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    False Perceptions of a Successful Church

    Aug 26, 2022 2 minutes
    by Gordon Claasen

    Part lll

    My focus with this series is to continue highlighting what I believe are false perceptions of a successful church. Another idol that I have witnessed in the church today is an insistence on material prosperity as the only plumb line to measure the blessings of God.

    A twisted prosperity gospel

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