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Title: Conservative Christians pan 'prosperity gospel' Trump inaugural preacher
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Washington Examiner
URL Source: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/c ... ral-preacher/article/2610564#!
Published: Jan 2, 2017
Author: W. James Antle III
Post Date: 2017-01-02 09:54:21 by Willie Green
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Comments: 166
Prominent conservative Christians are up in arms about President-elect Trump's choice of a controversial televangelist to deliver one of the prayers at his inauguration on Jan. 20. Florida's Paula White, age 50, will join Franklin Graham, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Rabbi Marvin Hier of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and other religious leaders in participating in the Trump inaugural festivities. Unlike the others, White is a proponent of the "prosperity gospel" — the belief that God blesses the faithful with health and wealth — who has come under attack for her theology, marital history and finances. "Paula White is a trinity denying heretic," wrote conservative Christian commentator Erick Erickson. "She rejects the Council of Nicaea's creed that every Christian accepts. To reject the orthodoxy of the Nicene Creed is to reject Christianity itself." "Paula White is a charlatan and recognized as a heretic by every orthodox Christian, of whatever tribe," echoed Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. "Paula White has a long history of bankruptcies, failed business ventures, and unsuccessful marriages, which makes her the perfect choice to deliver a prayer on behalf a president-elect who has proudly proclaimed that he's never felt the need to ask forgiveness from God for anything," complained Paula Bolyard in a post titled "Twice Divorced Paula White Praying at Trump Inaugural Exactly What We Expected." White delivered the benediction on the first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July, where Trump was nominated for president. The loudest voices against White are anti-Trump evangelicals who have been warning their coreligionists against the president-elect since the campaign. But many Christians regard the prosperity gospel as incompatible with Scripture and view pastors who promote it as likely to take financial advantage of their flocks. White has drawn attention for her own lavish lifestyle, as the owner of expensive homes (including an apartment at Trump Towers) and cars. The Tampa Tribune reported that her broadcast business earned between $50,000 to $80,000 a week while a decade ago she and her then-husband were taking compensating ranging from $600,000 to $1.5 million a year. Erickson argues that her theological problems go beyond the prosperity gospel to rejecting core Christian doctrines agreed upon across denominations, as evidenced by comments she made to worshippers that were captured on video. "The President of the United States putting a heretic on stage who claims to believe in Jesus, but does not really believe in Jesus, risks leading others astray," he wrote. "Christians have an obligation to speak in defense of their faith. Trump letting this heretic pray in Jesus's name should offend every Bible believing Christian." "I'd rather a Hindu pray on Inauguration Day and not risk the souls of men, than one whose heresy lures in souls with promises of comfort only to damn them in eternity," Erickson concluded. "At least no one would mistake a Hindu, a Buddhist, or an atheist with being a representative of Christ's kingdom." In the "What We Believe" section of the website for White's ministry, she explicitly affirms a belief in the trinity. While much of the organized Christian right supported Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio in the Republican primaries, Trump made peace with these organizations by promising to appoint conservative judges and generally hew to a socially conservative agenda. Trump won 80 percent of white born-again or evangelical Christians, according to the exit polls. That was better than not only Mitt Romney, a Mormon, in 2012, but also evangelical George W. Bush in 2004. But the president-elect had natural appeal to prosperity gospel preachers, as his own self-help advice is a more secularized version of that message. Trump's parents attended a church pastored by Norman Vincent Peale, the Methodist turned Reformed author of "The Power of Positive Thinking." Peale's teachings were a precursor of sorts to the prosperity gospel. The preacher, who died in 1993, performed Trump's wedding to his first wife Ivana. Peale's successor presided over Trump's wedding to his second wife Marla Maples. The prosperity gospel is also an opening to broaden Trump's appeal across racial lines, as the tradition has made inroads in the black church. White herself has led a megachurch with a predominantly black congregation. White chairs Trump's evangelical advisory board. She has organized meetings between Trump and other pastors. White is one of six clergy scheduled to pray, speak or read at Trump's inaugural, including some who have disagreed with the president-elect on immigration. White's second husband was the evangelist Randy White, with whom she partnered in ministry. Her current husband is Jonathan Cain, a member of the rock band Journey. Poster Comment:
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#1. To: Willie Green (#0)
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Luke 6:36-42: Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. “Judge not, and you will not be judged; condemn not, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven; give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.” He also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,’ when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother’s eye. I don't think women are supposed to be preachers. But there are promises in the Bible that deal with prosperity.
