"For you are my hiding place; you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of victory" (Psalm 32:7). While this verse is comforting, the faithful today know that life is complicated, ...
It’s easy to see the errors of health-and-wealth grifters. But a subtler addition to the gospel misleads many believers.
This is Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn’s depiction of the rich fool obsessed with his possessions in Luke 12:13-21. Rembrandt lived from 1606-69. (Courtesy Photo) The so-called “Prosperity Gospel” ...
As we read the verses this morning, I admit that my mind wandered a bit. And though I'm not proud of what I thought about, I admit that my mind immediately went back to the television talk shows that ...
What God promises … God provides. It’s that simple. All we have to do is BELIEVE. Each one of us are guaranteed these 7 promises of God … as long as we place our FAITH, TRUST and HOPE in having a ...
Has the so-called Prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis? That’s what a scholar of the fast-growing ...
(The Conversation) — The TikTok profile Daily Believer (@believerdaily) has 70 videos with computer-generated Jesuses looking directly at the viewer, beseeching them to stop scrolling and watch the ...
Romans 11 is often cited as proof that national Israel has an irrevocable guarantee of future triumph. The apostle Paul speaks of a partial hardening, of Gentile inclusion, and of a future moment when ...