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Category: The Health and Wealth Gospel

Posted onFeb 8, 2025Feb 8, 2025Christianity

Faith, Doubt, Sickness and Healing

by Bill Muehlenberg8 Comments on Faith, Doubt, Sickness and Healing

Complex issues with no easy answers: There are some understandings of the sorts of things referred to in my title that are better, and more…

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Posted onApr 6, 2024Apr 7, 2024Christianity

Salvation Out, Self-Help In

by Bill Muehlenberg7 Comments on Salvation Out, Self-Help In

We no longer believe in sin, so we no longer believe in a saviour: In the old days, most people knew they were sinful beings…

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Posted onFeb 25, 2024Feb 26, 2024Christianity

Psalm 88 and Being Honest To God About Our Situation

by Bill Muehlenberg8 Comments on Psalm 88 and Being Honest To God About Our Situation

Does it seem that God has abandoned you? One cannot accuse Scripture of whitewashing things, or just painting a rosy picture about life. It presents…

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Posted onFeb 24, 2024Feb 24, 2024Christianity

More On Miracles

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on More On Miracles

Miracles will not always lead to faith: I just recently wrote a piece on signs and wonders. In it I asked whether the miraculous normally…

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Posted onFeb 23, 2024Feb 24, 2024Christianity

Faith, Signs and Wonders

by Bill Muehlenberg4 Comments on Faith, Signs and Wonders

Thoughts about miracles and belief: That the miraculous is real is a given for Christians, since we know that God exists, and that he interacts…

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Posted onJun 14, 2023Jun 14, 2023Christianity

J. I. Packer on Suffering, Weakness and the Christian Faith

by Bill Muehlenberg6 Comments on J. I. Packer on Suffering, Weakness and the Christian Faith

Great biblical wisdom on offer here from Packer: The issue of suffering is a core part of Christian teaching. After all, we worship a Suffering…

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Posted onApr 20, 2023Apr 20, 2023Christianity

Bad Teaching, Bad Behaviour

by Bill Muehlenberg7 Comments on Bad Teaching, Bad Behaviour

When megachurches are publicly critiqued, sometimes it is well-deserved: It is a general truth that if believers are fed a diet of faulty, questionable or…

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Posted onJan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Mark 9:38-41

by Bill Muehlenberg4 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Mark 9:38-41

Are miracles proof that someone is a true spokesman of God? Most of the passages found in this series are either difficult and problematic to…

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Posted onJan 2, 2022Jan 2, 2022Christianity

Responding To Theological Critics

by Bill Muehlenberg10 Comments on Responding To Theological Critics

Some words in reply to those who disagree with me: I write about theology all the time, so it is no surprise that I get…

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Posted onDec 28, 2021Dec 28, 2021Christianity

Stick With God, and Ignore the Unbiblical Preachers

by Bill Muehlenberg7 Comments on Stick With God, and Ignore the Unbiblical Preachers

There are far too many unbiblical memes being pushed by believers: Here is some helpful advice: Do you want to be able to spot heresy…

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Posted onMay 8, 2021May 8, 2021Christianity

Needed: A Theology of Suffering

by Bill Muehlenberg10 Comments on Needed: A Theology of Suffering

It is time for Western Christians to develop a theology of suffering: I have often written on this theme, but when I did a quick…

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Posted onApr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021Book Reviews

The Fellowship of the Broken Heart

by Bill Muehlenberg13 Comments on The Fellowship of the Broken Heart

Joining with suffering saints like Elisabeth Elliot: A decade ago I wrote a piece called “The Fellowship of the Burning Heart”. It referred to several…

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Posted onMay 14, 2020May 14, 2020Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Proverbs 18:21

by Bill Muehlenberg17 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Proverbs 18:21

This is another passage so often massacred by Christians: I really must retitle this series. Most of the passages I have looked at are not…

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Posted onApr 1, 2020Mar 23, 2021Christianity

Closing Churches During the Corona Crisis

by Bill Muehlenberg31 Comments on Closing Churches During the Corona Crisis

What are we to make of forced church closures during this time? Plenty of changes are happening with COVID-19. One of them is the forced…

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Posted onMar 31, 2020Apr 1, 2020Christianity

Which Gospel?

by Bill Muehlenberg9 Comments on Which Gospel?

The contrast between the real gospel and a false gospel could not be greater: The Apostle Paul told us what he thought about those who…

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Posted onMar 10, 2020Mar 28, 2020Christianity

Difficult Bible Passages: Psalm 91:10

by Bill Muehlenberg11 Comments on Difficult Bible Passages: Psalm 91:10

Does this verse mean Christians are exempt from Coronavirus? With everyone talking about the Coronavirus, many Christians have been appealing to this particular passage. In…

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Posted onAug 26, 2019Aug 26, 2019Christianity

On Christian Ministries and Biblical Balance

by Bill Muehlenberg12 Comments on On Christian Ministries and Biblical Balance

We must avoid both being hyper-critical of everything, and being accepting and undiscerning about everything. As I have said so many times over the years,…

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Posted onAug 25, 2019Aug 25, 2019Christianity

Making a Mockery of the Faith

by Bill Muehlenberg12 Comments on Making a Mockery of the Faith

How should we think of Hollywood and its constant mockery of the faith? When I recently saw trailers on the television for a new show…

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Posted onAug 24, 2019Aug 25, 2019Book Reviews

A Review of God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel. By Costi Hinn.

by Bill Muehlenberg22 Comments on A Review of God, Greed, and the (Prosperity) Gospel. By Costi Hinn.

Zondervan, 2019. A new book written by Benny Hinn’s nephew on the prosperity gospel is a must read. Most folks have heard of Benny Hinn,…

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Posted onAug 17, 2019Aug 18, 2019Christianity

Suffering and Glory – Part One

by Bill Muehlenberg2 Comments on Suffering and Glory – Part One

Everyone wants glory, but few want suffering. But the two are bound together: Hands up – who wants glory? Hands up – who wants suffering?…

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