Bush was an evangelical moron.
I don't either. "Give not thy soul to woman lest she trample upon thy strength" is a a good principle to live by.
“By being outraged about one and not the other, and admit it that you would be and you were upset by Barack Obama attending Wright’s church, you have reduced Jesus Christ to partisan team sport.” www.inquisitr.com/3842049...-inauguration-invocation/ "Dominion" @: .30 Dominionists, like Rafael and Ted Cruz. They seem to be on the verge of embracing Mohammad as a co-equal "son of God". The D&R Party is a suicide cult!
Joel Osteen (in Houston) and Paula White (in Florida) are two of the biggest heretics there are because they say God wants all Christians to be wealthy (like them). Jesus said exactly the opposite. He said it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich Christian to enter heaven. Joel Osteen's dad was a very good preacher, but he is now rolling over in the grave because of what his son is preaching.
I tend to agree. I remember his dad. I liked him.
On this I agree with you. I don't know where you get that weird idea. To be a dominionist means you believe Christians and Christian nations are destined to have dominion over all the earth (except Israel which has been given to the jews) just as prophesied over 3000 years ago in Genesis. It is fast coming to pass. I predict that, very soon, Muslims (and atheists, et al) wont have dominion over didily squat.
Eventually there will be a one-world religion as prophesied in the Bible. The religions will all unite under the banner of the anti-christ. 'One World Religion' Metaphysical Event Gathers Muslims, Jews and Christians to Pray The religions will all unite under the banner of the anti-christ. 'One World Religion' Metaphysical Event Gathers Muslims, Jews and Christians to Pray You are so full of it. There is only one antichrist and he was Hitler. His Third Reich (of Rome) is the third six of the 666 trilogy. The only religion that will rule all the world is Christianity. And I predict it will happen very, very soon.
Very timely photo. Although I was pretty young, I remember my parents listening to John Osteen every day, religiously. His sister and her husband pastored a church in my home town (Bay City).
You got to be kidding me! When did Hitler rule the entire world? When did the entire world take the Mark of the Beast? When did the entire world take the Mark of the Beast? It was his plan to rule the whole world, and to not let anyone buy or sell except for his soldiers and officials wearing the swastika on their headgear, and civilians carrying a permit in their hand stamped with the swastika. For the sake of the elect, those days were cut short.
You are full of shit. You are a deceiver. 11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: 17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
The two-horned Lamb, like many things in the Revelation, can be interpreted two ways. Both are equally correct. In the Revelation, a lamb always represents Jesus and/or His Church. The two horns of the Lamb either represent the two Churches that supported Hitler (the Lutheran and Roman Catholic Churches) or the two Popes who supported Hitler (Popes Pius XI and XII). They provided Hitler with his power (i.e, the troops who killed Hitler's enemies with miraculous planes and bombs, and with miraculous subs, tanks, etc. And they caused the world to worship Hitler, and the image he worshipped, that is, the Aryan race. The Third Reich, or third reign of pagan Rome the 6th head of Satan, was one man, Hitler, who arose after the first two heads of Rome were killed off. You and all futurists are the deceivers. Jesus said over and over and over again that He would return quickly, and with speed. Yet you guys somehow construe that to mean 2000 years later. That's calling Jesus a liar. I'm going with the history books, which say Jesus returned with a kingdom in 312 AD. The 5 horsemen can be thought of as 5 dispensations of the second coming. We are the 4th horseman to rule the earth for Jesus and kill His enemies.
Hitler never ruled over all nations tongues kindreds. There was never a worldwide mark of the beast system. You're stupid or a liar.
