Download or read book I m A Christian But Broke 7 Biblical Truths Why Christians Are Not Prosperous written by LaDonyae Johnson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It seems you have been faithful, right? Faithful to God, to the ministry, faithful tither, faithful giver, but it still seems there's financial lack. The Bible tells us in Matthew 6:33, to seek first the Kingdom and its righteousness and all other things will be added, but it seems to you in all your faithfulness things are not adding up. I'm A Christian But Broke:7 Biblical Truths Why Christians Are Not Prosperous are for those individuals who believe they have been faithful, but need deeper answers to why it seems as if they're barely making it...Why am I not living in the abundant overflow of God's promises? This book will provide answers to your questions as well as enlighten your eyes and open your understanding to the deeper levels of Biblical truths to cause you to transform your thinking so you may walk in the complete abundance of God's promises.
Download or read book Your Best Life Now written by Joel Osteen and published by FaithWords. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this remarkable New York Times bestseller, Joel Osteen offers unique insights and encouragement that will help readers overcome every obstacle in their lives.
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Download or read book The Prosperity Gospel Exposed written by Michael D. Fortner and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-09-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Michael Fortner makes an invaluable contribution by showing that such commonly heard claims as that believing in Jesus will make you rich are totally mistaken." (Robert S. McElvaine, author of Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America) Unlike other writers on this subject, the author once believed the Prosperity Gospel, but after twenty years of financial struggle and frequent unemployment God called him to research the Prosperity Gospel. What he found proves the Prosperity Gospel is totally false, and a horrible sin, and calls for a Reformation of the Charismatic Movement. Other books on this subject take a theological point of view, but the prosperity teachers failure is in not properly interpreting the Scriptures; so he analyzes every verse they use to teach the Prosperity Gospel, and gives the correct interpretation. As a result of properly interpreting the Scriptures, this book totally destroys the Prosperity Gospel. Fortner says all Christians have been deceived by wealth, not just Charismatics, the result is spiritual lukewarmness. The Scriptures show that Biblical prosperity is having all your needs met, or not being in want, but the American definition is having lots of stuff. He also says that many pastors, especially the mega-church pastors, earn too much money, while Jesus taught that his future ministers should live without high incomes or material wealth. This book says most preachers on Christian TV today, the Bible refers to as almost true yet false prophets because they are leading people away from the truth. But he is not against all Pentecostal / Charismatic doctrines, but takes a balanced approach because he grew up attending an old fashioned Pentecostal church. He believes Christianity in America today is the church of Laodicea, and so God has already started to refine us as gold; which means suffering the fire of judgment. He details the economic and natural disasters that have come upon America in the last few years and calls it is the judgment of God upon us, and calls for Christians to repent of materialism and the Prosperity Gospel. He says that the judgment will likely get worse until we repent, resulting in another Great Awakening in America. Michael D. Fortner was called into the ministry at age 20, but because he is not an eloquent speaker he chose to spend his adult life doing in-depth study of the Scriptures. He has a B.A. in journalism with a minor in history, and is a skilled researcher, with God-given ability to figure things out. He is also the author of "The Truth About United Flight 93" (showing the conspiracy theories are false), and Discoveries in Bible Prophecy. He is the editor of The Sibylline Oracles: Revised and Updated, and The Book of Enoch Updated. This book gets under the skin of people who believe in the prosperity gospel and it makes them really angry because it proves them wrong. Introduction ... Chapter 1 - Deceived by Wealth ... Chapter 2 - Spirituality and Riches ... Chapter 3 - The Way of Balaam ... Chapter 4 - Using Proper Context and Interpretation ... Chapter 5 - No Wisdom Here ... Chapter 6 - The New Covenant Priesthood ... Chapter 7 - Rich and Poor Christians ... Chapter 8 - Supernatural Signs or Strange Fire ... Chapter 9 - The Almost True Yet False Prophet ... Chapter 10 - Holy Laughter and Strange Manifestations ... Chapter 11 - Strange Charismatic Doctrines ... Chapter 12 - Prophetic Voices Crying in the Wilderness ... Chapter 13 - The Judgment of God and Revival ... Conclusion ... Bibliography ... At this low price you can buy a print copy and an eBook copy so you can search for words and phrases. Ebooks now take the place of indexes; without an index a printed book uses less paper and sells at a lower price. Please leave a review of this book, thanks.
