Healthy and Wealthy? A Biblical-Theological Response to the Prosperity Gospel (Faith and Work Project)
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Overview
The “prosperity gospel” has spread across the globe and continues to infiltrate homes daily, even through primetime television. Among the core claims of these teachers is that God wants his people to be healthy and wealthy, and if a person is not rich and well, it is because that person lacks faith. This distortion of the Bible’s teaching needs to be answered faithfully and winsomely, and the chapters of this volume work toward that end. Writing from perspectives such as missiology, biblical studies, economics, and pastoral theology, the contributors tackle crucial issues from Scripture and ministry to lay out a realistic and theologically sound view of health, wealth, and spiritual vitality.
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- Explores the origins of the prosperity gospel
- Examines biblical views on wealth and health and how these should shape Christian living today
- Tackles crucial issues from Scripture and ministry to lay out a realistic and theologically sound view of health, wealth, and spiritual vitality
- An Evaluation of the Historical Apologetic against “Word-Faith Theology” - Benjamin T. Cornish
- Wealth and Poverty in Proverbs and Ecclesiastes - James M. Hamilton Jr.
- “Provided We Suffer with Him”: A Pauline Theology of Suffering and the Prosperity Gospel - Michael E. Pohlman
- The Unique Temptations of Wealth and Poverty Over Time - David S. Kotter
- Wealth, Poverty, and the Heavenly City in John’s Apocalypse - Michael P. Naylor
- How Shall We Sing the Prosperity Gospel’s Song in an Evangelical Church? - Matthew D. Westerholm
- Possessions, Greed and the Christian Community: Interrogating the Prosperity Gospel in Africa in Light of Hebrews 13:1–6 - Abeneazer G. Urga
- Conceptions of the Good Life in the Apostolic Era - Todd A. Scacewater
- “To Prosper” or צלח in Genesis 39 - Philip Suciadi Chia
- Title: Healthy and Wealthy? A Biblical-Theological Response to the Prosperity Gospel
- Author: Robert L. Plummer
- Series: Faith and Work Project
- Publisher: Fontes Press
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Pages: 178
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- ISBNs: 9781948048712, 194804871X
- Resource ID: LLS:HLTHYWLTHYPGSPL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-11T21:53:26Z
Robert L. Plummer, Ph.D., is Chair of the Department of New Testament and Collin and Evelyn Aikman Professor of Biblical Studies. He has served in missionary assignments of varying length in China, Israel, Trinidad, Ghana, Malaysia, Cuba, and Turkey. Plummer founded and hosts the screencast, The Daily Dose of Greek. He is married to Chandi and they have three children. He is a member of Sojourn East in Louisville, Kentucky. He is author, editor, or co-author of several books, including 40 Questions About Interpreting the Bible (Kregel, 2010, 2021), Beginning with New Testament Greek (B&H Academic, 2020) and Going Deeper with New Testament Greek (B&H Academic, 2020).