Prosperity theology

into The Kabbalah Centre, some of the people passing judgment may be overlooking a religion that hits a little closer to home for many Americans, Christianity. While Christianity and exotic New Age spirituality may seem worlds apart, a newer form of Christian spirituality which is promoted as the “Prosperity Gospel”, mirrors many of the habits of its New Age counterparts from selling spiritual healing to…

Happiness: Has the Prosperity Gospel Overshadowed the Gospel of Christ? By David W. Jones & Russell S. Woodbridge. Grand Rapids: Kregel Publications, 2011. 201 pages. Reviewed by Casey Dixon. This book has two authors, Dr. Jones and Dr. Woodbridge. Dr. Jones currently serves as Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, Associate Dean for Graduate Program Administration, and Director of the Th.M. program at Southeastern Seminary. He has been teaching at the Seminary since 2001. Jones' scholarly…

of war to peace - The nations conclude that they no longer need implements of war or military. In 4:3 it uses synecdoche when it mentions beat sword into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks to mean anything that applies to war will be substituted with something for peace. c. Individual enjoy peace and prosperity - The inhabitants (presumably of the nations and Judah) will remain serene, resting and peaceful, benefiting from the land’s fertility, unafraid of aggression from a…

Executive Summary: Theology of the Workplace During Wayne Grudem’s visit to Biola University in California, he spoke on what is perhaps the least discussed topic among Christians; theology in business. In an amiable manner, Wayne began to introduce point after point of support for his main premise, that, “the bible views work in a positive way” (Gruden, 2014). Wayne uses many biblical references to support that, “God views work as the moral good.” (Grudem, 2014). God Commands us to work. Work…

It was its foremost right to attain sovereignty. It was time for people of America to realize that bright future of their children lies in the hands of free and independent America. Paine and Freneau were of the same point of view that their people are enduring agony because of England a small island that ruled them from very far. The word “freedom” plays an important and presiding role in both of their writings. They both are of the opinion that in future their people will live a peaceful life…

started a movement called liberation theology in which he defines in his book A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation as, “The theology of liberation attempts to reflect on the experience and meaning of the faith based on the commitment to abolish injustice and to build a new society” (174). He started a revolution in Latin America in order to give the poor, the ones who suffer, the one who experience injustice, and the needed a way of seen faith as God is always on their side…

Introduction Within the context of this passage we are faced with the dichotomous pull of the glorious in-breaking kingdom of heaven, where Jesus proclaims the character of kingdom dweller, and the brokenness of the present world, where sin still besets men and women. Perhaps the listeners of the day, as we do today, sat and pondered, “Am I in the kingdom of heaven or am I out?” Scot McKnight rightly identifies that the Beatitudes are a sweeping “manifesto of a kingdom way of life.” In…

This course of Biblical Worldview has certainly helped shape my ever growing theological view on life. On this final assignment, I plan to take all that I have learned throughout this course and put my biblical worldview to the test. I want to discuss in this essay, exactly what the Apostle Paul’s epic epistle The Book of Romans teaches about many different aspects of the world and how it has affected my worldview. Most importantly in this essay, we will discuss what Romans 1 – 8 teaches…

The current debate around the openness of God is one that needs to be addressed as it is a debate that questions the very nature of God. This essay endeavours to look at the two opposing views and outline the main issues that are being debated. I will then look at why the issues being discussed are important for how we approach theology and Christian living. The two sides of the debate that we will be discussing are made up of those supporting ‘classical’ theism and those supporting ‘free will’…

Descartes’ journey through the realm of his mind and his internal exploration of all the things he previously thought to be certainly true, brings him to the subject of the existence of God in his Third Meditation. Before he touches on the existence of God, he concludes that there are three different types of ideas. There are fictional and adventitious ideas which Descartes’ creates on his own and finally there are innate ideas which are present in the mind at birth. With these types of ideas in…