Pentecostalism · Intermediate
Televangelism and the Word of Faith
The Word of Faith movement teaches that faith-filled words can claim health and wealth as every believer's right, but Scripture teaches us to ask according to God's will, to be content in Christ, and to trust His grace in suffering.
The lesson walks through the topic one card at a time. The full study is the complete written article, with its sources.
What you'll learn
1
How televangelism carried the prosperity message in the 1980s, and what its scandals revealed
2
Where the Word of Faith movement came from, through E. W. Kenyon, Kenneth Hagin, and Kenneth Copeland
3
Why positive confession, seed faith, and the “power of attorney” idea misread faith and prayer
4
Why believers are not “little gods,” and how to hold to Christ in sickness and suffering
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