S2E38 Prosperity Theology Part 1

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2022

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, we respond to a listener’s email about the ideas surrounding Prosperity Gospel Theology. Gerrit begins with a discussion about paganism and the idea of worshiping a god for immediate gain as a contrast to Jesus saying that His Kingdom is not of this world. Gerrit also talks about how the notion that all of our suffering or all of our prosperity is directly connected to our level of righteousness can create faith crises. Please visit our website at www.standardoftruth.com If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: [email protected]

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast, hosted by historian Dr. Garrett Dirkmont,
0:08.0	where we explore the early days of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
0:12.6	and gain rare historical insights into how a young farm boy was able to establish a new church
0:19.6	and grow it by way of visions, manifestations,
0:23.6	and miracles.
0:25.6	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast. I'm your host, Dr. Garrett
0:35.6	Durkmont, and I'm joined by my friend, Professor Richard
0:38.4	Leduc. Hello, Garrett. In this week's podcast, we received an email from a listener that is going
0:44.4	to be able to kind of spark the discussion that we're going to have, but first, I wanted to read.
0:49.4	We received lots of emails from our listeners. And again, we have a rule that we only read the ones that are very positive and
0:55.8	glowing.
0:56.3	Right.
0:56.6	We receive thousands upon thousands of emails.
1:00.0	Like I've used the example before that it's the scene from Miracle on 34th Street
1:04.6	and we're the judge.
1:05.8	Put them here on my desk.
1:07.5	And then there's no room on this desk.
1:09.9	That's right.
1:10.3	Just bags and bags of letters.
1:13.4	And like Miracle on 34th Street, our listeners are unable to tell whether or not your Santa Claus.
1:18.7	That's right.
1:20.0	So I wanted to read, and I will have to say that some of these emails, the majority of them, are just absolutely hilarious.
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