, ▁E . W . ▁Ken y on : ▁The ▁True ▁Story . ▁ ▁That ▁same ▁year , ▁Pent ec ost al ▁scholar ▁Gordon ▁F ee ▁wrote ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁articles ▁den oun cing ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁The ▁D ise ase ▁of ▁the ▁Health - and - We alth ▁G ospel . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 3 , ▁H ank ▁Han eg ra aff ' s ▁Christian ity ▁in ▁Cris is ▁charged ▁the ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁movement ▁with ▁her es y ▁and ▁accused ▁many ▁of ▁its ▁churches ▁of ▁being ▁" c ult s ." ▁He ▁accused ▁the ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁teachers ▁of ▁" dem oting " ▁God ▁and ▁Jesus , ▁and ▁" de ifying " ▁man ▁and ▁Sat an . ▁Han eg ra aff ▁has ▁focused ▁a ▁significant ▁portion ▁of ▁his ▁anti - her es y ▁teaching ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁on ▁address ing ▁and ▁ref uting ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁teach ings . ▁ ▁Other ▁critics , ▁such ▁as ▁Norman ▁Ge is ler , ▁Dave ▁H unt ▁and ▁Roger ▁Oak land , ▁have ▁den ounced ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁the ology ▁as ▁aber rant ▁and ▁contrary ▁to ▁the ▁teach ings ▁of ▁the ▁Bible . ▁Crit ics ▁have ▁also ▁condem ned ▁the ▁teach ings ▁on ▁wealth , ▁arg uing ▁that ▁the ▁Bible ▁condem ns ▁the ▁purs uit ▁of ▁rich es . ▁ ▁John ▁Pi per ▁points ▁out ▁that ▁Christ ▁war ned ▁the ▁apost les ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁suffer ▁great ▁per sec ution ▁for ▁his ▁sake