Multitudes of Christians have been given a wildly distorted understanding of the biblical teaching about "faith." In the late twentieth century, Word of Faith Teachers, such as Kenneth Hagin and Benny Hinn, were at the fore.

In the early twenty-first, they are overshadowed by a new breed of prosperity preachers with even bigger platforms, like Joel Osteen, John Hagee, Joyce Meyer, and Todd Bentley, who are increasingly viewed as mainstream. T.D. Jakes is trumpeted by Time Magazine as perhaps the "the next Billy Graham."

And that is precisely why I have decided to launch a major new release titled Christianity in Crisis - The 21st Century.

I am convinced that if occult sources such as The Secret pose the greatest threat to the body of Christ from without, the deadly doctrines disseminated by this new crop of prosperity preachers pose the greatest threat to authentic Christianity from within.

Thousands have been helped out of the Faith movement by the Christian Research Institute, but many more must be rescued. And to say thank you for your continued faithfulness, I want to send you a sneak preview booklet of Christianity in Crisis - The 21st Century long before the book hits bookstores this Spring 2009!

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