THE WORD-FAITH MOVEMENT
WOLVES IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
By: Victor T. Stephens
"For I know this, that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. Also from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves. Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears." (Acts 20:29-31)
PROMINENT WORD-FAITH PERSONALITIES
The following false teachers associated with the Word-Faith Movement today are some of the most well-known and influential individuals within the church. While this is a tall list it is nevertheless, not all-inclusive.
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Andrew WommackList Item 1
"God has already placed His healing power within us, and it is now under our authority. It isn’t up to God to determine who receives healing; it’s up to us!"
Andrew Wommack, "Faith For Healing Is Based On Knowledge"
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Benny HinnList Item 2
"Never, ever, ever go to the Lord and say, 'If it be thy will.' Don't allow such faith-destroying words to be spoken from your mouth."
Benny Hinn, "Rise And Be Healed", Page 47
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Charles CappsList Item 3
"Faith is the substance, the raw material.... Faith is the substance that God used to create the universe, and He transported that Faith with His words.... Faith is the substance of things, but you can't see faith. Faith is a spiritual force."
Charles Capps, "Changing the Seen & Shaping the Unseen.", Tulsa, OK: Harrison House, 1980, Pages 14-15
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Creflo DollarList Item 4
"You're not a sinner saved by grace you sons and daughters of the Most High God. You are gods!"
Creflo Dollar, "Changing Your World", April 17, 2002
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Earl Paulk
"We are the essence of God; His on-going incarnation in the world."
Earl Paulk, "Held In The Heavens", Page 125
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Eddie Long
"My whole objective in life is to be His image, His duplicate, His witness and to show folk what He look like. Somebody say, 'I want to see God.' Here He is, look at me!"
Eddie Long, "God Is After Himself", Ministry CD
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Fred Price
"If it be thy will or thy will be done... if you have to say that, then you're calling God a fool."
Fred Price, "Ever Increasing Faith", TBN, November 16, 1990
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Jerry Savelle
"Somebody say's, 'You mean the world that I'm living in right now originated by the words of my mouth?' They certainly did, because the Bible says you are snared by the words of your mouth, you are taken by your words. Amen?" / "Job talked his world into destruction."
Jerry Savelle, "Framing Your World With The Word of God", Part 2
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Jesse Duplantis
"Cash is king! The hundred fold works. 'If I give $50 you mean God will give me $5,000?' Yes! If you give $1000 in the offering this morning, will God give you $100,000 by tomorrow? Yes!"
Jesse Duplantis, "The Choke Hold", The Church Channel, January 24, 2004
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Joel Osteen
"You can change your world by simply changing your words."
Joel Osteen, "Speaking Faith Filled Words", Tape # 223, May 2, 2004
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John Avanzini
"Jesus was handling big money." / "Jesus had an expensive ministry."
John Avanzini, TBN, September 15, 1988
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John Hagee
"The Jews were not rejecting Jesus as Messiah. It was Jesus who was refusing to be the Messiah to the Jews."
John Hagee, "Should Christians Support Israel?", Pages 67 -68
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Joyce Meyer
"Words are containers for power."
Joyce Meyer, "The Name, The Word, The Blood", Page 37
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Juanita Bynum
"If all you have is $79.36, I double-dare you to empty your bank account. Close your account."
Juanita Bynum, TBN, November 8, 2003
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Kenneth Copeland
"Jesus never actually claimed to be God"
Kenneth Copeland, "Take Time To Pray", Believers Voice of Victory, Feb. 1987
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Leroy Thompson
"God will pay all your bills, help you build your dream house, drive your dream car, and wear your dream clothes if you set your heart towards Him and toward taking care of what He wants to do in the earth."
Leroy Thompson, "Money Cometh To Me NOW!" Winners Way Magazine
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Marilyn Hickey
"If you have been fighting too long without a breakthrough and you're ready for a change, then it is time to sow a 'Battle Seed' for the victory you need. Just pick up the phone and call the number on the screen and say, 'I want to sow a Battle Seed for the victory I need.'"
Marilyn Hickey Show, June 18, 2004
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Morris Cerullo
"Did you know that from the beginning of time the whole purpose of God was to reproduce Himself? And when we stand up here, brother, you're not looking at Morris Cerullo; you're looking at God. You're looking at Jesus."
Morris Cerullo, "The End Time Manifestation of the Sons of God", Morris Cerullo World Evangelism, Tape # 1
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Myles Munroe
"God could do nothing on earth; nothing has God ever done on earth without a human giving Him access."
Myles Munroe, "This Is Your Day" with Benny Hinn, July 12, 2004
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Pat Robertson
"We speak to money, and it comes. We speak to storms, and they cease. We speak to crops and they flourish."
PFO Quarterly, July -September 2002, Page 22
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Paula White
"There is creative power in your mouth right now. God spoke and created the universe; you have creative power to speak life and death! If you believe God, you can create anything in your life."
Paula White, TBN, March 29, 2004
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Paul Crouch
"God draws no distinction between Himself and us. God opens up the union of the very godhead and brings us into it."
Paul Crouch, TBN, November 1990
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Peter Popoff
"Get rid of the poverty thinking, the stinking thinking, the sickness thinking and get into prosperity thinking! God wants you to have the desires of your heart, but first you have to change your thinking! You can have whatever you believe or think!"
From the book and Peter Popoff website, "Prosperity Thinking".
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Robert Schuller
"Jesus knew His worth; His success fed His self-esteem. He suffered the cross to sanctify His self-esteem and He bore the cross to sanctify your self-esteem. The cross will sanctify the ego trip"
Robert Schuller, "Self-Esteem: The New Reformation", Word Books, 1982, Page 115
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Rod Parsley
"I just love to talk about your money. Let me be very clear. I want your money. I deserve it. This church deserves it."
Rod Parsley, "An Empire of Souls", Page 35
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R.W. Schambach
"You say you got no money? You're the one I'm after. They can't accuse me of being after your money. You ain't got none! But, if I can help you get it, then I want some of it. You hear me?"
"Trinity Broadcasting Network Television Has Built TBN Into A Power", Quotes of R.W. Schambach from The Orange County Register, May 31, 1998, By: Carol McGraw & Kim Christensen
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Robert Tilton
"Your faith creates the size of your world the same way God's faith creates the size of His world."
Robert Tilton, "Success In Life", The Word Network, May 4, 2004
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T.D. Jakes
"Because the teachers in Jesus' day listened to Him as a child, it boosted His self-esteem."
T.D. Jakes, "Loose That Man", Page 3
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Todd Bentley
"So when I need a financial breakthrough I don't just pray and ask God for my financial breakthrough. I go into intercession and become a partner with the angels by petitioning the Father for the angels that are assigned to getting me money: 'Father, give me the angels in heaven right now that are assigned to get me money and wealth. And let those angels be released on my behalf. Let them go into the four corners of the earth and gather me money.'"
Todd Bentley, "Angelic Hosts", 2003
The individuals listed above share and propagate an array of tenets that are an indignity to doctrinal purity. Their chief established heresies entail faith theology, the deification of man, demotion of God, atonement theology, confession and health, and confession and wealth. As we study these points, it will become clear that Word-Faith theology paints a strange misrepresentation of God, Jesus, Faith, Man, the atonement, healing, and prosperity.
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