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Mark Twain once said, '''"If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything."''' | |||
The Bible plainly tells us in Titus and 1 Timothy what is expected of Christian leaders: | |||
:''An elder must be blameless...<ref>Titus 1:6 (NET)</ref> | |||
:''For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work...<ref>Titus 1:7 (NET)</ref> | |||
:''The overseer then must be above reproach...<ref>1 Timothy 3:2 (NET)</ref> | |||
:''And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.<ref>1 Timothy 3:10 (NET)</ref> | |||
William Branham portrayed himself as a simple, honest, uneducated man who was sent from God as a prophet to fore-run the second coming of Christ. But an important question is whether he was truthful over the pulpit. Each of the questions below examines and important issue regarding his credibility. If you click on the individual items below, they will take you to a detailed explanation of each issue. Examine the evidence for yourself and determine whether William Branham was truthful: | |||
#[[William Branham and Billy Graham|Did William Branham lie about his prophecy regarding Billy Graham?]] | |||
#[[1933 Ohio River Experience|Did anyone hear the voice on the Ohio River in 1933?]] | |||
#[[The Cloud|Why did William Branham say that he was under the cloud when they took its picture, when he clearly wasn't?]] | |||
#Did William Branham travel [[William_Branham's Travels#Around the world seven times?|around the world seven times?]] | |||
#[[Bible saved from the flood|Was William Branham's Bible saved miraculously in the 1937 flood?]] | |||
#[[The Man from Windsor|Why did the story of the man from Windsor change so drastically over time?]] | |||
#[[Plagiarism|Why did William Branham say that he received his revelations from God when he took many of his doctrines from other men?]] | |||
#Why did William Branham change the story of [[Congressman Upshaw]]'s healing? | |||
#[[Roy Davis|When did William Branham embrace Pentecostalism?]] | |||
#Was [[Donny Morton]] really healed? | |||
#[[William Branham speaks in tongues|Did William Branham speak in an unknown tongue that a Finnish woman understood?]] | |||
#[[Was William Branham Honest|Was it reasonable for William Branham to blame his poor grammar on his dad?]] | |||
#Did William Branham prayer for [[King George VI|King George VI and was he really healed?]] | |||
#[[Kari Holma|Did William Branham raise a boy from the dead in Finland?]] | |||
#Who was [[Hope Branham's Nurse]]? | |||
#Was [[Florence Nightingale]] the granddaughter of the original Florence Nightingale? | |||
#[[The Pillar of Fire|Did the Pillar of Fire really appear above William Branham's head in Houston? Why did other pictures from that evening appear in the newspaper, when he said his picture was the only one that turned out?]] | |||
#[[Proposing to Hope Brumbach|Was William Branham truthful about asking Hope's parents for her hand in marriage?]] | |||
#[[William Branham's Double Standard#William Branham in Shorts|If only sissies wear shorts, why did William Branham wear them?]] | |||
#[[Leo Mercer|How could William Branham have allowed Leo Mercer to be part of his ministry?]] | |||
#[[An Uncertain Sound|Did William Branham claim to be a prophet?]] | |||
#[[The Nazarite Birth|Was William Branham born under a Nazarite Vow?]] | |||
#[[Discernment errors|Was William Branham's discernment 100% accurate?]] | |||
#[[Guessing the disease|Was William Branham's ministry always 100%?]] | |||
#[[The Mystery of the Empty Cornerstone|What was in the cornerstone of Branham Tabernacle?]] | |||
#[[William Branham's Travels|Did William Branham travel around the world seven times?]] | |||
#[[Billy Paul Branham|Why was William Branham dishonest about his son's first marriage?]] | |||
#[[Prophecy of the Cloud|Why was the vision of the five angels changed to a vision of seven angels?]] | |||
#[[Rattlesnake Mesa|Why did William Branham say that he was at Sunset Mountain when he was actually at Rattlesnake Mesa?]] | |||
#Why did William Branham make up [[The Story of the Pyramid Box|the story of the Pyramid Box]]? | |||
#[[Different Stories|Why did William Branham's stories change so radically over time?]] | |||
#[[The Perfect Man|Was William Branham really the first fruits of spiritual maturity? The perfect man?]] | |||
#[[The Houston Photograph|Was the photo from Houston supernatural or just the out of focus picture of a flood light?]] | |||
#[[The Amber Light|Did William Branham see an amber light?]] | |||
#[[Jim Jones|Did William Branham help to launch the ministry of Jim Jones?]] | |||
#Was Marshal [[Matt Dillon]] from Gunsmoke a real person? | |||
#[[Is Joseph Branham a prophet?]] | |||
#Was there a [[Mormon prophecy about William Branham]]? | |||
#[[Prophecy: Danny Henry|Danny Henry message]] | |||
#[[William Branham's View of Himself|How did William Branham view himself?]] | |||
#[[William Branham and Money|Was William Branham a wealthy man when he died?]] | |||
#[[William Branham Speaking as God|If God spoke through William Branham, why did he mess up?]] | |||
#[[William Branham's Double Standard#William Branham the Hunter|If it was wrong to kill animals for sport, why did William Branham do it?]] | |||
#[[William Branham's Double Standard#William Branham at the Theatre|Why did William Branham deny that he went to movies 3 weeks after admitting that he did?]] | |||
#[[William Branham's Double Standard#William Branham, sold out for a Cadillac|Why did William Branham criticize those who drove Cadillac's when he owned one?]] | |||
#[[William Branham's Double Standard#Trimmed Hair & Short Skirts in the Branham Family|Why did William Branham criticize women that cut their hair and wore short skirts, when his own family did?]] | |||
#[[Arvel Mosier|What actually happened to Hattie Wright's boys?]] | |||
#[[William Branham on Suicide#Inaccuracies about William Cowper's death|Why did William Branham say he went to William Cowper's grave when he didn't?]] | |||
#[[William Branham on Suicide#Inaccuracies about William Cowper's death|Why did William Branham say William Cowper committed suicide when he died of heart failure?]] | |||
#[[William Branham on Suicide#Stephen Foster|Why did William Branham state the Stephen Foster committed suicide, when this is not true?]] | |||
#Was there really a connection between [[The Pope and the Lunar Eclipse|the Pope visiting israel in 1964 and the lunar eclipse that preceded his visit?]] | |||
=Evidence that William Branham taught things that were not in scripture= | =Evidence that William Branham taught things that were not in scripture= | ||