Hank Hanegraaff

===''Counterfeit Revival''===
Hanegraaff revisited some of the same issues in his 1997 book ''Counterfeit Revival'', in which he rejected the claims of many [[Charismatic movement|Charismatic]] teachers such as [[Rodney Howard Browne]] concerning what became known as the [[Toronto Blessing]]. The Toronto Blessing was associated with the [[Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship|Vineyard church]] located near the [[Toronto Pearson International Airport|Toronto Airport]], and was marked by spontaneous and sustained outbursts of bodily phenomena such as laughter, shaking, bouncing, and "resting in the Spirit".<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/1995/may15/5t6051.html|title = Toronto Blessing: Is It a Revival? | work = Christianity Today | date = May 15, 1995 | publication-date = May 1995  | volume = 39 | issue = 6 }}</ref> A different but related set of phenomena and claims subsequently emanated from churches in [[Pensacola, Florida]], and became known as the [[Brownsville Revival]].

One of the book's primary arguments is that many ostensible "manifestations of the Spirit" in [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]], [[Charismatic Christianity|Charismatic]], and [[Neo-charismatic movement|Neo-Charismatic]] or "third-wave" affiliated churches are caused by [[psychological manipulation]] of parishioners, and that many of the "signs and wonders" claimed by these churches are [[fraud]]ulent or result from manipulation, [[peer pressure]], subtle suggestions, altered states of consciousness from repetitive chanting or singing, or expectations of supernatural events. Hanegraaff argues that many of the practices within these movements are not [[Bible|biblically]] sanctioned or appropriate and are based on misinterpretations of scripture. He contends that these movements rely too much on subjective experiences or feelings.

James A. Beverley, professor of theology and ethics at [[Tyndale University College and Seminary|Tyndale Seminary]] (formerly Ontario Theological Seminary) in Toronto, Canada, reviewed ''Counterfeit Revival'' in ''[[Christianity Today]]'', and wrote that while the book "exposes some real excesses and imbalances in the current charismatic renewal movements", it is a "misleading, simplistic, and harmful book, marred by faulty logic [and] outdated and limited research".<ref>{{cite magazine | last = Beverley | first = James A.  | url = http://www.ctlibrary.com/1358 | title = Books: Counterfeit Critique | magazine = [[Christianity Today]] |  date = September 1, 1997 }}</ref>

Hanegraaff responded on equip.org,<ref>{{cite web | last = Hanegraaff  | first = Hank  | url = http://www.equip.org/articles/counterfeit-critique/ | title = Counterfeit Critique | date = 9 June 2009 | publisher = [[Christian Research Institute]] }}</ref> the [[Christian Research Institute|CRI]] website, by arguing that Beverley had received funding from the Vineyard in the past and that he was aligned with them generally. Hanegraaff implied that Beverley had been compensated to write a "hit piece" for ''Christianity Today''.