This passage is as much a misused passage as a difficult one. And its misuse can often be deadly. There have been a number of…
Why does it seem that not all of our prayers are answered? Why are some people healed and others not? Why do sin, suffering and…
In light of the theological framework developed in Part One of this article, I want to flesh this out in some practical specifics, looking at…
Divine healing proponents look to Isaiah 53:4,5 as proof that healing is to be included in the atonement. Indeed, almost all of the faith teachers…
Admittedly, contentment is rather difficult to achieve in an age of rising expectations. Not only does everyone want to keep up with the Joneses, but…
One major mistake of some believers in general, and the prosperity gospel in particular, is to equate a person’s economic and material standing with his…
There are always plenty of twisted teachings and dodgy doctrines circulating in our churches. One is known as the Prosperity Gospel or the Health and…
Given that we usually think of the psalms as songs of praise, it may be startling to some just how much ‘negative’ content is found…
I came upon an interesting religious news item today. It seems that one very famous church in America has gone bankrupt, and is up for…
In this article I wish to discuss just one quite small aspect of the enormous topic of suffering as portrayed in the New Testament. It…
It is not just Paul of course who speaks about suffering so often. The rest of the New Testament also has much to say about…
A major feature of the Word of Faith movement, and/or the Health and Wealth Gospel, is the emphasis on positive confession. It is a kind…
If modernism and secularisation have convinced pagans of God’s nonexistence, they have convinced many Christians of God’s manageability. That is, God has become less of…
Thomas Nelson, 2009. (Available in Australia at Koorong books) This is an updated and expanded version of a book which first appeared in 1993. In…
I recently bought two books I did not want to buy. I hate dishing out hard-earned money on books I consider barely worth stealing (at…
Is the Kingdom of God present or future? If Jesus defeated Satan at Calvary, why is there still suffering and sin? Why aren’t more people…
Not bad for a get rich quick scheme: peddle some old myths, repackage and cleverly promote them, and get Oprah Winfrey to gush about it,…
Brian Houston Ministries, 1999 In this book the pastor of Hillsong Church in Sydney shares his concerns about money. He believes that Christians have a…
A popular teaching has been heard in the church over the last few decades which encourages Christians to believe they should be rich and prosperous.…