The Facts on the Faith Movement by John Ankerberg & John Weldon

From the Back Cover

The growing and much-publicized Faith Movement has captured literally millions of Christians with its seductive claims -- but is it biblical? Authors Ankerberg and Weldon answer key questions about the Movement and its leaders:

• What are the basic teachings of the Faith Movement?
• How powerful is the Faith Movement, and why has it been so successful?
• What characteristics of the Faith Movement concern people?
• Do the Faith teachers misinterpret Scripture?

This booklet carefully separates fact from fiction regarding the Faith Movement's disturbing presence in twentieth-century Christianity.

About the Authors

John Ankerberg is the host of the nationally televised award-winning "The John Ankerberg Show." He speaks internationally and has master's degrees in divinity and the history of the church and Christian thought.

John Weldon has authored and co-authored numerous books on the cults and occult and has master's degrees in divinity and Christian apologetics, and a doctorate in comparative religion.

Section One -- Defining the Faith Movement

1. What are the basic teachings of the Faith Movement?
2. How powerful is the Faith Movement, and why has it been successful?
3. What have respected Christian leaders in the Church said about the Faith Movement?
4. Why is doctrine important?
5. Why is the idea of "unity over doctrine" a false teaching?
6. What characteristics of the Faith Movement concern people?
7. What is faith?
8. Do the Faith teachers claim that their new revelations come directly from God?
9. Why do the Faith teachers misinterpret Scripture?

Section Two -- The Teachings of the Faith Movement

1. What is operation "Caricature"?
2. What are some examples of the unorthodox teachings of Benny Hinn?
3. What are some examples of the unorthodox teachings of Kenneth Copeland?
4. What are some examples of the unorthodox teachings of Robert Tilton?
5. What are some examples of the unorthodox teachings of Kenneth Hagin and Kenneth Hagin, Jr.
6. What are some examples of the unorthodox teachings of Oral and Richard Roberts?
7. What are some examples of the unorthodox teachings of Paul Yonggi Cho?

Section Three -- The Faith Movement, the Cults and the Occult

1. What is the relationship between the Faith teachings and cultic theology?
2. How do angels and the occult relate to the Faith Movement?

Section Four -- The Consequences of the Faith Movement and a Scriptural Corrective

1. How do the teachings of the Faith Movement hinder personal sanctification?
2. What are some other tragedies associated with the Faith Movement?
3. Do the Faith teachers confess that their Faith teachings do not work?
4. How do the Scriptures correct the Faith teachings?
5. Should the will of God not be of concern to Christians?

The True Issue of the Faith Movement

Poverty is an evil spirit (Kenneth Copeland, Prosperity: The Choice is Yours, 4).

And do you know what is going to happen now? I am going to let you in on a little secret. Somebody is going to give me $50,000. Because you can have what you say (Kenneth Hagin, Mountain Moving Faith, 21).

God's riches are laid end-to-end across heaven waiting to be given to you (Oral Roberts, Seed Faith Commentary, 92).

Benjamin B. Warfield, perhaps the greatest theologian of the nineteenth century, commented that, "The curse of the Church has been her apathy to truth ... She has nothing to fear from truth; but she has everything to fear and she has already suffered nearly everything from ignorance."

Faith teachers with satellite communications can literally preach to millions or tens of millions of people. This means that perhaps more than anyone else they have the potential for being a force for either tremendous good or incalculable harm. Because of the Christian teacher's potential to good or evil, God warns, "Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we shall incur a stricter judgement" (James 3:1). If God says this to those who a teach a few hundred, how much more must it be true for those who teach millions?

... But the issue of the Faith Movement is not whether its teachers are sincere or whether they teach some things that are true. The issue is their overall message and its consequences in the life of the Church....

This booklet can be purchased at www.johnankerberg.org..