Download or read book The Prosperity Gospel Truth or Lie written by Jean Maurice Prosper and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-11-30 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this actual generation, God is practically absent. The World is now a place where personal glory, fame and riches is the prime goal of everybody. The society is now a success driven one and the importance of having money and riches has never been more important. Christianity have unfortunately been caught up in this movement and we now have a new type of gospel known to many as the Prosperity Gospel. For many, this gospel is the intention or blessings that God has declared for his followers, for others this is simply a twisted and corrupted version of the real Gospel. This book is an invitation to review the claims of the prosperity gospel and at the same time, review what the Bible really teaches. Are we born to be rich and possess the world ? Are we to live in extreme riches and abundance until our Lord returns or are we called to live out as followers and disciples of Jesus, being content with what we have and leaving everything we need to Jesus? Does God really promises all the riches of the world to all of us once we start following Jesus ? Join me in this interesting and most important exploration of the hottest topic around, The prosperity gospel.
Download or read book Everything Happens for a Reason written by Kate Bowler and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A meditation on sense-making when there’s no sense to be made, on letting go when we can’t hold on, and on being unafraid even when we’re terrified.”—Lucy Kalanithi “Belongs on the shelf alongside other terrific books about this difficult subject, like Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal.”—Bill Gates NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God’s disapproval. At thirty-five, everything in her life seems to point toward “blessing.” She is thriving in her job, married to her high school sweetheart, and loves life with her newborn son. Then she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The prospect of her own mortality forces Kate to realize that she has been tacitly subscribing to the prosperity gospel, living with the conviction that she can control the shape of her life with “a surge of determination.” Even as this type of Christianity celebrates the American can-do spirit, it implies that if you “can’t do” and succumb to illness or misfortune, you are a failure. Kate is very sick, and no amount of positive thinking will shrink her tumors. What does it mean to die, she wonders, in a society that insists everything happens for a reason? Kate is stripped of this certainty only to discover that without it, life is hard but beautiful in a way it never has been before. Frank and funny, dark and wise, Kate Bowler pulls the reader deeply into her life in an account she populates affectionately with a colorful, often hilarious retinue of friends, mega-church preachers, relatives, and doctors. Everything Happens for a Reason tells her story, offering up her irreverent, hard-won observations on dying and the ways it has taught her to live. Praise for Everything Happens for a Reason “I fell hard and fast for Kate Bowler. Her writing is naked, elegant, and gripping—she’s like a Christian Joan Didion. I left Kate’s story feeling more present, more grateful, and a hell of a lot less alone. And what else is art for?”—Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and president of Together Rising
Download or read book I Love Jesus But I Want to Die written by Sarah J. Robinson and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compassionate, shame-free guide for your darkest days “A one-of-a-kind book . . . to read for yourself or give to a struggling friend or loved one without the fear that depression and suicidal thoughts will be minimized, medicalized or over-spiritualized.”—Kay Warren, cofounder of Saddleback Church What happens when loving Jesus doesn’t cure you of depression, anxiety, or suicidal thoughts? You might be crushed by shame over your mental illness, only to be told by well-meaning Christians to “choose joy” and “pray more.” So you beg God to take away the pain, but nothing eases the ache inside. As darkness lingers and color drains from your world, you’re left wondering if God has abandoned you. You just want a way out. But there’s hope. In I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die, Sarah J. Robinson offers a healthy, practical, and shame-free guide for Christians struggling with mental illness. With unflinching honesty, Sarah shares her story of battling depression and fighting to stay alive despite toxic theology that made her afraid to seek help outside the church. Pairing her own story with scriptural insights, mental health research, and simple practices, Sarah helps you reconnect with the God who is present in our deepest anguish and discover that you are worth everything it takes to get better. Beautifully written and full of hard-won wisdom, I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die offers a path toward a rich, hope-filled life in Christ, even when healing doesn’t look like what you expect.
