Is There Room For False Prophecy or "Inaccuracy" Among Modern Day Prophets?

Deut. 18:18-22 ~ 18-I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. 19-And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. 20-But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. 21-And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? 22-When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him."

Known all around the country as Prophet Brian Carn, Brian Carn has taken the evangelism circuit by storm. On almost any website you will find that this "prophet" as he believes himself to be called, is said to not only be a true man of God, but also deliver what are called "prophetic utterances" with complete accuracy.

Now, be clear, the purpose of this post is not to impugn the character of Prophet Carn. By all accounts he is a godly and saved man and THANK GOD
that is a refreshing change from too many within modern circles of evangelism. However, truth statements are subject to criticism and ANY statement claiming to be truth should be examined closely especially when one is claiming that the truth statement is coming from God himself.

In the following video, done in Memphis, TN, sometime after May 2nd. 2011, Prophet Carn delivers prophecies where he "foretells" the future. The first part of the video he is dealing with the church to whom he is sent and it's leadership making certain statements. However, I will draw your attention to the latter part of the statements where Prophet Carn delivers some 18 prophecies which I will outline below the video.

Prophecies:

1- Plane falling out of the sky, but they are "planes" of tornadoes all thorough Chicago, Indiana, Virginia and Baltimore.  

On or about May 22nd 2011, Tornadoes actually hit Joplin, MO., Kansas, Oklahoma, Ark., Illinois, Indiana all the way up to Minneapolis, MN. There were about 70 various warnings during this period of time.  Wikepedia reports that there were 370 tornadoes in the US, in May alone, 314 of which were confirmed. HERE. Baltimore was actually hit before the prophecy in April 2011.

2- "I see a series of storms and tornadoes back to back."

3- "God will open a door that cannot be shut."

4- God said that there shall be a change in government

5- A man shall come out of "nowhere" in our government and we will wonder his origins. He will "twist the politics" of our country.

6- Even though people are currently rejoicing at the death of Osama bin Laden we yet don't know what shall come upon this country.

7- The US shall suffer "calamity after calamity" and "disease after disease"

8- Hospitals will "go on strike" refusing to work because there will be too many people that will need healthcare.

9- There will be a death that will send the country into shock. Calamity.

10- There will be a funeral in America of a major politician. he sees "flag half mast" and "pray for the President"

11- Out of these calamities God will raise up a people who are called by HIS name.

12- God will raise up a wife, raise up a bride who will do whatever he tells her to do.

13- God will raise up a people who will take a "prison number" from heaven and will be "God's prisoner" and those that obey HIM the "storms will jump over their house"

14- We will see these things, "not many days hence"

15- We will see a change in the weather. (remember he is speaking in early May, 2011) America will suffer "a quick winter" a "winter will hit before winter" (to date the summer of 2011 is one of the hottest on record and summer is past and the country has experienced no unusual cold or abbreviated summer season. This part of the prophecy can be judged to be inaccurate.)

16- Calamity after calamity, we have yet to see the destruction that will hit our city (speaking to Memphis)

17- Cars in floods floating down the street:  This occurred May 17th 2011 in Memphis, TN. 

18- An NBA Basketball player will die suddenly or get killed. ( I only suppose that this will happen before end of 2011)

Reconciliation Of The Prophetic Utterance

Now there is much debate as to what prophecy and the gift of prophecy is under the New Testament paradigm. Some say that it is limited to "forth-telling" the of God as opposed to "for-telling" the future or presenting secrets and revealing purposes only known to God. I believe that prophecy can go either way and there is not enough scriptural evidence to exclude either forth-telling or fore-telling.

Now, if the Lord is speaking we can expect that NONE of the prophecies are incorrect, or inaccurate; or can we? we can obviously see that some of the prophetic utterance spoken by Brian Carn is inaccurate and some of it has not come to pass within the current time frame. Then we have no clue as to what significance spiritually that the death of a Basketball player has but we acquiest...

Questions For Discussion

I changed the title to the post in an attempt to clarify what is being said. I would hold that anything "inaccurate" is also ultimately false. Does the modern prophet have leeway or wiggle room for inaccuracy, especially since none of what is "prophesied" is canonical? Does failure to prophecy 100% accurately, prove a character flaw or some other problem in the life of the prophet? Can a "prophet" miss and yet be anointed and directed of God?

Blessed!