Health, Wealth, and Happiness

How the Prosperity Gospel Overshadows the Gospel of Christ

Author: David W. Jones & Russell S. Woodbridge

Be faithful in your giving and God will reward you financially. It's not always stated that blatantly but the promises of the Prosperity Gospel--or the name-it-and-claim-it gospel, the health-and-wealth gospel, the word of faith movement, or positive confession theology--are false. Yet its message permeates the preaching of well-known Christian leaders: Joyce Meyer, T. D. Jakes, Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, and many more.

The appeal of this teaching crosses racial, gender, denominational, and international boundaries. Why are otherwise faithful Christians so easily led astray? Because the Prosperity Gospel contains a grain of biblical truth, greatly distorted.

For anyone who knows that Prosperity Gospel theology is wrong but has trouble articulating and refuting the finer points, this concise edition contains all the robust arguments of the hard-hitting original edition in a shorter, more accessible form.

Available in Spanish

Author:

David W. Jones is a professor of Christian ethics, associate dean for graduate program admission, and director of the ThM program at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Russell S. Woodbridge is a professor of theology and church history currently employed in missions work in Eastern Europe.

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