Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; as God said, […]

Apprising Ministries brings to your attention a piece by Bob Liichow called The Leaven of Lakewood. Liichow is himself a former Word Faith pastor and is also co-founder of Inner City Discernment Ministry. Concerning the late John Osteen, who is the father of Joel Osteen, Liichow writes: I am under no illusions regarding the WOF […]

Unless you have been living on another planet you have no doubt heard of or have seen America’s smiling pastor Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church, which also happens to be one of the largest professing evangelical Christian congregations in the world. What needs to be understood here is that the only way someone like this […]

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does […]

Do not quench the Spirit; do not despise prophetic utterances. But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good. (1 Thessalonians 5:21, NASB) Can You Hear The Voice of The Spirit? Apprising Ministries is pleased to bring you the following godly and prophetic insight from James Montgomery Boice and Philip Graham Ryken. Herein […]

When one really takes the time to look deeper into the “feel-good” message of smiling Joel Osteen it becomes crystal clear that his doctrine is actually far worse than spiritual junk-food. As you’ll see in this article, originally published August 30, 2005, it is indeed the spiritual poison of the Word Faith Movement which is […]

Following are some classic prosperity teachings from Word Faith wolf Dr. John Avanzini: Jesus was handling big money because that treasurer He had was a thief. Now you can’t tell me that a ministry with a treasurer that’s a thief can operate on a few pennies. It took big money to operate that ministry because […]

Apprising Ministries shows in John Hagee Helps Raise Funds For TBN that the connection to the Word Faith movement by John Hagee continues. Below Jerry Jackson, from his piece John Hagee—Preacher of Truth or Apostle of Error?, gives us some more about details concerning Hagee’s preaching the Prosperity Gospel of the Word Faith movement: John Hagee […]

A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel. (Proverbs 18:19, NASB) This Was Never Any Attack On Ray Comfort Or His WOTM The Lord is my witness that I did not want it to come to this. However, in regard to what […]

Today Ingrid Schlueter did a program reporting on her experience at the recently concluded Word Faith Inspiring Excellence conference. At the website for Crosstalk we read: Many Crosstalk listeners may be familiar with the Word of Faith movement. Within the Word of Faith camp, a main thread running through their theology is the belief that […]