Daily Archives: March 8, 2026

White Paper: Money, Ministry, and Accountability — An Ethical Examination

Abstract This paper examines the financial ethics of prosperity theology — the specific mechanisms by which the movement’s theological commitments have been translated into institutional revenue structures of extraordinary scale, the biblical standards against which those structures must be measured, … Continue reading

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White Paper: Toward a Recovery — The Biblical Gospel as the Only Sufficient Answer

Abstract This concluding paper of the series argues that the critique of prosperity theology developed across the preceding nine papers is not sufficient in itself — that the Church’s responsibility does not end with the accurate identification and thorough refutation … Continue reading

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White Paper: Pastoral Devastation — The Human Cost of Prosperity Theology

Abstract This paper documents and analyzes the pastoral damage produced by prosperity theology across multiple dimensions of human experience, arguing that the harm is not incidental to the movement’s theological deficiencies but is the predictable and systematic product of those … Continue reading

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White Paper: The Theology of the Cross and Its Absolute Absence from Prosperity Theology

Abstract This paper argues that Luther’s foundational distinction between the theology of the cross and the theology of glory constitutes the most theologically precise diagnostic instrument available for evaluating prosperity theology, and that the application of this instrument reveals not … Continue reading

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White Paper: Soteriology Corrupted — What Prosperity Theology Does to the Doctrine of Salvation

Abstract This paper examines the soteriological consequences of prosperity theology — what the movement’s foundational commitments do to the doctrines of salvation at every level of their structure. It argues that prosperity theology does not merely add erroneous peripheral claims … Continue reading

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