Teachings Tested by Scripture

Quotes from modern preachers examined with verse-by-verse biblical analysis. False teachings exposed. Faithful teachings affirmed. Every quote tested against the unchanging Word of God.

False Teachings Exposed

Kenneth Copeland

False Teacher

Word of Faith heretic and prosperity charlatan

4 quotes analyzed →

Joel Osteen

False Teacher

Prosperity gospel leader at Lakewood Church

2 quotes analyzed →

Joyce Meyer

False Teacher

Word of Faith teacher and prosperity advocate

3 quotes analyzed →

TD Jakes

False Teacher

Prosperity preacher and Oneness Pentecostal

2 quotes analyzed →

Brian Houston

False Teacher

Hillsong founder and prosperity advocate

2 quotes analyzed →

Creflo Dollar

False Teacher

Word of Faith heretic and 'little gods' prosperity preacher

2 quotes analyzed →

John Avanzini

False Teacher

Prosperity preacher who claims Jesus was wealthy and wore designer clothes

2 quotes analyzed →

Jesse Duplantis

False Teacher

Prosperity showman who requested $54 million for a private jet

3 quotes analyzed →

Kenneth Hagin

False Teacher

Father of the Word of Faith movement and JDS heresy

2 quotes analyzed →

Myles Munroe

False Teacher

Dominion theology teacher who denied the centrality of the cross

2 quotes analyzed →

Todd White

False Teacher

Sinless perfectionism preacher who denies the need for daily repentance

2 quotes analyzed →

Kathryn Krick

False Teacher

Self-proclaimed apostle who teaches Christians are filled with demons

2 quotes analyzed →

Wagner Ribeiro

False Teacher

Self-proclaimed apostle selling 'secrets to the supernatural' while throwing jackets on TikTok instead of preaching the Cross

5 quotes analyzed →

Greg Locke

False Teacher

Angry book-burning pastor who attributes autism and mental illness to demons

1 quote analyzed →

Isaiah Saldivar

False Teacher

Architect of the YouTube 'Demon Slayer' movement who normalizes demon-hunting

1 quote analyzed →

Alexander Pagani

False Teacher

The 'theologian' of the deliverance movement who intellectualizes the demonization heresy

1 quote analyzed →

Daniel Adams

False Teacher

Mass deliverance preacher who creates environments of hysteria and chaos

1 quote analyzed →

Michael Todd

False Teacher

Showman megachurch pastor who said Jesus didn't reach His potential

2 quotes analyzed →

Keith Butler

False Teacher

Word of Faith pastor who paid cash for a $1.3 million home while preaching to the poor

