Was the Reformer Martin Luther innovating or an error when he added the word alone to Romans 328

for we hold that one is justified by faith alone apart from works of the law?

Find out in Pastor Will Whedon's column in the latest issues etc. journal.

In the Wittenburg Trail feature, Dr. Donna Harrison details her journey to confessional

Lutheranism from Catholicism, Scientism, Mysticism, and Evangelicalism.

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Evangelists and the Trinity Broadcasting Network become basically mainstream teaching,

especially in charismatic churches, the word faith prosperity gospel.

Welcome back to issues etc.

Joining us to answer that question and others about the prosperity gospel.

Pastor Chris Rosebroh, he's pastor of consping or Lutheran church in Oslo, Minnesota,

creator and host of the YouTube channel fighting for the faith and author of a column

for the August issue of the Lutheran Witness magazine titled prosperity gospel, a heresy

of false promises. Chris, welcome back.

Thanks for having me back, Todd. How would one know if they're hearing a teacher of the

prosperity gospel? Teachers of the prosperity gospel are overtly positive and it's almost tyrannical

and its positivity and what I mean by that is that these are people who will really emphasize the

need for Christians to make positive faith-filled confessions and even go so far as to chastise

or rebuke those who speak the truth about their situation. So if you go to the doctor and you get

a bad report from the doctor and the doctor says you're going to need surgery and you have

something wrong with you. The person who is a prosperity heretic or somebody along these lines,

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