have denounced Word of Faith theology as aberrant and contrary to the teachings of the Bible. Critics have also condemned the teachings on wealth, arguing that the Bible condemns the pursuit of riches. John Piper points out that Christ warned the apostles that they would suffer great persecution for his sake: except John, all eleven, after Judas Iscariot, suffered martyrs' deaths. In a January 2006 sermon entitled "How our Suffering Advances the Gospel," Piper stated bluntly that "the prosperity gospel will not make anybody praise Jesus; it will make people praise prosperity." 'Little gods' belief Many Word of Faith teachers use phrases such as "little gods" to describe believers. Kenneth Hagin wrote that God had created humans "in the same class of being that he is himself," and reasoned that if humans are made in God's image, they are "in God’s class", and thereby ‘gods’. Many Evangelical critics have condemned the "little gods" teaching as cultic. Hank Hanegraaff, for example, contends the 'little gods' doctrine is on a par with the teaching of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Jim Jones. See also Full Gospel Chris Oyakhilome Abundant life Margaret Court Sam P. Chelladurai Word of Faith Ministries Word of Faith Fellowship Bible passages Romans 12:2 Matthew 11:25-30 Galatians 5:1 Mark 11:12-25 Colossians 2 Hebrews 6:1-2 1 Corinthians 3 Galatians 3 Romans 7:1-6 Matthew 18:1-6 1 Corinthians 2:6-16 Matthew 17:14-20 Matthew 20:1-16 Matthew 8:5-18 Matthew 25:14-30 Luke 19:11-27 1 Corinthians 13 Matthew 22:36-40 John 21:15-19 Matthew 16:13-20 Matthew 6:5-14 Matthew 7:15-23 1 John 4:6 2 Peter 2 Jude 1 Corinthians 5 Hebrews 11-13 Notes and references External links Kenyon's Gospel Publishing Society Kenneth Hagin Ministries Christian personal development Christian theological movements Christian terminology Heresy in Christianity Pentecostalism