Health, Wealth, and Happiness: How the Prosperity Gospel Overshadows the Gospel of Christ

It is a reliable resource for all who want to understand the destructive nature of the prosperity gospel movement. Jones and Woodbridge carefully point out its major biblical errors and call attention to the presence of erronious concepts found in prosperity theology. By exposing these errors, as well as interacting with some of the leading proponents of the prosperity movement, Jones and Woodbridge have provided a wonderful resource to hand to those who've bought into a counterfeit gospel, and for pastors who desire to protect their flock from wolves. This is an important and valuable work. Simply put, it is a false teaching and a dangerous heresy. This is a very Gospel-centered

An Introductory Critique of Prosperity Theology, with Biblical Corrections George P. Wood Health, Wealth and Happiness by David W. Jones and Russell S. Woodbridge offers both a critique of prosperity theology as well as an exposition of what the Bible really teaches about suffering, wealth and poverty, and giving. Regarding the critique, it identifies major theological errors in prosperity theology without concluding that adherents are not Christians. And regarding the exposition, its approach outl. Exposing the prosperity Gospel heresy Greg Crofford Heresy (false teaching) often arises when one aspect of the truth is emphasized so much – or tweaked in such a way – that other counter-balancing truths disappear. When it comes to the so-called prosperity Gospel, that truth is simple: God cares for you.Jesus certainly teaches this in the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). We are of more value to God than the lilies of the field or the birds of the. Great Biblical perspective. leafsfanlyle I am glad to highly recommend this book. It helped me to understand the Biblical teaching on suffering, health, and giving as opposed to the false teaching of the prosperity gospel. For me, the most helpful chapter in the book was chapter 6, "The Biblical Teaching on Giving." Very informative.A great read for all who are wondering about how the prosperity gospel does not line up with the teaching of the Bible.

Be faithful in your giving and God will reward you financially. Yet its message permeates the preaching of well-known Christian leaders: Joyce Meyer, T. D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, and many more.The appeal of this teaching crosses racial, gender, denominational, and international boundaries. Why are otherwise faithful Christians so easily led astray? Because the Prosperity Gospel contains a grain of biblical truth, greatly distorted.For anyone who knows that Prosperity Gospel theology is wrong but has trouble articulating and refuting the finer points, this concise edition contains all the robust arguments of the hard-hitting original edition in a shorter, more accessible form.. It's not always stated that blatantly but the promises of the Prosperity Gospel--or the name-it-and-claim-it gospel, the health-and-wealth gospel, the word of faith movement, or positive confession theology--are false