The Need to Address Alternative and New Religious Movements

The historical origins of the prosperity gospel originated with E.W. Kenyon (1892) which was steep in New Thought metaphysics (1 Tim. 6:20). E.W. Kenyon was familiar with many of the concepts of Christian Science so as to compete with many of the cults of his day: that of the principle of divine healing (1 Pet. 2:24). Many practitioners of Christian Science believe that to believe in the principle of science that they can healed themselves without the intervention of a Sovereign Creator. In so many words it is "mind over matter." The dualism of early Gnosticism is that, "Spirit is good; flesh is evil." The power of the mind serves as a conquering force to overcome any sickness or physical maladies. Thoughts are believed according to New Thought metaphysics to transform one's circumstances and reality based upon the principle of science 'backed' by God's Word. Many Faith televangelist will readily deny the fact that what they teach is not Christ

A must read book Just a few days ago I just published on Amazon.com my book, "The Prosperity Gospel: Where Did It Come From? Gnostic Source? Or Spiritual Revelation? which is an revised, expanded, new edition of the previous book that have the same title. Within this new edition I have added several chapters along with questions of discussion at the end of each chapter.The aim of this new book is to give a clear, but precise analysis of the prosperity gospel from a historical, theological, and biblical perspective. The "language" of the proponents of the prosperity gospel is quite distinct, but diametrically oppose to the language of the Bible thus also have "spiritualize" such biblical language as well as the historical characters of the Bible (2 Pet. 3:16, 17).  In order to witness and evangelize cultist within the Word-Faith movement especially within the context of the African American Word of Faith movement churches is for the student of the Bibl