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The recent expose by the BBC on the late prophet T. B. Joshua is heart rending. The reports and eyewitness accounts point to what is without a doubt a massive tragedy on many levels. To witness someone in authority in a church be able to perpetuate so much abuse for so long with complete impunity makes your blood boil. To see the…

One of the tools I have found useful in talking to people about their beliefs in the prosperity gospel is exegesis. By that, I mean the practice of rightly extracting meaning from particular texts. That exercise usually clears up many of the errors of this belief system. However, I have learned that good exegesis will only go so far in…

When I first read and signed the Africa Statement on the Prosperity Gospel and the Word of Faith, my heart was filled with joy because God in His mercy had raised up faithful witnesses to declare the truth of His word with clarity and conviction. However, I must say that I still have grief, especially as an African (a Kenyan) because…