Brian Houston

[upbeat music] Well, here I am, Brian Houston.

This is Leadership and Other Stuff.

Welcome to my podcast.

It's so important that you stay in your lane and do what God called you to do, and that you stay faithful during that time.

Both here and in Florida, when I saw these people getting these awards today, and Brian, I feel bad crying again, because he made fun of me for it, but I gotta tell you, I'm emotional today when I look at the people that make this dream possible.

The architectural plan was laid out by God.

He lays out the blueprint, and he says, here's the local church, here's how you do it.

Nehemiah 4, 6 says, so we built a wall.

It was all joined together to have its height for the people had a heart and mind to work.

I actually heard Brian Houston preach a great message and it sounded like people had a heart and a mind to work.

That's what it sounded like when he did it.

He sat at his desk and he said, "'Pray for me,' Sean Foyt recalled in an interview with Fox News.

Vice President Mike Pence tweeted, "'Wonderful stopping by a worship leader's briefing today at the White House.'" Brian Houston, who founded Hillsong, one of the dominant churches producing worship music for congregations across the globe, said, When America is strong, the world is a better place.

Swaying to the sound of guitars and strings, the group of worship leaders at the White House that day lifted their hands and sang about God defeating the enemy and being lifted high.

"'I saw angels on assignment,' declared Jen Johnson of Bethel Worship about the gathering, noting, "'the good that's happening that you don't hear about on biased media.'" I've just been in tears all day, Job added.

you find them whining and dining sipping their glass of wine in the name of liberty and oh what it that and you know we've got it all under control and everything's fine don't be so deceived there is often deep moral defeat behind that smile it's coming out at the moment and these drinking churches it's coming out it's been exposed and it brings greatness on to the name of Christ the kind of things that have been happening in Hillsong with leaders under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

Seriously! brian houston himself had a tad too much and was found in some female's apartment for half an hour doing who knows what we don't know but the point is it raises questions and brings dishonor upon the name of christ don't believe the lie of the devil through these sometimes compromised christians that say you can drink and it won't affect you it will affect you it's a mind bending morals bending stupefying drink Drunkenness, debauchery.

The plan Lot's daughters came up with was a depraved and diabolical one.

But just before, I'm not justifying what they did, just remember a little while earlier they'd heard their dad offer them to the Sodomites.

Bonnie Hunt, from many films, 65.

Brian Houston is 72.

He's from Hillsong.

Tatiana Maslany is 41.

Our executive editor is Emmanuel Berry.

Special thanks today to Diego Ungaro, Brendan Mom, Jamie Arduino, Eileen and Mark Siven, Rebecca Babcock, Shane Manchip, BA Parker, Phil Wills, Sam Yellerhorse Kesler, Megan Kane, Laurie Laz, Dan Sinakin, Ray Tintori, Ben Mossman, Brian Houston, Cora Bruce, Ingrid Haftel, and Ellis Retzer.

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What happened to Hellsong in Sydney, Australia and in New York? Financial and sexual scandals with the Houstons.

And we're talking here not just Brian Houston, but his father, Frank, who was a horrible man, a pedophile, a homosexual pedophile.

And then Carlin in New York.

Unbelievable.

Some are con artists.

You've got Brian Houston and people like this and, you know, and Hybels and these other people and Carlin.

These things are publicly known what these people are.

They're wolves in sheep's clothing.