exact name and address of my God addiction."
