John Piper on the prosperity gospel
posted by Lord Veritas @ 8:12 pm
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The Truth And Nothing But The Truth
Saturday, July 14, 2007
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Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself - Iraneus
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Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions - G.K. Chesterton
If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ - Leonard Ravehill
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If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything - Mark Twain
The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted - G.C. Lichtenberg
Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented - Geroges Braque
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1 Comments:
Heavy Message but oh how I agree. I am pentecostal but oh how I abhor the prosperity gospel as seen and taught on most of Christian TV.
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