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WEATHERFORD, Texas -- Never before had New Life Community Church seen such revival crowds, night after night, week after week. Previous revivals lasted a week at best. But church officials said the one that began Sept. 26 attracted worshipers who filled the 200-seat sanctuary five nights a week for 10 weeks. The church, which collected offerings at each service, said 8,000 people from across North Texas and six states had
attended the revival at the small neighborhood church about 35 miles west of Port Worth and has a regular membership of 250.

There was something different about this revival, which resumed on the weekend.

It wasn't the spirited contemporary Christian music or the rousing sermon. Nor was it the joy and uncontrolled crying when worshipers were touched or lightly blown upon by a visiting evangelist or a church elder -- now a
common feature of Pentecostal revivals and known as being "slain by the spirit." What set the Weatherford services apart was the insistence of dozens of people that gold teeth, crowns, plates, bridges and bands had materialized in their mouths afterward.

Call it divine dentistry.

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"It happened right before our eyes... a translucent film that looked like clear Jell-O.. The gold fluid moved to the tooth beside it.. People surged to see it.. she had five gold crowns an hour later.. and received two more during the night. "My mouth feels so clean," she said.. "I had so much tartar built up - it's all gone. It's like I've been to the dentist.. Linda said: "God is trying to give us all a gift of faith and shake us away from our unbelief so He can bring a major revival of healing."

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[Erie Morning News - January 11, 2000. The story appeared on the front page along with a large picture of a gold tooth in a person's mouth. Near the end of the article, a dentist, who has been practicing dentistry for 32 years, attributes the phenomena to alchemy - occult practice].

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But gold teeth are the latest revival twist, a phenomenon that was first
reported in Argentina during the 1980s and spread to Mexico, South Africa, Canada and Britain, according to Canada's Christian Week newspaper. Now it has hit the U.S. circuit.

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Gold teeth suddenly stopped appearing in the Canadian coal-mining town of Lethbridge last spring after a religious broadcaster made it known that he received a "miraculous" gold crown, and then checked with his dentist. Dr. Jack Sherman informed Dick Dewert that he had fitted the crown 11 years before. Dewert owned up to the fact in a letter to the local newspaper, but he became the object of public ridicule.

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After a service, Connell said, some people reported similar gold crowns only to remember that they had gotten them in a dentist's chair years earlier. Still, most are the work of God, he said. "They're beautiful teeth, absolutely beautiful," said Connell, whose congregation is affiliated with the International (Church of the Four Square Gospel, founded by evangelist Amy McPherson. "The question is, Why gold teeth? Why not perfect health? We just feel God is touching and saying, 'Have a little gold.' It's a sign."

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Testimonies should not be based on physical manifestations.

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Obviously Alchemy is a form of witchcraft. It is an area much discussed in occult writings. Actual physical manifestations were not part of the teachings. The goal of the alchemist from a spiritual point of view is to transform a character of man from a base character to a spiritual being without the Holy Spirit. They hope to achieve heaven outside of having to conform to Jesus Christ.

The reason it is related to Astrology is that Astrology deals with characteristics of men and women. The character ideally needs to be transformed to gold, spiritual perfection. The Bible addresses the process of purification in Malachi 3:3 just so the Jews would understand what God was trying to convey, but it would not be through Astrology, but the refiner's fire meaning tribulation, if they rejected Christ His Son.

Ancient Masons invented Astrology. The compass and spuare, their main symbol, are used to draw the circle and divide it into twelve segments. The compass and square comprise the Pentagram. They also represent harmony and discord in life. The compass represents the harmony and square discord. It is held in Astrology that discord is the transformer of character and should be invited. They advise to have a dog to love and be loved if there are no people to do it with, to encourage the transforming of the character to unconditional godly love. God is love. Transmutation in relation to Alchemy is through living life focused on loving humanity, which is a brotherhood. The Gospel tells us to separate from the world and touch not the unclean. We are to overcome the world with the help of the Holy Spirit.

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ORIGINS

In what seems like another life, nearly thirty years ago it must have been, I attended a church meeting where a missionary group from Argentina, or possibly Paraguay, sang upbeat songs and talked about their work.

They were called something like Los Picaflores, which I believe means "Butterflies" (??) Understandably, my memories are sketchy, but I do recall being impressed by their descriptions of meetings amongst the poor of the land, many of whom had very bad teeth and were unable to afford treatment.

The speaker explained how some of the congregation discovered at the end of their gospel meeting that their teeth had been filled. I believe these were gold fillings, and I even recall that one was marked with the sign of the cross, a phenomenon that has now been reproduced. (This is confirmed by the statement of David Pytches above.)

At the time, I was a young believer, impressionable and gullible. I believed every word of the report I heard; indeed, it seemed entirely reasonable that an almighty and loving God would give poor people fillings for their bad teeth.

Today we live in a less innocent world and cannot accept such stories at face value. The Church has changed almost out of recognition and the context for such miraculous works has shifted. Today gold teeth are being gleefully displayed by rich Westerners who already have personal doctors and dentists, and they are taken as a proof of the Lord's favour. The revival needed authentication, and here it is!

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These reports only serve to prove that objects transformed to gold (whether rosaries or teeth!), and gold dust sprinklings are no new phenomenon and are not as uncommon as charismatics like to think. Furthermore, the most usual place to witness these "miracles" is at a Marian Shrine.

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But Ship of Fools editor Simon Jenkins says church leaders are irresponsible to encourage reports of "miracles".

He said that doing so was dangerous for the church - which may be made to look ridiculous through unresearched claims - and for individuals, who may feel cheated when they discover that the dentist put a filling there, and they had just forgotten about it.

He said: "My criticism is for church leaders who do not think it through, who do not put a break on these claims before they have been whipped up.

"We have the worst conflict going on in Europe since WWII, and yet we have these people saying God is performing trivial magic tricks.

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Several members of Folly's End Christian Fellowship in Croydon say they have been affected.

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Fish with gold teeth. What a laugh.