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"I listened to 100's of hours of Kenneth Hagin's tapes. I don't recall ever catching him in an unBiblical statement or attitude" ~ Quix

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Hagin, Kenneth:

Prominent Word-Faith teacher. Sometimes erroneously referred to as the "Father of the Word-Faith Movement." That title belongs to E.W. Kenyon, much of whose work Hagin plagiarized (documented in D.R. McConnell's book "A Different Gospel.")

...Christ's physical death on the cross was not enough to save us. [How Jesus obtained His Name, Tape 44H01]

Jesus tasted spiritual death. [How Jesus obtained His Name, Tape 44H01]

The Christian "is as much an incarnation as was Jesus of Nazareth." ["The Incarnation," The Word of Faith Mag.]

"[Man] was created on terms of equality with God, and he could stand in God's presence without any consciousness of inferiority...God made us as much like Himself as possible...He made us the same class of being that He is Himself...Man lived in the realm of God. He lived on terms equal with God...[The] believer is called Christ...That's who we are; we're Christ" ["Zoe: The God-Kind of Life," 1989. pp. 35-36, 41]

"Every man who has been born again is an incarnation and Christianity is a miracle. The believer is as much an incarnation as was Jesus of Nazareth" ["The Incarnation," The Word of Faith mag.]

"You are as much the incarnation of God as Jesus Christ was...the believer is as much an incarnation as was Jesus of Nazareth." ["Word Of Faith" mag.]

"Why did He need to be begotten or born? Because He became like we were - separated from God. Because He tasted spiritual death for every man. And His spirit and inner men went to hell in my place. Can't you see that? Physical death wouldn't remove your sins. He's tasted death for every man. He's talking about tasting spiritual death. Jesus is the first person that was ever born again. Why did His spirit need to be born again? Because it was estranged from God." [Kenneth Hagin, "How Jesus obtained His Name"
Tape #44-H01]

More: http://www.apologeticsindex.org/h00.html

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Word-Faith Movement

Also known as "Name-in-Claim-it," "Health and Wealth Gospel," "Positive Confession," "Word of Faith," etc.

Word-Faith teachers owe their ancestry to groups like Christian Science, Swedenborgianism, Theosophy, Science of Mind, and New Thought ..." More here: http://www.apologeticsindex.org/w00.html#wordf

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"I think Copeland does well." ~ Quix

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Kenneth and Gloria Copeland

These prominent Word-Faith teachers head ''Kenneth Copeland Ministries.'' Here: http://www.apologeticsindex.org/w00.html#wordf

Copeland is responsible for spreading many of the Faith movement's unbiblical teachings. He distorts the biblical concepts of faith and covenant. He reduces God to the image of man while elevating man to the status of God. He lowers Jesus to being a product of positive confession who took on a satanic nature at the cross. And he promotes the occult practice of creative visualization.

Two (tip of the iceberg) Copeland quotes:

"God's reason for creating Adam was His desire to reproduce Himself...He was not a little like God. He was not almost like God. He was not subordinate to God even." "Following the Faith of Abraham," tape 01-3001, n.d.

"You don't have a god in you, you are one." "The Force of Love," tape 02-0028, 1987

LOTS more here http://www.apologeticsindex.org/c53.html such as:

Kenneth Copeland and The Bible
Copeland's teachings vs. the Bible.
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