There hasn't been a thousand years of peace either. You said only one antichrist. That isn't true. Antichrist is a spirit and the Bible says anyone who rejects christ is antichrist. It
You said only one antichrist. That isn't true. Antichrist is a spirit and the Bible says anyone who rejects christ is antichrist. First come the 7 last plagues which we are experiencing now (global warming, Ar Mageddon, etc.) and then comes the 1000 years of peace. It is insane to say that everything in the Revelation will be cram-packed into 7 years. That is a faulty interpretation of Daniel's 70th week. And I'm talking about THE antichrist, and the only one mentioned in the Revelation. It is true that in John's epistles he says there are many antichrists who deny that Jesus is God, but that has nothing to do with the antichrist of the Revelation who is a lot worse.
Where specifically is "the antichrist" mentioned? There is a "beast" who has the spirit of antichrist. But there are many antichrists. You don't know anything. You're just a troll looking for laughs.
She appears to be a carnival barker with her 1-800 number. Plus, her hands are bigger than Donald's. Give money, buy your way to heaven.
I never said he did any of that. I said he planned to. If you don't believe that, read Hitler's Mein Kampf. And Jesus plainly said those days would be cut short for the sake of the elect. It was the US and our allies who cut those days short beginning with D-Day (the 6th trumpet prophecy) when we unleashed 200 million horses against Hitler (i.e, horses under the hood). The riders of the horses had breastplates of red, white and blue as prophesied. (Sulfur is white when hot).
There is a "beast" who has the spirit of antichrist. But there are many antichrists. You don't know anything. You're just a troll looking for laughs. Your argument is so stupid. Where is another antichrist mentioned (in the Revelation), or even someone else with the spirit of the antichrist?
He is not Evangelical. He's a Methodist. The article left out quite a few facts and got a few wrong. Evangelicals actually voted 79% for Trump but 81% for Romney. It was what is called the notional Christian vote which put Trump over the top:
That doesn't mean things that he said would happen will not happen. You are confused and lost in chaotic thinking.
It never says the antichrist will do anything. Antichrist is mentioned I think one time in the bible. It is spirit of antichrist not an individual. Revelation mentions a "beast" not the antichrist.
Revelation mentions a "beast" not the antichrist. You are wrong on every count. Hitler is the 8th (or 9th) head of the beast, and the third head # 6. That head is commonly called the antichrist (by everyone except you). And the Revelation very plainly says it is a man. If you want to say that head of Satan (i.e., Hitler) had the "spirit of antichrist" that is OK, but he is definitely a man. You make the most ridiculous arguments I have ever heard. All of the heads of Satan (the beast) are men possessed by Satan. Do you actually believe an animal is going to rule the earth? You are so absurd.
That doesn't mean things that he said would happen will not happen. Well, the Revelation is not translated very good in most English Bibles. Jesus is saying not everything the antichrist set out to do will happen. The Revelation says the great tribulation (aka WW II) will be cut short after 3 1/2 years. That is precisely how long WW II lasted (when calculated on the sacred Hebrew calendar used in all Bible prophesies). That is, it lasted precisely 1260 days (from Dec. 7, 1941 when the US entered the war until the death of Hitler on April 30, 1945. (A war is not a world war until the US enters it).
Chapter and verse moron where it says "the antichrist" It doesn't. You are a liar.
Now you are saying God is a liar when he said he would provide his word for all tongues. You represent satan.
Then so are the millions of other Christians who call the 8th head of Satan the antichrist. Why are you still trying to beat a dead horse to death? Whether you say Hitler was the antichrist or not, he is still the most Satan-possessed, anti-Christian, and anti-Jew human to ever appear on earth. And for futurists to say that someone worse than him is coming is ridiculous. It's impossible. And Hitler fulfilled every single prophecy about the 8th head of the Satanic beast. For example, its ten horns represent the ten nations aligned with Hitler. You cannot name one prophecy about the 8th head of Satan and/or the great tribulation that was not fulfilled in WW II.
