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Category Archives: Prosperity Pimps
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“If signs and wonders did still exist, do you think they would be given to people with bad theology? You think God would give Benny Hinn the power to do miracles to authenticate really bad theology? If those gifts existed, … Continue reading
A Case for the Pre-Existence of the Son of God
A Case for the Pre-Existence of the Son of God Defining Who is the Son of God and Proving His Eternal Existence INTRODUCTION Over two-thousand years ago in the small village of Bethlehem, made famous as the boyhood home … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Debates, Encouragement, Evangelism, Expository Moments, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus IS Lord, Mormonism, Occult, Prosperity Pimps, Random Selections, Sola Scriptura, The Occult, Theology
Tagged Christ, John MacArthur, Latter-day Saints, LDS, Son of God, T.D. Jakes
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“Cavalry” to Rob Bell’s rescue!
Apostate false preachers unite behind Rob Bell! Carlton Pearson to the “rescue”, quoting Wayne Dyer and denying the Bible as the Word of God – he claims it’s the “inspired word of man about God.” He sounds just like Rob … Continue reading
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“Anything that partakes of the nature of swamping our personality out of our control is never of God. Do we ever find a time in the life of our Lord when He was carried beyond His control? Never once. Do … Continue reading
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“Will you let Jesus take the heroic right out of you? Will you let Him make you see yourself as He sees you until for one moment you stand before the Cross and say, ‘Nothing in my hands I bring”? … Continue reading
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“The whole strength of the personal life, the personal spirit, is to be so gripped by the Spirit of God that we begin to comprehend His meaning. It is always risky to use a phrase with a fringe, a phrase … Continue reading
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“As long as we use the image of our experience, of our feelings, of our answers to prayer, we shall never begin to understand what the apostle Paul means when he says, “It is no longer I who lives, but … Continue reading
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“We will deal treacherously with the Bible records if we are not soaked in the revelation that God alone is good. We will put the saints on the throne, not God. There is only one unshakeable goodness, and that is … Continue reading
Are we really “Pharisees”?
We here at DefCon (as well as our brothers and sisters at other sites, such as Ken Silva and Ingrid Schlueter) use the written Word of God as the rule and basis for everything we believe about God and how … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, False Christs, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormonism, Prosperity Pimps, Purpose Driven Lie, Roman Catholicism, Seventh-day Adventism
Tagged Deity of Christ, health wealth prosperity gospel, Jehovah's Witnesses, Judaizers, law-keeping, Mormonism, Pharisees, Prosperity Gospel, Purpose Driven Drivel, Roman Catholicism, seeker-sensitive, self-righteousness, Signs and Wonders
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The Church of No Offense
[This article by Paul Proctor really speaks to so much of what we see in the church today. The church that uses pragmatic and carnal means and foolishly believes that these flesly tools are going to do a spiritual work. Sadly, … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Prosperity Pimps, Purpose Driven Lie
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, christian, Christianity, church, Easter, False Teacher, False Teachers, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Religion, Theology
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BUT…Christ IS risen from the dead… (1st Corinthians 15:1-58)
Over the last few decades, in America, the gospel has been twisted and distorted by all kinds of false teaching. Most of these false gospels have to do with our self-esteem or our comfort. There is the false gospel of … Continue reading
Posted in Encouragement, Prosperity Pimps, Purpose Driven Lie, Theology
Tagged 1st Corinthians 15, crucifixion, empty cross, empty tomb, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Resurrection
12 Comments
How do you hide an 8 million dollar private jet?
Ed Young has been exposed. Not surprising when you consider the Ed Young video DefCon featured back in 2007. See also this post. HT: A Little Leaven
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, Creative Pastors, David Vaughan, Ed Young, Fellowship Church, God, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, private jet, Religion, sex pastor, Theology
6 Comments
“Let us flee, for the enemy of the truth is inside!!”
