The health and wealth or prosperity gospel has produced a new form of salvation contrary to the one taught in Scripture. It is salvation from unhappiness by doing your best. This article explains how this is so with a focus on the evaluation of the ministry of Joel Osteen.

Looking at the history of Pentecostalism, the charismatic movement and Neo-Pentocostalism, this article examines the claim of the Third Wave and the health and wealth gospel. These teachings have departed from orthodoxy and undermine scripture.

This article is about the letter the martyr Guido de Bres sent his wife shortly before he was hung. It shows that the normal Christian life is not one of health and wealth, but of suffering and hope for the future.