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The roots of the Word-Faith doctrine were firmly planted in the soil of the metaphysical cults. The errors that produced New Thought and Christian Science had also produced Word-of-Faith as a Christianized version. Here are the ten primary reasons that Bible believing Christians should steer clear of this error.

What group would say such outrageous things like "I am a little messiah" or "I could have died on the cross instead of Jesus?" What group would have the nerve to perpetuate such blasphemous doctrines? Could it be the Jehovah's Witnesses? the Mormons? the Unitarians? the New Agers? Could it be... the Christians?!

The Faith movement gospel is a message ideally suited to the 20th century American culture. It has grown from being a part of the charismatic movement to a majority of the same. D. R. McConnell explains in his book, "A Different Gospel" that the faith movement is cultic because of its roots and heretical because of it fruits. As you read this selection, you will be amazed to learn that the historical origins of the Faith Movement are not primarily Pentecostal or Charismatic but straight from mind-science religions.

Is TBN doing the work of the Lord is it a band of well-intentioned individuals working under a the pretenses of an elaborately crafted deception?

Most Word-Faith teachers tell you that you should be totally healthy if you are truly walking with God and standing on the promises in His Word. You will be amazed at the list of ailments that have caused these teachers and their loved ones continual problems and in some cases, death. Physicians, can you not "heal thyself?!"

While we don't always see eye-to-eye with Hank Hannegraaf, the self-proclaimed "Bible-Answer Man," this transcription of his interview with Joni Eareckson Tada about Word-Faith is right on the money. Joni discusses life as a wheelchair-bound Christian in a world where Word-of-Faith teachers say that there is something wrong with your faith if you are not totally healthy.

Move over Robert Schuller. The Church of Laodicea has a new star on the rise in the world of positive motivational Christianity. It’s Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, whose motto is "Discover the Champion in You." The largest "church" in America has come out of the closet and embraced full blown Word-Faith Heresy.

This Directory on www.letusreason.org lists articles on the Word Faith movement. Specific pages include Word Faith Directory and Popular Teachers

Kenneth Hagin apparently had no issues of conscience or moral dilemma about copying word for word his revelations of the Word of Faith doctrine out of E. W. Kenyon's books, published some time earlier. Please examine these excerpts from Kenyon's work and Hagin's work presented side by side to discover the truth for yourself.

An open letter to the church on the topic of the prosperity gospel by the son of late evangelist, Leonard Ravenhill .

You really have to see these quotes to believe that someone not only said them, but that thousands of people blindly accept them. A compilation of quotes from well known television religious personalities who, when challenged to prove their statements in the light of the scriptures, sometimes counter with curses.

Published in 1979, this article nails the errors of the Word-Faith movement years before it reached widespread popularity. Jerry Lehmann discusses this false doctrine in the context of the very scriptures that its adherents tend to misquote. Oh, that people would have listened then!

Originally created by Oral Roberts as the "Seed Faith" doctrine, Giving and Receiving is the doctrine that is the major presentation of the TBN Broadcasting Network, because it is a doctrine that is necessary for the operation of that broadcasting network and the ministries associated with it.

The notion that God established spiritual laws that we must apply in order to get results is a Gnostic belief. Gnosticism is the "gaining of spiritual knowledge reserved only for special initiates, distinguished by the conviction that matter is evil and that emancipation or salvation comes through this special knowledge." Or, as the teachers of the Word of Faith message might say, "special revelation knowledge." When there is no healing observed after an individual has been prayed for, Word of Faith practitioners will say that there is either a lack of faith, or that the individual is lacking the knowledge necessary for divine healing. This position infers that special knowledge or special formulas are necessary for results, which is a characteristic of Gnosticism.

John Henry lays out the most common false statements made by Word-Faith teachers side by side with passages from God's Word that clearly contradicts each claim. Why won't more people pay attention?