After Simon Peter makes his famous declaration that Jesus is “the Messiah, the Son of the living God,” Jesus tells the apostle, “you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it” (Matt. 16:16, 18).

John Shore is a popular Christian blogger and author, yet his recent column for Patheos, "What Christianity without hell looks like," features a string of shockingly bad theological statements that resonate well in today’s relativistic culture. Let’s look at just four of his false statements...

The central teaching of the errant Word-Faith movement is that God wills your prosperity and health; therefore, to be a Christian in poverty or ill health is to be outside the will of God. There is great diversity within the Word-Faith movement, but below are doctrines that most prosperity teachers embrace.