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Origins of a Modern Heresy - The Prosperity Movement
Getting Started | May 15th 2008 by Peg Bowman
“Who started the Prosperity Movement?” - I found this question in the Search Terms list this morning and it piqued my curiosity enough to drop everything and find an answer. What I discovered is… very revealing, and helps explain read more
Overheard At CHC
Joie de Vivre | April 30th 2008 by Sicarii
I recently caught another sermon by pastor Kong Hee of City Harvest Church. Speaking on prayer and quoting Mark 16:17-18, he advised that “the key to power and protection, to the wisdom of God, to solve society’s problem, to shine for the read more
“What Is the Divine Prosperity Ministry?”
Getting Started | March 24th 2008 by Peg Bowman
This question from one of Getting Started’s visitors puzzled me for a moment — I had never heard of it. Whoever you are, thanks for asking. A quick Google search returned over 9,000 websites related to Divine Prosperity, and as its name read more
This Is Where “Liberals” Miss the Boat
Getting Started | March 19th 2008 by Peg Bowman
The inability to recognize when two concepts oppose each other, or when one belief damages or discredits another. They miss it every time, and so does the media (with rare exceptions). Case in point: This past week’s brouhaha about Pastor Wri read more
The breed of evil
My Footsteps in the river of time | March 12th 2008 by Daniel Ho
The truth is that so often, Christians are numbed to wrong doctrines and teachings. As my eyes caught the title of the Elijah List newsletter this morning, which reads two articles Kingdom Wealth Ahwatukee (Phoenix), Arizona With Patricia King and Jo read more
The Prosperity Gospel
Caffeinated Thoughts | March 11th 2008 by Shane Vander Hart
John Piper is dead on and doesn’t pull any punches. I too hate the prosperity gospel and how it perverts the true gospel. HT: Brian Eberly Technorati Tags: prosperity gospel,health and wealth gospel,false teachings,idolatry,John Pipe read more
Breaking The Silence
Joie de Vivre | February 15th 2008 by Sicarii
Perhaps some of you are thinking that after starting the ball rolling on a rather loud debate on the prosperity gospel, judging, discernment, motives, etc, I’m really ’smart’ to keep away and just let things roll while not saying read more
The Archbishop of Canterbury Has Lost It
Getting Started | February 8th 2008 by Peg Bowman
That’s all I can think of to say at this moment. Breaking news from England is that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has said the introduction of Shari’a law into the UK’s system of government is “unavoidable& read more
What’s Missing in Too Much of “Conservative” Religion
Getting Started | January 6th 2008 by Peg Bowman
“We stand in awe of the ocean, the thunderstorm, the sunset, the mountains, But we pass by a human being without notice Even though the person is God’s most magnificent creation.” – St. Augustine I read the above quotation thi read more
Bodies
Getting Started | November 21st 2007 by Peg Bowman
The fictional story below is meant as a modern-day parable, inspired in part by a newsletter I just received from Christian Associates of Southwestern Pennsylvania and in part by the billboards popping up around town. I must disagree with the folks read more
How to Spot a Fake
Getting Started | November 14th 2007 by Peg Bowman
There are telltale signs of fake spirituality and false teachers. The following passage from the gospel of John can help us recognize some of those signs: 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering about him [Jesus]. Then the chief priests and read more
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