I’d like you all to check out the following testimony from a former Joyce Meyer supporter. After reading this, please tell me how in God’s Name could you still support this greedy Grandma.
http://www.pulpit-pimps.org/?p=582
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"Heresy flourishes mostly where it receives tax advantages"…..Boyd Miller circa 2009AD
February 9, 2008 at 3:47 am
Phil I read this article and I never thought of her as a(grandma)cult leader. But that is what she is. That is a great testimony.
February 9, 2008 at 3:54 am
Anybody still think this heresy is harmless??
February 9, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Hi guys,
Thanks for the comments.
The sad thing is that people will still follow this lady and her teachings which are nothing more then a heavenly lottery devised from the pits of hell.
I never really looked at this like Meyer is running a cult, but her teachings are unorthodox and quite extreme which are two warning signs of a cult. So, defining her a cult leader is a fair description.
February 18, 2008 at 5:29 am
She is supposed to be here in a week. I thought about protesting outside. Maybe I could stir someone up to good works and get them to read the bible for real. Whatcha think?
March 4, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Here is a great 15 minute compilation of Joyce Meyers preaching clips with background music contrasted against a Biblical view of money. It is called escaping the theology of babylon. I highly recommend everyone listen to it. Run for your life from this deceiver and her teachings. 2 Cor 11
http://www.fleebabylon.com/audio/babylons_theology.mp3
In Christ – Jim (www.fleebabylon.com)
March 19, 2008 at 1:28 am
there is 15 minutes I’ll never get back. these people are no more decieved beyond any degree that you are. they have great outreaches and are winning souls to Christ. i’ve never listened to more than a couple of hours of J.M. but that is by choice. it all reminds me of something i heard years ago – that the only thing the devil hates more than a born again Christian is a rich born again Christian. helping the poor is a noble cause indeed as long as you are helping them not to be poor anymore. it would be like reaching the lost yet leaving them the same way they were. i couldn’t believe the Job story…he was twice are rich in the end by the way. i can’t say that your target group is right on spot on etherything but i wouldn’t go so far as to say you are right either. seems true that every man is right in his own eyes.
April 27, 2008 at 6:33 am
Pastor Mark, explain to me how one “helps” the poor by taking their money? Joyce Meyer is NOT helping the poor not to be poor anymore … she is sending them deeper into poverty! You liken it unto “reaching the lost yet leaving them the same way they were.” I submit to you sir, that Joyce Meyer is not leaving them the same way they were … she is leaving them WORSE than they were before. How can one “help the poor” by taking from them and then telling them that God will bless them? If Joyce Meyer truly wanted to help the poor, she would GIVE to them.
I speak about Joyce from experience. I have been a staunch follower of the Word of Faith prosperity gospel for over 30 years, and have been a faithful and loyal supporter of Joyce Meyer Ministries since 1997. I gave nearly all that I had in her support, both spiritually and financially. I stood by her and defended her much more than you do now. But that unwavering support nearly led to my undoing, both spiritually and financially … do not try to label me as one who “is of little faith” …. you do not know me or from where I have come. I am not, nor will I ever try to convince you of your error in defending this reprehensible woman. But at the same time, I can NOT keep silent in speaking out against how Joyce Meyer (and all the other prosperity gospel pimp preachers) are RAPING the poor!
By what you have written, I can only say that you have no earthly idea the false hope that this woman gives to the poor with her preaching. You say the devil hates a rich born again christian … hmmm … this brings to my mind the scripture from Matthew 19:24, which says something to the effect of it being easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich (woman) to enter into the kingdom of God. Funny how scriptures like this seem to elude the propagators of the prosperity gospel “vomit” that is spewed into the livingrooms all across this land by the likes of Joyce Meyer. As for me, I know the truth, and the truth has made me free.
Phil: Thank you for sharing your testimony with us Boo Boos Dad and welcome to Theology Today!