Download or read book Preaching Profits written by Vashti Starr Buck and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seedtime and harvest, the money miracles of Jesus, promises of abundance, and financial blessings are at the heart of the prosperity gospel. Millions of well-meaning churchgoers have been deceived into believing that their pastors are teaching Biblical truth. When in fact, they are being taught a "doctrine of devils" (1 Timothy 4:1). In this book, Vashti proves (without a shadow of a doubt) that "preaching profits" is contrary to the Word of God. Its purpose is to debunk, disprove, and dismantle a deceptive doctrine that has led many to naively "sow" into ministries in anticipation of financial gain. Prosperity preachers should be ashamed of themselves! They have been relying on the tithes and offerings of their congregations to pay for mansions, luxury vehicles, and private jets. These pulpit pimps have mastered "crafty counsel" (Psalms 83:3) as they use emotional manipulation to convince their congregation to "sow" their money in hopes of "reaping" a financial "harvest." This is a gross perversion of the Word of God.After being broke for far too long, Vashti stumbled upon the prosperity gospel. It sounded like an answer to her prayers that could save her from financial ruin. Her initial desire was to please God, but her "itching ears" (2 Timothy 4:3) that wanted the riches of this world fell into the trap of the prosperity gospel. Vashti knows firsthand the damage that following the prosperity gospel can bring. Thankfully, The Most High God rebuked, retaught, and restored her "unto righteousness" (Romans 10:10).He prepared this trap to teach, chastise, and lead Vashti into the truth. Although the journey was rough, she maintained her cheerful and patient demeanor when she was brought down to a "low estate" (Ecclesiasticus/Sirach 2:4).Now that Vashti's on the other side, she shares her story in hopes of enlightening others who have subscribed to the prosperity gospel, either knowingly or unintentionally, to renounce it and to read the Bible without Christianity's misinterpretation of prosperity, riches, and wealth.Written with love,Visit VashtiStarrBuck.com for more information and righteous resources.
Download or read book Providence written by John Piper and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New from Best-Selling Author John Piper From Genesis to Revelation, the providence of God directs the entire course of redemptive history. Providence is "God's purposeful sovereignty." Its extent reaches down to the flight of electrons, up to the movements of galaxies, and into the heart of man. Its nature is wise and just and good. And its goal is the Christ-exalting glorification of God through the gladness of a redeemed people in a new world. Drawing on a lifetime of theological reflection, biblical study, and practical ministry, pastor and author John Piper leads us on a stunning tour of the sightings of God's providence—from Genesis to Revelation—to discover the allencompassing reality of God's purposeful sovereignty over all of creation and all of history. Piper invites us to experience the profound effects of knowing the God of all-pervasive providence: the intensifying of true worship, the solidifying of wavering conviction, the strengthening of embattled faith, the toughening of joyful courage, and the advance of God's mission in this world.
Download or read book Financial Prosperity Unveiled written by R. D. Weekly and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most controversial topics to ever face the Christian Church revolves around the prosperity doctrine--whether or not God wants His children wealthy. This book unapologetically examines the Scriptures, carefully uncovering the biblical truths involved so that you're left with absolutely no doubt about God's true perspective on riches and wealth.
Download or read book Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up written by Matthew Richard (Rev. Dr.) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our culture of personalization, where everything is customizable, Jesus is often reworked into what each individual wants Him to be. Jesus is aligned to a person's agendas and dreams, making it easier for him or her to agree with Him.
Download or read book Blessed written by Kate Bowler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-08 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have millions of American Christians come to measure spiritual progress in terms of their financial status and physical well-being? How has the movement variously called Word of Faith, Health and Wealth, Name It and Claim It, or simply prosperity gospel come to dominate much of our contemporary religious landscape? Kate Bowler's Blessed is the first book to fully explore the origins, unifying themes, and major figures of a burgeoning movement that now claims millions of followers in America. Bowler traces the roots of the prosperity gospel: from the touring mesmerists, metaphysical sages, pentecostal healers, business oracles, and princely prophets of the early 20th century; through mid-century positive thinkers like Norman Vincent Peale and revivalists like Oral Roberts and Kenneth Hagin; to today's hugely successful prosperity preachers. Bowler focuses on such contemporary figures as Creflo Dollar, pastor of Atlanta's 30,000-member World Changers Church International; Joel Osteen, known as "the smiling preacher," with a weekly audience of seven million; T. D. Jakes, named by Time magazine one of America's most influential new religious leaders; Joyce Meyer, evangelist and women's empowerment guru; and many others. At almost any moment, day or night, the American public can tune in to these preachers-on TV, radio, podcasts, and in their megachurches-to hear the message that God desires to bless them with wealth and health. Bowler offers an interpretive framework for scholars and general readers alike to understand the diverse expressions of Christian abundance as a cohesive movement bound by shared understandings and common goals.
