The librarian now assures me that her staff will help her look up some more info.

She was especially interested in the incident about the Holy Spirit falling in the library, "especially since I am the librarian." I thanked her and waited for the next installment.

March 5

Next she had to let me know that she had had to pass the assignment on to the student records officer, since the library would not have that sort of information.

So the records officer writes, and I am told once more, "It is not our policy to release such information..." If you want to know about him, just contact him at his website. Which she kindly supplied.

Oh, fine. So now it's back to square one. But not before I send her this note:

One of the reasons I am doing research on James Maloney is that he makes such fantastic claims in his book and in public.

I have contacted his office regarding documentation of miracles and was told that he simply does not supply that sort of information.

Now you tell me that you cannot supply information about his work at C.F.N.I.

Where can I go to verify his information if not to the one institution that knew him at his beginnings and evidently knows him still?

My curiosity grows about this man, and about why his stories simply cannot be verified . Is there no one there willing to stand behind James Maloney?

About this time a general note comes from the librarian asking if there is anything else they can do. I'm not sure she is aware of the records person's response to me, so I share my frustration in the following note to her:

Actually I am very disappointed.

I have had a serious problem with acceptance of some of the stories Mr. Maloney tells. I wanted to do a deep research into his history, to confirm that the factual information he gives is reliable.

I already wrote to his organization and was informed that he supplies no information in terms of documentation of miracles! Now his home school cannot confirm when he was a student there, and if/when he was a teacher there, and some of the miraculous events that surely should have rocked CFNI if they truly happened.

I am led only to one conclusion so far, and it is not a happy one. I do hope that someone will step forward who can speak favorably of this man. Not his character or personality, but his actual performance of miracles and such. If there is no one, what am I to believe?

I know this is not your fault, but since you asked...

Then, yet another response from the librarian. She had found something after all! Strange. In some old yearbooks, " after spending quite some time looking at them, we found a student named James Maloney listed in the 1975 CFNI Yearbook."

And In the 1998 CFNI Yearbook, there was actually an instructor named James Maloney. His title was Instructor, Director of Prophetic Ministries.

In the yearbooks in 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 he is listed as Dr. James Maloney, Instructor, Director of Prophetic Ministries.

So there it was! Somewhere in there he received a Doctorate. He did teach there. Why such a difficult path to finding it out?

I was still left with the question of where those other college degrees originated. All of them, actually. I decided to make one more attempt for release of info from the Maloney people. I wrote:

I am Bob, the one who requested information about James Maloney ' s miracles before.

I read that James has a number of degrees. PhD, DD, THD, to name a few. Could you tell me from what institutions these degrees were earned, and when?

Thanks,

Then it was that the Maloney camp lowered the boom on me. Nicely, though.

I was told first that an organization as busy as they are and with such little staff as they have, has no time for debating their position on Divine healing. (I asked only about his degrees). I was told that there is no purpose in trying to convince me of their theological interpretations, since no two Christians agree completely. (I only asked about his degrees).

Next, he referred to my last email and said that no proof would be sufficient for one such as I. People like us will believe that miracle workers are either misinformed or dishonest. (I only asked about his degrees).

He then mentions the service I was in, at the Korean church here. I told him I had seen no miracles, and I did not. He insisted, "we have received testimony from other attendees claiming to have received a touch from the Lord." I was not questioning that people could have been "touched by the Lord" that night. Why not? I was simply stating that I saw no physical evidence of a miracle, but did for sure see the need for at least one. (But I still only asked about his degrees this time).

On the basis of all that, he wants to know, what purpose would be served by providing this degree information? He suggests I would question the validity of the statements. No, I wouldn't. I would contact the institution to verify that these degrees were indeed awarded. Then he says, But I don't see the need to provide information that would be used only to undermine our family's ministry.

How could that happen, if it were all true?

He mentions in passing, my blog. I don't remember giving him information about that! He says that I disagree with their stance about Divine Healing. Not at all. I disagree with statements being made that cannot or will not ever be documented, giving people false hope and turning them away from the faith altogether. That is what I disagree with.

He then goes on to list an amazing assortment of miracles he has seen with his own eyes. More than a thousand:

Multiple sclerosis. Cancers "liquifying and burning on the floor", metal pins and rods dematerializing, pacemakers disappearing, deliverance from demonic oppression, witches silenced and running out of the room, blind eyes healed, growth of bodies several inches, arthritic fingers and toes straightened, and more.

He suggests that, " my words won't convince you, because you desire proof apart from my claims." Indeed I do! That is my right as a believer. I cannot trust the words of any man, even the greatest of the great believers of all time, unless I know for certain the Holy Ghost inspired them. That leaves me only with a Bible and a pair of eyes. Show me. Not that He is able, I know that! Show me that you have been an instrument in a genuine healing. Only one.

He ends his note on a very kind tone, simply assuming we must agree to disagree. He offers me his peace, and that is the end of it.

Oh, and no name was signed to that letter. My only declared eyewitness, and he has no name! I imagine it was Andrew, who wrote the first letter, but I am not sure.

I sent a similar request (first week of March) to a school in England where he taught. There has been no reply from that school as yet.

I have no plans for any further research on this project. It is obvious there is no way of breaking through the barriers that have been placed in the way of anyone who wants to know what's going on.

Good day Mr. Faulkner,

My name is ______________and I am the current registrar at Christ for the Nations Institute. You have been currently speaking to my assistant and requesting some information.

I am sorry to say that we cannot give out any information about current staff/students or past staff/students due to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

Door shut.