▁bel ie vers ▁should ▁be ▁conscious ▁of ▁their ▁words . ▁This ▁is ▁argued ▁on ▁the ▁interpretation ▁of ▁, ▁" Life ▁and ▁death ▁are ▁in ▁the ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁tongue , ▁and ▁they ▁that ▁love ▁them ▁will ▁eat ▁the ▁fruit ▁there of ", ▁also ▁, ▁"... sa ith ▁the ▁Lord , ▁as ▁you ▁have ▁spoken ▁in ▁my ▁ears , ▁so ▁will ▁I ▁do ", ▁among ▁other ▁script ures . ▁ ▁Crit ics ▁and ▁controvers y ▁ ▁Crit ics ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁movement ' s ▁essential ▁belief s ▁are ▁often ▁critic ised ▁by ▁some ▁Christians ▁as ▁diver ging ▁from ▁Christian ▁orth odox y . ▁Christian ▁author ▁Robert ▁M . ▁Bow man , ▁Jr . ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁of ▁faith ▁movement ▁is ▁" ne ither ▁sound ly ▁orth odox ▁nor ▁thoroughly ▁her et ical ". ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁critics ▁of ▁Word ▁of ▁Fa ith ▁teaching ▁was ▁Or al ▁Roberts ▁University ▁professor ▁Charles ▁Far ah , ▁who ▁published ▁From ▁the ▁P inn acle ▁of ▁the ▁Temple ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 9 . ▁In ▁the ▁book , ▁Far ah ▁expressed ▁his ▁dis ill usion ment ▁with ▁the ▁teach ings , ▁which ▁he ▁argued ▁were ▁more ▁about ▁pres umption ▁than ▁faith . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁one ▁of ▁Far ah ' s ▁students , ▁Daniel ▁Ray ▁Mc Con nell , ▁submitted ▁a ▁th esis , ▁Ken y on ▁Connection , ▁to ▁the ▁fac ulty ▁at ▁Or al ▁Roberts ▁University , ▁trac ing ▁the ▁teaching ▁back ▁through ▁H agin ▁to ▁Ken y