Andrew Wommack Ministries (Colorado Springs, CO)

⚠️ Biblical Warning: Mark & Avoid This church or ministry consistently demonstrates a teaching trend that deviates from sound doctrine. The majority of evaluated sermons align with biblical warnings of compromise, moralism, therapeutic self-help, or false teaching.

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Primary CharacteristicThyatira
Theological Profile
Faithful (Philadelphia/Smyrna)Orthodox/Cold (Ephesus)Weak/Dead (Laodicea/Sardis)Critical Error (Thyatira/Pergamum)
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A Faith That Fails: When Personal Experience Contradicts God’s Word

This sermon is a case study in the defense of a failed theological system. The speaker, an instructor for a prominent Word of Faith ministry, uses his personal health crisis to teach the core tenets of that heresy: that faith is a force, that believers should 'take authority' over symptoms, and that personal, subjective 'leadings' from God are the primary guide for life. This functionally denies the sufficiency of Scripture (Sola Scriptura) and presents a view of God whose actions are contingent on the believer's performance. The hermeneutic is entirely pretextual, using the Bible as a collection of proof-texts to validate a personal narrative rather than proclaiming the Christ of whom the Scriptures testify.

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The Power of Words: A Biblical Doctrine or a Dangerous Distortion?

The sermon is a clear articulation of Word of Faith theology, teaching that 'positive confession' is the mechanism for activating physical healing. It systematically redefines faith from trust in God's sovereign will to a force wielded by the believer's words. This teaching fundamentally errs by diminishing God's sovereignty, misinterpreting the nature of salvation to include guaranteed temporal health, and elevating human speech to a level of divine, creative power. The hermeneutic is pretextual, using Scripture to support a pre-existing system rather than deriving the system from Scripture.

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A Diminished God: A Theological Review of ‘Seeking Who You Are Is Finding Jesus’

The sermon is fundamentally flawed by several critical heresies. The pastor explicitly denies the sovereignty of God, promoting a form of Open Theism where God can be 'stopped' and 'limited' by human beings. He teaches a doctrine of spiritual perfectionism, claiming believers are 'identical to Jesus' and 'full-grown' in their spirit, which conflates justification with sanctification. Furthermore, the sermon's authority rests on repeated claims of extra-biblical revelation ('God told me'), undermining the sufficiency of Scripture. These errors are built upon a synergistic view of salvation that places the decisive choice in man's hands, not God's grace.

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The Danger of a Two-Tiered Gospel: A Review of ‘This Is Why the Ungodly Hate Christianity’

The sermon's foundation on the authority of Scripture is commendable. However, it is fatally undermined by two critical errors. First, it promotes a Word of Faith view of speech, suggesting believers can create reality through 'positive confession.' Second, it teaches a Pentecostal 'second blessing' doctrine, requiring a post-salvation baptism of the Holy Spirit evidenced by tongues for spiritual power. This contradicts the biblical truth that every believer is fully indwelt by the Spirit at regeneration. These errors constitute a seduction away from orthodox reliance on the finished work of Christ.

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The False Freedom: How the Prosperity Gospel Corrupts the Atonement

The sermon presents a fundamentally flawed, two-tiered view of salvation, distinguishing between 'converts' and 'disciples' based on their level of 'freedom' from temporal suffering. This framework is used to introduce the core tenets of the Prosperity Gospel, specifically that the Atonement guarantees material wealth (misusing 2 Corinthians 8:9) and perfect physical health (misusing Exodus 23:25). This teaching corrupts the Gospel, denies the sovereignty of God in suffering, and replaces the biblical call to holiness with a pursuit of earthly comfort.

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Faith as a Feeling: Deconstructing the ‘You Are Already Healed’ Doctrine

This sermon is a clear articulation of Word of Faith theology. It fundamentally errs by redefining faith as a human-directed force that manipulates a spiritual realm, effectively making man's will, not God's, the determining factor in healing. It denies the biblical doctrine of God's sovereignty in suffering, misinterprets the atonement, and undermines the sufficiency of Scripture by claiming direct, extra-biblical revelation for healing pronouncements. This is not the gospel, but a theology of human potential.

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The Danger of a Different Gospel: When Positivity Replaces Piety

The sermon presents a synergistic, therapeutic gospel where human-initiated thanksgiving, not divine grace, is the catalyst for spiritual awakening. It redefines the core problem from sin against God to a 'demonic' negative attitude, and the solution from the Atonement to positive thinking. This is rooted in an anthropocentric hermeneutic that uses Scripture pretextually to support a message of American nationalism and self-help. The speaker also claims direct, prophetic communication from God, undermining the sufficiency of Scripture.

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Does God Control Everything, Or Do We? A Review

This sermon fundamentally misrepresents the nature of God by denying His absolute sovereignty, instead promoting an Open Theistic framework where God is bound and limited by human authority. The soteriology is functionally synergistic, framing salvation and blessing as a transaction requiring human co-agency ('signing on'). It culminates in the heretical statement that believers must 'find out that you are a god,' erasing the Creator-creature distinction. This is a classic presentation of Prosperity Gospel and Word of Faith theology.

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Prophecy or Politics? A Review of ‘What God Is Saying in This Hour’

The sermon is founded upon a critical error: the elevation of extra-biblical, subjective prophecy to the level of scriptural authority. This foundational failure in Bibliology leads to a cascade of further errors, including a conflation of a political movement with a work of the Holy Spirit, a flawed understanding of regeneration, and a hermeneutic that uses Scripture as a pretext for a political narrative. The core message is not the Gospel of Christ, but a call to trust the speaker's prophetic insight into a nationalistic revival.

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