Warning against the prosperity gospel
- What is the prosperity gospel?
Asked what message a new church should bring to struggling people, Zebedee warns against bundling the gospel with worldly gain: prosperity preachers have divided Zimbabwe's churches, with young preachers sucked in while the older generation insists on preaching only 'Christ serves' and 'seek ye the kingdom of God first.' A host defines the prosperity gospel as measuring faith by wealth received and likens it to Job's friends.
More on Salvation
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Why so many assume God is disappointed in them
- Do most people believe God is disappointed in them, or for them?
Ella and Will report that their default is assuming God's disappointment; Ella says people who act like they know Jesus still feel He thinks they are worthless.
From No. 534 · The Antagonistic Bison
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Most Christians don't believe the Holy Spirit is real
- Do most American Christians believe the Holy Spirit is a real living being?
- Does disbelieving the Holy Spirit's reality mean someone is not saved?
A host opens a Christian Post article claiming most adult US Christians do not believe the Holy Spirit is a real living being.
From No. 442 · Christians Don’t Understand Christianity
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Youth group question of the week: do babies go to heaven?
- Do babies go to heaven?
A host brings a question from a 12- or 13-year-old in his youth group: do babies go to heaven? One host shares a funeral story where a grieving mother was told her unbaptized baby…
From No. 358 · Paul The Intern
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Statement #3: 'We're all God's children'
- We're all God's children - is that biblically true?
A host reads the article's case: only those with faith in Christ and the Holy Spirit can claim God as Father (Romans 8:15, Ephesians 2, 1 John 3).
From No. 229 · Unbiblical Statements