1 quote analyzed →

Faithful Teachings Affirmed

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All Quotes

"You don't have a god in you. You are one."
Kenneth CopelandDeity of Man HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"God is a being that stands somewhere around 6'2", 6'3", that weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of a couple of hundred pounds, little better, [and] has a hand span nine inches across."
Kenneth CopelandPhysical God HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"He needs you well, he needs you strong and he needs you rich."
Kenneth CopelandProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"99.9% of all people are good people."
Joel OsteenDenial of SinFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"He had become sin, he was no longer the Son of God. He was sin."
Joyce MeyerChristological HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"I started to give on that level so that God would owe me. I put God in debt."
TD JakesProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"You need more money. What money can do in your head is bless, it can help, it can build, it can increase."
Brian HoustonProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified."
Leonard RavenhillRepentance & HolinessFaithfulRead analysis →
"If you want to be popular, preach happiness. If you want to be unpopular, preach holiness."
Leonard RavenhillRepentance & HolinessFaithfulRead analysis →
"God hates the lukewarm gospel of half-truths that is now spreading over the globe. This gospel ignores the whole counsel of God."
David WilkersonDiscernment & TruthFaithfulRead analysis →
"Faith is not to get you out of a hard place but to change your heart in the hard place."
David WilkersonFaith & SufferingFaithfulRead analysis →
"Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
Jesus ChristDiscernment & TruthFaithfulRead analysis →
"I tell you, no; but unless you repent you will all likewise perish."
Jesus ChristRepentance & HolinessFaithfulRead analysis →
"The time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers."
Apostle PaulDiscernment & TruthFaithfulRead analysis →
"The greatest heresy in the American evangelical and protestant church is that if you pray and ask Jesus Christ to come into your heart, He will definitely come in."
Paul WasherRepentance & HolinessFaithfulRead analysis →
"You are commanded to do things that you do not have the power to do. Why would God do that? To let you know that you need to be saved by grace."
Paul WasherGrace & SalvationFaithfulRead analysis →
"I don't think anything I've said has offended someone of a different faith."
Joel OsteenPeople-Pleasing GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"The Bible is the only source of divine revelation. It is complete, sufficient, and authoritative for all matters of faith and practice."
John MacArthurScripture AuthorityFaithfulRead analysis →
"The church's mission is not to reform society, but to preach the gospel."
John MacArthurGospel MissionFaithfulRead analysis →
"The true gospel is a call to self-denial. It is not a call to self-fulfillment."
John MacArthurCostly DiscipleshipFaithfulRead analysis →
"I'm not asking you to give to the church, I'm asking you to invest in your future."
TD JakesProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"God is not a celestial bellhop on call to satisfy our every whim. The Bible is not a book of spells to conjure up a God who will do our bidding."
RC SproulNature of GodFaithfulRead analysis →
"If we are not willing to wake up in the morning and die to ourselves, perhaps we should ask ourselves whether we are really following Christ."
RC SproulDiscipleshipFaithfulRead analysis →
"I am not poor. I am not miserable. I am blessed of God."
Joyce MeyerProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"I refuse to accept that I am a sinner."
Brian HoustonDenial of SinFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Everything that prays to God is a god... I said, everything that prays to God is a god."
Creflo DollarDeity of Man HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Jesus had a nice house! You don't think Jesus had a nice house? You think he was homeless? ... Jesus had a nice big house! ... Jesus wore designer clothes!"
John AvanziniProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"I've never had the Lord say, 'I want you to have this, but you can't have it till you get the money.' He always says, 'Go get it, I'll pay for it.'"
Jesse DuplantisProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"I really believe that if Jesus was physically on the earth today, he wouldn't be riding a donkey. He'd be in an airplane flying all over the world."
Jesse DuplantisProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"I went to heaven and I saw Jesus. He showed me around. I met Abraham, I met Paul... I was there for five hours."
Jesse DuplantisFalse RevelationFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"He [Jesus] tasted spiritual death for every man. And His spirit and inner man went to Hell in my place."
Kenneth HaginJDS (Jesus Died Spiritually) HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"He became our sacrifice and died on the cross. He did not die a sinless death. He became sin... He went to hell in our place and gained victory there, triumphing over the enemy."
Joyce MeyerJDS (Jesus Died Spiritually) HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"God could not interfere in earth's realm without the cooperation of a man... God has the power, but you have the authority. God has the might, but you have the right."
Myles MunroeDenial of God's SovereigntyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"People ain't worrying about no blood on the cross... you don't want be talking about blood in the boardroom... The good news is not Jesus."
Myles MunroeDenial of the CrossFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"As a believer, you have a right to make commands in the name of Jesus. Each time you stand on the Word, you are commanding God to a certain extent because it is His Word."
Kenneth CopelandDenial of God's SovereigntyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"I am not a sinner. I am a saint. I don't have a sin nature. I have a God nature."
Todd WhiteSinless PerfectionismFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"If you have to repent for something you did, you don't believe who you are."
Todd WhiteSinless PerfectionismFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"The Prophet prophesied to me that I was actually called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ, and I was called to reach the nations, and God was going to do many miracles through me."
Kathryn KrickFalse ApostleshipFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Christians can have demons inside them. These demons need to be cast out through deliverance ministry."
Kathryn KrickDemonization of BelieversFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"De onde a gente tirou a ideia de que precisa batizar para ceiar? ... O batismo é sequencial, isso é bíblico.""Where did we get the idea that you need to be baptized to take communion? ... Baptism is sequential, this is biblical."
Wagner RibeiroSacramental Order DenialFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Segredos para o sobrenatural.""Secrets to the supernatural."
Wagner RibeiroModern GnosticismFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Ainda no hospital, depois do acidente, o próprio Cristo me visitou: trouxe um 'soro espiritual' em uma bandeja de prata e colocou em meu braço. Jamais esquecerei esse momento.""Still in the hospital, after the accident, Christ Himself visited me: He brought a 'spiritual IV drip' on a silver tray and placed it on my arm. I will never forget that moment."
Wagner RibeiroFalse Visions & MysticismFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Reprograme o seu espírito!""Reprogram your spirit!"
Wagner RibeiroSelf-Help GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Unção sem caráter!""Anointing without character!"
Wagner RibeiroFalse Signs & SpectacleFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Autism in some cases is demonic. I have seen it cast out."
Greg LockeFalse Spiritual DiagnosisFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Deliverance is a lifestyle. You need to be constantly casting out demons and staying free."
Isaiah SaldivarDemon ObsessionFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Demons can reside in the soul or body of a Christian while the Holy Spirit dwells in their spirit. This is why believers need deliverance."
Alexander PaganiTrichotomy AbuseFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Cough it out! Vomit it out! Let it go! The demons are coming out!"
Daniel AdamsMass Hysteria MethodsFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Jesus didn't reach His potential."
Michael ToddBlasphemy Against ChristFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Your words frame your world. We need to activate our faith talk to activate what's in the unseen realm."
Michael ToddWord of Faith HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"You are as much the incarnation of God as Jesus Christ was."
Kenneth HaginDeity of Man HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"If horses get together, they produce what? Horses. If the Godhead says 'Let Us make man in Our image'... what are they producing? Gods!"
Creflo DollarDeity of Man HeresyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"God is powerless to do anything in this earth except what Christians allow through invoking His Name in prayer."
Keith ButlerDenial of God's SovereigntyFalse TeacherRead analysis →
"Jesus was handling big money. The Bible says that Judas was a thief. If you only have a few bucks, you don't need a treasurer and you don't need a thief."
John AvanziniProsperity GospelFalse TeacherRead analysis →