When it comes to the Revelation, it is the English translators who are the liars. To see what will happen to them, read Rev 21:18-19. If you want to read the correct translation of the Revelation, you have to buy my book. And hopefully it will someday be translated correctly into all tongues. Hasn't happened yet though.
Seriously? I don't know where you got your stupid chart from, but Hitler killed way more than 17 million. I think it's closer to 30 to 40 million. Altogether 50 million people died in WW II. And you should note that I corrected my statement, and as far as I know, Mao didn't kill hardly any Christians or Jews, so he doesn't count (i.e, most of the people he killed don't count because God is not concerned at all about Buddhists). As for Stalin, he is the great whore who also killed a lot of Christians and Jews, and was briefly aligned with Hitler the antichrist as prophesied. He runs a close second to Hitler, I'll give you that. They are pretty much neck and neck, and to try to say which one is worse is a moot point. They were both evil, very evil.
He is not Evangelical. He's a Methodist. He is, and always has been, a childish asshole.
The numbers don't lie. Hitler barely eked out third place, 2 million more than Leopold II. And now you are claiming that the Hitler-Stalin alliance was "prophesied" By you of course - no one else has the "inside track" like you do, right? You're the greatest "prophet" who ever lived!!! Get over yourself man! Hitler barely eked out third place, 2 million more than Leopold II. And now you are claiming that the Hitler-Stalin alliance was "prophesied" By you of course - no one else has the "inside track" like you do, right? You're the greatest "prophet" who ever lived!!! Get over yourself man! Like I said, the numbers in the chart are a lie. Hitler killed way more than 17 million. And Mao does not count because the people he killed were not Christians and Jews. And Stalin and/or Moscow are indeed the prophesied great whore that sits on many waters (5 seas via the Moscow canal) and on 7 hills, and was drunk with the blood of the saints. And during WW II she ruled over many "peoples, multitudes, nations and tongues." At first she is seen riding the beast with ten horns (Hitler and the 10 nations aligned with him) which "carried" her for a while before turning on her, and hating her and making her desolate. And it indeed happened exactly as prophesied. Hitler and Stalin are pretty much neck and neck when it comes to killing Christians and Jews and no one else comes close. Everything I say I can prove, because it is in the history books as plain as day (and also in the Bible as plain as day). Everything you futurists say is utterly ridiculous and completely absurd. You are the reason the world laughs at Christians because you are always predicting crazy stuff that has never ever come true. I aim to put a stop to all the craziness and make Christianity respected again.
The seven hills you refer to are the seven hills on which Rome stands. There you go again spouting absurd futurist nonsense. There are many cities that sit on 7 hills including Moscow. And Rome only sits on one sea, for God's sake. Only Moscow sits on many seas, i.e., 5 seas, and no other city even comes close to that feat.
He is, and always has been, a childish asshole. Whether you call him Methodist or evangelical, the Revelation has nothing but good things to say about George W Bush because he killed the SOB who dried up the Euphrates where human life began in order to start the Battle of Ar Mageddon and get back at George Bush Sr and his son. Anyone who messes with a Christian nation must be killed Jesus says. And George Bush Jr knows the Bible very well and he correctly identified the Axis of Evil east of the Euphrates that is to start (has started) the Battle of Ar Mageddon. He is definitely not a moron, and not childish. He is very smart and knows his Bible, and was only obeying Jesus. And the Battle of Ar Mageddon is actually good, because it will result in all the bad Muslims all over the earth being killed off just as Saddam Hussein was. Then there will be peace for a thousand years.
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#2. To: Willie Green (#0)
t many Christians regard the prosperity gospel as incompatible with Scripture
#3. To: Willie Green (#0)
evangelical George W. Bush in 2004
#4. To: A K A Stone (#2)
I don't think women are supposed to be preachers.
