Died: Ole Anthony, Terror to Televangelists He dug through prosperity preachersâ trash and pushed a radical Christian community to be more like the first-century church. Daniel Silliman| Image: Courtesy of the Trinity Foundation / edits by Rick Szuecs When it came down to it, Ole Anthony would admit to a lot of the bad things people said about him. “My own grandiose bull— can get in the way,” he told a reporter in 2004. “I was a schemer and a promoter. That’s just the way my mind works.” Anthony needed to believe he was special, and he convinced those around him they were part of a spiritual elite. He was at times a huckster. He never stopped being a hustler. He exaggerated and lied about his life to impress people. He dreamed up grand plans to feed his ego and confirm his unmistakable charisma, never letting anything be reined in by humility or other people’s good sense.