Daily Archives: March 7, 2026

White Paper: The Sovereignty of God and the Domestication of the Divine

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper examines what is perhaps the most fundamental theological failure of prosperity theology: its functional abolition of the sovereignty of God. It argues that the various mechanisms of the prosperity framework — positive confession, seed-faith giving, the declaration … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Laodicean Church and the Prosperity Spirit — A Prophetic and Historical Analysis

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper argues that the letter to the church at Laodicea in Revelation 3:14–22 constitutes not merely an illustrative parallel to the condition produced by prosperity theology but a prophetic portrait of precisely the ecclesial pathology that prosperity theology … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Exegetical Failures of Prosperity Theology

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper examines the hermeneutical method and exegetical practice of prosperity theology, arguing that its misuse of Scripture is not incidental but systematic — the predictable product of a deficient interpretive framework applied consistently across a range of foundational … Continue reading →

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White Paper: The Theology of Job’s Friends — Prosperity Theology’s Ancient Prototype

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper argues that the theological framework of prosperity theology is not a modern innovation but the precise restatement of the oldest formally condemned theological error in the biblical canon — the retributive theology of Job’s three friends, Eliphaz, … Continue reading →

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What Is Prosperity Theology? Definitions, History, and Major Proponents

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Abstract This paper establishes the foundational definitions, historical lineage, institutional structures, and self-understanding of prosperity theology as a prerequisite to the critical and pastoral examination undertaken by the series as a whole. It argues that prosperity theology is not a … Continue reading →

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Prolegomenon to the Ninety-Five Theses Against Prosperity Theology: On the Ancient Error Dressed in Modern Clothing, and the Particular Danger of a Gospel Suited to the Laodicean Age

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

I. The Nature of a Prolegomenon Before a disputation of substance can be properly received, it must be properly situated. Ideas do not float free of history, and errors do not emerge without genealogy. The theses which follow this introduction … Continue reading →

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Theses Against the Errors of Prosperity Theology

Posted on March 7, 2026 by nathanalbright

Disputation on the Corrupted Gospel of Wealth and Health, Nailed Against the Gates of Every Temple Built to Mammon Out of love for the truth and the desire to bring it to light, the following propositions will be discussed. Wherefore … Continue reading →

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