#5. To: rlk, Jeremiah Wright, heretics, Brothers and Sisters in Satan (#4)
“You think I’m overreacting, a sore loser, or some such. And you know damn well that if Jeremiah Wright had said a prayer at Barack Obama’s inauguration you’d be publicly outraged and calling for Obama to reconsider the invitation. Jeremiah Wright’s black liberation theology and Paula White’s prosperity gospel are two sides of the same heretical coin.
#6. To: Willie Green (#0)
#7. To: interpreter (#6)
Joel Osteen's dad was a very good preacher, but he is now rolling over in the grave because of what his son is preaching.
#8. To: interpreter (#6)
#9. To: interpreter (#6)
Joel Osteen (in Houston) and Paula White (in Florida) are two of the biggest heretics there are because they say God wants all Christians to be wealthy (like them). Jesus said exactly the opposite.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#10. To: hondo68 (#5)
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Dominionists, like Rafael and Ted Cruz. They seem to be on the verge of embracing Mohammad as a co-equal "son of God".
#11. To: interpreter (#10)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#12. To: Deckard (#11)
(Edited)
Eventually there will be a one-world religion as prophesied in the Bible.
#13. To: A K A Stone (#8)
#14. To: interpreter (#12)
There is only one antichrist and he was Hitler. His Third Reich (of Rome) is the third six of the 666 trilogy.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#15. To: Deckard (#14)
(Edited)
You got to be kidding me! When did Hitler rule the entire world?
#16. To: interpreter (#15)
#17. To: A K A Stone (#16)
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#18. To: interpreter (#17)
#19. To: interpreter (#17)
#20. To: A K A Stone (#19)
There hasn't been a thousand years of peace either.
#21. To: interpreter (#20)
And I'm talking about THE antichrist, and the only one mentioned in the Revelation.
#22. To: hondo68 (#5)
#23. To: A K A Stone (#18)
Hitler never ruled over all nations tongues kindreds. There was never a worldwide mark of the beast system.
#24. To: A K A Stone (#21)
Where specifically is "the antichrist" mentioned?
#25. To: rlk (#3)
evangelical George W. Bush in 2004 Bush was an evangelical moron.
#26. To: interpreter (#23)
And Jesus plainly said those days would be cut short for the sake of the elect.
#27. To: interpreter (#24)
Your argument is so stupid. Where is another antichrist mentioned (in the Revelation), or even someone else with the spirit of the antichrist?
#28. To: A K A Stone (#27)
It never says the antichrist will do anything. Antichrist is mentioned I think one time in the bible. It is spirit of antichrist not an individual.
#29. To: A K A Stone (#26)
"And Jesus plainly said those days would be cut short for the sake of the elect."
#30. To: interpreter (#28)
#31. To: interpreter (#29)
Well, the Revelation is not translated very good in most English Bibles.
#32. To: A K A Stone (#30)
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Chapter and verse moron where it says "the antichrist" It doesn't. You are a liar.
#33. To: A K A Stone (#31)
Now you are saying God is a liar when he said he would provide his word for all tongues.
#34. To: interpreter, A K A Stone (#32)
Whether you say Hitler was the antichrist or not, he is still the most Satan-possessed human to ever appear on earth.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#35. To: Deckard (#34)
(Edited)
#36. To: redleghunter (#25)
evangelical George W. Bush in 2004 Bush was an evangelical moron.
#37. To: interpreter (#35)
As for Stalin, he is the great whore who also killed a lot of Christians and Jews, and was briefly aligned with Hitler the antichrist as prophesied. He runs a close second to Hitler, I'll give you that.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#38. To: Deckard (#37)
(Edited)
The numbers don't lie.
#39. To: interpreter (#38)
And Stalin and/or Moscow are indeed the prophesied great whore that sits on many waters (5 seas via the Moscow canal) and on 7 hills, and was drunk with the blood of the saints.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Those who most loudly denounce Fake News are typically those most aggressively disseminating it.
#40. To: Deckard (#39)
The seven hills you refer to are the seven hills on which Rome stands.
#41. To: rlk (#36)
(Edited)
"evangelical George W. Bush in 2004 Bush was an evangelical moron." He is not Evangelical. He's a Methodist."
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