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‘Thou Shalt Decree a Thing and It Shall Be Established.’ If You Can Name it, You Can Claim it!

Image generated by A.I. Bob turned on the television at the end of a long day. He walked across the room and fell into a recliner, exhausted. His wife Julie was seated next to him, using her phone to play an online game of Scrabble with one of her girlfriends. As the television came on,Continue reading “‘Thou Shalt Decree a Thing and It Shall Be Established.’ If You Can Name it, You Can Claim it!”

Job’s Friends Preached the Prosperity Gospel and God Rebuked Them. Job 42:7.

My friend Pete was rich. As a child, he had the newest, hottest, best bicycle around. In the mid-80s, he not only had an endless supply of Polo shirts, but was the only guy in our high school wearing Polo jeans. He had a car before anyone else. Sports cars. Spare cars. After a semesterContinue reading “Job’s Friends Preached the Prosperity Gospel and God Rebuked Them. Job 42:7.”