In a series of five videos recorded in 1991 from Austin’s public access television program “Christian Answers”, Dr. Michael Horton discussed the Word of Faith Movement with hosts Larry Wessels and Jackson Boyett. Now, while I’ve seen some nice apologetics work done by this program in other videos, knowing the Word of Faith world to…
…. continued Keith says that the teaching that your words and your thoughts can affect your future isn’t biblical. Well, tell that to Joshua and Caleb. They were the two Israelite spies who said that they were able to take the land of Canaan, which they eventually did. The other ten who said that they…
In my last blog post I responded to things that Keith Thompson said in his video “Word of Faith Teachers: Origins and Errors of Their Teaching”. This week I’m addressing his video entitled “Joel Osteen: Origins & Errors of His Teaching”. Now, before I begin my analysis of the video, I’d like to discuss the guy making the video. While…
In 2014 the FOX network revived the 1980s PBS documentary series hosted by Carl Sagan entitled “Cosmos”. This time around the host is renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson. When I was growing up, like most Americans I watched Johnny Carson a lot. Because I did, I know that he was a big fan of Carl Sagan. …
In a YouTube video by Keith Thompson many claims are made about Word of Faith teaching and teachers. While I appreciate much of the work that Keith has done regarding atheism and Islam, he obviously is lacking in his understanding of the Word of Faith movement. For example, his video starts off with a few…
Last month I did a post called “The Faith of Donald Trump” where I discussed his religious background and the theological implications of it. Since then Trump and Ben Carson have had an exchange or two over the subject, so I felt that it would only be fair to do a follow up post on…