Download or read book The Prosperity Gospel Truth Or Lie written by Jean Maurice Prosper and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2012-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this actual generation, God is practically absent. The World is now a place where personal glory, fame and riches is the prime goal of everybody. The society is now a success driven one and the importance of having money and riches has never been more important. Christianity have unfortunately been caught up in this movement and we now have a new type of gospel known to many as the Prosperity Gospel. For many, this gospel is the intention or blessings that God has declared for his followers, for others this is simply a twisted and corrupted version of the real Gospel. This book is an invitation to review the claims of the prosperity gospel and at the same time, review what the Bible really teaches. Are we born to be rich and possess the world ? Are we to live in extreme riches and abundance until our Lord returns or are we called to live out as followers and disciples of Jesus, being content with what we have and leaving everything we need to Jesus? Does God really promises all the riches of the world to all of us once we start following Jesus ? Join me in this interesting and most important exploration of the hottest topic around, The prosperity gospel.
Download or read book The Book of Job written by Gilbert Keith Chesterton and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Job is among the other Old Testament Books both a philosophical riddle and a historical riddle. Controversy has long raged about which parts of this epic belong to its original scheme and which are interpolations of considerably later date. The doctors disagree, as it is the business of doctors to do; but upon the whole the trend of investigation has always been in the direction of maintaining that the parts interpolated, if any, were the prose prologue and epilogue and possibly the speech of the young man who comes in with an apology at the end. This work contains Chesterton's assumptions and thoughts on this mysterious scripture.
Download or read book Health Wealth Happiness written by David Wayne Jones and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2011-10-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely exploration and discussion of the prosperity gospel movement
Download or read book Should Christians Prosper written by James H. Hooks and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-12 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prosperity is guaranteed by God Himself revealed through His Word. Most Christians believe that God wants them to prosper, and rightly so. This is because in the Bible God tells us He not only wants us to prosper but also that He plans for us to prosper. Yet prosperity has eluded so many, not because of lack of desire but because of lack of understanding. In search of this dilemma, they look for Scriptures to guide them. They find that the answer is not found in one topic or one scripture but scattered throughout the Bible in over 1,500 Scriptures dealing directly with the subject. There are approximately 1,000 more dealing indirectly with prosperity in some form. My research has taken me through all of those Scriptures and put together an understanding that is easy to follow from one chapter to another, revealing in Scripture in such a way that answers any question you may be facing in your own life that may be preventing you from achieving true prosperity. There are many misconceptions and teachings on the prosperity doctrine that miss the mark and turn off many believers and nonbelievers alike. This book reveals the false teachings of prosperity and how to detect the difference at a glance. No matter where you are in your Christian walk there is something here for you. Remember, it is what you learn after you know it all that makes the biggest difference in your life. If you do not consider yourself a Christian, don't let that deter you from reading this book. After reading this book, you may just want to become one. Don't waste another minute. We know that God never lies, God never fails, and God truly wants you to prosper. Suggested Reading Trust God for Your Finances by Jack Hartman The Generosity Factor by Ken J. Blanchard and S. Truett Cathy The Blessed Life by Robert Morris
Download or read book Does the Gospel Promise Health and Prosperity written by Sean DeMars and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2022-03-29 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the Claims of the Prosperity Gospel True? How can believers tell the difference between a false gospel and the true gospel? Writing from personal experience, pastor Sean DeMars lays out four core elements of the prosperity gospel and answers questions such as Is the prosperity gospel biblical? and Does God promise me a prosperous life? This guide will help believers understand the true gospel by pointing to the Bible, showing how the prosperity gospel twists Scripture and leads people astray from a biblical understanding of what it means to follow Jesus. Church Questions is a series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions they have about church life. Each volume offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment.