October 28, 2008 at 9:03 pm
The bitter way you speak about this women tells me that you have personal problems that you didn’t give to God. Bitterness is not good and any time you speak out of bitterness, tells people around you, more about you then about person you won’t to represent like ripper.
No matter what you or anyone say, i have never heard her doing or saying things like that. I knew people who has been changed, their lives on a positive ways. So, before you throw a stone to some one, look at the mirror and ask your self what are you motives to do things like these.
May 15, 2009 at 3:31 pm
All too often we consider standing for the truth in a passionate way as “bitterness”. Please open yourself to the idea of righteous anger. Christ portrayed this in the Temple of “thieves & robbers”. As Christianity is under seige, most disconcerting from within the Body, those who stand firm in the truth are not worried about offending people, but are more concerned about offending our Savior. Word of Faith preachers focus on self, wherein the true message of Christ is denying self and seeking His will as a bondservent of Christ.
November 18, 2008 at 11:46 pm
I don’t understand how a women who is preaching healing and restoration to a broken generation can be a bad thing. Regardless of christianity or not, there are hurting people out there hearing the message Joyce is bringing that are finding out the true meaning on life. For every testimony you find of a former Joyce Meter supporter, I am sure you will find 10 to say differently.
March 4, 2009 at 9:12 pm
http://sheeptrax.com/xpress/2009/03/tv-evangelist-joyce-meyers-%E2%80%9Cirking%E2%80%9D-neighbors/
From a St. Louisian.
April 28, 2009 at 5:05 am
It is very dangerous territory for any christian to be judging another. That is the domain of God and God alone. Remember that King Saul was not much of a king but David lamented when he stretched out his hand against God’s anointed. You may not like Joyce Meyer, that’s your choice, but for myself, a person who has come from a background of sexual abuse, her teachings have helped me to forgive, overcome and grow and develop as a person and as a christian. Judge not…..
April 28, 2009 at 6:31 am
Hi Melissa,
I Corinthians 5 seems to disagree with your assertion we are not to judge other professing Christians.
Phil
July 28, 2009 at 2:14 pm
Melissa,
We judge in righteousness, not self-righteousness. That is why we do not judge the lost (for we were all once lost), but admonish those in the church (1 Cor 5:12-13) for the good of the Body. We should use God-breathed scripture to teach, rebuke, correct & train (2 Tim 3:16).
rxrum
July 24, 2009 at 5:25 pm
We are not judging “another Christian”. We are evaluating the works of one who has left the orthodox faith by the Word of God. Joyce Meyer falls far short of what one could call a woman of faith.
May 12, 2009 at 6:08 am
Phil why doesnt the top link work?
May 12, 2009 at 6:58 am
Hi,
Try this one;
http://www.pulpit-pimps.org/?p=582
May 15, 2009 at 2:37 am
I just read your website while searching for information on the theology of Paula White. I am a retired Assemblies of God minister, preaching and teaching the “old fashioned” way. A Baptist pastor once asked me of my opinion of Joyce Meyer, and before I could think I blurted out forcefully, “She is a theological whore!” Tninking back, I stand by that statement.
Since the Word of Faith philosophy crept in to our churches, I have had nothing but heartache from them. I lost a church because of their sins. I will preach and teach against them until the day I die. I will never abandon the clear statements of “the faith once delivered to the saints.”
Thank you for letting me get this off my chest. God bless you.
LeRoy Wornell
Everett, WA
May 15, 2009 at 2:48 am
I just replied, but I don’t think I did it right. I have just finished forty years in the gospel ministry. I am an “old fashioned” Assembies of God minister, and I’ve always preached a simple, clear cut message based on the “faith once delivered to the saints.”
I lost a church years ago because of the name it claim it people. They literally stole my congregation. Since that philosophy crept into the (mainly) Pentecostal churches, I have had nothing but trouble from them.
Thank you for letting me sound off. I will continue to preach the only way I know how — the way Paul did when he wrote, “Woe is me if I preach not Christ and Him crucified.”
God bless you.