In the First Century AD, Cerinthus was a well-known heretic, being one of the early leaders of the Gnostic movement. John opposed him as fiercely as a man possible could (thus giving us a better example of how to deal … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Mormonism, Prosperity Pimps, Purpose Driven Lie, Roman Catholicism
Tagged Apostle John, compromise, Emergent heresy, Joel Osteen, Laodicea, Prosperity Pimps, Purpose Driven Drivel, Robert Schuller, Roman Catholicism, seeker-sensitive, self-esteem
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Playing the Pharisee Card
It happens. It always happens. Someone styles themselves a prophet, or a teacher. They teach some aberrant doctrine that flat-out contradicts the Bible. Or they bring in AC/DC Satan to minister to the people. They use all kinds of newfangled … Continue reading
Faith and Confession, $Prosperity Style$
HT-Fight the Good Fight
Posted in Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Cults, false prophets, False Teachers, Healing, health, heresy, wealth
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The Bankruptcy of the Prosperity Gospel
By: David Jones Just over one hundred years ago, the renowned pastor and statesman Charles H. Spurgeon spoke these words to the then-largest congregation in all Christendom: I believe that it is anti-Christian and unholy for any Christian to live … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Apostasy, Cults, false prophets, False Teachers, heresy
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Measuring Oral Robert’s Influence
Here is a very telling look at the ungodly influence of men like Roberts and their prosperity gospel, by John MacArthur. Oral Roberts died this week and the obituaries have been abuzz with analyses of his life and legacy. The … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Apostasy, Charismatic Chaos, Cults, false prophets, False Teachers, heresy
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What is wrong with the prosperity “gospel”.
If you notice, at the end of the title there is a period–not a question mark. It is not great secret that the prosperity “gospel” is heresy. But, how do we explain just how many levels of heresy are involved … Continue reading
Rod Parsley: it was bound to happen sooner or later
A bad economy is never a good thing…….or is it? God used swarms of locusts to destroy the crops in Judah, in order that the people would stop depending on the sacrifices in the temple to cover their sins, and … Continue reading
Oral Roberts Dies
In no way rejoicing, but for those who care to know, Oral Roberts today has joined the growing list of Word Faith teachers who have died. Where once again, a man who claimed he had the power to heal others could not, like … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, cult, Cults, Evangelism, Faith, false prophets, False Teachers, Gospel, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology
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John MacArthur’s ‘Unholy Trinity’
by John MacArthur I don’t watch much television, and when I do I generally avoid the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). For many years TBN has been dominated by faith-healers, full-time fund-raisers, and self-proclaimed prophets spewing heresy. I wrote about the … Continue reading
Another chapter in the Helen Ukpabio saga.
What does any self-respecting false teacher do when confronted with their heresy and the damage that their heresy has caused? Why, they disrupt a peaceful meeting and file a lawsuit! That’s right, “disturbing the peace” and “litigious” can now be … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Africa, Apologetics, Apostasy, Bible, Christianity, church, God, Helen Ukpabio, heresy, Jesus, Religion, Theology
2 Comments
What exactly DOES 1st Corinthians 9:19-22 mean, anyway?
Ohhhhh, the ways this passage is twisted, and perverted, and turned on its head by the oh-so-hip, oh-so-cool, oh-so-relevant “pastors” of the many seeker-sensitive, non-offensive, cross-less “churches” that pepper the American religious community today. They take the words of the … Continue reading
Albert Mohler on the false health & wealth gospel.
Albert Mohler discusses on his audio blog and radio show the false gospel of health and wealth, and those who preach this false gospel (e.g. Kenneth Copeland, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Hagin, etc.) stemming from this New York Times article. They’re … Continue reading
Posted in Podcasts, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Albert Mohler, Apologetics, Apostasy, Benny Hinn, Bible, Blogging, Christianity, church, Faith, Gloria Copeland, God, Gospel, Health and Wealth, heresy, Jesus, Kenneth Copeland, Kenneth Hagin, Podcast, Prosperity, Prosperity Gospel, Religion, TBN, Theology
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The office of pastor is not one that is to be attained to lightly. If a man desire the office of bishop, he desireth a good work (1st Timothy 3:1). But what is required of such a one? In order … Continue reading
Why we do what we do
Many people who visit DefCon come here seeking truth. They have heard lies and stories told by those who claim to be shepherds and pastors, only to find they have been lied to and misled. Others are new Christians who … Continue reading
Bezel333: “21st Century signs and wonders”
Once again, Bezel uncovers the truth using a little thing called “Scripture” to debunk the claims made by the Satanic signs and lying wonders crowd who take God out of the box and make Him dance like He’s their own … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Charismania, New Age Nonsense, Occult, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged Benny Hinn, Bezel333, John Crowder, Patricia King, Ryan Wyatt, Signs and Wonders, Todd Bentley, video
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“If I was dying, and I walked into your church…”
Thanks to Amy (a commenter on this thread) for alerting me to the following video. Because of it, I have decided to wield my newly-granted powers as editor to add a new category called “If I Was Dying…” As in, … Continue reading
Joel Osteen on “The Abundant Life”
Because, you know, you’re not living a full Christian life if you have bills to pay or you’re sick. More useless drivel from a man who has admitted he’s “not a preacher, but more of a life coach.” He needs … Continue reading
Posted in Apostasy/Lukewarm, Prosperity Pimps
Tagged fluffernutter, Joel Osteen, Prosperity
6 Comments
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