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The argument that financial suffering now will lead to wealth later is magical thinking, of the same sort that fuels prosperity gospel claims that donating to a preacher's private jet fund will ...

Explore the rise of celebrity pastors, church wealth, legal issues, and Marvin Sapp’s contrast to the prosperity gospel trend ...

Silicon Valley, it seems, is coming to Jesus. There are no bad conversions, in my book; I was born and raised a Christian and ...

If you “honor God” during the period of Passover and Easter, “God will assign an angel to you, he’ll be an enemy to your ...

Faith without reason breeds fanaticism, warns Father Anthony Akinwale, OP, as he discusses why critical thinking is crucial ...

Emmy Kosgei's husband, Apostle Anselm Madubuko, has recounted a period in his past when he led a double life by serving both ...